With grad school all finished I finally have time to get some games in. Decided to go for something a tad different and pretty evil but it was mainly just to see lots of stuff blow up.
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the game was IN vs faq2010 marines.
IN
6x dauntless, lance
3x endurance
6x sword
6x firestorm
Admiral
1490
Marines
3x sc with extra shield
2x sc with extra shield and bombardment cannon upgrade
5x gladius
Vbb retribution BB
Honor guard to fill the cracks
1500
This was the first game we've played with the most of the new 50cm diameter planet. We ended up doing a fleet engagement, wedge vs cross. Managed to get the fleet combined and got first blood knocking two hits of of one of the bc sc. Most retaliation was directed against the firestorms and I lost two after bracing and saving all 5 hits (My friend has difficulty with 4+ rolls) after that he mis calculated the time it would take to traverse the planet which gave me time to lock on and cripple the second bcsc and nuke a couple of escorts. Retaliation cost me two dauntless and a crippled endurance since I didn't bother bracing. He ended the turn still moving over the planet. I managed to lock on again with two squadrons before I failed a check and reroll on a dauntless squadron. The combined firepower of 13 locked on lance was two more dead sc.
We called tha game after that. I'd expected that the game would be more bloody and I expect that the rematch will be. My buddy got caught over the planet which cost him all his ordnance capability and let me concentrate firepower. If he'd stayed off the planet and played the ordnance game my fleet would have been far worse off. He had ideal positioning for the bc too, s16 within 15cm of my closing dauntless squadrons. No lock on, but still I think the shots would would have been better spent on the dauntless squadron than on the firestorms.
It was really a rough in list to face. I typically lean toward the vengeance and emperor so I typically only have 7 ships or so on the board. I was rather surprised a how much I was able to fit in there and being able to play a bit more loose since one or two losses didnt really have much effect. An interesting and different game for us.