Re: PRESS RELEASE HQ ESU 3RD FLEET : Counter

In message <199610071355-50204@spider.denplan.co.uk> you wrote:

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> The glorious 3rd fleet once again defeated the facist NSL horde 3 days
  
> ago in the Grunwald  system. Heavy fighting left both sides exhausted.
  
> ESU casulties were limited however the loss of the Carrier Tiblisi was
a   
> set back.

As was massive damage to your other capital ship...

 Enemy losses however were more sustantial with the loss of   
> numerous vessels. The NSL fleet disengaged after 1 1/2 hours of
combat.   
> The cowardice of the NSL Admiral can be seen by the number of fighters
  
> left behind. The ESU has a strict policy of offering quarter to
stranded   
> crews. This was carried out and they are now POWs. Over  40 fighters
of   
> the latest NSL types were also captured. How long is it before the NSL
  
> realises that it can't defeat the peoples will by force of arms.

How long before the ESU realises it can't get away with blatant lies?
Not a single NSL ship surrendered, and no fighters were left behind.

Okay, the real story:

It was those damn pesky ECM missiles which crippled three of my
capital ships (one of which was a mass 150 supership). They lost
all systems, but had suffered little actual damage.

At that point it was decided to finish the battle. There was about
a 50% chance of the NSL getting drive systems back on line before
the ESU could come about and finish them off (the NSL and ESU fleets
had just passed each other, with the NSL heading off the board at
considerable velocity).

ESU would have suffered massive fighter casualties (mostly torpedo
and standard fighters versus mostly heavy interceptors). The NSL
dreadnaughts would have tried their best to recover fighters before
leaving.

For those interested, most of the NSL fleet can be seen at:

	http://www.bifrost.demon.co.uk/NeuSwabian/Fleet.html
	
New acquisitions will be added as soon as I get the time (the NSL
has a continuing policy of freedom of information, unlike another
government I could mention).

The ESU will face utter defeat as soon as the NSL admiral can figure
out how to roll anything higher than a 1 on a d6 (except on threshold
rolls, where anything less than a 6 would make a change...)

-- 
Be seeing you,
Sam.