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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
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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...

Does it sound daft to anyone else that vessels of that size only have 10
fighters or 10 marines?? Look at modern day aircraft carriers for comparison.
It just sounds totally daft to me.