Destroyers

Conway's 'Warship 2000-2001' turned up on Friday. An
article in it on the late war British destroyers set
me wondering about DDs in Full Thrust.

The seem to be two basic and conflicting roles for
DDs. As escorts for the battlefleet to protect them
from attack by fighters and missiles and as attackers
themselves. A ship optimised for either role is of
little use in the other.

What are peoples opinions? Do you build a class of
fleet destroyers optimised as escorts with ADFCs and a
heavy point defence battery and a separate class of
DDs optimised for attack - with heavier beam or
missile armament whose main defence from missiles or
fighters is speed.

What sort of size and spec do you use for your DDs and
is there a place for smaller escorts?

When the new edition comes out, with its improved
sensor rules (hint, hint) scouting will be more
important - and small fast expendable scouts may come
into their own. Until then they seem little more than
a waste of points in a fleet action except as a
suicide screen for the heavies to suck missiles away
from them.

Michael

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