Re: [FT] CPV vs. NPV

>IME, this goes a long way to solving the Large/Small ship imbalance,
>allowing a few more ships in a small-unit-only force going up against a
>contingent of BCs.

 Unlike the massed fighter issue, is this large/small ship
 imbalance something that needs to be solved?

 If a well-handled dreadnaught always beats the same points
 value of well-handled cruisers or destroyers, isn't that
 what ought to happen? To me it is only a genuine imbalance
 if well-handled lighter ships can't beat a badly handled
 bigger one.

 In history from at least the time of Nelson on a battleship
 beats up the cruisers and frigates and big battleships beat
 up smaller ones. And this 'concentration of force' rule, or
 just expectation, is carried over into in science fiction
 as well: Honor Harrington, Star Trek, Babylon 5, CoDominion,
 Star Wars.

 Putting it another way, what's the point in being an evil
 overlord if you can't build monster warships to annihilate
 your puny foes while laughing at their futile efforts?

	Hugh