Dramatic SFB: Convoy Battles

[Gregory Flusche]

Republic ready to advance


On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 7:51 PM Gregory Flusche <shagrat1960 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The Vulpa led her task force into the fray attacking the hated Rockheads.
> With limited shuttle space the Romulans could only grab a limited number of
> canisters.
> The rockheads grabbed a lot and tried to hole up in there web. A unlucky
> break opening a canister sent the Vulpa away from its escorts. Allowing the
> RockHeads cruisers to overrun the Vulpa crippling it. Then with plasma
> trailing and  very weak shields and internals to the CA they left. The
> Scout as it was moving to slow was caught by the Mauler and destroyed.
>
> Net the RockHeads lose a Scout and win the battle the Roms have a crippled
> DN. on to the next turn
>
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 7:30 PM Marcel Trahan <marcel.trahan91 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> My little bits on Convoy Raid vs Andros
>>
>> We just fought for fun the Convoy Raid #3919 in Midshipman
>>
>> A C8B and 3 E5's vs 1 PYT, 2 MAM. 1 EEL, 4 CS and a GUN.
>>
>> the game went on for 5 turns and i manage to get my ships through the
>> escorting MAM's and PYT, heading toward the CS's with those ships on my
>> tail.
>> The C8 got some internals from a previous pass from the 2 MAM's and PYT
>> without even being able to punch through the PA of any ships.
>>
>> For turn 5, all my ships went to speed 30/28 to do an overrun on the CS.
>> The CS managed to grab the E5's at range 2 (no way i could fight those
>> tractors with all the bttys on the CS). I even fired 6 T-IV drones at the
>> CS but none manage to hit their targets.
>> I manage to get to range 1 of one of the CS, firing 10 Ph-2 and 4 Ph-3
>> doing 57, and even that did not blow up the CS.
>>
>> With 3 E5's heading on a FT convoy, i would have at least killes 2 of
>> them and crippled 1 at range 0 with little chances of them of escaping it.
>> FT's might be faster then CS, but once you catchup with FT's they are dead.
>> It is almost impossible to do an overrun on adros.
>>
>> My personnal view on those CS as they are comparable, if not even better
>> then FT's.
>>
>> Can take more damage, can dissipate damage to space.
>> Can do EW, as long as bttys last
>> Have better phasers
>> Can have TB.
>> Can effectively tractor attacking ships (Which FT's cant do as well)
>>
>> The final point is, MC for MC. Andro ships are more powerfull then
>> galactic ships.
>>
>> Attacking hard to kill CS, defended by ships which have more BPV for an
>> equivalent MC make the fact that CS cannot go faster then 13 and cannot
>> disengage by acceleration the only chance for galactic power to maybe win
>> that scenario.
>>
>> I would trade anytime 5 FT for 5 CS even more, being escorted by 2 MAM's.
>> 1 PYT and 1 EEL
>>
>> Marcel
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 8:25 PM Gregory Flusche via SFBdrama <
>> sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds good.
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 8:18 PM Matt <matt at mattnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Wow I go away for the weekend and POW, Matt when can we finish up?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This week, probably. Thursday is my next "big" block of time. But we
>>>> might be able to get an hour or so in on other days, if you don't mind
>>>> short notice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Matt
>>>>
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