Scenario setting:

Player is in Team 1, using "HGN TF56" fleet and in start position 1.

Opposition (Vagyr Alliance) is 2x Expert AI in Team 2, start positions 2 and 3.

Low orbit over Hiigara, during the mid phase of the Vagyr Siege. Initial phase of Fourth Generation technology profileration.

A detachment of the 225th Line Combat Division is assigned a search and destroy operation within a low orbital junkyard after the global defense network pinpointed the origin of a large fraction of Vagyr fighter sorties to that location.

Heavy enemy strikecraft activity in low orbit prevents the operation of the valuable heavy lifter shuttles, cutting the Home Defense Fleet from its supply lines.

The 1/225th LCD will serve as a rally point for leading elements of the 15th Fleet now arriving in the Hiigaran star system after successfully withdrawing from frontier territory where they mounted a delaying action against a Vagyr Armada.

1/225th with the 15th Fleet CVF Victorious along with Tier IV-E battlecruisers Iron Duke and Prince of Hiigara have reached initial point and will commence an immediate attack upon Vagyr screening and reactionary forces, destroying them by fire and maneuver to pave the way for reinforcements, with emphasis on eliminating enemy fleet carriers and other support ships.

Once enough of the enemy's mobile reaction forces are destroyed, support station Justice will hyperspace into the tactical area of operations and commence combat bridgehead operations in order to secure 1/225th's position.

Player's Force Composition

1/225th LCD
2x Prince of Hiigara Tier IV-E Heavy Battlecruisers
2x Arbiter II Lineships

1/15th Fleet
1x Imperator IV CVF

with fighter wing of
3x5 Thunderbolt IV Attack Bombers
2x5 Light Strike Fighters

with escorts of
1x Tulwar Patrol Combatant
3x Bloodhound II Battle Frigate

Reinforcements available

Khopesh Assault Gunships
Tulwar Patrol Combatants
LiirHra Light Cruiser
Empress V Mobile Shipyard

Hints:

1. Its a sh!t hot carrier pursuit in the initial stages of the scenario. Move to the attack! Cruisers should take point once the lineships are forced out of pursuit position. Your first objective is the resource patch bearing 000 positive 10 from initial heading. Secure it and deploy the Empress V. With a full task force, search for and destroy all Vagyr presence within area of operations.

2. You have no resources - so get rid of the CVF's unnecessary modules and ready resource collectors to plunder the spoils of the battlefield as the cruisers push forward. Do this simultaneous with combat operations - pause key as necessary. Only launch resource collectors when CVF is in stable position for resourcing.

3. Fire and Maneuver. Rotate the point cruisers - one bombards from range and the other closes to knifefighting range to bring secondary armament to bear. All this while escort ships keep the cruisers' flanks clear.

4. Roving Escorts - Frigates and fighters won't be able to stand in the line of battle - so use them as fast moving and hard hitting cavalry. Cruisers are the anvil and escorts are the hammer.

5. Defense fields. Many Hiigaran capital ships have been refitted with Third Generation defense field generators, with the exception of Arbiters. They are on the edge of obsolesence but are capable of providing serious railgun and missile support fire.

6. Operational Priority. You have it - start by calling in Khopesh AGs then moving up the line to the LiirHra class cruiser.

7. Preserve force composition. Use the cruisers to destroy centres of gravity of the opposition, for example heavy missile frigates within a frigate flotilla - that pose the greatest threat to your forces.

Good luck! This thread is for discussion for Scenario 1.

leng46uk wrote:The mission did not end as such though... after they were all properly dead i had a good search around the map and could not find any more red blips, however the second objective remained unchecked nonetheless. I was rather expecting a letterbox zoom and something along the lines of "Good job fleet you gave them a good thrashing" or whatever.
[ And it crahed a lot! But it is a cool scenario all the same !]

Viper114 wrote:
Which resource patch, though? There's the primary target (of which is impossible to beat without reinforcements being built), Target 2 and a couple of other non-marked patches. Which one do I go for, though? If I can get the Shipyard, at least, I can then handle things from there...