From:           	chandley@zammis.cas.nwu.edu (Jared P. Buntain)
Subject:        	[B5W] Tatics question and EA fighters
To:             	babylon5-wars@csua.berkely.edu
Date sent:      	Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:28:56 -0500 (CDT)
Send reply to:  	babylon5-wars@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU

Greetings List,

 Last night, we pitted an Octurian with 6 flights of medium fighters
vs a Nova with 3 flights of Auroras and 1 flight of Thunderbolts (as
presented on the web page, see next question :)

 Now, first turn, range for the two starships was 18, the three
flights of starfurys where 5 away from the Octurian, and the TB's where 12
away. 4 flights of Sentris where after the Starfurys, and 2 after the
TB's. The Octurian had all its EW on off vs the Nova (EW being worthless
vs fighters, and missles couldnt launch yet). This proved to be what we
consider the key tatical decision of the fight, as while this let the
Octurian hit the Nova with 15 of 22 TA shots, both BL's in Piercing mode,
and 1 MC, it did mean that all of the Starfurys unloaded into the
Octurians front, along with 7 of the Novas ML's, which managed to strip
the forward structure completely. The Nova was down to like 9 forward
structure after it was all done.
 The question is: Would you hit the fighters with the TA's? Why or
why not? How about concentrating all the Centauri fighters on the TB's or
the Nova? 
 The result was that the Octurion lost its right side the next turn
to 7 more ML's and 12 missles, I lost most of my Auroras, and the TBs
helped the Nova clean up the fighters. The Nova didnt even lose a side,
which tells us the Centauri player screwed up bad. Im just looking for
suggestions to improve his tactics.

 Second question: Theres repeated mentions of a different sheet for
the TB's? Is this something I can get or would I have had to sign an NDA
first? :)

 Thanks,

Jared Buntain
chandley@nwu.edu