RE: Size Class Escalation -- How high in Mass?

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On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, David Griffin wrote:

> Systems like this bother me. Basically it's an
> attempt to force each side to take ships that
> they don't really think belong in a major engagment
> between large ships. Haven't you guys just been
> convincing me that those small ships get crumpled
> like an empty beer can when fighting big ships?
> Wouldn't it be a better use of the fleet's shipyards
> to build more big ships? Maybe size escalation is
> a natural consequence of the realities of combat.

Again, as said before, size escalation is a result of 'single battle
bring
N points combat', as opposed to, say, campaign play. 3 ships of 400 tons
each cannot watch over 12 systems, where 12 ships of 100 each CAN. Etc
etc
ad nauseum.

Cheers,

   Derk
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