RE: Fighters and Defense

Would you explain this?

Opponent moves a group of fighters in to range of ship. Interceptor
moves to
dogfight it. 2-5 other groups move into range of ship. Dogfight kills
some
on each side. 2-5 other fighter groups attack ship. 

At best I could see:
Round 1: Interceptor group meets 6 incomming opponent fighters 60mu half
way
between enemy ships and friendly ships. It dogfights group A. 
Round 2: Enemy fighter group B moves 24 toward target ship. Interceptor
group breaks dogfight (taking shots), and dogfights enemy fighter group
B.
Enemy A (damaged), C, D, E, F move 24 toward target ship.
Round 3: Enemy Fighter Group C moves 24 toward target ship (now within
6).
Interceptor group breaks dogfight (taking shots) and intercepts group C
and
dogfights. Enemy fighter groups A (Damaged), B (Damaged), D, E, F move
into
range of target ship and attack.
Result: 3 fighter groups compromized/neutralized. After 3 dogfights, the
interceptors will be of limited use and unlikely to pass morale to
dogfight
again).

At least some of the interceptor effectiveness is how far away it can
intercept the other fighter group(s).

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Izenberg, Noam [SMTP:Noam.Izenberg@jhuapl.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:36 AM
> To:	'FT List'
> Subject:	Re: Fighters and Defense
> 
[snip]
> It is in fact better, beuase one Interceptor group can neutralize or
> compromize the effectiveness of up to 3-6 fighter groups.[snip]
> 
> Noam
> 
>