SHIPS OF THE GOTHIC SECTOR

GOTHIC 142
ORBITAL WEAPONS PLATFORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 pts
An orbital weapons platform normally mounts several laser batteries capable of
striking at the enemy before they get too close to the planet. Many orbital batteries
are manned by Imperial Navy personnel, although some are built and crewed at the
expense of the planetary Imperial Commander. The most sophisticated orbital
platforms, such as those found protecting Port Maw and the Adeptus Mechanicus forge
worlds, have no crew at all and use complex logic engines to detect and fire at vessels
which do not broadcast the correct identification codes.
ORBITAL MINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 pts
1730 Twenty Ork fighter-bombers over landing zone.
1830 Preacher Trust gave sermon in 3rd deck Chapel.
Warned of the need for watchfulness – damn right!
1844 Attack craft warning – red alert.
1850 Tech-Priest Juliz reports failure in plasma accelerator
coolant system. Holding fire until repairs made.
1857 Attack craft warning – red alert.
1740 Engineers completed repairs on coolant pipes.
2000 Bombarding again.
2100 Attack craft warning – yellow alert.
2110 Attack craft warning – red alert. Bombs impact on
starboard engine cluster. Turrets doing magnificent job.
TYPE/HITS SPEED TURNS SHIELDS ARMOUR TURRETS
Defence/1 0 0 1 6+ 2
ARMAMENT RANGE/SPEED FIREPOWER/STR FIRE ARC
Weapons battery 60cm 6 All round
An orbital mine is a piece of heavy ordnance placed to protect a location such as a
planet, moon or space station. With its own small engine it will home in on any
energy signature it detects which is not accompanied by a friendly beacon signal. At
close range it detonates a powerful warhead, which can cripple even the largest vessel.
Special Rules:
The orbital mine moves 10cm towards the nearest enemy ship in each ordnance
phase. If it moves into contact with the base of an enemy ship it detonates and rolls
eight dice to hit the target vessel. The target vessel may fire its turrets normally. If
the mine is hit it rolls four Attack dice instead of eight. An orbital mine is treated
like any other ordnance for the purposes of movement, Blast markers and shooting.
Except for fighters, mines are not affected by, and do not affect, any other Ordnance
markers they come into contact with. If the mine comes into contact with fighters,
both markers are removed as normal.
2150 Last shooting of the day on enemy observation posts.
Very good shooting today.
2230 Closed up gun ports.
Log of Gun Captain Brimst, ‘C’ gun, 14th Port Battery,
Dominion, during the preparatory attack of the Faustus Assault.