Fleet Update 2 - Questions, issues etc

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Constitution-class Heavy Cruiser – Plus Refit

The two AD of Phaser-1 (AH) should be 2 AD of Phaser-3 (T).

(This was probably carried over from the CAR stats.)

 

[Keeper Nilbog]

What is it with the Gorn Dreadnought varients - both have improved shields (2 extra points), reduced critical rating (17 instead of 18), and obviously weapon changes (the DNH gets extra Phasers and Plasma-D, DNT loses Phasers and changes Torp Load). And there both cheaper than the Standard Dreadnougt (DNH - 15pts, DNT - 30pts). Gorn love for the DNH.

In regard to the plasma issue, should the 'fast' rule be used for torp's - reroll successful defensive hits. Won't make that much difference to Plasma strikes (most systems only miss on a '1', though would effect Ph-3's more and you require 2 roll's of 3+, statistics not my thng, but around a 50% fail chance :?: ), but might let that extra die come though every now and again.

 

[Captain Jonah]

Gorn Heavy Dreadnaughts. Because we love them we do, they are shiny :lol:

As to the loss of one point of crit. Clearly fitting those extra shields and Plasma Ds means adding additional structural frames and bulkheads which makes the ship a bit tougher overall.

As to the cost. Well the Gorn Confederation goverment is taking advantage of a special offer from the company that makes the Plasma D torps, buy two and they throw in a contribution towards the overall building cost of the DN :wink:

 

[locarno24]

Gorn Heavy Dreadnaughts. Because we love them we do, they are shiny

....20 AD of plasma weapons. I mean, that's just rude.

 

[Keeper Nilbog]

20AD - 'splutter', are you a Romulan spy - 21AD dear boy, 21AD

 

[Nerroth]

A few of notes on the "Middle Years" ships listed in this file:

*The Klingon C6 might have had four drone racks mounted on its Squadron Scale Ship Card (in FC: Briefing #2), but was restricted to only firing two of them in a given turn. To approximate this, the Drone AD should be reduced to 2. (By the time this was improved upon, any surviving C6s were being fielded as C8s or C9s anyway.) For future reference, several other Klingon ships in FCB2 have this same limitation, so would have their AD values halved in ACtA:SF terms if and when they are ported over at a later point.

*The Ship Card for the Kzinti DNE (also in FCB2) has only six drone racks, but is capable of launching all six in a single turn. Therefore, its AD value should be 6 instead of 7.

*Both the Klingon C6 and Kzinti DNE served in an era when drone speeds were slower than in the General War. (In FC terms, the drones would have been Speed 16, as opposed to Speed 24). Therefore, in both cases (and in the case of any other drone-armed ship in the Middle Years), the range of the Drone AD should probably be reduced to 24 inches, to represent this one-third decrease.

*In SFB, a number of the drone upgrade options (such as Swordfish and Spearfish drones) did not exist until the time of the General War. This should probably be reflected by restricting the appropriate number of drone options from use on the Klingon C6 and Kzinti DNE (and on other Middle Years ships).