[gunslinger] Turn 13 final results & Assessment

It's finally over. Trial by Combat succumbs to sustained beam fire at point
blank, exploding into a debris cloud. The debris fails to cause damage to
Sovremenny, which successfully dampens the run-away reactor on turn 15.

Assessment:
The massed class-2 beam batteries vs class-4 batteries proves the
benefits of range over damage. 'Trial by Combat' scored 32 points from Pulse
Torpedoes & 43 points from beam batteries. Yet 'Sovremenny' scored 68 points
from beam batteries alone, 18 points of which was without reply from TbC.
TbC's superior maneuverability played a major role in the middle stages,
managing to keep 'Sovremenny' from bringing it's forward batteries to bear,
while maintaining pulse torpedo fire itself. Another interesting note, once
both ships started losing weaponry, it was actually easier for 'Sovremenny' to
recover a greater percentage of it's weaponry each turn due to the larger
mounts. As soon as 'TbC' lost weapons, there were insufficient DCPs to bring
them back on line before destruction. Instead, the Pulse Torps were repaired
as the fastest way to recover offensive capability.

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Range = 1.44 Sovremenny: F Trial by Combat: F
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ESU Komarov-II SDN  "Sovremenny"
Captain: Citizen Mark "Indy" Kochte
Start Position: 52.1, 66.5; 0/8
Orders: RP1 End Position: 52.1, 66.5 Velocity: 0 (spins now possible) Heading:
7
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Mass: 220
FTL: Std - [damaged]
Main Drive: 2 (1) - [damaged]
Core System damage: [Main Reactor Damaged] Damage Track: 88; 13 left
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Firecontrols: 3 [2 damaged]
Class-4 (F) - hit; 2
Class-4 (FP/F) - [damaged]
Class-4 (F/FS) - [damaged]
2 x Class-3 (FP/F/FS) - 2 x miss
Class-3 (AP/FP/F) - [damaged]
Class-3 (F/FS/AS) - hit; 2+1
Class-2 (AP/FP/F) - hit; 1+3
Class-2 (F/FS/AS) - miss
3 x Class-1 (6-arc) - [1 damaged] - 1x miss, 1x hit; 1
4 x Point Defence Systems - [2 damaged] - 2 x miss.
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Damage History: 15 points on turn 5. 7 points on turn 6.
Screen, Class-2 repair failed on turn 7.
Firecon repair succeeded on turn 7.
Screen, Class-2 repair failed on turn 8.
FTL repair succeeded on turn 8. 3 points on turn 8.
Class-2 repaired on turn 9.
Screen repair failed on turn 9. 7 points on turn 9. Screen repaired turn 10.
12 points on turn 10.
Screen, Class-4 repaired turn 11.
19 points on turn 11.
Class-3 repaired turn 12.
PDS repair failed turn 12. 8 points on turn 12. Reactor repair failed (no
explosion) on turn 13. 4 points on turn 13.

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FCT SDN-A "Trial by Combat"
Captain: John Leary
Start Position:  48.9, 64.9; 3/3
Orders: P2+1
Position: 51.7, 67.7 Velocity: 4 Heading: 1
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Mass: 220
FTL: Std - [damaged]
Main Drive: 6 (3) [damaged] Core System damage: None
Damage Track: 66; -2 left
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Firecontrols: 3 [2 damaged]
3 x Pulse Torp (FP/F/FS) - [1 damaged, 1 repaired] - 2 x hit; 4
4 x Class-2 (6-arc) - [4 damaged] -
10 x Class-1 (6-arc) - [7 damaged] -
Point Defence System - [damaged]
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Damage: 6 points on turn 2. 1 point on turn 3. 2 points on turn 4. 9 points on
turn 5. Drives repaired turn 6. 2 x Firecon repairs failed turn 6. 3 points on
turn 6. 2 x firecons repaired turn 7. 2 points on turn 7.
2 x class-1 repaired turn 8.
2 points on turn 8.
Class-1 repair failed turn 9.
5 points on turn 9.
Class-1 repair failed turn 10.
2 points on turn 10.
Class-1 repair failed turn 11.
12 points on turn 11. 1 Pulse Torpedo repaired turn 12. 1 Pulse Torpedo repair
failed turn 12. 14 points on turn 12. 1 Pulse Torpedo repaired turn 13. 10
points on turn 13.

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T'was brillig, & the slithy toves, Did gyre & gimle in the wabe. All mimsy
were the borogroves, And mome raths outgrabe.
                       - Lewis Carroll "Through the Looking Glass".