Star Trek: Attack Wing @ Dragons Den: Store Event: Battle for Wolf 359!

Event at The Dragon's Den

This was a really fun and innovative event that was developed and fine tuned by staff and players. A Play version of Wolf 359 involving 10 players and one Borg cube. For those of you who are not familiar with this battle you can read about it Here. Some rules where bent for ships to participate allowing Dominion ships to aid in the fight. But things got kind of silly with 5 Captain Jean Luc Picards on the table Ranging from the Cardassian Kraxon to the Actual Enterprise-D (I was Running The Valdore With Picard...) So in the future side events it will be set up so that everyone will need to take a different captain in the spirit of reality and innovation, taking captains that can help others Rather than one that allows your ship to run to highest efficiency. This I believe will do a good job of keeping things fresh. On to the event!

The initial Fleet Deployment.

I know the Borg "cube" is naught little more than a square but that should change by the next Borg event!

The defending Fleet Consisted of the following ships in the top picture from left to right:
I.R.W. Valdore
U.S.S Enterprise-D
I.K.S. Maht'Ha
5th Wing Patrol Ship
Cardassain Battle Cruiser Kraxon
Breen Battle Cruiser Gor Portas
Cardassain Battle Cruiser Kraxon
I.K.S Kronos One
U.S.S. Defiant
Cardassain Battle Cruiser Kraxon

From this point onward only one named ship of each class will be allowed to be entered in these events as well since clearly there are too many kraxons on the board!

BATTLE REPORT!

As you can plainly see by the damage the Cube took early on, there is some fine tuning to be done to strengthen The Cube, this is merely round 2 or 3 of actual combat. The hull points left on the Borg Cube are dismally low from its starting 40 Shield and 40 Hull. Some abilities people used where IMPRESSIVELY well taken but will likely be modified so that a Borg Cube can't be devastated like that again. There where of coarse some issues with allies bumping into one another. With 10 ships it is difficult to coordinate every movement. Most where smart enough to break away from the rest of the fleet but some people insisted on crawling on top of one another (for example the Valdore's fondness for the Maht'ha.)

With battle in progress we noticed we where doing between 20-30 Damage per round on the Cube overwhelming it's ability to regenerate its shields. The Cube did hang in for a good while however and nearly reached it's objective. What really caused the bulk of the damage was the 5th Wing's ingenious deployment of the Klingon tech upgrade "Projected Stasis Field".

Tactical Spotlight

Action: If your ship is not cloaked,
disable all of your remaining shields
and discard this Upgrade to target a ship
at range 1-2. That ship must disable all
of its remaining shields and cannot
attack this round. your ship rolls 2 less
attack dice this round.

(This Card can be obtained by purchasing an
I.K.S. Garoth)

A maneuver the Borg will not soon forget I assure you. With that card the Borg Cube's hull points where dropped from 40 to 11 in one round of fire! The Cube spent the duration of the match on the defensive and did not have the opportunity to do much in the way of damage. However it did manage take down two ships before it was decimated.

A moment of silence for those who fell in battle... We pay our respects to the brave Dominion 5th Wing Patrol Ship who laid down it's life to allow the fleet to inflict heavy damage ultimately becoming debis in the wake. And to the I.K.S. Maht'Ha who dealt out a devastating 8 point assault on the Cube making it a target as well. You both died so that the rest may live. We salute you.

You will notice ships sitting on top of the cube. This is because it was decided by unanimous vote that we live in a three dimensional universe therefore you are either above or below the Borg Cube. that way we
didn't have a ton of ships scrambling to get out of the way of a massive cube or a massive cube mowing over a bunch of ships. Makes sense right?

Ship in the Spotlight

Cardassian Battle Cruiser Kraxon

This Ship proved to be a wonderful support ship as it has the ability to absorb damage for it's fellows, giving ships with a greater attack the chance to fire again. It is literally a flying brick however... as was put by the Captain of the Kronos One.
This little ship can only take banking or "soft turn" movements normally. All hard turns are stressful movements. This makes it abnormally hard to maneuver back into firing range without losing your actions. However it is for now the only Dominion Ship with a 180° firing arc, and only one of three ships which currently have a standard 180° firing arc. A good ship to take with you if you have the points to take it for its support ability, not to mention it does have 4 standard attacks, on par with highest shields and 4 hull.

All in all a fun Experience. In Star Trek fashion it brought insight, comradery, tactical thought, and enjoyment for all involved. The Borg will be back, and with the gathered information they will be a much larger threat. The Races of the Alpha Quadrant will have to be ready to fight or be prepared to face oblivion. Keep your eyes out for more articles, The next installment will be a "How To" module for the game so that anyone interested can read up on how to play! Let the Dragon's Den be your source for fun and games!

Here are more pictures from the event.