Honor Harrington Scenario One - Bishops Take Rook

Royal Manticorian Navy Briefing

Battlecruiser Squadron 12

General Overview and Orders

Then a report came in from a picket destroyer that the Peeps were moving reinforcements in system, a full SDN squadron with escorts. During the reinforcement, something happened to an escort Sultan; possibily, it came too close to a SDN. Whatever happened, there was a massive grav spike, and then there was a Sultan, undergoing a crash shutdown.

The picket noticed two other Sultans going to the aid of the first one, before it had to run to escape the Peeps. Which means, there are three BCs, sitting out there, within 2 million klicks of the hyper limit.

White Haven has told you to go and get them. Capture any disabled ships if possible; if not, destroy them in place. You have managed to maneuver your squadron to come out of hyper space right at the hyperlimit, on the closest approach to the Peeps.

Finally, some action!

Forces Available

• First Division
  HMS Agamemnon, Reliant II Class BC, (Flag)
  HMS Essex, Reliant Class BC
  
• Second Division
  HMS Endeavour, Reliant Class BC
  HMS Excalibur, Reliant Class BC
  
• Third Division
  HMS Pythagoras, Homer Class BC
  HMS Gunthar, Star Knight Class CA
  HMS Broadsword, Star Knight Class CA
  HMS Brilliant, Star Knight Class CA
  

Enemy Opposition

Intel reports that the lack of morale exhibited by the Republic Navy in the early part of the war has been, for the most part, corrected. While their technology is still not at par with the RMN, it has been improved, with old ship classes being refit and new ship classes being comissioned. It is unknown at this time whether or not these ships are new generation ships.

Terrain

Special Rules

• Due to the high morale of the RMN, ignore involuntary striking the flag as per MT rules.
• To reflect the technology and crew quality of the RMN, RMN ships get a +1 to all Sensor and ECM rolls (including jamming enemy fire control), +1 to missile damage, +1 to PDAF/ADAF rolls, and +1 to Damage Control.
• Admiral Hemphill has asked that your squadron test some new weapons in battle conditions. These weapons are new, two-stage missiles, as opposed to the single stagers your ships fire now. You have ten salvoes available for B class launchers, to be fired at your discretion. However, if fired, Hemphill would very much like that no Peep ship that saw the missile survive to tell base about it.
  Multi-Stage Missiles
  These come in two modes: Long Range , or Terminal Maneuver. Long Range missiles have a range of 80". When in Terminal Homing mode, these missiles add +2 to the To-Hit number.

• Agamemnon has been equiped with a new Inertial Compensator. At Full Military power, add +2 to your top thrust.

Victory Points Awarded

• Full Cost of any enemy ship destroyed
• Half Cost of any enemy ship damaged or that surrenders
• Double Cost of any enemy ship captured
• LOSE full cost of any surrendered ship that is destroyed by RMN fire
• LOSE 500 pts if Haven ship escapes with knowledge of new weapon

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