Small Frys

Imre said:

The reason for bring the DD's, etc., along was to have screens. These screens
would protect you from enemy DD's and in certian situations, his battle
line...

** Does this not imply DD's (left unscreened) could be a threat to the line?

Basically, if the enemy was withdrawing, your DD's would dash out to attack
him with torpedoes. Any hits would slow down his ships so they couldn't get
away.

** So we have a weapon (torp) that is a viable threat. Note in FT beams AND
torps from DDs are a threat.

If you were withdrawing, your DD's would turn into the enemy battle line and
make torpedo attacks. This would force him to either break off the attack, or
accept damaged ships that would be able to pursue effectively...

** This sounds like more thrust missiles as they linger on the board.

The DD's in the Fleet Book are actually DDE's designed to escort convoys and
to protect against tropdeo boats, etc. A real DD would have one or two class 1
beams and as many submunitions as possible. 4 to 6 submunitions can do a lot
of damage at short range...

** SMRs or PTs or MT missiles...