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Tau CPF vs Imperial Navy

 Post subject: Tau CPF vs Imperial Navy
PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:41 am 
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Yesteday battle, 2 vs 2 players.

Tau:
Horizon Diplomacy Detachment
2x Protector, Ld8, ld6
2x Emissary, Ld7, ld9
2x Castellan Ld6
Squadroned 1 Emissary Ld9 and 1 Protector Ld6

Elkerlyc Military Detachment
2x Protector, Kor'el + Aun'el, Ld 9
3x Castellan, Ld9
3x Castellan, Ld6

Imperial Navy
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1x Emperor with fleet admiral
1x Dominator
2x Sword
2x Sword

Jan Carrier Detachment
1x Mars
1x Dictator
1x Gothic
2x Sword
Mars with Ld6 squadrons with Dictator Ld9

Later more, involving Nova Cannons and Critical Hits.

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 Post subject: Tau CPF vs Imperial Navy
PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:47 pm 
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Tau concentrate on left flank, far away from Emperor. IN central, opposing Tau left flank.

#1
Imperial Navy gets first turn. Moves forward. A-boats + fighters launched, lot on cap. Nova Cannon inflicts a hit on Emissary.

Tau unleash waves of missiles as they should. Fighters take out missiles.

#2
Nova Cannon HITS Protector, 4 hits left. Nova Cannon hits mine Protector, Protector destroyed (mine). All BFI failed. My Protector/Emissary squadron needs to brace.
Swords take out 1 Castellan.
Fighters eliminate more missiles. Assault boats destroy a Castellan of mine.
Gothic is destroyed by a supremacy Manta attack. Great rolls by Elkerlyc.

Complete Tau fleet reloads (when possible) (1 re-roll needed). 3 Castellans with lock on fail to destroy a Sword. Subsequent additional fire as well. Dictator receives hits, needs to brace. Dominator takes 2 hits from missiles.

#3
Dominator NC misses Protector. Firing does not do much. Fighters try to keep Tau ordnance at bay.

Complete Tau fleet reloads. Castellans manage to take down a Sword from flanking squadron. Swinging around small planet combined attacks bring down Dictator to 1 hitpoint. Good braces on last hits.
2 Tau missiles have nothing else to do then hit Emperor, 5 turrets, 1 missiles goes on...hits! Critical...fire! Laughing all around. Fire repaired though. Dominator needs to brace as well.

#4
Crippled Dictator/Mars disengage. Combined fire from Emperor/Dominator/2 Swords/1 Sword cripple a Protector from Elkerlyc.

Tau fleets reloads/locks on (1 re-roll needed). Castellans finally remove last Sword from its squadron. Combined firepower from locked on Protector and Emissary/Protector squadron cripple Dominator (2 hits left). I finally do a good attack dice (4 sixes on 7 dice vs Dominator prow).
Sword squadron survives 10 missiles...

END GAME

Tau 379,5 victory points:
Gothic destroyed
Dictator crippled/disengaged
Mars disengaged
Dominator crippled
2x Sword squadron destroyed

Imperial Navy 351 victory points:
Protector destroyed
Emissary disengaged
Protector crippled
2x Castellan squadron destroyed


Conclusion:
if it wasn't for Elkerlyc's dice roll it would've been a bad day for the Tau. Not that the Imperial Navy should complain with 3 HITS in a row with Nova Cannons.

In the end an ultramini minor victory for Tau. Field position debatable (2 healthy Protectors, 1 healthy Emisssary, 1 crippled Protector (3 hits), 5 Castellans vs Emperor (11 hits), Dominator crippled (2 hits), 4 Swords.

Emissaries are still crap. Though the combined battery power of a Protector & Emissary within 30cm was cool. (I forgot 4wb I recall at this very moment)... but 4 sixes on 7 dice is good enough.

If squadron rules and brace for impact are changed it is a viable idea I guess.

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 Post subject: Tau CPF vs Imperial Navy
PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:50 pm 
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What can I say?

Every second hit I scored I rolled a crit.
And I had some pretty decent hits. :cool:

Not often my dice are on fire. And even less in this way...

I'll have to live on this for a while so I'll enjoy it while the feeling lasts!

I agree with BlackHorizon's  conclusions;
After the initial 3 nova cannon hits the Tau fleet was badly hurt despite having the obviously better plan. (IMHO)
I "decided" to turn things around by anwering the Imperial luck in kind; with more luck!
And for once the dice-God Nuffle answered my pleas.

Last but not least; I own two of the incredibly shecksy Emissaries.
But they are indeed as crap as they look good.

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