VASSAL WC2019: CommanderDave vs The_Tony_Davis

My second matchup in the Vassal World Cup Tournament was against a relative newcomer, Tony, who was running a squadronless Raddus list with a kitted out Liberty as the dropship, Landmonition, a pair of Hammerheads (one with TRCs, the other with his Admiral), Slicer flotilla, and a Comms Net flotilla. He took first and picked Most Wanted. I made his MC30 and my Gozanti the objectives. I had deployment advantage and was chose to place my Interdictor opposite the MC30 and my Demo in position to flank the Hammerheads should they turn in to concentrate on the Dictor. Here is the setup after Grav Shifting three of the asteroids:

In the first round, I tokened up and sent Maarek and Jendon forward to hit his Comms Net flotilla while remaining in the center of the engagement area. Tony was able to slice Demo. I kept my Rogues in the center in reserve. Here is the opening of round 2, after the Raddus drop:

In the second round, Tony activated his damaged Comms Net flotilla first. I responded by activating Demo and ramming the flotilla to finish it off. I stripped some shields from the Liberty with HIEs and moved to the station. I thought I was in close range for Scramblers, but actually made a mistake with positioning and ended up just a sliver out of range - oops. Tony sliced my Gozanti, but I had a Hondo token ready for use with Maarek to hit the Liberty. My Rogues also hit the Liberty, dropping it to 4 hull remaining. Here is the opening of round 3:

In the third round, Tony activated the Liberty first, attacked and had to ram my Interdictor. In response, I finished the Liberty off with the Dictor and double-rammed the MC30. Admo was able to cancel my crit so took minimal damage. Demo hit the flagship Hammerhead and was able to move out of the front arc. My squads his Admo. I lost my objective ship. Here is the opening of round 4:

In the fourth round, my Demo finished Tony’s flagship and Morna destroyed Admo. His remaining Hammerhead was down to three hull and no relevant shields. I positioned Maarek/Jendon to finish the job with a squadron command from Demo which I had prepared for this occasion. Here is the opening of round five and essentially the final board state:

Having little experience against Raddus, I was a bit nervous going into this game. Splitting Demo and the Dictor worked in my favor to encourage Tony not to focus fire on the Dictor, which was my main worry. Tony’s lack of squadrons proved to be a fairly substantial impediment to him and my squadrons were able to run rampant without opposition with punishing results. Good game, but a very tough matchup for Tony!