ACtA:SF - Down-firing and the Scout trait?

[Captain Jonah]

I was working out all sorts of nasty things to do with long range photons and scout rerolls ready for having them.

:shock: I hadn't considered the full implication of that! SF1 is barely on the shelves and I already want SF2 :twisted:

All Fed ships (in SF1) except the New Jersey battlecruiser have their photons as one weapon system so including a scout in my fleet brings hit probability at 15" no less from 1/3 to 5/9, with a 2nd chance to roll a '6'. I like it!

Tremble in fear Enemies of the Federation, we come in peace, EAT photons.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :twisted:

 

[dalek4890l]

I was working out all sorts of nasty things to do with long range photons and scout rerolls ready for having them.

You have to feel sorry for the Gorns though (No honestly you do :shock: ) : not only will they have those mass Kzinti volleys to deal with but now the Kzintis can re-roll all of their disruptor attacks from a range of 24", long before they are in the 8" 'Kill zone' of the Gorn plasmas. It would't be so bad if the scouts had that SFB ability to break the lock-on of drones. It might be time to start the 'Plasma D racks for Gorns' campaign group.

 

[Captain Jonah]

I was working out all sorts of nasty things to do with long range photons and scout rerolls ready for having them.

You have to feel sorry for the Gorns though (No honestly you do :shock: ) : not only will they have those mass Kzinti volleys to deal with but now the Kzintis can re-roll all of their disruptor attacks from a range of 24", long before they are in the 8" 'Kill zone' of the Gorn plasmas. It would't be so bad if the scouts had that SFB ability to break the lock-on of drones. It might be time to start the 'Plasma D racks for Gorns' campaign group.

Feds are my third SFB race, Gorns number one, the ISC number 2 and the flat tops bringing up the rear. Though for laughs I do sometimes use the Frax in campaigns, the whole Disruptor and phaser broadside is fun :lol:

Well for the Gorn we have nothing worth the scout reroll. Plasmas auto hit, phasers at long range maybe but one weapon system limits it to 2 P1s per ship. Gorn scouts are there for the Init reroll or jamming. Detect hidden ships raises the stealth number by one, we still cannot use seeking weapons on them and we have the plasma Caronade which ignores the stealth save anyway.

Scout sensors provide no defence against Drones, make long range fire from Photons and Disruptors more deadly and are of no use to Plasmas.

Its a good job us Gorn have wide shoulders, the way the Universe is stacked against us :lol:

Plasma D racks and escorts for the Gorn.

What do we want, D-RACKS.
When do we want them. NOW. :wink: :lol:

 

[dalek4890l]

Its a good job us Gorn have wide shoulders

Unfortunately that also means you have to get Federation mercenaries to fly your fighters as you cannot fit into the cockpit! Now if only you'd bought your fighters off the Kzintis (or at least licensed the design).

 

[Captain Jonah]

Its a good job us Gorn have wide shoulders

Unfortunately that also means you have to get Federation mercenaries to fly your fighters as you cannot fit into the cockpit! Now if only you'd bought your fighters off the Kzintis (or at least licensed the design).

Nope there is the distantly related race of Bird types called the Prav somethings, they are cousins, they fly. They will be perfect for our fighters.

Oh, hang on. Didn't we wipe the entire race out. OOPS :lol:

 

[Nerroth]

The reference is to the Skoleans, a chameleon-like species listed in the Prime Directive RPG books; most of those who leave Skoleos for naval service sign up with the Gorn Confederation Navy (mainly as fighter pilots), rather than with Star Fleet.

And don't worry; the Paravians in the Allpha Octant may be all dead, but there is an entire impending-Jihad's worth of them over in the Omega Octant. (Well, that might be cause to worry for the locals out there...)

 

[Jean]

I've alerted SVC to the storefront old advertising copy for CL#44. Leanna will not be in until Monday at the earliest to change it.

Jean

 

[Captain Jonah]

I've alerted SVC to the storefront old advertising copy for CL#44. Leanna will not be in until Monday at the earliest to change it.

Jean

Thank you.

But to be honest I'd rather have the scouts Stats :lol: