Topic: Slow trait in SFU

According to C.5, the "Slw" weapons trait restricts weapons to firing once every other turn. The rules state: "This restriction applies to the bank as a whole; even if only one weapon is fired, the entire bank is unable to attack during the following Combat Phase". But then, in the Klingon Armada ship descriptions, it states that the Federation New Jersey-class Battlecruiser can only fire four of its six photons at once. When would the remaining two get to be used if you need to wait two turns to use the bank again?

Also, for Fed ships in general, a common tactic in Fed Com/SFB is to fire half of your photons each turn, thereby having some heavy weapons to use each turn. I guess that tactic is not usable in Starmada?

Re: Slow trait in SFU

The fluff description for the New Jersey is not a "rule", per se. That being said, the intent of the "applies to the battery as a whole" thing was to ease record-keeping. There's absolutely nothing wrong with tracking it on an individual weapon basis if you and your opponent are willing to do so.

Daniel Kast
Majestic Twelve Games
cricket@mj12games.com

Re: Slow trait in SFU

cnuzzi wrote:

Also, for Fed ships in general, a common tactic in Fed Com/SFB is to fire half of your photons each turn, thereby having some heavy weapons to use each turn. I guess that tactic is not usable in Starmada?

Since when?  When I played SFB many years ago you unloaded everything in one turn, called an alpha strike.

Re: Slow trait in SFU

GamingGlen wrote:

Since when?  When I played SFB many years ago you unloaded everything in one turn, called an alpha strike.

That's one way to do it. Using half your photons every turn is another.

Re: Slow trait in SFU

mj12games wrote:

There's absolutely nothing wrong with tracking it on an individual weapon basis if you and your opponent are willing to do so.

One could draw a line between photons 4 and 5 and consider 1-4 and 5-6 as separate banks. 1-4 are supposed to be mounted on the saucer and 5-6 are supposed to be neck-mounted (like the 1701-A) anyway,

So, if I want to fire 4 photons, and I have 4 PP available, can I overload 2 of them and fire them all at once, or is overloading also meant to be all-or-nothing?

Re: Slow trait in SFU

You can overload individual weapons.

Daniel Kast
Majestic Twelve Games
cricket@mj12games.com