Dramatic SFB: Tholian Cargo Tug, Klingon Raiders

[Gregory Flusche]

Well in a real situation. (as you know this is a game) Are because it would
effect the campaign itself. I would want to play it out. Why I may have
lost but killing a couple of D5s  would help in the campaign. In a
simulator  the judges would end it and give minus points for the lose of
the ships, Yet also would be happy with the win.

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 11:09 PM, Ann Monaghan via SFBdrama <
sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org> wrote:

> If the D5s did blow up the Tug in 1 blast, is the scenario not over at
> this point or do the Klingons still need to prove they can escape even
> though the objective has been achieved ??
>
> Cheers
>
> Frank
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Matthew via SFBdrama <sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org>
> Date: January 21, 2018 at 8:47 PM
>
>
> The Klingons sent a pair of D5 War Cruisers and a F5B Destroyer to kill
> a Tholian Tug (CPC - frigate hull) defended by three Destroyers and a
> frigate-scout.
>
>
> We rolled weapon status and the Tholians rolled WS-III (rolled 5, +2
> base, +1 for scout). This allowed the Tholians to begin with a
> moderate-strength globular web formed up. The Klingons decided that they
> couldn't breach that, and decided to retreat.
>
>
> Running the numbers, we decided that:
>
> The Klingons would start at about 20 hexes away. If they were going to
> attempt to breach the web on turn one, they could not afford overloads
> and would have only a few points of EW. The Tholian web began at
> strength 10 and the Tholians would add approx 7 strength points to it
> (all in the first 2 impulses of the turn) after loading overloads.
> Drones launched on turn 1 will not make it through the web on that turn.
> It would take only a little power on turn two (4 power from each
> destroyer) to make it so the drones have no effect at all on the Tholians.
>
> Assuming the Klingons would try to web-dive at some point (the sooner is
> the better, from a web-strength point of view), some D5 would absorb 18x
> Ph-1s at range 2 (that range being just before the Klingons hit the web
> and are able to shoot back). Average damage with neutral EW puts the
> damage at about 81 - crippled D5. That ship would turn off at the last
> minute and hope to make it's escape before being blown up.
>
> At range 1, the remaining Klingons would have 6x Disruptors (25 average
> damage for standard loads), 2x Ph-1s (10 damage), 6x Ph-2s (25 damage),
> and a pair of Ph-3s (7 damage). That 67 damage would roughly put paid to
> the tug, netting the Klingons a win. However, the Tholian's return fire
> of 6x Overloads (50 damage) and 6x Ph-3s (22 damage) is going to make a
> hole in the other D5.
>
> The following turn, once weapons recycle, would see not only the damages
> seen above, but the Tholian phaser-1s would be more effective (and
> recycle one or two impulses before everything else). You'd see the
> destruction of the D5 in the web and a crippling of a Tholian destroyer.
> The F5 cannot exit the web (except by going through the globe and to the
> other side), so is very likely to be destroyed on the turn following the
> D5's destruction - but perhaps after destroying the crippled Tholian DD.
>
>
> Trading a CW and DD for a DD isn't a good trade, even for a scenario win
> where the stakes aren't extraordinarily high.
>
>
> There are other permutations:
>
> The Tholians could either launch a cloud of shuttles for the phaser-3s
> (giving them something like 30 more damage at range 1) or charge them as
> weasels for the EW bump (fire at range 2 as above, to cripple a D5,
> launch the weasels, absorb some damage, then fire everything from
> passive fire control. The damage of both sides is reduced for that turn,
> but the net effect is unlikely to be changed.)
>
> The Klingons could charge the web on some turn other than turn 1. The
> web will be strong enough that nothing will escape it once they enter it
> (adding about 7 strength points per turn while unmolested means that
> drones that entered on turn 1 will never leave (strength 23 once a few
> impulses into turn 2) and it will be strength 29 by turn 3.) However,
> the EW situation for the Klingons might be better (or might not: they
> don't have a scout, while the Tholians do. Simply firing the scouts pair
> of ph-1s later means they enjoy adding a pile of O-EW to some D5 or can
> add 2 points of EW to the DDs.) This gives the Klingons overloads, which
> would increase their damage by 25 damage above, allowing the crippled
> Tholian DD to be a destroyed DD.
>
> The Tholians are very likely to beam out some mines into the web, but
> these are likely to be a non-issue since the Klingons will simply
> maneuver so they take the mines on a different shield than they present
> to the Tholians. The Tholians will obviously set the mines to target
> Size-Class 3 and a 0-hex radius, so they can maneuver freely through
> them and the Klingons cannot prevent their big ships taking it by
> sending in the F5 early.
>
> Playing games with Erratic Maneuvers or weasels as they web-dive might
> allow the Klingons to skip the range-2 phaser-hose. This would allow
> them to do (very best case) 90 more damage (from a second D5, plus
> having the power for overloads). But it is a simplification, because it
> doesn't take under account the effects of the Klingon's Passive Fire
> Control and the Tholians firing before the Klingons do. The Klingons do
> not have the power to do this and reach the web on the first turn, which
> makes retreat impossible for any ship in the web. So the entire Klingon
> force is likely to be destroyed with this technique.
>
>
> --Matt
>
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