EA early Era Fleet

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So, I'm presently thinking of fielding a 5 point Raid fleet of the Earth Alliance in its early years.

My intention is:

[Ship Type] [ship name]

Avenger Carrier (Bremen)

Nova DN (Nimiz)

2x Sagittarius (Essen/Dortmund)

2x Artemis Escort Frigate (Hessen/Wiesbaden)

2x Hyperion Raill Cruiser (Münster/Berlin)

The naming is after an old flight-sim, Starlancer/Freelancer and I think you can bet which faction I preffered.

So what do you think? Is this list viable or could it be improved? I'm presently fielding 14 Star Furys, is that enough or do I need more?
 
Actually that fleet looks pretty good.

However I would take an Oracle in exchange for either a Rail Hyperion or a Sagittarius.
 
Also, the name of the Nova (I'm kinda picky about this considering who you are naming it after, even if it is indirectly), it's spelled "Nimitz"
 
Oops, sorry. A slip on my side. I'm presently thinking of a mix of auroras and tigers, the latter working as some kind of light bomber I think.
 
I fielded a similar fleet against the Dilgar -

! x Avenger
2 x Nova
2 x Saggitarius
2 x Hyperion Assault Cruisers.

The battle ended with a three point victory by the Dilgar but the fleet performed pretty well.
If I could give you some advice, hold your Avenger back as far as possible. I didn't and ended up losing it but as long as it's in play and on the battlefield, you get the benefit of all those nice fleet carrier and command traits.
Also, bear in mind that the Novas and the Avenger are lumbering so that will affect your maneuver options.
The saggi's performed well and with a bit of thought, I was able to maneuver them so that at least one missile rack could bear on a target each turn (remember they're slow loading).
The Hyperions also performed solidly but as usual took a lot of punishment. The Assault Cruiser variant has very short range weapons and so I had to get them in close.
The biggest tip I could offer you is launch your fighters early and have at least one flight play a supporting role for each of your saggi's and hyperions. When in the supporting role these fighters effectively give the ship an extra interceptor dice, and these saved my ass more than once.

Regards

Renny
 
Due to some dificulties obtaining minis I'm running the following:

Avenger
Sagittarius
4xOlympus Gunships
2xArtemis
2xTethys Laser Boats
5xHermes (Yes, I'm desperate)
and I'm proxying a Delphi as an Oracle.

I ran this one without the Avenger or the Sagittarius and without the Beam weapons and managed to kill a couple of Vorchans. Lost nearly my whole fleet, though. Of course the 2 Marathons in PLayer #3's fleet didn't help much...

I'm going almost completely Old School now, though.
 
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