ISA 5 point Raid fleet for critique

[Triggy]

I'm with Burger on this one - your fleet is good and the Gaim really do almost completely cover the weak spots of an ISA fleet. However, I'd take a Stuteeka personally as it's got a bucket load of fighters, Fleet Carrier and is probably the best ship for its PL in the game.

Really, you recon?

I was not immeadiately enamoured of the Stuteeka due to the weak hull and lowish (by Gaim standards) interceptor rating. However I guess it is still fairly durable for a Raid PL ship and the Fleet Carrier trait will certainly boost the lethality of the fighters.

Do you recon the Fleet Carrier ability and extra fighters are worth the reduced firepowre and fragile hull? I guess with a 40" range it can at least hang back. Most likely the opposition will be more worried about the Whitestars buzzing around than the carrier sitting back and lobbing the odd potshot.

Sure you wouldn't want to take a fleet full of them, but 1-3 in a 5 FAP Raid PL fleet make for a very tough fleet to face. All of your points are correct but quite frankly, the fighters alone are almost worth it (as they are not only launched very quickly due to Fleet Carrier but if the enemy does try to kill any through dogfights or shooting then you get extra benefits).

The Stuteeka does what all good Gaim ships do and that's sit back, nibble the enemy with e-mines and hammer it all home with fighters. The Hull 4 is meaningless against beams and much less of a problem with such high Interceptors than it would be without them. In addition to the Shuuka and to a lesser degree the Skrunnka, these ships are what really make a Gaim fleet (or its allies) powerful.