Genearal SFB
Tournament Tactics
Game 4
Aadil Sulamain – Tholian ATC
This was my 1st
game of Saturday which I didn’t get to start until about 11:15
because I was up late the night before (See game vs. Dave). Now
Aadil is only 11 years old, but he is Ameer Sulamain’s son and I
had played against him at last year’s Total Con. Furthermore, he
had just defeated John Malis’ Klingon so I knew the kid could
play. I’ve had very little experience playing against Tholians
and none whatsoever while flying a Fed, but I knew I wanted to
protect my #1 shield and preserve my turn mode as much as
possible. I was looking to set up a situation where I would take
his range 8 Alpha and then burn him through a rear shield. This
would most likely be a range 8 shot, so my goal was to simply get
a couple of power hits the 1st time around to
complicate his life later in the game. The thing with Tholians is
that the game will usually flow on their terms, not yours.
Turn 1
My Ea was
simple. Fully overload the photons, hold 1 suicide shuttle, 18 to
speed (16/24 on imp 26) and 1 point on my #6. I was willing to
slip right to keep my #6 to him so I could turn in later to chase.
I didn’t want to turn until I saw what he was going to do with
his web.
Aadil came
out going speed 21 the entire turn. He slipped in a few times and
I headed straight up the map. When I realized I would get range 8
on him I turned left. I was waiting for him to cast web and he
never did. I crossed his bow at about range 8ish and he still
didn’t fire anything. Once I was past him my speed change kicked
in. He then turned to his right to shadow me. Impulse 28 came
and went and he did not announce a speed change, so next impulse
(29) he slipped left and I slipped left, bringing us to range 4 on
a perfect oblique with my #2 facing his #6. Aadil fired 2 OL and
1 standard disruptor and 6 of his 7 bearing phasers. He missed
with the overloads and didn’t even crack my shield. I fired 4 16
point Photons and 6 p1’s, hitting with 2 photons and doing 22
internals. Next impulse he didn’t move and I did, so I turned
into him and fired my lf/l p1’s and doing another 9 internals. He
responded with a web fist and the other p1, hacking half of my #1
off. The impulse after that he had to go forward so I slipped
left and hit him through his down shield with my p3’s for more
internals (I had destroyed his phaser 3’s prior to this, so he
couldn’t fire them at me). We finished the turn at range 1. He
had taken close to 40 internals in 3 volleys and I had only shield
damage. He conceded during EA of turn 2. I was planning on
slapping him in a tractor and holding him there while my photons
charged and vaporizing him on impulse of turn 3.
Even if Aadil
had fired his 7th p1 and Web fist at my #2 shield and
connected with one of his overloads, he would still have been in a
bad way after taking that kind of damage. He would have been much
better off using his web to give me a range 8 shot at best and
playing keep away for a few turns while snipping my forward
shields. He told me that he really didn’t know how to handle a
Fed and so he just kind of drifted through the game. He also told
me that he was inexperienced in the ATC overall, so I told him
that he should try a simpler ship the next time like the Lyran he
was flying when we last met.
I didn’t feel
great about winning that way, but a W is a W I guess. I must say
that it’s really cool to see a father and son both enter an SFB
tournament. Keep practicing Aadil!!!
Game 1 -
Peter Bakija, Kzinti
Game 2 - Ben Ossenfort, WYN AUX (Hellbore, Dis,
Gat, Drone)
Game 3 - David Cheng, Hydran
Game 4 - Aadil Sulamain - Tholian ATC
Game 5 - Wil Leiserson - Tholian ATC
Game 6 - Kevin Block-Shwenk, Rom TKE
Game 7 - John Malis, Klingon
Game 8 (Round 1 of single elimination) - Ameer
Sulamain
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