Tau concentrate on left flank, far away from Emperor. IN central, opposing Tau left flank.
#1
Imperial Navy gets first turn. Moves forward. A-boats + fighters launched, lot on cap. Nova Cannon inflicts a hit on Emissary.
Tau unleash waves of missiles as they should. Fighters take out missiles.
#2
Nova Cannon HITS Protector, 4 hits left. Nova Cannon hits mine Protector, Protector destroyed (mine). All BFI failed. My Protector/Emissary squadron needs to brace.
Swords take out 1 Castellan.
Fighters eliminate more missiles. Assault boats destroy a Castellan of mine.
Gothic is destroyed by a supremacy Manta attack. Great rolls by Elkerlyc.
Complete Tau fleet reloads (when possible) (1 re-roll needed). 3 Castellans with lock on fail to destroy a Sword. Subsequent additional fire as well. Dictator receives hits, needs to brace. Dominator takes 2 hits from missiles.
#3
Dominator NC misses Protector. Firing does not do much. Fighters try to keep Tau ordnance at bay.
Complete Tau fleet reloads. Castellans manage to take down a Sword from flanking squadron. Swinging around small planet combined attacks bring down Dictator to 1 hitpoint. Good braces on last hits.
2 Tau missiles have nothing else to do then hit Emperor, 5 turrets, 1 missiles goes on...hits! Critical...fire! Laughing all around. Fire repaired though. Dominator needs to brace as well.
#4
Crippled Dictator/Mars disengage. Combined fire from Emperor/Dominator/2 Swords/1 Sword cripple a Protector from Elkerlyc.
Tau fleets reloads/locks on (1 re-roll needed). Castellans finally remove last Sword from its squadron. Combined firepower from locked on Protector and Emissary/Protector squadron cripple Dominator (2 hits left). I finally do a good attack dice (4 sixes on 7 dice vs Dominator prow).
Sword squadron survives 10 missiles...
END GAME
Tau 379,5 victory points:
Gothic destroyed
Dictator crippled/disengaged
Mars disengaged
Dominator crippled
2x Sword squadron destroyed
Imperial Navy 351 victory points:
Protector destroyed
Emissary disengaged
Protector crippled
2x Castellan squadron destroyed
Conclusion:
if it wasn't for Elkerlyc's dice roll it would've been a bad day for the Tau. Not that the Imperial Navy should complain with 3 HITS in a row with Nova Cannons.
In the end an ultramini minor victory for Tau. Field position debatable (2 healthy Protectors, 1 healthy Emisssary, 1 crippled Protector (3 hits), 5 Castellans vs Emperor (11 hits), Dominator crippled (2 hits), 4 Swords.
Emissaries are still crap. Though the combined battery power of a Protector & Emissary within 30cm was cool. (I forgot 4wb I recall at this very moment)... but 4 sixes on 7 dice is good enough.
If squadron rules and brace for impact are changed it is a viable idea I guess.
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