Suicidal Ships?

[Phoenix-D]

I was trying to INVADE, not ram They weren't even in the same sector as the target yet.

Phoenix-D

[PvK]

Simultaneous movement or turn-based?

You say you left ships behind, so I suppose the turn ended with your ships one sector away from the homeworld, ordered the speed-5 fleet to move to the homeworld, and the result was another combat in the intercept sector?

If it was simultaneous mode, it may simply be that the simultaneous event resolver decided there should be another combat round before your speed-5 ships were able to move to the homeworld.

PvK

[Phoenix-D]

They sat there and took it for *7 combats*. getting picked off one-by-one. Simultanious game, and I gave them a move order, not attack.

Phoenix-D

[PvK]

Is it possible one of them took a hit in the first combat of the new turn that slowed the whole fleet down to a crawl (bridge, life support, or crew quarters)?

PvK

[Phoenix-D]

It would have to have taken out all the ship's engines to do that, given that they were only one sector away.possible though.

Oh well. If this wasn't a Proportions game, I think I'd go back in with a bunch of planetary napalm and PDCs..

Phoenix-D

[PvK]

I think if you lose your bridge, speed drops to one, which would mean the fleet would have to Last practically the whole strategic turn before it moved to the homeworld. I think losing life support and crew quarters each halve speed, as well. (Each condition either halves or slows to 1, but I don't remember which does which.) So, that would be my guess.

PvK

[Suicide Junkie]

Losing Bridge:
1/2 movement.

Losing all crew quarters:
1/2 movement.

Losing all lifesupport:
1/4 movement.

Being able to decimate a fleet because you crippled the leader's movement:
Priceless.