the Underdog Theory

[Sulfurdown]

No this isn't some philosophy about a cartoon figure. I am considering starting up a Raiders campaign versus a Narn opponent (I am indeed taking raiders). I have two question. First, does the raider's maximum of 1 point of Allied in a campaign stay as one battle point for a raiders campaign or is it reduced to a single raid point? Also If you're faced with ships like the Ka'Toc, what kind of strategy will allow a success assuming there are enough points to field 3-8 of the Ka'Tocs so they can to a reasonable job of covering each other?

 

[Burger]

The 1 battle point stays as 1 battle point throughout the campaign, I believe.
Against Ka'Tocs... try to get behind them? Or, use only hull 6 ships such as Battlewagons, their beams of doom won't hurt quite so much.

 

[Sulfurdown]

I've played through the first round and made the mistake of taking a battlewagon and an ikorta, plus about two wings of Doube-Vs (using the SFoS rules). Narn fielded 4 Ka'Tocs and proceeded to annihilate the ikorta in a round and bash on the battlewagon. Round two I tried to open a jump point with the BW only to have it crippled and skeleton crewed (ending the SA to Jump) and reducing it to the speed 3". No, it didn't survive much farther. Even trying two bull ahead, the Ka'Tocs have such a huge speed advantage that the Narn can control range with almost no effort. End result was one Ka'Toc down, both the BW & Ikorta distroyed and only two of the eight Double-Vs being allowed to flee.

 

[Burger]

I'd recommend Vree Vaarls for allies. Good stealth, initiative sinks, and redirect fire for your boresight weapons

 

[Sulfurdown]

((Minor note: The first round was rolled up as a Call to Arms so the lack of cover was a major factor in the initial blows. Just in case anyone was wondering about why it went so poorly))

 

[Sulfurdown]

I'd recommend Vree Vaarls for allies. Good stealth, initiative sinks, and redirect fire for your boresight weapons

Over time I've come to not care for the Vaarl all that much. For those who beat it's stealth with a beam, the Vaarl seems to be an instant kill. Maybe I'm just not playing it that well. I haven't gotten a copy of Arma yet so I've been running with Stealth being reduced by 1 within 10" and that's the only modification.

 

[LordClinto]

I was also thinking about making a raider fleet.

Have you seen the Raider Nova from Armageddon? (I know you said you don't have the book but you can get the sheet from burger's viewer).

It's much nicer then the EA Early or Third Age, even though its bumped to a battle choice.

 

[angelus2000]

Yeps. I'm sure these some EA players going "Now thats what an upgraded Novas supposed to look like!". Carrier with 6 fighters, fairly high dam/crew for a battle level ship (although hull 5 kills that to a degree) and much upgraded LPA's and the new shiny 6 AD Beam. Thats a bargain. I wonder if anyones done a 5pt Battle with 5 of these things floating around