Re: Galaxy Fleet Challenge 1: Now FULL.

From: Tim Hughes <ac804@dial.pipex.com>

Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Jonathan Cebra wrote:
> Thanks to Tim for a great idea.  My guess is that what we'll find is that no
> one fleet is effective against all others (although it's probably easy to
> build a fleet that will lose against all comers.)

Both points are true.  The "Killer" fleet was of course trounced by pretty much
every other fleet.  Such is the benefit of good intelligence about the enemies' order
of battle.  Several fleets have thus far demolished all opposition except one other
fleet.  Interestingly they suffered defeat against different fleets.  I am just
running the last few simulations and making the results pretty so that I can post
them.  Then I'll issue another challenge.

> One aspect that these battle simulations don't reflect is the importance of
> fleet speed and the trade off between maneuverability and battle strength.
> It's also worth pointing out that if you are serious about static defenses
> (orbital forts) you should follow the same principles (large guns, small guns,
> fodder) as with battle fleets.  Of course, there are also those who consider
> orbital defenses worthless -- the best defense is a good attack and all that.

Quite right battle simulation can never reflect the diversity of situations that a
player will face in the "real" Galaxy.  However, I hope to give players a chance to
experience large set piece battles which they might not necessarily get otherwise.

References

Galaxy Fleet Challenge 1: Now FULL.
Tim Hughes <ac804@dial.pipex.com>
Mon, 17 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Galaxy Fleet Challenge 1: Now FULL.
cebra@ids2.idsonline.com (Jonathan Cebra)
Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000