8.2.1 Fleet Manoeuvres

Each warship will choose an enemy ship at the beginning of a long-range combat round and open fire on it.

Not all ships will shoot at each other. Class 1 or 2 ships ('SC' in the ship table) will only shoot at class 1, 2 or 3 ships.

Class 4 and 5 ships can shoot at class 1 and 2 ships, however their fire will have only 50% of the normal effectiveness as the smaller ships are very fast.

Class 3 ships will shoot at all ships.

Exception:

If your fleet has no class 1 and 2 ships and the enemy side has three times the number of class 1 and 2 ships than your class 4 and 5 ships, then the enemy's smaller ships will also shoot at your 4 and 5 class ships.

Combat:

To calculate the starting tonnage of ships involved in combat the following formula is used:

Starting tonnage = (amount of wood required to build x condition%)

To calculate the combat points of a ship the following equation is used:

CP= (cannon/2) x z(1.3) x SQRT(Morale) x cond% x SQRT(ship class of firing ship)

CP:Combat points

Cannon:Number of cannons on board

Ship class:See ship table (see 4.10., p32)

Morale:Morale of the fleet's owner (see 8.3., p103)

Cond%:Condition of the ship

The enemy ship will suffer the following losses:

Tonnage lost =CP/SQRT(ship class of target ship)

Marines lost = CP/6

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