23 hours ago, punkUser said:

Note that passive sensors doesn't work with advanced SLAM though... you get your stress and then can't perform the lock action when you activate.

Also you probably want some sort of way to toss focii to your torp carriers. I think people are going to quickly discover how meh single modded torpedoes feel

It goes beyond that. Advanced SLAM only grants you an action "on your action bar." This doesn't include abilities which have the " Action: " header.

How did I learn this: because I'd expressed the same thought you did (the stress getting in the way), and someone else corrected me.

On 6/26/2019 at 4:11 PM, Crimsonwarlock said:

4 N1's scare you? You sweet summer child.

Howabout 4 Nu Squadron (Gunboats), with passive sensors, protorps and autoblasters?

RE: @ClassicalMoser

I think Gunboats are a lot scarier than N-1s. They've got 7 HP instead of 5, and N-1s have to go fast in order to maintain the Full Throttle Evades they'll probably need to not-die before they shoot, which means it'll be a lot easier to range control the N-1s, and do a Range 4 to Range 1 jump. It kind of reminds me of how Cruise Missile ships in 1e were at a disadvantage to good flying.

Despite SLAM not playing well with Passive Sensors, Gunboats can slowroll down at 1-speed, and it'll be a lot harder to range control them. Even if someone does jump straight to the Range 1 band, they'll have to avoid bullseyes too, since those will still be 4-dice attacks on Passive Sensors rounds.

SLAM does seem like it's at a bit of a disadvantage over flip moves like Talon Rolls. It certainly isn't as good at jousting. But taking a bit more time to disengage on a few SLAM moves and reset doesn't seem too bad. And with Autoblasters, they'll still be able to SLAM and shoot.