SHIPS OF THE GOTHIC SECTOR

GOTHIC 146
LOW ORBIT DEFENCES
Low orbit defences may only be deployed on the low orbit table. They are all ground-based, so must be placed along the table edge which has been designated
as representing the ground. Laser and missile silos have a front fire arc which faces away from the planet’s surface and into space. Low orbit defences can
never attack ships which are not on the low orbit table. It is particularly important to realise that ordnance launched from the ground cannot move up to high orbit
– the fuel expended to achieve escape velocity means that the ordnance is rendered useless by the time it gets there.
DEFENCE LASER SILO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 pts
TYPE/HITS SPEED TURNS SHIELDS ARMOUR TURRETS
Ground/1 0 0 0 6+ 0
ARMAMENT RANGE/SPEED FIREPOWER/STR FIRE ARC
Lance battery 60cm 3 Front
These huge installations house several massive laser weapons that fire hundreds of
miles out of the planet’s atmosphere. Planet-based lasers require even more power
than ship lances, to compensate for the unavoidable defraction of the energy beam caused
by firing through the atmosphere. The bulk of the silo is normally built underground,
adding the protection of hundreds of feet of rock to the metres-thick walls of the silo itself.
MISSILE SILO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 pts
TYPE/HITS SPEED TURNS SHIELDS ARMOUR TURRETS
Ground/1 0 0 0 6+ 0
ARMAMENT RANGE/SPEED FIREPOWER/STR FIRE ARC
Torpedoes 30cm 6 Front
There are many different types of ground-based missile defence systems. Some are
simply one-shot launch tubes dug into the planet’s surface, relying on the missiles’
own mechnical brain to locate and move towards targets in orbit. Others are mobile
launchers, which can be moved about on the planet’s surface to provide orbital defence
for armies on the ground, often using their own long-range surveyors to detect
approaching ships and guide their huge payloads to the target.
AIR BASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 pts
TYPE/HITS SPEED TURNS SHIELDS ARMOUR TURRETS
Ground/1 0 0 0 6+ 2
ARMAMENT RANGE/SPEED FIREPOWER/STR FIRE ARC
Launch bays Fighters 30cm
Bombers 20cm 4 squadrons –
Many fighters and bombers are designed to operate in a planet’s atmosphere as well
as in space. From surface airstrips and underground launch bays, these attack craft
can fly up from the planet to attack ships which take up a low orbit or intercept incoming
bombers and torpedoes directed towards ground-based targets.
“T he most important aspect of any planetary assault is to ensure the safe passage of shuttles and dropships.
The greatest threat to this has always been the ground-based defence.”
Imperial Navy Training Dogma