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Federation Mauler?
« on: January 04, 2005, 06:31:20 pm »
Anyone know if the Federation ever made a CJ mauler?
And more importantly waht ship was it based off of?
And even more imprtantly what was it printed in?
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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2005, 06:58:44 pm »
Anyone know if the Federation ever made a CJ mauler?
And more importantly waht ship was it based off of?
And even more imprtantly what was it printed in?

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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2005, 08:15:52 pm »
Anyone know if the Federation ever made a CJ mauler?
And more importantly waht ship was it based off of?
And even more imprtantly what was it printed in?

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NO.. they were never built. None of the alliance races built maulers due to economic or ideological reasons. The SSDs in R9 for the alliance maulers are only unbuilt designs that never went further than simulators.


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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2005, 09:19:00 pm »
What would be the ideological reason behind not building a mauler?
'Tis silly
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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2005, 09:37:48 pm »
What would be the ideological reason behind not building a mauler?
'Tis silly

Photons fired en masse.  Who needs a mauler?
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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2005, 09:42:23 pm »
What would be the ideological reason behind not building a mauler?
'Tis silly

Photons fired en masse.  Who needs a mauler?

Correct..
.. Gorns: tough and plasmas. Who needs a mauler?
.. hydrans: hellbores that pick a weakest shield. Who needs a mauler?
.. kzin, long range drones.. who needs a mauler?
.. tholian: can't fire through webs. who needs a mauler?
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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2005, 09:56:07 pm »
Anyone know if the Federation ever made a CJ mauler?
And more importantly waht ship was it based off of?
And even more imprtantly what was it printed in?

Yes

CA and NCL

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NO.. they were never built. None of the alliance races built maulers due to economic or ideological reasons. The SSDs in R9 for the alliance maulers are only unbuilt designs that never went further than simulators.

In one of the recent CLs the Gorn had a PlasmaB mauler based on super heavy plasma, that was a simulator only creation in the simulation that this computer version of the game is based on.
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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2005, 09:58:45 pm »
Oh that's right
I forgot the massive benefits the "Alliance" races get in SFB.
(I mean really, have you actually read "The General War")
Obviously a Federation Propoganda piece.

Still, I've got Lyran , Rom and Klink conversions before and after.
Shouldn't be too difficult to figure out what to switch around.
(Im betting it's just hull-> batteries anyway)
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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2005, 10:01:17 pm »
Anyone know if the Federation ever made a CJ mauler?
And more importantly waht ship was it based off of?
And even more imprtantly what was it printed in?

Yes

CA and NCL

R9

NO.. they were never built. None of the alliance races built maulers due to economic or ideological reasons. The SSDs in R9 for the alliance maulers are only unbuilt designs that never went further than simulators.

In one of the recent CLs the Gorn had a PlasmaB mauler based on super heavy plasma, that was a simulator only creation in the simulation that this computer version of the game is based on.


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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2005, 07:51:42 am »
In, IIRC, Cap. Log 16, there was a bunch of Alliance Mauler SSDs printed.  These finished off a set of conjectural maulers started in Starfleet Times and Nexus Magazine.

They were printed, as conjectural ships, for those free campaigns where the traditional Alliance races found themselves allied to, or stealing, Romulan Technology.  This way, there was an "official" authorized design, so nobody gets the bright idea of making a mauler with 2 phasers, the engines, and a ton of batteries. ;)

The Alliance never really built one of these ships, as they never really bothered to learn the technology.  Remember, the Alliance is led by those "silly" Feds that skipped out on 30-person PFs in favor for 4 person Heavy Fighters.  If Drone Boats are the starship equivalent of a scatter-pack, maulers are the starship example of the suicide shuttle.  One big boom and probably no starship left... 8)

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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2005, 08:27:16 am »
, maulers are the starship example of the suicide shuttle.  One big boom and probably no starship left... 8)

You obviously don't know that I've been practicing with them
Just give me a STT+ and a target that doesn't shoot back and I'm all over it.
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« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2005, 08:30:55 am »
The tactical idea behind the Mauler ship was to manuever into a position to cripple a key enemy ship or station in a fleet battle. 

There would be no idealogical reason that the alliance would not build them. 

Massed photons and hellbores are nice but, Maulers were gauranteed their damage, and they(in SFB) could do exactly the amount of damage they needed to do.  Need to do 50 points of damage??  just discharge 25 batteries.  only need to drop that sheild??  no problem.

You get the idea.

Basically, it just seems to be one of those racial (or in this case, coalition) flavor things to give the different sides a different feel.

But, looking at the alliance and coalition maulers, I think the only ones that would still be flown would be the Rom/Lyran anyway. and maybe the Gorn the others are pretty useless in a one on one situation.

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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2005, 09:29:07 am »
Wasn't the Federation Mauler called the USS Labrador Retriever?

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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2005, 09:47:44 am »
In, IIRC, Cap. Log 16, there was a bunch of Alliance Mauler SSDs printed.  These finished off a set of conjectural maulers started in Starfleet Times and Nexus Magazine.

They were printed, as conjectural ships, for those free campaigns where the traditional Alliance races found themselves allied to, or stealing, Romulan Technology.  This way, there was an "official" authorized design, so nobody gets the bright idea of making a mauler with 2 phasers, the engines, and a ton of batteries. ;)

The Alliance never really built one of these ships, as they never really bothered to learn the technology.  Remember, the Alliance is led by those "silly" Feds that skipped out on 30-person PFs in favor for 4 person Heavy Fighters.  If Drone Boats are the starship equivalent of a scatter-pack, maulers are the starship example of the suicide shuttle.  One big boom and probably no starship left... 8)

True. However module R9 replaces these ships with updated "official" versions, also provided for the same reasons stated here.


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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2005, 09:48:31 am »
, maulers are the starship example of the suicide shuttle.  One big boom and probably no starship left... 8)

You obviously don't know that I've been practicing with them
Just give me a STT+ and a target that doesn't shoot back and I'm all over it.

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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2005, 11:20:36 am »
In, IIRC, Cap. Log 16, there was a bunch of Alliance Mauler SSDs printed.  These finished off a set of conjectural If Drone Boats are the starship equivalent of a scatter-pack, maulers are the starship example of the suicide shuttle.  One big boom and probably no starship left... 8)

Why you people think this?  the damage of a mauler on average is barely better than Photons overloaded.

I have R9, the Federation Maulers simply aren't worth it in an SFB or and SFC universe. 
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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2005, 12:51:10 pm »
In, IIRC, Cap. Log 16, there was a bunch of Alliance Mauler SSDs printed.  These finished off a set of conjectural If Drone Boats are the starship equivalent of a scatter-pack, maulers are the starship example of the suicide shuttle.  One big boom and probably no starship left... 8)

Why you people think this?  the damage of a mauler on average is barely better than Photons overloaded.

I have R9, the Federation Maulers simply aren't worth it in an SFB or and SFC universe. 
I don't know about that
up to range something or other (10?) the STT does 32 damage. At range 5 or less the STT does 64 points of damage

Now comparing these huge numbers to the photon we see that
up to range 8 the photons can do 64 points of damage,
man I hate photons, is there any reason the rest of the Galaxy didn't use them ?
Mmm OL photons and ESG's

Anyway Maulers look cooler.
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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2005, 01:26:23 pm »
Wasn't the Federation Mauler called the USS Labrador Retriever?

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« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2005, 02:12:17 pm »
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« Reply #19 on: January 05, 2005, 03:35:59 pm »
I don't get it.  :-[
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« Reply #20 on: January 05, 2005, 04:12:20 pm »
I don't get it.  :-[
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« Reply #21 on: January 05, 2005, 07:02:47 pm »
Hey, what's the "Fast Mauler" in R9?
Did I miss them in OP4?
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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #22 on: January 05, 2005, 09:07:44 pm »
In, IIRC, Cap. Log 16, there was a bunch of Alliance Mauler SSDs printed.  These finished off a set of conjectural If Drone Boats are the starship equivalent of a scatter-pack, maulers are the starship example of the suicide shuttle.  One big boom and probably no starship left... 8)

Why you people think this?  the damage of a mauler on average is barely better than Photons overloaded.

I have R9, the Federation Maulers simply aren't worth it in an SFB or and SFC universe. 

You sure about that?

Especially in SFB?

Granted, a 32 battery SFC mauler isn't that hot (32 batts X2 = 64 damage or 1 4xOL Photon strike), but there's a couple of extra mauler trade-offs that were made from SFB that you aren't accounting for.

1.  Range, shorter in SFB.  Still same 100% hit rate, adjusted for ECM, rolled on a 2d6, but IIRC you need range 1 to get the doubled damage.
2.  Engines - SFB maulers can add any and all power systems linked to the mauler cannon(s).  Typically, this is both / all warp engines, and often the impulse drive.  The rules state that if the mauler draws power from the engines, the engine needs to take 1 damage for each 2 power pumped through the mauler.  On a full scale strike, that means the mauler loses 1/2 the engines, right there.
3.  Shock - maulers are affected by shock, and it's preety much a guaranteed breakdown once the mauler unloads it's entire strike.

Still, when you look at these overall numbers (say 32 engine power, combined with the 32 batteries = 64 power doubled if close range means 128 damage.  With a near 100% hit rate, 100% if there is a 0-shift ECM situation.  Firie this into a CA-target, through a fresh shield, usually means 90+ single internals!  Since most CAs have 130 or so internals, this means close to 75% of the ship is gone in 1 shot.  To compare the damage being done by this 1 ship, you need to score 8 overloaded photon hits on the same shield in the same impulse.  This requires a very lucky BB, or 2 lucky ships, as both cases require a full 100% hit rate with the OLs.  Assuming a 67% average hit rate, you need 12 photon tubes in the area, which comes on 3 CAs probably 4 ships worth of Photons if you're using CLs or DWs in your fleet.

Wouldn't you want a CA that has the nearly-guaranteed (one time) strike power of 12 "average" overloaded photons?

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« Reply #23 on: January 05, 2005, 09:42:04 pm »
Besides the maintenance problem (IE, shock effect), which some races, like the Feds, wouldn't want to deal with (I know, they made the BCJ), maulers are more effective for some races than others.

Roms, with their cloak and plasmas, are ideally suited for maulers. You can use the mauler's batteries to cloak and fly really fast to catch (or get away from) a target. You can win any tractor auction and "anchor" your opponent.

The Andromedans get the added benefit of being able to dump power from their panels into it and their huge battery reserves to power it with. Also, an Andro mauler that just took a beating to deliver it's strike can be picked up by the mothership for repairs and, possibly, a second strike later in the battle.

There are other tactical advantages of the maulers that other races can benefit from (anchoring an opponent as well as the fact that they make terrific damage sponges), but the benefits are outweighed by the costs, both in repairs and loss of life for the crews. Mauler crews are only slightly more survivable than PF crews. Usually, a mauler in a fleet engagement is a primary target. That and the scout, but the scout usually skirts the battlefield avoiding direct engagement. The mauler, on the other hand, works best by diving right into the battle.
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Re: Federation Mauler?
« Reply #24 on: January 06, 2005, 12:53:33 pm »
Have you actually SEEN the R9 Federation mauler ship?  They suck.  I'ts not like a CB with a mauler strapped on, they loose too much for a marginally gain.

Yeah I'm sure  ;D  When you can have a legal fleet with 42 photons, you've no need for a mauler.  I dont' I'd even think I'd pick on in PBR.



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« Reply #25 on: January 06, 2005, 01:13:17 pm »
 CFS+ is the Fed's mauler.    :o

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« Reply #26 on: January 07, 2005, 04:44:46 pm »
BB and I have very successfully flown a ROM Mauler and and Klink C7 combo against guys in GSA flying FED boats.  The Mauler if used correctly can be an exceptional weapon.  As Julian says...range and how much juice you put into it is the determining factor.  By itself...1v1 it's pretty easy prey, but teamed with anything capable of keeping other guys off it's back long enough for the mauler equipped ship to manuever and charge itself up for multiple volleys makes this ship pretty devastating.  The biggest draw back is the Mauler arc...pretty tight for standard manuevers...usually requires an HET to bring the weapon to bare on a live person.

A Fed Mauler would be kind of fun since they usually have a decent power curve.

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« Reply #27 on: January 07, 2005, 05:27:44 pm »
What would be the ideological reason behind not building a mauler?
'Tis silly

I'd guess it was likely tech advancement.

The mauler was a Romulan invention, and they shared it with their allies.  It served as a support boat; adding combat density to a fleet.  (where increasing combat density is defined as increasing the amount of damage a fleet can do to a target, while not increasing the number of ships beyond what the flagship can control.)  It was designed to help a fleet attack a fixed position or a key enemy unit that was very powerful.

Later in the war, by the time the Alliance could reverse engineer their own mauler to counter the coalition, they were already capable of increasing their own combat density with fighters and PFs, and could thus engage powerful units or bases without the need to get a cruiser hull as close to a target as a mauler needs.

In short, by the time the Alliance could think about building a mauler, they no longer needed to.

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« Reply #28 on: January 07, 2005, 05:39:23 pm »
Scippy has the Dynamic of F&E summed up perfectly. 

Coalition Maulers versus Alliance Carriers;.
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« Reply #29 on: January 07, 2005, 09:10:35 pm »
Like the difference between a present day carrier and the German Dreadnought battleship Bismarck. The carrier wins because it can stay out of range and pound the battleship with ordinance it can counter only with the greatest of difficulty.
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« Reply #30 on: January 07, 2005, 09:38:47 pm »
Like the difference between a present day carrier and the German Dreadnought battleship Bismarck. The carrier wins because it can stay out of range and pound the battleship with ordinance it can counter only with the greatest of difficulty.
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« Reply #31 on: January 07, 2005, 09:52:28 pm »
They scuttled the Bismark in case the English tried to capture her.

The ship WAS going down.
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