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[Naturegirl1999]

((How far is the Snail from the RED ships?))

[Kashyyk]

You can determine the range between any two ships by finding the closest common ancestor for them both. In your case, the Snail and the RED Squadron are both at Long Range from each other. You would have to walk up the tree all the way to the root node (The Field) before you had a common ancestor with the T-Lock though.

[a1s]

Turn off Jump Drive, and turn on Laser Array #6. Open fire on The Snail.
Engagement names are a nice touch, BTW.

[Naturegirl1999]

Fire Missile at Koganasun
Agreed, I like the engagement names

[Madman198237]

I thought you were saying we could change the jump destination while charging...dangit. That's going to make jumping a lot less helpful.

[Kashyyk]

Yeah, it's meant to make movements a bit more deliberate and strategic. Also means if you're trying to chase someone down they'll have to weather a couple turns of fire before they can escape.

[1freeman]

Posting to watch so I can joint the next battle.

I have a question about using missiles at long or very long range, the rules state that,

Missiles reach anything at Medium range the same turn they are launched, but take 1 turn to hit at Long range, and 2 turns to hit at Very Long range. Each hit deals one damage.

As I understand it, if a missile ship fires at another ship that is at very long range on turn 1 the missile won't arrive until turn 3, which gives the targeted ship 1-2 turns (depending on whether attacks are resolved before or after movement) to jump into another range band and thus dodge the incoming ordinance.

It makes sense that if they jump away to extreme range that the missiles run out of fuel and miss. but I am unsure as to what would/should happen if they jump closer, since according to the rules missiles are,

Self-guided munitions that detonate on impact, dealing one damage per hit.

I think that it might make sense that they could re-target the ship in question and still engage them.

 looking at the statistics of the various weapons available, missile launchers seem to be intended for chipping away at the enemy from afar with their low damage, high accuracy and longer range, but it seems that in the RAW missile launchers ability to attack enemies at long or very long range seems to be of somewhat limited utility if the enemy can just jump around every turn to dodge enemy missiles.

Sorry for the massive wall of questions. Looking forward to the next battle.

[Kashyyk]

When launching missiles at a Long Range target, the missiles will hit along with any weapons fire from the next turn. Thus a ship that was already preparing a Jump could escape in time,  but who was not already charging a Jump would be hit. A target at Very Long Range would have time to charge and Jump before the missiles arrived.

Thus, Very Long Range missile barrages are much more effective against a target who cannot easily jump away. This can be achieved by targeting a ship with a damaged/destroyed Jump Drive, or you can target a ship which has one of your allies nearby, as it will have to first escape your ally's jump interference before it can jump beyond the reach of the missiles.

[Maxinum McDreich]

T-Lock

All missiles fire on the Snail

Spoiler: badly written fluff (click to show/hide)

''We've worked out the contacts, captain!'' A comms officer reported. ''Laser frigate, The Ayes.'' The captain nodded, but remained tense. ''And the Axe-type battleship, Koganasun.'' At this, the captain relaxed a little.
''Get contact with them, we will need to work in formation.'' He looked at the large enemy battleship with consternation. ''Anything on our opponents?''
''Negative, beyond what our sensors are telling us.''
''Contact from the Koganasun, captain!'' Another comms officer reported. ''We have orders.''
''Received. Let's get it done.'' The captain turned to his weapons officer. ''Focus fire the enemy frigate!''
''Missiles away!''

[Kashyyk]

The T-Lock is not in missile range of the Snail.

[Jilladilla]

Spoiler: More Fluff. Because Fluff is good. (Is anyone even reading these?) (click to show/hide)

"We're in range. Prepare jump! Crew stand ready for close range combat! Someone stand ready to swat that missile! Halved ale rations if that hits our ship! Just because this is an exercise does not mean we get to slack off!"

The bridge explodes into activity with that proclamation; both in preparation for the chaos of the brawl, and to preserve their precious ale rations. Not even the dodgiest missile can evade the desperation of a dwarf with their ale at risk.

Jump into Melee with the Snail

[Maxinum McDreich]

oh woops, my bad.

Fire on the Mandator (not like it'll do anything xD) aaaand power up a jump to get as close as one can to the Snail.

[Kashyyk]

Because I don't think I'm explaining things very well, I've made a very quick paint sketch of the current ship positions. Please don't expect these very often, as my goal was to develop a positioning system that didn't need a map.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

If you imagine each of those circles to be logarithmically bigger/smaller than each other, you should be in the right direction. There is also a bunch of empty circles down to Melee Range around each ship, but I've omitted those to avoid cluttering the image.

[Kashyyk]

Turn 3

With targets locked, the captains of both the Snail and the Ayes declare weapons free. Lasers flash across the void, the majority scattered a dozen miles wide, however two strike true and irradescent sheets of energy suddenly appear mere tens of meters from the Snail's hull as the shields absorb the beams.

As the Koganasun starts charging a jump to close on the Snail, a missile lock is detected. The single explosive is expected to hit just before the Drive will finish charging.

Meanwhile, a flock of missiles are launched from the T-Lock just in time for the Mandator to finish charging for its jump into the vicinity of the Snail, and it emerges in time to see a backscatter of light from the Ayes' opening barrage.


The Field (Extreme Range)
 |- Royal Snail Party (Long Range)
 |   |- BLU Squadron (Short Range)
 |   |   |- Snail
 |   |   -> Mandator
 |   -> RED Squadron (Short Range)
 |       |- The Ayes
 |       -> Koganasun
 -> T-Lock


Warships

Spoiler: BLU Mandator- Madman198237 (click to show/hide)

Shields: 15/15 (+5)
Power Balance: +1

1: Armor / Point Defense / Reactor
2: Armor / Point Defense / Jump Drive
3: Armor / Point Defense / Impulse Thruster
4: Armor / Missile Launcher / Reactor
5: Armor / Missile Launcher / Reactor
6: Armor / Laser Array / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
7: Armor / Laser Array / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
8: Armor / Laser Array / Reactor
9: Armor / Laser Array / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
10: Armor / Laser Array / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
11: Armor / Laser Array / Reactor
12: Armor / Laser Array / Reactor
13: Armor / Point Defense / Jump Drive
14: Armor / Point Defense / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
15: Armor / Point Defense / Impulse Thruster

Spoiler: BLU Snail - Naturegirl1999 (click to show/hide)

Shields: 4/6 (+2)
Power Balance: +8

1. Armour / Missile Launcher / Reactor
2. - / Point Defence (Overclocker) / Jump Drive
3. Armour/ Mass Driver / Impulse Thruster
4. Armour / - / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
5. - / Mass Driver / Reactor
6. - / Mass Driver / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
7. - / Point Defence / Reactor

Spoiler: RED The Ayes - a1s (click to show/hide)

Shields: 2/2 (+1)
Power Balance: +1

1: Armour / Laser Array / Shield Generator
2: Armour / Laser Array / Reactor
3: Armour / Laser Array / Jump Drive (disabled)
4: Armour / Laser Array / Impulse Thruster
5: Armour / Point Defense / Reactor
6: Armour / Laser Array / Impulse Thruster(disabled)

Spoiler: RED Koganasun - Jilladilla (click to show/hide)

Shields: 0
Power Balance: 0
Jumping: Melee range of the Snail (0/1)

Inbound: 1 Missile from the Snail - 1 turn

1: Armor / Mass Driver / Reactor
2: Armor / Mass Driver / Jump Drive
3: Armor / Mass Driver / Impulse Thruster
4: Armor / Mass Driver / Jump Drive
5: Armor / Mass Driver /Jump Drive
6: Armor / Point Defense(Overclocker) / Reactor
7: Armor / Point Defense(Overclocker) / Impulse Thruster
8: Armor / Mass Driver /Jump Drive
9: Armor / Mass Driver(Disabled) / Jump Drive(Disabled)
10:Armor / Mass Driver(Disabled) / Reactor

Spoiler: RED T-Lock - Maxinum McDreich (click to show/hide)

Shields: 4/4 (+2)
Power Balance: 0
Jumping: Long range of the Snail (0/1)

1: Armour / Point Defence / Shield Generator
2: Armour / Point Defence / Impulse Drive
3: Armour / Missile Launcher / Reactor
4: Armour / Missile Launcher / Reactor
5: Armour / Missile Launcher / Shield Generator
6: Armour / Missile Launcher / Impulse Drive (Disabled)
7: Armour / Missile Launcher / Jump Drive

Destroyed
None

[a1s]

fire all lasers on the Snail (again. I will probably have this as standing orders for a while  )