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The Vau's main weakness is their low speed and low relative damage vs points cost. The smaller ships don't have many troops either, even if they are elites. The destroyer's Speed 4 means it will have to double its speed every turn to keep up with the slowest destroyers from the other factions...

Good stuff - and my pre-order is in.

Print, punch holes, put in ring binder. We can wait for a hard copy.

I think it's a good idea, go for it. Getting the rules and ship stats is more important as we can always proxy models. If I can get a cheap PDF now, then pick up the book later (possibly at a discount for those that did buy the PDF), then everybody's happy. Most of us will likely buy the...

Its mostly frustration at being stalled and deadlines being pushed back, and back...and again. Sometimes it all boils down to: we are customers and we want to buy your stuff! From the sounds of it once the models are made, it should be a formality to get them painted (it really should be)...

Only rule I feel we need some official clarification on at the moment. Can you use (stack) the scout trait twice on one target, giving each ship two weapons systems with which it can re-roll misses? I think the Scout trait is great, but not if you can stack it!

Most of the factions that don't have fleets yet will need to appear at some point. The League are not simply 'merchants with guns' - they also have dedicated warships and escorts designed to protect their freighters. The League have the highest tech base in Fading Suns, for example they invented...

We need some official clarification on the following rules: 1) Boarding - can we have confirmation that you can fire at a ship that is grappled to one of your own ships? There are those that think you can't once the ships have been drawn together. 2) Scout - we also need confirmation that you...

The al-Malik fleet has a lot of rocket AD, but in an actual battle we have found the sheer number of AD rolled often simply doesn't offset the fact that you need sixes to hit. What is handy is the scout trait, as even if you get no hits you can still reroll the whole lot. So in practice the...

My assumption would be yes, you can fire at said Galliot as it is stated in the rules somewhere that no ship blocks LOS to another unless you're trying to ram. This would be to reflect the three-dimensional nature of a space battle. However grappling might alter this rule, so we'd need Word of...

I'm trying to pick a second fleet at the moment and lean toward Kurgans or possibly Vuldrok, but the Kurgan weapons loadout worries me having seen how poor al-Malik fare in some battles. It seems as though the increase in hits is simply covering for the fact that they have to soak up a lot more...

I haven't played as Kurgans (yet), but against the Decados, you need to be wary of their higher firepower. The Grigori cruiser and Anikrunta dreadnought both have meson turrets, so stay out of close range (15") and try and outflank them. Use your big carrier and suicide fighters and stay away...

Yeah, I reckon that puts it to bed for now. It'll be interesting when the fleet escorts turn up, how they'll affect things.

I get the boarding rules, that wasn't the problem. Say there are two opposing fleets. I grapple one of your ships, which can of course still fire until they are drawn together. The issue is whether, once the two are drawn together, one of your ships can then fire on the grappling ship. There is...

I have a couple of questions regarding some of the less clear rules for NA: 1) We interpreted the 'triggering event' in the Gatling Laser rules as every instance a weapon generates a hit, e.g. if your al-Malik Moriah Cruiser scores four torpedo hits on my Grigori Cruiser then you roll nine dice...