Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Harbingerjm]

Move the basalisk onto the wall in firing positions as sections are completed.

Wouldn't it make more sense to leave the basalisks behind the wall, given that they have huge range and don't need to worry about direct line of sight?

[Alexandria]

(( Line of sight will make them more accurate then firing blind over a wall. They aren't like mortars they don't fire high so it can drop down, they fire forward at an angle, so blind fire is a lot less accurate then it is with a mortar. ))

[Harbingerjm]

Basalisks are somewhat less accurate when firing over obtructions, yes. However, they have little armour and exposed crew. Keeping them out of sight is a sound strategy.

[Alexandria]

(( They'll have cover on the wall and only the gun barrel will be exposed, the additional accuracy will make up for it and for the time being since they're out of range of enemy fire anyway and we need every shell to hit it's target. If it becomes dangerous we can pull them down from the wall when we're fighting in the second trench line. ))

[TopHat]

PTW

[10ebbor10]

((Mortars need to open fire at a serious angle anyway. Can't fire at a short angle. Where you put them doesn't really matter. The only thing you'd need on top of the wall is a guy shouting the distances at which the crew needs to fire.))

[Alexandria]

(( Yup, it's the basalisk I'm worried about but can move them back down later on when the enemy closes in. This way gives the third trench line a far larger chance of holding. ))

[TopHat]

I'd like to suggest the use of the two hydras as a 'fire brigade' of sorts, to be sent in wherever/whenever it looks like the line is in danger of breaking, in order to provide enough heavy fire support to hopefully allow the defenders of that section to regain control of the situation, before returning to an assembly point and waiting for the next situation requiring their assistance.
For this purpose The hydras should be brought up to around about the second trench line.
The command Chimera is another point. Although it would be annoying, to say the least, if it was destroyed, I would hate to see it not used at all. There are two ways I can see it used: Either also in the 'fire brigade' with the hydras, if we choose to do so, or as a 'battle ambulance', fetching wounded soldiers and ferrying them to the makeshift hospital.
Either way, if we have a spare autocannon team, we could see about setting them up in the chimera's top hatch. More firepower never hurts.

On another note, shouldn't  the Chimera, Hydras and Basilisks all have hull-mounted heavy bolters?

[adwarf]

On another note, shouldn't  the Chimera, Hydras and Basilisks all have hull-mounted heavy bolters?

Typically yes, but for my sanity I'm trying to keep each unit limited to a single weapon

[Alexandria]

Getting them to the trench line means driving them over the third line, they'd never make it back once the line broke while under fire plus I doubt the trench walls could handle the weight.

[TopHat]

Trenches are designed to be narrow, it lessens the chance of an artillery shell landing in them. Crossing them should be no problem.
Anyway, we could have boards laid over it when the Hydras are about to cross if it's a problem.
Also, they would probably not be the last ones to leave, and would stand a better chance of making it back while under fire than the infantry.
You can't pin down an armoured vehicle with suppressing fire.

[Alexandria]

Meh maybe, but I preferred leaving them back for a surprise later. No sense showing our entire hand in the first move.

[10ebbor10]

Probably, but getting them back while under fairly heavy might be harder.

[Alexandria]

(( Plus we have limited supplies, I'm kinda banking on the vehicles being in place to bolster the final trench with all our infantry on the wall or trench to help us, it's our best bet if the initial lines and fail and hopefully we'll have killed the enemy armor by then so they'll be safe. ))

[Rolepgeek]

You guys realize that the Hydras probably can't depress their gun barrels enough to effectively shoot infantry? Especially from on a wall? A Basilisk almost certainly can't depress enough.

But then, if we need Hydras for the anti-air role, we're screwed, since they could just be transporting troops around the pass, or deploying Havocs and Chaos Russes on the cliff tops.