Re: [FT] Yet Another Fighters Suggestion

>	A ship may only be attacked by fighters from a
>	single carrier in any given turn. This limit does
>	not apply to fighter vs fighter dogfights, or if
>	the ship is asteroid sized or larger.

The problem with this is that it means that the fighter groups of battle
dreadnoughts aren't useful for anything except deffensive purposes.

> The PSB reason: a short range attack on a ship requires
> coordination and careful flying by pilots who train
> regularly together. There isn't enough time in the span
> represented by one FT turn for successive waves.

The general agreement is that each FT turn is about ten minutes.  Let's
assume this is way too much.  Even at two minutes per turn, there is
more
then enough time for successive waves.

> Big battles with Fleet Book ships: this is where the problem
> seems to be worst and this rule is most effective. You can
> still have huge numbers of fighters, but won't be able to
> annihilate even  big ships in a single turn.

By requiring that fighters be feed into a meat grinder a little at a
time.
Not very appealing.  The fix for the fleet book ships is to allow some
form
of integrated defensive fire.

ias