Re: Fighters

On Tue, 7 May 2002 14:48:39 -0400, "laserlight@quixnet.net"
<laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:

> a) you can reduce the efficacy of PDS vs any single fighter (which
will help
> make small quantities of fighters *more* useful, which they presently
aren't)

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

> b) Assuming you fiddle with ADFC some, *every* ship will need to have
masses
> of PDS to be invulnerable.  If you put 20 mass of PDS on a DD or CL,
you're
> not going to have room for much else.  

It takes 8 PDS, using the proposed system of every PDS firing at every
fighter
squadron, to -- on average -- take out 20 squadrons of fighters. 8 PDS
rolling
an average of .8 at 20 squadrons = 128 fighters destroyed. 

Hmm... In fact, 8 PDS make a ship totally invulnerable to _any_ number
of
fighters. .8 average roll x 8 PDS attacking a squadron = 6.4 per
squadron.
That's assuming the 0,0,0,1,1,2reroll dice distribution for PDS is
maintained.
If it's changed, the number goes up.

> c) And even for big ships, 20 PDS is moving 20 mass from offense to
defense. 
> Maybe you can get away with 15.  Or 12.  If we only put 8 on, we'll
take some
> hits but it won't kill us and we'll get a couple extra B3's.... you'll
have
> to make some choices.

Actually, you can get away with 8 and make a ship invulnerable to
fighters. 7
almost makes it invulernable (average of 5.7 kills per squadron). 

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