Re: Salvo Missles vs. MT missiles

On Thursday 02 September 2004 01:30 pm, Indy wrote:
> Third, salvos do more than *damage* an opponent. Unless you want to
> run straight through them, and risk taking it on the chin, you will
> very likely maneuver your ships so that the salvos launched are
"wasted";
> i.e., don't hit *any*thing. But what if that is what your opponent
wants?
> He has just taken the initiative away from you, forcing you to move
where
> he wants you to, maybe not necessarily where you wanted to (this can
be
> used to break up fleets into two or more smaller parts, allowing one
to
> be defeated in detail while the other attempts to come about to
engage).
> So in *this* capacity, salvos can be used as terrain to force an
opponent
> to maneuver elsewhere from where they might have originally intended.

Whoops, kindly ignore that incomplete message I just send.  Nothing of
note to 
read there...

As I was saying:  I thought the turn sequence precluded reacting to the
salvos 
because movement orders are written before the salvo markers are placed
on 
the table.  So how can salvos be used to force an opponent out of
position, 
either they hit and damage him, or he's moved to where he wanted to be 
anyway...

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