Fleet Escort Scenario: Trojan Horse

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Scenario: Trojan Horse
A not-so-simple shipping raid turns nasty.

The attacker's plan is easy: take out the convoy escorts so you can
capture it.  Primarily, you want to board the freighters, but destroying
them is just as effective as far as fleet command is concerned.

The defender must prevent the freighters being captured or destroyed.
Defender losses are secondary to getting the freighters away safely.

Deployment:
The defender deploys their fleet using half of the short table edge
heading down the table at speed 4.
The attacker then deploys anywhere along the long edge of the opposite
table side at any course or speed.
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|	<- Attacker ->	|
|_____			|
|	]			|
| Def	]			|
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Special Notes: 
FTL Drives cannot operate until the safe jump limit is reached at the
end of the table.
The attacker cannot attack any freighters if there is a defending
military vessel in the same arc UNLESS any of the freighters have fired
upon the attacker in the previous turn.  (If the attacker is unaware
there is a Q-ship, then this is optional)

Phenomonal Attacker Victory: Defender destroyed or captured with less
than 25% losses.
Major Attacker Victory: 75+% freighters destroyed or captured for less
than 25% losses
Partial Attacker Victory: 50+% freighters destroyed or captured for less
than 50% losses.
Draw: 25+% of the freighters destroyed & 50+% attacker losses.
Partial Defender Victory: 50+% freighters escape & inflicted more than
50% attacker losses.
Major Defender Victory: 75+% freighters escape & attacker takes 50+%
losses.
Phenomonal Defender Victory: 75+% freighters escape & attacker
annihilated.

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Attacker:
1 Battlecruiser
2 Heavy Cruisers
2 Escort Cruiser
4 Light Cruisers

Defender:
1 Heavy Cruiser
2 Escort Cruiser
4 Destroyers
1 Bulk Carrier
3 Heavy Freighters
3 Fleet Auxiliary
1 Stonefish Q ship
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Stonefish class Q-ship
Mass: 100
Hull: Weak
FTL: Std
Main Drive: 2
CF (civilian): 2
Armour: 10
Damage Track: 20; 5/5/5/5.
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3 x Firecons
3 x SMR (std) (AP/FP/F)
3 x SMR (std) (F/FS/AS)
2 x Pulse Torpedoes (F)
Class-2 (FP/F/FS)
Class-2 (AP/FP/F)
Class-2 (F/FS/AS)
1 x Class-1 (6-arc)
3 x PDS

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They seek him here, they seek him there;
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven or is he in hell?
That damned elusive, Pimpernel.
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