Re: [GZG] Mixed Role Fighters

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That sounds like exactly the calculation to back up my scenario.

Now, if 4 squadons of multirole fighters encounter 4 squadrons of
standard fighters the situation gets a lot more complex.

4 squadrons of interceptors fighting 4 squadrons of fighters. The
interceptors kill all the enemy fighters but suffer 4-5 casualties per
squadron in return. equating to about 1 squadron. They could then rearm
as torpedo bombers and go after the enemy carrier but there is not very
many of them and 3-4 PDS could be enough to ruin their day. At that
point their points value is only marginal against that of standard
fighters.

If however as has been noted, the carrier come up upon the enemy ship
with no fighters then it rearms and launches wave after wave of bombers
as the gunships try and close.

John

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From: Ryan Fisk <ryan.fisk@gmail.com>
To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu
Sent: Friday, 17 April, 2009 10:36:46 AM
Subject: Re: [GZG] Mixed Role Fighters

Taking the point values in my spreadsheet (which take into account the
extra cost of hull, etc) and assuming that what is suggested below was
the actual result we have the average effect of:

2 Int + 2 Torp = 48.5 + 84.5 = 133 Points (rounded)
vs
4 Int + 2 Torp (being 2 Fighters re-roled) = 100 + 84.5 = 185 Points
(rounded)

In this scenario, Swing Role Interceptor Torpedo Fighters are worth
1.38 as many points as the dedicated combination.

If we paid for all the abilities of the swing role they would cost,
169 (4 Torp) + 97 (4 Int) = 266, which is a LOT more than their
effective value in this supposed fight.  And that said, 52 (the
difference of the two effects)points would make for a lot more PDS or
fighters.

All this supposes I didn't make any mistakes in my values and the the
results below are reasonable.

--
Ryan Fisk

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:45 PM, John Tailby <john_tailby@xtra.co.nz>
wrote:
> An example of the combat.
>
> A 4 squadron Fleet book carrier with say 2 squadrons of interceptors
and 2
> torpedo bombers is confronted by an equivalent ship with 4 squadrons
of
> multirole fighters. The carrier with the multirole fighters launches 4
> squadrons of interceptors. The opposing carrier launches it's
squadrons.
>
> In a simplified version of the combat, loaded with assumptions.
> The squadrons meet and the interceptors kill each other on a 1-1 basis
and
> the two remainign multirole fighters kill the torpedo bombers for no
loss.
>
> The two remaining multirole fighters can now go back and rearm at
their
> leisure. The opposing carrier has no squadrons to defend itself and so
has
> to withdraw or risk getting bombed by the torpedo bombers. No FB1 ship
has a
> PDS grid sufficient to stand off 2 squadrons of torpedo bombers.
> To duplicate the combat power of the multirole fighter squadrons you
need a
> much larger carrier at much larger cost.
>
> With each squadron having a 9 mass bay and tube and an associated
increase
> in hull drives and mass, the cost of extra squadrons gets very
expensive
> very fast.

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