From: Thomas Barclay <Thomas.Barclay@s...>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:28:28 -0400
Subject: Fleet Survey Response
My fleet is quite a mix. A passle of old Traveller ships (which I think are just great!), a few Stardate 2298 figures (I think from RAFM or Grenadier originally) including some very cool looking freighter like ships and a couple of awesome BCs, a single (I think) Entomalian, a few Silent Death figures, and my Gurkha world fleet (A mix of ships from the sponsors of this settlement - 1 UN ship, a few NAC ships, a few IF ships from the Sultan of Brunei, and an ESU ship or two), and a bunch of SemFed ships, though I purposefully picked the ones WITHOUT the long necks because I don't like the NAC. My Semfed forces include a BB, a CVA, some escorts and a bunch of fighters - the idea being it is a reinforced carrier group with a bunch of assault transports and a marine carrier ship. I also have a few OU ships. Since I'm fascinated by various minor powers, I'm interested in fleshing out fleets for them (since I think they'll do more squabbling than the big boys and with less optimized ships leading to more tactical possibilities). These include things like my own Gurkha world (Gorkha) and smaller powers like the LLAR, OU, etc. Design wise, I love the OU ships. I loved the Dreamtime paint patterns some have managed to cover them with too - those look super sharp. I like the UNSC ships - they have a neat feel to them and I like the modularity. And the SemFed ships from Brigade (especially that BB I bought) are quite sharp. My plans to expand my fleets once my RealLife(TM) gets settled down include: 1) More Semfed ships (a Wall of Battle). 2) UNSC - enough to put together a DN based battlegroup with transport for a ground force 3) An LLAR navy - some home brew ships (small, maybe using some SD minis), some ESU (under the theory that the ESU is likely to aide anyone who is a thorn to the NAC), and some FSE (under the theory that France has a history of selling guns to both sides in a conflict...) 4) KV - I've played them in the old days and done well. They were overpowered. I'm interested to try them under "new vector". Though this one won't be a rush - my buddies around Kingston have about 20,000 pts worth of KV now. And lots of NAC too.