That's a way to fight range 30 weapons!! :twisted:

Its kind of interesting to see the repercussions of the game we played at Mega-con on the other thread.  If our bad game generates that much discussion Imagine if we played together more often LOL ……………..Doug

I find when fighting other Starmada Players it's a good Idea to max out on the range of your primary weapons. When playing your ships vs. your ships it does not matter what the weapon ranges are if your two fleets are balanced against each other.

For example when fighting my Federation cruisers against my Klingon's I have gave the Klingon's a slight advantage in weapon range: 15 for the few disrupters I have on my Klingon ships while the more abundant Phaser I's on the Federation ships have a range of 12. These weapons are fine and dandy when fighting against each other, but when fighting against Beowulf/Steven his ships decimated my ships with his primary weapon range of 30. Just like in WWII when the Japanese tanks went into China they were great, but when they came against U.S. or Soviet tanks there was no contest.

So Lone Gunman as long as you play your B5 ships against your B5 ships an average weapon range of 6 would be OK as long as all your ships had that same average weapon range.

That's all I needed to know but let me clarify.

So I have a ROF 4 weapon at 2+ to hit, weapon traits are Repeating and Increased hits. The target and Medium range.

All hit, I rolled a 6 2 4 5 that would be 6= 5 hits 2=1 hit 4=3 hits and 5=4 hits

For a total of 13 hits then repeating kicks in and I roll 13 dice

Or I apply 13 hits and then re-roll my original 4 dice.

That's the question.

......................Doug

Well here is what I have come up with based loosely on the Star Fleet battles designs.

What I like about Star Fleet battles is that the Klingon battle cruiser and the Fed. Heavy cruisers are evenly matched.

In Starfleet battles the Klingon ship is more maneuverable then the Fed ship so I made the Klingon ship a little faster.

In every game system they rate the shields lower on the Klingon ship so I did the same.

The disruptors are long ranged weapons so I gave them Inverted range modifiers, nothing in SFB suggests this it's just something I wanted the weapon to have.

Phasers : I loved the Idea of Ranged Based Damage as suggested by boneless and no range mods. I did not use ranged based damage, but ranged based impact instead as it does the same thing as damage but it also effects the shields.

I also used the Photon torpedoes as suggested by Boneless.

Japridemore had great ideas using marines and teleporters, Science areas Hull size and Screens are a great idea but would prolong any convention game.

The Klingon has has a +1 Tech level for engines and weapons, this makes sense as they are an older space faring race. I also needed space to cram all that stuff in a 7 Hull

My Ideas about the two ships

The fed's need to get close to make full use of their Phaser I's and torps
The Klingon ship needs to make use of its long-range weapons and speed.
Once the Klingon is in Photon range he is toast as the photons will eat him up.
The Klingon players will need to use speed and maneuver to their advantage.

Most of the weapons and arcs are as per SFB

Let me know what you think!

Thanks…………………Doug

211) Constitution -class Fed Heavy Cruiser CA

Hull: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1               
Engines: 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 1               
Shields: 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1               
Weapons:
1:XY 2:XY 3:XY 4:XZ 5:XZ 6:X

X: Phaser I : 4/8/12, 1/3+/1/1
Range-Based IMP; No Range Mods
[AB][AB][BD][BD][AC][AC][EF]

Y: Photon Torpedoes: 3/6/9, 1/4+/2/2
Slow-Firing; Doubled Range Mods
[AB][AB][AB][AB]

Z: Phaser III: 1/2/3, 1/3+/1/1
[ABCDEF][ABCDEF]

Special: Marines (5); Teleporters (2); Science (85); Hospital (25)

(196) D-7 -class Klingon Battlecriser

Hull: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1                 
Engines: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2                 
Shields: 3 3 3 2 2 1 1                 
Weapons:
1:XY 2:XY 3:XZ 4:XZ 5:YZ 6:Y

X: Disrupters: 6/12/18, 1/4+/1/1
Inv. Range Mods
[AB][AB][AB][AB]

Y: Phaser II: 3/6/9, 1/4+/1/1
No Range Mods; Range-Based IMP
[DF][DF][CE][CE]

Z: Phaser I : 4/8/12, 1/3+/1/1
No Range Mods; Range-Based DMG
[ABCD][ABCD][ABCD]

Special: Marines (10); Teleporters (4)

editied for missing letters. and revised D-7

Steven, are you comming to Orlando this May for RECON?

....................Doug

If you want to play fantasy skirmish Ares also a MJXII product is the best.

................Doug

You cannot beat Armies of Arcana for fantasy, and you cannot beat Starmada for fast play starship combat.

.............Doug

japridemor, glad you liked the game I enjoyed hosting it.

Just a few clarifications to your battle report, the Klingon Photons were Pen2 Dam2 at 18 range.

The Fed DD only had 3 shields

You can see pictures of the battle here

http://displacedminiatures.com/Inari7/images.html?galleryId=1840&from=Hurricon+2006

I hope we can get together again and play Starmada.
.................Doug

I too would like to see customizable Drones.