Hyach - 1 Urutha Kal Dreadnought
1 Irokai Kam Battlecruiser
1 Tachila Kor Scout Carrier
1 Senchlat Kes Attack Scout
1 Okath Kat Fast Frigate
25 Dartha Medium Fighters
5 Dovoch Interdict Fighters (2 friends)
Period: Late War - all refits in place.
We played all known 2E rules, except we didn't use called shots (for the Point Pulsar), as I think they skew the game. In the absence of 2E critical charts, we gave a +4 to critcal rolls caused by Masers (formerly known as Gamma Lasers).
The Hyach are in close formation, except for the Okath Kat, which is split off with 2 flights of fighter for cover I have 2 groups: the Ochlavitas, and the Targaths and Tratharti. Each is supported by 4 flights of Thoruns. The Protra trailed behind.
For the first three turns, everyone turtles heavily, and closes with no fire exchanged.
Turn 3
The 2 Ochlavitas take the front off of the Senchlat Kes, 4 flights of
Thoruns maul the Okath Kat, stripping 3 ML, and causing an Engine and a
Reactor crit. The thoruns pay a heavy price as they lose 14 of their number
to Darthas and Masers. Although about half of my flights are tasked with
anti-fighter work, no Hyach fighters are lost (I _hate_ the chart). The
Hyach ships hold their fire, mostly.
Turn 4
Much fire exchanged, fleets at close range now. The wounded Senchlat kes
is killed by Targath 1. The Irokai Kam loses it's fwd. section to the
Tratharti and Targath 1, while a flight of Thoruns remove it's stbd.
weapons. The Urutha Kal loses it's Spinal Laser to an Ochlavita at point
blank range, also suffering moderate structural damage. The Okath Kat's
suffering continues, taking another engine crit. , and a C&C crit.from
fighters.the Tachila Kor recieves light damage from some Thoruns.Fighter
combat is more even this turn, with the hyach losing 7 fighters to 6 Thoruns
killed.
The Hyach returned fire, killing Targath 2 with short-range hits from a Spinal Laser, and a Mega Plasma Cannon, plus lighter weapons (actually, it took enough damage to kill the facing structure, the primary structure, and the far side structure, with damage left over!).Targath 1 took heavy stbd. structure damage from the Okath Kat. Ochlavita 1 recieves a Spinal Laser hit at 1 hex range, but only loses it'd Main thrust, and some structure (!).
Turn 5
Fighters continue hitting the Okath Kat, which loses 7 more power, and
it's computer. The Tachila Kor is hit by the Tratharti and Targath 1, but is
still mostly okay. Ochlavita 2 takes the main thrust off of the Urutha Kal.
In return, Ochlavita 1 loses it's rear hull, Targath 1 loses it's stbd.
side, and the Tratharti's rear is hanging by a thread. 15 Darthas and
Dovochs remain, and 20 Thoruns.
We had to call it here as it was midnight, and snowing, and 2 of us had a 1 1/2 hour drive home. It was a good game, the Dilgar had an edge, but the outcome was by no means assured.
Lessons
The Hyach should have opened fire at long range - it's their biggest
advantage. Dartha / Dovoch flights are *vicious*, plus the ability to
interdict a whole flight makes it very hard to hit ships protected by
Dovochs with fighters, much less the flights themselves. I used to prefer
the Tratharti to the Ochlavita, but as I play, this is changing - The
Ochlavita has an impressive ability to get behind an enemy and stay there.
One of my opponents mistook the "K" in tachila Kor for an "H", leading to a
truly humiliating local sobriquet for this fine ship...
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