Federation Commander

EPT's would also give a good reason to take heavier plasmas in Orion option mounts.

Well, the Skyhawk would have a very hard time against any of the refit DD's and a DDW would wreck it... but remember that this was a Franz Joseph lollypop; no drone rack, no PH-3's, and only 19 total ...

I've done a bunch of duels with Hydran ships of various sizes versus equivalent Klingon ships; I've never felt that the Hellbore was a disadvantage and (aside from a few where the dice just went crazy ...

Hellbores in direct-fire mode = Hydrans win.
DF Hellbores are a major power boost for the Hydrans. I play Hydrans a lot and frankly I don't see the need.

Because fusion beams don't have to be powered until the moment of firing, fusion ships can be pretty fast. Consider using standard loads at range 8 rather than slowing down to overload.
Hydran ships ...

To continue with what KofG (Tal!) was saying:

Gorns: I prefer the Medium Cruiser over the old Battlecruiser; for only one point more you get a little more power and a better set of Pl-S arcs. The H ...

It's just a good thing they can't carronade. That'd make the 'defensive' F's just too potent, limitations and all.

How do I go about doing that, please? I've done some searching on this forum, but either I'm looking right past it or my search terms are wrong.

Sorry, sir- I don't have access to those. Did I duplicate one of your Command Notes? If so, I apologise and assure you that I did not intend such.

For heavy drone-using empires: There's a lot of planning put into packing as many drones into a wave as possible, so as to overwhelm an enemy's intercepts and start scoring hits. What I'm going to say ...

Thanks, Terry. Given that the CS and the CL share the same card, I figured it would be a fair question.
Maybe this weekend I'll take it for a spin and find out how it runs.

And I see that my requested "Gorn ship between 125 and 160 points" is in Comm#56 as well.

Thanks, Steve and company!

Tourney rules say no more than two identical ships.
Would that bar an ISC squadron consisting of two CL's and a CS?

Against the heavy drone users the 2CS squadron would give better FA point defense, but the CA/CS squadron has a bigger tool kit... and the extra 4 'defensive' F-torps and 3 vs. 2 'defensive' launches ...

Just finished a tournament Squadron battle between the ISC (Star Cruiser, Strike Cruiser, Destroyer) and the Klingons (2 D7's and a D5WL). The Klingons pulled out a tight victory, but I was very satis ...