Deck 5 Opening Salvo - HMS Temeraire
Nov 27, 2017 19:12:05 GMT
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Post by weedsrock2 on Nov 27, 2017 19:12:05 GMT
As promised, we give you the HMS Temeraire. Normally we do a pair of opening salvoes, but there isn't another Axis battleship to pair it up with.
HMS Temeraire was the second ship of the Lion class to be laid down at the start of WWII. The ships were intended for Pacific service. It wasn't long before the Royal Navy realized they needed escort ships and carriers a lot more than they needed more battleships. The ships were canceled on the ways. The "battleship crowd" was able to push through HMS Vanguard as an alternative by designing it to use the existing 15" guns pulled off of the battlecruisers Glorious and Courageous when they were converted to aircraft carriers. We know a lot of people wanted the Lions to be "Friederich der Grosse" killers. Unfortunately for gamers, the Royal Navy never planned to build 45,000 ton or larger battleships. They didn't have the budget or the desire. Instead, the British spent their efforts in the 30's trying to talk the other nations out of building the behemoths through the naval treaty process - to no avail.
After a lot of "energetic" back-and-forth with the public play testers we settled on a souped-up version of Stalwart that removes all effects of being "crippled" on the last hull point. In the typical BB vs BB "dice attrition game" this at least keeps her at full strength on that last hull point. It's not a sixth hull point, but improves the odds considerably without creating an "Xtreme Hull 5" that would unbalance the rest of the Hull 5 BB category. She is still a beast!
Also, as a "what-if" ship with her sister HMS Lion both having unique named cards, the class limit for this ship (and Lion) will now be two.
HMS Temeraire was the second ship of the Lion class to be laid down at the start of WWII. The ships were intended for Pacific service. It wasn't long before the Royal Navy realized they needed escort ships and carriers a lot more than they needed more battleships. The ships were canceled on the ways. The "battleship crowd" was able to push through HMS Vanguard as an alternative by designing it to use the existing 15" guns pulled off of the battlecruisers Glorious and Courageous when they were converted to aircraft carriers. We know a lot of people wanted the Lions to be "Friederich der Grosse" killers. Unfortunately for gamers, the Royal Navy never planned to build 45,000 ton or larger battleships. They didn't have the budget or the desire. Instead, the British spent their efforts in the 30's trying to talk the other nations out of building the behemoths through the naval treaty process - to no avail.
After a lot of "energetic" back-and-forth with the public play testers we settled on a souped-up version of Stalwart that removes all effects of being "crippled" on the last hull point. In the typical BB vs BB "dice attrition game" this at least keeps her at full strength on that last hull point. It's not a sixth hull point, but improves the odds considerably without creating an "Xtreme Hull 5" that would unbalance the rest of the Hull 5 BB category. She is still a beast!
Also, as a "what-if" ship with her sister HMS Lion both having unique named cards, the class limit for this ship (and Lion) will now be two.
