Imperial Sudanese Navy Briefing

The Imperial Sudanese Navy

The treacherous enemy has finally found an arms dealer unscrupulous enough to sell it more than 30 of the deadly IJN Naginata class strikeboats. For the past three days your squadron has been shadowing the freighter carrying them. At last they’re going through the A’den system, giving you a perfect opportunity to capture the cargo for your own navy and let piracy take the blame.

Your mission; capture of the McGuffin. No witnesses can be allowed to escape. If capture is out of the question, destruction of the McGuffin will do.

Point of entry: the Goanbou Kong jump node, one turn after the RMS McGuffin (but see below)

Force: Either your own design or (if you brought no design)
1 x CVB Madinah class carrier/BDN 705 points with two standard fighter squadrons and two squadrons of 6 Marine landing craft (each is unarmoured and unarmed and carries a single Marine box; treat as fighter squadrons but with no secondary move)
2 x CP Sahaabah missile cruisers 434 1139
2 x DD Saladin 228 1367
2 x CT Shaulah 74 1441
1 CT Khabar 50 1491

Problems; maintainability on your heavy and poorly understood units. Roll 1 d6 for each Sahaabah CP. Roll better than the number of crew factors to enter with the light forces; otherwise entry for each ship is delayed by the difference between the roll and the number of crew boxes. The Madinah cannot enter till both Sahaabahs are in system.

Options; see attached sheet for rules governing heavy missiles. Choose loads now

For own design, roll 1d6 for all vessels, entering only if die roll is greater at least equal to crew factors. One turn delay for each crew box more than your dice roll. Ships with more than 6 crew factors enter with the last of the lighter vessels

Opposition:
The Republicans are obviously incapable of protecting the freighter or they would have sent an escort. They can be ignored. The UN will do nothing. You’ve heard the rumours of a supercarrier strike group being prepared to sweep the region, but these decadent mongrels lack the stomach for firm action or even for serious defence expenditure. Your only worry is the possibility that pirates may get in the way; destroy them if they show any sign of interfering.