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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 13:55:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian D Leet <bl2z+@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: babylon5-wars@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: [B5W] Linked Hit/Damage (Playtest Report)
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This has the potential to get long so I'll summarize and then describe.

Systems used:
New AOG rules (ie -2/hex T.A. etc.)
+5 per ship class for init. bonus.
Roll for each fighter to hit, both hits do same damage but both roll loc.
Damage value adjusted by:
-2 per die for Capital Ships
+2 per die for Medium Ships
+4 per die for Fighters:

Centauri:
Mograth
Darkner
2x Vorchan

vs.

Narn:
G'Quan
2 Flights Frazi

Starting Range 50.

The battle lasted 7 turns at which point the G'Quan + 3 Frazi were
destroyed, one Vorchan and Mograth had lost their rear, one Vorchan had
only a pair of structure boxes on rear.

The system seemed to work well.  Overbearingly high damage was not a
problem in general.  My biggest problem was the fact that it just isn't
worth bothering to shoot with a to-hit number below about 10.

I have further suggestions I will place in the next post.

Detailed Summary:
Turn one: Everyone is turtled but the Darkner who goes full EW, ships
close and Darkner fires one B.Laser, hits for a light 6 damage.  G'Quan
uses E-Mines and rear facing pulse to get an extra EW.

Turn two: Darkner and G'Quan go full OEW at each other.  Darkner uses
B.Laser in piercing mode.  It absorbs a 54 and a 14 point H.Laser hits. 
It does 42, and hits the sensors.  Sensor crit is rolled.  G'Quan has no
sensors next turn!

Turn three: All Centauri accelerate max and go full EW attempting to
alpha strike G'Quan.  Mogroth and Darkner are range 4-5 and Vorchan are
back at 12. Frazi settle behind Vorchan.  The Mograth does heavy damage
with two Matter Cannon and one Twin Array shot (15,17 & 20 dmg.), the
Darkner would have blasted in with the one ready Matter Cannon, but a 32
point shot hits a pulse cannon.  The Vorchans fire the Plasma
Accelerators, but without much effect.
The Frazi pick on a Vorchan doing between 7 and 11 damage per shot.

Turn four: The G'Quan tries to go offensive and the Centauri go
defensive except for token OEW at Frazi.  One of the Frazi lose
initiative to one of the Vorchan but continue after the damage one. All
four units end up in one hex having entered as
Vorchan/Frazi/Vorchan/Frazi.  The Frazi pour damage into the already
hurting Vorchan tearing off it's rear.  One flight of Frazi takes damage
to 3 members (twin array shots for 12, 12 and 9 damage).  No one else
has any good shots.

Turn five: The G'Quan goes turtle while the Darkner and Mograth circle
around.  The Vorchan both lose initiative to the Frazi, but the good one
circles off.  Both Frazi follow the active Vorchan as the damaged one
will require 3 turns to slow to a turning speed.  The only damage is
Frazis pouring into the good Vorchan damaging it.

Turn six:  The G'Quan tries to go after the disabled Vorchan, everyone
else is turtle while turning except for the the Vorchan being dogged by
Frazi which has 4 OEW at each.  At this point all three damaged Frazi
have dropped
out.  The Vorchan gets lucky and wins initiative over the damaged group
of Frazi again.  They hit the brakes so it can't possibly get them into
arc.  The Vorchan chooses to circle back around toward the G'Quan.  The
only fire is Frazi which almost takes out the back of the Vorchan, but
not quite.

Turn seven: The G'Quan gives one EW toward the Darkner and the rest
defensive.  Then Centauri are all at the G'Quan.  It loses initiative
horribly and the Mograth, Darkner and healthy Vorchan manage to get
right behind it at range zero.  With the Frazi close behind (range 0 and
2).

The G'Quan gets horribly unlucky and practically misses with all four
twin array shots at the Darkner and misses totally with both lt. pulse.

Mograth hits hard with the plasma cannon (30 damage) and hits with two
M.C. (10,0 dmg.), and 4 Twins (14,8,6,5 dmg.)  The Darkner barely hits
with the Battle Laser (6 dmg.) and hits with two M.C. (30, 15 dmg.) 
Finally the Vorchan blasts into the G'Quan with four twins (20,16,16,6)
and a perfect shot with the P.A. (rolled a 1) for 69 damage!  This
damage is enough to finish the G'Quan, although if the P.A. shot had
been just a bit less accurate and 4 or higher had been rolled it would
have survived this exchange.

At the same time the nine remaining Frazi ripped into the back of the
Mograth and destroyed the aft and part of the primary structure
(fighters doing 8, 9, 11, 12, 12, 14 and 15 damage).  

The remaining Frazi are assumed to have surrendered.  This battle could
definitly gone either way.

Brian
  

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