[FT] NI fleet design questions

Now I'm getting down to some individual questions.

The Yerushalayim heavy Cruiser, as it is now, has a "primary" 
configuration and three alternate refits. The primary has an FH mounted 
P-torp as the heavy weapon, and the refits replace that (and a few 
other weapons with a B3, or a LRPT (F) or a Graser 2 (F). I have two 
questions

1) As is, the 3-row CH has 25 Hull+ 5 armor, which makes it stronger 
hulled than the FSE Jerez and UNSC River, but weaker than the NAC 
Vandenburg, The ESU Voroshilev, and the NSL Markgraf are also stronger, 
but they traded Main Drive for it. I could knock out a B2 on the 
Yerushalayim for +1 Hull and +1Armor. Or should I leave it as is - on 
the weaker side

As is, assuming average damage (i.e. no huge armor skipping rerolls):
Ship		Thresh1 	Thresh2
NAC-Van 	11		17			(screen)
NSL-Mark		12-17	23			(has so much
armor it is likely to last past 
thresh1
FSE-Jer 	7		14
ESU-Vor 	11		17			(screen)
UN-River		9		18
NI-Yer		14		22

This seems to argue for keeping it as-is. (I know that thresh 3 and 
kill-damage (which are one and the same for 3-row hulls) are 
complicating factors, but most ships' effective battle-life does not 
often extend past thresh 3 at this size an smaller).

2) Given that Torps (and LRPT's) are probably the "main" heavy weapon 
of NI, should the "primary" configuration of the Yerushalayim (and 
heavier) be the LRPT version? The reason I'm semi-inclined toward this 
is guidance by the mini itself. FT1508 and larger almost all have a 
large underslung F facing "barrel" suggesting a nice heavy weapon. I 
know we're not supposed to get too tied up in the minis themselves when 
designing stats, but it's pretty prominent in the NI ships. Think of 
the question this way - since only one version would likely go in a 
Fleet Book, and the other(s) described in the flavor text, is it better 
"color" for NI to have:
  4 Class 2 Beam Batteries (F/FP/AP, F/FS/AS, 2x all arcs)
  1 Pulse Torpedo (FP/F/FS)
or
  4 Class 2 Beam Batteries (2xAP/FP/F, 2xF/FS/AS)
  1 Long Range Pulse Torpedo (F)

The standard P-torp is a bit more versatile, and the LRPT is a bit more 
"specialized"

The same (Torp vs. LRPT)  question applies to the Barak Bttlecruiser 
and Ben Gurion SDN

All thoughts appreciated.

Noam
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