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Here are a couple of 500/750pt lists I drew up for the Imperial Navy. I hope they all make sense.

Constructive critism desired.

Imperial Gothic Fleet 1

Dictator Cruiser 220pt
Lunar Cruiser 180pt
3x Sword Frigate 105pt

505pt

Imperial Gothic Fleet 2
2x Dictator Cruiser 440pt
Admiral 50pt

490pt

Imperial Gothic Fleet 3

Tyrant Cruiser 185pt with 45cm batteries and Nova 215 (10 for 45s, 20 for Nova)
Gothic Cruiser 180pt

365-395pt + Admiral/escorts

Tyrant with 45cm 195pt
Gothic 180pt
Fleet Admiral Ld 8 50pt
2x Sword Class 70pt

495pt

Dictator 220pt
Sword Class 35pt

750pt


Imperial Gothic Fleet 4

Mars Battlecruiser 270pt
2x Dauntless 220pt

490pt

Imperial Gothic Fleet 5

Mars Battlecruiser 270pt
Admiral Ld 9 100pt or 1x Dauntless 110pt
Tyrant with 45cm 195pt
Gothic Cruiser 180pt

745-755pt

Imperial Gothic Fleet 6

Tyrant with 45cm 195pt
Gothic Cruiser 180pt
4x Sword Class or 3x Cobra Class + Fleet Admiral 140pt
Vengeance/Exorcist/Avenger Class Grand Cruiser 230/230/220pt

745pt


And some FW Tau fleets

Tau Gothic Fleet 1

Custodian 310pt
Either
6x Warden Class 180pt
490pt

Or
3x Warden Class 90pt
2x Castellan Class 100pt
500pt

Or
Protector 190pt
500pt

Tau Gothic Fleet 2
Custodian 310pt
2x Protector 380pt
Castellan 50pt
740pt



Regards
Darragh

That's quite a variety of fleets. What are you planning on using these for? Just casual games?

Yeh just some casual games at the local GW, thinking of maybe organising a mini tournament.

I was kind of going for a variety, a fleet to suit all if you will.

I'd say that you need at least a few escorts so that your cruisers and other capital ships don't get targeted as easily as your opponent would like.

So at 500 pts base my fleet around a single Cruiser and fill in with escorts?

Yes it could. I'd go with maybe two cruisers depending on their cost...escorts kind of go down easily.

You can only deploy as many Wardens as there are grav hooks in the fleet available.

Thus with one Custodian you may deploy a maximum of three Wardens (which you should).

No Custodian = No Wardens.

I reckon Dominator better as Tyrant.

I would agree with Field_Mouse that two crusiers are a very good idea, they have WAY more survivability than escorts alone.

I would probably go with:
Lunar 180pts
Lunar 180pts
4x Swords 140pts
500pts total.

This would be fairly solid, with a mix of lances and batteries. It's only weakness is lack of fighters, but it's hard to get a good compromise with such a small number of points to play with. An alternative would be to run 2 Dictators with a couple of cobras to screen them a bit. This sacrifices lances though.

You cannot have 6 Wardens in the Tau list. 3 Wardens per Custodian max.

Other option for 500:
1 Protector
6 Castellans

That's cool.

Protectors are good.

I would go with the dictators and a couple cobras... ordnance is hard to deal with in the lower point levels, and the amount of ordnance that a pair of dictators can put out is pretty good.

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I would go with the dictators and a couple cobras... ordnance is hard to deal with in the lower point levels, and the amount of ordnance that a pair of dictators can put out is pretty good.

This. Paired Torps and AC are lethal. Also the ships look cool.