Alliance Turn 11: Raid Phase

The Hydrans raid 0114 and 1019 with LGE's.
The Federation raids 2212, after considering Sherman's Planet but noting that 2 hexes away there is a D7 eligible for Extended Reaction.

All raids are unopposed, since they are in captured territory not LTC and there are no ships in range to react.  Two provinces become disrupted Hydran provinces rather than Lyran and Klingon provinces, respectively. Meanwhile the Klingons lose support from a province in Federation territory.

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 04:53 pm: Edit

Alliance Turn 11 Operational Movement

The Federation 7th fleet divides itself between planet 2509 and province 2212, where adjacent Klingons decline to react in.

2509 is defended by a CVT group and an extra frigate, and could choose to fight a round since it has fighters to give, but probably will withdraw and give an FF to the Fed force of 3xCA+3xFF.

The province garrison in 2210 is just two ships.

The Federation then moves 66 ships, all FF's and CL's, from the capital to the upgrading MB in 2305. There is no reaction until the ships hit 2305, at which point the B10-Invincible group (a reserve from the prior turn) reacts in. The Federation then moves its reserves from 2610 to the same location (28 SEQ including fighters). The Coalition does not have the pincount to keep the Federation out. This was done in two stacks, and the second stack to move, consisting of cruisers, was jumped on in 2406 by seven frigates and a D6, pinning five cruisers out of 2305. Most of the remaining Federation fleet then joins the battle in 2305, leaving a CC behind in 2405 on the way to play with the Klingon D6 cruiser hanging out there. The Coalition react in their last free ship, a Lyran CW that had been hanging out with the FRD's in 2205.

In Kzinti space, the entire uncrippled Kzinti Fleet tries the Capital (89 ships, 86 fighters) the Lyrans have the Night Roar (22 ships, 12 fighters reacted in), a strong reserve, and the Foremost Fleet (46 ships 18 fighters). The Lyrans are defending a Klingon MB--->BATS upgrade and have the benefit of 6 Klingon PDUs over Kzintai.

In Hydran space, the Hydrans attack pretty much everything out of reaction range of the Lyran MB--->BATS upgrade and associated giant fleet in 0416:

0116: 5 Hydrans (LM,FCR, frigates) against three Lyrans (CL, 2xFF)
0118: 33 Hydrans against eight Lyrans.
0519: 40 Hydrans against seven Klingons (2xD6,5xE4)
0718: 54 Hydrans against eight Klingons (2xD6, 6xE4)
1117: Nine good Hydrans against Klingon frigates.
1118: Nine good Hydrans against Klingon D6,E4.
[The Hydrans have placed an FF in 0717 to preserve retrograde in the event that the scary Klingon reserves in 0416 successfully protect 0718.]

Reserves are next.

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 05:11 pm: Edit

AT11 Reserve Movement

"Alliance Turn 11: The Alliance Strikes Back."

[Before we get started, a point of order: I have been referring to things happening in 2106 and 2306 as happening in 2105 and 2305. Of course the excitement is happening on the planets. The big engagement between the entire Federation fleet and a mess of Klingons is in 2306 this turn.]

The Klingon First and Third reserves in 2106 step forward to support 2306. The Klingons are now outnumbered by about 15 ships, but have the B-10 and a quality force, while the Feds have a fair number of FF's. Probably the Federation is just here to kill the upgrading MB, but who knows?

The Lyran reserves all go to 1401, where another potentially major engagement will occur, again centered on preventing a BATS upgrade. The Lyrans have 104 ships and lots of DN's, so the Capital should be in no danger.

The Klingon reserves in 0416 (#2,#4) go to 0718, where the Coalition will be outnumbered but will have a COMPOT advantage.

On to Combat!

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 05:20 pm: Edit

The Alliance chooses to run Hex 2306 first; this feels to both of us like a very critical fight. Perhaps the most important of the war to date. A Coalition victory maintains their supply in range of Earth, and the Federation's fleet is pretty much everything they have. An Alliance victory probably sets the Klingons back a couple of turns (and killing the MB wouldn't be a bad consolation prize).

Note that both sides have spent a Command Point and have Admirals, so the lines should be pretty decent...

The Coalition is fighting the approach, and the B-10 Invincible is fighting a significant engagement for the first time...

By Stewart Frazier (Frazikar3) on Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 07:32 pm: Edit

Q - how did 2 Hydran CU use 3 FFF???

By Mike Erickson (Mike_Erickson) on Sunday, June 13, 2021 - 01:35 am: Edit

2306 is such a great jumping off point into the Fed capital!

In 1986 Coalition fleets would try to build 2xSB in 2306 (one Klingon, one Lyran). If they could do it they often had a good chance at total victory.

Not quite the same with 2010 rules, but back in the day.

And thanks again Graham for taking the time to post your game updates. It's fun reading.

--Mike

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 19, 2021 - 06:43 pm: Edit

Alliance Turn 11 combat is over.

In 2306, the Federation crashed in with a big fleet including pretty much every SEQ from the Capital, and successfully battered their way in and killed the upgrading Mobile Base before it could become a BATS. They lost a lot of expensive hulls, but came out mostly in one piece albeit short some cruisers and 4 pt. scouts.

Elsewhere in Federation territory, the Federation cleaned up some province garrisons, but not too many of them really; the assault on 2306 required a lot of the ships to be concentrated in one place.

In 1401, the Kzinti also stopped a BATS upgrade, taking heavy losses but putting off the potential Starbase defense of 1401 a few more turns (and therefore putting an eventual Starbase upgrade at least on the final turn before exhaustion).

The Hydrans liberated some provinces and planet 0519 without a fight, killing some frigates. In 0718 the Klingons fought a few rounds, killed a few cruisers (only one DG, mostly HR's) and retreated. Even with both reserves on the front, the Hydrans have too many ships. The Klingons lost a Mauler in pursuit, and retreated over an FFT that was holding open retrograde options in 0717 (which would have been important if the Klingons had somehow held 0718, allowing Hydrans in Eastern Hydran space to retrograde to the Capital...) The Klingons could have fought longer, but they were running out of fighters and uncrippled maulers.

Hex	Round	Faction	EW	ComPot	Shift	BIR	BIR Roll	Tot.BIR	Rolls	%	Damage	Direct	Damage Taken
2306	1 (4 DBB)	Coalition(90)	9	123		1	1	5	4	30.00%	36.9	Maul GSC (29)	7 Fighters, Cripple CC (-8)
	(Approach 1)	Alliance (58)	4	118	-2	3			3	22.50%	26.55	Direct D6D(26)	Cripple D7 (-7) (D6M No Shock)
	2	Coalition(90)	9	119		1	-1	4	1	20.00%	23.8	Maul DE (12)	3 Fighters Cripple CA (-7)
	(Approach 2)	Alliance(51)	4	117	-2	4			2	17.50%	20.475	N	12 Fighters Cripple D6M (-9)
	3	Coalition	9	119		1	-1	4	6	32.50%	38.675	Maul TGS (31)	Cripple CA (-7)
	(Approach 3)	Alliance	4	120	-2	4			5	25.00%	30	Direct F5E (19)	1 Fighter, Cripple D6M (-9)
	4	Coalition	9	130		1	-1	4	6	32.50%	42.25	Maul LSC (20)	15 fighters
		Alliance	4	120	-2	4			1	15.00%	18	N	6 Fighters,Cripple F5E (-2) (Mauler no shock)
	5	Coalition(77)	9	130		1	-1	4	5	30.00%	39	Maul LSC (20)	15 Fighters, Cripple CA (-4)
		Alliance(36)	4	120	-2	4			5	25.00%	30	Direct MB (24)	4 Fighters
	6	Coalition (73)	4	99		4	-1	4	5	30.00%	29.7	Direct CA (24)	2 Fighters
		Alliance(21)	4	120		1			2	22.50%	27	N	16 Fighters, Cripple 3xF5 (-4)
	7	Coalition (57)	0	70		4	0	5	3	27.50%	19.25	Maul (16)	3 Fighters (Crippled 2xCA,CC mauled no salvage)
		Alliance (19)	0	52		1			6	35.00%	18.2	N	4 Fighters, Cripple D6M
2406	1	Coalition						0			0		Dead F5, Withdraws.
		Alliance									0
2405	1	Coalition						0			0		Dead D6
		Alliance									0		Crippled CC (Retreats)
2509	1	Coalition						0			0		Dead E4A (Feds Recapture planet)
		Alliance									0
2210	1	Coalition						0			0		Dead F5
		Alliance									0
1401	1 (Approach)	Coalition (58)	4	130		4	-1	4	6	32.50%	42.25	Maul CC (18)	18 fighters, Crippled ffk (+1)
	12 DBB	Alliance (78)	1	97	-1	1			6	30.00%	29.1	Direct STT (28)	1 Fighter
	2 (Approach)	Coalition (57)	4	130		4	0	5	3	27.50%	35.75	Direct FKE (19)	18 Fighters
	12 DBB	Alliance (60)	1	94	-1	1			4	27.50%	25.85	Direct DWE (21)	5 Fighters
	3 (Approach)	Coalition (52)	4	124		4	1	6	1	25.00%	31	Direct CLE (21)	10 Fighters
	12 DBB	Alliance (42)	1	92	-1	1			6	35.00%	32.2	Direct BC (30)	2 Fighters
	4	Coalition (50)	9	195		4	-2	3	5	27.50%	53.625	Maul DN(51)	3 Fighters (Mauler no shock)
	12 DBB	Alliance (32)	1	88	-2	1			5	22.50%	19.8	Direct 2xPDU	(-12)
	5	Coalition	9	177		4	0	7	4	35.00%	61.95	Maul CV GRP (59)	3 Fighters (Mauler no shock)
	12 DBB	Alliance (29)	1	76	-2	3			6	35.00%	26.6	Direct PDU (10)	(-1)
	6	Coalition	8	168		4	-1	7	6	40.00%	67.2	N	12 Ftrs, Cripple 4xCL,SF,CV+MEC+CLE+FKE (-1)
Add BIR	12 DBB	Alliance (26)	1	80	-2	4			5	32.50%	26	Direct MB	1 Fighter (Need to Roll Mauler shock B4 pursuit)
	7 (Pursuit)	Coalition	0	67		4	0	5	4	30.00%	20.1	Direct	Destroy crippled FKE+CLE+MEC
		Alliance	0	48		1			4	30.00%	14.4	N	Cripple DN (+2)
1117	1	Coalition						0			0		Dead E4, Coalition retreats to 1217
		Alliance									0
1118	1	Coalition						0			0		Dead E4, Coalition retreats to 1216
		Alliance									0
519	1	Coalition						0			0		Dead E4, Coalition retreats to 0618
		Alliance									0
118	1	Coalition						0			0		Dead FF, Coalition retreats to 0217
		Alliance									0
116	1	Coalition						0			0		Cripple FF, Coalition retreats to 0215
		Alliance									0
718	1	Coalition	4	93		4	1	9	3	37.50%	34.875	Maul HR (12)	3 HR Fighters, 15 fighters, Cripple LN (-2)
		Alliance	1	77	-1	4			4	37.50%	28.875	N	6 Fighters, Cripple D6M,2xAD5 (-1)
	2	Coalition	6	92		1	-2	3	1	17.50%	16.1	Maul DG (14)	(-1)
		Alliance	1	78	-2	4			3	17.50%	13.65	N	6 Fighters, Cripple MD5
	3	Coalition	6	93		1	0	5	2	25.00%	23.25	Maul HR (12)	3 HR Fighters, 7 Fighters
		Alliance	1	73	-2	4			3	22.50%	16.425	Cripple D6D (16)	D6M Shocks out
	4	Coalition	4	43		1	0	5	4	30.00%	12.9	N	13 Fighters
	Pursuit	Alliance	0	56	-1	4			3	25.00%	14	Direct C-D6D	6 Fighters
717		Coalition						0			0		Coalition Remains
		Alliance									0		Dead FFT

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 19, 2021 - 06:47 pm: Edit

Alliance Turn 11 is over!

The Feds begin setting up a Mobile Base over Earth and retrograde the majority of their ships in the theater to the Capital. They do keep a decent fleet on planet 2610 and Starbase 2901 (Where all four reserves are set since the Federation has its only unmoved ships at that location.)

The Kzinti retreated offmap after the (Fourth?) Battle of Kzintai, and have no presence on the map.

The Hydrans mostly retrograde to the Capital, except for LM,3xCU,FCR which were in 0116 and will have to retrograde offmap (Trent has them in 0519 but they did not have a retrograde path there, unless I'm missing something, so this will get corrected).

On to Turn 12!

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 01:10 am: Edit

Turn 12 Lyran Economy

Year/Turn	Y174S	Coalition T12	Exploration:	124 +
Starting Treasury		9.45	FFF:	6
Income	Major	Minor	Provinces	TOTAL INCOME
On Map	3	3	16	56
Off Map	2	2	9	34
Capital	4	5		35
Captured		4	9.4	13.4
Transfers
Salvage				6.75
Repairs				38
TOTAL INCOME AFTER REPAIRS				107.15
Starting Command Points:				1
Schedule	#	Actual	#		Hex	Cost
DN	1	DN	1			16
CA	1	CV	1	6 FFF		10
CW	4	2xCWE,2xCW	4			22
DW	3	DWE,2xFF	3			10
FF	2	2xFF	2			5
FF	1	FCR	1			9.5
Total						72.5
Conversion Program			Actually Produced		Hex	Cost
CA	1	DN	1		408	6
Total						6
Other Costs
BATS-->SB	416					36
Total						36
Grand Total						114.5
Ending FFF						3
Ending Treasury						2.1
Ending CP						1

Repairs:

Repairs
Hex	Ships	EPs	By
2205	6xF5	6	FRD#1
2205	6xF5	6	FRD#2
2205	6xF5	6	FRD#3
2205	4xD5	6	FRD#4
404	BC,STL	5.5	SB
608	BC	2.5	SB
416	4xCW	6	FRD
	Total	38

The Lyrans are going to Starbase in 0416, and that means that with the heavy repair bills (mostly repairing Klingons), they are a little short of money for fancy ships. So they build CV (rather than CVD) and downsub a couple of frigates.

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 01:15 am: Edit

Coalition Turn 12 Klingon Economy

Year/Turn	Y174S	Coalition T12	Exploration:	73 +
Starting Treasury		13.4	FFF:	6
Income	Major	Minor	Provinces	TOTAL INCOME
On Map	4	7	26	93
Off Map	0	0	3	6
Capital	5	8		49
Captured	5	10	37.4	57.4
Transfers
Salvage				16.9
Repairs	and DBB	DBB	0.8	73.3
TOTAL INCOME AFTER REPAIRS				149
Starting Command Points				6
Schedule	#	Actual	#		Hex	Cost
C8	1	C8V	1	6FFF		30
D7	2	D6M,D6D	2			21
D5	9	8xE4,MD5	9			27
F5L	3	3xE4	3			7.5
F5	5	5xE4	6			12.5
F5	1	F5R	1			10
E4	1	E4	1			2.5
Total						110.5
Conversion Program			Actually Produced		Hex	Cost
D6	1	D6S	1		1411	4
D6V	1	D6U	1		615	16
D6	1	D6D	1		1411	3
Total						23
Activations						Cost
D6	2					2
Total						2
Other Production						Cost
MB						10
2xPDU						14
Total						24
Grand Total						159.5
Ending FFF						0
Ending Treasury						2.9
Ending CP						6

Repairs:

Repairs
Hex	Ships	EP	By
2205	None		FRD#1
2205	None		FRD#2
1809	E4A,F5	2	BATS
1811	2xE4	2	BATS
1507	F5L	1.5	BATS
416	3xD5,F5L	6	FRD#1
416	3xF5,2xF5L	6	FRD#2
615	3xF5L,CW,SC,F5	8	SB
1509	4xD5,2xF5	8	SB
1411	5xD5	7.5	SB
1411	5xD5	7.5	SB
1307	2xE4	2	BATS
1716	5xF5L	7.5	SB
1813	F5L	1.5	BATS
2318	3xF5,E4,D5,D6	7.5	SB
1813	D5	1.5	BATS
2215	D5	1.5	BATS
2517	D5	1.5	BATS
2014	F5V	1	BATS
	Total Cost:	72.5

The Klingons have an even bigger repair bill, mostly CT10 cripples from the Starbase fight getting fixed in the backfield, and also have a C8V available this turn... so they downsub almost everything except the specialty ships (they need more "E4's to give." anyway) and fix the cripples. Cripple backlogs are anathema! We fix the ships first, build a full schedule, and then decide what else we can afford. This time it is some replacement PDUs and an MB, rather than real ships. I need to spread E4's around and win pinning fights right now, the Klingons have plenty of battlegroup ships to cripple if it comes to it.

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 01:19 am: Edit

Coalition Turn 12 Romulan Economy.

Year/Turn	Y174S	Coalition T12	Exploration:
Starting Treasury		5.3	FFF:	6
Income	Major	Minor	Provinces	TOTAL INCOME
On Map	1	4	31	79
Off Map				0
Capital	2	8		34
Captured			4.8	4.8
Transfers
Salvage				6.5
Repairs				38
TOTAL INCOME AFTER REPAIRS				86.3
Starting Command Points:				3
Schedule	#	Actual	#		Hex	Cost
NH	1	SUB	1	6 FFF		24
FH	1	FHF	1			10
SP	4	4xSP	1			20
SK	3	SK,SKE,SKR	1			20.5
SEH	1	SEH	1			2.5
WE	1	SN	1			2.5
SN	1	SN	1			2.5
Total						82
Conversion Program			Actually Produced		Hex	Cost
WE	1	KE	1		4411	3
SP	1	FHC	1		4613	6
Total						9
Grand Total						91
Ending FFF						0
Ending Treasury						0.6
Ending CP						3

Repairs:

Repairs
Hex	Ships	EPs	By
3516	2xK5	2	BATS
3715	KE	2	BATS
3518	2xSNB	3	SB
4013	3xSPF,SP,KE	8	SB
3914	KE	2	BATS
4214	2xSK	2	BATS
4010	2xSKE	2	BATS
4012	2xSKE	2	BATS
4110	2xK5	2	BATS
3912	2xSPB,SP,WE	6	FRD#1
3912	2xKR,KRS,K5	6	FRD#2
4411	K5	1	SB
4112	4xWE,SK		unrepaired
	Total	38

[Now that I look at it, I need to check the Command Points for the Romulans to make sure I recorded the one they used on SB 3611. Will do.]

The Romulans have lots of repairs too, so they aren't doing a lot of fancy stuff after committing to the SUB so they don't lose the opportunity to substitute the heavy carrier build in Y174. But almost all the ships are immediately coming back and the Feds have pretty much turned their back, so it could be a big turn for the Romulans!

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 02:51 am: Edit

Map as of the beginning of Coalition Turn 12.

The Coalition has its production on the map, and is considering raids and counting ships, on which subject:

Hex	Empire	Ships	SEQ	Mobile Fighters	Total SEQ	Fleet(s)
2908	Federation	122	124	41	131	Home
2908	Federation	34	34	30	23	Cripples
2610	Federation	56	56	38	62	7th Fleet
2901	Federation	33	33	15	35.5	Federation 1st-4th Reserves	251.5
617	Hydran	150	151	192	184	Expeditionary Fleet	184
615	K/L	7	7	12	9	Southwest Fleet	9
416	Klingon	119	120	27	126	West Fleet
618	Klingon	6	6	0	6
715	Klingon	2	2	0	2
716	Klingon	2	2	0	2
717	Klingon	24	25	18	28	Red Fleet
1216	Klingon	3	3	0	3
1217	Klingon	3	3	0	3
2205	Klingon	22	22	0	22
2306	Klingon	119	120	70	131	B10, North Fleet
2408	Klingon	4	4	5	4.5
2110	Klingon	3	3	0	3
2111	Klingon	2	2	0	2
2209	Klingon	2	2	0	2
2213	Klingon	3	3	0	3
2214	Klingon	1	1	0	1
2413	Klingon	2	2	0	2
2414	Klingon	1	1	0	1
2513	Klingon	31	31	5	32.5	Battle Group Blood
2715	Klingon	13	13	12	15	East Fleet
Various	Klingon	24	24	0	24	K. North Province Garrisons D6/E4	413
OFF	Kzinti	93	93	80	106	Home Fleet, Patriarch's Fleet	106
215	Lyran	3	3	0	3
217	Lyran	7	7	0	7	Hidden Dagger
416	Lyran	59	59	14	61	Enemy's Blood
802	Lyran	2	2	0	2
903	Lyran	2	2	0	2
1001	Lyran	1	1	0	1
1401	Lyran	101	102	42	109	Foremost	185
3016	Romulan	5	5	10	6.5
3215	Romulan	6	6	5	6.5
3415	Romulan	15	15	0	15	Exploration
3516	Romulan	14	14	12	16	Rolandus
3611-2,3811	Romulan	8	8	0	8
3912	Romulan	84	84	58	93	Home
4411	Romulan	54	54	21	57.5	North
40,104,110	Romulan	4	4	0	4
35,183,715	Romulan	3	3	0	3		209.5
Coalition:	816.5
Alliance:	541.5

This table includes only those ships that are in range of something relevant, so a fair number of backfield repairs are not included (the Lyran STL! Lots of Klingons!) which explains why the numbers are lower in some cases than the previous spreadsheet.

Next turn the Gorns may arrive, which will change the above analysis fairly signficantly.

Of course, the Federation has pretty much ignored the Romulans apart from fighting like crazy over SB 3611, so the Romulans aren't stretched or anything... at least not before CT12 Operational Movement...

By Stewart Frazier (Frazikar3) on Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 07:09 pm: Edit

Surprised the Coalition hasn't taken some Tholian NZ hexes by now since the main restriction is NOT being in War with the Feds...

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 07:12 pm: Edit

[They forgot. They realized they were allowed to during AT11. They will be grabbed shortly.]

Coalition Operational Movement CT12

[From West to East...]

The Lyrans occupy 0116,0117,and 0118, cutting off the Hydran offmap.

In 0519, the Klingons step back onto the planet with 2xD6,4xE4 that were just chased off it on AT11, and another E4 (from 0717) joins them.

In 0718, the Klingons move a "minimum stack" (D6,7xE4) onto the planet and are rewarded by Hydrans reacting in (An RN and several frigates; enough to beat off the Klingons). The Klingons add a carrier group and a couple of decent ships including a C5 to encourage the Hydrans to call it a day.

The Klingons move back into East Hydran Space (the 1017-1117-1118 corner) with a total of 5xE4,2xD6, 3xE4 and D6 of which were already there and had retreated a hex on AT11. A few ships fly back and forth between 0615 and 0416 to maximize repairs on CT13 and set up for Hydran activity. Nothing bothers the giant Hydran fleet in the Capital. This is now the third turn of devastation on the Hydran outer planets.

In Federation space, the Klingons move their Southern fleets and the B10 (and its friends) onto minor planet 2610, where the Feds are on their own and are down on SEQ 90-56.

Another Klingon fleet attacks major planet 2708, drawing out the Feds from Earth (although the Federation has plenty of ships left behind to make sure the Klingons are authoritatively pinned out. The Klingons then added some ships from locations that could not reach Earth, but the Federation left it alone, and the final count is 73 for the Federation (and 4 PDU) against 68 Klingons (who lack a CR10 flagship to boot). This looks like just a Coalition mistake; but maybe it's brilliant!

The Klingons jump back on undefended planet 2509 with CVT+AD5+2xE4A.

The Klingons move a bunch of D6's and Frigates into Northern Federation space, adding provinces 3103 and 3302, but drawing fighters off of BATS 3203 into hex 3202, where the Klingons will (no doubt) get mobbed by Federation reserves; as a result, the Federation will hold that hex to maintain a supply route to the off map area.

Lots of ships (most of them Romulan...) left to move...

By Randy Green (Hollywood750) on Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 07:50 pm: Edit

Beware of attacking Tholia in winter.

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 10:43 pm: Edit

[Comment thread.]

[Coalition Operational Movement Continues...]

The Klingons clean up their garrisons, placing ships on the corners of 2412, 2413, and 2513 as well as returning to hex 2210, adjacent to occupied hexes 2209, 2111 and 2110.

They send an E4 to the Orion cluster, and the fickle Orions withdraw from the Federation in the hopes of striking a better deal with whoever wins the war, or something.

A few of the Klingons' repairs have moved, but most are awaiting free strategic movement and probable reserve status.

The Romulans send groups of ships to every undefended target in range, including:

BATS 3209, Minor Planet 3210, BATS 3212, BATS 3508, Major Planet 3509, BATS 3806, and BATS 3808.

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - 01:39 pm: Edit

Combat on Coalition Turn 12 (now in the right thread):

On 0519, and in the various open Hydran space areas, the Coalition reoccupies without incident. On 0718, where the Hydrans reacted in, they think better of their choice and give up a CU to retreat. There was no other combat in Hydran space. The Hydrans are once again bottled up in 0617, but have a giant fleet which can be safely expected to blow up a bunch of garrison ships again on AT12.

In Federation space, the Klingons offered an approach in 2708 and the giant Federation fleet that reacted in happily accepted, and then rolled a '6', bagging a D6S out of the scout box in return for a mere CA on the line before the Klingons retreat.

In 2509, a fight is shaping up; the Federation has 2 PDU but is heavily outnumbered and faces the B10; presumably the Klingons will eventually take the planet but the Federation has a decent fleet and can stick around kind of as long as they want. Preliminary lines are up for the first round over the planet after the Feds declined approach, and both sides have put up cruisers...

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Thursday, June 24, 2021 - 12:00 am: Edit

Through three rounds over 2610, the Coalition have traded D6M, D6D, and F5E for 2xPDU and 2xCC. It looks like the Feds are just waiting to run out of fighters for the CVA group on the line, so the Klingons have switched to carriers and battlegroup ships to avoid losing any more specialty ships.

With a B10 and CVA, both sides are still over 100 COMPOT, though, so we'll see!

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 26, 2021 - 03:19 pm: Edit

Coalition Turn 12 is over.

After the Alliance retreated following the fourth round on 2610 combat went quickly because it was just fixed defenses getting attacked by Romulans.

Hex	Round	Faction	EW	ComPot	Shift	BIR	BIR Roll	Tot.BIR	Rolls	%	Damage	Direct	Damage Taken
519		Coalition						0			0		Coalition takes planet
		Alliance									0
718		Coalition						0			0		Hydrans lose CU, retreat to 0617.
		Alliance									0
3202		Coalition						0			0		Coalition gives F5. retreats D6 to 3103
		Alliance									0
2509		Coalition						0			0		Coalition captures planet
		Alliance									0
2708	1 (Approach)	Coalition	4	73		1	2	7	3	32.50%	23.725	Direct CA (24)
		Alliance	4	108		4			6	40.00%	43.2	Direct D6S (39)	3 Fighters (Coalition retreats)
2610	1 (no approach)	Coalition (59)	8	115		1	0	5	4	30.00%	34.5	Maul 2 PDU (10)	20 PDU Fighters, 5 Fighters (Mauler no shock)
		Alliance (58)	4	127	-1	4			4	27.50%	34.925	Direct D6D (26)	9 Fighters
	2	Coalition (50)	4	119		1	1	6	1	25.00%	29.75	Maul CC (18)	12 Fighters
		Alliance (45)	2	108	-1	4			4	30.00%	32.4	Direct D6M (28)	4 Fighters
	3	Coalition (46)	4	105		1	-1	4	4	27.50%	28.875	Direct CC (28)	1 Fighter
		Alliance (33)	2	107	-1	4			2	20.00%	21.4	Direct F5E (19)	2 Fighters
	4	Coalition (44)	4	105		1	0	5	6	35.00%	36.75	N	15 Fighters, Cripple DE,FF,DD,CL
		Alliance (32)	2	101	-1	4			5	30.00%	30.3	Direct D5 (22)	8 Fighters
3212	1	Coalition						0			0		BATS dies for fighters
		Alliance									0
3210	1	Coalition	1	71		1	0	5	6	35.00%	24.85	N
		Alliance	2	18		4			6	35.00%	6.3	N	Cripple K5
3209	1	Coalition	0	22	-1	4	0	8	5	37.50%	8.25	N	2 SIDS
		Alliance	1	18		4			2	32.50%	5.85	N	Cripple BHE (+1)
	2	Coalition	0	20	-1	4	-1	7	5	35.00%	7	N	Cripple BATS, 3 fighters
		Alliance	1	18		4			5	37.50%	6.75	Direct CBHE(1)	2 Fighters
	3	Coalition	0	15	-1	4	2	10	5	42.50%	6.375	N	Dead BATS(-3)
		Alliance	1	9		4			6	50.00%	4.5	N	3 Fighters (+2)
3509	1	Coalition	4	85		4	0	6	5	35.00%	29.75	N	24 Fighters, 2 PDU
		Alliance	4	36		2			5	35.00%	12.6	Direct SN (12)	1 Fighter
	2	Coalition	4	85		4	1	9	3	37.50%	31.875	N	Capture
		Alliance	2	6	-1	4			3	35.00%	2.1	N	2 Fighters
3508	1	Coalition	2	78		4	-2	6	4	32.50%	25.35	N	Dead BATS
		Alliance	1	18		4			2	27.50%	4.95	N	5 Fighters
3808	1	Coalition	2	82		4	1	9	2	35.00%	28.7	N	Dead BATS
		Alliance	1	18		4			3	37.50%	6.75	N	4 Fighters, Cripple SN
3806	1	Coalition	2	76		4	1	9	2	35.00%	26.6	N	Dead BATS
		Alliance	1	18		4			6	45.00%	8.1	N	4 Fighters, Cripple BH
3810	1	Coalition						0			0		Dead BATS
		Alliance									0		Fighters, Cripple SN

A few of the battles weren't rolled, as usual on the less interesting BATS we just hand waved it and crippled a frigate, because that was kind of inevitably what would happen.

Following combat, the Klingons retrograded the B-10 and the North Fleet to 2505, where they are now setting up a mobile base and where they have placed a very strong reserve headed by the C8V which free-stratted in, along with a bunch of new construction pincount ships.

Klingons also have reserves on 2105 and Sherman's Planet, and all the reserves are well stocked due to the repairs.

The Klingons set up MB and add 2 PDU (now 5) in 1401. Trying again!

The Lyrans have two strong reserves in Kzinti space and are trying again with an MB setting up in 1802. Notably, the Klingon 2nd Reserve in 2105 as well as the two Lyran reserves covers this.

The Lyrans and the Klingons each have a terrifying reserve in 0416, and the Lyrans added some big ships in the South (the STL!) while the Klingons added about 10 pincount ships.

Most notable in retrograde are the Romulans, who retrograde entirely back from deep Federation space and are now arrayed on the two Federation minors near the border, with only frigates deeper in Federation space. It is really hard not to see this as a "tell"...

Losses were light:

Romulans lost BHE, SN.
Feds lost CA, 2xCC.
Klingons lost D6S, D6D, D6M, F5E, D5, F5.
Hydrans lost CU.

I didn't count up cripples this time because they aren't particularly significant.

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 26, 2021 - 04:42 pm: Edit

Alliance Turn 12 Economy

Federation Economy
------------------

Turn	Y173F	Alliance Turn 12	Exploration:	163+40=203
Starting Treasury	2.9	0	FFF:	21
Income	Major	Minor	Provinces	TOTAL INCOME
On Map	3	4	17	61
Off Map	0	0	11	22
Capital	7	8	0	59
Captured
Transfers
Salvage				17.6
Repairs				44.5
		TOTAL INCOME	and Treasury	120
Schedule	#	Actual	#		Hex	Cost	fff
[CVA+ecl+DE]	1,1,2	cva, ff	1,3			27	15
ca	1	ff	1			3
ncl	10	ff	10			30
ff	12	FF	12			36
cc	1	ff	1			3
Total						99
Conversion Program			Actually Produced		Hex	Cost
cl			lsc		cap(MA)	4
cl			lsc		cap(MA)	4
Total						8
Activations						Cost
ca						1
3xff						3
3xcl						3
Total						7
Other Costs
cp							1 cp
Total						0
Grand Total						114
Ending FFF						0
Ending Treasury						4

Repairs
-------

Ships	EP	By
ca, cs, cc, 2xff	8	sb
7xFF, SC	8	sb
3xCC, DE	7.5	sb
4xCl	6	frd
4xNCL	6	frd
4xNCL	6	frd
3xDD	3	frd
Total: 44.5

The Federation is in full downsubsstitution mode, but they get all their SEQ, complete the CVA build, and get their repairs completed, so they will once again be dangerous on AT12.

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 26, 2021 - 05:03 pm: Edit

Alliance Turn 12 Kzinti Economy
-------------------------------

Year/Turn	Y174F	Alliance Turn 12	Exploration:	106+10=116
Starting Treasury	5	0	FFF:	6
Income	Major	Minor	Provinces	TOTAL INCOME
On Map	0	0	0	0
Off Map	1	2	8	27
Capital				0
Captured
Transfers				20
Salvage				12.875
Repairs				20
		TOTAL INCOME	and Treasury	44.875
Schedule	#	Actual	#		Hex	Cost
DN	1	ff	1			2.5
bc	1	FKE	1			4
nca	1	ff	1			2.5
cm	3	3xMEC	3			18
dw	3	ff, ffk	2,1			8
ffk	3	ffk	3			9
Total						44
Grand Total						44
Ending FFF						0
Ending Treasury						0.875

Repairs
-------

Repairs
Hex	Ships	EP	By
OFF	4xMEC	6	FRD
	BF,FF,CVL,SF	6	FRD
	sf,4xDD, FH	8	Starbase
Total:20

The Kzinti are completely repaired and have a functioning shipyard, which is also spitting out FF's for the most part for economic reasons.

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 26, 2021 - 05:18 pm: Edit

Alliance Turn 12 Hydran Economy:
--------------------------------

On Map:

Year/Turn Y173S Exploration: 131+18=168

Starting Treasury 0.25 FFF: 17.75

Income Major Minor Provinces TOTAL INCOME

On Map 0.5 1

Off Map

Capital 1 1 3 14

Captured

Transfers 5

Salvage 5.75

Repairs TR CAP

TOTAL INCOME 26

Schedule # Actual # Hex Cost

pal 1 cu 1 2.5

rn 1 cu 1 2.5

cw 3 cu 3 7.5

kn 1 fft 1 2.5

hn 3 fft 1 2.5

cu 3 cu 2 5

Total Total 22.5

Conversion Program Actually Produced Hex Cost

RN 1 CV 1 8.25 FFF 617 2

Total 2

Grand Total 24.5

Ending FFF 17.75

Ending Treasury 1.75

Off Map:

Year/Turn	Y173S		Exploration:	131
Starting Treasury	40		FFF:	0
Income	Major	Minor	Provinces	TOTAL INCOME
On Map				0
Off Map	2	1	9	31
Capital				0
Captured				0
Transfers
Salvage
Repairs				1.5
		TOTAL INCOME		29.5
Schedule	#	Actual	#		Hex	Cost
hn	1	FCR	1		OFF	9.5
Total						9.5
Other Production						Cost
pgv						0
Total						0
Other Costs
orion S.						10
Total
Grand Total						9.5
Ending FFF						0
Ending Treasury						60

Repairs: LN (Offmap) 1.5

The Hydrans need to burn some FFF since they've been making nothing but frigates, so they convert an RN to CV. Otherwise, more frigates!

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 26, 2021 - 05:19 pm: Edit

Alliance Turn 12 Economy

Gorn Economy
------------

Year/Turn	174s		Exploration:	0+7=7
Starting Treasury			FFF:	3
Income	Major	Minor	Provinces	TOTAL INCOME
On Map		5	18	51
Off Map		2	3	12
Capital	3	3		24
Captured
Transfers
Salvage
Repairs
		TOTAL INCOME		87
Schedule	#	Actual	#		Hex	Cost
dn	1	dnt	1			18
bc	1	bc	1			10
cm	1	cm	1			10
hd	3	hd	3			15
bd	4	bd,bde	3,1			17
dd	1	dd	1			3
Total						73
Conversion Program			Actually Produced		Hex	Cost
					2nd fleet sb
					home sb
					6nd fleet sb
					7nd fleet sb
					home sb
					home sb
Total						0
Activations						Cost
Total						0
Other Production						Cost
2 pdu in big cap						14
Total						14
Other Costs
Total						0
Grand Total						87
Ending FFF						3
Ending Treasury						0

By Graham Cridland (Grahamcridland) on Saturday, June 26, 2021 - 05:51 pm: Edit

[The Feds have re-done their economy because they realized only after the fact that the Orions no longer pay their taxes back to Earth, due to a sneaky Klingon frigate that (finally) snuck into the Orion cluster.]

They will forego some repairs (8.5 EPs - 7xFF,SC) rather than miss a CVA or FF build entirely.

By Thomas Mathews (Turtle) on Saturday, June 26, 2021 - 06:08 pm: Edit

Deleted by author, wrong topic.