Operation Trojan Horse
A not-so-simple shipping raid turns nasty.
The attacker's plan is easy: take out the convoy escorts so you can capture it.
Primarily, you
want to board the freighters, but destroying them is just as effective as far as fleet
command is concerned.
The defender must prevent the freighters being captured or destroyed.
Defender losses are secondary to getting the freighters away safely.
Deployment:
The defender deploys their fleet using half of the short table edge heading down the
table.
The attacker then deploys anywhere along the long edge of the opposite table side.
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| <- Attacker ->.............|
|___________.................|
| .........].................|
| Defender.].................|
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Special Notes:
FTL Drives cannot operate until the safe jump limit is reached at the end of the table.
The attacker cannot attack any freighters if there is a defending military vessel in
the same arc UNLESS any of the freighters have fired upon the attacker in the previous
turn.
(If the attacker is unaware there is a Q-ship, then this is optional)
| Phenomonal Attacker Victory | Defender destroyed or captured with less than 25% losses. |
| Major Attacker Victory | 75+% freighters destroyed or captured for less than 25% losses |
| Partial Attacker Victory | 50+% freighters destroyed or captured for less than 50% losses. |
| Draw | 25+% of the freighters destroyed & 50+% attacker losses. |
| Partial Defender Victory | 50+% freighters escape & inflicted more than 50% attacker losses. |
| Major Defender Victory | 75+% freighters escape & attacker takes 50+% losses. |
| Phenomonal Defender Victory | 75+% freighters escape & attacker annihilated. |
| Attacker: | Defender: |
| 1 Battlecruiser 2 Heavy Cruisers 2 Escort Cruiser 4 Light Cruisers |
1 Heavy Cruiser 2 Escort Cruiser 4 Destroyers 1 Bulk Carrier 3 Heavy Freighters 3 Fleet Auxiliary 1 Stonefish Q ship |
"Stonefish" class Q-ship
Mass: 100
Hull: Weak
FTL: Std
Main Drive: 2
CF (civilian): 2
Armour: 10
Damage Track: 20
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3 x Firecons
3 x SMR (std) (AP/FP/F)
3 x SMR (std) (F/FS/AS)
2 x Pulse Torpedoes (F)
2 x Class-2 (6-arc)
4 x PDS