Following up on their attacks on Omicron, the Aquians seized the planet known to the Federation as Nostradamus. Finding it heavily fortified, the Federation decides upon a series of raids to soften up the Aquian defenses.
First up is a raid on the outer orbital defenses. In the lead is the torpedo rocket Betelgeuse Betty.
Betty experiences little resistance on the way in. She collides with some debris that damages the tail turret, but she is able to make repairs.
The torpedo run is successful. Anti-rocket fire misses and Betty scores 3 out of 6 torpedo hits.
She turns for home, but gets bounced by a bunch of Aquian scout ships. Fighter escorts drive off a few, then Betty's gunners go to work. They manage to destroy 3 and drive off the rest.
In the next zone, 2 heavy fighter attack. They miss and break off.
They are followed by a lone scout. It breaks off when it sees the Federation escort.
As Betty approaches home, she is surprised by an Aquian drone equipped with anti-rocket artillery. Its salvo damages the shields and destroys the nose turret.
Nevertheless, Betty clears the enemy defenses and makes it back home to the Federation carrier Polaris. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
Game Notes
- I managed to salvage my files for my Star Raiders game, which I mentioned last week. I decided to run a quick scenario.
- I am going to do a 5 game campaign with Betelgeuse Betty. Normally, I roll D6+2 for the target zone. For this campaign, I am going to start with D6 and work up to D6+2. The idea is to start with some short missions and get longer as the campaign goes on. For this game, I rolled a 3.
- Since last time, I added a repair roll and escorts. Both paid off. I lost a turret on turn 2, but was able to get it back into operation. Escorts were able to drive off a number of attacking rockets.
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