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The risk-reward ratio of attacking a task force is so thin that just reading your musings sends a chill down my spine.

Seriously, going after a TF of Tribals and Didos -- chasing them no less, too -- is like swatting a hornet's nest with the palm of your hand. Doable, sure; painful, certainly; no glory earned (as far as I remember, the reknown gained from a Dido is not much different from that of a small merchant).

I will examine a TF if it is bearing down on me anyway... and if there is a BB or carrier in the middle, which is rare, I will take a shot at the capital ship if conditions are right. But going after a bunch of cans and Didos seems pretty much a waste of munitions and hardly worth the risk.