RE: Fleet Composition - What more should I get?

At 2:42 PM +0000 1/4/04, CS Renegade wrote:
>  > From: ~ On Behalf Of Ryan Gill
>>  Sent: 04 January 2004 03:53
>>  Subject: Re: Fleet Composition - What more should I get?
>
>>  The thing I don't like about the typical FT BC is
>>  that they're the same speed as the BBs in the
>>  same fleet.
>
>That may date back to the FT2 construction system when
>a fast capital-class ship wasn't cost-effective. The
>big step up between the cruiser and capital classes
>made the justification of any light capital vessel
>difficult. The construction system was fixed in FB1.

Actually, they were built w/ FB1 specs under the NAC guidelines.

>  > BCs should be faster that the BBs and as fast as the
>>  lighter stuff.
>
>I think the traditional niche was "faster than a BB
>and sufficiently nasty to see off anything else".

Exactly, either designed to swoop in and blow the 
crap out of something your bbs couldn't normally 
catch (commerce raiding) or as fast scouts that 
can beat the crap out of CAs that are normally 
being used to scout your force.

The critical thing to remember is that they;re 
not line of battle ships and will get their arses 
handed to them if used as such. The two that I 
have make a great flying division from my battle 
line. With a big board, they're great at zipping 
around and taking choice shots. Think of a larger 
Ticonderoga with two class 3's in 4 arc mounts 
(more arc for flexibility under the higher G 
movement), more armor, more hull boxes and more 
pds.
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