To:             	babylon5-wars@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Date sent:      	Sun, 16 Aug 1998 12:47:50 -0400
Subject:        	[B5W]: Battle Report 2
From:           	dderidex@juno.com (Alexander M Fulton)
Send reply to:  	babylon5-wars@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU

Next battle we played:

Forces:
2 Mograth
    vs.
1 Ka'Toc (6 Frazis)

Comments:
1) Boy was this one-sided.  The advantage of always moving
    after your opponent in an AGILE ship is not to be ignored.
2) The Guardian array is a nice defensive weapon.  I did not
    get to use it in its special role, but it makes a nice interceptor.
3) The plasma stream sucks as a weapon.  Assuming average
    die rolls on 3d10, it will make 16.5 (16) damage.  But, it 
    degrades at a rate of -2/hex, meaning this weapon will do
    0 damage at anything farther than 8 hexes.  You have to be,
    at the absolute MAXIMUM 6 hexes away for any effect, and 
    if you don't roll well, you'd better be a point blank for him to 
    feel it.  Of course, the armor-reducing effect is nice on 
    primaries, which makes the weapon an enigma in the Centauri
    navy.  It would be much better placed on an EA ship to reduce
    armor on a target so all the EA pulse weapons can be used
    effectively.  As the Centauri concentrate on raking and plasma
    weapons and standard weapons (and, their MOST used heavy
    weapon, ignoring armor COMPLETELY), and have NO pulse
    weapons at all, it seems kind of odd to have an armor-reducing
    weapon.  Since, after all, armor is most effective against pulse
    weapons which they don't use.  Go figure.

Summary:
This one went well.  We closed range slowly, he fired a heavy laser
at range 30 or so as we passed.  It did rather extensive damage to
the front of a Mograth - losing a twin, but nothing more.  I turned and,
staying in the arc of the H.L. that just fired, closed ranged.  His
fighters were a nuisance, but my rolls were much more reasonable
this game and I managed to clean them up nicely.  Matter cannons and
twins removed a structure block, which I took advantage off.  This game
was interrupted due to time, but it was obvious I would win.

Turn Report:
1) The Mograths started at speed 9 (so I can do a 180 if I feel like it
;^)
     I believe he was going 8 and his Frazis 10.  I stayed close to the
top
    of the map and we closed range.
2) His ship fired a battle laser (amazingly, with a 20 to-hit.)  Did
minimal
    damage, removed a twin.  I fired my stbd. matter cannons and one
    plasma stream.  It was a bit, but did, like, - 30+ damage.  That
stunk.
3) Turned to face the weapon arc that just fired.  His fighters closed 
    ranged and, using the twins, I wasted a few of them.  I had pivoted
    to stbd. so I could fire my two port matter cannons and the other
    ships plasma stream.  It hit, did like 2 damage.  Matter cannons had
    almost removed his stbd. structure by now.
4) Closed range with his ship more, fired my two stbd. matter cannons 
     and the now recharged plasma stream on the first ship.  It actually
     did damage to his armor this turn, which did not matter as the
matter
     cannons removed that side of his ship.  The fighters managed to
     remove the plasma stream on ship #2 (would have been fired next 
     turn).  Also, they had been messing with my ships pretty bad, one
had
     75% forward structure, the other 50%.  Had lost 1 twin, a crit on 
     another, a plasma stream, 1 retro each. This was also the result of
     hit Lt. Pulse cannon fire from this turn.  He had also got a number
of
     lucky primary hits with his fighters.  My engine was down to one
block
     on one ship, and both had taken some primary structure hits.
5) He kept trying to turn, but, being agile, I could stay in his
destroyed
     structure arc.  One of my ships had taken an engine crit, which made
     this difficult, but it was possible.  I had finished him off to one
Frazi left
     and had destroyed a structure block I always was in the arc of. 
Fire
     two port matter cannons at primaries.  LOVE THAT IGNORING ARMOR!!!
     He fired one Frazi, one shot hit, minimal damage.
6) Fired two stbd. matter cannons as well as plasma stream at primaries. 
His
     ship is really starting to look messy now, and his fighter drops
out.  Game
     interrupted, but it is obvious to all involved the Centauri will win
in a few 
     turns.

--Alex F

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