In deep space, the tides are ushers to fierce session...

EMPIRE: To say that we were perplexed would be an understatement. We plainly had no idea where we drifted at this moment in time. There were no leads on this system in our available data, nothing from a scandoc, nothing even pointed that the survey corps had once passed through here, and to much of the crew that came as an omen. We were submersed in an unknown vacuum, and there was nothing around us. The farthest planet to the dwarf sun nearby we could see was a gas giant, distant and out of reach, but before us was an oddity. We'd never seen anything like it.

COVENANT: A wedged vessel, somewhat outweighing our own, in a bright silver and clear sheen, just like us, and so close to the sacred ring that it gave some of us a pause in breath. It stirred a deeply protective and intimate sense within the crew. Some were eager to open fire immediately, and scour the unknown away from the face of the holy, to protect the ring we were already paralyzed by, just as would be right to. We weren't alone in this system. We were head to head, face to face with a surprise and to many of us, it was a nasty one.

EMPIRE: They were almost ton for a ton an equal to us. Just like this system, data had nothing on a vessel like that. Because of how strangely strewn their assembly was, with a necropolis standing in the curves of their smooth armor, some of the crew were led to believe it was a MonCal make, a design of some kind we'd just never properly seen. The most we could tell was that they were here first, and they were seemingly just as interested in the ringworld we found as we are. Maybe even fond of it.

COVENANT: Could they talk? Would they talk?

EMPIRE: We had to see.

COVENANT: The first sign of their hail was the "flicker" we sensed over supraluminal lengths. The released voice we had expected. We need only hear this voice and see the face behind it to compose our just judgment. We must act with haste and virtue.

EMPIRE: Our subspace communication was being picked up. A good sign that it was possible to ease the tension in our nerves, but not a guarantee...

Welcome to DREADNOUGHTS: Clash of Giants. In this oneshot, we will be experiencing and simulating cross-universe perspectives in which the infamy of the GALACTIC EMPIRE faces off against the ruthlessness of the COVENANT HEGEMONY in a naval confrontation. The key to victory will be the sound mind and strategy you take. Players will both be assigned to a team which they must guide to victory together.

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Choose your team and register a moniker or nickname to vote under. 4 players at the minimum needed, 2 for each team.

[ Empire Strengths: More heavy armaments, greater shielding, more fighters. ]

[ Covenant Strengths: Longer range, stronger main armaments, stronger boarders. ]

1. Team
>EMPIRE
>COVENANT

2. Moniker
>(Write in)

>Levelman star wars quest
>It's not battle droid quest
I miss stud bucket

>>6234016
Aye, I was hankering for spaceship stuff right now and decided to do another oneshot, but worry not anon for Stud Bucket will always live forever, in the pulsing meaty red blood pumping organ inside our meatbag chests...

>>6234021
I get it, but I just wish we got to see his story get completed.

>>6234022
Yeah. Sadly I've forgotten a lot of what I wrote back then and I'd probably have to reread the whole thing just to recall. I do remember I made a big plot hole back then about the Super Tactical that still bums me to this day lmao, at the least I can say for sure I've taken care to improve my plots to prevent such things again like in my main quest right now, CHAOS, and I'm doing it by keeping copious amounts of notes lol, more than I did for BDQ. I'm gonna do my best to keep delivering quality.

>>6234005
Team Covenant
Moniker: Chibi Panther

>>6234005
>EMPIRE

>Nickname: Swiss Elf

>>6234005
>EMPIRE

>Nickname: Officer Hett

>>6234005
Team: Empire
Moniker: Kuat Rep

>>6234005
>COVENANT
>Moniker: Unggoy Overseer
We must not let human filth lay their hands on the sacred Halo Rings.

>>6234073
>>6234095
>>6234099
Registering SWISS-ELF, OFFICER-HETT and KUAT-REP to the Galactic Empire. All hail the Emperor.

>>6234045
>>6234103
Registering CHIBI-PANTHER, UNGGOY-OVERSEER to the COVENANT. The Great Journey is nigh brothers.

Note: Entering your moniker into the namefield when voting would be appreciated.

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Please stand by...

>EMPIRE

>Nickname: Cups

COVENANT: We waited with bated breath...

EMPIRE: So we began to transmit our hailing message and flagged the ship.

ACTION: His voice was like gravel, speaking no short volume to the career his life had a tenor for as he stared with a passive, yet aggressive gleam at the monitor's screen. It was that kind of glazed over look that saw these instruments and their usage, in all the places among this ship, as something that was deeply tired and frozen. His years just continued to stack and this entire event was no more than one of the potholes in the road to him. "I am Admiral Van Leuwenhoek of the Imperial Navy. I speak on behalf of the First Galactic Empire. I am asking for you to divulge your identity and appellation, as well as your origin and purpose in this system. I am transmitting visual data now, unknown vessel."

ACTION: "You trespass upon a holy vicinity."

ACTION: "I beg your pardon, unknown vessel?"

COVENANT: They had shown their face and so now we showed ours. The Supreme Commander took to the interface without hesitation. He was the soul of action that captured our sacred Covenant. He was the honor of the Covenant, for us to be escort to the holy ones as they searched for Halo's radiance.

ACTION: His mind was on the edge, and he was without hesitation in his measured approach, swiftly engaging in the conversation. "You speak to Supreme Commander Qu 'Esiit, backed by the fleet of rapturous scale, humans. You have violated the very air of the sacred ring with your poisonous presence. Heretics will burn."

ACTION: "Heretics? What do you mean by that?" He comes, his confusion manifest; "I've never seen a species like you before in my life, yet you act as if you know us."

ACTION: "I know that your frail kind are flammable. Allow me to show you."

COVENANT: Spurn us yet, the hour had come and now we fight. They, filthy and most pungent, had to be purged. Cleansed away. Our crew were in righteous uproar.

EMPIRE: Our crew was stirring under the all too familiar ringing of the ship's alarm. We had no choice but to make a stand, it seemed.

COVENANT: We'll take our offense here against the heart of corruption and strike at the source with blinding might and resounding rage.

EMPIRE: We'll let them know they made the greatest mistake of their life charging weapons against the venerable line of the Star Destroyer.

>>6234140
Registering CUPS to the Galactic Empire. Honor and distinction.

[ ]

IMPERIAL FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Bellator-class Star Dreadnought 'The Harrier'
Hitpoints:70
Shielding:50
Gunnery:0
Generator:0
Screening:0
Fighters:0
Command:0

COVENANT FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Kerel-pattern Assault Carrier 'Opulence of Distance'
Hitpoints:66
Shielding: 60
Gunnery:0
Generator:0
Screening:0
Fighters:0
Command:0

Gunnery will enhance attack output. Generator will enhance damage absorption. Screening will enhance escort action. Fighters will enhance squadrons in theater. Command will enhance orders. Ranked from 1 (Rookie) to 3 (Veteran)

Strategy will decide fate.

EMPIRE: Trust in this proven history of Imperial naval supremacy.

COVENANT: Trust in the zeal of the believer on the path of truth and the divine.

Vote 1 of 2.
>Roll 5d3 to accrue vessel attributes. Highest taken on both teams.

(Screening Ship Budget): 15

Impster Deuce - 3 points
Perks: Tractor Beam (ensnares SDV corvettes), Base Delta Zero (continuous bombardment), Line Fighters (releases TIE squadron)
Hitpoints: 33
Shielding: 28

Procursator - 2 points
Perks: Afterburners (boosts movement speed), Boost Weapon Power (divert shielding to firepower)
Hitpoints: 22
Shielding: 24

Immobilizer - 1 point
Perks: Gravity Well (prevents slipspace microjump)
Hipoints: 10
Shielding: 5
ORS-class Heavy Cruiser - 6 points
Perks: Glassing (requires ship to be over target), Ticks (releases boarders)
Hitpoints: 30
Shielding: 35

CCS-class Battlecruiser - 2 points
Perks: Glassing (requires ship to be over target), Borer-Drive (attempts micro jump), Pulse Lasers (enacts point defense)
Hitpoints: 28
Shielding: 29

SDV-class Heavy Corvette - 1 point
Perks: Stealth Shroud (attempts invisibility), Seraphs & Banshees (releases squadrons), Borer-Drive (attempts micro jump)
Hitpoints: 9
Shielding: 9

Vote 2 of 2.
>Assemble screening and escort fleet configuration using available budget.

Rolled 1, 2, 1, 1, 3 = 8 (5d3)

>>6234148
Dear oh dear, a hostile first contact. Maybe they'll buy ships from us once we subjugate them and destroy their entire fleet.
Rolling for ship.
>>6234149
I don't know about the rest of my co-commanders, but I think we'll need an Immobilizer or two. The Covenant loves their microjump.

Tired, gonna snooze for now. Thanks all for participating!

Rolled 3, 1, 1, 3, 3 = 11 (5d3)

>>6234148
rolling
>>6234149
>Impster Deuce - 3 points x2
>Procursator - 2 points x3
>Immobilizer - 1 point x3

>>6234155
sure, I dunno much about each series so I'll trust you.

Rolled 1, 2, 1, 1, 3 = 8 (5d3)

>>6234148
The glory of our Covenant will endure. It will overcome, overwhelm, and overmaster all opposition. Such have the Prophets proclaimed, such shall the Prophets see done!

>>6234045
The heretics look like they've got nastier hulls and tonnage than usual. Against our zeal, it will be undone. I suggest we focus swamp the hated foe with CCS-class Battlecruisers. The ORS-class Heavy Cruiser would ensure our victory, if we could get it close enough, but it is lacking in micro-jump capacity and will be a high priority target.

My proposal is thus-

>Screening Ship Budget: (15)
>CCS-class Battlecruiser x4 (-8)(7)
>SDV-class Heavy Corvette x7 (-7)(0)

Superior range and shielding could win us the day. What do you think?

>>6234186
forgot name

Rolled 3, 1, 1, 3, 1 = 9 (5d3)

>>6234148
Rolling
>>6234149

>Screening Ship Budget: (15)
>CCS-class Battlecruiser x4 (-8)(7)
>SDV-class Heavy Corvette x7 (-7)(0)
>>6234187
I think I need a lizard wife, sir. I'll follow your command until I understand what's going on.

Rolled 3, 1, 2, 1, 2 = 9 (5d3)

>>6234148

Impster Deuce - 3 points x3
Procursator - 2 points x2
Immobilizer - 1 point x2

Rolled 1 (1d2)

EMPIRE: Best roll: 11.

Proposal 1: 2x ImpStar Deuce, 3x Procursator, 3x Immobilizer.
Proposal 2: 3x ImpStar Deuce, 2x Procursator, 2x Immobilizer.

QM: Rolling 1d2 to tiebreak.

...

COVENANT: Best roll: 9

Proposal: 4x CCS, 7x SDV.

EMPIRE: All hands were signaled. Our fleet assumed its ever effective spearhead formation. Before us in the system lied a natural danger of its own, asteroid clusters in close orbit to the star. And a gaseous, nebulous cloud.

COVENANT: A Halo remnant, this cloud, indistinct from a nebula. And in it lied the danger of nebulaic interferences, but perhaps we might use that to our advantage against the heretics, this holy remnant. Our fleet was positioned in parade formation, ready to split apart.

DISTANCE: Seventy thousand kilometers. Effective Cov. range; 40KM. Effective Imp. range; 34 KM.

IMPERIAL FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Bellator-class Star Dreadnought 'The Harrier'
Hitpoints:70
Shielding:50
Gunnery:3
Generator:1
Screening:1
Fighters:3
Command:3
Escorts: 2x ImpStar Deuce, 3x Procursator, 3x Immobilizer

COVENANT FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Kerel-pattern Assault Carrier 'Opulence of Distance'
Hitpoints:66
Shielding: 60
Gunnery:3
Generator:1
Screening:1
Fighters:3
Command:1
Escorts: 4x CCS, 7x SDV

ACTION: The battle begins...

FIGHTER THEATER: Empty

TURN: 0

ORDERS PHASE

1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)
>Attack order (enemy outside range)
>Interceptor Program (release 5x TIE/IN squadron)
>Bulwark Overorder (hold position and boost shielding to the utmost)
>Strategic Insult (provoke enemy overbridge)
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Imperials for 3 turns)
>Base Delta Zero (enemy outside range)
>Opening Shots (pepper selected vessel with heaviest turbolasers)
>Jammer (scramble enemy comms)

2. IMPERIAL ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)
>Attack order (enemy outside range)
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Tractor Beam (enemy outside range)
>Base Delta Zero (enemy outside range)
>Line Fighters (releases TIE squadrom)
• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Afterburners (boosts movement speed)
>Boost Weapon Power (divert shielding to firepower)
• Immobilizer 418 Interdictor
>Gravity Well (prevents slipspace microjump)

3. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)
>Attack order (enemy outside range)
>Ticks (releases boarding squads)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 2 squadrons)
>Primus Borer (microjumps instantly)
>Plasma Torpedos (pepper selected vessel with heavy silos)
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Covenant for 3 turns)
>Glassing (enemy outside range)
>Sermon (1+ gunnery for 2 turns)

4. COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)
>Attack order (enemy outside range)
• CCS Battlecruisers
>Glassing (enemy outside range)
>Borer-Drive (microjump)
>Pulse Lasers (enemy outside range)
• SDV Corvettes
>Stealth Shroud (invisibility for 2 turns)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 1 squadron)
>Borer-drive (microjump)

>>6234717
1.
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Imperials for 3 turns)

2.
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)

>Afterburners (boosts movement speed)
should be good now

>>6234717
>3. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Covenant for 3 turns)
Knowledge of the battlefield is key. If we aren't aware of the asteroids' configuration, how are our escorts to take advantage of them?

>4. COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)
Let our forces pin the foe in place. Leave Opulence of Distance poised to strike a felling blow.

>>6234260
>I think I need a lizard wife, sir.
The wisdom of the Forerunners endures. Together, we will win a final victory. That said, I'm wiiiide-open to shifting to any plans you have. I think our biggest strengths are our ranged capacity and (relative) numbers, so trying to take cover by asteroid and whittle them down could be to our advantage.

If it comes down to a raw slugging match, the Imps will break us apart piecemeal. We should try to avoid that unless we can open them up to a boarding operation.

>>6234717
3. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)
>Sermon (1+ gunnery for 2 turns)
4. COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)

>>6234751
I have no idea what I'm doing

>>6234737
>>6234747
>>6234753
Ah, my apologies I should have informed better. You can say which direction you want to move ships in or draw on the map if you like too. By default, with no direction in mind, which you are free to opt for as well, the fleets will move towards each other. Navigating into an asteroid zone is also not 100% guaranteed danger btw, Unggoy Overseer already seems to recognize this and has something spicy planned.

>>6234761
Move uh forward

>>6234717
1.
- Movements Order
Form a defensive formation around the Immobilizer.
- Interceptor Program (release 5x TIE/IN squadron)
Let's get them all out there. We can use them as scouts too.
2.
- Movements Order
Form a defensive formation around the Immobilizer.
- Gravity Well (prevents slipspace microjump)
Make sure they can't escape.

>>6234761
alright, going with the default closing distance

>>6234761
wait a sec, how much can we move per turn anyway ?

>>6234717

>>6234803
+1
Defend our Immobilizer's at all costs

ACTION: The fleet of rapturous scale put power behind their repulsor engines, speeding forward into the fray, forward to wet their tongues and satisfy their lust with the blood of heretics. (Moving forward...)

COVENANT: Our flagship was most punctual and on top of this engagement. We used gravitic sensors to sniff out the hazards of space. Large chunks of rock adrift in the void. We had them now. And while we sped gloriously towards our foes for battle, our shipmaster began reciting the oath of the Writ of Union over supraluminals into our ears, giving us a sense of vigor for this fight. A sermon to bolster our already high spirits.

ACTION: On the yonder region of space, with distance closing quickly, the Imperial fleet moved, shifting their spearhead formation ever slightly, spacing their vessels out to provide more vectors and coverage. A defensive formation for the Immobilizer cruisers, now huddling with engines alight to the shadow of the Bellator.

EMPIRE: We'd trap them here. They were rushing towards us like madmen, begging us to sink them where they flew. Our Interdictors come in handy for tying down enemies ripened with unknown variables that our scandocs provide no insight for, the gravity wells will arrest any attempts at jumping to Hyperspace for sure. They think we are trapped here with them. It is they who will not be leaving this place alive. The Bellator's hangers were already swarming with activity as pilots began to enter the cockpits of their fighter. Our Interceptors will keep them off the mark.

EMPIRE: Our gravity well generators are online. Our Immobilizers will not be able to accelerate beyond drift speed until they are off again. Our TIE squadrons are covering our vicinity.

EFFECT: Enemy microjumps prohibited.

FIGHTER THEATER: 5x TIE/IN squadrons. The Empire is currently dominating the fighter theater.

COVENANT: The supreme commander's words embolden us! All ships! Full speed ahead!

EFFECT: 1+ gunnery to Covenant. (2 turns left)

DISTANCE: Forty six kilometers and closing. Covenant will enter attack range momentarily. Attack orders are ready. Effective Cov. range; 40KM. Effective Imp. range; 34 KM.

HAZARDS: Covenant vessels have highlighted asteroid zones (intensity measured by red/orange map blots). Asteroid zones, avoidance increased. Imperials are blind to asteroid zones.

COVENANT: We are entering the asteroid field and nebulaic zones. Interference expected... (UNGGOY-OVERSEER: You are charged with handling this measure. Roll a 2d10 for hazard traversal, DOD: 5)

IMPERIAL FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Bellator-class Star Dreadnought 'The Harrier'
Hitpoints:70
Shielding:50
Gunnery:3
Generator:1
Screening:1
Fighters:3
Command:3
Escorts: 2x ImpStar Deuce, 3x Procursator, 3x Immobilizer

COVENANT FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Kerel-pattern Assault Carrier 'Opulence of Distance'
Hitpoints:66
Shielding: 60
Gunnery:4 (1+)
Generator:1
Screening:1
Fighters:3
Command:1
Escorts: 4x CCS, 7x SDV

TURN: 1

ORDERS PHASE

1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)
>Attack order (enemy outside range)
>Interceptor Program (release 5x TIE/IN squadron) (2 TURN COOLDOWN)
>Bulwark Overorder (hold position and boost shielding to the utmost)
>Strategic Insult (provoke enemy overbridge)
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Imperials for 3 turns)
>Base Delta Zero (enemy within range)
>Opening Shots (pepper selected vessel with heaviest turbolasers)
>Jammer (scramble enemy comms)

2. IMPERIAL ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (moves for 1 turn)
>Attack order (enemy outside range)
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Tractor Beam (enemy outside range)
>Base Delta Zero (enemy within range)
>Line Fighters (releases TIE squadrom)
• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Afterburners (boosts movement speed)
>Boost Weapon Power (divert shielding to firepower)
• Immobilizer 418 Interdictor (!!!IMMOBILE!!!)
>Shutdown Generators (stops preventing microjump)

3. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order (enemy within range)
>Ticks (releases boarding squads)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 2 squadrons)
>Plasma Torpedos (pepper selected vessel with heavy silos)
>Glassing (enemy outside range)

4. COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order (enemy within range)
• CCS Battlecruisers
>Glassing (enemy within range)
>Pulse Lasers (enacts point defense)
• SDV Corvettes
>Stealth Shroud (invisibility for 2 turns)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 1 squadron)

>>6234834
Theoretically as far as is desired, you can specify a certain degree of kilometers you'd like to try to remain at. In the Covenant's case, the specified direction was forward so they will simply continue to move that way until commanded to stop. Ergo they are moving straight for the Imperials right now.

>>6235695
I have a question, can we bombard the asteroid field to create a sort of shrapnel effect with the asteroid fragments?

>>6235698
Yes, but it may result in the scattered fragments expanding the field in a random direction.

>>6235690
>3. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Stop moving
>Attack whatever you have closer, one of the tiny ships
>4. COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Stop moving
>Attack whatever you have closer, one of the tiny ships

Rolled 2, 6 = 8 (2d10)

>>6235688
Truth, Mercy, Regret. These are the Holy Prophets whom we serve! These are the Holy Prophets whom we offer the heretic- the hated- the *human*- up in burnt sacrifice! Just as soon as we get through these asteroids.

Hopefully those orbital charts are still accurate...

>>6235703
This is an excellent plan. I agree, with the addendum that we specifically target their lead Procursators, as they're heavy hitters for their tonnage. Next turn, we need to keep up the pressure to make maximum use of our ranged advantage while we have it.

>>6235709
My mistake, these are the correct attack coordinates.

>>6235695
I wanted to know how fast could we move, that's it
>>6235698
considering our capital ship can start bombarding and that they have stopped moving to wait until we get into range, wanna also stop here and just pepper them with range ?

>>6235698
nvm, read their options and they're already into range.

>>6235713
>>6235715
The Covenant's ships are in range but what about us? If we're also in range then I don't see why we shouldn't just bombard them from afar.

>>6235726
you're right, just checked and we can do the base delta zero thing with both the overbridge and our imperial destroyers. btw wanna keep moving to close the range for our procursators ?

Will give it just a few more hours before updating in case OFFICER-HETT is late. I'll be sticking by a one update a day schedule here to give everyone ample time.

>>6235688
Seems my Imperial comrades have this under control.
>Base Delta Zero (enemy within range)
>Move up so our procursators are in range

>>6235748
Yeah, sure. Bring all our guns to bear.

COVENANT: Light asteroids scraped against our hulls, deforming our shields and marring the nanolaminate as our screens passed into range. (Rolled a 2) But our sensors felt no interference from the Halo remnant below shining. (Rolled a 6) We were now within weapons range.

SDV-class Heavy Corvette 'Light Dagger'
Hitpoints: 7 (-2)
Shielding: 9

ACTION: Pulse Lasers and Plasma Torpedos were released, coursing towards the enemy that they might be struck down. Our crew was allowed to fire at will, launching and reloading core after core pod in the silos. (Firing...)

EMPIRE: The enemy was still outside our comfortable range. We put some power into thrust to ease ourselves just into the comfort zone, so ripping their boats apart with a turbolaser hail would be easy. We let ourselves go into drift, and began a Base Delta Zero. This order, normally used for surface bombardment actions, was quite effective in the void for simply spraying and praying. Yes, they were outside comfortable range but within uncomfortable range. A turbolaser would fly for a while before dissipating. So, simply fire everywhere towards them and hope some sailing bolts hit.

ACTION: We signaled Base Delta Zero to all guns. (Firing...)

ATTACK PHASE

Imperials
>Roll 2d6+3 (Range penalty)

Covenant
>Roll 2d6+4

Rolled 5, 5 + 3 = 13 (2d6 + 3)

>>6236954
rolling

>>6236954
The time has come. Chibi Panther should take this roll since I did the last.

>>6236954
Pew pew pew
>>6236957
I'm the right man for it!

>>6236957
Don't worry about roll limits, I'll take the best roll for attack rolls so everyone gets a chance. Roll away!

Rolled 2, 1 + 3 = 6 (2d6 + 3)

>>6236954
Another try
Pew pew pew pew

Rolled 3, 6 + 4 = 13 (2d6 + 4)

>>6236961
Oh shit, here goes...

>>6236954
May our foes be redeemed in plasmic grace!

Rolled 3, 3 + 3 = 9 (2d6 + 3)

>>6236954
Intensify forward firepower.

>>6236961

Can the Covenant get extra rolls? We're less after all.

>>6237003
There's no need for it, our triumph is guaranteed. Either we cleanse the heretic or we are martyred in service of the Prophets. Both are a win.

>>6237129
That's why you're the Captain, sir.

EMPIRE: Turbolaser hail continued to fly...

ACTION: Bolts flew in every which direction towards the enemy fleet. (Attacks landed...) (+2 from Base Delta Zero) (-1 from Range Penalty)

SDV-class Heavy Corvette 'Light Dagger'
Hitpoints: 7
Shielding: 7 (-2)
SDV-class Heavy Corvette 'Exalted One'
Hitpoints: 9
Shielding: 7 (-2)
SDV-class Heavy Corvette 'Bright Ghost'
Hitpoints: 9
Shielding: 7 (-2)
SDV-class Heavy Corvette 'Wary Spirit'
Hitpoints: 9
Shielding: 7 (-2)
SDV-class Heavy Corvette 'Fiery Soul'
Hitpoints: 9
Shielding: 7 (-2)
SDV-class Heavy Corvette 'Blessed Piety'
Hitpoints: 9
Shielding: 7 (-2)
SDV-class Heavy Corvette 'Kneeling Head'
Hitpoints: 9
Shielding: 7 (-2)
CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Piety and Bravery'
Hitpoints: 28
Shielding: 27 (-2)
CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Shield of Light'
Hitpoints: 28
Shielding: 27 (-2)
CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Sword of Truth'
Hitpoints: 28
Shielding: 27 (-2)
CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Relief and Ministry'
Hitpoints: 28
Shielding: 27 (-2)
COVENANT FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Kerel-pattern Assault Carrier 'Opulence of Distance'
Hitpoints:66
Shielding: 58 (-2)

COVENANT: Burn their mongrel hides!

ACTION: Plasma torpedo cores impacted the chosen targets of the opening volley. (Attacks landed...)

Procursator 'Perilous'
Hitpoints: 22
Shielding: 18 (-6)
Procursator 'Majesty'
Hitpoints: 22
Shielding: 17 (-7)

FIGHTER THEATER: 5x TIE/IN squadrons. The Empire is currently dominating the fighter theater. The Empire's fighters are moving to engage...

EFFECT: 1+ gunnery to Covenant from sermon. (1 turn left)

HAZARDS: Covenant vessels are not entirely free of the asteroid fields. Imperial vessels are making contact with asteroid fields and nebulaic zone.

COVENANT: Stray asteroids! (CHIBI-PANTHER: You are charged with handling this measure. Roll a 1d10 for hazard traversal, DOD: 5)

EMPIRE: Our drift speeds are taking us towards the asteroids...! (KUAT-REP: Imperial ships are blind to hazards. Roll a 2d10 for hazard traversal, DOD: 8)

DISTANCE: Thirty five kilometers. Both parties lie within comfortable range.

TURN: 2

ORDERS PHASE

1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order
>Attack order
>Interceptor Program (release 5x TIE/IN squadron) (1 TURN COOLDOWN)
>Bomber Squadron (release 3x TIE/sa squadron)
>Strategic Missiles & Heavy Ions (penetrate shielding)
>Bulwark Overorder (hold position and boost shielding to the utmost)
>Strategic Insult (provoke enemy overbridge)
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Imperials for 3 turns)
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, +3 attack boost on next use, sacrifice shielding)
>Jammer (scramble enemy comms)
>Ace Pilot (boost Fighters by +2)

2. IMPERIAL ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order
>Attack order
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Tractor Beam (enemy outside range)
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, sacrifice shielding)
>Line Fighters (releases TIE squadrom)
• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Afterburners (boosts movement speed)
>Boost Weapon Power (divert shielding to firepower)
• Immobilizer 418 Interdictor (!!!IMMOBILE!!!)
>Shutdown Generators (stops preventing microjump)

3. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order
>Ticks (releases boarding squads)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 2 squadrons)
>Lich (releases 1 squadron)
>Plasma Lance (penetrate shielding)
>Glassing (enemy outside range)
>Thinking Machine (tamper with enemy fire control)
>Pinch-Fusion (boost speed)
>Great Journey (boost command by +2)

4. COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order
• CCS Battlecruisers
>Glassing (enemy outside range)
>Phantom Team (releases 1 squadron)
>Pulse Lasers (enacts point defense)
• SDV Corvettes
>Stealth Shroud (invisibility for 2 turns)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 1 squadron)

Rolled 4, 3 = 7 (2d10)

>>6237558
Oh bugger. Evade the asteroids.
To Officer Hett and Swiss Elf. What do guys think you we should do?
I propose we hold position and launch the TIE bombers.
We might also want to concentrate firepower to take down enemy ships instead of just whittling away at their shield.

>>6237564
Oof, off by one.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>6237558
Easy

>>6237571
ACK!

>>6237558
Hmm... the enemy fighters are going to overwhelm us in short order if we don't release our own to counter. My plan is thus-

>COVENANT OVERBRIDGE ORDERS:
>Movement
Reverse our course, drifting northeast. Let us avail the name we have been given.
>Plasma Lance (penetrate shielding)
Against the 'Perilous', saturation is optimal.
>COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS:
>Movement
Reverse course, drifting northwest to reinforce our flagship.
>CCS Battlecruisers
>Attack
Against the 'Perilous', compounding our flagship's damage. If we can destroy some of their Procursators before engagement, we'll have the edge.
>SDV Corvettes
>Seraphs & Banshees (release 1 squadron)
These fighters will be necessary to harry the foe and screen their fighters. Their sacrifice shall be sung in temples of old.

My reasoning is that we should maintain our ranged advantage as long as possible.

>>6237205
I'm no captain, only a tardwrangler for the below-decks grunts. We are brothers in sacred tribulation!

>>6237571
Martyrs, already? Truly, we are blessed!

>>6237558
1.
>Continue advancing
>Bomber Squadron (release 3x TIE/sa squadron)

2.
>Continue advancing

Imp II
>Line Fighters (releases TIE squadrom)
Proc
>Afterburners (boosts movement speed)
>>6237564
let's release the bombers and keep advancing. we still can't use our tractor beams and let's decrease our distance a lil' more just to be safe. Focus on attacking their battle cruisers

>>6237558
Yea, overwhelm them with fighters

>>6237748
forgot my name again, fuck

>>6237748
You got a plan for those tractor beams? I'll trust you if you do.

EMPIRE: We've been hit hard by an asteroid! Our Star Destroyers are taking a grinding! (Rolled a 4) Admiral, the Nebula is interfering with our shielding systems... (Rolled a 3)

ImpStar Deuce 'Lucent'
Hitpoints: 29 (-4)
Shielding: 25 (-3)

Procursator 'Peacemaker'
Hitpoints: 18 (-4)
Shielding: 21 (-3)

EMPIRE: Our staggered line is continuing ahead on the advance. We've put afterburners on our Procursator class boosters. More squadrons are filing out... Engaging now. We're entering a dogfight with their newly released squadrons.

ACTION: Opening fire on their capital ships. (Firing...)

COVENANT: A particularly large space rock has crashed into the side of our carrier, rocking us! A dismaying setback but nevertheless, we must press onward! (Rolled a 1, Critical Failure)

COVENANT FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Kerel-pattern Assault Carrier 'Opulence of Distance'
Hitpoints:56 (-10)
Shielding: 53 (-5)

COVENANT: We will punish the incorrigible blasphemers with our lance of light...

ACTION: The plasma lance lights up the Perilous, piercing the Procursator Star Destroyer clean through!

Procursator 'Perilous'
Hitpoints: 2 (-20)
Shielding: 0 (-20)

EMPIRE: "WE'VE BEEN HIT HARD! INTEGRITY IN CRITICAL STATES! VACUUM SEALS COMPROMISED! WE'VE LOST AN ENGINE! ALL HANDS! ABANDON SHIP! I REPEAT! ALL HANDS, ABANDON SHIP AT ONCE!"

COVENANT: Look at them burn. Now we press the attack. Release our multirole obedientaries.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>6238062
fuck, it's payback time

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>6238062
FIGHTER WINGS, ATTACK. AVENGE THE PERILOUS.

Rolled 6, 3 + 4 = 13 (2d6 + 4)

>>6238062
The annihilation of anathema begets enlightenment.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>6238062
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>6238076
I admire your dedication to the cause, but I'm not like you, I'm weak. My desire is to come back home and get a lizard wife and maybe six or seven children, sir. I must not fail, I will not fail and I will be happy.

>>6238245
I'm weak indeed...

Rolled 5, 5 + 3 = 13 (2d6 + 3)

>>6238062

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5_svSADYks

ACTION: Engines roared in the silent and yawning vacuum. Interceptors put all their power into thrust to outmaneuver their oncoming enemies in the dogfight. Imperial laser cannons and screeching wings saw an upper hand against the Covenant's mostly unshielded machinery. The Elsedda pattern Banshees were no match for their Imperial rivals. The Interceptor could make quick work of them with bursts of spitfire. The Seraph proved a more worthy match. A few Interceptors went down, but most could swerve away from the oncoming plasma. (IMP: Rolled a 13 + 3 for Fighters skill. COV: 8 + 3 for Fighters skill. Imperial success. Lost 1x TIE/IN, 3x Space Banshee)

FIGHTER THEATER: 4x TIE/IN squadrons, 3x TIE/sa squadrons, 2x TIE/ln squadrons. 2x Space Banshee squadrons, 3x Seraph squadrons. The Empire is dominating the dogfight.

EMPIRE: We need to sink those battlecruisers before they become a serious problem to us. The small fries are no worry. (3+ from greater amount of weapons)

CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Piety and Bravery'
-Hitpoints: 28
-Shielding: 22 (-5)
CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Shield of Light'
-Hitpoints: 28
-Shielding: 22 (-5)
CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Sword of Truth'
-Hitpoints: 28
-Shielding: 21 (-6)
-CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Relief and Ministry'
-Hitpoints: 28
-Shielding: 27

COVENANT: Time to pick them off one by one like a scavenger finding carrion...

Procursator 'Perilous'
-Hitpoints: 0 (-2)
-Shielding: 0
Procursator 'Majesty'
-Hitpoints: 22
-Shielding: 12 (-5)
Procursator 'Peacemaker'
-Hitpoints: 18
-Shielding: 15 (-6)

ACTION: The Procursator 'Perilous' has perished. The Covenant continue to beat down upon the Procursator Star Destroyers. The Ket-patterns were now in Imperial turbolaser and ion cannon scopes
(Attacks landed...)

EFFECT: 1+ gunnery to Covenant from sermon expires.

HAZARDS: Imperial vessels are still within dangerous asteroid zones without proper scanning measures! Covenant shielding is reacting to a sudden radioactive flare of the Halo nebulaic remnant...

COVENANT: Fear not, Halo shall not blind us, its adherents. However, we are going blind to asteroid zones now.
(Asteroid scans fade.) (UNGGOY-OVERSEER: 1d10, DOD: 3 to avoid shield deprecation.)

EMPIRE: We've made a terrible mistake entering these fields! Why hasn't our admiral given us a proper heading away from it?! (SWISS-ELF: You are charged with this measure. Roll a 1d10 for hazard traversal, DOD: 9)

DISTANCE: Thirty five kilometers. Both parties lie within comfortable range.

( TURN: 3 )

( ORDERS PHASE )

1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order
>Attack order
>Interceptor Program (release 5x TIE/IN squadron)
>Strategic Missiles & Heavy Ions (penetrate shielding)
>Bulwark Overorder (hold position and boost shielding to the utmost)
>Strategic Insult (provoke enemy overbridge)
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Imperials for 3 turns)
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, +3 attack boost on next use, sacrifice shielding)
>Jammer (scramble enemy comms)
>Ace Pilot (boost Fighters by +2)

2. IMPERIAL ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order
>Attack order
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Tractor Beam (enemy within range)
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, sacrifice shielding)
>Line Fighters (releases TIE squadron) (1 TURN COOLDOWN)
• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Afterburners (boosts movement speed) (ACTIVE)
>Boost Weapon Power (divert shielding to firepower)
• Immobilizer 418 Interdictor (!!!IMMOBILE!!!)
>Shutdown Generators (stops preventing microjump)

3. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order
>Ticks (releases boarding squads)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 2 squadrons)
>Lich (releases 1 squadron)
>Plasma Lance (penetrate shielding) (2 TURN COOLDOWN)
>Glassing (enemy outside range)
>Thinking Machine (tamper with enemy fire control)
>Pinch-Fusion (boost speed)
>Great Journey (boost command by +2)
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Covenant for 3 turns)

4. COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order
• CCS Battlecruisers
>Glassing (enemy outside range)
>Phantom Team (releases 1 squadron)
>Pulse Lasers (enacts point defense)
• SDV Corvettes
>Stealth Shroud (invisibility for 2 turns)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 1 squadron) (1 TURN COOLDOWN)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>6239219
fuck, I need a 9. btw shouldn't the covenant be at 1x space banshee since they started with 4 and lost 3 ? >>6238062
>>6239220
1.
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Imperials for 3 turns)
can't delay this anymore, specially since we already lost a ship. thankfully we won in the fighter theater and their scan just shutdown.
>Focus attack on 'Sword of Truth'
spreading fire isn't working so well, so let's lazer focus like they did.
>>6239220
>Tractor Beam (enemy within range)
each of our impsters we can only use it on 1 ship right ? so let's get 'Sword of Truth' and 'Piety and Bravery'

>Focus attack on 'Sword of Truth'

>Shutdown Generators (stops preventing microjump)
I thought they were just moving slowly, but if they're actively not moving an inch the gravity wells have no use. Let's bring them back.

>>6239233
>shouldn't the covenant be at 1x space banshee since they started with 4 and lost 3
Ach, this is true. Oversight on my part.

>>6239220
What do tractor beams do exactly?

>>6239256
They ensnare the smaller vessels, the SDV heavy corvettes, preventing them from being able to move or fire, leaving them completely helpless. This will subtract from the enemy's damage number on an attack phase.

>>6239264
expected, but nice to hear it anyways. how long does it lasts ?

>>6239272
Until the ship is destroyed or the tractor beam is specifically ordered to be targeted and destroyed should be fair. Tractor Beams aren't usually escaped in Star Wars proper once they manage to catch something, at least not easily.

>>6239274
thanks.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>6238245
>>6238252
Fear not, for was this path not ordained by the Prophets? Were we not positioned, so that new martyrs could be offered up in sight of the Sacred Ring? You are not weak, my brother. Rejoice, for you are a maker of martyrs! This is a joyous day!

>>6239219
We have spilt first blood, and our blood has been spilt. The servants of our Holy Covenant are elevated in struggle!

Our Great Journey shall never falter! We must and shall seize furious momentum! We must and shall strike with tremendous force!

>>6239220
>COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order
Charge Southwest, to strike the heretic!
>Attack Order
>Thinking Machine (tamper with enemy fire control)
The heretics' guns are strong, but their strength fails them.

>COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order
Charge Southwest, to reinforce 'Opulence of Distance'!
>CCS Battlecruisers
>Pulse Lasers (enacts point defense)
In knife-fight range, the heretics' fighters shall be vulnerable.

>SDV Corvettes
>Stealth Shroud (Invisibility for 2 turns)
Let us stalk in the dark, so that the heretic is blinded in the physical as well as the spiritual!

>>6239233
Agreed on all decision except shutting down the generators. They might not be jumping because we're not giving them the option to micro jump. If we give them that option again, they might just jump behind us where we can't shoot at them.

>>6239278
Yes, brother. I'll keep martyring our troops. That's the reason behind my bad rolling, I understand now.

>>6239233
+1 except shutting down all the Immobilizers.

Can the Immobilizers cover each other? Keep one active while the other two move, then swap?

>>6239338
>>6239446
alright, I gotta ask OP if the gravity well still ward off the enemies' jumps with the ships distant from the main fleet.

>>6239446
>>6239758
So long as one ship is active the gravity well will distort the ability to microjump, though if only one is active the Covies may be able to bypass it with a roll just on the fact that Hyperspace and Slipspace are differently principled things.

Also it's like 2AM and I've only just now gotten home from seeing my parents all night so I'll wait until daytime to update. Feel free to continue strategizing knowing this until then and let me know if you have any more questions.

>>6239935
alright, I just wanted to know if the ships being far away made a difference or not. I think we can disable it from 1or 2 to bring them closer to the fight, if my allies agree.

>>6239946
Sure, no rush though, so move them one by one.

Also I won't be able to reply for a few days so don't call on me for rolls or what not.

EMPIRE: An asteroid has smashed into part of our bridge! (Rolled a 8) We're steering away from the hazards now!

ImpStar Deuce 'Lucent'
-Hitpoints: 20 (-9)
-Shielding: 25

ACTION: The Bellator's sensory array is working now. Outlining asteroid zones...

HAZARDS: Imperials are scanning for Asteroids (3 turns left). Covenant vessels are blind to the hazards.

EMPIRE: We're in a tough position. The enemy outnumber us. Even if they're just runt boats, that many will be a menace if we let them run amok. We have to begin reducing numbers. Tractor beams out on closest enemy corvettes. Our bombers are preparing for a bombing run on the enemy's flagship, sir. (BOMBING RUN: COMPLETED ON NEXT TURN)

FIGHTER THEATER: 4x TIE/IN squadrons, 3x TIE/sa squadrons, 2x TIE/ln squadrons. 1x Space Banshee squadrons, 3x Seraph squadrons. The Empire is dominating the dogfight.

ACTION: The Interdictor vessels are powering down. All except one. It's time for a strategic replacement of the position...

EFFECT: Interdiction via artificial gravity wells has lessened. Enemy microjumps barely possible.

COVENANT: Our shields are holding. (Rolled a 5) We're beginning to close over the enemy fleet. Our ships are moving into position above. Two of our heavy corvettes is caught in some kind of enemy net! It can't be shaken! We must activate our shrouds immediately! Pulse lasers coming on line as well! (CHIBI-PANTHER: You are charged with this issue. Roll a 1d5 to target enemy fighters. UNGGOY-OVERSEER: Roll a 1d5 for stealth shroud activation.)

>>6240489
okay then, disable 1 and bring it closer.

Rolled 88 (1d100)

• THINKING MACHINE •

COVENANT: We do not possess the application of an "artificial" intelligence. Such a thing is profoundly heretical. Such things were sins against the gods themselves and aided the Great Flood as the ancient scriptures foretold! However, we have made due with Associated Intelligence. It is far from a true brain. It is little more than an automaton made to assess and carry out certain functions. Now, we shall use it to send supraluminal signals to cloud the enemy's receivers...

>Rolling Thinking Machine ability. If successful (90-100: Imperials miss an attack phase. If failure (1-89): double damage for Imperials as punishment.

EMPIRE: The enemy is attempting to override our comm lines with a barrage of dummy transmissions. We're setting our channels to safe mode. We're sinking them now for trying such a dirty tactic.

COVENANT: We have failed. The machine always fails us.

• ATTACK PHASE •

Imperials
>KUAT-REP, SWISS-ELF: Roll 2d6+6 (Punishment damage boost)

Covenant
>CHIBI-PANTHER, UNGGOY-OVERSEER: Roll 2d6+3

Rolled 1, 6 + 6 = 13 (2d6 + 6)

>>6240536
zam
>>6240537
alright, after this we'll need to increase the distance again.

>>6240539
Taken btw no need to reroll, had to remove a captain portrait to fix the battle map pic.

Rolled 1 (1d5)

>>6240531
Our faith endures.

Rolled 5, 1 + 3 = 9 (2d6 + 3)

>>6240551
Lament of laments...

>>6240538
In lieu of treachery, our faith burns!

>>6240531
If the bombers are ready, we should activate
>Ace Pilot (boost Fighters by +2)

>>6240552
Alas, it is our faith that has been burnt.

>>6240551
>>6240552
the emperor protects ! wait a minute...

Rolled 2, 5 + 3 = 10 (2d6 + 3)

>>6240538
PEW PEW PEW FWSHUOON

Rolled 3, 2 + 6 = 11 (2d6 + 6)

>>6240538
Blast them! Thin their numbers!
>>6240555
Agreed. Death by a thousand cuts.

>>6240555
>>6240688
we can do this next turn then

>>6240531
>>6240609
Need one more from you for the pulse laser roll in order to continue please.

Rolled 5, 1 + 3 = 9 (2d6 + 3)

>>6241018

>>6241019
Ah, I meant a 1d5 lol, your attack roll is already good

Rolled 2 (1d5)

>>6241020
I see

ACTION: Imperial sensors yield an interesting result. The enemy vessels must create holes or pockets in their shielding to fire properly... Imperial vessels have no such weakness. Targeting will be done at their own points of active fire. (3+ damage.)

CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Piety and Bravery'
-Hitpoints: 22 (-6)
-Shielding: 21 (-6)
CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Sword of Truth'
-Hitpoints: 24 (-3)
-Shielding: 27

EMPIRE: Focusing forward firepower on their battlecruisers. They're within range of the octuples, Admiral. Unfortunately, it seems one of their vessels has vanished from our scopes... On top of that, we've lost some fighter sections.

EFFECT: Pulse Laser point defenses have destroyed 1x TIE/IN squadron, 1x TIE/ln squadron.

EMPIRE: We've moved our vessels clear of the asteroid fields.

FIGHTER THEATER: 3x TIE/IN squadrons, 3x TIE/sa squadrons, 1x TIE/ln squadrons. 1x Space Banshee squadrons, 3x Seraph squadrons. The Empire has the edge.

EMPIRE: Our bombers have come about on the enemy flagship. (BOMBING RUN: COMPLETED. NEXT RUN IN 2 TURNS)

COVENANT FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Kerel-pattern Assault Carrier 'Opulence of Distance'
-Hitpoints: 46 (-10)
-Shielding: 48 (-5)

ACTION: The weaker vessel is best suited to target. With our light be scorched. Plasma torpedos and pulse fire away.

ImpStar Deuce 'Lucent'
-Hitpoints: 20
-Shielding: 15 (-10)

COVENANT: That enemy capital ship is waning. We are now within appropriate range to activate excavation equipment and burn them to glass, Fleetmaster... We are poised for a grand attack. As well, we are within range to unleash more of our obedentiaries!

HAZARDS: Imperials are scanning for Asteroids (2 turns left). Covenant vessels are blind to the hazards.

( ORDERS PHASE )

1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order
>Attack order
>Interceptor Program (release 5x TIE/IN squadron)
>Strategic Missiles & Heavy Ions (penetrate shielding)
>Bulwark Overorder (hold position and boost shielding to the utmost)
>Strategic Insult (provoke enemy overbridge)
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, +5 attack boost on next use, sacrifice shielding)
>Jammer (scramble enemy comms)
>Ace Pilot (boost Fighters by +2)
>Full broadside (1d20 attack)
>Bomber Squadron (release 3x TIE/sa squadron)

2. IMPERIAL ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order
>Attack order
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Tractor Beam (ACTIVE)
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, sacrifice shielding)
>Line Fighters (releases TIE squadron)
• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Afterburners (boosts movement speed) (ACTIVE)
>Boost Weapon Power (divert shielding to firepower)
>Target Enemy Engines (within range)
• Immobilizer 418 Interdictor (!!!IONE MMOBILE!!!)
>Movement Order
>Shutdown Generators (stops preventing microjump)

3. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order
>Ticks (releases boarding squads)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 3 squadrons)
>Lich (releases 2 squadron)
>Plasma Lance (penetrate shielding) (1 TURN COOLDOWN)
>Glassing (enemy outside range)
>Thinking Machine (tamper with enemy fire control)
>Pinch-Fusion (boost speed)
>Great Journey (boost command by +2)
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Covenant for 3 turns)

4. COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order
• CCS Battlecruisers
>Glassing (enemy within range)
>Phantom Team (releases 2 squadron)
>Pulse Lasers (enacts point defense)
• SDV Corvettes
>Stealth Shroud (ACTIVE)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 2 squadron)
>Borer-drive (attempts microjump)
>Stealth Assault (long ranged plasma cannons)

>>6241125
1.
>Increase distance between us and their fleet
too close
>Strategic Missiles & Heavy Ions (penetrate shielding)
on the upside, we can fuck their capital with ours now. eat lead!

2.
>Increase distance between us and the enemy while keeping formation near capital. continue attack on 'Piety and Bravery' and 'Sword of Truth'
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Line Fighters (releases TIE squadron)

• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Target Enemy Engines (within range)

Immobilizer 418 Interdictor (!!!IONE MMOBILE!!!)
>come closer to the impsters

where're you guys ?

>>6241134
I agree with this, but I don't know how we're going to increase our distance without showing our back to the enemy fleet.

>>6241985
I think we can reverse, no ? even if it's slower.

>>6241124
We have suffered, but in suffering, have come so much closer to the hated foe! Rejoice, for absolution is upon us!

>>6241125
>COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order
Continue southwest, directly over the enemy flagship! The moment of reckoning is nigh!
>Attack Order: Pinch-Fusion (boost speed)
There is no time to waste, we must not squander this chance!

>COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Orders
Move to intercept the enemy, at utmost swiftness!

>CCS Battlecruisers
>Attack Orders: Glassing (enemy within range)
Sunder the heretic, shatter his works! The Prophets demand nothing less!

>SDV Corvettes
>Attack Orders: Stealth Assault (long ranged plasma cannons)
Let us supplement the CCS Battlecruisers' bombardment. Let the insult of the heretic breath grow silent, and in its sole moment of grace, expire.

>>6241134
My apologies, I was distracted by Covenant bureaucracy yesterday.

>>6241124
This says we're winning

>>6241125
I have returned for duty
1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Full reverse thrusters
>Full broadside (1d20 attack)
2. IMPERIAL ESCORT ORDERS
>Increase distance between us and the enemy while keeping formation near capital. continue attack on 'Piety and Bravery' and 'Sword of Truth'
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Line Fighters (releases TIE squadron)
• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Target Enemy Engines (within range)
• Immobilizer 418 Interdictor (!!!IONE MMOBILE!!!)
>come closer to the impsters

Alternatively, we could use a well timed Strategic insult to force the enemy's hand

COVENANT: The time is at hand, brothers. Martyrs, your sacrifice shall not be in vain! This enemy, who we have finally found true resilience in as an equal, shall be felled most gloriously by our fire! THIS IS OUR TIME! TURN THE EXCAVATION BEAMS ON! USE THE FULL EXTENT OF THE REACTOR!

EFFECT: The Kerel-pattern's Pinch Fusion reactor vibrates at full output. (Speed boosted.)

EMPIRE: Admiral, they loom over us now! They're charging some kind of massive weapon on their ships! They're almost exactly over our bridge! We have to retaliate while they open a hole in their shielding now! ALL MISSILE TUBES AND ION CANNONS, FIRE AT WILL!

ATION: The Kerel-pattern coasts overhead. Heavy and light strategic missile tubes unload payloads into the hull while ion quads fire relentlessly, tearing its shielding apart.

COVENANT FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Kerel-pattern Assault Carrier 'Opulence of Distance'
-Hitpoints: 36 (-10)
-Shielding: 18 (-30)

EMPIRE: All ships! Evasive maneuvers now! FULL SPEED! PUT EVERYTHING IN AND EVADE! This Bellator was made for speed, why aren't we out of their way yet?! Launch all fighters! Recall Immobilizers to cover under our vessels now! GAIN DISTANCE NOW!

EMPIRE: "Swinging around for next run. Over." (BOMBING RUN IN 1 TURN)

FIGHTER THEATER: 3x TIE/IN squadrons, 3x TIE/sa squadrons, 1x TIE/ln squadrons. 1x Space Banshee squadrons, 3x Seraph squadrons. The Empire has the edge.

COVENANT: They've struck us badly. Our shields are nearly depleted. No matter... The rest of our ships are listing to get a better aim and moving into proper position. All excavation equipment online. Commence bombardment.

ACTION: The horrifying pulse of glassing rays open up, spiking energy readings across the board and melting durasteel and doonium plating to something molten in seconds...

ImpStar Deuce 'Lucent'
-Hitpoints: 5 (-15)
-Shielding: 0 (-20)
ImpStar Deuce 'Ordinator'
-Hitpoints: 31 (-2)
-Shielding: 0 (-28)

EMPIRE: WE'VE NEARLY LOST ANOTHER STAR DESTOYER! OUR SHIELDS HAVE FAILED ON ANOTHER!

COVENANT: QUICKLY! WHILE THE STEALTH SHROUD STILL YET PERSISTS!

ACTION: Long ranged plasma cannon batteries on the single cloaked Ceudar spit rounds out...

Immobilizer 'Harrower'
-Hitpoints: 5
-Shielding: 0 (-10)

EMPIRE: OUR INTERDICTOR IS UNDER ATTACK!

EMPIRE: We'll make them pay for this... All batteries, TARGET THOSE VESSELS!

ACTION: Turbolasers roar into the vacuum.

EMPIRE: Take out their engines so they can't position their rays!

• ATTACK PHASE •

Imperials
>OFFICER HETT: Roll 2d6+6 (Punishment damage boost)
>KUAT-REP: Roll 2d20 to disable CCS engines. DOD: 10

Fighter Theater roll.
>CHIBI-PANTER, UNGGOY-OVERSEER, SWISS-ELF: Roll 1d20, best taken.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>6243036
Fuck, it’s worse than I thought but at least they fucked up their capital in return. Bombs away.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>6243036
Look at me and be proud of this nat 20, Brother Captain

>>6243041
Insane

Rolled 2, 6 + 6 = 14 (2d6 + 6)

>>6243036
Never tell me the odds

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>6243033
The hour of triumphant zeal is upon us!

>>6243035
Lo, cleansing faith made manifest! Soon, we'll be ushered into the Sacred Rings, awestruck pilgrims on the Great Journey.

>>6243036
All that we can ask is that our pilots do their best...

>>6243041
And, LO! You have delivered! Well-done, brother!

any time now, kuat-rep will roll

Rolled 4, 13 = 17 (2d20)

>>6244343
Sorry about that, busy with real life.

>>6244363
np

OP ?

Update soonish, rest assured.

ACTION: The Empire was desperate. They had to thin their foe. (3+ damage.) (5+ from greater amount of weapons)

CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Piety and Bravery'
-Hitpoints: 19 (-3)
-Shielding: 11 (-10)
CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Sword of Truth'
-Hitpoints: 23 (-1)
-Shielding: 19 (-8)

EMPIRE: We've missed our chance. (Rolled a 4, Failure) But we've managed to cripple one of their cruisers with selective fire. Confirming engine destruction. (Rolled a 13, immobilized CCS Battlecruiser 'Relief and Ministry')

CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Relief and Ministry'
-Hitpoints: 18 (-10)
-Shielding: 22 (-5)

COVENANT: Our Seraphs have scored through their ranks with sudden fervor!

EFFECT: Destroyed 3x TIE/IN squadrons, 1x TIE/ln squadrons

FIGHTER THEATER: 3x TIE/sa squadrons, 2x TIE/ln squadrons. 1x Space Banshee squadrons, 3x Seraph squadrons. The Covenant is dominating the Fighter Theater.

EMPIRE: We will complete a bombing run and sink their ship. All bomber wings, engage. (BOMBING RUN: IN 1 TURN)

HAZARDS: Imperials are scanning for Asteroids (1 turn left). Covenant vessels are blind to the hazards.

COVENANT: Our stealth shrouds have worn out.

EMPIRE: They have corvettes heading right for our Interdictors!

TURN: 5

( ORDERS PHASE )

1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order
>Attack order
>Interceptor Program (release 5x TIE/IN squadron)
>Strategic Missiles & Heavy Ions (penetrate shielding) (3 TURN COOLDOWN)
>Bulwark Overorder (hold position and boost shielding to the utmost)
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, +10 attack boost on next use, sacrifice shielding)
>Jammer (scramble enemy comms)
>Ace Pilot (boost Fighters by +2)
>Full broadside (1d20 attack)
>Bomber Squadron (release 3x TIE/sa squadron)

2. IMPERIAL ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order
>Attack order
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Tractor Beam (ACTIVE)
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, sacrifice shielding)
>Line Fighters (releases TIE squadron)
• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Afterburners (boosts movement speed) (ACTIVE)
>Boost Weapon Power (divert shielding to firepower)
>Target Enemy Engines (within range)
• Immobilizer 418 Interdictor (!!!ONE IMMOBILE!!!)
>Movement Order
>Shutdown Generators (stops preventing microjump)

3. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order
>Ticks (releases boarding squads)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 3 squadrons)
>Lich (releases 2 squadron)
>Plasma Lance (penetrate shielding) (READY)
>Glassing (enemy within range)
>Pinch-Fusion (boost speed)
>Great Journey (boost command by +2)
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Covenant for 3 turns)

4. COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order
• CCS Battlecruisers (!!!ONE IMMOBILE!!!)
>Glassing (enemy within range)
>Phantom Team (releases 2 squadron)
>Pulse Lasers (enacts point defense)
• SDV Corvettes
>Stealth Shroud (1 TURN COOLDOWN)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 2 squadron)
>Borer-drive (attempts microjump)

>>6246013
>We've missed our chance. (Rolled a 4, Failure) But we've managed to cripple one of their cruisers with selective fire. Confirming engine destruction. (Rolled a 13, immobilized CCS Battlecruiser 'Relief and Ministry')
so we needed to meet the minimum on both dices ?

>COVENANT: Our Seraphs have scored through their ranks with sudden fervor!
>EFFECT: Destroyed 3x TIE/IN squadrons, 1x TIE/ln squadrons
so the nat 20 negated any dmg we could've caused to their fighters, damn.
>>6246015
>1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Continue retreat maneuver and focus attack on their capital
>Bomber Squadron (release 3x TIE/sa squadron)
since the bombing run is next turn, might as well boost the dmg we'll do

>2. IMPERIAL ESCORT ORDERS
>Continue retreat maneuver and focus attack on 'Piety and Bravery & 'Sword of Truth'
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, sacrifice shielding)
both lost their shielding already, so might as well do this
• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Target Enemy Engines (within range)
>• Immobilizer 418 Interdictor (!!!ONE IMMOBILE!!!)
>Activate generators on the two moving ones, deactive on the immobile one and bring it closer.

>>6246015
Finally, absolution is upon us...

>COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order
Stay the course, continue our pursuit.
>Attack Order
>Glassing (enemy within range)
The Prophets see our deeds, even now. How could we do any other?

>COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order
Stay the course, following in the vaunted flagship's example.

>CCS Battlecruisers
>Pulse Lasers (enacts point defense)
Target the heretic's bombers, if possible. As tempting as a second round of glassing is, we must remember that poise is no less integral for a strike than power.

>SDV Corvettes
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 2 squadron)
Our martyrs must not be forgotten.

where's the other guys ?

>>6247929
I don't see anything to roll for

>>6248287
I mean there was no one else from either team saying if they agreed or not with our votes.

EMPIRE: Every. Last. Bomber! Launch now! Bring our ships into a more favorable position!

COVENANT: Release more of our obedentiaries!

FIGHTER THEATER: 6x TIE/sa squadrons, 2x TIE/ln squadrons. 5x Space Banshee squadrons, 7x Seraph squadrons. The Covenant is dominating the Fighter Theater.

EMPIRE: Powering down Gravity Well generator now. Bringing additional generators online... All guns, prepare for Base Delta Zero.

EFFECT: A Gravity Well falls. Two more come online. Immobilizer cruisers are on the move.

ACTION: On the underside of the Opulence of Distance, a dreaded light begins to shine...

COVENANT: Point defenses now. All hands, prepare for second reckoning. Fire excavator now.

ACTION: At long last, the move they sought comes to fruition against the heretics, and the great carrier that ferried them through space did exalt with fire profound and potent. The glassing beam of their superheavy Infernus pattern emitter scorched the Bellator, first piercing the coating of the shield, then melting its hide as it swept across the hull, transforming it into something hot, molten and red that glowed in the vacuum. The molten surface of its hull began to seep downward, searing more stations and bodies, like a condensate of lava pouring into the veins. The bridge of the ship was cloven, sliced in half yet by the sword of the Covenant, and the ship fell silent.

EMPIRE: ...Admiral Van Leuwenhoek is dead. We've lost primary command. We're forwarding command to secondary bridge and Star Destroyers now. The dreadnought's systems are not responding. All hands, keep it together! Keep it together no matter what!

IMPERIAL FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Bellator-class Star Dreadnought 'The Harrier'
Hitpoints:20 (-50)
Shielding:0 (-50)
Gunnery:3
Generator:0 (-1)
Screening:1
Fighters:3
Command:0 (-3)

EFFECT: Destruction of bridge has lost command and shield generators for the Imperial flagship!

EMPIRE: Bombing run engaged... (BOMBING RUN: IMMINENT)

HAZARDS: Scanning is disengaged. Imperial and Covenant vessels are blind to the hazards.

EMPIRE: Let us end this...

COVENANT: Purge them!

Imperials
>KUAT-REP, OFFICER HETT: Roll 2d6+16 (Punishment damage boost, Base Delta Zero damage boost)
>(!!! LOSS OF COMMAND HAS CAUSED FAILURE TO RELAY ORDER TO DAMAGE ENGINES !!!)

Covenant
>CHIBI-PANTHER: Roll 1d5 to enact point defense.
>UNGGOY-OVERSEER: Roll 2d6+3

Fighter Theater roll.
>UNGGOY-OVERSEER, SWISS-ELF: Roll 1d20, best taken.

Rolled 1 (1d5)

>>6248481

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>6248481
nat 20 so we can deliver payback.
>>6248483
nice

Rolled 5, 5 + 16 = 26 (2d6 + 16)

>>6248481
Open fire! All batteries!

Rolled 3, 1 + 3 = 7 (2d6 + 3)

>>6248481
By the decree of the Prophets!

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>6248481
By the Great Journey!

ACTION: Pulse Lasers strike down a squadron of bombers in the void. Plasma torpedos erupt into the hull of 'Harrower', ending the ship's life.

Immobilizer 'Harrower'
-Hipoints: 0 (-5)
-Shielding: 0
Immobilizer 'Iridescence'
-Hipoints: 10
-Shielding: 3 (-2)

EMPIRE: We've lost an Interdictor!

ACTION: Fighters clashed. Though for all the inequality in the numbers now present on the field, the underdogs find their way to holding out, diving below oncoming fire, setting some enemies alight. But not all of them. In equal measure, however, they do perish.

FIGHTER THEATER: 5x TIE/sa squadrons, 1x TIE/ln squadrons. 5x Space Banshee squadrons, 6x Seraph squadrons. The Covenant is dominating the Fighter Theater.

EMPIRE: We won't let him down for this. We owe it to our Admiral. (Sacrificed shielding.)

Procursator 'Majesty'
-Hitpoints: 22
-Shielding: 7 (-10)
Procursator 'Peacemaker'
-Hitpoints: 18
-Shielding: 11 (-10)

EMPIRE: Our Procursators no longer have enough power to sustain Afterburners. (Afterburners fade.)

ACTION: The ghoulish hues of Turbolasers bite into the sides of the enemy, pounding their shields away. Both fleets lie in critical condition. Victory is yet within both hands, waiting to be grabbed and taken. (+10 from Base Delta Zero) (+6 from Punishment damage) (Punishment no longer applies.)

COVENANT FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Kerel-pattern Assault Carrier 'Opulence of Distance'
-Hitpoints: 26 (-10)
-Shielding: 3 (-15)
CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Piety and Bravery'
-Hitpoints: 15 (-4)
-Shielding: 2 (-9)
CCS-class Battlecruiser 'Sword of Truth'
-Hitpoints: 20 (-3)
-Shielding: 9 (-10)

EMPIRE: We've just learned that our concentrated bombing effort is directly impacting three points of energy generation within the enemy flagship. If we can destroy those key reactor points, we will finish them off quickly. All bombers, attempt a short U-turn maneuver. (BOMBING RUN: COMPLETED. NEXT RUN IN 1 TURNS)

COVENANT: The hour is at hand, Fleetmaster... They are bleeding profusely from their wounds. It is a wound asking for a sword to widen the gap further. To sever it from the rotten flesh of apostasy it grows from! GUIDE US, NOBLE ONE!

HAZARDS: The Covenant is blind to the asteroid coming their way... (UNGGOY-OVERSEER: You are charged with handling this measure. Roll a 1d10 for hazard traversal, DOD: 5)

( ORDERS PHASE )

1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order
>Attack order
>Interceptor Program (release 5x TIE/IN squadron)
>Strategic Missiles & Heavy Ions (penetrate shielding) (2 TURN COOLDOWN)
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, +10 attack boost on next use, sacrifice shielding)
>Full broadside (1d20 attack)
>Jump to Hyperspace. (Retreat)

2. IMPERIAL ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order
>Attack order
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Tractor Beam (ACTIVE)
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, sacrifice shielding)
>Line Fighters (releases TIE squadron)
• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Boost Weapon Power (divert shielding to firepower)
• Immobilizer 418 Interdictor (!!!ONE IMMOBILE!!!)
>Movement Order
>Shutdown Generators (stops preventing microjump)

3. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order
>Plasma Lance (penetrate shielding) (READY)
>Glassing (enemy within range) (COOLDOWN: 1 turn)
>Great Journey (boost command by +2)
>Scan for asteroids (highlights asteroid field for Covenant for 3 turns)

4. COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Order (change direction or stop)
>Attack order
• CCS Battlecruisers (!!!ONE IMMOBILE!!!)
>Glassing (enemy within range)
>Phantom Team (releases 2 squadron)
>Pulse Lasers (enacts point defense)
• SDV Corvettes
>Stealth Shroud (READY)
>Seraphs & Banshees (releases 2 squadron) (COOLDOWN: 3 turns)
>Borer-drive (attempts microjump)

>>6249901
1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Continue pressuring their Capitol
>Interceptor Program (release 5x TIE/IN squadron)
Let's reduce the pressure on our fighters while they can't glass us again.

2. IMPERIAL ESCORT ORDERS
>Focus fire on their flagship, taking advantage of our close proximity to it.
• Imperial-II Class Star Destoyers
>Base Delta Zero (continue BDZ, sacrifice shielding)

• Procursator-class Star Destroyers
>Boost Weapon Power (divert shielding to firepower)
• Immobilizer 418 Interdictor (!!!ONE IMMOBILE!!!)

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>6249900
As we traverse the darkness, let us lift our hands from the controls. We are approaching the Great Journey, even now, and no obstacle shall gainsay us!

>>6250494
Lol, spake the pious. Lmao, uttered the Prophets.

>>6249901
>COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Movement Order
Continue the assault, become as close to the enemy as possible.
>Attack Order: Plasma Lance (penetrate shielding)
Crack the enemy flagship's hull, that our Holy Covenant may surpass all condemnation! Scorn the heretic! Sunder his works! Scour his filth from the void, once and for all!

>COVENANT ESCORT ORDERS
>Movement Orders
Continue the assault, abiding by our admiral's example.
>CCS Battlecruisers
>Attack Orders: Glassing (enemy within range)
The grand commencement is upon us. The joy of purpose fulfilled. The zeal of obedience at the throne of the Prophets.
>SDV Corvettes
>Attack Orders: Stealth Shroud (READY)
Let us blind the heretic to our torpedoes, just as the heretic has blinded himself to faith!

COVENANT: End them.

ACTION: The hull mounted Urpeon turret twisted around, and pierced the molten wound of the enemy, cutting right through the body. The lights of engines and viewports alike from the vessel faded in an instant, and vessels of fire began to burn throughout the silvery, metal skin.

IMPERIAL FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Bellator-class Star Dreadnought 'The Harrier'
Hitpoints:0 (-20)
Shielding:0

EMPIRE: Our flagship has been destroyed! All hands lost!

EMPIRE: Completing bomber run now.

ACTION: The chutes of bomb carriers slotted in their next payloads, dropping armed Proton bombs one by one in a precise carpet across the nanolaminate hull of the monstrous enemy they faced. The surface of their enemy was already scarred, thoroughly picked at by their runs. There were exposed chinks within their armor, leading right down...

ACTION: ...To the reactors.

COVENANT FLEET FLAGSHIP - : Kerel-pattern Assault Carrier 'Opulence of Distance'
-Hitpoints: 0 (-26)
-Shielding: 0 (-3)

COVENANT: Our Fleetmaster has been lost! Our flagship smolders! We have lost a great deal too many!

EMPIRE: Who is in command now? Our fleet is red. This situation has become untenable!

TURN: 7

( MUTUAL DESTRUCTION )

1. IMPERIAL OVERBRIDGE
>Fold.
>Continue the fight.

2. COVENANT OVERBRIDGE
>Fold.
>Finish the fight.

>>6251718
>Fold.
welp, we did what we could.

>>6251718
>Fold
The heretic fought well.

>>6251718
>Fold
Both sides folding is a victory for the Covenant

EMPIRE: This battle is no longer possible to win. All fighters, return to hangars now. All ships, all power to shields. Prepare for emergency jump to Hyperspace in thirty IMs...

COVENANT: The enemy is fleeing like the cowards they are. This day belongs to the Covenant, which we swore to uphold! Supreme Commander Qu 'Esiit's sacrifice will not be allowed to go in vain! We will rally and find them even if we must overturn each star in the sky!

( FOLD )

ACTION: Both sides have chosen to fold, ending the battle in a draw.

In deep space, the tides are ushers to fierce session. Though the humanity of an iron reign fought wildly, no amount of experience could prepare them for the zealots who upheld the Covenant. Perhaps, their one mistake, being a force undisputed in an unpredictable galaxy, was standing against an enemy they could predict too well, an enemy willing to drive themselves right into their foes no matter what if it meant killing them. The corpses will calcify in deep space, preserved for all time to come, and so will the dead hulks of their ships. But for those who had faith in a possessive creed, it is not enough to have merely struck down the enemy dreadnought. They know their human foes are still out there, and they will be all the more determined to find them.

And burn them.

STATISTICS

(Imperials)
Enemy ships destroyed: 1
Total damage dealt: 212

(Covenant)
Enemy ships destroyed: 3
Total damage dealt: 278

...

FINAL VICTOR: Covenant

...

(Closing Statement)

Thanks for playing Dreadnoughts, hope you all had fun! Let's do it again sometime in the future!

A shame, lord Vader won't be happy.

Seems like we didn't need 3 Immobilizers

Letting the Covies get into glassing range did us in.

>>6253056
It was a fine battle.
>>6253068
If we knew they'd get immobilized when activating the field, we could've only brought one indeed. And we didn't try mainting distance, overestimating the glassing but it happens.