Field Reports 2765

[Welshman]

I did, yeah. Looking forward to some FotW addendums. 8)

Umm, my memory may be failing, but don't you not count. I could have sworn you were on the RAT project.

So many volunteers, so much senility, I can't keep track...

[Weirdo]

I don't remember having anything to do with the FRs past the ships. Mighta seen the RATs in some factchecking material, but, well...you know my memory.

[Welshman]

I don't remember having anything to do with the FRs past the ships. Mighta seen the RATs in some factchecking material, but, well...you know my memory.

Who are you?

[Weirdo]

I DON'T KNOW!!! :'(

[Giovanni Blasini]

Damn, 300 without the crit? That won't pop a battleship in one shot, but it'll definitely mess one up, and do horrific things to anything smaller. :o

The Peacemaker under the Interstellar Ops preview also has the Type IV nuke, aka the Peacemaker.  Carried on a Killer Whale, it's a 500 kt nuke, doing 1000 capital damage, and crits on an 8+ roll. And, yes, it can be fired ship-to-ship.

[Korzon77]

Might not be all that huge, if they don't have much else. Might be naught else but a handful of Makos, a few Aegii, and the odd Terran castoff.

Also note that the description specifically said it had 6 docking collars to work as a "one ship tasksforce " (or similar wording). That indicates that it's possible that the Lyrans didn't have much in the way of warships to escort it.

[Korzon77]

BTW, on the internal dropshuttle bay things, I wuld like more rules for them-- because they could be very useful.

IE, how about a ship that has a 12K dropshuttle bay, with 12, 1K assault droppers? Being qable to field a full squadron of combat droppers would be very  unpleasant for the other guy.

[Dragon Cat]

Also note that the description specifically said it had 6 docking collars to work as a "one ship tasksforce " (or similar wording). That indicates that it's possible that the Lyrans didn't have much in the way of warships to escort it.

I'd half expect the Lyrans to have a decent fleet with the Rim Worlds over border

Only problem is the Lyran lack of shipyards Alarion jumps out but I really don't know much about Lyran industry back then - or any of the others if honest :-[

I can think of
Alarion - Lyran
Kathil - FedSun
New Syrtis - FedSun
Galax - FedSun
New Avalon - FedSun (I think nuked 1st SW could be a fan idea)
Loyalty - FWL

Away from books so not sure of any more

[lrose]

I'd half expect the Lyrans to have a decent fleet with the Rim Worlds over border

Only problem is the Lyran lack of shipyards Alarion jumps out but I really don't know much about Lyran industry back then - or any of the others if honest :-[

I can think of
Alarion - Lyran
Kathil - FedSun
New Syrtis - FedSun
Galax - FedSun
New Avalon - FedSun (I think nuked 1st SW could be a fan idea)
Loyalty - FWL

Away from books so not sure of any more

There are a bunch mentioned in various books -
In the FWL the House Marik SB says the FWL had major ship builders at Oriente, Angell and Stewart. They had the SelaSys yard at Lotalty, Technicron at Tamarind and Irian Tech at Clipperton

The LC had in addition to several shipyards at Alarion,, Gibbs (Ioto/Ditron), possibly Hesperus II - the orbital shipyards were destroyed in the 1st SW, Bolson Shipyards at New Kyoto, Bolson-Tamar shipyards at Tamar, Clippership Yards - location unknown but it is said in the original Lyran SB to be one of the few LC shipyards to have survived the 1st SW.

The Fed Suns had Shipyards at Delavan (universal air), Kathil, New Avalon (New Avalon shiyards -destroyed 1st SW), it is possible New Sytris Shipyards built jumpships or warships in 2765- the source material is vague, Panpour (challenge systems -TR3057 says the factory was at Galax, other sources say Panpour, to me Panpour makes more sense)

The Combine had shipyards at Chatham (Stellar Trek), Luthien - destroyed 2787 by the Tamar Tigers, and Schuyler (Dharma Hyperspace)

The Capellans had shipyards at Aldebaran (Drydocks destroyed 2785), possibly Asuncion, Capella (Delhi/Rashpur-Owens), St Ives (Hildco)

The list above is not necessarily every shipyard in the IS- these are just the ones that have either been explicitly mentioned or can be inferred from various sourcebooks.

[Takiro]

I believe in 2765 the Lyran world of Dell had a major shipyards which was moved to Alarion.

[Davion_Boy_74]

I know I'm late into this, But I've liked what I read so far in both of the FR 2765's & the thread, 1 thing I would love to see are 'official / canon' record sheets for the 'new' designs mentioned in the RAT's in both FR 2765's the S-2 Star Dagger in FR 2765 DCMS & the 2 (upgrades) mentioned in FR 2765 CCAF TR-5 Thursh & TR-9 Transit . And I hope we see more of these upgrades in the other not yet published FR 2765's.

Dave.

[cray]

Also, being pedantic, a Cruiser is not a great nuke boat simply because we have no Barracuda mounted nuke. Only White Shark and Killer Whale.

That's only within the strictest limits of the rules. Any capital missile has more than enough payload space to carry the largest (currently) available nukes, since their standard warheads are "multi-ton kinetic warheads."

[VhenRa]

I know I'm late into this, But I've liked what I read so far in both of the FR 2765's & the thread, 1 thing I would love to see are 'official / canon' record sheets for the 'new' designs mentioned in the RAT's in both FR 2765's the S-2 Star Dagger in FR 2765 DCMS & the 2 (upgrades) mentioned in FR 2765 CCAF TR-5 Thursh & TR-9 Transit . And I hope we see more of these upgrades in the other not yet published FR 2765's.

Dave.

Finding I can't reproduce the S-2B. Actually.

[Welshman]

BTW, on the internal dropshuttle bay things, I wuld like more rules for them-- because they could be very useful.

IE, how about a ship that has a 12K dropshuttle bay, with 12, 1K assault droppers? Being qable to field a full squadron of combat droppers would be very  unpleasant for the other guy.

Interstellar Operations is where we planned to publish this. Of course until it is published, it's not published.

[Davion_Boy_74]

Finding I can't reproduce the S-2B. Actually.

I got to reproduce the S-2B Star Dagger to the "stats" given in the RATs by up the speed to 10 / 15   and using the other given "stats" from the RATs & converting the S-2 Star Dagger from XTRO Retro, this is why I want canon Record Sheets for stuff like this  :-\ .

Dave.

[Giovanni Blasini]

That's only within the strictest limits of the rules. Any capital missile has more than enough payload space to carry the largest (currently) available nukes, since their standard warheads are "multi-ton kinetic warheads."

And even then, they all get some fun options eventually, according to the IO Preview up on the site.

[VhenRa]

I got to reproduce the S-2B Star Dagger to the "stats" given in the RATs by up the speed to 10 / 15   and using the other given "stats" from the RATs & converting the S-2 Star Dagger from XTRO Retro, this is why I want canon Record Sheets for stuff like this  :-\ .

Dave.

I did that. Left with 10/15, 2 Medium Lasers, 3 MGs, Ton of MG Ammo, 5 Tons Fuel, 34/22/18... and half a ton left over.

[Amaris Fan Club]

I just wanted to but in for a moment and say how much I like seeing the warships getting some love.  New (old) warships in the TRO's, some introductory rules for primitives in the Interstellar Ops preview, Pocket Warships in the newer eras ... it's all good.

Now let me use nuclear ammunition in my Long Tom cannon (the direct fire version) to get rid f those pesky aerospace squadrons once and for all.

[Welshman]

I did that. Left with 10/15, 2 Medium Lasers, 3 MGs, Ton of MG Ammo, 5 Tons Fuel, 34/22/18... and half a ton left over.

Post this in the errata thread, we'll look into it.

[VhenRa]

Will do a quick overview of it again. I did the specs up in HMA. But HMA is accurate enough for Introtech-grade Fighters, even today, last I checked.

[Davion_Boy_74]

I did that. Left with 10/15, 2 Medium Lasers, 3 MGs, Ton of MG Ammo, 5 Tons Fuel, 34/22/18... and half a ton left over.

Very strange  :-\  I have all that but no left over weight I'll recheck.

Dave.

[VhenRa]

Yeah. Now I did it again... it seems to be fine. Maybe it was a glitch from redoing the MG mount a few times.

[Welshman]

Nothing beats pencil and paper for construction of the simple units.

I've found numerous problems with HM these days, so have learned never to rely on it completely. Good program to noodle in, you still need to confirm it through another means.