Re: AAR UN incursion turned back

Remedial Diplomacy Classes?!?. Just shoot the media!

The only inaccuracy in this report is that you didn't put down that I
won
(even though I didn't; reality be damned).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Flynn Richardson" <Flynn.Richardson@unilever.com>
To: "GZG list" <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Cc: "Adam Pilmore" <Bear@paradise.net.nz>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 10:11 AM
Subject: FT : AAR UN incursion turned back

> Place: Neu Mannheim System
>
> Co-Ordinate system: Cine & Inches 8'x4.5'
>
> Situation
>
> UN forces ( 1 BC 2 CH 1 CE 1 CL 1DD 2 FF) Blockading the system for
Tax
> purposes are met by a Battle force of the NSL ( 1 Maria Von Burgund, 1
> Richthofen, 1 Markgraf, 1 Radetzky, 2 Waldburgs, 1 Ehrenhold)
>
> Tech Note : UN design philosophy is Average hull Medium Armour Shield
> thrust 4 all arc class 2's with a spinal mount (class 4) in the BC and
> needle beams in the cruisers. NSL standard from FB
>
> Planet gravity 2" out to 6" 1" out to 12" directly towards planet
doesn't
> change heading
>
> Starting positions
>
>  |-----------------------|
>  |U1			   |
>  |			   |
>  |	       P	  N|
>  |			   |
>  |			   |
>  |U2			   |
>  |-----------------------|
>
> U1= BC, CH, CL, FF
> U2= CH, CE, DD, FF
>
>
>
> Excerpt from NSL News media
>
> "As Usual the UN dogs crept forward unhappy to engage a real fighting
> force, While our men leapt at the chance to deal with the Pirates. We
> decided to tackle group U2 first so headed to the port side of Neu
> Mannheim (NM). The scurvy dog of a UN commander realised that we were
> going to pounce on one part of his force and so tried to recombine
them.
>
> End turn 1
>  |-----------------------|
>  |   U1		   |
>  |			   |
>  |	       P	   |
>  |			   |
>  |		      N    |
>  |   U2		   |
>  |-----------------------|
>
> U1= BC, CH, CL, FF
> U2= CH, CE, DD, FF
>
> Undeterred we pushed forward accelerating to get to grips with the
> thieving brutes as soon as possible to remove their taint from our
loyal
> system. Extra Long range fire dealt a surprising amount of damage to
the
> Ehrenhold cutting through its armour and causing it to lose control of
one
> of its  main batteries and a PDS. The scum where beyond our weapon
range.
>
> End turn 2
>  |-----------------------|
>  |			   |
>  |	  U1		   |
>  |	       P	   |
>  |			   |
>  |			   |
>  |	U2	   N	   |
>  |-----------------------|
>
> U1= BC, CH, CL, FF
> U2= CH, CE, DD, FF
>
> Tricking our opponents our fleet slowed down to allow our advantage in
> long range fire power to have some effect. A pulse torp from our
flagship
> slammed into the Heavy cruiser in front of us while our class 3's
savaged
> his all escorts effectively removing them from the fight by either
> knocking out their puny fire control systems or taking out their
weapon
> systems. (Note UN main drives also seam to be highly susceptible beam
> fire! 2 out of 3 lost a step) Return fire from the BC caused more
damage
> to the Ehrenhold removing its fire control system.
>
>
> End turn 3
>  |-----------------------|
>  |			   |
>  |			   |
>  |	   U1  P	   |
>  |			   |
>  |			   |
>  |	 U2	 N	   |
>  |-----------------------|
>
> U1= BC, CH, CL, FF
> U2= CH, CE, DD, FF
>
> The next phase saw the defeat of the UN forces as our admiral split of
the
> damaged Ehrenhold and a Warsaw to protect it while continuing to slow
our
> main force. We misjudged slightly and ended up at close range to his
> opposing group. The pirates managed to get the drop on us and lashed
the
> Richthofen with fire from the CH that stripped away its armour but
barely
> damaged it hull. It responded by targeting the CE and showed the scum
how
> a real navy fights by reducing it to a barely functioning hulk (
killed
> half its weapons systems and all its fire cons plus taking out is main
> drive) Fire from the other HC hit the Radetzky and had a similar
effect to
> the fire from its brother ship. i.e. not much. return fire caused a
bit of
> damage to the CL but nothing too dramatic. The Bc the fired on the
> Markgraf which took all its armour and two thirds a row of hull
damage.
> Our flagship responded by firing on the CH it had hit the turn before
with
> the pulse torp and fired on the CL with its PT. After most of the
systems
> fell over our escorts and the Markgraf put the coup de grace in by
> destroying the CH and doing further damage on the CE (one hull
left)and
> the CL.
>
> At this point the UN commander hauled down his flag and surrendered
the
> remainder of his forces (only 2 were capable of fire the BC and the
CH)
>
> End turn 4
>  |-----------------------|
>  |			   |
>  |			   |
>  |	       P	   |
>  |	   U1 N2	   |
>  |			   |
>  |	  U2  N1	   |
>  |-----------------------|
>
> U1= BC, CH, CL, FF
> U2= CE, DD, FF
>
> N1= BB,BC,CH,CE,DD
> N2= DD FF
>
>
> Overall a glorious victory by the NSL forces"
>
> End Excerpt
>
> Note:- the reporter covering the battle has been sent to remedial
> diplomacy classes.
>
> What went well :- planet worked well NSL forces got caught it the grav
> well which allowed the long range shot against the frigate. NSL policy
of
> firing injured ships ASAP to make sure that they got a chance to use
their
> fire power. On paper at range 1 the UN forces could do more damage on
> average that the NSL, in practice the loss of his small ships and the
> removing of the larger ships fire cons due to threshold checks cut his
> available fire power quite a bit while we only missed out on one
frigates
> worth.
>
> What went wrong :-
>
> Once again I was too eager to get to grips with him and I misjudged my
> closing speed so we did not stay in range band 2 at all.(4,3,1)
>
>
> Flynn Richardson
> Special Projects Manager
> Unilever Australasia
>
>