Talon PBF 3: A Chance Encounter

It might be different if the repairs had happened.

No change to Talon power curves.

Ship Curve A B C D E F
Thor 2-4-2 move AP, move move AP, move
Shadow 1-3-0 move move AP, move
Hunter 0-4-1 move move move move

All ships’ FTL is now available.

5.A Thor and Hunter to move.

Thor turns right.

Over to you!

@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Darn, I was afraid you’d do that.

(Sorry, correction, Thor has to wait another round for FTL but Shadow and Hunter can jump at the end of this round.

Shadow uses last afterburner and turns to port.
Hunter moves straight.
Hunter repairs: d6: 4

4.B Shadow to move, no AP.

Nothing from Thor.

@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Shadow moves ahead.
Hunter repairs: d6: 1

4.C Thor has AP and move, Hunter move only.

(and I have an RPG session to run shortly so won’t be about for a bit.)

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Thor spends her AP to Charge her Batteries.

She then moves Forward.

Back to you!

(Have a great session!)

@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Hunter moves forward.
Hunter attempts repair. d6: 3


4.D, everyone moves, no AP.

Thor turns Starboard.

Back to you.

@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Shadow and Hunter both straight forward.
Hunter repairs. d6: 1

4.E no moves or AP.

I think you missed my Starboard Turn from 4D (looks like you moved me straight instead). I think I should be at Range 4 from the Shadow, one column to the left of her straight aft. If that makes sense.

Anyway, no action on 4E from the Thor.

@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Quite right, sorry. Revised image, and no actions from me so this works for the end of 4.E too.

Hunter repairs: d6: 6

4.F everyone and everything

At long last. I was starting to have my doubts about Famous Scottish Engineers School.

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Thor spends her AP to Charge 1 Yellow box on her Torpedoes.

She then Moves Forward.

No shots.

Over to you!

Hunter turns to starboard.
Shadow reinforces aft, and moves ahead.

Power phase - but at this point both DDs will activate FTL and retreat. If Hunter’s repairs had gone live a turn earlier, it might have been different, but Shadow can’t survive for long enough to let Hunter get back to get a shot in.

Good game, thank you!

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Thor watches as the Shadow blips out of real-space and into FTL.

“Fire the Antimatter Torpedoes.”
“Sir? There’s nobody left.”
“I know. But who knows, maybe in two or three million years, travelling in a straight line, they’ll hit one of the descendants of those Talon ships…”

Good game! Thank you!

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Reigniting an interstellar war that had been at peace for eons!

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