Re: Fighters....Re: Full Thrust vs Starmada

Leszek Karlik wrote:

>[...]
> > And there's the rub: you limit a CRUISER SIZED hull to only 4
attacking
> > fighter groups. What limit do you set to a SUPERDREADNOUGHT SIZED
hull,
> > then? Same as for the cruiser, or different?
>
>Different, of course.

"Of course"?

>Of course, if you assume that the attack limitation comes from
>physical constraints, it makes no sense.

And that's *precisely* the reason for the attack limitation which the 
proponents of this proposal bring up each time :-/

>The limit for number of fighter groups which can attack a given ship
>may stem from ECM limits for networking of fighter-launched ordinance
>salvoes - too many missiles just make it too easy for the inherent
>abstracted ECM/PDS (the one which is used as a PSB behind the 'lock-on
>roll' for SMs) to fool them, since they can not network efficently
>enough to distinguish fake signals from real signals. Larger ships
>have a harder time using ECM that makes missiles see multiple targets,
>so they can be attacked effectively by larger swarms of fighters.

IOW, big capitals are unable to carry more powerful ECM generators than 
tiny scoutships?

>One can PSB anything. :->

As long as one wants to tie oneself into a particular background,
certainly...

/Oerjan
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