anyways -Q-SHIPS
I think that armed merchant ships ,armed trawlers ,auxilliary cruisers -that sort of thing would be th ename of th egame in a T2K naval warfare setting .
Lack of resources would force multicapable ships to be what was deployed -ships that can take a cargo,trade,fight or at least have some capability -like the old armed merchantmen of 200-300 years ago .
Specialized ships with sophisticated weapon systems would be culled from the fleets as lack of spareparts,experts,fuel etc begins to take its toll.
There are a few on our site -a couple of canadian Q-ships I think and of course -the SeeAdler-the most famous merchant raider of all .(Some people say it was the CSS ALABAMA though)
Not so much for luring submarines in though -more to gain the advantage over targets of opportunity or to conduct offensive operations against enemies that seem to be less capable.
as always -all my writing is -in my humble opinion
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