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    actionman reacted to CthulhuStig's post in the thread What would you want from a sector/universe editor? with Like Like.
    I’ve just finished porting the Traveller Map rendering code to Python for Auto-Jimmy 0.9.3. There were a lot of reasons I wanted to do...
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    actionman replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    Even if the maneuverability of large craft were nerfed, the problem would remain. The fighters would be facing a large target bristling...
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    actionman replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    I love it how the futuristic dreadnought turbolaser surface cannons have pathetically worse performance than rl CIWS systems or Expanse...
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    actionman reacted to Vormaerin's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    Just gotta downgrade the point defenses of ships to star wars or battlestar galactica levels of uselessness and then you can make...
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    actionman reacted to Terry Mixon's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    "Okay, boys, the mission is to go strip their sensors. You can't actually kill them, so they'll be blotting you out of the universe...
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    actionman reacted to Vormaerin's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    Non capital ships in a fleet combat are generally part of the point defense of capital ships. You need to create a situation where...
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    actionman reacted to MonsterX's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    The obvious use that fighters have is for patrolling. Space is big and having a lot of fighter patrolling makes it a lot more likely to...
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    actionman reacted to wmarshal's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    Hopefully I’m not going over old ground (I’m still catching up on this thread), but thinking ought to be given how fighters would be...
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    actionman reacted to Condottiere's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    Depends on what the threat is. A bunch of ten tonne smallcraft could be the equivalent of Somali skiffs. A defensive fighter squadron...
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    actionman reacted to MasterGwydion's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    Adventure Class Ships page 102 has the 300-ton Pirate Carrier. Carries 10 Light Fighters and is Jump-2
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    actionman reacted to ottarrus's post in the thread Nobles with Like Like.
    There's also the Aslan Duke of Sarmaty/Alderamin [SR 0217] who is both the ko of his clan and an Imperial noble. The highest ranked...
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    actionman reacted to Condottiere's post in the thread Nobles with Like Like.
    You don't want the Imperium going to the dogs. And having an Aslan as Emperor, may only invite catastrophe.
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    actionman reacted to GabrielGABFonseca's post in the thread Nobles with Like Like.
    As others have pointed out, Brzk, Archduke of Antares, is a Vargr. The other Vargr noble I am aware is Douzkhozkaegag, Duke of Atsah...
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    Archduke Brzk, of the Domain of Antares.
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    actionman replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    It's a good tactic, but maybe light jump 1 gunships would be a better choice, jump capable so they can microjump around their assigned...
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