[STAW] Return to the Neutral Zone (Roms vs Feds 1000pt Bat Rap)

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**Mr. S Baldrick**

Tensions have continued to mount between the Romulan Star Empire and the United Federation of Planets since their last meeting in the Neutral Zone.
(http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/613313.page)

Revaling in their victory the Romulans have occupied the Neutral Zone and refuse to budge. Federation diplomats insist that the Empire withdraw and issue an ultimatum. The Romulan response is to sever all diplomatic ties and fire upon any ship that enters the Neutral Zone. With the diplomatic road closed, Starfleet must attempt to force the Romulans out.

Starfleet has again placed Admiral Ross in command of Federation forces, he has made Sisko his wing commander. The Romulans are commanded by Admiral Mendak, who Starfleet intelligence believes may become the next Praetor. To the shock of the Romulan officer core, Mendak had named Taris his second in command.

As the Federation fleet enters the system both captains and crews are faced with the wreckage of the USS Christopher Pike. In the last battle with the Romulans the Pike was lost with all hands, it stands as a grim reminder of what the Federation has at stake.

Spoiler:

Just a note before getting started, to keep things looking more TNG era we are using the Praetus model for all BoP even though we are using the ship cards for the TOS BoP. So that is why they cloak. Also because it is such a big game there won’t be much of a play by play, just listing of what ships were destroyed.

Set up

Turn 1
The fleets advance.

Turn 2

Solok’s Nebula is destroyed. Haakona leaves the USS Excelsior smoking with one hull left.

Turn 3
Things are about to get bloody.

Federation looses Burke, Sulu, Dougherty, Ben Maxwell, and a Saber Class. Romulans loose Centurion, Rekar, Gal Gathong, Liviana, Valdor, and Hiren. 11 ships in all.

Turn 4
Data and the Excelsior are lost to a Warp Core Breach.

Federation loose Terrell, Riker, and a Defiant Class. Romulans loose 2 BoP

Turn 5

Both an Oberth and the Stargazer are lost to Toreth’s Disruptor Pulse. The Federation also loose Styles. The Romulans loose the Vo, Tomalak, and the Avatar of Tomed.

Turn 6

Federation loose Pike and Desoto. Romulans loose Toreth

Turn 7

Federation loose an Excelsior, the Doctor, and the Equinox.

Turn 8

Federation loose Ransom. Romulans loose Letant and a generic Warbird.

Turn 9

Federation loose Pressman, an Excelsior, and a Nova class. Romulans loose Haakona and the Romulan Commander.

Turn 10

Romulans loose a BoP and a Science Vessel.

Turn 11

Federation loose the Intrepid Class Flagship and the Yeager.

Turn 12

Federation loose the Enterprise D. Romulans loose a BoP.

Turn 13

Federation loose Spock. The Romulans loose the last BoP.

With all hopes of victory dashed, Sisko orders all Federation ships to withdraw out of the Neutral Zone. All starships are to fall back to Starbase 12 and prepare for invasion.

I hope you had fun reading, we had fun playing

**captain bloody fists**

Holy crap that was a mosh pit of death....

**Rune Stonegrinder**

Scroll down really fast and you'll get a giggle. the size of the games drops by nearly half in each frame.

looked like fun.

**Tamwulf**

I can only imagine how long that game took to play. LOL

That many ships and that many possible combo's... whew. I really liked that it was faction pure.

**Mr. S Baldrick**

In total it took about 12 hours to play, 4.5 the first and around 7 the second day. I can't recall how long it took to set up though. We tried our best to keep things faction pure. We bent the rules a little for the EM pulse on the Science vessels. Other wise the only tech available to them is the Muon Feedback and that is a one shot wonder. That would leave them nothing else to do for the rest of the game

We also don't use cloaked mines very much at home

The Feds also got Cal Hudson, we figured he and Pressman were pardoned.

**Ratius**

You might wanna spoiler the actual army lists, they make the thread kinda unweildy to view.

**Mr. S Baldrick**

Ratius wrote:
You might wanna spoiler the actual army lists, they make the thread kinda unweildy to view.

Ask and ye shall receive