SV: Unfair Kamikazes? /Starfire nostalgia

> Hmmm, this reminds me of the early "Starfire-Empires" rules problem.

<g> That was when Escorts were dangerous as ramming units, no?

Under the latest Starfire rules (3rd ed + SM#2) a huge swarm of Escorts
will be dangerous to fleets made up of a single ship type - eg, only
Superdreadnoughts or only Destroyers; but a mixed fleet using both smaller,
faster screening ships and larger units with long-range weapons should
be able to defeat them if somewhat close in construction costs. Prior to
SM#2,
the problem was reversed - a swarm of small ships had virtually no
chance against larger enemy units, since speeds were equal (or almost
equal)...