Re: Prospective Novice

At 08:08  5/11/01 -0800, Jaime Tiampo wrote:

>The system I employ is to have all the ships possible within 6" of each
>other. This alloys for an "area defence net" where all the PDS are
>dispersed in the fleet so every ship can support any of the ships in
the
>fleet. It makes the fleet easier to hit with mass salvos but makes the
>defence net more resiliant and allows for a greater total PDS defence.

Networking the point defenses is STILL crucial in our games. Beth
doesn't 
believe in spreading out her SMs, they arrive in tightly bunched groups.
Of 
course I return the favour with waves of MT missiles (launched from 
modified DDs) capable picking out the target and not just attacking the 
nearest.

But then you meeting the Phalons :)

Derek

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