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THE ROCK

"THE ROCK" OR GENERIC BIG BASE

1500 POINTS

These stats are meant to represent "The Rock", the mobile asteroid base of the Dark Angels Space Marine chapter, or any other large asteroid base.

Type/Hits	Speed	Turns	Shields	Armour	Turrets
Defence/40	0 cm	0^o	6	5+	6
Armament:	Range/Speed		Firepower/Str	Fire Arc
Port Lance Battery	60cm		6	Right
Starboard Lance Battery	60cm		6	Left
Front Lance Battery	60cm		6	Front
Aft Lance Battery	60cm		6	Aft
Dorsal Lance Battery	60cm		4	All Around
Port Weapons Battery	45cm		14	Right
Starboard Weapons Battery	45cm		14	Left
Prow Weapons Battery	45cm		14	Front
Dorsal Weapons Battery	45cm		10	All Around
Aft Weapons battery	45cm		14	Rear
Port Torpedoes	30cm		9	Right
Starboard Torpedoes	30cm		9	Left
Prow Torpedoes	30cm		9	Front
Aft Torpedoes	30cm		9	Aft
Launch Bays	Furies: 30cm Starhawks: 20cm Sharks: 30cm		20 Squadrons

Special Rules:

Does not run out of ordinance on roles of doubles. Will only run out of ammo due to damage.
Leadership is always a 10, unless reduced by damage.
Cannot be crippled. Reduce all weapons batteries by 2, and each lance battery by 1 for every 5 points of damage taken by the base.
Turret fire may be split to fire on torpedoes and assault craft, however turret rating is what is split - X to attack craft, 6-X to torpedoes.
Carries space marine terminators for boarding actions.
Has docking facilities for: 1 Battleship, 4 Cruisers, 18 Escorts. – Pay for separately.
Docking Facilities: Allows the base to hide these ships internally, may be deployed as per Escalating Engagement deployment table. Ship may be placed anyway, as long as they are in base to base contact with the Base.

Critical Hits Table: 3d6

Port Weapons damaged: May not use any port weapons until they are repaired, brought back online.
Starboard Weapons damaged: May not use starboard weapons until they are repaired, brought back online.
Prow Weapons damaged: May not use prow weapons until they are repaired, brought back online.
Aft Weapons damaged: May not use aft weapons until they are repaired, brought back online.
Dorsal Weapons damaged: May not be used until they are repaired, brought back online.
Launch bays damaged: May not launch attack craft until bays are repaired, brought back online.
Fire: A fire has broken out and must be extinushed before it runs rampant threw the base, adds 1 point of damage each turn that is burns. May be repaired.
Power relays smashed: All weapons batteries and lances are at half strength due to lack of power. May be repaired.
Central Magazine Breached: A hit has penetrated the armour of the main ammunition storage chamber of the base, causes 1d6+2 points of damage. Torpedoes may no longer reload. May not be repaired
Fire Control Centre Smashed: the main fire control centre has been destroyed, all weapons batteries must take 1 shift to the right on the firepower table. May not be repaired.
Command Bridge Destroyed: The primary Command and Control centre has been destroyed, -3 from all leadership checks. May not be repaired.
Hulk Breach: Massive holes have been ripped into the base’s structure. Adds 1d6 damage points to the base. May not be repaired
Launch Bays Destroyed: A lucky shot has hit the ammo/fuel storage for the assault craft carried with in. Attack craft (sharks, furies, starhawks) can no longer be launched. Adds 1d6 points of damage, may not be repaired.
Damage Control Centre Crippled: The primary centre for damage control has taken a hit, all damage, reduce dice rolled to fix damage by half.
Bulkheads Destroyed: Several bulkheads have been destroyed, adds 2d6 points of damage, may not be repaired.
Devastating Chain Reaction: Massive explosions rock threw the base, adds 1d6 points of damage, and permanently halves all weapons values. May not be repaired.

Catastrophic Damage: 2d6

2-4: Drifting hulk: The base is little more then a drifting lifless asteroid, it’s out of the game.

5-8: Blzing Hulk: The base is a blazing ball of plasma, blocks line of sight. The massive amount of radiation leaking from the hulk also scrambles the sensors on ships. All ships with-in 45cm of the hulk receive 1 column shift to the right on the fire power table, all lances hit on a 5+.

8-10: Plasma Reactors Overload: The bases plasma reactors run wild, overload and explode in a micro nova. All ships with in 3d6*2 cm are engulfed by the explosion. Roll 2d6, this is the number of lance hits each ship takes.

11-12: Warp Drive Implosion: The warp drives implode on themselves, creating a micro black hole. Each ship within 3d6*2 cm take 2d6*2 lance hits. Further more, the hulk leaves behind a warp space rift.

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