RE: [FT]Sensors and Sensibility[LONG]

At 7:31 AM -0700 6/26/01, David Griffin wrote:
>In this kind of scenario, you'd probably actually
>want ... gulp... scouts? Basically expendable ships
>who could go see what those bogeys were so they
>could be engaged?

Or, ...gasp... small frigates, destroyers and such to act as longer 
ranged sensor pickets!

Sensor rules that are sophisticated and introduce more chances for 
role-playing or at least fog of war are much more interesting in the 
game I think.

>I wonder too given the invulnerability of fighters
>to anything but other fighters or Kra'vak scatterguns
>(until they attack) whether they wouldn't be the right
>vehicle for sensor scouts. They could be fitted with
>sensors instead of guns and scout ahead of the fleet.

Thats why I have a Vandenburg Cruiser variant with a 2 fighter hanger 
for acting as scouts. Just like in the days of Coal Bunkers and 
primitive wireless communication....

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