SWRPF Archive The New and Improved Tactical Question Thread

*Looks at objectives and hits self in head.*

Opps...

 

Battle Type: Space
Loctation: Deep Space
Time Period: Around a year or so after ROTJ
Nearby planets: Endor
Forces: New Republic, Galactic Empire
Allies: None
Foes: Either one, depending who you play
Rules: Play as either the NR or GE
Mission Information: The Galactic Empire has started work on a highly experimental fighter to combat their weaknesses. The New Republic is trying to steal the first prototype & plans of the fighter that the GE is transporting to another planet for a review by higher Imperial Officers.
Forces Mission and goals: New Republic's goal: Disable the freighter with the prototype ship and plans inside, and then return to base with minimal casualties. Galactic Empire: Protect that fighter and its plans at all costs.
Forces sizes and ships: I hope this is ok..

New Republic forces:
1 Mon Calamari Star Cruiser
2 CR90 Corvettes (blockade runners)
12 X-Wings
1 Assault Frigate

Galactic Empire forces:
2 Victory Class Star Destroyers
12 TIE Interceptors
1 Lancer Class Frigate
1 Nebulon-B Escort Frigate
And of course, the freighter carrying the fighter itself

Reinforcements (if any): No

I really hope this is ok, if it's not please tell me and I'll change it.

 

Galactic Empire:

Seeing that the NR is not prepared for this mission, I would have my two VIC's fire on the Mon Cal Star Crusier, with their concussion missiles, all 80 of them. But, to make sure they stay close to the transport for covering fire, about mid circle. I would have my Nebulon-B Escort Friagte and the Lancer Frigate stay close in, providing a inner circle firing ring. Finally, the 12 Interceptors would keep the X-Wings off.

Winner: Most likely me
Losser: Most likely the NR
My Losses:

8 Interceptors
1 Lancer Frigate

Enemy Losses:

1 Mon Cal Star Crusier
6 X-Wings
2 CR90's

 

Tactical Question #: 2
Fraction (Side): New Republic
Response:
First up, the Mon Cal cruiser has incredible shields, so that will form a block between the VSDs and the rest of my capital ships for the start. The Mon Cal cruiser will fly toward the enemy ships, hoping to freak them out, causing them to scatter. At this point, the target freighter should be forced out from the center of the formation (the safest area) and my smaller capital ships can go after it. Meanwhile, the X-wings go after the TIEs. They shouldn't take long considering equal numbers and X-wing shields.
By now, my Mon Cal cruiser is in the center of the enemy formation. This seems like suicide, but it is almost safer, since the enemy has to be more careful with its shots. Inaccurate ones will hit its own side.
Now, the Imps won't settle for this if their mandate is to protect the freighter at all costs, so they will break from contact with the Mon Cal to attack my corvettes and assault frigate. I can then hammer them with all I've got. Since they will be flying away from me, the obvious targets are the engines. Should these be taken out, I need to lure the freighter away from the crippled VSDs.
Once the X-wings are done with the TIEs, they should attack the freighter, if doing nothing else but confusing the captain. If needs be they can break off to damage/confuse a capital ship.
Once the VSDs are taken out (either through destruction or... ahem. engine removal ), the Mon Cal should take out the Lancer frigate (as it's a severe danger to fighters) then the Nebulon-B.
Once no other Imperial ships are a threat, appeal to the freighter's captain to surrender. Failing that, ion cannons at full charge.
Winner: New Republic
Losser: Empire
Your Losses:
Severe damage to Mon Cal Cruiser,
one corvette lost, other badly damaged,
damage to the assault frigate,
approx half the X-wings lost.
Enemy Losses:
Lancer frigate,
12 TIE fighters,
Nebulon-B frigate,
freighter (captured),
2 VSDs (either cripled or destroyed)


That was a very nice Tactical Question!

 

Bravo! Shorten you censored posts!!!! All the huge posts you make can be shortened to fewer words!!!!!

 

Empire...


I would pull back into a tight formation, with the Victory Star Destroyers two KM abreast, covering each other with their broadsides. The Mon Cal cruiser is a big puppy, but it couldn't face the firepower of two broadsides from two Vics, so if you keep that between the Mon Cal and the freighter, then that takes the cruiser out of the equation.

The Blockade runners are only a danger to the fighters...if they get within the range of those Vics, then they are dead in seconds. It all depends on what that Assault Frigate is going to do. If all these republic ships attack at once, then it will force the formation back, and slowly eating down on the shields of the Imperial ships...they would target the Neb B first, then the Vics and finally the lancer, which only threatens the one squadron. I would also like to add, as a senior member, that VSD's would not likely transport that type of important classified material without a full complement of fighters...so I would think that you would have full squadrons of Tie Interceptors...though for this excersise, I won't need it.

Pull the Neb B and the Lancer forward, having their firing arch before the VSD's. Target the smaller ships first, ignore the Mon Cal...though it's big and armored...it's not agile, and once you get it's shields down, it should be pretty easy to overwhelm. Destroy the two CCR's, which should not drain shields too much (I'm assuming that they're sending in the escorts before the assault force to "soften" the fleet up.)

After the Corvettes are gone, the Assault frigate should come into the firing arch. Move your Neb B and lancer back to protect the freighter, which is directly behind the VSD's. I am not worried about the fighters, because the VSD's are the best large capital ships against fighters, but naturally, have the Interceptors Intercept ...that's the whole reason that they exist. Anyway, the escorts are behind the big boys...they'll be able to recharge their shields and do damage repairs while the Assault Frigate has to run the Gauntlet. It would most likely seriously damage one VSD before it was destroyed...but I doubt that it could actually go full guns agains two of them...but to add attrition, we'll say that one would loose half of it's turbolaser batteries, but any captain worth his salt would have initiated an axial rotation to bring the unused guns to bare.

The rested and relaxed Frigates would move forward, and concentrate all fire on the MC...The Vics would rotate their noses out, to bring full broadsides on the oncomming Mon Cal Cruiser....

Losses

Rebel

All ships

Imperial

Heavly damaged VSD...rest of the ships intact...minus Interceptors

 

Wow, thanks for the compliment GrandMoffTarkin! It's good to see that I didn't completely screw up my first TQ!

 

I'm not sure how this works exactly, but I'm willing to learn.

Can I join?

 

Deneveon, it's quite simple really. One person posts a TQ, which is essentially a battle situation. Then, another person posts a TQ Response, which is what they would do if they were the commander of the fleet in that situation. I was a little confused at first, but once I responded to a TQ, I found it was simple, yet fun.

 

Tactical Question 2
Galactic Empire Response:


New Republic forces:
2 CR90 Corvettes (blockade runners)

The Empire's force in this case seems superior. One Victory Class Star Destroyer should be sent to engage the Mon Calamari Cruiser along with the Nebulon-B Escort Frigate so as to keep it away. They should pound it with everything they've got since the sheilds are likely to cause trouble. The Victory Star Destroyer is heavily armed and should put up a good fight, the Escort Frigate should attack from a separate angle so as to draw away more of the fire from the Mon Calamari Cruiser.

The TIE Interceptors should be sent to engage the X-Wings, but not alone. The Lancer Frigate should back them up since it was designed specifically to deal with Rebel fighters it shouldn't have too much trouble. This should be done as quickly as possible so that all enemy starfighters are destroyed. What remains of the TIEs will be sent to back up other Victory Star destroyer which would be attacking the Enemy assault frigate. The Lancer should be sent to engage the Corvettes. As enemy ships are destoyed, the remaining Imperial vessels would be sent directly to engage in further targets until the Rebel threat is eliminated.

The attacking Imperial force should form a wall while the freighter flies behind the wall so that no enemy ships can get close to it. In the event that this does occur, the Lancer frigate should engage the enemy with the (Escort Frigate's assistance if necessary). Such a threat would be minimal and most likely would be small because the larger capitals ships will not be able to get past the wall and keep up with the speed of the freighter.


Winner: Empire
Losser: New Republic
Empire Losses:

Interceptors (not many since the Lancer will back them up)
Hopefully nothing else.. but most likely the Lancer Frigate

Enemy Losses:

All X-Wings should be easily defeated
Assault Frigate
Heavy damage would have been dealt to the Mon Calamarr Cruiser

The freighter would be protected which is the main objective.

 

In Responce to GrandMoffTarkin's post...hey, let's see if we could battle this out...you take New Republic, and I'll take empire? We could start from the beginning of our strategies, you're sending the MonCal in first, and I'm going to start in an abreast formation with the escorts in front.
|
{} {}

+ *


Ok, the fleet is facing down at you, the | is the freighter, the {} are VSD's the + is the lancer and the * is the Neb B.

Set up your formation

 

Ooh wow, a battle between two vets. *sits down and grabs some popcorn*

By the way, I did try to make it so that the GE had more forces in this one, just because they had more to lose than the NR.

 

Uh Oh. An audience.
Ok, I've colored your lot green and mine red, so we can figure out who's who. My fleet moves into the face-off position. The [] is the Mon Cal cruiser, each ¦ is a corvette and the ¬ is the Assault Frigate.

|
{} {}

+ *


[]
¦ ¦
¬


At this point, all engines on full! Charge the Imps!

 

and the ¬ is the Nebulon-B

Don't you mean assault frigate?

 

Uhhhh. That's what I said. *looks round shiftily*

Yeah, that's right.

 

Ok Tarkin, Your Charging, spearheading my formation...I launch fighters forward, and send them directly at your X-wings...
My lancer and my Neb B pull out and away from the formation, then they turn Broadside to your oncomming Mon Cal...as do the VSD's...so instead of facing forward guns, you're facing Starboard and Port Guns

......|
...{}...{}
.*.........+

.....[]
...|....|

.....^ (I couldn't find the little sideways L thing)



A full Broadside from my four ships lances out to attack your Mon Cal Cruiser. The VSD's can also use their other guns to take on the fighters...which is partially why they were designed in the first place..

TAG


it doesn't put the ships where I want them to go, even if I space it...try this

 

You could copy and paste the ¬. But I'll change the Assault Frigate to "^"

This is gonna damage my Mon Cal like anything, but I'm just plowing forward. I am not going to break off.
My X-wings pull back to behind the Mon Cal cruiser, meaning the other capital ships can take out the TIEs if they follow.

......|
...{}...{}
.*.........+
.....[]
...|....|
.....^

Your next turn is the last chance you'll get to move away. After that, collision.

 

Alright, here's the rub. The MC is plowing forward, I focus all my tractorbeams on it, and grab a hold of it. That won't stop it, but perhaps I could switch it's trajectory, forcing it to go relatively down from my position... The VSD's rotate on there Axis, bringing the Bottom to face the rest of the oncomming fleet, while the Mon Cal gets more of a broadside. what is the damage of your Mon Cal?


......|
...{}...{}
.*.........+
.....[]
...|....|

.....^


oh, I add, the Interceptors would see the X-wings pull back, so they in turn would pull back to swarm the freighter...not wanting to brave the gauntlet of heavy fire that would insue on them should they try to fly past the Assault Frigate

 

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*Sits down next to Kenobi217 and grabs a Coke and some popcorn.*

Kenobi217 - That was a good Tactical Question.

Deneveon - Welcome. Kenobi217 hit it right on the nose.

 

Say shields at 50%. I have a bad feeling about this... OK. I can't do much to take out the tractors, but I will make a change of plan. My other capital ships sweep off to the left, going for the lancer, while my fighters veer right to annoy the Neb-B, while staying on the other side of it to the VSDs.

......|
...{}...{}
.*.. [] ...+
.|.|
..^

Mon Cal keeps up fire, aiming primarily for weapons banks and tractor projectors.

 

ok, The Mon Cal is stuck here, The VSD's bombard heavly point Blank using VSD Heavy turbolasers and Ion Cannons...there's not much that your MC can do now...

......|
...{}...{}
.*.. [] ...+
.|.|
..^


The Freighter moves right in the formation, moving behind the right most VSD. The VSD move forward pulling the Mon Cal in to them, like a fisherman reeling in a fish. The VSD's begin their Axis roll again, to bring fresh shields into the equation, the Mon Cal can not do that... She's being attacked on one side. The tractor beams are switching, with two VSD's holding, I don't think that the Mon Cal could escape. Now, the Frigate moves forward and down, though the fighters are swarming it, it should be able to take care if it's self...12 X-wings shouldn't take it out of the fight for some time...but it is recieving damage...we'll say the sheilds are down 20%, and with each pass of the Sqadron at full streingth, the sheilds would go down another 2%...but the X-wings should be loosing some ships.

Anyway, the Neb B makes direct way towards the Mon Cal's Engines, and opens up on her un protected backside. The lancer rolls and goes down to rake the underbelly of the MC...leaving the VSD's to deal with the MC and the Corvettes. It's instand suicide for those ships to get into the line of fire of those VSD's, but who knows...this is the formation now

.........|
...{}[]{}
....*..+
.|.|
..^

 

As I said before, I have a bad feeling about this.

Although, I notice something: You've left that freighter very close to my Mon Cal, apparently within line of sight. All guns, fire on that freighter, if we can't take it from the Empire, we'll make sure that the prototype doesn't end up in Imperial hands.

.........|
...{}[]{}
....*..+

.|.|
..^

Other ships retreat to a safer distance.

 

Mind if i come and join in il just have alook around first as im not that good at TQ's

 

Alright, now that your ships have retreated, I'm going to mop up now.

the Frieghter is above the line of sight,because the MC is still under the MC's...here would be a frontal view of the part of the battle
..........|<~~the Freighter is here.
.{}....{}
....[]

My capital ships pound away at the MC until it is completely disabled...then reform up, the Lancer and the Neb B side to side on the freighter, while the VSD's pull forward to wait for the responce of the Rebel fleet.
again, a topographical view of the battle.


what happend to your X-wings? I'll say that my Lancer is suffering from 80% shield depletion and a 20% power loss, my Neb B got pummled, and her shields are down to 10%. I still have my Interceptors.

...*.|.+
....[]<~~Disabled
..{}..{}

.|.|
..^


Edit...My codes were really bad, I finally got it the way I like it...

TAG

 

YouAgain - Welocme. I am not that good at TQ's either, but I enjoy doing them, which makes this fun.