[GZG] Microcarriers(was:NewCampaign) [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Question about this: does the point cost of ordinance still come out of your
production? Or is it "Free"?

Brendan 'Neath Southern Skies
http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernsk/

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If campaign factors make munition heavy fleets "pay" for it in other ways,
then it may work out in the end.

> From the POV of most of the comments:
For a "free munitions" option: Daleks lose a 300 pt cruiser; Grey's lose 300
pts of fighters doing it. The grey's "win" as it costs them nothing to replace
the casualties. This allows resources to accumulate as there are no combat
losses to replace. For a "pay for munitions" option: the Daleks lose a 300 pt
cruiser; Grey's lose 300 pts of fighters, the balance is towards the Dalek's
as the Grey's will be losing that *every battle*, so they're "buying" their
fleet every turn (and the carriers are in real trouble if cut off from
supply).

FT2.5 Munitions costs: 1 std fighter = 3 MKP = 4 Std Salvo = 6 ER Salvo = 9
Std SMR = 6 (2 mass for launcher, 2 mass for missiles) ER SMR = 9 (2 mass for
launcher, 3 mass for missiles) SubPack = 3 "heavy" missiles = ~6 (possibly 3
if you allow 1 mass for launcher, 1 mass for missile itself; there is the
option somewhere to use magazines)

When you have a campaign meeting to discuss how the campaign is going; get a
vague idea of total losses that have been "paid for". If there is a major
discrepency (it won't necessarily the "grey" fleet, but I think
it likely after 8-10 turns), that will need to be investigated regarding
the long term health of the campaign. (Resource losses tend to be logarithmic
based on force imbalances; the larger force should take less casualties in a
battle).

At the end of the day, if the "Grey's" aren't dominating strategically, there
must be something inside the campaign mechanics that has balanced
the free munition replacement, so this all becomes a non-issue.
When the Grey's fight a defensive battle, as mentioned, we'll see if he can
actually hold the ground.

Rambled on a bit there, but its been a long day here...

Brendan 'Neath Southern Skies
http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernsk/

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Grey's don't necessarily lose 300 every battle, just every battle the carriers
run away.

Roger

> On 10/3/07, Robertson, Brendan <Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au> wrote:
their
> fleet every turn (and the carriers are in real trouble if cut off from