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[QUOTE]Originally posted by David Templar: [QB] Hmm... Space combat of any sort typically take place at sublight speed. So your idea of a warp-capable fighter avoiding operating at sublight speeds will not work. Your fighters will be considerably slower than the carriers and other capital ships, so it's unlikely they can catch an opponent at warp or run fast enough to make it back to her carrier. Also, having warp capability is meaningless if you're thinking of a trans-atmospheric support craft. You don't want to go to warp inside the atmosphere, especially with Pre-TMP tech. Fighters of that time are also unlikely to have the range and speed for interstellar travel. With Pre-TOS, you're working with really limited technology. I'm not sure warp-capable fighters are even possible, unless they are large and unwieldly like the Pereguines, maybe even more so. As for operations of the fighters, unless you're planning on warp strafing as the only thing they're capable of, forget warp. What fighters are used for is to extend the weapons range of the carrier vessel. A common tactic is to hit your opponent with your fighters, while your battleline keeps out of weapons range. This would keep up until your opponent is sufficiently weakened for your battleline to engage with minimal losses. But since Pre-TOS fighters would be slow, even with warp, they can be easily by-passed by the enemy ships. Since fighters are considered expandable, they are also used to cover withdrawls, and anything else to buy time for the capital ships to get away. Fighters make poor convoy escort, this is not WWII and we're not dealing with U-boats that can barely shoot back. The fighters don't have the sensor to detect enemies far away, but normal sized capital ships can detect the convoy and her fighters just fine. Escort carriers are vulnerable to attacks themselves in the absence of battleline units. The fighters can't possibly keep up with the convoy, or even last that long, without support. If you rely on the convoy ships as fighter tenders, the fighters are vulnerable to surprise attacks, considering the lack of warning and poor compatability from being based from less than ideal facilities. Fighters also lack the decisive firepower to stop any convoy raiders. They can drop in, concentrate on a single target, and be gone before a single bird gets off the deck. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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