Re:Tin cans versus Dreadnoughts

I find tin cans useful in that you will allways have more tin cans than
dreadnoughts, and more systems to protect than either. A DD will be
useful
in anti-piracy roles, scouting, keeping "stingboats" away from your big
guys, or just giving a milatary presence in systems where you would
otherwise have nothing. If you station a squadren of DD`s in a system,
the
enemy will have to attack with a greater force to take the system. This
has
the advantage of tying up his ships (after all, they`re not unlimited),
and
preventing him taking over your systems with just a warship and
troopship.
Of course, most of my DD`s have ADFCon to suport the battleline
defenses,
even if it does leave them a bit short in offensive weapons. As for
fighters, try playing a fighter carrier against a simular design, which
carries PDS instead of fighters (a NSL CVH vs same design with fighter
bays
repaced with two extra cl3 bats and lots of pds). Anything smaller than
a DD
I cannot see the point of except in suicide or scouting rolls myself.

  BIF
 "yorkshire born,yorkshire bred,
 strong in arms, thick in head"