With session three of the Traveller
Coupbox coming on I smell a battle approaching. Taking the well-honed
skirmish rules from Deep Evan and I's Feudal Anarchy (work in
progress, yeah yeah) and crossing them with the basic combat rules
from Striker yielded an alien hybrid, tongue-in-cheek styled Galactic
Anarchy, that just might work in the miniature-less G+
environment (one of the greater losses, really).
All feedback appreciated. For space
reasons I left out a few sections on this post (such as the
all-important chart for determining actual casualties for team hits).
Drop me a line if you are interested in those sections.
Galactic Anarchy
Basic Unit
The basic unit is the "team"
made up of five combatants (or a 1-3 heavy or support weapon team).
Each team fires, moves and checks morale as a single unit.
The weapon fired in a round is always
the majority weapon of the team. A team that is equipped with
significantly better or worse weapons in the minority will be given a
positive or negative modifier at the discretion of the Ref.
Attack Value
For teams made up of PCs or named NPCs
the average weapon skill of the majority weapon (rounded to the
nearest whole number) is used. (A Tactics skill of 2+ in the team
will add a +1 in all cases).
For other teams use the following:
Raw Recruits/Conscripts/Poor
|
-1 |
Trained Recruits/Militia/Green
|
0 |
Regular
|
1 |
Veterans
|
2 |
Elite
|
3 |
To Hit
Automatic fire warrants a second roll.
Roll 2d6
8 |
Effective Range/Melee |
10 |
Long Range |
12 |
Extreme Range |
-1 if unit has taken a hit (see below).
Hits
When a unit is hit the attacker rolls
below.
Roll 2d6
2,3 |
No Effect |
4,5,6,7 |
One Hit |
8,9,10,11 |
Two Hits |
12 |
Instadeath |
modifiers:
+weapon penetration value (see Striker
or Megatraveller tables)
-defensive value (see yesterday's
post)
Each team can take a certain number of
fights before being "out of the battle" (see actual
casualties below).
Raw Recruits/Poor |
1 |
Green or Regular |
2 |
Vets, Elite, PCs |
3 |
Combat Round
Phases in a Round
1. Both sides declare movement and
check for spotting of hidden units
2. Both sides move. Opportunity fire.
3. Ranged fire for those who haven't
had opportunity fire.
4. Both sides finish declared movement.
5. Melee combat
Morale
When to check:
- taking fire for the first time in a battle
- taking fire from hidden source
- taken a hit in the round
- friendlies routing in eye-shot
Roll 2d6
Raw/Poor 8+
Green/Militia 7+
Regular 6+
Vets 5+
Elite 4+
Morale Results
If failed by 1-2 the team is pinned
(goes to ground, can't move but can fire/melee)
If failed by 3-4 the team is suppressed
(retreats to nearest best cover, can't move or fire but will melee if
attacked)
If failed by 5+ the team routs (run
away!)
Modifiers:
+1 in a "secure position"
(behind cover)
+1 leader in voice range with Leader or
Tactics 1
+2 leader in voice range with Leader or
Tactics 2
-1 team is already pinned
-2 team is suppressed
-3 if routing
We played a Bk4 campaign last year using the abstract combat system for battles. It rocked/was super-scary. Each battle round I'd let a PC make a skill roll to aid the unit somehow. The one thing it lacked was some method of setting stakes for your PC ie should everyone be in the front line or should it be possible to hang back.
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