Ship Boardings: Fast Rules

[Olothontor]

Nice. I don't buy enough sets, and therefore get few minifigs. And usually when I DO buy a set and get a few figs, they're scrapped soon afterwards for something I'm building... hands always go first.

[jifel]

Perhaps I will have a forum battle, brikspace style, after DD.

jifel

[Olothontor]

Hell yes. I'm totally in as soon as it goes up.

[MasterEcabob]

I've got a Brikspace forum battle coming up hopefully sometime in July that will include boarding action. Unfortunately it will go pretty slow since I'll be in camp most of the time then.

[Olothontor]

Hmmm. That is unfortunate. Oh, well. Such is life. Not everything is Brikwars (unfortunately).

[pesgores]

Great, thanks pesgores! Just one question: what happens once a ship is taken over? Is it just disabled, as the Marines you sent in are busy attempting to keep the crew quiet (and/or killing them off), or does the AMP get to use the ship on a successful takeover?

Well, it's up to the players what they decide to do with it. Disable then leave it, start controlling it or destroy it upon leaving it.

what if theres two temas of marines in one ship?

They can attack as much times as they want, but only 1 per turn and per attack.

You can use these rules wherever, whenever you want. Just credit me for them.

[benkim123]

Sure!

[Olothontor]

Thanks again, friend.

[Theblackdog]

Actually I also wrote my own fast rules for ship boarding. Basically, ships with the Boarding ability can deploy boarding parties against targets up to 3" away. A boarding party can choose to either Sabotage the ship or capture it. Capturing the ship transfers control of the ship to you, and requires a die roll of 5 or higher to accomplish. Sabotaging the ship is a bit more complex. Roll 1D6 and refer to these results:
1-2: the boarding party is eliminated.
3: the weakest weapon on the target ship is destroyed.
4: the strongest weapon on the target ship is destroyed.
5: the target ship's special ability is disabled.
6: the target ship's engine is disabled.
If the attacking ship in a boarding attack (Sabotage or capture) is a capital ship (Destroyer class or larger), add 1 to your roll. If the defending ship is a capital ship, subtract 1 from your roll.
Frigates may carry 3 boarding parties, destroyers may carry 5.

[Olothontor]

Ah, and now it comes down to which is more efficient.

[benkim123]

This one sounds more reasonable.

[Theblackdog]

Also:
Boarding Torpedoes: a ship with the Boarding Torpedo special ability may deploy up to 3 Boarding Torpedoes (acceleration 12", silhouette 9, armor 1D6, 1 HP, fuel for 4 turns) per game. Instead of flying up to an enemy vessel and exploding, these torpedoes ram the enemy ship and release a squad of marines into the target ship. A boarding torpedo's boarding squad has the same strength as a frigate's boarding squad, but you can combine boarding attacks from 2 or more torpedoes for more strength.
Boarding torpedoes are equipped with powerful retro rockets to decelerate just before impact; if the torpedo runs out of fuel before it can find its target, it can use the rockets to come to a complete stop so that its mothership can retrieve and re-use it.

[501stCadians]

Using these rules today,teaching my lil bro Brikwars... He's building a small ship and an astriod base to fight over. It's all rainbow,even the quickey ship i made is multi. Boarding ship!

[benkim123]

I will surely use the boarding torpedos in my brickspace games!

[pesgores]

Actually I also wrote my own fast rules for ship boarding. Basically, ships with the Boarding ability can deploy boarding parties against targets up to 3" away. A boarding party can choose to either Sabotage the ship or capture it. Capturing the ship transfers control of the ship to you, and requires a die roll of 5 or higher to accomplish. Sabotaging the ship is a bit more complex. Roll 1D6 and refer to these results:
1-2: the boarding party is eliminated.
3: the weakest weapon on the target ship is destroyed.
4: the strongest weapon on the target ship is destroyed.
5: the target ship's special ability is disabled.
6: the target ship's engine is disabled.
If the attacking ship in a boarding attack (Sabotage or capture) is a capital ship (Destroyer class or larger), add 1 to your roll. If the defending ship is a capital ship, subtract 1 from your roll.
Frigates may carry 3 boarding parties, destroyers may carry 5.

Hmmm. You do state the difference between BP from Big ships, but BPs can be different from each other, as a Capital Ship can be empty and a small corvette loaded with bloodthirsty troopers. Ouch.