Hi!
At the moment there is a consierable development of the Tau Commerce Protection Fleet, or Kor'vattra Qath'fannor - i.e. the Forgeworld range of Tau ships - and it seems to me that there would be ample room in the Epic T'au list for one of these ships to act as an orbiting spacecraft.
There are four versions of the ships out there so far:
*The ship stats available in IA3 - which SG does not accept as official, as they are doing
*Their own fleet list, which they had to take down - apparently due to an issue with FW - I'll email it to who wants it,
*Ray Bell(a mod and BFG developer at SG)'s own list at http://www.one-end.com/port-maw/forum_v ... .168.0#169
and
*The current forum edition of the list, here at http://www.beerbadger.force9.co.uk/Shin ... %20CPF.pdf
The fleet lists' discussions are going on over at http://www.specialist-games.com/forum/f ... FORUM_ID=3
Now, there are a few issues up in the air regarding the stats for certain starships, but we can see whether one of the starships on offer may do for the Epic list (at the moment the Custodian seems to be a less controversial starship than the Protector, and as the Custodian is the battleship it wouldn't have to clash with the Hero)
So, based on the Custodian's current forum list stats: EDIT - Changing cost to match Imperial BB, potential Tracer missile load in italics
TAU OR?ES EL?LEATH ?CUSTODIAN? CLASS BATTLESHIP - 300 points
Experience with the Gal?Leath in combat, particularly against the Gue?la incursion into sovereign Tau space during the Damocles Crusade, demonstrated a number of significant shortcomings that could not be overcome without a radical hull redesign, despite notable advances incorporated into the experimental Bor?kan variant of the venerable Gal?Leath. As the
Kor?or?vesh initiative bore fruit with a progressively larger series of completely new and successful hull designs, it was only logical that the next step would be to produce a battleship-class vessel.
Early operational tests proved that like the other designs resulting from the Kor?or?vesh initiative, it met or exceeded all objectives required for the new ship. Despite the horrendous costs and resource expenditure involved in building these vessels, a number of Septs adopted the design and produced
them in small numbers. For many tau?cyr these ships were held in reserve, and it was quite some time before knowledge of this vessel?s existence became widespread.
First encountered by Imperial forces led by Admiral Kotto during the Taros Campaign, the ?Custodian? class and its attendant escorts were a complete surprise to the Imperial fleet. Appreciating the threat this class represented, the battleship A?rho in particular was ruthlessly hunted down and destroyed
by Admiral Kotto?s fleet. Subsequently, the Or'es El'leath has taken its place at the core of the Tau Empire's new Commerce Protection Fleets.
Type Speed Armour Close Combat Firefight
Spacecraft n/a n/a n/a n/a
Weapon Range Firepower Notes
Pin-point attack n/a MW2+ Titan Killer (D3)
8x Tracer Missiles n/a MW6+ Missile Bombardment
Notes: Transport (may carry up to 18 Morays and/or Orcas plus any troops carried in them; Mantas (plus any troops in
them) can also be carried but count as three craft for transport capacity purposes), Slow and steady ? may not be used on turns one and two of a battle unless the scenario specifically states otherwise.
Thoughts?
Gary