Matt whupped me in our 2nd game (which we actually finished).
He killed my light cruiser before it did anything, with an 8 damage burnthrough attack (6 criticals), which meant I just didn't have the variety and scope of firepower to respond.
I managed to kill both his cruisers, but his Shenlong Heavy cruiser was basically unscathed so dominated from turn4 onward once the rest were all fucked up.
I also messed up my movement on my strike carriers, and matt utilised the Scourge's faster movement to get more troops dropped to the surface.
While I can (and will) complain about Matt's flukey burnthrough roll to melt my light cruiser, he definitely outplayed me and deserved the win.
game took us 3 hours. (If we were short of time I'd have conceded after turn 4 I think). Hopefully 2.5 hours next time.
Think we'll swap back fleets back again next time, and then perhaps expand the points and/or try a different scenario.
My inked PHR ship looks better up close, but from the tabletop I think the stripey ones look better. You can barely see the blue detailing, or the yellow ink edges.
I'm wondering about striping the inked one in silver paint, then layer the yellow ink onto those stripes, to get inky yellow stripes?