HELP with Drahk tactics

[Abraxas]

Well, I have Centauri and I am getting a contingent of Drahk (cause I loved them in the show) and was wondering if this fleet was decent for a campaign. If not, of course tell me a good one.

POINT BREAKDOWN:
Cruiser
Cruiser
Cruiser
Carrier
Carrier
Lt. Cruiser, Hvy. Raider, 2 Scouts
Lt. Cruiser, 2 Hvy. Raiders
Lt. Cruiser, 2 Hvy. Raiders
Fast Destroyer, 2 Lt. Raiders
Fast Destroyer, 2 Lt. Raiders

So all in all I have:

3 Cruisers
2 Carriers
3 Lt. Cruisers
2 Fast Destroyers
5 Hvy. Raiders
4 Lt. Raiders
2 Scouts

Soooooo... how is it? Are Motherships whorth it in campaigns?

 

[Shadow Queen]

you get tones of ships with em

 

[H]

I'm in a drakh campaign, I have to say the carrier sucks big time! the light cruiser the raiders and scouts will be your best ships, excelent for what they are, obviously none of them can soak damage. I have never used the fast destroyer, but I should be doing so on weds, will let you know how they perform

 

[greenboy]

As a general rule of thumb by all the small ships you think you will need with the starting break down it's more efficient

PL         Number of ships   RR Value

Patrol      60               300
Skirmish    30               300
Raid        20               300
Battle      10               200
War         5                125

PS can we have bbcode for tables installed please?

 

[CZuschlag]

I was contemplating one, and was considering:

Mothership (2 pts.)
Carrier (seriously!!) (3 pts.)
4x Light C + 2 Lgt (7 pts)
3x Light C + Hvy + 2 Scouts (10 pts)

Net:
1 Mothership (3:5, 3 Light, 5 Heavy or so ... this can vary)
1 Carrier (2:2)
7 Light Cruisers
3 Independent Heavy Raiders
8 Independent Light Raiders
6 Scouts

Rationale:

You will get to freely move one crew quality score in the campaign, and CQ 6 Heavy Raiders are VILE -- the extra 45 degrees of turning allow it to (in reality) act just like a Light Raider, with a nasty beam. These rule. Get that mothership a CQ of 6 and have fun. You might want to jam a CQ 6 scout on board -- that's a tougher call.

Your scout absolutely is a winner; decent stealth, a gun that doesn't stink, speed, and most importantly, priority level. And it has a GEG to boot? Get many.

I actually think the Carrier is very nice -- just take the fight priority way DOWN. In a 6-skirmish fight with any amount of terrain at all, it's almost unkillable, even against something like the Narn Bat Squad.

This fleet is designed to take a strategic location immediately and buy that Cruiser on the spot. It makes no sense to be greedy, so take a low-priority strategic location in a multi-player campaign, like a water world or something, get the 1 point + 10 for every turn + 10 for new location = 21 - 20(cruiser) = 1 + cruiser. This should fill you fleet hole almost immediately. Repeat as necessary.

Finally, for you, remember that light ships can actually be kind of cheap. If you find you need some, on your attacking turns, be very reckless with the command ships. If you lose 'em ... fine, the Raiders become independents. A very "fluffy" reasonable suggestion is decomissioning the Hangar ships and keep the Raiders --- heck, in WWI, every ship could be scuttled. Why not in B5? This makes Independent ships very cheap -- 25 RR gets you 8 -- so why worry? At 3+ RR per raider, it's a cinch. Your GM for the campaign, on the other hand, might not think so highly of this.

 

[Abraxas]

Thanks for all the help. It obviously seems like popular opinion to take small ships in the beginning and then move on to the bigger ones later.

By any chance are there any threads on Drahk tactics? Strategies to use during battle? The "do's" and "do not's" of certain ships? Just curious.

Thanks.

 

[CZuschlag]

I don't know of a dedicated one, although I know hiffano and Mongoose Steele would be valuable contributors to such a conversation. Start another thread on it perhaps; I'm certain the participants would come running.

 

[Abraxas]

I don't know of a dedicated one, although I know hiffano and Mongoose Steele would be valuable contributors to such a conversation. Start another thread on it perhaps; I'm certain the participants would come running.

I'll jst change the name of the thread and see if that helps...