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Re: An offer for space simmers

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From: Brad Martin
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:57
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On 24 Mar 2003 18:43:39 GMT, shing...@aol.com (Shingen036) wrote:

>>From: Brad Martin br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk 
>>Date: 3/24/03 12:10 PM Central Standard Time
>>Message-id:
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>> Do you ever use these other ships or is the BC
>>MK III still the best all rounder?;
>
>well it depends on what u want to do, and how u play... the big massive
>carriers are great for system wide/ planatary assualt support ( some have like
>8 fighters on board ), but they are slow and do VERY poorly in dog-fights
>against ANYTHING... I personally like the heavy crusier class ( Garid
>specifically) because they are smaller and faster, and do very well in both
>space combat against fighters and larger carriers, and can do planetary basse
>attacks without getting creamed in 5 mins... also they don't have any fighters
>that I have to worry about and pilots I have to keep re-cloning everytime I
>turn around... on the downside, they only support 10 marines total and 5 system
>engineers, so intruders can be a big problem and repairs/upgrades can take
>longer...

I really fancy a crack with the StormCarrier, it has ten fighters I
believe, I know it's slow but with ten fighters you could launch some
serious ground attacks. Can't stop playing the bloody thing again now.

Did I tell you i'm going to get you for this?
Bastard.

br d
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Subject: Re: An offer for space simmers
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:57:47 +0000
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