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>I don't remember this, athough I'm happy to take your word for it.
>However, could this have involved them turning back and forth on their
>axis, trying to get in their shot between having their wedges in
>position to keep enemy fire off? That's established as quite a common
>tactic (Caslet used a variation in Honor Among Enemies).
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Nope. Rolling to present the belly of your wedge is most effective when you're in a wall of battle. This does NOT, however mean that smaller ships never roll. The example you're thinking off is that Castlet (and in Honor of the Queen, Thiesman) was rolling ship to allow him to fire double broadsides to thicken his fire.

Smaller ships manuver a LOT more, either to interpose their wedge as much as possible (works best against beams and dead drive missiles) or to get into a position to fire where the enemies wedge ISN'T in the way. This is why most small ship 'duels' tend to be twisty, turny affairs rather than head on slugging matches that ;eave Honor's ship's reduced to near scrap. You see this time and again in the books. Book 1, she had no choice but to chase up the wake of Sirius, taking a pounding. Same VS Thunder of God in Book 2, also in book 3, where the only hope was to draw Admiral Chin away from the base and hope.

When she was able to use trickery, she often comes out with little or no damage, to wit, when she 'pots' Admiral D'Orville, and/or her tactics in Silesia and Cerebus.

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