Doing some work on a sprint and drift strategy, I came up with this interesting chart.
Assuming you have maximum sensor contact on a target (Sensor angle was not considered), it gives you how many points, based on our recent 5 minute findings (and not the written scoring rules), you will earn in the next five minutes given your current speed.
One major note, We have shown that MF scoring continues into the red zone, but that gets really complicated to model in this simple chart, so it assumes that when your speeding, you have lost contact.
Green Indicates maximum scoring with both (or only) sensor, yellow is one sensor, and Red is no sensors.
Couple quick observations from this chart:
1) Once a Gator or Triton locks onto the SSK, it should be practically impossible to shake it off. The maximum sensor speed is greater than the max SSK speed.
2) The Remora is a true sprint and drift boat for intial acquisition, but once locked, it will be difficult to shake. Even if the SSK goes Flank, the Remora can chug along at 7-8 knots tracking it until it too can sprint to keep up.
3) For the Remora and Seahorse, it is imperative to regain HF ASAP, as they cannot be competitive for long with only MF.
4) The triton should be the hands down winner here, from this chart at least, as it can score max points at any speed the SSK can go. But looking at the sensor profile, it requires a deft hand to keep it locked down the whole time.
EDIT: PIC Fixed, had wrong Triton Sensor speeds input. math was right, I was just using bad data. chart is now fixed.