*short range* is kind of relative here. Umiak weapons are short range since Loroi weapons are so long ranged. Umiak weapons still dramatically out range human beam weapons in terms how far off they can fire and still do effective damage (the ratio being even more skewed in their favor, since the Umiak have screens).TrashMan wrote:Umiak prefer to charge in and blast in from clsoe range?
Hehe...ironicly, the that's exactly where the human weapons are the best.
Design cheap ships with minal crews that are made to push asteroids in front of them as giant shields. Arm them with the best mass drivers you can.
Charge at the Umiak (or don't. They'll charge at you anyway)
With a mile or solid rock between you and them, and them charging at you, human ships should be abel to close within range. And then...mass driver time baby!
The idea that the Umiak would charge directly into mass driver range is kind of like assuming an army of modern soldiers would fix bayonets and charge into a hoplite formation. It seems more likely the Umiak would just split their task force up and move to the sides and above and below so they could get a shot at the human ships behind the rocks. That, or just fire torpedos and set them to detonate behind the asteroids.