Noble Armada: Vuldrok

[steelbrok]

Just looking over the Vuldrok before throwing them at a mainly Hawkwood force.

They are generally pretty fast ships

Is there any reason not to use All Power to Engines (unless you really need to use another special action (Prepare to Grapple being the obvious one for a Vuldrok force).

Normally this special action reduces shields by 2.

But...the Vuldrok don't have shields anyway. So if they want to close quickly (and given their numbers of boarders, whay wouldn't they?) This seems to be a big plus with no downside.

 

[MongooseMatt]

The downside is built within the fleet as a whole - charging forward sounds great, but the other fleet could have nasty boarding craft themselves and you could be flying into a cloud of fighters/bombers which would be much better if you could first pick them off at range!

 

[katadder]

well vuldrok dont really have range.
but anyway, there is a downside to going APTE, its in the armour rules iirc. but if you use this ability there i a chance your armour will crack and you lose a point for the rest of the game

 

[locarno24]

Agreed.

1) APTE can cost you armour permenantly.
2) Doing APTE means you're not benefiting from your improved Close Blast Doors save

Essentially, you can close faster, or close whilst taking much less damage. Which is better depends on who you're closing on... a faster fleet may need APTE to allow you to close at all, for example.