Federation Commander

Dan Ibekwe · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: Ground Assaults

Probably Borders of Madness materiel, but I was kicking around with Module M over the weekend wondering about integrating FC with a strike-from-space ground battle.

Problem is, no-one has any troopships with large banks of transporters in FC yet.

Then I realised you don't need them. You just land your ship(s) directly on the objective and deliver the marines that way.

pinecone · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject:

The prob is you can't land on an enemy ship.

Dan Ibekwe · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject:

The clue is in the word 'ground'...

Bolo_MK_XL · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:41 pm Post subject:

On the ground, without transporters, the most you could do with your marines is set up a perimeter around the ship ---
Even with transporters, your still limited to line of sight to move your troops ---

Scoutdad · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject:

And don't forget SVC's desire to produce Star Fleet Assault: Ground Combat in the SFU.

If it ever sees fruition, this game should interface with SFB/FC and with Prime Directive to provide a ground-combat option that is currently missing from the SFU (short of Module M).
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Dan Ibekwe · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:21 pm Post subject:

Well, I'll look forward to that, and in the meantime continue using DNs as LSEs (Landing Ship, Enormous).

@ Bolo - it's science fiction. They have jet packs.

Bolo_MK_XL · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:49 am Post subject:

You fly into a hot LZ,
I'll walk, Thank you

Scoutdad · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:52 am Post subject:

LSE's...

now that's funy! Very Happy

I'll have to remember that one.
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Hod K'el · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject: Hot LZ's

There is no way I am going to put my troopers into a hot LZ. I will bombard the planet into the stone age if they do not surrender, thus the statement of Klingons, 'Surrender or die!'

But I would love to see mass shuttles assault in waves, similar to Starship Troopers, Iwo Jima, or The Longest Day, while I am transporting units to the ground from my Commando ships!

I need a glorius war! And more bloodwine!
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Scoutdad · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:23 pm Post subject:

And as your mass wave of assualt shuttles comes in, I'm going to be picking them off with my 4 Plasma-D racks (that's a little trick I learned from an Orion Pirate I once ran into...) Cool

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Dan Ibekwe · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject:

Scoutdad · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject:

My Pirate Cruser is in close orbit above the planet... picking off those shuttles as they launch, but before the land...
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Dan Ibekwe · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject:

All the better reason to land the ship!

16 plasma-Ds = very dead shuttle wave

4 plasma-Ds = mildly annoyed cruiser (or faintly amused DN)

Mike · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject:

Was the simplified ground combat module from Captain's Log #3 totally scrapped when the Doomsday edition of the rules was released?

Kang · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:58 am Post subject: