Convoy Defense

In preparation for a long term, multilevel campaign called "50 Points", I needed to test the ability of a single heavy cruiser to defend a convoy of five freighters for five volleys from attack by as many as two heavy cruisers in simple combat. You get to the point where the defending heavy cruiser has to be willing to sacrifice itself in order to fight off the attacker(s) while the convoy escapes. In the campaign, convoys getting through are important, not only as a VC (victory condtion), but also for transporting refined duranium and dilithium from a mining station to a shipyard. Without shipyards you can't build and repair ships. Anyway, here are combat logs from both encounters. (Note that the volleys are numbered. That is critical, because at the rate that a convoy passes through a system, an attacking ship has only five volleys to destroy that convoy. Not easy.




Convoy defense vs 1 FCA



1)

IKS K1 rolls:30 30o/d

IKS kf1 rolls:10 o/6d

IKS kf2 rolls:4 o/5d

IKS Kf3 rolls:2 o/5d

IKS Kf4 rolls:8 o/5d

IKS Kf5 rolls:4 o/5d

USS F1 rolls:30 o/d

Result:

IKS K1 damage /35

IKS kf1 damage /35

IKS kf2 damage /35

IKS Kf3 damage /35

IKS Kf4 damage /35

IKS Kf5 damage /35

USS F1 damage /15



2)

IKS K1 rolls:20 20o/d

IKS kf1 rolls:4 o/d

IKS kf2 rolls:8 o/d

IKS Kf3 rolls:6 o/d

IKS Kf4 rolls:6 o/d

IKS Kf5 rolls:4 o/d

USS F1 rolls:20 o/20d

Result:

IKS K1 damage /

IKS kf1 damage /

IKS kf2 damage /

IKS Kf3 damage /

IKS Kf4 damage /

IKS Kf5 damage /

USS F1 destroyed



Convoy defense vs 2 FCA's



1)

IKS K1 rolls:50 25/25o/d

IKS kf1 rolls:6 o/8d

IKS kf2 rolls:8 o/7d

IKS Kf3 rolls:12 o/7d

IKS Kf4 rolls:8 o/7d

IKS Kf5 rolls:2 o/7d

USS F1 rolls:30 5K1)o/25d

USS F2 rolls:50 25(k1)o/25d

Result:

IKS K1 damage 30/35

IKS kf1 damage /35

IKS kf2 damage /35

IKS Kf3 damage /35

IKS Kf4 damage /35

IKS Kf5 damage /35

USS F1 damage /15

USS F2 damage /15



2)

IKS K1 rolls:20 20(f2)o/d

IKS kf1 rolls:8 8(f2)o/d

IKS kf2 rolls:4 4(f2)o/d

IKS Kf3 rolls:12 12(f2)o/d

IKS Kf4 rolls:4 4(f2)o/d

IKS Kf5 rolls:2 2(f2)o/d

USS F1 rolls:60 o/60d

USS F2 rolls:30 o/30d

Result:

IKS K1 damage /

IKS kf1 damage /

IKS kf2 damage /

IKS Kf3 damage /

IKS Kf4 damage /

IKS Kf5 damage /

USS F1 damage /

USS F2 destroyed



3)

IKS K1 rolls:40 o/45d

IKS kf1 rolls:10 o/5d

IKS kf2 rolls:2 o/5d

IKS Kf3 rolls:6 o/5d

IKS Kf4 rolls:8 o/5d

IKS Kf5 rolls:4 o/5d

USS F1 rolls:50 (k1)o/d

Result:

IKS K1 destroyed

IKS kf1 damage /

IKS kf2 damage /

IKS Kf3 damage /

IKS Kf4 damage /

IKS Kf5 damage /

USS F1 damage /



4)

IKS kf1 rolls:8 36o/d

IKS kf2 rolls:2 o/d

IKS Kf3 rolls:6 o/d

IKS Kf4 rolls:8 o/d

IKS Kf5 rolls:12 o/d

USS F1 rolls:20 o/20d

Result:

IKS kf1 damage /

IKS kf2 damage /

IKS Kf3 damage /

IKS Kf4 damage /

IKS Kf5 damage /

USS F1 destroyed