AVOID ENGAGEMENT: At the end of the Sea Movement phase, if there are enemy Ships within range 3 of this unit, you may move this unit one sector away from the nearest enemy Ship.
HARASSING FIRE 4: While undamaged, this unit can make range-4 Main Gunnery attacks using its range-3 attack value. It only scores hits on a 6 when using this ability.
Staying true to the specific battles, Gorizia's scoutplane promted the italian ommander to disengage, although this came too late and the cruisers were already tangling. Suits her career long term, she always seems to be on the perhipery of fights
AVOID ENGAGEMENT: At the end of the Sea Movement phase, if there are enemy Ships within range 3 of this unit, you may move this unit one sector away from the nearest enemy Ship.
HARASSING FIRE 4: While undamaged, this unit can make range-4 Main Gunnery attacks using its range-3 attack value. It only scores hits on a 6 when using this ability.
Named for a city on italy's eastern border which saw intense fighting in world war war 1. Gorizia was a of a class of well balanced heavy cruisers dating from the period of treaty restriction. By mid 1941 she was the last of her class still in operation. Engaging the allies in 4 major battles before being badly damaged by the USAAF in harbour during 1943. She was never repaired.
My estimate would be about 14 points, The Zara at 12 points serves as a good baseline of what this stat line should cost without any fancy flags or anything. I would say that Avoid engagement seems to me to be worth about as much as the stalwart effect would be and I would probably value Harassing fire at about 1/2 points, it holds the potential to be very valuable in certain circumstances, but even ER4 on a cruiser only seems to add about 2-3 points. so 12+1 or 2 = a cost of 13 or 14. I would opt for 14 as This would also make it similar to the regular Gorizia without, in my opinion making either clearly better as well as preserve the standing of the Zara as the desirable option when looking for the cheap 5armour escort cruiser. So final answer, in my opinion, 14 feels about right to me. but anyway, that is just my quick opinion on the matter. Id love to hear what others think about it!
AVOID ENGAGEMENT: At the end of the Sea Movement phase, if there are enemy Ships within range 3 of this unit, you may move this unit one sector away from the nearest enemy Ship.
HARASSING FIRE 4: While undamaged, this unit can make range-4 Main Gunnery attacks using its range-3 attack value. It only scores hits on a 6 when using this ability.
Named for a city on italy's eastern border which saw intense fighting in world war war 1. Gorizia was a of a class of well balanced heavy cruisers dating from the period of treaty restriction. By mid 1941 she was the last of her class still in operation. Engaging the allies in 4 major battles before being badly damaged by the USAAF in harbour during 1943. She was never repaired.
AVOID ENGAGEMENT: At the end of the Sea Movement phase, if there are enemy Ships within range 3 of this unit, you may move this unit one sector away from the nearest enemy Ship.
HARASSING FIRE 4: While undamaged, this unit can make range-4 Main Gunnery attacks using its range-3 attack value. It only scores hits on a 6 when using this ability.
Named for a city on italy's eastern border which saw intense fighting in world war war 1. Gorizia was a of a class of well balanced heavy cruisers dating from the period of treaty restriction. By mid 1941 she was the last of her class still in operation. Engaging the allies in 4 major battles before being badly damaged by the USAAF in harbour during 1943. She was never repaired.
Laid down March 1930 Launched 28 December 1930 Commissioned 31 December 1931 Fate Disabled by manned torpedoes in 1944, scrapped in 1946
Class and type Zara-class cruiser Displacement Standard: 11,712 long tons (11,900 t) Full load: 14,330 long tons (14,560 t) Length 182.8 m (599 ft 9 in) Beam 20.62 m (67 ft 8 in) Draft 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) Installed power 8 three-drum Thornycroft boilers 95,000 hp (71 MW) Propulsion 2 Parsons turbines Speed 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) Complement 841 Armament 8 × 203 mm (8.0 in)/53 cal. guns 16 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns 6 × Vickers-Terni 40 mm/39 guns 8 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) guns Armor Deck: 70 mm (2.8 in) Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in) Turret faces: 150 mm Barbettes: 150 mm Aircraft carried 2 seaplanes
Did you guys notice that Pola (her sister) and Trieste already have Harassing Fire 4?
I think Avoid Engagement is worth about 1/2 point at best. One: you don't get to attack if you move out of range. Maybe that is better if you are outgunned, but Two: moving backward is generally not a great thing to do in a "rush for the objectives" game. Tactically marginal.
Gorizia was the only survivor of her class of four heavy cruisers. She was in port under repairs when the Armistice was signed. Then sunk to keep the Germans from using her.
She was an active ship. Engaging in ship-to-ship combat at both Battles of Sirte, Battle of Calabria, Cape Teulada, and against numerous British convoys attempting to reach Malta.
I suggest the following:
Cruiser Division (new) - If this unit is in the same sector as a friendly Cruiser, this unit rolls one extra attack die when making Main Gunnery attacks this turn.
Survivor - If this unit receives hits equal to or greater than its Vital Armor, roll a die. On a 5 or higher, this unit takes 1 point of hull damage instead of being destroyed
Survivor for the obvious reason, Cruiser Division because the Italian cruisers almost always operated in Divisions of two or more cruisers.
I think this will make for something a little more unique and useful for the Italian players.
Cost of 13 I think. Maybe 14.
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