The Kill:

This battle details the effects of an undergunned Colonial squadron and their effects in trying to destroy a Cylon Baseship that had slipped into the Colonial rear supply lines.

Things got to a head when the Cylon Baseship was destroying convoys with relative ease and no reinforcements were forthcoming from Colonial command. Thus the local commander devised a plan - a diversion would rid the Baseship of its fighters, and then the two light cruisers would close in for the kill...

Initial Setup:

• Terrain:
  Use a standard fixed map.
• Cylons:
  1x Baseship in 2115, at speed 6, WS II.
  The ship has no fighters.
• Colonials:
  1x CLS Light Strike Cruiser
  1x CLD Light Missile Cruiser
  Both have a full complement of fighters. They can set up on any map edge (both must enter on the same edge) and at any speed. They are at WS III.
• Special Rules:
  Once the Colonials have placed their forces, the Baseship may choose a heading to face in.

The Scenario:

• Objectives:
  Cylons: The Cylon is attempting to survive. This way it can retrieve any Raiders that survive the diversion, and continue to destroy Colonial shipping.
  Colonials: The Colonials are simply wanting to destroy the Baseship.
• Length of Scenario:
  The scenario ends when either side is destroyed or has disengaged.
• Special Rules:
  There are no special rules for this game.

Victory Conditions

The Cylons win if they destroy the cruisers and survive.

The Colonials win a decisive victory if they destroy the Baseship without losing any of the light cruisers. They win a victory if they destroy the Baseship with one cruiser surviving.

Balance

If the Colonials are having too tough a time of this adding a couple of extra flights of Vipers should help. Or the CLD could be changed to another CLS. This would increase the long range firepower but at the loss of some hitting power.

Tactics Cylons: Close with the cruisers! If you do not, they will just pick you off at long range. Colonials: The Baseship without its fighters is still a foe to be reckoned with. If you close, you will be destroyed by the huge amount of Ph-3 that the thing carries. Use the fighters for a close range assault, but do not count on many of them surviving the fly by. Stay at range and snipe away with the CLS. The CLD will have a tough job getting its missiles to the target, send them in just behind the fighter flights, that way some major damage should be inflicted by either the fighters or the missiles.

Historical Outcome

The Baseship was eventually destroyed. All but 4 vipers (not flights!) were destroyed when attempting to strafe the ship, and the CLD was gutted when it attempted to close to guide its missiles in. However they did manage to cause critical damage to the Baseship, and the CLS was able to deal the last blow from afar, but again, not after receiving quite substantial damage.

Colonial Command never did really view this as a victory.