>PBJuzyk [email removed] writes:
>>>Overloading point-defenses and scrubbing surface features. The
>>>standard missile in TNE is capable of a lot of mayhem, and will scrub
>>>surface bits off of _any_ ship. The more ships (of any size) you've
>>>got firing these things at the enemy, the less capable the enemy will
>>>be to respond.
>>An improved method of achieving this objective, IMHO, would seem to be
>>carrier/tended equiped with a number of remotely-piloted vehicles guid
>>from the mother ship. This would allow the delivery systems to carry
>>the same punch with better maneuver performance as space for crew and
>>life-support would not be needed.
>The K'kree rise again! This, actually, is exactly the K'kree tactical
>solution to fighters spelled out in Alien Module 2. They can't have a
>lot of fighter pilots in craft since they don't like cramped spaces.
>So they hit on this solution. The Fleet Marshal of the Kirunka'rra
>space wing is undoubtedly prepared for TNE! Now if they can only fit
>enough crew in their ships....
Actually I don't buy the idea of remote controlled fighters. Ever
thought about the time lag in communications? And what kind of
communicator do you use for control?
Laser? Naaah it will be like aiming a 30,000km straw at a target you
can't see. And it moves as well. If the communication laser loose the
drone once it is lost for ever. And there is a lot of other things that
has to work perfectly. Read Challenge 71.
Tight beam radio? Better. It sends out a cone of radio waves. Much
easier to keep the drone in control, but then we got jamming.
The comminication lag is the worst hurdle to get over. If the drone is
10 hexes away the update wil take 2 full seconds just in communication.
And then we got the reaction time with the controller. Even though we
don't got crafts that can't maneuver on a dime anymore, there will be a
lot of operations that need short response times or else the craft may
be lost. Just a mudane thing as few controls cease to work properly.
Roger "StarWolf" Myhre