FTJava: Sacrifices of Medinah

In the first running of "Sacrifices of Medinah" two NAC light cruisers faced
off against ten IF pulse torpedo armed strikeboats. Five boats were destroyed,
but someone has been training the IF crews. (or hacking the code...)

Nice shooting, Laserlight!

Log excerpts:

Kosciuszko Log:

That's easy..... the IF got Indy to train their crews, then trained
them do the opposite of what he taught....  :-)

> -----Original Message-----

> Jon Davis wrote:

> In the first running of "Sacrifices of Medinah" two NAC light cruisers

Five P-torp hits scored 6 pts each - but out of how many hits (and how
many shots) total...?

***
Five P-torp hits scored 6 pts each - but out of how many hits (and how
many

shots) total...?
***

I count three on turn 4 alone. Do the strike boats have one or two torps?

I'm still impressed.

The_Beast

> Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> many shots) total...?

8 shots total. Five hits and three misses.

> Doug Evans wrote:

> ***

One single arc pulse torpedo per strikeboat

For those of you who can read XML...

<Ship id="2503">
             <Name>SBP-2503</Name>
             <Status>Ok</Status>
             <Orders>0</Orders>
             <DamageControl/>
             <Position x="0.0" y="103.0" />
             <Heading heading="6" />
             <Speed speed="20"/>
             <VectorSpeed speed="20.0"/>
             <Course course="6.0"/>

             <Race>Islamic Federation</Race>
             <ClassAbbrev>SB</ClassAbbrev>
             <ClassName>ash Shaulah-P</ClassName>
             <ShipClass>Stingship</ShipClass>
             <Mass>8</Mass>
             <PointValue>30</PointValue>
             <MainDrive initialThrust="6"/>
             <Armor totalArmor="0"/>
             <Hull value="8" type="Custom" totalHullBoxes="1"/>
<Electronics>
                 <FireControl xSSD="80" ySSD="170"/>
             </Electronics>
<Defenses>
             </Defenses>
<Weapons>
                 <PulseTorpedo xSSD="80" ySSD="40" arcs="(F)"/>
             </Weapons>
         </Ship>

> Jon Davis wrote:

This isn't anything unusual for me in person (my most recent FTF started

out with a single beam die shot for 9 points of damage), but I've not
previously been aware that my Teske Field extended to PBeM games. It
could be a 1.286e-4 chance cropping up, or it could be a code issue.

> Laserlight wrote:

> Jon Davis wrote:

It's not the code.  :-)  It was the rolls on the dice.  The PulseTorpedo
code hasn't been changed for about 6 months.

> This isn't anything unusual for me in person (my most recent FTF

  JonD said
> It's not the code. :-) It was the rolls on the dice. The

And the Game 375 turn report started off with:
    Turn 5: Attack: Kaiser Barbarossa hit SB-632 for thirteen points
with a class 3 beam battery.

Hm...

> JonD said

I muttered:
> And the Game 375 turn report started off with:

OTOH I don't recall ever making a DCP roll in FT Java...

Imagine how bad it will be when the UN Graser get's coded in.

Brendan 'Neath Southern Skies

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> Laserlight wrote:

> JonD said

Not for a strikeboat!  :-)

Otherwise DCP are assigned automatically if you don't allocate them.

> Robertson, Brendan wrote:

> Imagine how bad it will be when the UN Graser get's coded in.

:-)  It's already been done and they are a part of the V0.11 release.

I just haven't designed any scenarios that use UNSC ships yet.

> OTOH I don't recall ever making a DCP roll in FT Java...

JonD said:
> Not for a strikeboat! :-)

> Otherwise DCP are assigned automatically if you don't allocate them.

Oh, I remember *attempting* plenty. Okay, Kaiser B has just repaired his Main
Drive. Took three tries with 3DCP each try...

See? The dice code does work!
;-)

> On Feb 19, 2004, at 8:18 PM, Laserlight wrote:

> OTOH I don't recall ever making a DCP roll in FT Java...