Re: Game 700 Over

[Noam Izenberg <noam.izenberg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe this was initially a test of the mid-game FTL arrival of  
reinforcements. I played it too, and hightaled it out as soon as the  
first two ESU destroyers jumped in. The NAC would have been hard  
pressed to survive _those_ odds (given the relative headings and  
speeds), and prudence suggested dropping the primary objective to  
preserve the CE's. I was already on an exit heading when teh second  
pair jumped in, which only confirmed my opinion. I "failed" in the  
primary objective (which was foreordained, given the circumstances of  
the ambush), but the CE's escaped without any damage.

Two things I liked about the scenario were the element of surprise  
and the fact that survival and escape was a reasonable minor victory  
condition.


On Jul 20, 2005, at 12:35 AM, Sylvester Wrzesinski wrote:

> Don't remember the name, but it was obscenely unbalanced for the ESU.
>
> The NAC intercepts an ESU assault transport under FF escort with a  
> pair
> of CE's. Unfortunately around turn 2 or so a pair of heavy destroyers
> from the ESU jump in, followed by another pair two turns later. Final
> losses are one FF for the ESU, with a few points of damage to the
> transport but not enough to cause checks. The losses for the NAC are
> total, with the second CE being destroyed as it attempts to escape  
> into FTL.
>
> Props go to morpion who did the best he could with his small NAC force
> in the light of a rapidly deteriorating engagement.
>
>
>

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