Re: [FT] AAR: NCS meets KV

On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 07:59:31 PST, "jim clem" writes:
>Turn 2:  
>
>I get the initiative.	The Wasp begins a turn to starboard, the Eliza
G. 
>accelerates to speed 4, heading 3.  The KV continue on heading 9, speed

>10.  This places the Eliza G. right in front of them, range 1 from the 
>center KV.  She fires her lance at the center, and a pair of sub packs 
>at each of the flankers.  The lance rolls 2, 1, 2, 4 and does 1 point. 

>The KV rolls damage, but loses no systems.  The port sub packs roll a 
>total of 16 points, and that KV explodes.  The starboard sub packs roll

>a total of 27 (!!!!) Points, and that KV explodes.  The remaining KV 
>responds with three scatterguns, rolling 9 points, killing the Eliza G.
 
>The Wasp is now at range 14 from the KV, speed 6, heading 3.  She fires

>three class 2s, rolling 2, 2, 6.  The re roll is 5, so she does 3 
>points.  The KV rolls thresholds, gets two sixes and a five.  This
kills 
>the firecon, ftl and one hit on the MD.  The KV is screaming at this 
>point.

How in gods name did you roll 16 and 27 points of damage on 3 beam
dice for the subpacks?	Thats more rerolls than I can count.  Were you
counting subpacks as doing straight dice damage instead of beam
damage?

Talk about strange dice fields!!

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