Battle of First Yeltsin
Turn 5 results
Thunder of God makes a doubly fatal mistake & turns his throat directly towards HMS Fearless. 6 missiles detonate at point blank against ToG's kilt while 3 more detonate off the port broadside despite above average point defence & antimissile defence. Just to resolve matters, Fearless then fires a full broadside strait down ToG's throat, causing catastrophic damage to the vessel, but surprising not hitting any vital engineering systems. ToG's return fire is ineffective as Fearless has an active sidewall interposed, which halves the effective range of her lasers.
Captain Jeremiah Simmonds looks over his combat display to
show... 1 Grazer & 2 x class-2 lasers still active on the starboard broadside.
However, the entire forward impellor ring is gone, as is the starboard sidewall &
every other non-essential system, including the combat computers. Casualties amongst the
extra army personnel on board are essentially total with only 11% of the original crew
still alive.
Captain Simmonds may be suicidal, but even he knows his limits...
*****
I'm sorry to say that this is effectively the end of the
game, much sooner than I expected. Even if ToG manages to get a firecon back online,
Fearless will chew through the rest of the ship without even breaking a sweat next turn.
Over the course of the game, I actually thought the RMN were throwing their missiles wide
most of the time, but their shots proved to be accurate in the end. The PRH were let down
by below average PDS rolls, and the unwillingness of HMS Fearless to engage in an energy
duel.
Personally, I found the missiles seem to work fairly well; although in larger games, I'm
going to have to limit all ships to launching 1 salvo per turn, but combining the entire
broadside, simply to cut down on the calculations.
Does anyone have any comments on how things went or any improvements to suggest?
I'm going to add to the rules that any ship without thrust (MD 0) has lost it's wedge (and therefore it's sidewalls). It did come up this game, but 'Troubador' is a mission kill anyway, as she fails to get her lifesupport back up next turn. ToG could have popped Troubador off with a lucky Grazer shot (and hit with 2 grazers when I rolled, except orders were specific in only shooting Fearless).
*****
RMN Vessels
Name Status X Y Speed Vector Course
Fearless OK 104.2 3.9 23.6 98.9 3 attack ToG (Fore)
Troubador Critical 101.2 53.3 24.0 67.7 2
RMN Missiles
Name Missiles Endurance X Y Speed Vector Course
RMN_Mis16(Trou6) 2L 0 91.5 96.1 29.8 35.2 10
RMN_Mis17(Trou7) 2L 0 55.5 33.8 6.3 55.3 10
RMN_Mis18(Fear11) 0N1L 1a 95.5 26.2 18.1 72.2 8 attack ToG (PBS/3); 1
RMN_Mis19(Fear12) 3L 1a 94.7 25.7 17.1 73.0 8 attack ToG (Aft); 2+4+1
RMN_Mis20(Fear13) 3L rf 93.5 25.5 0.0 0.0 6 attack ToG (Aft); 1+5+2
RMN_Mis21(Fear14) 2L rf 95.0 27.0 0.0 0.0 6 attack ToG (PBS/3); 0+0 (wedge)
RMN_Mis10(Fear7) 2L 0 133.5 25.2 36.0 92.3 5
RMN_Mis11(Fear8) 2L 0 82.5 42.4 23.1 65.0 3
PRH Vessels
Name Status X Y Speed Vector Course
Thunder of God Critical 94.9 24.0 24.0 133.2 5
Principality Destroyed 94.6 29.0 23.1 124.3 12
PRH Missiles
Name Missiles Endurance X Y Speed Vector Course
PRH_mis7(ToG5) 6L 0 84.8 -20.0 32.8 147.2 1
PRH_mis9(ToG7) 6L 1 99.8 8.8 34.1 140.3 5
PRH_mis10(ToG8) 3L 1 99.8 8.8 34.1 140.3 5
*****
RMN "Star Knight" CA 286 - HMS Fearless
Mass: 120
Hull: Weak
FTL: Standard
Main Drive: 4
Sidewall-1 (PBS)
Sidewall-1 (SBS)
Hits: 24; 6/6/6/6
[ooo*oo/o*ooo*/ooo*oo/o*ooo*]
Firecons: 3
ADFC
2 x Salvo-2 (1 x F, 1 x A)
2 x Salvo-4 (2 x PBS) - rapid fire RMN_Mis20+21
2 x Salvo-4 (2 x SBS)
Magazine: 54 laser / 8 nuke missiles
AMS-4 - vs ToG_Mis8; 1 kill
Plasma torpedoes (PBS)
Plasma torpedoes (SBS)
2 x Grazer (2 x PBS) - vs ToG; 1 miss, 1 hit; 5 pts
2 x Grazer (2 x SBS)
1 x Class-2 (6-arc) - vs ToG; hit; 2
3 x Class-2 (3 x PBS) - vs ToG; 3 hits; 3
3 x Class-2 (3 x SBS)
4 x PDS - out of range
RMN DD - 'HMS Troubador'
Mass: 52
Hull: Weak
FTL: Standard
Main Drive: 6(0) - [2 x damaged]
Sidewall-1 (PBS)
Sidewall-1 (SBS) - [damaged]
Core Systems: Life Support (1 turn)- [damaged]
Hits: 2; 0/0/0/2
[xxx/xxx/xx/o*]
Firecons: 1 - [repaired]
ADFC - [damaged]
2 x Salvo-2 (1 x Fore, 1 x Aft) -
Salvo-4 (PBS) - [damaged]
Salvo-4 (SBS) -
Magazine: 19 laser / 3 nuke
AMS-2 - [damaged]
2 x Class-2 (6-arc) - [2 x damaged]
2 x PDS - [1 damaged]
Damage:
6 points from PRH_mis8
2 points from 'Thunder of God' energy weapons
PRH "Sultan" BC - 'Thunder of God'
Mass: 164
Hull: Weak
FTL: Standard - [damaged]
Main Drive: 4(2) - [damaged]
Sidewall-1 (PBS)
Sidewall-1 (SBS) - [damaged]
Hits: 2; 0/0/0/2
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[xxxxxxo*]
Firecons: 5 - [5 x damaged]
ADFC - [damaged]
2 x Salvo-4 (1 x Fore, 1 x Aft) - [2 x damaged]
Salvo-6 (PBS) - [damaged]
Salvo-6 (SBS) - [damaged]
Salvo-4 (PBS) - [damaged]
Salvo-4 (SBS) - [damaged]
Magazine: 110 Laser / 20 Nuke
AMS-4 - vs various missiles; 4 kills - [damaged]
3 x Grazer (3 x PBS) - [3 x damaged]
3 x Grazer (3 x SBS) - [2 x damaged]
2 x Class-2 (6-arc) - [2 x damaged]
8 x Class-2 (4 x PBS, 4 x SBS) - [4 x PBS damaged, 2 x SBS damaged]
5 x PDS - vs various missiles; 3 kills - [5 x damaged]
Damage:
0 damage from RMN_mis3 vs PBS (hit wedge)
5 damage from RMN_mis15 vs PBS
2 damage from 'Troubador' energy weapons
15 damage from RMN missile 19,20 vs Aft
1 damage from RMN_mis18 vs PBS
0 damage from RMN_mis21 vs PBS (hit wedge)
5 damage from 'Fearless' vs Fore from Grazers
3 damage from 'Fearless' vs Fore from energy weapons
PRH "Breslau" DD - 'Principality' - [Destroyed]
Mass: 48
Hull: Weak
FTL: Standard - [damaged]
Main Drive: 6
Sidewall-1 (PBS)
Sidewall-1 (SBS)
Hits: -16; 0/0/0/-16
[xxx/xxx/xx/xx]
Firecons: 1
ADFC
Salvo-2 (1 x Fore) - [damaged]
Salvo-2 (Aft) - [damaged]
Salvo-6 (PBS)
Salvo-6 (SBS) - [damaged]
Magazine: 30 laser / 6 nuke
AMS-2 -
1 x Class-2 (6-arc) -
1 x PDS -
Damage:
6 points from RMN_mis1 vs PBS
0 damaged from RMN_mis7 vs PBS (hit wedge)
20 points from RMN_mis12,4,22 (PBS), 13 (Aft)
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