After some lonely practice and the "cruiser clash" as a general test, i managed to have my first game!
1000 pts
Chaos (me) VS Imperial Navy
My fleet:
Repulsive w/lance and shield increase (lord here)
2 Murder
1 Devastation
1 Slaughter
His fleet:
1 Retribution (admiral w/ reroll here)
2 Lunar
2X3 Cobra
In the first 2 turn he drops ordnance like a madman, to disturb my movement. I avoid, shoot down and intercept the salvoes, except for one that causes 1 damage to the Devastation. Some blast markers are placed around my shields due to the Retribution lances and cannons.
During turn 3-4 I begin to encircle his slow fleet, blasting with murders fire 3 of his escorts and exploding a lunar with 3 criticals in 3 hits. KABOOM!!!
In turn 5 the Battleship hulks in a single fire phase my Devastation, but is in return crippled by the rest of my fleet, all in good angles all around it. A fire starts to burn and the deck is smashed...(2 critical damages thanks to the slaughter)
Turn 6 has one of my Murders exploded by an unforgiving torpedo from the escorts of doom! The Repulsive is crippled by the Lunar and Retribution (no longer on fire), with point blank shots. The thrusters are down and will stay so all the game. In return the Slaughter keep chasing the limping behemot and his cannons, united to a Torpedo salvo from the Repulsive start a fire on the Battleship again, reducing it to 2 HP. Another escort explode, hit by the Murder lances
Turn 7 is where the Retribution fails miserably to do something. Just 1 more damage to the Repulsive (2 HP left!)
The lunar hit the Salughter, but not enough to pierce the shields, thanks to the thick dust of debris that also explodes its ordnance ! The Repulsive takes down the remaining two shield from the Retribution and the Slaughter hulks it with blazing lances.
At this point he concedes.
Victory for Chaos!
I guess his fleet wasn't so well assembled. (a battleship at 1000 pts? is that possible??)
I managed to avoid torpedoes well, but I've been lucky with orders and really lucky with criticals all over the game. Encircling and battering the Battleship with 3 ships in my first game has really been a satisfaction
The upgraded repulsive, with just some bland support, is totally capable of putting holes even in bigger ships.
I love that bad guy.
