RE: [FT]Sensors and Sensibility[LONG]

--- "Bell, Brian K (Contractor)"
<Brian.Bell@dscc.dla.mil> wrote:
> True, but then why would you have scouts? Yes.
> scouting other systems
> without endangering a carrier. And inter-system
> communication (courier
> duties). I would prefer NOT to see fighters used in
> this way. I would prefer
> to give the picket duties to CTs or FFs. 
> 

Yes, but if you want the fastest possible ID,
a fighter that can go 24" (or even 36") in any
direction is a pretty seductive asset isn't it?

I'm talking about scouting for the fleet, not
scouting in systems the fleet isn't in, so no
FTL would be required.

But even if we use regular scouts, that works too.
Might even equip them with superior sensors. If
the enemy destroys them, that's proof of their
intentions.

> I always assumed that the primary duty of the BDN
> and SDN fighter groups was
> to screen the BDN or SDN *from* other fighters and
> missiles (with only a
> secondary roll as an attack asset). Keeps you from
> having to bring a carrier
> to _every_ duty of the BDN or SDN.
> 

I'm not sure how much defense one fighter squadron
can be against a 4-6 squadron group. We've found
that if one side has fighters in any significant
numbers and the other doesn't, the other side is
toast (unless he's unusually well protected by 
ADEF pds).

> Makes me wish, once again, that there were more
> people in my area that
> played FT. It would give me an excuse to use the 20
> or so scouts I have.
> 
Where do you live?

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