Short Battle Report Centauri Vs Dilgar - Convoy Duty

Itkovian

Mongoose
We didn't use ISD's for this, which I know we ought to, but this is our first 2ed campaign so we wanted to use all the new stuff! :)

Anyhow the game was skirmish level Centauri attacking

The convoy escort consisted of 2 Ochlavita's, a Garasoch, a Scout and a wing of Torpedo Thoruns

the convoy was 2 Civillian Traders and 3 Corporate Freighters

The Attackers were a wing each of Rutarians and Sentris and two Demos

Well the Convoy chugged across the table with the escort mostly sitting at the rear (Apart from the horde of fighters who took station to do Pseudo interceptor duty) for about four turns then the Centauri entered from either side, both ochlavita's turned to meet a Demos each, one on CAF the other not (but got a redirect from the scout)

Firing: Once Ochlavita got savaged, the Demos suffered one bulkhead hit!
One of the fighters on interceptor duty was destroyed but recovered by the Garasoch, the rest of the Thoruns stayed clear waiting to pounce.

NExt turn the Centauri bored in getting behind the carrier and a swirling melee developed between the Ochlavitas and Demos, however the Carrier moved off at full speed (and our of Ion Cannon range) then came about, out of range itself but at least further around!
The fighters went rather better the Centauri getting caught by Thoruns leaving the torpedo fighters a clear run at a Demos.

Firing: More scratches to the Centauri, one Ochlavita was decrewed.

The next turn was the killer, the Centauri moved in to try and kill the carrier, the scout doubled back to support it, the remaining Ochlavita turned in to attack one Demos and critically the Garasoch Managed a second successive come about to bring the other Demos into forward arc!

More importantly I also won initiative.

After the smoke cleared one Demos was adrift, the other exploded (killing several of my fighters!) and both Rutarians had been (improbably) killed off in dogfights.

Next games are a Space Superiority (5 Pt Raid)

And Carrier Clash (6 pt War)

Thoughts
Not impressed by the Ochlavita - insufficient firepower, the Demos are classic eggshells with sledgehammers, but the Garasoch is a real beast (and very useful in scenarios like this)

Oh and the MoD rule is quite scary!
 
makes me wonder if the ship was playtested properly... as anyone says it's a weak ship just looking at the stats...
 
Well I suppose I may be missing something on the Ochlavita, perhaps it works better en masse

But I doubt it, just not enough firepower compared to... well anybody really, the turret is handy, but I think it needs 4ad of Bolters rather than two (which is frankly pathetic)
 
OTOH The Jashakar Frigate seems reasonable, and a patrol level scout is always handy.

I have yet to try out the big beasts (apart from the carrier) I'll let you all know how they work out too
 
Well, the Jashakar Tae is truly a beast. Take it whenever you can.

The Ochlavita itself is nearly worthless unless you want a missile fleet (in which case 2 Tae's are almost always better nontheless)
The Ochlavita Ki deserves a special mention. The special ability is great (worth more than you give up compared to the standard Ochlavita imo) and makes the Ki a useful and balanced ship.

To balance the Ochlavita, I'd up the AD of the front bolters to 4 OR add a second 4AD missile battery. Following the current Ochlavita theme, I'd choose the latter, making the Ochlavita a true missile ship.
 
I'm surprised the Centauri took cap ships with SL weapons. I mean, one Demos is fine... but his fleet is basically useless half the time... or half assed all the time.

One Demos is good... but I would have spent the rest on Vorchans, personally.
 
I like to use them to make a attack run through the enemy fleet and then reload whilst coming back round on CBD :)
 
Ah but the Demos has that 1 interceptor. It may not sound much but it really can be a big difference in forcing your opponent to PROPERLY fire at the ship rather than just chip away with spare attack dice.
 
True

That's why the initial volley of Anti Shipping Missiles did nothing, OTOH the Dilgar Fighters proved lethally effective in stripping interceptors later on.
 
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