Making fighters more realistic.

[Possum]

This is a very interesting point, and close cousin to one I am fond of exploiting in the early game.

A Sat Bay I takes up 30kt, right? In that space, you could fit a single PD system, with 10kt left over. But in that Sat Bay, you can carry a small sat with room for 3 PD systems. This allows you, in tactical combat, a little more anti-seeker bang for your buck

On a related note, I always put Sat Bays on my small transports in the early game. This allows them a much greater degree of versatility. If nothing else, they can carry a whole passle of small sats, each with a single CSM I, and deploy some moderate firepower from what is nominally a non-combat ship. If you also throw in a few PD sats, and a couple with DUC's for up-close-and-personal work, your small transport becomes more than a match for any early game Escort or Frigate.

On a fairly unrelated note, why do people refer to the Destroyer as a DS, rather than the traditional DD designation?




[This message has been edited by Possum (edited 30 April 2001).]