From: John Crimmins <johncrim@v...>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 23:01:21 -0500
Subject: [FT] Tugs and Q-ships.
I've been toying with ship designs for the Hanseatic League (yeah, another minor power, of sorts--an alliance of independent breakaway NSL colonies and various mercantile concerns, with a more reputable historical basis than the Illuminati), and I've decided that Q-ships are going to form a large part of the fleet. I figure that by pairing Tugs armed with extensive ADS systems, with converted tankers that have lots of big guns, I should be able to create a pretty effective combination. The tugs will be able to protect both the Q-ship and the rest of the convoy while the big guns will engage the enemy at long range--hopefully preventing him from closing and damaging the valuable cargo. Does this sound excessively cheesy, or just sensible? Keep in mind, this is meant more for scenario use than anything else--the League isn't going to be going to war with anyone (although the original Hanseatic League did go to war with Denmark--and won), just defending their property. And by the way what are people using for tug models? Silent Death has some good looking ships for this purpose, but are there any GZG tugs available?