MarKaiSan
07/18/16 04:28 PM
82.132.224.188
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Hi,
I have a large collection of aerospace miniatures which include the Ral Partha items:
20-163 Clan Fighter #1 3 squads of 3 (which I have identified as Batu's)
20-164 Clan Fighter #2 3 squads of 3 (which I have identified as Jagatai's)
20-165 Clan Fighter #3 3 squads of 3 (which I have identified as Sabutai's)
and oddly the Inner Sphere squads which are given their correct names;
20-152 Fighters #1 Sparrowhawks
20-158 Fighters #2 Corsairs
20-159 Fighters #3 Slayers
Each of the above hex base's has 3 fighters which I take to denote a unit, so for example a squadron of 6 Inner Sphere aerospace fighters or a Star of 10 Clan aerospace fighters.
Which would make more sense in AT as the sheer cost of single miniatures and the large number of them on a game board would be impossible, the 8 Clan warship miniatures I currently own have a 140 fighter capacity and that does not include dropship fighter capacity!
Also as far as I am aware each aerospace squadron/star is made of the same fighter type.
So, and unless I am completely blind owning all Aerotech1/2 products, I have never seen record sheets to simplify fighter combat into their squadrons/stars, just single fighter record sheets.
has this been done already?
is it more practical? (surely it is)
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MarKaiSan
07/18/16 04:37 PM
82.132.224.188
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I forgot to add I have Battlespace as well, but I am mainly concentrating on the mech side.
Also the unit size is a disparity, a squadron of 6 Inner Sphere fighters going up against a higher technology and numerically superior Clan star of 10 fighters does not seem right, what about the next level up for Inner Sphere the wing of 18 fighters?
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Cray
07/18/16 06:25 PM
72.189.109.30
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Quote:
MarKaiSan writes:
So, and unless I am completely blind owning all Aerotech1/2 products, I have never seen record sheets to simplify fighter combat into their squadrons/stars, just single fighter record sheets.
has this been done already?
is it more practical? (surely it is)
Fighter squadron rules are present at least in Aerotech 2-Revised (p50-51), with the squadron record sheet on p. 166. I haven't checked earlier and later works.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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MarKaiSan
07/30/16 11:43 AM
82.132.240.183
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Cheers Cray, also found an earlier record sheet on Sarna.net for squadrons which appears to be an earlier version than AT2 with armor split up on nose/aft/left/right as opposed to AT2 record sheet which only has one value for the entire squadron.
Nice to have a choice, eh?
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