How is a kamikaze attack resolved for fighters ramming capital ships?
And how is it resolved for capital ship vs. another capital ship?
I have only used it in my solo gaming so far with fighters only,either by SSR
(to reflect particularly desperate situation,such as last stand or homeworld
defense),or by having the fighter attempting the kamikaze attack successfully
passing fighter morale check(using MT fighter morale rules here
for attempts)--successful kamikaze attempt causes 1d6 damage to struck
ship;have not used it with capital ship attacker so far.
Just not sure if I am doing this correctly or not,and can't seem to find the
answer in the rulebook or the beta fighter rules--any advice,please?
Thanks,
I don't seem to recall any rules for ramming. Then again, I'm not a FT expert
by any stretch of the imagination.
One thought that this did cause to trigger in my sadly overtaxed brain,
however, is how one might represent something like the aliens (forgot their
name) in the Star Trek Voyager series who had "ram ships". They had
ships with infantry/marines on board that would literally ram into the
target vessel, penetrating the hull, and then storm the inside of the ship
with troops. This might make an interesting addition for an alien race.
I'd likely use some kind of fighter as the model (preferabley a pointy one!)
and have each of them do marginal damage to the ship if they can get through
the defenses (PDS, etc.), then have them attack "internally" each turn.
Haven't thought it through very much yet, but I think it would be a cool
addition for nasty aliens.:)
J
John K. Lerchey Computer and Network Security Coordinator Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University
> On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Mark & Staci Drake wrote:
> How is a kamikaze attack resolved for fighters ramming capital ships?
> On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 10:05:06PM -0500, Mark & Staci Drake wrote:
I use the rules from Leviathan: "Remove the fighter group from the board."
Cheers,