Dramatic SFB: Sector 2410 AAR

[Gregory Flusche]

I have one vs Paul but have heard not much other then Plumbing issues.. If
it comes down to last battle I will ask Matt to do the Auto resolve thing.
Unless Paul says other ways

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:01 PM Majead Farsi via SFBdrama <
sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org> wrote:

> BTW are there many games left to do guys?
>
> On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 at 19:16, Majead Farsi <majeadfarsi at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Nice Matt!
>>
>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 at 01:41, Matt via SFBdrama <
>> sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>> "Klingons Inbound!" the sub-chief manning the sensors at Base Station
>>> #2410 said suddenly. "Warp footprints say it's a dreadnaught, a pair of
>>> war cruisers, and a pair of destroyers."
>>>
>>> "Report it to the Jordan." The commander replied while turning to the
>>> Comms officer. "Begin sounding recall for personell from the cruisers
>>> on-board. Warm up the Storm Generators."
>>>
>>> It took nearly 15 minutes to get everyone in their proper place. Not
>>> bad, for the attacking force was detected not but 80 light-seconds out.
>>> The Klingons sure took their time in the approach. By the time the Vudar
>>> knew the Klingon's escorts were an AD5 and an FWE, the cruisers Jordan,
>>> Tirzah, and Philistia had warmed up thier weapons and they were
>>> beginning to pull warp 1.8. The Klingons were beginning to launch their
>>> fighter squadron and spread out for the attack plan.
>>>
>>> "Prepare for a close-range engagement, captain." The commander of the
>>> base station had command of the group while the force was in the
>>> immediate environs of the station. Technically the Jordan warranted a
>>> Rear-Admiral's slot, since she was the largest ship class the Vudar
>>> could produce. However, with the guns mounted on the station it was the
>>> best doctrine to coordinate through her. However, defense of Vudar
>>> stations tend to very quickly devolve into independant commands because
>>> of everyone's dependence on subspace and the Vudar's abilities to remove
>>> subspace from the equation.
>>>
>>> "Overload Ion Cannons." The captain of the Jordan commanded the group.
>>> "Launch PFs. Make course for a close-approach with the base in
>>> one-point-five minutes heading three-five-zero. And stay out of arc of
>>> the directional waves."
>>>
>>> The PFs disconnected from their linkages with a sharp release that
>>> vibrated through the fabric of the ships. A total of four fast patrol
>>> ships disengaged from the Tirzah and Philistia. The Vudar force made for
>>> a sharp turn to starboard that took them closer to the base and circled
>>> around again in order to arrive at the base the same time that the
>>> Klingons were projected to open fire.
>>>
>>> The area began churning with random ionic discharges as the base began
>>> dumping power into the subspace matrix. Very quickly, communication was
>>> useless and firing solutions fuzzed out as a beauty of an ion storm
>>> gripped the area. The Klingon attempts to lock onto the station were
>>> further hampered by it's sudden release of fire control and ramping up
>>> of personal ECM. The Vudar ships kept their fire control but also
>>> attempted to further the woes of the Klingon fire control computers. The
>>> Klingon force pushed past 1.6 million miles from the base with the scout
>>> and carrier in the rear and the fighters in the middle.
>>>
>>> "Turn on the Vudar Tourist Association. Full Power." The station
>>> commander said with a smile. The facing Ion Storm Generator emitted a
>>> deep pulse of energy that caused the ion storm to align itself into a
>>> short series of harmonic frequencies. The power built very quickly and
>>> then began to broaden out in a 60-degree arc that bracketed the Klingon
>>> force very nicely. When it smashed into the entire Klingon fleet, half
>>> of the fighters were crippled and everyone's shields were coruscent with
>>> radiant light. Shortly thereafter, another of the base's systems came
>>> into view. Sensing another horrific blast, the Klingon fighter pilots
>>> launched their drones and tried to get out of range. Without dash packs,
>>> they lacked the speed to stay their destruction. Another wave of
>>> directed subspace crashed into the Klingon force, destroying the entire
>>> fighter squadron and doing more shield damage to the attacking force.
>>> "Keep waving at them, ensign." The station commander said, as the
>>> Klingon carrier began turning away from the battle.
>>>
>>> The Dreadnaught and escort ships clawed their way towards the base on
>>> sheer grit. By sheer luck and a blundered defense of the base, three
>>> drones managed to hit the base; taking the shield down by half after
>>> battery power was diverted to keep the shield up. The dreadnaught opened
>>> fire on the base at a half-million miles, followed shortly by the AD5
>>> doing the same. Thanks to the drone hits, the Dreadnaught was able to
>>> score damage on the armor. A follow-up blast from the dreadnaught's
>>> phasers had begun to strip the base of her weapons.
>>>
>>> However, the Klingon force was not doing well at this time. The carrier
>>> had exited the field entirely, the scout had taken minor internals, and
>>> the other remaining ships had extremely weakened front shields.
>>> Additionally, the PFs had detached from the Vudar force in order to
>>> charge the dreadnaught. At ten thousand miles, six overloaded ion
>>> cannons and as many phasers punched through a paper-thin front shield on
>>> the dreadnaught to nearly cripple her.
>>>
>>> Stunned by the blast, the Dreadnaught turned away while the escort ships
>>> gave chase to the PFs. The much smaller Vudar units used battery power
>>> to protect theier structures as they banked impossibly sharp to get out
>>> of the arc of the station's guns. In the mean time, the Vudar cruisers
>>> closed in for the kill against their wounded foe.
>>>
>>> Again, at knife-fighting range, the Klingon dreadnaught obsorbed
>>> impossible damage as ten overloaded beams of pure electrons plowed into
>>> a relatively fresh dreadnaught shield. The beams tore great chunks from
>>> the large structer, until the engines blew and momentarily created a new
>>> star in space. Being so close, all three of the Vudar cruisers
>>> completely lost their front shields to the blast.
>>>
>>> With the death of the Klingon flagship and the retreat of the carrier
>>> and the scout, the Klingon escorts attempted to rout. The Vudar PFs were
>>> int he process of disengaing from the immediate area of the battle in
>>> order to reload their weapons, but decided to re-engage once they
>>> realized the situation. The Vudar cruisers turned to the large escort
>>> and began to give chase. They reached extreme tractor range and fired
>>> their fresh phasers into the rear of the retreating war cruiser. She
>>> suffered moderate damage, but more importantly had lost the use of maybe
>>> half of her engines.
>>>
>>> The Ion storm dissipated as the base stopped dumping power into
>>> subspace. With the clearing of the communication channels, the Jordan
>>> transmitted to the nearly-crippled escort, "Heave to and prepare to be
>>> boarded!" The response was a surrender and request for repatriation. The
>>> small escort was allowed to finish retreating unmolested.
>>>
>>> Final tally is:
>>> Vudar - No internal damage to mobile units. Moderate damage to the base
>>> (but it wasn't crippled.)
>>> Klingon - Destroyed C8, captured (and crippled) AD5. No internals on the
>>> D5V. No lasting damage (but some internals) on the FWE and F5S.
>>>
>>> Vudar Win
>>>
>>> --Matt
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