SFBPBEM Game 122

HR 2 Tourney Finals, Game H501: Adm. Sven Havoc vs Junker

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Sven Havoc in the ISC TCC
Junker in the Orion TBR

Moderated by Vandal

TURN ONE

HRII Finals, Game 501: Sven Havoc (ISC) vs Junker (Orion)
Turn     1
Impulse 32
Positions/speeds after impulse 32 movement
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IS ISC TCC         - 2917C Speed 24 
OR Orion TBR       - 3729B Speed 13 
d1 1 Orion drone   - 3424A Speed 20 
p1 20pt plas 1.32  - 2917C Speed 32 
Movement
Imp  IS    OR    d1    p1   
--- ----- ----- ----- ----- 
 01                         
 02 1702D                   
 03                         
 04 1703D 2629B             
 05                         
 06 1704D                   
 07                         
 08 1705D 2730B             
 09                         
 10 1706D 2829B             
 11                         
 12 1707D                   
 13       2930B             
 14 1708D                   
 15       3029B             
 16 1709D                   
 17                         
 18 1809C 3130B             
 19 1810C                   
 20 1911C 3229B             
 21 1912C                   
 22 2012C                   
 23 2113C 3330B             
 24 2213C                   
 25 2314C 3429B 3429A       
 26 2414C       3428A       
 27 2515C                   
 28 2615C 3530B 3427A       
 29             3426A       
 30 2716C 3629B             
 31 2816C       3425A       
 32 2917C 3729B 3424A 2917C 

Actions:

Imp Activity
--- --------------------------------------------------
 05 Orion announces speed change to 13
 06 Orion TBR (OR) changed speed to 13.
 17 ISC announces speed change to 31
 18 ISC TCC (IS) changed speed to 31.
 25 ISC announces speed change to 24
    Orion launches drone, speed 20, facing A
 26 ISC TCC (IS) changed speed to 24.
 29 ISC fires PPD. Roll of 4 hits. Wavelock establishe
    Damage is 1/2/0 to 5/6/1, 1 reinforcement, #1 shld
 30 Next PPD pulse. Same as last time. 1/2/0 to 5/6/1
 31 PPD again. Same as last time.
 32 ISC launches 20-pt plasms, launcher C, facing C
    Final PPD strike: 1/2/1 to 5/6/1.
    Total PPD damage 4/8/1 to 5/6/1.
    END OF TURN 1
    Correction: Final PPD pulse is 2/2 to 5/6.
    Total PPD damage is 5/8/0 to 5/6/1
    Reason: Split shields on Impulse 32.

Map, End of Turn 1



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/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 16
/   \___/   \___/ISC\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 17
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 18
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 19
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 20
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 21
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 22
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 23
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/d1A\___/   \___/   \___/   \ 24
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 25
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 26
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 27
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 28
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ORB\___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 29
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 30

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Map legend:
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ISC - ISC TCC         2917C Speed 24     _A_ 
ORB - Orion TBR       3729B Speed 13   F/   \B
d1A - 1 Orion drone   3424A Speed 20   E\___/C
p1C - 20pt plas 1.32  2917C Speed 32      D

Turn One Analysis

Junker, with no engines doubled, was apparently trying to get his photons overloaded, avoid significant PPD damage, and save engine damage. His choice to do so was valid, but by maintaining speed 13 and moving away from the ISC, he helped to box himself into a corner. Sandy, on the other hand, kept coming at decent speed for a range 15 PPD shot. He was going to shoot the PPD on turn 1, regardless of range. Because the Orion did not double, he had no reinforcement to use against the PPD damage, and thus lost a few shield boxes in exchange for overloaded weapons. Advantage, ISC.

TURN TWO

HRII Finals, Game 501: Sven Havoc (ISC) vs Junker (Orion)

Turn     2
Impulse 32

Positions/speeds after impulse 32 movement
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IS ISC TCC         - 2302D Speed 17 
OR Orion TBR       - 2213F Speed 26 
d1 1 Orion drone   - 2509A Speed 20 
p1 20pt plas 1.32  - 3423E Speed 32 (Destroyed)
p2 2x20-pt plas    - 2307E Speed 32 
i1 ISC shuttle     - 2403E Speed 06 
d2 1 Orion drone   - 2213A Speed 20 

Movement

Imp  IS    OR    d1    p1    p2    i1    d2   
--- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 
 01                   3017C                   
 02 3016B 3728A 3423A 3118C                   
 03                   3218C                   
 04 3015B 3627A 3422A 3319C                   
 05             3421A 3320C                   
 06 3115B 3626A       3420C                   
 07       3526A 3420A 3421C                   
 08 3114B 3525A 3419A 3422D                   
 09       3524A       3523D                   
 10 3113A 3423A 3418A 3423E                   
 11 3112A             xxxxx                   
 12 3111A 3422A 3417A xxxxx                   
 13 3110A 3322A 3317A xxxxx                   
 14 3109A 3321A       xxxxx                   
 15 3108A 3220A 3316A xxxxx                   
 16 3107A 3219A 3215A xxxxx                   
 17 3106A             xxxxx                   
 18 3105A 3119A 3214A xxxxx                   
 19 3004F 3118A       xxxxx                   
 20 3003F 3017F 3114F xxxxx                   
 21 2903F 2917F 3113F xxxxx                   
 22 2902F             xxxxx                   
 23 2801F 2816F 3012F xxxxx                   
 24 2701F 2716F 2912F xxxxx 2701D             
 25 2601E 2715F       xxxxx 2702D 2601D       
 26       2614F 2811F xxxxx 2602D 2602D       
 27 2501E             xxxxx 2603D 2603D       
 28       2613F 2711F xxxxx 2604D             
 29 2401E 2513F 2610F xxxxx 2505D             
 30       2413F       xxxxx 2405E             
 31 2301E 2313F 2510F xxxxx 2306E             
 32 2302D 2213F 2509A xxxxx 2307E 2403E 2213A 

Actions:

Imp Activity
--- --------------------------------------------------
 01 ISC TCC (IS) changed speed to 17.
    Orion TBR (OR) changed speed to 18.
    Orion has one engine doubled.
 06 Orion announces speed change to 26
 07 Orion TBR (OR) changed speed to 26.
 10 Plasma p1 hits Orion for 20 to #2 shield. REAL!
    ISC announces speed change to 31.
    Moderator error correction. Orion only takes 16
    to the #2 shield.
 11 ISC TCC (IS) changed speed to 31.
 24 ISC announces speed change to 17.
    ISC launches 2x20-pt plasmas, launchers B and D,
    facing D, speed 32.
 25 ISC TCC (IS) changed speed to 17.
    ISC launches shuttle, speed 5, facing D
 26 ISC shuttle announces speed change to 6
 27 ISC shuttle (i1) changed speed to 6.
 32 Shuttle i1 movement corrected.
    Orion launches drone, facing A, speed 20.

Map, End of Turn 2

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/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 01
/   \___/   \___/ISD\___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 02
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/i1E\___/   \___/   \___/ 03
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 04
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 05
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 06
/   \___/   \___/p2E\___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 07
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 08
/   \___/   \___/   \___/d1A\___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 09
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 10
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 11
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 12
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/ORF\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 13
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 14

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Map legend:
------------------------------------
ISD - ISC TCC         2302D Speed 17     _A_ 
ORF - Orion TBR       2213F Speed 26   F/   \B
d1A - 1 Orion drone   2509A Speed 20   E\___/C
p2E - 2x20-pt plas    2307E Speed 32      D   
i1E - ISC shuttle     2403E Speed 06   
d2A - 1 Orion drone   2213A Speed 20

Turn 2 Analysis

Because of Junker's low speed on turn one, Sandy was able to maintain range and loop around, re-arming his PPD. Junker was not able to get the close-in strike that he wanted, as he spent the entire turn chasing Sandy. The ISC plasma, launched on 32 of turn 1, was real (to Junker's apparent surprise), and did 16 to the Orions's #2 shield. This would come back to haunt him in Turn 4. Sandy used a shuttle as good drone defense, and launched more plasma late in the turn to try and deter the Orion. Junker made the mistake of turning his weak #2 shield to the ISC, and leaving it there for the rest of the turn.

TURN THREE


HRII Finals, Game 501: Sven Havoc (ISC) vs Junker (Orion)

Turn     3
Impulse 32

Positions/speeds after impulse 32 movement
------------------------------------------
IS ISC TCC         - 2305D Speed 04 
OR Orion TBR       - 1506B Speed 16 
d1 1 Orion drone   - 2304A Speed 20 (Destroyed)
p2 2x20-pt plas    - 1514A Speed 32 (Destroyed)
i1 ISC shuttle     - 2404D Speed 06 
d2 1 Orion drone   - 2304A Speed 20 (Destroyed)
d3 Orion Drone     - 1806B Speed 20 

Movement

Imp  IS    OR    d1    p2    i1    d2    d3   
--- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 
 01                   2207E                   
 02       2114E 2508A 2108E       2212A       
 03                   2109E                   
 04       2014E 2407A 2009E       2211A       
 05             2406A 2010E       2210A       
 06       1915E       1911E 2404E             
 07             2306A 1912E       2209A       
 08       1814F 2305A 1913D       2208A       
 09       1715F       1914D                   
 10       1614F 2304A 1814E       2207A       
 11 2402D 1515F xxxxx 1715E 2304F             
 12       1414F xxxxx 1615E       2206A       
 13       1413A xxxxx 1515F       2205A       
 14       1513A xxxxx 1514A                   
 15       1512A xxxxx xxxxx       2305B       
 16       1611A xxxxx xxxxx 2303A 2304A       
 17       1610A xxxxx xxxxx                   
 18       1510F xxxxx xxxxx       2303A       
 19             xxxxx xxxxx                   
 20       1410F xxxxx xxxxx       2303A       
 21             xxxxx xxxxx       2303A       
 22 2403D 1310F xxxxx xxxxx 2402B 2304A       
 23             xxxxx xxxxx       2304A       
 24 2304E 1309F xxxxx xxxxx       xxxxx       
 25             xxxxx xxxxx       xxxxx       
 26       1308A xxxxx xxxxx       xxxxx 1408B 
 27             xxxxx xxxxx 2403C xxxxx       
 28       1407A xxxxx xxxxx       xxxxx 1508B 
 29             xxxxx xxxxx       xxxxx 1607B 
 30       1406A xxxxx xxxxx       xxxxx       
 31             xxxxx xxxxx       xxxxx 1707B 
 32 2305D 1506B xxxxx xxxxx 2404D xxxxx 1806B 

Actions:

Imp Activity
--- --------------------------------------------------
 01 ISC TCC (IS) changed speed to 3.
    Orion TBR (OR) changed speed to 16.
 08 Orion announces speed change to 31
 09 Orion TBR (OR) changed speed to 31.
 11 Shuttle i1 fires ph-3 at d1, Roll 5, damage 4.
    Drone d1 destroyed.
 14 Plasma p2 faded away on impulse 12. Forgot!
 18 ISC tractors d2, 1 point.
    ISC labs d2. 2 Labs, rolls 1,5. Drone is IM on ISC
    Orion announces speed change to 16.
 19 Orion TBR (OR) changed speed to 16.
 23 ISC announces speed increase to 4!!!
    ISC tractors shuttle i1, 1 pt tractor.
    ISC fires ph-3 #12 at drone d2. Roll 2, drone dead
    ISC fires PPD at Orion. Roll 5. Wavelock on.
    Damage 1/3/1 to 2/3/4.
 24 ISC TCC (IS) changed speed to 4.
    Shuttle dragged to 2303.
    ISC drops tractor to shuttle.
    PPD Pulse 2: 1/3/1 to 2/3/4
 25 PPD Pulse 3: 1/3/1 to 2/3/4
    Orion launches drone, speed 20, facing B
 26 PPD Pulse 4: 1/4/1 to 1/2/3.
 27 Error correction. Orion was at Range 10 to ISC for
    PPD Pulses 2 and 3 as well as 4. All three should
    have been 1/4/1 damage. Add 2 damage to Orion
    #3 shield to correct error.
    ISC fires 6xPh1s at Orion #2 shield.
    Rolls are 165363, damage 5. Shield strength is 2.
 32 ISC launches 20-point plasma, launcher E, dir F
    ISC launches WW shuttle, speed 6, facing F.
    Orion fires photons B and C, phasers 1-4, and
    HB A at ISC, range 8, 2 shift due to weasel.
    Photons roll 4, 5, clean miss.
    Phasers roll 5,1,3,4, total damage 4.
    HB roll is 10, clean miss.
    Total damage, 4 shield hits to ISC #2.
    END OF TURN

MAP: END OF TURN 3

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/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/\ 01
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/\ 02
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/\ 03
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/i1D\___/   \___/\ 04
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ISD\___/   \___/   \/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/\ 05
/   \___/   \___/ORB\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/d3B\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/\ 06
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/\ 07
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/\ 08

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Map legend:
------------------------------------
ISD - ISC TCC         2305D Speed 04     _A_ 
ORB - Orion TBR       1506B Speed 16   F/   \B
i1D - ISC shuttle     2404D Speed 06   E\___/C
d3B - Orion Drone     1806B Speed 20      D

Analysis, Turn 3

Here, really, is where Junker lost the game. He overloaded his hellbore in energy allocation, which meant that he was definitely going on an attack run, but he only doubled one warp drive for extra power. I thought that was a definite mistake. If you're going on the attack, the Orion needs all the power he can muster. If he had 11-12 more power, the turn migt have gone very differently. His plans were certainly more complicated by Sandy's decision to 'star-castle.' (Definition for the uninitiated: Star Castle is to move slow, speeds 0-4, and use all your power for weapons and shields.) Sandy moved speeds of 3 and 4 the entire turn. Junker's choice was to go in through the G&F torps, then try to fight through more torps, weapons, and shield reinforcement, then try to do some damage, or break off the attack, run the torps out, and come back later. If he had had the extra power to reinforce a shield against the two existing torps, he might have succeeded on the attack. Failing that, he might have moved fast enough to run the torps out and then come back in for a close strike. Neither happened.

Junker did turn and run out the torps. His best bet at that point would probably have been to keep running, let the overloaded HB go dead, then spend a couple of turns re-arming. Basically, when your opponent star-castles, if you're not prepared to go in, then don't go in. Don't go in at all. Run away. But because of the oveloaded hellbore, Junker wanted to come back around. He fought to get to range 8 by the end of the turn. But where he really screwed up was in impulse 32. There were a lot of breaks leading up to the last impulse, and Junker got a little impatient. So on his last SOP, he asked for absolutely no break conditons, just fire all his weapons and go to the end of the turn. Thus, he did not get a break when Sandy launched the Wild Weasel.

In the long run, it made very little difference. The die rolls were so bad that none of the heavy weapons would have hit anyway. The net effect was to reduce 12 points of phaser damage to 4. But in the meantime, Junker took Sandy's second PPD blast on his 2 and 3 shield, further weakening the #2 shield.

TURN FOUR

HRII Finals, Game 501: Sven Havoc (ISC) vs Junker (Orion)

Turn     4
Impulse  8

Positions/speeds after impulse 8 movement
------------------------------------------
IS ISC TCC         - 2107E Speed 12 
OR Orion TBR       - 1707C Speed 04 
i1 ISC shuttle     - 2305E Speed 06 
d3 Orion Drone     - 2206C Speed 20 (Destroyed)
p3 20-pt plasma    - 1606E Speed 32 (Destroyed)
p4 40-pt plasma    - 2007E Speed 32 

Movement

Imp  IS    OR    i1    d3    p3    p4   
--- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 
 01                         2204F       
 02                   1906B 2105E       
 03 2306D                   2005E       
 04       1606B       2006B 1905F       
 05                   2106B 1805E       
 06 2206D 1606C 2305E       1706E 2206E 
 07                   2206C 1606E 2107E 
 08 2107E 1707C       xxxxx xxxxx 2007E 

Actions:

Imp Activity
--- --------------------------------------------------
 01 ISC TCC (IS) changed speed to 11.
    Orion TBR (OR) changed speed to 8.
    ISC announces activation of fire control
 04 Orion announces speed change to 4.
 05 Orion TBR (OR) changed speed to 4.
    ISC announces speed change to 12
    Orion phasers phaser-3 #10 at p3. roll 1, 4 damage
    ISC tractors WW and rotates it into bay.
 06 ISC TCC (IS) changed speed to 12.
    Orion TBR HET's to 1606C
    ISC uses 2 labs on drone. Rolls 2-3. Got it.
    Drone is Type IV.
    ISC launches 40-pt plasma, launcher C, facing E.
    Orion fires Ph-3s 5 & 6 at p3. Rolls 1,6. 7 damage
 07 p3 impacts Orion. Str=15-(11/2)=10 damage to
    the Orion's #6 shield. Shield at 12.
    Orion drone d3 impacts ISC #3 shield for 24
    damage. Shield reduced to zero, no internals.
    Orion fires Ph-1 D at ISC. Roll 3, 3 damage to
    ISC #2 shield.
 08 Orion concedes game. HR2 is OVER!

Current Map

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/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 02
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 03
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 04
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/i1E\___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 05
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 06
/   \___/   \___/ORC\___/   \___/ISE\___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/p4E\___/   \___/   \___/   \ 07
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 08
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/ 
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \ 09

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Map legend:
------------------------------------
ISE - ISC TCC         2107E Speed 12     _A_ 
ORC - Orion TBR       1707C Speed 04   F/   \B
i1E - ISC shuttle     2305E Speed 06   E\___/C
p4E - 40-pt plasma    2007E Speed 32      D

Analysis, Turn 4

And here is where everything finally falls apart. After firing all his overloads to no effect, the Orion decides (don't ask me why) to hang around and see what he can do with his phasers. (I can star-castle better than you!) He's got another F-torp coming at him, and Sandy has another G coming on line. Since Junker never found out if the G launched on Turn 2 was real, Sandy might have had two G torps, Junker didn't know. (In fact, the G launched on 2 was real, but Sandy still had the option of a fast-load from that launcher, which at close range is just as good. Junker's decision was based on two things: wild weasels. He had two in the bay, and figured that would be enough to absorb plasma damage while he wormed his way in to get a shot on 5.01. Still, however, he only doubled one warp drive, so his shield reinforcement was again low.

But, no plan survives first contact with the enemy. Junker started speed 8, hoping to draw out Sandy's plasma. Which he did, in the form of an enveloping G torp. Junker made his first mistake here. He waited for the F torp (launched on 3.32) to get to range 2, fired a couple of Ph-3s at it, then HETted to get more phasers on it before it hit. But his HET put him in a position that Sandy could hit him with the enveloper before he could weasel. Sandy recognized this and launched it immediately. (Had I been Sandy, I might have launched the fast-load a well. Junker was within range 5 and had a lot of spread-around shield damage. 20 points to the #6 followed by the enveloper would have left the Orion with no forward flank shielding. I think Sandy wanted to keep it and envelop it on turn 5, which was also a good plan. But Sandy could have won the game easily by taking down the #6 as well as the #2, then using his superior speed to get a shot on either down shield with all six phasers. Even if it were through a 2 shift, it would have been significant.)

Sandy also make a mistake here, in his SOP. With an Orion drone closing on him, he submitted the following SOP:

Impulse 6: Use 2 labs on drone d3.
           If type 1, fire ph-3 from shuttle and one ph-3 from ship, autokill.
           If unidentified, fire 2 phaser-3s from ship, autokill.

Of course, the error here is that there are no orders what to do if the drone IS identified and is NOT a type 1, which it was not. The drone took down Sandy's #3 shield, forcing Sandy to turn the following impulse. Junker fired a phaser, thinking that he was on the down shield. (I made the same mistake.) It plinked off the #2.

At this point, Junker has an enveloping G torp bearing down on him, he's slow, he's given up his movement advantage, and Sandy is going to be able to hurt him a little before the end of the turn. Sandy has lost a shield, but is in a position to keep it away from Junker for another turn or two, while the Orion picks up speed. By the time the Orion does pick up speed, the PPD will be back for a third and possible fourth shot, on already weak or missing shields. The game could have continued, but Junker knew it would be an uphill battle against a first-rate opponent. So he conceded.