Fleet Training with the Admiral

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Fleet Training with the Admiral Jul 14, 2013 11:45:08 GMT -8

Post by The Admiralty OOC on Jul 14, 2013 11:45:08 GMT -8

Right, I have had people ask me to try & train them with fleets. So I figured I might as well try to raise the standard on the site a little (or at least try to anyway). NC was the more recent to ask so I will start with them. Best way to learn in my opinion is to fight with someone (with the other person giving tips).

First fight is going to be a pair of Vics facing off in open space. There is nothing nearby, & the ships are going to start just out of range from each other. Weapons (all assumed to be mounted on the forward slope for this fight): Quad turbolaser batteries (10), Double turbolaser batteries (40), Concussion missile tubes (80).

The nine-hundred-meter Victory I Star Destroyer "Poodles" looked out toward the enemy. The captain quickly barked out an order.

-Captain Poodle
I want to know the enemy ship's classification!

-Sensor Poodle
Sir! The enemy appears to be in a Victory I Star Destroyer.

-Captain Poodle
The nerve! Attack at once!

Apparently, Captain Poodle was not a nice man. The engines of the Poodles sprang to life, pushing the ship into weapon's range of the distance speck of light that was the enemy. As soon as firing data was available, the ship's entire forward selection of weapons fired. Eighty missiles streaking outward, true that more would be destroyed by point defense weapons, but some would still hit (though it would take them a bit of time to cross the gulf). Forty Double turbolaser batteries & ten quad turbolaser batteries soon joined the missiles in flight. It would take the bundles of congealed plasma little time to reach out & touch the other ship.

A full out attack right from the start had both advantages & disadvantages. The primary advantage was the sheer amount of energy poured into the target in a brief window of time. The main disadvantage was that the guns would need a moment to recover from the attack, so only the slower missiles would be able to fire in the next salvo. If the enemy was either disabled or destroyed in the first attack, then there was nothing to fear. If not there was a chance that the firing ship would suffer. Most captains preferred the tried & true method of firing half their weapons at a time, giving the other half a chance to recover.

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Fleet Training with the Admiral Jul 14, 2013 12:38:39 GMT -8

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Post by Non-Com Or'dinii on Jul 14, 2013 12:38:39 GMT -8

The opposing ship, Pixelated, noticed the actions of its neighbor and the commanding officer was much offended that his opponent hadn't even bothered to give what for. He ordered his crew to engage the hostile vessel. He decided to maverick this conflict and ordered the shields to be shifted full forward and all batteries to return fire, with 80 missiles to be fired in a slightly staggered salvo, with the last twenty to be armed with proximity fuses.

This was done in the hopes that they would set off a few of the incoming missiles before they were in range of the point defense cannons, by detonating the clumped war heads of the salvo via chain reaction. It wasn't always successful, but when it worked it was known to reduce missile salvos by half or more. Almost as an after thought, the captain ordered power to be redirected from the engines to the weapons batteries, in hopes of being able to achieve a faster than normal rate of fire at the cost of remaining stationary.

All in all, one hundred and twenty turbolaser bolts are streaking across the distance towards the enemy ship, followed by sixty missiles, with twenty missiles trying to turn the enemy missile salvo into star dust. Shields are at double strength forward at the cost of the aft shields, which are reduced to minimum strength, and the ship is stationary.

Last Edit: Jul 14, 2013 12:39:25 GMT -8 by Non-Com Or'dinii

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Fleet Training with the Admiral Jul 19, 2013 13:28:39 GMT -8

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Post by The Admiralty OOC on Jul 19, 2013 13:28:39 GMT -8

OOC: Very nice opening. I didn't expect that level of play as you said you didn't have much skill. This will make things interesting.

However, you should have posted dealing with the Turbo salvo in your opening post. Missiles & torps have a one post delay at long ranges, but energy weapons don't. Once we get into slugging range (in about 3 posts or so), everything will have to be responded to in the next post.

As the other ship let loose a surprisingly massive volley of fire.

-Captain Poodle
Defensive Screens!

The entire forward section of the Victory came to life with the shuddering bursts of fire from the ship's Point Defensive missile screens. It would a few more moments before they really got close enough to start picking off the missiles, but a few shots might get lucky at this range.

-Captain Poodle
Cut the engines! Drop our nose thirty degrees.

The engines fell silent, leaving the Poodles drifting in a ballistic trajectory toward the enemy craft. In the short time the engines had been running, the ship had gained a fair clip. If neither ship changed course, the two would smash into each other (in seven posts). The nose of the Poodles drifted downward slightly, this would make any enemy fire impact the forward deck shielding instead of impacting either the forward deck or forward hull shielding.

-Captain Poodle
Reroute all power from the engines & the other shielding quadrants into the Forward Deck shielding! All hands, brace for impact.

For a couple of moments the forward deck section of the shields began to glow in the visible spectrum from the sheer amount of energy poured into it. But only for a moment as the enemy fire slammed into the Poodles. After a massive dip, the shields of the Poodles started holding steady at 80% power, without the energy from the other quadrants & the engines, that attack would have easily cracked the ship's shields.

A few moments after the shudder had ended, the Poodles' missile gunnery crews had launched their response to the attack. Another 80 missiles were on their way toward the enemy.

In the space between the two ships, the missile barrages passed each other without note, until the last wave of the enemy missiles passed too close to the Poodles' attack. The explosive shock wave tore through the on rushing attack, destroying nearly half of them in the process.

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Fleet Training with the Admiral Jul 23, 2013 12:53:20 GMT -8

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Post by Non-Com Or'dinii on Jul 23, 2013 12:53:20 GMT -8

[span style="color:#ddaade;"]Pixelated's shields briefly glowed as it's shields absorbed the impact of the incoming fire. Forward shielding is reduced to about 60% on both hull and deck sections. Pixelated decides to consolidate its' shields as it's opponent has, fires maneuvering thrusters, tilting it's deck down 20 degrees, and shifting all shield power to the forward deck section, giving it a current strength of 180%.[60+60 (current)+60 (shield recharge 10% from each section, 2 fore, 2 aft, 1 port, 1 starboard)]

The enemy's point defense cannons, a nice modification of the base ship, do little damage until the missiles reach optimal range but though all in all, they destroy 48 of the 60 missiles.

Pixelated's guns recharge. Due to the energy being shunted from engines, 30 guns are able to recharge fully and fire on poodles. [6 quads(24) + 24 duals(48) = 72 total turbolaser bolts] The missile tubes again fire off a staggered salvo, with the last twenty being armed with proximity fuses to destroy the incoming enemy missiles.[/span]

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