Do reduce my stress levels - I have come up with a simple solution (sorry, more work for William).....I shall stop looking at the dice rolls as they come through!

Hopefully, this will help......

By Jason E. Schaff (Jschaff297061) on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 05:21 pm: Edit

You must prostrate yourself before Chibithulu and beg his blessings upon your dice!

By Fred J. Kreller (Kreller1) on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 05:42 pm: Edit

Jason,
You'd be surprised at how often that actually *works*

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 05:43 pm: Edit

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You must prostrate yourself before Chibithulu and beg his blessings upon your dice!

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By William Jockusch (Verybadcat) on Friday, May 21, 2010 - 01:21 pm: Edit

Combat continues across the Galaxy . . .

The raid on Kzintai did not accomplish much. 5PDU dead for 2EFF killed and 14 ships crippled. Ugh.

The Gorn assault on Romulan North Fleet SB appears to be going rather better. The SB appears likely to go down at an acceptable price.

Of the battles still underway, the most interesting/important is the Hydran attack on 1013. The Hydrans are trying to kill 2FRD and stop an MB setup. They will accomplish at least some of this. But just how much of it they will accomplish, and at what price, remains unclear.

By William Jockusch (Verybadcat) on Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 06:51 pm: Edit

More combat results are coming in. In NE Klingon space, the Feds destroyed 3 BATS and crippled the one at 1807. They also killed 2FRD that were sitting at 1507. Upshot is that the remaining crippled BATS is still a supply point for the Klingons at the moment. But the region appears to be more or less finished as a Klingon repair area.

The Gorns succeeded in killing the Romulan North Fleet SB, plus a mauler and 2 small ships. They also inflicted about 10EP worth of crips and used up a Romulan command point. In return, they suffered DN dead, 24EP worth of crips, and 2 command points spent.

At 1013, a very long and costly battle continues. There have been 7 rounds so far. Some bad rolls for me and some self-kills by him have put this into the "he will probably hold the hex" column, so the Hydrans just directed on an FRD. One FRD and the MB setup remain.

By William Jockusch (Verybadcat) on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 10:01 pm: Edit

The 1013 battle has ended. The Hydrans killed both FRD but not the MB. So the Coalition has retrograde there, but they have no repair capacity in the region.

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 04:46 pm: Edit

Indeed.

1013 was a pretty bloody battle - with less than 'front line units*' on both sides

*(Other than a Paladin and B10!)

The Hydrans had several frigates and LN's - and the Coalition a stack of partially crippled Carrier group.

The dice are being nicer.....but I missed the persuit roll with a huge stack of Hydran cripples to persuit!

By William Jockusch (Verybadcat) on Saturday, June 05, 2010 - 12:26 am: Edit

Alliance turn 16 is done.

The Alliance was able to kill all four remaining Coalition FRDs. Two were sitting at 1507 and were knocked out by the Feds. The other two were at 1013 and were killed by the Hydrans. However, the Hydrans paid a heavy price, with about 10 ships lost, including about 20 fighter factors. Also, they failed to stop the MB setup at 1013.

Basically, I misplayed the 1013 battle by giving up too many fighters at the beginning. This lowered my compot enough that I failed to win the hex. This in turn forced me to direct on the two FRDs, and also resulted in my failure to stop the MB.

Several of the dead Hydran ships then resulted, as the Hydrans were putting crips on the line in 1013, and lost additional ships in the 914 battle they were forced to retreat into.

On the bright side, the Hydrans did manage to get about 150 fighters killed this turn, and they killed about as many ships as they lost (but of lower average quality) and also caused a lot of Coalition crips.

On the central front, the Feds killed 3 BATS near the Klingon/Kzinti/Fed border and crippled a fourth. They also retook 2610. The only Klingon base in the Federation is now a MB at the Romulan-held planet 2715.

On the Romulan front, the Feds pushed the Romulans off of three devastated minor planets while failing at two others. They also devastated Romulan planet 4313. The tactical situation forced them to retreat off of this last planet instead of capturing it.

For their part, the Gorns killed an SB (4411) and a BATS.

The Alliance forces on the Romulan front are now strong enough that they are leaving some fleets in forward positions, rather than retroing everything back to bases. These forward fleets are contesting 3 Romulan provinces and threatening to raid Romulus and/or Remus next turn.

The Feds have formed four weak reserves. Most of their fleets are also positioned to support each other with reaction movement. The Gorns have two somewhat stronger reserves. The Hydrans didn't bother with reserves as they have very few points to defend. And the Kzinti don't need any as they are all offmap.

The concentration of Coalition forces on the Hydran front has forced the Hydrans to put most of their fleet at Hydrax. As a consequence, the Hydran 1st fleet SB is his if he wants it.

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Saturday, June 05, 2010 - 09:01 am: Edit

Sounds like a boodbath!

Paul, as the Coalition player are you now getting a sense for how the Alliance has an advantage in this game? =)

By William Jockusch (Verybadcat) on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 01:33 am: Edit

I counted the fighters in all the fleets. This is assuming all crips are repaired. I ignored base and PDU fighters. Unsurprisingly, the results show a large Alliance lead. What might be surprising is that the Klingons are in a near-tie with the Feds and the Hydrans for the most fighters:

Hydrans 173
Federation 163
Klingons 156
Romulans 126
Kzinti 62
Lyran 54
Gorn 36

Alliance total: 434
Coalition total: 336

This is after C17 builds.

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 04:12 am: Edit

Ted

I think the Coalition would have been able to maintain offences in all threatres, for probably 4 more turns (probably up to probably turn 18 or 19) if the dice had been more even - as from about turn 14, the Coalition could only 'win' one front at a time - and since then, the Alliance has been able to 'win' one front at a time (with the Kzinti front being pretty even).

On fighters - wow - not too bad!

What shows though is WHO in the Alliance has suffered the most pressure - the poor Kzinti! Barely more than the Lyrans!!

Only 62 fighters - and I think they start with 61 (ignoring tug pods!)

Anyway turn 17 has started!

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 04:18 am: Edit

Coalition Turn 17

Incomes
Lyran 99.45
Klingon 135.75
Romulan 90.45

Builds
Lyrans (Balance 0.95 Ep's)
4 x PDU (part replace those lost on 1401!)
BC, TGC, 3 x CW, 2 x DW, DWS, 3 x FF

16 Ep's on Repairs

Klingons (Balance 0.65 Ep's)
D7, D6M, 7 x D5, 5 x F5, 3 x E4, 3D5V, 2 x D6 from Mothball

41.5 Ep's on Repairs

Romulans (balanced 0.45 Ep's)
4CNV (hurrah, just about squeezed it in!), Fh, SPF, 3 x SP, SK, SN

20.5 Ep's on Repairs

Captured NCL was also scrapped.

4 Lyran Tug are on PDU deployment duty, 2 Lyran supply Tugs, 2 Klingon Supply Tugs and the rest are naked or with Pods!

By William Jockusch (Verybadcat) on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 12:13 am: Edit

C17 movement is underway. The Coalition is bypassing the heavily-defended outer Fed bases in favor of softer targets in the interior.

On the Hydran front, both Hydran hardpoints (Hydrax and the 1st fleet SB) have been pinned. No word yet on whether a serious assault will be attempted.

Additionally, all Alliance forces in Romulan space are under attack.

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 07:37 am: Edit

Indeed - we have a plan!

The mighty Coalition offensive to push the evil Alliance out of Coalition space has begun!

Can't tell you too much though...as walls have Ears and all that

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 02:21 am: Edit

Coalition Turn 17 - Operational movement has been concluded.

Hydran Front
617 is under attack and 1017 should be destroyed (finally), along with the crippled MB in 1218.

All planets outside of 617 are Coalition held.

Kzinti Front
No action except the Patriach restores his control over rebellious planets.

Federation Front.

Aggresive Attacks in North West Federation space and South East of Sol are being doing.

Gorn Front
4008 (BATS) and 4806 (SB) are under attack, as is 4705.

Romulan Front
Alliance Forces are under attack in their forward positions. Supply to the Federation Vulcan Fleet was unfortunately not cut off.

Intelligence reports several Alliance Fleets at high speed warp, racing to core locations.

By William Jockusch (Verybadcat) on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 04:37 pm: Edit

An Orion "trader" has been caught red-handed embezzling funds from recovering planets in the Earth region. This has led to an economic shortfall of four economic units every six months for the last two years. The "trader" was initially sentenced to death, but the sentence has been reduced to time served in exchange for the return of the missing funds.

A burst of Federation ship construction is expected.

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 03:47 am: Edit

'Tut'

More corruption in the Federation!

We have zero corruption in the Glorious Klingon Empire!

Should any Federation planet want to join our paradise - please apply to your local Klingon Warship!

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 03:53 am: Edit

Well combats have started on Colaition turn 17.

So far, all undefended planets have fallen (2 Hydran, 1 Kzinti and 2 Federation).

The dice gods allowed a Gorn HD to live (5/6 chance of crippling it, and then 50/50 on persuit - I got the 1/6 chance which meant it survived intact!)

The evil crippled MB in Hydran space has finally died!

SB 1017 is under assault and planet 2505 (map not with me) is also under assault.

2505 may survive, as a reserve fleet has arrived to defend it.

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Friday, June 18, 2010 - 03:29 pm: Edit

Well,most important battle of the round is going horribly for me.

1017

Round 1 2 v 5 (20% v 30%)

Round 2 1 v 6 (25% v 40%)

At this rate, what should have been an easy kill, looks decidely dodgy.

Whats really infuriating is that in both rounds I rolled the 'high % damage bracket' and William the 'low % damage bracket'.

The basic 5% band table really really really punishes you for poor dice rolling - and I am getting lynched in every key battle roll on it.

Fingers crossed dice do improve.

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Friday, June 18, 2010 - 05:04 pm: Edit

Well, at least you're beating my luck in your other game! =)

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 03:05 am: Edit

Well, 1017 has ended with the SB living.

3rd round didn't improve - although atleast it was the first round I did the low % damage and William did the high % damage (so yes, he outolled me again!)

Losses were
Coaliition (1 Klingon CP and 0.8 Ep's of Drones also used)
Crippled 3 x D5V, 3 x AD5, 2 x F5E, 2 x D5, D6V, E4A, F5S
Killed (all self killed) F5E, 3 x F5

Hydrans
Crippled KN, 4 SIDS
Killed AH (directed)

Very major victory for the Hydrans, which has massive bearings on my plans for the next turn or so.

(Hydran fleet would have been out of supply and not on a base if the SB had died!)

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Monday, June 21, 2010 - 08:00 am: Edit

Well dice are hurting both sides.

Afew good Coalition rolls have caused higher levels of damage, but a poor Federation roll was saved by VBIR going up 2 AND William had enough to kill a FV feeding fighters forward!

(Was a 50/50 on surviving, and William got it again!)

Several main battles are still to be done, but with my Strategic Plan in tatters, the Tactical situation has had to be amended.

By William Jockusch (Verybadcat) on Monday, June 21, 2010 - 01:20 pm: Edit

I just realized something . . . I am pretty sure that last turn's raids (Alliance turn 16) were the first time any Feds ventured into the Klingon Empire.

Except for captured ships, that is.

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 01:27 pm: Edit

Well, after a good patch of good dice for the Coalition - the dice returned to normal - and I lost another bunch of ships (4 ships in one battle!).

Therefore, another change of plans and no attack on the 617 planets.

In summary - a single battle hex of unbeleivable bad (v good) dice (1017) destroyed the buik of the plans which got created over 2 turns.

What should have left the Hydrans just in 617 and a small Hydran fleet OOS next to 1017 (and so several provinces safe from Hydran attack) - has resulted in the SB living and the Hydrans in supply (although limited on fighters) AND and a bunch of provinces vunerable.

Than than self killing my own fleet to have the chance of succeeding where success should be relatively eeasy - I don't know what to do.

Any suggestions what the Coalition can do to remove the effect of 'dice' from their plans?