Re: MT Heavy Missiles and Ship Defenses

On Mon, 21 May 2001 18:15:18 -0700 (PDT) David Griffin
<carbon_dragon@yahoo.com> writes:
>--- Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@juno.com> wrote:
<snip>
>> That's how Class-1's take down MT missiles...
>> 
>
>There is a precedent for MT missiles being 
>harder to kill then salvo missiles (and the
>real rule if it exists isn't easy to see from the
>book), However, even if you use the above
>as your guide, a reroll hardly makes since
>since a salvo missile is a single unit, not
>a salvo, so what would a reroll allow you do
>do -- kill the missile more than once?
>
>Note in page 2 of More Thrust it says that
>it takes a 6 to kill a MT missile from a
>PDAF or ADAF.

Ah, YMMV.  Agreed that the implication is most likely SM's but the
interpretation without MT at hand (my was on the shelf)  is not so
clear.
 Yes, the re-roll is wasted but so is the re-roll if you 'kill' more
fighters or SM's then are attacking (not all groups are 6 strong in post
PDS fire attacks or after interception in a game.)  "Wasting" PDs
'kills'
is 'historical' in the sense of WW2 AA defense - several ships usually
claimed the same kill in a fleet defense action.  I doubt that will
change with the technology <grin>.

Glenn/Triphibious
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