On 7/22/2014 10:46 AM, Onno Meyer wrote:
If the FTL drive does not work on a tactical scale, the longer-ranged sensors and beam weapons of the patrol boat should swat any number of fighters, but by the same reasoning a cruiser would defeat patrol boats. The light stuff is just for patrol and 'tripwires'. Unless I can make missiles effective, then the higher number of platforms should let the fighters prevail.
Not sure about the GURPS rules, but if "short range" is not much closer than a half light-second, high acceleration drives should be able to generate a miss against beam weapons. If the fighters can jink hard enough the larger ships will have a very hard time hitting them.
All the fighter has to do is be able to change vector by its own length in the time between radar return and beam weapon arrival. If it is 40 m long and the range is 150 Mm that means it needs accel of 40 m/s^2
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