Re: FT-Tugs and swarm tactics

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:36:43 +0100 "Bif Smith"
<bif@bifsmith.fsnet.co.uk>
writes:
>I was thinking about the masses and costs involved with tugs and 
>no-ftl
>ships, and this came to mind.(excuse the mixed tech of using C 
>pulsars, I
>severly like the close range firepower they have).
>
>Pahrana class LAC
>Mass=20
>Cost=73
>Hull=2
>Thrust=10
>Firecon x1
>PDS x1
>SMR x1
>C Pulsar (1arc) x1
>

Wow, a fast mover, fer sure!  Would dropping the thrust to 8 or even 6
loosen up enough mass for another weapon (Haven't done the math yet
myself.)

>Mother class FTL Tug
>Mass=21
>Cost=63
>Hull=2
>Thrust=1
>FTL Drive=18
>
>The above tug+4 LACs Vs FTL version of the above LAC
>
>Shark class FTL LAC
>Mass=24
>Cost=85
>Hull=2
>Thrust=10
>FTL drive
>Firecon x1
>PDS x1
>SMR x1
>C Pulsar (1arc) x1
>
>If my maths above are correct (someone want to check?), a flight of 4 
>FTL
>ships costs 340 pts and masses 96, Vs a cost of 355 and a mass of 101 
>for a
>group of  4 LACs and a FTL tug. In and campain or stategic system, I 
>could
>see the non-FTL version being better in the fact that you woul only 
>have to
>replace the actual LACs (requiring a mass of 80 and a cost of 292), 
>the tug
>staying very far away from the fight. In any economic system or 
>campaign
>requiring you to build the ships in the first place, this would be a 
>very
>big advantage. As to the combat power of these ships, against anything 
>but
>fighters, they will destroy any ship of equal mass or cost, with 
>varing
>suvival rates depending on how they are used. I was wondering if 
>anybody
>else has had a lot of experiance of using swarm type tactics using 
>light
>ships? Also, a question that arised from testing these small ships, 
>was that
>when using Cl 1 bats as PDS, you require a F.con per Cl 1 batt, but 
>can the
>firecon (NOT the Cl 1 batt) be used also in the ship weapon fire 
>phase?
>(just like firecons used with missiles/sml`s?).
>
>BIF
>"yorkshire born,yorkshire bred,
>strong in arms, thick in head"
>
>
>PS-In testing the above ships, the maneuverablity of the ships allows 
>you to
>go from beyond the target ships weapon range to close range (within 
>the
>range of a C pulsar) in a single turn. Also, it doesn`t matter what 
>the
>other ship tries, these things have such a high thrust that avioding 
>SML`s
>or catching a ship trying to run is  easy (to see what I mean, try 4 
>of
>these against a CH, rough match in mass and cost, but if handled 
>right,
>these little buggers can fire their SMR`s, and break away using their 
>high
>thrust and kill a CH before it can do anything. Also, missiles hit 
>before a
>beam can fire, so it may be posible to kill a beam armed target before 
>they
>could return fire anyway).
>

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