Re: [TML] Why do those big ships carry so many fighters? Craig Berry 07 Oct 2014 16:53 UTC
The idea of a dual-mode vacuum and atmospheric fighter has never made sense to me. The optimizations for each of them are so different that in combining them you end up with the worst of both worlds -- a space fighter that's carrying around a lot of useless streamlining, and an atmospheric fighter that's carrying around a lot of extra environmental support equipment. Such a craft will get pasted by a similarly sized specialized fighter. On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Greg Nokes <xxxxxx@nokes.name> wrote: > My 0.2: > > > Fighters are great pickets, patrol boats, sensor extenders and force projectors. They are also good for ground attack, and harassment. > > So I see them used to go out, find trouble and run like hell away from it. > > Also I see them being used to kill fuel shuttles, blow up things the marines don’t want to deal with, kill other fighters, tanks, shuttles, scouts, missiles etc. > > I often explain that the Tigress style of Dreadnoughts are self escorting, due to the 300 fighters each carry. Have a Batron of 6 of those bad boys jump in system and you have a potent force to really control the entire system on hand. > > > On Oct 7, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: > >> http://tech-beta.slashdot.org/story/14/10/05/1843222/us-navy-develops-robot-boat-swarm-to-overwhelm-enemies >> >> I can see the 3I using all those fighters that aren't much use against >> other battleships in this kind of role - keeping the launches and >> cutters that might or might not be suicide shuttles at bay. >> ----- >> The Traveller Mailing List >> Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml >> Report problems to xxxxxx@travellercentral.com >> To unsubscribe from this list please goto >> http://archives.simplelists.com > > ----- > The Traveller Mailing List > Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml > Report problems to xxxxxx@travellercentral.com > To unsubscribe from this list please goto > http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=PltOdItWBSgOP4y0Q6abkGbDI1eus0lz -- Craig Berry (http://google.com/+CraigBerry) "Eternity is in love with the productions of time." - William Blake