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General ships allowed in tourney?
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:18 am
by terryoc
The tournament rules specify "all ships from one Empire".
I had been interpreting this to mean no "general" ships, like freighters or whatever, just warships. (And no Santa Claus or Lucifer's Carrot either! ) But some players are interpreting this to mean that you can take a DN, BCH and Free Trader as three ships, which runs counter to my intuition on what's really intended.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:44 am
by pinecone
I didn't mean to stir anything up... I could go without the Trader if I needed too. It wouldn't make that much difference. But I had 22 points left to spend and it fit in.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:18 am
by djdood
Don't worry piner. You haven't done anything wrong.
However, this is a very valid question for Terry to pursue and I'm looking forward to hearing a definitive answer.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:33 am
by mjwest
... and I got the answer: No.
General ships may not be used by any empire, nor do they form an empire unto themselves.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:02 am
by Inari7
How about middle years ships or early years if they ever come out?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:55 am
by mjwest
I doubt it. Middle Years is an alternative setting. The Tournament is meant to be played with ships from the main setting.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:18 am
by terryoc
And no monsters either... Too bad, I was looking forward to taking the Planet Killer and Santa Claus
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:28 pm
by USS Enterprise
You have to have 3 ships. Too bad Pinecone. Looked like a nice Squad to me.
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:06 am
by pinecone
Ohh, yeah. Drat. (Goes to basement to figure out new squad...)
Okay:
Plasma-DN
War Destroyer
Police Cutter x2
The DW and 1 POL have about the same crunch as a BC. and the other POL can cart around the DNF, which saves it's power.
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:07 am
by USS Enterprise
That works. Too bad there's no Plasma CA. (I don't think.)
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:15 am
by pinecone
Yeah, I'd always wished that too.
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:22 am
by Wolverin61
There's always the BCF.
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:57 am
by terryoc
The DW and 1 POL have about the same crunch as a BC. and the other POL can cart around the DNF, which saves it's power.
If you mean that the Police ship can tractor the DNF, remember that the DNF cannot fire while tractored by a friendly ship, and the DNF is larger than the POL so the POL's base speed is reduced by two levels. So if the POL's base speed is 24, it gets reduced 24->16->8, and it pays 1.75 points to accelerate!!
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:52 pm
by pinecone
I thought it could fire, and the plan was to have it tractor and not fire anything so the DNF could use all it's energy for weapons.
And Wolverine, I wanted the BCF, but it didn't fit.
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:24 am
by Wolverin61
pinecone wrote:And Wolverine, I wanted the BCF, but it didn't fit.
I thought about that after I posted. Sorry.