Hey guys,
Have been wanting to play the following list for a while, but I believe it's not legal on the armageddon list. Question is two-fold:
1) Assuming its legality (whether true or false), is this a balanced fleet?
2) More importantly, since the points add up fine, how opposed is the general community on fleet list modifications? As in, if the person asked you in advance to play it would you let them? In this case, its basically just adding the retribution to the armageddon list...I own no SM vessels, so there's no worries or uber-synergy or anything.
Ld 8 Amdiral +1 Reroll 75pts
1 x Retribution Class Battleship 355pts
2 x Lunar Class Cruisers 180pts x2=360pts
2 x Mars Battlecruisers 260pts x2 =520pts
5 x Falchion Class Frigate 175pts
Total: 1485pts
General strategy is lunar's and retribution to the front, soaking up fire and firing dispersal torpedoes until closing to pummel things with their broadsides, ideally shotgunning to start off the exchange. The battlecruisers would lag behind a little, supplying offensive/defensive ordnance, support long range lance/battery fire and softening up targets on the way in with their Nova's. Finally the falchions hang near the mars to protect against flank attacks, or dart in for a killing blow if necessary. They deployed near the front at first so that their 5 ordnance markers can be used defensively, hopefully allowing the mars' buddies to launch offensive waves at first. My thought is that this will disorient/surprise players expecting IN defensive ordnance only and possibly force them to backpedal, making my ordnance generally more useful. Have been toying with the thought of dropping a falchion and adding targeting matrix to both mars vessels to help in their long range support.
Thoughts?