| By Justin Royter (Metaldog) on Saturday, December 13, 2025 - 02:29 pm: Edit |
its the same as if it was direct fire, you determine the shield the same way you would resolve a shield issue with DF.
| By Frank Lemay (Princeton) on Saturday, December 13, 2025 - 03:29 pm: Edit |
Thanks Justin.
Seems we played it properly !
Cheers
Frank
| By Frank Lemay (Princeton) on Friday, December 19, 2025 - 09:16 pm: Edit |
Dana's Lyrans over Frank's Gorns.
We played out the remainder of T4
HDD Golitho took a few more internals from the Lyran CA, not much else happened other than the Gorns tried to open the range.
End of T4 sees the Gorns and Lyrans about R14- R18 apart.
It was this point where I conceded the match to Dana.
Gorns had 2 crippled HDDs, 1 HDD with 9 internals and the CDD with 6
Lyran TGB had 57 internals and the BC had 50 internals but neither were crippled and still very combat capable.
Lyran CA no damage.
My HET on 4.2 did not work out as I was hoping.
Dana was able to counter the move and promptly dismantled my Gorns !
Fun game, thanks Dana !
Due to RL, I am unable to play in Rd 3.
Cheers
Frank
| By Eddie E Crutchfield (Librarian101) on Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 07:39 pm: Edit |
Well it was a bloody battle tonight, the Vudar CW left this world, and the Fed CS barely survived,it is now more of a dingy than a ship, a piece of space dust would finish it. Turn 4 will probably start someting next week, now that we hacwgiven each other Chrustmas gifts, what will new years celebration look like. It was range 8 exchange with the CC having a 2 shift andeveyone else a 1. No shift on the feds. The interesting both of us did 109 points of damage on the No 2 shield of each other. Now plasmas are out and will catch the Vudar on impulse 1 or 2 next turn additional drones are also en route. Vudar have damage on 2 shields on each ship.
| By Eddie E Crutchfield (Librarian101) on Saturday, January 03, 2026 - 10:21 pm: Edit |
And turn 4 is in the books, The Vudar on imp 3 the admiral decided to attack the approaching plasma with a phaser storm, torpedo 1 took 30 damage and died without revealing is nature torpedo 2 took 28 and hit home with 1 point on a 3 point shield. Later the CS in a defiant shot reduced the 3 shield down to 1. The Vudar, after killing 3 more drones attacked two poor shuttles, killed them and then closed with the CS but on an end of the turn shot failed to kill the ECM drone, so The CS lives until tomorrow.
| By Gregory S Flusche (Vandar) on Thursday, January 08, 2026 - 08:47 pm: Edit |
It was latter then tomorrow. The CS died in a hail of phaser fire after dropping all shields for min fire control a transporter use and fired phasers.
The phasers fired last turn were in fact not possible, so we simply dropped thema and the damage.
The T-bombs made me fire early but the down shields and a few more phasers did the trick. Moved Dir D then turned back up to E then F. fired Proxy Ion cannons and killed two fighters. End of turn puts us around range 27/28. He fully loaded and me torps empty save one and low on phasers. IPGs however are good.
Those t-bombs really messed with me. I was lucky I slowed down and could turn.
| By Eddie E Crutchfield (Librarian101) on Sunday, January 11, 2026 - 08:00 pm: Edit |
Greg if you see this, I could not save I lost my internet connection, can you send me a copy
| By Eddie E Crutchfield (Librarian101) on Saturday, January 17, 2026 - 11:17 pm: Edit |
How is the Klingon, Hydran Battle going, no reports in awhile
| By Gregory S Flusche (Vandar) on Sunday, January 18, 2026 - 11:27 am: Edit |
I think it is over with a klingon Win not sure tho
| By Eddie E Crutchfield (Librarian101) on Sunday, January 18, 2026 - 08:34 pm: Edit |
Fed Vudar over Fed Wins, A matter of attrention on both sides. The GSC was the difference eventhough it did not fire any weapons other than drones. the Vudar with no scout was shooting into a 2 shift most of the time. The Feds lost the CS, and minor damage on the BCF. Vudar lost the CW, One DW had about 10 boxes left, 1only shield damage, the CC had minor damage. Very balanced engagement
| By Gregory S Flusche (Vandar) on Monday, January 19, 2026 - 10:34 am: Edit |
It was a fun battle and i did the best i could vs a drone and plasma attack. It was as Ed says the GSC won the day for the FEDS.
| By David Hanson (Glimaash) on Monday, March 16, 2026 - 11:47 am: Edit |
The Klingon v Lyran match is underway. We played two turns. Lyrans sporting a very heavy hitting fleet consisting of a Battle Tug, BC and a CA. Klingons have 4 war cruisers, one of which is a scout. Klingon are way outgunned 16 to 12 disrupters; 16 vs 14+2scout P1s, 10 vs 0 P2; 10 vs 16 P3; 12 ESG V 8 drone racks. I have a decisive EW advantage.
Turn one: The turn was general closure and late fires at R22. Klingon hit with 5 of 6 disruptors(+4 average). He hit with 3 of 16 disruptors at a +2 shift (+1 average). His CA #2 down to 2 boxes and my scouts #1 down to 25. Klingons launch 10 drones (6 drogue and 4 SP). A good start for the Klingons.
Turn two saw the Lyrans change in at high speed and the Klingons dancing away. CA used 2 ESG and some additional phasers took care of the drones. He killed a SP that was launch with long range disrupters against a shift. We ended at R10. Towards the end of the turn, Klingons hit with 8 of 12 disruptors (6 on 29 and 6 on 32 as they came to bear) (average); and followed up with 13 P1 shots that only scored 5 hits (-8 average). The P1 rolls hurt as I would have scored 3 internals assume he used all his batteries. He shot at drones at a +2 shift with overloads, choosing to dump a bunch of disruptors into space rather than firing on 32.
Turn 3: Klingons are in a bad position. 10 hexes from the end with the Lyran holding a good intercept position. Klingons are pretty much cornered. He has everything ready and Klingons will have their weapons coming back between imps 5 and 8. The EW effectiveness drops as the range closes so I will lose my edge.
Battle continues Tuesday night. Come watch the fireworks as the Lyran’s steamroll over the fragile Klingon war cruisers. We may die for the Emperor, but it will be GLORIOUS!
| By David Hanson (Glimaash) on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 - 01:29 pm: Edit |
Klingon-Lyran fireworks delayed until Thursday.
| By Dana Madsen (Madman) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 - 10:16 pm: Edit |
If I can do it right, the damage so far to the Lyran CA shields won't really matter as I should have speed advantage and be able to turn my fresh #6 to the Klingon by the time he cycles weapons. Seeing how he was speed 12 or less for max speed on his ships last turn he can go a max 24 this coming turn. My speed was 17 or higher all turn so I can plot 25 or higher and know I have last move against 3 of his 4 ships as we close. I can't do it for a full turn, and have a bunch of overloads, but I can do it long enough that he can't really stop me from getting range 8. If he HET'd away and tried to run, he's just going to end in a corner at the end of the turn.
His command ship might have been going faster, but does he want to have one ship leave the hex of the other two D5's when there are 4 ESG's coming up and 4 more that could start right after them. Right now, if he has 2 drones per ship and 3 ships in a hex that is 9 targets to share damage on an ESG overrun. A lone D5 trying to go faster to hit a CA's weak shield might find it's not worth it.
The bigger question is how will he maneuver, can I get range 4 rather than range 8 shot. Can I get range 4 before he can cycle all his weapons. If he wants to keep a significant EW advantage, he's going to be slow with standard disr. If he wants overloads and EW, he might as well stop.
The BC can shoot all 4 disr imp 1, the TGB can shoot 5 of 8, the CA can shoot 3 of 4. I think all ph-1 on the BC and TGC are good to fire. Which probably matches the power I have available to move fast for a bit, overload 12 disr and see what the klingons try.
They could also all HET away and run for the wall and disengage to preserve the fleet. I'd likely get a range 8 shot on a back shield.
| By Dana Madsen (Madman) on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 09:57 am: Edit |
Even when he had me center lined at range 3 a bolt hitting with all 3 torps wouldn't have been enough. An S and 2 F's for 35 pts + 4 ph-1's on a good shield is going to do 20 internals. I would then have used my HET to go down shield seeking with my ph-g and other phasers.
I would have had 25 internals after doubling, gorn would have been down 50 to 60 and all torps empty. Next turn I would have had more phasers and more movement.
He needed to put all 70 pts on the map, get a hit at less than range 5 and make sure I couldn't stop and weasel. If I have 35 to 40 internals and the gorn has 50, he probably wins that one.
| By Dana Madsen (Madman) on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 10:03 am: Edit |
posted this in the wrong forum, thought it was ace of aces, not sure what happened.
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