Re: [TML] Why do those big ships carry so many fighters?
Jeffrey Schwartz 09 Oct 2014 18:08 UTC
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Grimmund <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list)
> <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
>
>> According to the memoirs of a survivor of the sinking of the
>>IJN Yamato in WWII, the USN dive bombers strafed the BB
>>as they pulled out (he said they were so close that he could
>>see the faces of the rear gunners screaming at them) & that
>>the strafing had a significant impact. Mainly casualties, of course
>> & not affecting the structural integrity of the ship.
>
>
> Yeah. But I don't particularly see that translating into Traveller terms.
>
TNE had this thing about breaking the ship into sections for what
would get hit...
Maybe a chart of "surface-ness" ?
So things that have to be on the outer hull and are hard to armor are noted?