[GZG] [FT] Marine Assault Fighter Group

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ship boarding has come up this month, I have an idea for a new way to do
it...  

According to MT pg. 7, to launch a Boarding action the attacking ship
must first be brought close to the target vessel, so that it is within
6" of it at the END of the turn's movement.  The attacking ship must
also be travelling at a velocity that is not more than 1 factor
different from the velocity of the target ship, and on a course that is
again not more than 1 point different from the target's course.  

Well, for a ship to get that close to a target, it first has to disable
the target's drives & knock out the major ship-to-ship weapons.  But
here's an idea to deliver a boarding party without exposing the
attacking ship to closing fire or the target ship to disabling drive
damage.  

Since fighter groups can close with target ships with ease, and attack
at the same distance as boarding actions, why can't a fighter group
deliver a boarding party?  

The Marine Assault Fighter Group's icon is a fighter group wedge with an
admiralty anchor in it.  In the place of 2 of the fightercraft, there is
an open sledge big enough to carry about 20 marines in vac suits, and an
unarmed fightercraft used to push the sledge through space.  Using the
Modular Fighter Design, the "pushercraft" is bought as an unarmed, fast,
long-ranged, heavy fighter - necessary to off-set the mass of the
sledge, and to give extra protection to the marines on the way to the
target.  The other 4 fightercraft are bought as interceptors, and act as
an interceptor screen for the sledge & pusher.	

A bigger version of the Marine Assault Fighter Group consists of 3 pairs
of sledges & pushers, which should only be deployed when you have
dedicated Interceptor groups to act as a screen.  

Marine Assault Fighter Groups would be of great use to both interdiction
forces on anti-piracy missions, as well as pirates themselves.	

As always, I invite your comments.  

JBrewer@webtv.net  

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