Firing drones from any direction to hit the shield you want
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:09 am
I just want to know if anyone else has actually tried this tactic. If so, what were your results?
Here is the rule:
From (4F5c): "...seeking weapon A is targeted on seeking weapon B... If A and B both reach the target of B on the same subpulse (or if B hits A, which previously impacted and was stopped by a tractor beam), BOTH impact that shield of the target and BOTH cause damage"
Here is the generic form of the tactic:
An enemy ship no phasers that can fire at a drone coming from a particular direction and no tractor beams that can operate. A friendly ship with only one drone launcher (or one remaining that can launch that turn) launches a drone (let's call it Drone-A) from a few hexes away so that it will impact in, say, 2 impulses. Your ship is on the opposite side of the target ship. If you launch drones, the target ship will be able to shoot at them with phasers. On the next impulse, you launch drones targeted on the Drone-A of your friendly ship. Your drones arrive in the target hex in the same sub-pulse as Drone-A. The target ship has no ability to stop them, so they all impact the same shield: the shield that is on the far side facing away from the direction your drones came from.
Note that your ship was able to launch multiple drones and avoid the target ship's ability to shoot at them after impact according to the direction they were coming from. They will impact and explode on a shield on the opposite side of the target ship along with their target, Drone-A.
Granted, this would have to be a rare opportunity. Many factors would have to occur "just right" for this event to take place (speed of target, turn mode of target, whether target has done a HET and wants to risk another, your ships' distances from the target, timing the arrival of the drones, etc.).
I've been pondering a post worthy of this promotion for the past few days and this is it.
Unlikely? Yes.
Possible? Yes.
Has anyone else actually accomplished it or even tried it?
Here is the rule:
From (4F5c): "...seeking weapon A is targeted on seeking weapon B... If A and B both reach the target of B on the same subpulse (or if B hits A, which previously impacted and was stopped by a tractor beam), BOTH impact that shield of the target and BOTH cause damage"
Here is the generic form of the tactic:
An enemy ship no phasers that can fire at a drone coming from a particular direction and no tractor beams that can operate. A friendly ship with only one drone launcher (or one remaining that can launch that turn) launches a drone (let's call it Drone-A) from a few hexes away so that it will impact in, say, 2 impulses. Your ship is on the opposite side of the target ship. If you launch drones, the target ship will be able to shoot at them with phasers. On the next impulse, you launch drones targeted on the Drone-A of your friendly ship. Your drones arrive in the target hex in the same sub-pulse as Drone-A. The target ship has no ability to stop them, so they all impact the same shield: the shield that is on the far side facing away from the direction your drones came from.
Note that your ship was able to launch multiple drones and avoid the target ship's ability to shoot at them after impact according to the direction they were coming from. They will impact and explode on a shield on the opposite side of the target ship along with their target, Drone-A.
Granted, this would have to be a rare opportunity. Many factors would have to occur "just right" for this event to take place (speed of target, turn mode of target, whether target has done a HET and wants to risk another, your ships' distances from the target, timing the arrival of the drones, etc.).
I've been pondering a post worthy of this promotion for the past few days and this is it.
Unlikely? Yes.
Possible? Yes.
Has anyone else actually accomplished it or even tried it?