| By John Christiansen (Roscoehatfield) on Saturday, January 03, 2026 - 07:11 pm: Edit |
Sterart, I think you're right, but those two valid hexes at ranges 9 and 10 putsch the pattern. Those hexes overlap with the range 9 and 10 for the non-alternate firing arcs. I have to wonder if more hexes overlap.
| By Gary Carney (Nerroth) on Sunday, January 04, 2026 - 06:48 pm: Edit |
For what it's worth, it might be best to place any megaphaser-related line items in the Module E3 after-action report thread, since this weapon system is/was "historically" made use of by the Borak Star League. Not least given the extensive Borak use of turrets, which further extends the number of "alternative" firing arcs that are potentially available to many types of Borak warship.
| By John Christiansen (Roscoehatfield) on Tuesday, January 06, 2026 - 11:43 am: Edit |
Thanks, Gary, but I'm not asking about the Megaphaser, nor the Mauler for that matter. I am asking about the Mauler firing arcs beyond 10 hexes for the alternate arcs on the inside. The two hexes at ranges 9 and 10 mess up the pattern because they overlap with the standard center-line arc. Do they overlap at ranges beyond 10 hexes? I don't know. If those two hexes were not there, it would be obvious out to infinity. The outside of the alternate firing arcs are obvious, the center-line firing arc is obvious. Does the overlap continue?
| By Roger D. Morgan, Jr. (Sonofkang) on Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 08:54 pm: Edit |
My local group is looking to start doing some scenarios that use some of the ships you don't see too often, but always think about how much fun it would be to fly when looking through the SSDs.
I was thinking a good place to start would be maulers, but could not remember where (or if) there are any published scenarios that already have maulers in them.
Anyone know where we might find a mauler scenario?
Alternatively, we are also trying to design some scenarios based on the history of ship classes in the MSSBs and the General History / Timeline. Thinking a first mauler use by the Lyrans on the Kzinti or the Klingons on the Feds would be fun. Well, for the Lyrans or Klingons, at least...
| By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Sunday, February 22, 2026 - 03:32 pm: Edit |
I think maulers are so specialized they're only brought out for specific missions, such as attacking a BATS or StarBase. It's pretty rare for them to be in a deep-space fleet battle.
Garth L. Getgen
| By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Sunday, February 22, 2026 - 07:53 pm: Edit |
What about a "Behind the Lines Raid" that has a chance encounter with an enemy squadron that's escorting a mauler?
IIRC, there's a general scenario, I think in Scenario Book #2, where a military convoy with heavy escort has to face a raiding force.
Suicide freighters are also used in assaulting bases. What about including a mauler with the escorts (replacing, perhaps, a light cruiser?)
Forces defending the convoy have the added demand that they have to eliminate the raider, because if they DON'T, then enemy High Command will know (or at least SHOULD be able to figure) that the convoy (and mauler) are intended to attack a major base of some sort.
There's also a scenario where a Drone Bombardment group gets caught by a raiding squadron ("And Settle Their Hash" is a name that comes to mind). PLUS there are other scenarios where one side arrives piecemeal; basically ANYthing available is sent to the battle area. Using a Mauler as either an attack vessel OR a response ship, because if it is all that's available...
A situation that can also easily erupt when the side deploying the mauler is forced to do so because they're so short on standard combat ships...
OR they may just be deploying a mauler outside of its normal role to convince the enemy that they're running so short of ships...
OR they may just be deploying the mauler because they have no real need for mauler type ships in the foreseeable future, due to the war turning against them, and they wish to husband less specialized ships.
OTOH, can you imagine the synergy that could develop between a D6M and a ship with a SFG? The B10S having a mauler in addition to her carrier escorts. Ahh, the beauty of it all!
| By Alex Chobot (Alendrel) on Sunday, February 22, 2026 - 10:13 pm: Edit |
Maulers are not used only for attacks on fixed defenses. (S8.43) just requires a pick-up force to have two non-mauler ships before they can be taken. In Federation & Empire, the mauler ability to direct damage at a specific unit at 1:1 is something that sees them used in battles away from such fixed defenses. It is still risking a valuable, limited availability unit but often that is deemed worth the risk to be able to eliminate an even more valuable enemy unit.
So while I cannot think of any published scenarios off hand that specifically include a mauler, it’s an easy enough substitution in any scenario that has a ship of the right size, so pick one and have fun!
| By Alex Chobot (Alendrel) on Sunday, February 22, 2026 - 11:01 pm: Edit |
As for published scenarios, out of the various modules:
(SG82.0) Mauler or Photon (Module R9) - Three player scenario with a standard Federation squadron completing a gains a Federation mauler squadron to destroy a Klingon BATs.
(SH81.0) Radey to the Rescue (Module R3) - Federation CVA comes to the rescue of a Federation task force trapped by a Klingon stasis group with a D6M.
On your own for what might be in Captain’s Ligs 
| By Mike Erickson (Mike_Erickson) on Sunday, February 22, 2026 - 11:32 pm: Edit |
You could try (SH6.0) ASSAULT ON THE HOLDFAST from Advanced Missions. That includes an option for D6M. You could also use a D5M, or swap in Romulans and try one of their maulers. Or maybe get even funkier and hypothesize that maybe the Lyrans sent a ship or two to help the Klingons? Enjoy!
--Mike
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