Range 3,100 nautical miles (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement 187 officers and enlisted men
Armament
6 x 5.1 in guns (3 x 2)
4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns (2 x 2)
4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in)MG (2 x 2)
7 x 21.7 in TT (1 × 3, 2 x 2)
8 depth charges; 1 × chute
Planned a one of a class of 12, Epee was one if only handful complete by the fall of france. She escorted Jean Bart to Casablanca. In response to British attacks onfrench ports in africa, Epee joined a flotilla of destroyers to raid near gibraltar. Only encountering a unidentified destroyer they unconclusively engaged. There after she was held for counter atracks against landings on the french med coast, until the germans attempted to seize the fleet. At which time she was scuttled. Italy raised and began refitting her but were frustrated by allied bombings.
Epeé - France Destroyer - 1939 MG 5 5 4 AA 5 ASW 4 The class had their DC rack in a chute below the main deck that dropped out of trap doors in the stern. TT 2 1 1 A2 V7 H2 (Stats per LeHardi)
The suggestion is for something that support the classic french speed archetype. Some options include torpedo run or lead the attack.
I would like to see the French get a destroyer that does a classic torpedo surface attack. That is what they were designed for (Torpedo Boats).
The French moiunted a destroyer attack at Casablanca that was quickly routed because they were so outgunned. But they tried.
Torpedo Charge - Once per game, at the end of the Sea Movement phase, you may move this unit one sector. A unit moving this way can only move to a sector from which it will be able to make a Torpedo attack during the Surface Attack phase.
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Torpedo Salvo - This unit gets +1 on each attack die when making Torpedo attacks while in the same sector as a friendly Destroyer.
This is not a super deadly combination on a 2-1-1 torpedo line
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My preference is a bring a friend option but the above is also good.
Torpedo Run - Once per game, at the end of Sea Movement, you may move this unit and a friendly Destroyer in its sector one sector. The unit must be able to make a Torpedo attack in the Surface attack phase.
I would be fine with this. It is the combination that is already on Stord so I was trying to differentiate a bit. But the main differentiation is Épeés weaker torpedo line and that is what matters.
With Torpedo Charge you would just have to bring multiple Épeés. Or another destroyer with a movement SA.
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Class and type Le Hardi-class destroyer Displacement
1,772 tons standard Length 117.2 m (384 ft 6 in) (o/a) Beam 11.1 m (36 ft 6 in) Speed 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) Range 3,100 nautical miles (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) Complement 187 officers and enlisted men Armament
6 x 5.1 in guns (3 x 2) 4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns (2 x 2) 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in)MG (2 x 2) 7 x 21.7 in TT (1 × 3, 2 x 2) 8 depth charges; 1 × chute
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Epeé - France Le Hardi class Destroyer - 1939 Cost 8? MG 5 5 4 AA 5 ASW 4 TT 2 1 1 A2 V7 H2
Torpedo Run - Once per game, at the end of Sea Movement, you may move this unit and a friendly Destroyer in its sector one sector. The unit must be able to make a Torpedo attack in the Surface attack phase.
Torpedo Salvo - This unit gets +1 on each attack die when making Torpedo attacks while in the same sector as a friendly Destroyer.
To fully justify the cost of 8 I would add this "light" SA to reflect its use escorting battleships a couple of times and convoy duty. Convoy SAs generally don't add much to cost. Convoy Guard - Enemy Ships roll one less attack die when making Gunnery attacks against friendly Auxiliaries in the same sector as this unit
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Not a fan on of shim SAs myself. Its of a negligble cost as this would be 8 anyway.
In this case I don't think it is a "shim" really. I agree it is about a cost 8 DD anyway. I suggested it for the historical flavor. I am not married to it.
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There’s also zero synergy with those SAs so that for sure doesn’t factor into cost. This combo could be pretty strong with Mogador, Milan, and Le Terrible in play. And if you bring Le Fantasque and can’t use Flank Speed you then also have the ability to move up anyway with Torpedo Run.
In the competitive world you’re going to see this with smokers as a screen or with other 2/2/1 destroyers that can’t make an extra sector movement.