[FT] Conquest 2001 FT results

The results for the Full Thrust 2001 Conquest tournament (cm scale on
6'x5'
tables) were as follows:

1.	Neil Todd - NSL
2.	Matthew Dobbs - FSE (defending champion)
3.	Andrew Godde - NSL
4.	Tarquin Murnane - FSE
5.	??? - Phalon
Gumby. Me - Kra'vak

There were some very close battles in all scenarios.
First round saw NSL vs NSL, FSE vs FSE & Phalon vs KV in "Assassins"
(enemy
admiral +10, enemy flagship +5, own admiral +5)
NSL & FSE battles were both fairly even, but the KV vs Phalon was a
whitewash.  From a starting v:24, the Phalons got up to v:55 & the KV
got to
v:30, and I spent 2 hours chasing them around the table!  That was a 34
CF:1
CF slaughter in favour of the KV.

Second round saw NSL vs FSE, FSE vs KV & NSL vs Phalon in "Convoy"
(dustcloud, 2 transports, +5 for each surviving, +5 for each enemy
transport
killed)
Again fairly even, with only Neil scoring the maximum +20 points for the
round.	The Phalon again got badly wasted although did manage to gut
several
heavy NSL ships with Plasmabolts.  One of Tarquin's ships (a Ypres?
using a
Micromachine Nebulon-B) lost life support & then procceded to destroy
three
enemy ships with SML & beam fire before having every ship in the fleet
target it (4/5 of the crew made it to escape pods).

Unfortunately at this point, the Phalon player cracked it and went home
for
various reasons.  In previous discussion he had mentioned he'd number
crunched and playtested with his local group, but both Andrew & I both
knew
how to deal with Phalons.  Against inexperienced players, his fleet may
have
worked.

The finals saw 2 NSL vs FSE battles in "Ambush".
Neil vs Matthew was fairly even until the end, with one NSL SML attack
scoring 51 pts against the FSE Foch.
The second final was more interesting with Andrew & Tarquin playing off.
The ambush saw all extra ships turn up on the same table edge at point
blank
range (ramming range in cm scale)!  Again the Nebulon-B gutted an enemy
destroyer, before turning it's attention to a cruiser with SMLs &
gutting
another frigate with beam fire.  It destroyed another ship before the
entire
surviving NSL battleline spent 2 turns making sure the crew wasn't
getting
home to acquire another ship.
Several ships had a bad time of it, loosing powercore and bridge to
double
thresholds.

http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernskies/ft/conquest.htm

*****
Fleet for Neil Todd
Fleet Type	Neu Swabian League (NSL)
Crew Factors	31

KRS		Von Tegetthoff	class Superdreadnought (SDN)
		One squadron of Heavy Fighters
KRS		Maria Von Burgund class Battleship (BB)
KRS		Kronprinz Wilhelm class Light Cruiser (CL) - PDS version
KRS		Kronprinz Wilhelm class Light Cruiser (CL) - PDS version
KRS		Waldburg/M class Missile Destroyer (DD)
KRS		Waldburg/M class Missile Destroyer (DD)
KRS		Ehrenhold class Frigate (FF)
KRS		Ehrenhold class Frigate (FF)
KRS		Falke class Scoutship (SC) - Subpac version
Total	1800

Matthew Dobbs & Tarquin Murnane (very similar)
Foch SDN
Milan?
2 Suffren?
2 Trieste?

Andrew Godde's NSL fleet
Crew Factors: 29
2 Maria Von Burgund BB's 
1 Markgraf CH 
1 Radetzky CE  
2 Waldburg-M DDG's 
3 Ehrenhold FF's 
2 Stroschen CT's
Total: 1792

5th Player - can't remember his name.
20 x Phuun class Phalons!?!?!

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