Posted by: jRides
« on: January 11, 2012, 01:17:43 PM »I'm the same , my primary concern is the tonnage, aiming below the 250 tons mark and updating weapons as tech improves.
I specialise even further with only a single fighter per squadron sporting an active sensor (usually with a reduced number of tubes, my strikefighters have 4 size 4 rails, the Ldr variant has a pair and an active sensor). Furthermore, independently operated AWACS fighters for providing radar coverage until the Ldr variants go active, (and extending radar coverage of the fleet itself) and tankers for in flight fuelling. The tanker and AWACS fighter-craft are usually bigger and are not armed.
Usually what suffers due to tech is the missile range, as engine and active sensor techs improve this will get better. Generally, if I can work my squadrons into 50-60m km range then each squadron (11 strikefighters + 1 Ldr) can unleash a 46 missile salvo that can often destroy the target outright and active sensors on the short range missiles send the excess at further targets. On an unsuspecting enemy (where there is no long or mid ranged defensive fire for the opening volley) this can and has proved devastating.
I specialise even further with only a single fighter per squadron sporting an active sensor (usually with a reduced number of tubes, my strikefighters have 4 size 4 rails, the Ldr variant has a pair and an active sensor). Furthermore, independently operated AWACS fighters for providing radar coverage until the Ldr variants go active, (and extending radar coverage of the fleet itself) and tankers for in flight fuelling. The tanker and AWACS fighter-craft are usually bigger and are not armed.
Usually what suffers due to tech is the missile range, as engine and active sensor techs improve this will get better. Generally, if I can work my squadrons into 50-60m km range then each squadron (11 strikefighters + 1 Ldr) can unleash a 46 missile salvo that can often destroy the target outright and active sensors on the short range missiles send the excess at further targets. On an unsuspecting enemy (where there is no long or mid ranged defensive fire for the opening volley) this can and has proved devastating.
