More speed is life

> Rick Rutherford writes:

@:) If you've got the speed and maneuverability to stay outside the @:) other
guy's front arc, you have a good chance of taking out that @:) monster ship.

This is certainly true. I think the manouverability counts for more than speed
(they're obviously related of course). The trick is usually to stay in the big
ship's rear arc if at all possible.

@:) Speed is also the best defense against missiles

True and don't forget fighters. A fighter capable of moving 12" is going to
have a pretty hard time catching up with a ship moving at 36", which is not a
completely unusual speed for one of the people I play with to use. If fighters
and missiles are not involved, though, speed starts to matter quite a lot less
because of the typically large firing arcs possible on FT ships.