From:           	chris nasipak <croaker@servtech.com>
Subject:        	[B5W]: Combat Tests
To:             	babylon5-wars@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Date sent:      	Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:25:09 -0400 (EDT)
Send reply to:  	babylon5-wars@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU


Well, seeing how someone requested combat reports, I'm going to include
a few for your review.

Battle #1: Vorchan vs G'lin. G'lin is a Narn CL, found off of one of
the web pages noted in various places on the list.  In early
exchanges, the Narn's heavy lasers stripped away one of the Vorchan's
twin arrays and caused some structure damage.  After that, however,
the Vorchan's superior maneuverability let him stay well out of
laser/twin-array arc and pulse-cannon range.  Ended up nibbling the poor
Narn to death with the single twin array and the occasional plasma shot.

Battle #2: G'quan vs Centarum. Again, the Centarum is off the nets, it's
a slightly stripped-down Primus which trades off two of the battle lasers
for a heavy plasma gun.  Which proved /very/ effective on turn 3, when it
scored a Primary hit and completely destroyed the G'quan's engine.

Battle #3: Convoy escort. Primus's and Vorchan's vs G'quan's, G'lin's,
and transports.  Despite entering on the opposite end of the map, the
Centauri battle lasers were quite able to 'reach out and trash someone':
the transports. 

All in all, I think the Vorchan is effective as-is, especially with at
least one Primus along to provide fighter cover. It's the transports
that are so damn vulnerable, especially to laser fire.  Suggestion for AoG:
include rules on 'martyr blocks', where one ship deliberately interposes
itself between an enemy and its target. It would have to be part of the
movement order, I think, to be effective and balanced, and perhaps provide
a penalty to the blocking ship's own fire (more interested in maintaining 
blocking position than aligning its own guns with the target)... and, of
course, ECM-loaning!!





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