Elessar2590's Darkstar Campaign
A Fiery Engagment
Battle Group Nassau has Finally Cornered the Prussians after they have Traversed an Anomolous Part of Space. With the British Trusting to their Skill and the Prussian's relying on their Guns the Stage is set for Battle Group Nassau's First Real Fight
The Fiery Astrological Bodies were treated as a Syglex Emitter with a strength of D6 that hits a random eligible facing.
Basically you can move through them with no penalty but they will damage you. This represents the flames boiling off a part of the ship that either got too close or was hit by a stray flare.
There was no penalty for being disabled in a hex that wasn’t entirely covered in an anomaly, the Ship’s crew can muster just enough thrust to get to the fringes of the danger zone.
HMS Swedish Knight in White, HMS Burnaby in Red, HMS Burke in Yellow and HMS Wills in Orange
KMS Von Hipper Class in Black, KMS Fischer's in Purple, KMS Aldabert in Green and U-134 and U-133 in Blue
The Table Set Up. The Anomalies Don't Move
The Prussians use the Anomalies to Guard their Flanks while the British try to Cut off Potential Options
The British Roll Terribly and get Ambushed by the Prussians who Pound the HMS Burnaby into Submission
HMS Burnaby After Two Hits from the KMS Fischer Class Ships, Two U-Boats and the KMS Aldabert
This Skips a Few Turns. Everyone is Disabled Except the KMS Von Henk, KMS Aldabert and HMS Swedish Knight. The HMS Wills Ended it's Turn in the Broadside Position and Gambled on Rolling Low. It Paid off and the Second Fischer was Disabled but at the Start of the Next Turn HMS Wills rolled a 6 for the Anomaly and was Knocked Out.
The HMS Swedish Knight was Disabled by the Two Prussian's. The Prussian's Decide to Flee, Battle Group Nassau isn't the only One Hunting them. Apologies for the lack of Pictures. Apparently as I was saving them a few replaced some earlier pics.
An awesome battle report @elessar2590 – and I love the idea of the Anomalies. The closest we’ve had to that so far is in a Jovian atmosphere – lighting is usually considered a 9- or 12- EPC bolt that might hit a ship on a random d6 facing. “Fiery clouds” is something never seen in Darkstar before. Congrats!
I hope MacDonald will be back!
Thanks @oriskany
Originally they were just going to block line of sight but just before the game we decided to make them a little more dangerous.
I wish more of the Pictures made it. The Prussians were doing some insane maneuvering to get the most out of those weird turrets.