GenCon 98 FT Tournament Fleets

 I sent this yesterday and it never showed up so here it is again.
 
 These are the fleets the players had to choose from.  They are all
basically 
 1500 point fleets using FT 2nd edition rules.	Most ships were taken
directly 
 from FT and MT book examples.	The first player to destroy half of his 
 opponents fleet determined by points was declared the winner.
 
 One player commented that he liked the format of choosing from pre-made

 fleets because an Admiral never has exactly the fleet they want, they
make 
 due with what they have.
 
 Next year the tourney will use the Fleet Book rules (FT 2.5) and will
either 
 have 3-4 fleets created for each of the main powers (9-12 total) for
the 
 players to chose from or the players can define their own fleets, we
have not 
 decided yet.
 
 I will include some comments about each as they are listed.  The number
in 
 parentheses is the total points of the fleet.
 
 Enjoy and let me know what you think,
 Dean
 
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 GenCon FT TOURNEY FLEETS
 
 Basic Beam Fleet (1480)
 Might have been selected once but that is all. 4xDD
 1xCE
 2xCA
 1xBDN
 
 SDN Fleet (1482)
 Chosen a several times, and used exclusively by Schoon, the tourney
winner.  
 It is the beam fleet but the CE is exchanged to upgrade the BDN to a
SDN. 
 4xDD
 2xCA
 1xSDN
 
 Pulse Torp Fleet (1485)
 Chosen only a couple of times.
 6xTorp DD
 2xCE
 1xStrike Cruiser
 1xBC
 
 Carrier Fleet (1501)
 Chosen by the list's own Mark Siefert in both rounds he played 3xFG
 2xDD
 1xCE
 1xCA
 1xCVA
 
 2 Capital ship (1484)
 Chosen only once I think.  This fleet also had the highest average
thrust of 
 any fleet.
 3xDD
 2xCL
 1xBC
 1xBB
 
 Light Carrier (1475)
 No one chose this fleet.
 3xDD
 1xCE
 1xCA
 1xSuper Cruiser
 1xCVL
 
 Missile Fleet (1478)
 No on chose this one either.
 3xDD
 2xSuper DD
 3xMissile Cruiser
 1xBDN
 
 We debated on whether to allow the following 2 fleets and decided to
include 
 them since they had disadvantages that balanced their advantages.
 
 Mega Weapon Fleet (1495)
 (Same support ships as SDN Fleet) 
 The MegaWeapon fleet was chosen many times and always with the AA
Megabattery 
 options.  A couple of times they both burned out on the first turn and
at 
 least one burned out every game.  The 2nd place finisher used this
fleet for 
 the first 3 rounds.
 4xDD
 2xCA
 1xMegaWeapon DN
 
 MegaWeapon DN
 Mass 82
 Cost 593
 Thrust 2
 FTL
 Mega Weapon: 2xAA Mega Batts (F)   OR	 1xWaveGun (F) 2xA-batts (FPS)
 1xA-batt (FP)
 1xA-batt (FS)
 4xPDAFs
 Level 3 Screens
 1xStd Fighter Group
 
 BattleRider Fleet (1486)
 Special Rules: If the BattleCarrier is destroyed, then that side 
 automatically looses since the riders it carried will not be able to go
FTL. 
 Chosen 4 times with a record of 1-3.  The 2nd place finisher beat this
fleet 
 in the semi-finals and chose this fleet in the finals.
 1xDD
 1xCE
 2xBattleRider Alpha
 1xBattleRider Beta
 1xBattleRider Zeta
 1xBattleCarrier
 
 BattleRider Alpha
 Mass 16
 Cost 94
 Thrust 6
 NO FTL
 2xA-batts (F)
 2xB-batts (FPS)
 2xPDAFs
 
 BattleRider Beta
 Mass 16
 Cost 98
 Thrust 6
 NO FTL
 1xPulse Torpedo (F)
 1xSubmunition Pack (F)
 2xB-batts (FPS)
 2xPDAFs
 
 BattleRider Zeta
 Mass 26
 Cost 212
 Thrust 6
 NO FTL
 1xPulse Torpedo (F)
 1xA-batt (FPS)
 1xA-batt (FP)
 1xA-batt (FS)
 Level 1 Screens
 3xPDAFs
 
 BattleCarrier
 Mass 74
 Cost 691
 Thrust 2
 Tug FTL
 2xA-batts (FPS)
 1xA-batt (FP)
 1xA-batt (FS)
 Level 3 Screens
 4xPDAFs
 2xStd Fighter Groups