Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Magyar Sector in the Rim War: Statting out Squadrons

So now that we have deduced the general composition of the Imperial and Solomani fleets in Magyar during the Rim War, and fleshed out the ship classes, there’s the task of statting out the squadrons available to Kemper and Coglan for our wargame.

There is an excellent thread on Citizens of the Imperium that discusses how to translate High Guard ship statistics into game mechanics compatible with the Fifth Frontier War and Invasion Earth. Both boardgames use similar ratings for squadrons, which have three values for Attack, Bombardment, and Defense. These ratings generally range from 0 to 8; FFW also tracks TL, Jump rating, and hull type (important for refueling).

The Attack rating is determined by the number and power of spinal weapons in the squadron; Bombardment is based on the number of missile bays and fighters; Defense is based on the number and size of hulls, as well as other factors such as agility or armor. A powerful TL 14 Battle Squadron might have a rating like 6-4-6, while a cruiser squadron might have a rating like 2-0-4. Damaged squadrons have reduced ratings, so that 6-4-6 BatRon might be only 3-2-3 following a major engagement.

I used a modified method proposed by the Oz to calculate FFW squadron ratings. Since many of the basic ship statistics used in the calculations are common across various editions, it was fairly easy to pull designs from disparate sources such as T20 Fighting Ships and Fighting Ships of the Solomani Confederation as well as Fighting Ships of the Shattered Imperium, which has several older TL 13 and 14 designs. Although the Oz’s method assumed squadrons of 8 ships of the same class, I built squadrons of mixed composition similar to the detailed orders of battle provided in Fighting Ships of the Solomani.

The following unit list provides FFW ratings for all units of the Magyar campaign, as well as their initial position following the Battle of Idu.

Solomani Units
SquadronTLJumpPrimary Ship ClassRatingInitial Position
12th AssaultRon133Zhukov-class troop carrier2-8-6Tralp (1913)
2nd CarrierRon144Hermes-class fighter carrier1-2-4Clown (1807)
11th CarrierRon133Midway-class fighter carrier1-2-4Fornorb (2616)
19th CarrierRon133Midway-class fighter carrier1-2-4Anise (2904)
21st CarrierRon133Midway-class fighter carrier1-2-4Chorus (1403)
12th DSRon133Yamamato-class strike cruiser1-0-3Clan (0205)
18th DSRon133Yamamato-class strike cruiser1-0-3Havaiikii (0523)
38th FleetRon144Zeus II-class battlecruiser5-0-4Jumpspace
39th FleetRon143Zeus II-class battlecruiser4-0-5Seloo (2102)
41st FleetRon144Prometheus-class fast dreadnought5-0-4Fornorb (2616)
46th FleetRon133Virago-class battle rider5-0-3Iatur (2628)
47th FleetRon133Zeus-class battlecruiser4-0-5Anise (2904)
49th FleetRon133Zeus-class battlecruiser5-0-6Packard (0918)
53rd FleetRon133Zeus-class battlecruiser3-0-5Wu (0203)
54th FleetRon133Zeus-class battlecruiser3-0-6Kaig (0413)
56th FleetRon133Victory-class battlecruiser4-0-5Tralp (1913)
59th FleetRon133Victory-class battlecruiser3-0-6Eery (1208)
69th FleetRon133Victory-class battlecruiser3-0-5Akludu (0902)
71st FleetRon133Victory-class battlecruiser4-0-5Ock (0227)
67th FleetRon122Cygnus-class colonial cruiser1-0-4Drang (0223)
6th HSRon143Normandy-class heavy cruiser1-1-5Namedih (1713)
19th HSRon133Minsk-class heavy cruiser2-0-5Asorret (2623)
20th HSRon133Yamamato-class strike cruiser2-0-5Seloo (2102)
104th FleetRon144Planet-class dreadnought5-1-4Orvon (Db 2935)
145th FleetRon144Planet-class dreadnought5-1-4Hermes (Db 1431)
205th FleetRon144Zeus II-class battlecruiser5-0-4Kimel (2239)
327th FleetRon133Virago-class battle rider5-0-3Norway (Db 2536)
155th DSRon144Beijing-class deep strike cruiser1-0-3Dudin (Db 2028)
207th DSRon144Beijing-class deep strike cruiser1-0-3Harmony (Db 1230)
2112th DSRon133Yamamato-class strike cruiser1-0-3Cruxway (Db 2926)

Imperial Units
SquadronTLJumpPrimary Ship ClassRatingInitial Position
226th CruRon144Atlantic-class heavy cruiser3-2-3Anise (2904)
236th CruRon144Effendi-class heavy cruiser1-2-3Anise (2904)
239th CruRon144Effendi-class heavy cruiser1-2-3Anise (2904)
Sternbach Colonial CruRon134Arlumer-class heavy cruiser2-0-2Darrukesh (SR 0106)
285th BatRon144Dlan-class dreadnought6-5-6Anise (2904)
337th BatRon144Triton-class heavy battleship6-3-6Anise (2904)
484th BatRon144Quiquilat-class battle rider6-1-3Anise (2904)
513th BatRon144Inkaalur-class light battleship6-0-6Anise (2904)
568th BatRon144Inkaalur-class light battleship6-0-4Anise (2904)
2542nd Colonial BatRon133Tiananmen-class battleship4-1-4Darrukesh (SR 0106)
894th BatRon133Timarin-class battle rider4-1-4Darrukesh (SR 0106)
926th BatRon133Timarin-class battle rider4-1-4Darrukesh (SR 0106)
91st CarRon144Liasdi-class fleet carrier1-1-4Anise (2904)
214th CarRon144Liasdi-class fleet carrier1-1-5Anise (2904)
115th TankRon143Kadela-class fleet tanker0-0-4Darrukesh (SR 0106)
155th TankRon143Kadela-class fleet tanker0-0-4Darrukesh (SR 0106)
265th CruRon144Atlantic-class heavy cruiser2-1-3Amkhalarug (SR 0301)
355th CruRon144Zahvat-class strike cruiser3-0-3Amkhalarug (SR 0301)
810th CruRon133Huron-class bombardment cruiser0-3-5Amkhalarug (SR 0301)
916th CruRon133Huron-class bombardment cruiser0-1-3Amkhalarug (SR 0301)
355th BatRon144Triton-class heavy battleship5-3-7Darrukesh (SR 0106)
397th BatRon144Triton-class heavy battleship7-3-6Darrukesh (SR 0106)
484th BatRon144Inkaalur-class light battleship6-1-3Amkhalarug (SR 0301)
4932nd Colonial BatRon133Timarin-class battle rider4-1-4Amkhalarug (SR 0301)
106th CarRon144Liasdi-class fleet carrier1-1-4Darrukesh (SR 0106)
293rd CarRon133Giishuda-class fleet carrier1-1-4Amkhalarug (SR 0301)
244th TankRon133Kadela-class fleet tanker0-0-4Amkhalarug (SR 0301)
27th AssaultRon143Vrenair-class assault carrier0-0-5Darrukesh (SR 0106)
93rd AssaultRon143Vrenair-class assault carrier0-0-4Amkhalarug (SR 0301)
380th CruRon144Atlantic-class heavy cruiser3-2-3Darrukesh (SR 0106)
381st CruRon144Atlantic-class heavy cruiser2-1-4Darrukesh (SR 0106)
587th CruRon145AHL-class fleet intruder2-2-2Anise (2904)
602nd CruRon145AHL-class fleet intruder2-2-2Anise (2904)
706th CruRon144Zahvat-class strike cruiser3-0-3Darrukesh (SR 0106)
811th CruRon144Effendi-class heavy cruiser1-2-3Darrukesh (SR 0106)
1102nd Colonial CruRon134Arlumer-class heavy cruiser2-0-3Darrukesh (SR 0106)
1214th Colonial CruRon134Arlumer-class heavy cruiser2-0-3Darrukesh (SR 0106)
428th BatRon144Perisher-class fast dreadnought5-1-4Darrukesh (SR 0106)
492nd BatRon144Inkaalur-class light battleship6-0-6Anise (2904)
495th BatRon144Inkaalur-class light battleship7-0-6Anise (2904)
2677th Colonial BatRon133Tiananmen-class battleship5-1-5Darrukesh (SR 0106)
246th TankRon143Kadela-class fleet tanker0-0-4Darrukesh (SR 0106)
51st ScoutRon145Talaria-class fleet courier0-3-4Anise (2904)

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