Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator Design and Development Original Design David F. Tepool Star Trek II: Starship Combat Simulator and Star Trek III: Starship Combat Role Playing Game design Jordan K. Weisman Wm. John Wheeler Forest G. Brown Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator design and development Forest G. Brown L.R. Butch Leeper Curt Duval Richard Kurtin Albert Lowe Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator Phase II design and development Travis J. Offenberger Kenneth G.R. Minick
Copyright 1966, 1986 Paramount Pictures Corporation, All Rights Reserved STAR TREK is a Trademark of Paramount Pictures Corporation Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator P hase II revisions courtesy of Sporadic Enterprises. Distributed free of charge.
“Never let Rodenberry get in the way of something you are trying to do.” -Charles T. Algeo, Star Trek GM I first came across the Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator in 1990 as a Freshman at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Within a month of arrival there I met Ken, a friend who I am still close with even after nearly fifteen years. We found that we had a lot in common, including the same hometown, relatives who had dated and a shared love of Star Trek. He had a tabletop game in his possession from FASA called the Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator. I remember distinctly that in the introduction to the rulebook that he had highlighted a section noting that players may sometimes choose to adapt the rules as they see fit. Over the next several years we took this to heart and completely rewrote the system several times. At first though, it was just the two of us hunched over the game board trying to blow the hell out of each other’s fleets. What you see here is the result of nearly 15 years and literally thousands of hours of playtesting. The system has taken several different forms over the years, and we were constantly in a state of trying to perfect the game to our satisfaction. We wished to mirror what we saw on the various incarnations of Trek and give new life to a system that was geared toward combat in Kirk’s time. However, we found our niche playing in the Next Generation time frame, and there were several problems. The FASA shield system was woefully flawed for Next Generation purposes. Why bother raising a 20-point shield when a Galaxy -class starship could throw ten 20-point torpedoes out in a single round? There was too much time spent maneuvering and not enough time dealing out damage, so the way that weapons were used was revised. Systems for Auxiliary and Reserve power, flexible power management and defensive options were just a few things that we came up with over time. We also generated a fleet of ships to our custom specifications. In other PDFs you will find complete stats for the Federation, Klingons and Romulans. Dozens of classes to choose from, way more than FASA ever bothered to release (at least, for the Federation). Each class has been tweaked over time and reflects a massive mount of playtesting. This document contains an abridged version of the rules that were a part of the Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator released by FASA in 1986. I have left out sections that I felt added little to the game or that we disregarded completely. All of the Offenberger-Minick Phase II revisions are highlighted in yellow. In the end, it is a mixture of the Graduate Level game and the Command and Control options with a massive amount of customization. As for the people who originated this material, the defunct FASA Corporation and the very much alive Paramount Pictures, I can only say this. Please don’t sue me. This material has been a labor of love and is being distributed free of charge. All I wish to do is share with the gaming community and be left in peace. Well…there are only two people who I really need to thank here. First and foremost is my gaming partner Ken Minick. His influence is prevalent throughout this document and the whole thing would have been impossible without him. I would also like to thank our late friend, Chuck Algeo, our first Star Trek GM and one of the primary influences on our game over the years. Chuck passed away in 1992 at the age of 25, and we miss him very much. Without him, this document wouldn’t have happened. Travis J. Offenberger November 2005
A Few Notes on Our Time Frame and the Reference Stardate System Adjusted for the differences in FASA’s interpretation of the Star Trek time frame and the system eventually settled upon in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the old game system was set in the mid to late 2290s. This new game is set assuming a start date of 2385, about five years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis and about a decade after the Dominion War as depicted on Deep Space Nine. This buffer has allowed us plenty of leeway to incorporate changes that came up on the show and go our own way when necessary and has worked fine for some time. You will find in here and in the Starship data sheets a modest revision of FASA’s reference stardate system. When a stardate is stated, such as 4/7804.02, it is read from left to right. The 4/ indicates the 24th century. 78 is the year, 04 is the month and .02 is the day of the month. Hence, stardate 4/7804.02 is April 2, 2378. Easy!
TABLE OF CONTENTS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS .............................. 6 POWER ALLOCATION PHASE ..............................................6 SENSOR PHASE ...................................................................6 MOVEMENT PHASE .............................................................6 FIRING PHASE .....................................................................6 R EPAIR PHASE ....................................................................6 COMPLETING THE TURN .....................................................6
POWER ALLOCATION ................................ 6 TOTAL POWER U NITS AVAILABLE ....................................6 AUXILIARY AND R ESERVE POWER ....................................6 POWERING COMBAT S YSTEMS...........................................6 ALLOCATING POWER TO MOVEMENT ...............................6 ALLOCATING POWER TO SHIELDS .....................................7 POWERING SHIELDS ...........................................................8 ALLOCATING POWER TO WEAPONS...................................8 ARMING WEAPONS .............................................................8 ALLOCATING AUX AND RES POWER ...............................8
SENSORS ........................................................ 9 SENSOR LOCKS..............................................................9 OBTAINING A S ENSOR LOCK .............................................9 SENSOR LOCKS ON CLOAKED VESSELS...........................10 DAMAGED SENSORS ..................................................10 SENSOR STATUS TRACK ...................................................10 LOCAL FIRE CONTROL .....................................................10 R EPAIRING DAMAGED S ENSORS ......................................10 SENSOR SHADOWS .....................................................10
MOVING THE STARSHIP.......................... 10 VALID STARSHIP MOVEMENTS ........................................10 MOVEMENTS ALLOWED PER PHASE................................11 ADDITIONAL R ULES .........................................................11 MOVING IN R EVERSE........................................................11 EMERGENCY HEADING CHANGES....................................12 STRESS DAMAGE ..............................................................12 TACTICAL H EADING CHANGES ........................................12 SPECIAL MANEUVERS...............................................12 EVASIVE ACTION ..............................................................12 EFFECTS OF EVASIVE A CTION .........................................12 THE CORKSCREW MANEUVER .........................................12 COCHRANE DECELERATION .............................................13 PLANETS, M OONS, AND OTHER O BSTACLES ..................13 MAXIMUM WARP SPEED ..................................................13
FIRING WEAPONS...................................... 13 I NDICATING I NTENTION TO FIRE .....................................13 FIRING ARCS .....................................................................13 R ANGE ...............................................................................14 DECLARING TARGETS ......................................................14 SHIELDS AND DAMAGE ............................................14 DAMAGE MODIFIERS ........................................................14 DETERMINING SHIELD HIT ...............................................14 DAMAGE RESULTS .....................................................15 EFFECTS FROM SHIELD GENERATOR HITS ......................15 EFFECTS FROM BEAM W EAPON HITS ..............................15 EFFECTS FROM MISSILE W EAPON HITS ..........................15
EFFECTS FROM SUPERSTRUCTURE HITS ......................... 16 EFFECTS FROM WARP E NGINE HITS ............................... 16 EFFECTS FROM IMPULSE E NGINE HITS ........................... 16 EFFECTS FROM SENSORS HITS ........................................ 16 EFFECTS FROM BRIDGE HITS .......................................... 16 COMBAT SYSTEMS SHAKEN ............................................ 16 EFFECTS FROM E NGINEERING HITS ................................ 17 EFFECTS FROM WARP E NGINE/SUPERSTRUCTURE HITS 17 EFFECTS FROM CREW CASUALTIES ................................ 17 DIVIDING DAMAGE .......................................................... 18 SHIP EXPLOSIONS....................................................... 18 DAMAGE FROM EXPLOSIONS .......................................... 18 MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS ................................................... 19
SPECIAL WEAPONS....................................19 AND TACTICS ..............................................19 CLOAKING DEVICES.................................................. 19 OPERATING THE CLOAKING D EVICE .............................. 19 THE CLOAK STATUS TRACK ............................................ 19 HIDDEN MOVEMENT ........................................................ 19 DETECTING CLOAKED SHIPS ........................................... 19 FIRING A T CLOAKED SHIPS ............................................. 20 PLASMA WEAPONS .................................................... 20 GRAZING HITS .................................................................. 20 QUANTU M TORPOED OES......................................... 20 TORPEDO OPTIONS .................................................... 20 MINES ............................................................................. 21 R ECORDING MINE POSITION ........................................... 21 DETERMINING MINE HITS ............................................... 21 MINE DAMAGE ................................................................. 21
SYSTEM REPAIR .........................................21 SYSTEMS REPAIR STATUS TRACKS ..................... 21 SYSTEMS REPAIR PROCEDURE .............................. 22 REPAIRING WEAPONS............................................... 22 WEAPON R EPAIR P ROCEDURE ......................................... 22 R ESIDUAL DAMAGE EFFECTS .......................................... 22 I NTENSIFIED R EPAIR EFFORTS......................................... 22
CREATING CAPTAINS ...............................22 AND CREWS .................................................22 CAPTAIN'S SKILL RATING ....................................... 22 CREW EFFICI ENCY ..................................................... 23 CREW P ERFORMANCE BONUS ......................................... 23
CREATING SCENARIOS.............................23 MEETING E NGAGEMENT .................................................. 23 CONVOY ESCORT ............................................................. 23 HOLD THE LINE ................................................................ 23 TROOP ASSAULT .............................................................. 24 I NTELLIGENCE GATHERING ............................................. 24 GUNPOWDER ON TARGET ................................................ 25
DEFENSE OUTPOSTS..................................25 USING THE MASTER CONTROL PANEL ............... 25 MOVEMENT ...................................................................... 25 FIRING ARCS .................................................................... 25 DAMAGE LOCATION TABLES........................................... 25
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS Power Allocation Phase 1. Each Captain determines how much power each of his ships has and allocates them accordingly. Power is distributed between the weapons, shields and movement. The Captain also chooses where to commit his Auxiliary (AUX) power at this time. Sensor Phase 2. Starting with the vessel with the highest Captain Skill Rating, each Captain announces a target for their ship’s sensors and rolls one die to determine if a sensor lock has been obtained. Captains with a lock fro the previous phase do not need to roll. Details on what information can be gained is covered in the section on sensors. Movement Phase 3. Each vessel moves in random order. Order can be determined by any means convenient, or, assign each vessel to a card in a deck of playing cards. Pull each card one at a time and move the assigned ship. Repeat this step until all vessels have moved. 3a. Any vessel that has power allocated to its cloaking device may engage or disengage the cloak at any point of its movement phase. Firing Phase 4. Each vessel that wished to fire weapons may do so at this time. Weapon fire is resolved using the same randomization system as in step 2 and damage takes place immediately. Weapons are fired in the order in which the attacking Captain calls them out.
To find the Total Power Units Available at the beginning of each combat phase, total up the amount of power being generated by the warp and impulse drives. This is shown by the number of boxes remaining in the in each Engine Power Track. Record the Total Power Units available in the Total Power Units Available track The Total Power Units available may decrease during the combat as the vessel takes damage in each combat turn. Auxiliary and Reserve Power A vessel also has access to a pair of emergency power systems, the Auxiliary generators (AUX) and Reserve batteries (RES) AUX generates an amount of power equal to 10% of the vessel’s Total Power Units (this is broken down into two generators with 5% each). AUX is allocated at the beginning of the turn and comes with it’s own special restrictions and benefits. The RES is a set of emergency batteries that can store, discharge and be recharged with an amount of power equal to 5% of the vessel’s Total Power Units. Once charged (and a vessel always starts combat with her batteries charged), the batteries can be thrown into use at any time, even in the middle of a move fire phase. Once discharged, the battery is unavailable until a phase is spent recharging it from the Total Power Units. The amount of power available form the AUX and RES never decreases despite any damage the vessel takes.
POWER ALLOCATION
Powering Combat Systems During combat, the Total Power Units Available will be divided among the combat systems in any way the Captain sees fit. It can all be placed into the shields for defensive purposes, into weaponry to fire at opposing vessels, into movement for attack or evasion, or into any combination of these areas. How to allocate the available power is one of the major decisions facing the Captain. In the Power Allocation Phase at the beginning of the turn, each Captain decides on how his power is to be expended. He decided on how much to spend on weapons, shields or movement. These amounts must equal no more than the Total Power Units available. Although all Power Units Available do not need to be used, power not used in one turn does not carry over into the next. After making this decision, the Captain records in each of the appropriate boxes the amount of power allocated to movement, shields, and weapons.
Total Power Units Available At the beginning of combat, the Total Power Units available is the most power units a vessel can generate or use in the game. It is the total amount of power available from all engines, regardless of the type.
Allocating Power to Movement In the Power Allocation Phase at the beginning of the combat turn, the captain must decide how much of his available power he will give to movement. In making this decision, he will assess the position of his opponent relative to his. He will
5. For each missile weapon that fires, the attacking vessel marks that weapon off of the appropriate box to indicate that the weapon has been used for this turn. Beam weapons are not marked off in this manner and are usable in all three/move fire phases. Repair Phase 6. Captains may attempt to conduct repairs at this time. Bridge systems that were damaged during the last phase come back on line at this time. Completing the Turn 7. Repeat steps 2-6 two more times. At the end of the third Fire Phase, start over at step 1. The first side to meet its victory conditions is the winner.
consider how much movement is needed to keep his weapons bearing on his target and to keep his shielded sides facing enemy guns. In one turn, he may decide his position would be made more favorable by putting as much power as possible into movement, perhaps to make a fly-by of the enemy vessel, and allowing an attack on the enemy’s shieldless section. On the other hand, he may decide that his position is already favorable, and he will need to make little, if any, movement. The Captain may decide how much power he is going to allocate for movement in on of two ways. If he knows how many power units he wants to devote to movement, the Captain may write this number in the Power to Movement Track. From this number, he can then calculate the number of movement points he will be able to use. More frequently however, he will have an idea of how many movement points he wants to use. In this case, the Captain will write this number in the Movement Points Available Track located in the Helm Display . Then, he must calculate the number of power units this requires and record it in the Power to Movement Track. The amount of movement is related to the amount of power given to movement and the movement point ratio. The more power to movement, the greater the possible movement. The greater the Movement Point Ratio, the less movement possible. In most cases, filling the Power to Movement and the Movement Points Available Tracks will be done at the same time. To find out how much movement is available form a given amount of power, divide the Power to Movement by the Movement Point Ratio, rounding all fractions down. This, if there are 26 points given to movement and the Movement Point Ration is 4/1, there will only be six movement points available (26/4 = 6.5, rounded down to 6). It would cost a full 28 units of power to produce 7 movement points. On the other hand, to find out how much Power to Movement will be required to make a certain number of movement points, multiply the number of movement points desired by the Movement Point Ratio. This, if you wish to have 9 movement points available, and your Movement Point Ratio is 6/1, then you will need to provide 54 points of Power to Movement (9 x 6/1 = 54). Because neither fractional power units nor fractional movement points are allowed, it is wasteful of power to provide more power than necessary to get any particular number of movement points. It is far better to use the extra power to power up shields or arm weapons that it is to make fractional movement points. A vessel’s maximum impulse speed is the amount of power available in its Impulse Engine Power Track divided by its Movement Point Ratio, rounded down. So, a Steamrunner -class.starship with two FIG-1 impulse drives generating 48 units of power with a 5/1 Movement Point Ratio has a maximum
impulse speed of 9 (48 / 5/1 = 9.6, rounded down to 9). Allocating Power to Shields It is up to the Captain of each vessel to allocate power to the shields to help defend the ship in the course of an attack. At times, damage will reduce the effectiveness of the shields leaving the vessel vulnerable to damage leaking through in their weakened state, or entire generators may fail leaving the ship completely unprotected in places. The Captain must balance this with his ability to maneuver and his enemy’s movement so that he can provide his ship with the best protection available. As in deciding on how much power to give to movement, there are two ways for a Captain to decide on the power he will allocate to shields. If he has an idea of how much power he wants to or is able to give to the shields, he may record this in the Power to Shields Track. Then, he can calculate how much shielding this will give him. More frequently, however, he will know how much shielding he really needs, based on his intended movement. Once this is done, he will calculate his total amount of shielding available from the six generators and record this number in the Shield Points Available Track located in the Damage Display . Finally, he must calculate the number of power units that the shielding requires and record this in the Power to Shields Track. The amount of Shield Points Available is related to the power given to the shields and the Shield Point Ratio. The more power given to shields, the greater the shielding available, and the greater the Shield Point Ratio, the greater the shielding. Usually, the Power To Shields and the Shield Points available will be determined and recorded at the same time. To find out the number if Shield Points Available from a certain Power to Shields, divide the Power to Shields by the Shield Point Ratio. Thus, if the Captain has decided that he will give 30 points to shielding and the Shield Point Ratio is 1/4, then he will have 120 Shield Points Available (30 x 1/4 =120). On the other hand, the Power to Shields required to get a certain number of shield points is found by multiplying the Shield Point Ratio and rounding up. Thus, if the Captain decided he needed 125 shield points at a Shield Point Ratio1/6, then it will cost 21 power units (125 x 1/6 = 20.8, rounded up to 21). The amount of basic shielding available (enhancements from AUX and RES power will be covered later) is found by taking the number in the Maximum Shield Power entry in the Shields section of the Damage Control display and multiplying it by six. This represents the amount of shielding provided and shared by the six shield generators. Thus, if a Renown-class starship has FSW-1 shields with a Maximum Shield Power of 28, then the vessel can have up to 168 points of shields protecting the entire ship from all directions (28 x 6 = 168.)
To bring the ship’s basic shielding to full, it would cost 28 power points (168 is the maximum total shields divided by its Shield Point Ratio of 1/6. 168 / 1/6 = 28) Because fractional power units are not allowed, it is wasteful of power to use more than is actually required. It may be better to have one or two shield points fewer than actually needed than to take the extra power unit away from movement or arming weapons. Once the basic shields have been reduced to 0 through taking damage, they must stay down for one turn. AUX or RES power may be used normally for shielding however (enhancements from AUX and RES power will be covered later). Once the shields have stayed down for a turn, they may be brought online one generator at a time once per turn by allocating power normally to the system. Powering Shields After deciding how much shielding will be available, enter the amount in the Shield Power Available Track in the Damage Control Display. At the beginning of the turn, this will go in the Turn Start box. On the second move/fire phase, you will enter the remaining amount of shields in the Phase 2 box adjusting for damage taken, and so on through phase three. In the next power allocation phase, if there is any shielding left, it will be recorded in the Turn 2, First Phase box, and so on. Allocating Power to Weapons During the Power Allocation Phase, the Captain allocated power to the beam weapons and missile weapons that he expects to need. In most cases, the amount of power given to weapons will be determined by what is left after Power to Movement and Power to Shields has been allocated. It is often far better to arm a beam weapon with one power point than to give up several points of shielding or one extra movement point. Sometimes, it may be more valuable to reduce the movement or shielding to gain the use of a particular weapon. In making this decision, the Captain needs to consider which enemy vessels will be within the Firing Arcs of the weapons. Because of the limited amount of power available, and because of the limited arcs of fire, it is important to anticipate the movement of the enemy. That way, power may be used to arm only those weapons facing the enemy. Having the wrong weapons ready is worse than having no weapons ready because it is a waste of power. Once power to Weapons is determined, the Captain must record this value in the Power to Weapons Track. Arming Weapons After he has decided on the a mount of power he will use to arm weapons, a captain must select the weapons he will arm. In the Weapons Display , he records the number of power units used to arm each
weapon for the turn. The total number of points used may not exceed the Power to Weapons. Power to Weapons not used in one turn may not be saved for use in later combat turns. For beam weapons, the Maximum Power represents the maximum number of power units that can be put into a shot. This is equivalent to the weapon’s base damage. For example, if the Maximum Power is 5, then up to 5 power units may be used for one shot with that weapon. Once charged, beam weapons may fire in all three fire phases of a turn with the full amount of power placed in them during the Power Allocation Phase. For missile weapons, the Power To Arm represents the power needed to arm and fire that weapon. Damage points for the weapon are always the same and do not depend on the Power to Arm. Unlike a beam weapon, a missile weapon may only be used every once every three move/fire phases. Thus, if a ship fires a torpedo on phase two of turn one, that individual weapon may not be fired again until phase two of turn two. However, that weapon must have power allocated to it at the beginning of turn two to be ready to fire on phase two. This is done to represent the amount of time it takes to physically reload a torpedo tube and prepare it to fire. Allocating AUX and RES power Auxiliary Power – Auxiliary power (AUX) represents a pair of generators that produces an amount of power equal to 10% of the ships total capacity (rounded down. It is really two generators generating 5% each). AUX power must be allocated in the allocation phase and can go to any system aboard ship. The two 5% blocks can be placed in the same system or spread out to two systems. One generator can even be used to recharge the reserve battery. Once the captain has decided where to spend his AUX power, he records it in the AUX 1 and AUX 2 sections of the Emergency Power Allocation Track. Movement – The total AUX power is divided by the ships MPR (rounded down to a minimum of 1). This movement can be divided up among the three move fire phases or used all at once in any phase. Committing AUX power to movement yields a minimum of 1 extra point of movement, no matter what the MPR is. Weapons – AUX power can be used to overpower a single beam weapon or fire as an extra shot in a single move/fire phase (up to the maximum of the weapon’s original capacity). As an option, the two generators can be sent to two different beam weapons in the same or differing firing phases. Superstructure – AUX power to structural integrity temporarily increases power to the structural integrity field generators for a 1:1 payout (thus, is a vessel has 10 points of AUX and places it into
structural integrity, the ship gains an extra 10 points of superstructure until the next turn. If the Captain wished to retain this extra superstructure, he must reallocate his AUX power to this system during the Power Allocation phase). Superstructure cannot be increased past its original maximum amount. Shields – When placed in the shields, AUX power is multiplied by the ship’s SPR and added to the shield total in the Shield Power Available Track. So, a ship with 14 points of AUX with a 1/4 SPR has an extra 56 points of shields (14 x 1/4 = 56). In this mode, AUX must be maintained in the shields from turn to turn to retain the extra protection. Once sufficient damage has been taken to reduce the shields to 0, AUX cannot be applied back into the system for one full turn. It can, however, be used elsewhere. Reserve Power – Reserve (RES) power works exactly like AUX power, but can be utilized at any time, not just at power allocation. The RES represents an emergency battery system that is equal to 5% of the vessel’s total power. Once used, it takes an entire turn to recharge the battery and consumes power to do so. Therefore, a ship with 7 points of reserve power must spend 7 points of regular power to recharge the battery for later use. However, a ship always starts a fight with the battery in a charged state. Once the captain has decided to commit his RES power, he records it in the BATT section of the Emergency Power Allocation Track.
SENSORS Through the ship’s sensors, a Captain may keep track of the status of the enemy. These sensors are the only method of obtaining information other than by visual observation. Vessels are in sensor contact when they are on the Starfield Mapsheet at the same time. Vessels in sensor contact will know each other’s basic position, heading, and speed. They can fire on one another. SENSOR LOCKS In order for a Captain to discover any additional information about a ship, he must obtain a sensor lock in the Sensors Phase of the combat turn. For this purpose, sensor range is the entire Starfield Mapsheet . Obtaining A Sensor Lock The ship Captain indicated his target, and then rolls one die. A roll of 1-6 indicates that a sensor lock is obtained. The sensors remain locked on this target either until a lock is attempted on another ship, until the sensors are knocked out by enemy fire, or the target ship moves into a sensor shadow. Only one ship may be locked at a time.
When the sensor lock is obtained, the Captain of the target ship must give the Captain of the sensing ship information about the target, as indicated below. Automatic Information
The following information must be disclosed to the sensing ship’s Captain when a lock is obtained: 1. The ship class or displacement. 2. Race 3. Name of class and ship type, if known (such as Galaxy-class starship). 4. If the target ship’s shields are down, the type of life forms present, if known, and their approximate number. 5. Whether the target ship is locking sensors on the sensing ship. For other objects, usually only occurring in scenarios with a gamemaster, the information is more general. The gamemaster reveals the following: 1. Mass and size. 2. Composition, such as tritainium, energy, unknown, etc. 3. Status of that composition, such as fluctuating, solid, gaseous, etc. 4. The type of lifeforms present, if known, and their approximate number. Additional Information
During each Sensor Phase, the Captain of the sensing ship may also ask one of the nine questions given below. The target ship’s Captain gives the answers printed in italics, Q1. How much power is available? A1. The Total Power Units available. Q2. What is the general power allocation? A2. The order, from gr eatest power allotment to lease, in which the captain has allocated power to weapons, shields, movement and cloak. Q3. How are the shields powered? A3. What shields are operable , the total number of shields points, and the Shield Point ratio. Q4. Where has Auxiliary Power been allocat ed? Is the Reserve battery in a charged state? A4. The system type/types. Yes or no. Q4. How are the weapons powered? A4. How many weapons are powered and the total number of power points given to weapons. Q5. How much damage has the vessel taken? A5. The approximate status o f the engines, superstructure and ongoing calamities such as fires, hull ruptures, power and system outages. The answer should give state, in percentages, the current status of the power
and superstructure, and the general state of on-board calamities, not their specific locations or severity. Q6. What is the status of the ship’s crew? A6. The percentage of the shi p’s crew that are at their posts. Q7. Are any transporters powered? Is the crew abandoning ship? A8. Yes or no. Sensor Locks on Cloaked Vessels The section on Special Equipment describes how to use sensors to detect ships using a cloaking device.
another because of a sensor shadow, the other vessel cannot see it. To determine whether an object falls in a sensor shadow, trace a line from the center of the sensing vessel to the center of the target. If this line intersects any portion of the hex occupied by the obstacle, the target is considered to be in the shadow. The diagram attached shows this. In the diagram, the Patriot -class cruiser cannot fire at the K’T’inga behind the planet or the defense outpost. It can fire at the K’t’inga to the far left of the planet, however, because the line between the two vessels does not touch any part of the hex occupied by the obstacle. A cloaked vessel may break sensor lock by passing between an obstacle and the vessel sensing it.
DAMAGED SENSORS In the course of combat, the sensors may take damage. Depending when and where this happens, the targeting sensors may me knocked out of their optimum calibration, the weapons might revert to Local Fire Control and the ship might not be able to enter warp. Sensor Status Track If the sensors take damage that require a box in the Sensor Status Track to be marked, the vessel takes a penalty to hit until the damage is repaired. The first check imposes a –1 penalty to-hit. The second check imposes a –2 to-hit penalty and so on until the sensors are completely inoperable. A successful repair brings the sensors back on-line with no penalty to-hit. If the sensors are in a damaged state, the Captain may make a CER roll in his vessel’s next movement phase to warp out. However, if the sensors are inoperable, this is not possible. Local Fire Control If the sensor console on the bridge is damaged, the vessel retains some ability to defend itself, albeit at a severe penalty. In addition to being unable to enter warp, all weapons are now targeted manually by the tactical officer and revert to the Local Fire Control Firing Chart . In this mode, the firing vessel may also not attempt to shoot down incoming torpedo fire or perform evasive maneuvers. Local Fire Control is affected by crew casualties as normal. Repairing Damaged Sensors Sensors may be repaired during combat. This is described in the section on System Repair. SENSOR SHADOWS At sub-light speeds, a vessel will sometimes be close enough that a moon, planet, asteroid field or other large obstacle will cast a substantial sensor shadow. Obstacles in the shadow do not register on the sensors and cannot be fired upon. Sensor shadows are mutual, so that if one vessel cannot see
MOVING THE STARSHIP Moving the Starship Silhouette Counter takes place during the Movement Phase of the combat turn. The number of movements is determined from the Power to Movement and the Movement Point Ratio, as described in the section on Allocating Power . The following paragraphs detail the movements possible as well as when these movements are made in the game turn. Valid Starship Movements For each movement point the ship has, it may be moved forward on the Starship Mapsheet into the next hex the ship is facing. Once moved, the facing
may be changed one hexside in either direction. As an alternative, the ship may be moved one additional hex forward with no additional cost should the Captain desire. Furthermore, the ship may rotate in place; in this case, the ship is not moved into a new hex at all. Other movements possible are a sideslip right or left; with these, the ship keeps its current heading, but is moved forward two hexes in the row just off the port or starboard bow. Finally, the ship may hold station, remaining in place and keeping the same heading. Each of these actions, which are shown on the Movement Diagram, cost one movement point.
Movements Allowed Per Phase There are three Movement Phases in each combat turn. The total number of movement points are divided as equally as possible into the three parts. Thus, during each of these phases, the ship makes 1/3 of its movement. The Movement Per Phase Table gives the number of movement points that must be used in each phase. All movement points must be used in the phase given by the table. None may be discarded or saved for another phase or combat turn. For example, if a Captain has allocated power to make 8 movement points, go down the left hand column to the 8 line. The three columns to the right give the number of movement points that are used in each of the three Movement Phases. In the first Movement Phase, the Captain can use 3 of his movement points, in the second, he can use 2, and in the third phase, he can use the final 3, for a total of 8 movement points. The Captain may select any valid movement to use for each of these points. He must select a total of 8 such movements, even if he chooses to remain in place, for he cannot save any of these points for another turn.
MOVEMENT PER PHASE TABLE Movement Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Movement Points Used Phase 1 Phase2 Phase 3 None 1 None 1 None 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 7
Additional Rules Two or more starships may occupy the same hex, but they may not fire at one another while they are in that hex. Ships may neither ram nor collide with each other. If a ship moves off the mapsheet, simply pick up all the ship counters and move them back into the center of the mapsheet keeping the same positions. This should not be done if the scenario says that getting off the mapsheet is part of the victory conditions. Combat is assumed to take place at impulse speeds, and any vessel may choose to leave the field of battle at the end of a phase by warping out (assuming that their warp drive and sensors are still functional). Moving in Reverse Ships may move in reverse, but they must have remained stationary during the preceding Movement Phase to allow the engineers to make the systems changeover. Thus, forward and reverse movement may not be made in the same combat turn. Maximum speed in reverse costs 1 movement point. The movement options are more limited than normal forward movement and are shown in the Movement Diagram. Any heading changes must be made in a separate Movement Phase by expending another movement point. Once a ship is moving in reverse, it may continue to do so as long as the power has been allocated. Emergency heading changes are not allowed.
In order to go forward again, the ship must remain stationary for one Movement Phase while the original engine configuration is re-established. Emergency Heading Changes The heading of a ship may be changed one hex-side without placing any stress on the superstructure or engines. In emergencies, the heading also may be changed two hex-sides. Such emergency heading changes may be made during any Movement Phase, but only one is allowed per Movement Phase. An emergency heading change costs 1 movement point. Stress Damage The ship will suffer engine and superstructure damage from the stress taken during an emergency heading change. Each time an Emergency Heading Change is made, each warp engine takes 1 point of stress damage. This is recorded by marking off one box from each of the Warp Engine Power Tracks. The ship also takes one point of superstructure damage. Tactical Heading Changes At the end of their movement, captains have the option to make a tactical heading change. This one hexside heading change does not cost any movement points to perform. It does cost 1 damage point to superstructure and 1 power point from each of the Warp Engine Power Tracks. The vessel is also at a –2 to-hit for that phase should it fire any weapons. Still, this may be better than allowing an opposing ship a shot at an unshielded side. LOCAL FIRE CONTROL FIRING CHART RANGE 5 4 3 2 1
TO-HIT 1-5 1-4 1-3 1-2 1
SPECIAL MANEUVERS Evasive Action After a vessel has perfor med its movement for the turn, it may declare that it is performing Evasive Action maneuvers. This is a series of jinks and speed changes meant to throw off the aim of enemy weapons and avoid incoming missile weapons. When a ship declares that it is going evasive, it may fire its weapons as normal, but does so on the Local Fire Control firing chart. The ship then takes damage to each of the Warp Engine Power Tracks and superstructure according to the Evasive Action
Damage Chart. (The lower a vessel’s Movement Point Ratio, the less damage it will take during these stressful maneuvers.) If a vessel combines an emergency or tactical heading change with evasive maneuvers, add +1 to the Movement Point ratio for each extra maneuver for the purposes of determining damage. Finally, the Captain declares if is evading to port or starboard, and rotates his Starship Silhouette Counter one hex-side in that direction (tactical and emergency heading changes must be made in the same direction). It is not moved from its current hex. The evasive heading change is done after the ship has moved and fired its weapons.
EVASIVE ACTION DAMAGE CHART MOVEMENT POINT RATIO 1/1 2/1 3/1 4/1 5/1 6/1 7/1 8/1 9/1 10/1
WARP ENGINE AND SUPERSTRUCTURE DAMAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Effects of Evasive Action During the firing phase that a vessel is performing evasive action, the vessel may attempt to dodge any missile weapons fired at it. Beam weapons may not be avoided, but the ship is now much harder to hit. All weapons targeted at the evading ships are fired at a –3 penalty. In addition to this, for each missile weapon the firing vessel rolls a successful tohit on, the evading captain may avoid a hit on a roll of 1,2 or 3. All weapons strike the shield side now facing the firing vessel. The Corkscrew Maneuver The name of this maneuver is quite apt; the performing vessel literally “corkscrews” into a position opposite of where it had been. In order to perform the maneuver, the captain makes a roll against his CSR. If the roll is successful, the ship ends up 2 hexes forward and facing from 120° to 180° off its original heading. This maneuver requires three movement points to perform and does stress damage as per the Evasive Action Damage Chart. If the maneuver fails, add 50% to the structural damage (rounded down) and move the vessel two hexes forward.
Cochrane Deceleration This radical maneuver is used to augment the shields with unused power previously allocated to maneuvering. In order to perform the maneuver, the captain makes a roll against his CSR. If successful, the performing vessel may transfer some or all of its remaining allocated energy from maneuver to the shields. The transferred power is affected by the SPR as normal. The ship also takes 1/2 damage as per the Evasive Action Damage Chart (round down). If the maneuver fails, the ship loses one complete maneuver point from each of the remaining movement phases during that turn and suffers damage as per the Evasive Action Damage Chart. Planets, Moons, and Other Obstacles Counters are provided to represent planets, asteroid fields, and other obstacles that may be found in space at sub-light speeds. Ships may not fire or move through these objects, and sensor shadows exist for objects behind these objects, as outline elsewhere. Maximum Warp Speed During the course of an encounter, it may become necessary to know what a vessel’s maximum warp speed is for the purse of leaving the field of battle. (The maximum cruising speed can be found using the same technique.) For this, find the vessel’s Emergency Warp Speed from the appropriate Starship Data sheet. Next, find the vessels normal maximum amount of warp power points that the ship generates. Now, find the amount that it is currently generating due to damage. Divide the current power output by the normal output and multiply that by the ship’s maximum emergency warp speed. The result is the ship current maximum warp speed. Example – A Mk III Galaxy-class starship’s FUWR-2 warp drive generates a maximum of 120 points of warp power. During battle, this has been reduced to 86 power units. The vessel is now generating 72% of its normal rated output. The ship’s top emergency warp speed is warp 9.6. 9.6 x .72 gives the ship a current maximum emergency speed of warp 6.9.
weapon is fired, it must fire with all of the power points used to arm it. The power cannot be divided into multiple shots. Unused shots may not be saved for another combat turn. Indicating Intention To Fire Weapons fire is done one vessel at a time and any damage taken takes effect immediately . The order that vessels fire in is determined randomly and uses the same randomization system that is used to move the vessels in the Movement Phase. Picking A Target Two pieces of information are used in picking a target for an armed weapon: The Range, or the distance from the firing vessel to the target, and the Firing Arc, or the direction of fire for the armed weapon. In order for an opposing vessel to be a legitimate target for a particular weapon, it must be within that weapon’s Firing Arc and Range. Firing Arcs There are four possible Firing Arcs for normal ship weaponry: forward (to the front of the ship; abbreviated f ), port (to the left of the ship; abbreviated p), starboard (to the right of the ship; abbreviated s), and aft (to the rear of the ship; abbreviated a). These Firing Arcs are given relative to the firing ship’s heading. They specify the directions of fire for each single weapon, or each bank of weapons that operate as a single weapon. Only vessels that fall within a weapon’s Firing Arc are legitimate targets for that weapon. Ships in the same hex may not fire at one another. The diagram shows the Firing Arcs. Note that Firing Arcs do not correspond to hex sides and that they overlap to some extent. All weapons that fire port also fire forward and starboard to some degree, as do weapons that fire starboard. This is shown by the diagram.
FIRING WEAPONS Following each Movement Phase, there is a Firing Phase, for a total of three Firing Phases in each combat turn. A beam weapon (such as a phaser, disruptor or plasma gun) may be fired once in each of the three Firing Phases. A missile weapon (such as a photon torpedo, quantum torpedo or plasma torpedo) may only fire once in one of the Firing Phases. A weapon is considered to be armed when the Master Control Panel has been marked to show that power has been given to arm it. When a beam
The Ship Data Tables give the Firing Arcs for each of a vessel’s weapons. Depending on the vessel and the weapon, one or more arcs may be given. Thus, if the weapon is mounted on the front of the ship, its Firing Arc will be f ; if it can also fire to the starboard (right), its Firing Arc will be listed as f/s. (If you have trouble remembering the directions referred
to by the terms port and starboard, try remembering that port and left have the same number of letters.) Range The range is determined by counting the number of hexes from the firing ship to the target along the shortest possible path. The target ship’s hex is counted, but not the firing ship’s. Declaring Targets During a vessel’s firing phase, a ship may fire some, none or all of its weapons at any enemy ships it so desires. The weapon fire strikes the target in the order in which the firing captain wishes. Banked weapons must be fired at the same target however. DETEMINING WEAPON HITS To determine a hit, the captain must roll one die and consult the correct Firing Chart for each weapon being fired. He will find the range column on the left side of the table. Next to the range listing are the columns that give the to-hit numbers. Crossindexing the Range with the Firing Chart (recorded in the weapons display) gives the numbers needed to score a hit. If the die roll is within these numbers, the target is hit. For example, if the weapons Firing Chart is W and the target is at a range of 10-hexes, the tohit numbers are 1-7. This means that a die roll of 1,2,3,4,5,6, or 7 would score a hit on the target. In general, the greater the Range, the harder it is to hit. SHIELDS AND DAMAGE Once a hit has been determined, it is necessary to determine the amount of damage given by the shot. Beam weapons deliver the same amount of damage as the number of power points used to arm them. Thus, the damage they give depends on the amount of power that the captain has allotted to arm that weapon. The amount of power allotted to a beam weapon does not effect its range, merely the damage it causes. Missile weapons give the same amount of damage each time. Damage Modifiers If a beam weapon hits a target within a certain Range, a Damage Modifier may need to be applied. This modifier takes into account the extra damage done by some weapons at specific Ranges. Missile weapons never have a Damage Modifier. If the weapon has a Damage Modifier, the Weapons Display will show this with a listing such as +3 (1 - 10). The numbers in the parentheses give the Range in which the damage bonus is applied. The number preceding the Range is the Damage Modifier. In this case, the listing indicates that a bonus of 3 damage points should be added to successful hits on targets with Ranges of 1 to 10 hexes. To apply the Damage Modifier, compare the Range to the Damage Modifier listing. If the Range is within that given in the Damage Modifier listing, add
the Damage Modifier to the beam weapon's power to get the shot's total damage. For example, if the weapon were powered to 5 points and the target were 10 hexes or less in Range, then the total damage would be 8 (5 + 3 = 8). Some weapons, such as the Federation’s pulse cannon, will include a damage multiplier , such as X3 (1 - 5). The numbers in the parentheses give the Range in which the damage bonus is applied. The number preceding the Range is the Damage Multiplier. In this case, the listing indicates that any power charged to the weapon should be multiplied by 3 for successful hits on targets with Ranges of 1 to 5 hexes. For example, if the weapon were powered to 10 points and the target were 5 hexes or less in Range, then the total damage would be 30 (10 X 3 = 30). Determining Shield Hit Whenever a hit is made, which shield was hit must be determined. To do this, determine in which of the target vessel's shield arcs the firing vessel lies. The shield arcs are shown in the diagram below, along with several firing examples. The shield arc determines the shield side struck unless a firing ship is on the line between two shield arcs. In this case, it is always the target ship captain's choice of which of the two possible shield sides is struck. In the diagram, the Klingon on the left hits shield number 1 because it is in that shield's arc. The two Klingons in the center hit shields number 5 and number 6 for the same reason. The firing Klingon on the right lies along the line between two shield arcs, and so the Federation captain decides which shield the shot will hit. In this case, he has a choice between shield 6 or shield 1.
Determining Damage When a hit is made on a target, it is necessary for the target ship's captain to determine the amount of defensive shielding his vessel has. He should consult the amount as covered in the section Allocating Power to Shields. When they are fresh and perfectly calibrated, a ship’s shields are able to screen out 100% of the
damage that strikes them. However, as the shields begin to weaken, some of this damage leaks through. The target vessel may ignore a number of hits against his vessel up to his Shield Point Ratio. After that, any damage that strikes the vessel’s shields does ! damage (rounded down). For example, A Renown-class battlecruiser has a SPR of 1/7. A Romulan Warbird fires eight 10point torpedoes at him, and all hit. The Renown’s total shield amount is reduced by 80 points (8 x 10 = 100), but the first seven torpedoes are screened out completely. However, the Renown’s shields are weakening, and damage will start to leak through. The eighth torpedo does 3 points of damage (10 x ! = 3) to the Renown in the shield arc that was struck. Damage done to a shield accumulates, so that a shield not penetrated by one shot might be brought down by another. The amount of actual damage to a target is the amount of damage that gets through the target vessel's shields. For example, if a shield has 30 points remaining in it and two 26-point hits are scored, the first 26-point shot would reduce the shield value to 4 points (although with the ! rule, 6 points of damage leak through). The second 26-point shot reduces the shield to 0 allowing 22 points to penetrate the vessel and give it damage (plus an additional point from the 4 which struck the shields X !). DAMAGE RESULTS Damage is determined as usual, but location of the damage is determined using one of three Detailed Damage Location Tables instead of Simplified Damage Location Table. The effects of shots are slightly different, as indicated in following paragraphs.
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Damage Location At the top of the Damage Control Display, there is a listing for the Damage Table used when a ship takes damage. There are three different Detailed Damage Location Tables, one each for vessels with warp engines close to the front of the vessel (forward), one for vessels with the engines in the center (amidships), and one for vessels with engines in the rear (aft). Each table contains six columns, one for each shield side. When the damage location is determined, the Detailed Damage Location Table for the vessel is consulted. Table A is used if the vessel's warp engines are forward, Table B if the vessel's warp engines are amidships, and Table C if the vessel's warp engines are aft. A ship's damage table is listed in the Ship Data Tables. The shield penetrated determines the column to use on the Damage Location Table. The firing captain rolls one die and both players cross-index the result on the damage table. The result gives the specific location. A roll is made for each hit that penetrated the shields, no matter how many points of damage got through. The results of the damage are described below.
Effects From Shield Generator Hits The shield generator is damaged; all its shield points are handed off to the other five redundant shield generators. In later turns, power may be allocated to the generator anticipating repairs, but it will not operate until it is repaired. Record the damage by checking off the appropriate Shield Status box in the Damage Control Display. Subsequent hits to the same Shield Generator are recorded by checking off additional boxes on the Shield Status Track. Repairs may be attempted in the next phase. Until repairs are made, the vessel is unable to raise shields in that particular shield arc. If this system takes damage from enemy fire, the captain may avoid the damage by making a roll against his current Crew Efficiency Rating less the amount of damage taken. Thus, if a ship has a CER of 46% and is hit with a 20 point disruptor blast that the shields reduce to 5, the captain rolls against an adjusted CER of 41%. If his percentile roll is less than 41%, the system is not damaged. If the ship were without shields, the captain would roll against a CER of 41% - 20. Effects From Beam Weapon Hits A beam weapon that can be ar on the shooting ship is damaged; the choice of weapon is up to the captain of the target ship. If a beam weapon is hit and no beam weapons can bear, then the damage is reduced to half value and given to the superstructure just as though it were a superstructure hit. If the beam weapons are banked, consult the Banked Weapon Damage Table to determine how many are damaged. To use the table, roll a die and use the row based on the number of damage points in the hit. If the die roll is greater than the number range given, then all weapons were damaged. Otherwise the indicated number were damaged. In any case, the undamaged weapons in a bank may fire normally. Damaged beam weapons may be repaired in a later Repair/Repower Phase, but they are not as powerful as undamaged weapons or accurate; this is described in the section on Systems Repair . If this system takes damage from enemy fire, the captain may avoid the damage by making a roll against his current Crew Efficiency Rating less the amount of damage taken. Thus, if a ship has a CER of 46% and is hit with a 20 point disruptor blast that the shields reduce to 5, the captain rolls against an adjusted CER of 41%. If his percentile roll is less than 41%, the system is not damaged. If the ship were without shields, the captain would roll against a CER of 41% - 20. Effects From Missile Weapon Hits A missile weapon that can bear on the firing ship is damaged. The choice of weapons is up to the captain of the target ship. If a missile weapon is hit and none can bear, then the damage is reduced to half value and given to the superstructure. For damage purposes, the Romulan plasma weapon is
considered a missile weapon. Damaged missile weapons may be repaired in a later Repair/Repower Phase, but they are not as accurate as undamaged weapons; this is described in the section on Systems Repair. If this system takes damage from enemy fire, the captain may avoid the damage by making a roll against his current Crew Efficiency Rating less the amount of damage taken. Thus, if a ship has a CER of 46% and is hit with a 20 point disruptor blast that the shields reduce to 5, the captain rolls against an adjusted CER of 41%. If his percentile roll is less than 41%, the system is not damaged. If the ship were without shields, the captain would roll against a CER of 41% - 20.
damage once again reduces the Engine Power Track to 0. If a vessel has more than one impulse engine, the specific engine to be damaged may be chosen by the vessel taking damage.
Effects From Superstructure Hits Record the damage by crossing off boxes on the Superstructure Strength Track. Depending on the specific damage location, the number of boxes may be equal to the damage value of the weapon or it may be equal to half the damage value of the weapon. If the Damage Location Table indicates half damage, divide the damage value by two and round down. Damage to superstructure may be repaired in a later Power Allocation Phase if the ship's crew successfully makes their Crew Efficiency Roll.
Effects From Bridge Hits The bridge has taken a hit and the command personnel are shaken about. The superstructure takes one damage point and the crew takes casualties. The crew casualties are determined by multiplying the damage value by 2, up to a limit of 10 percent casualties. Record these casualties in the Percent Casualties Track located in the Damage Control Display. If this system takes damage from enemy fire, the captain may avoid the damage by making a roll against his current Crew Efficiency Rating less the amount of damage taken. Thus, if a ship has a CER of 46% and is hit with a 20 point disruptor blast that the shields reduce to 5, the captain rolls against an adjusted CER of 41%. If his percentile roll is less than 41%, the system is not damaged. If the ship were without shields, the captain would roll against a CER of 41% - 20.
Effects From Warp Engine Hits The warp engine nearest the firing ship takes damage. Usually the engine damaged is given by the Damage Location Table, but if the firing ship was firing through Shield 2 or Shield 5, the specific warp engine may be chosen by the vessel taking damage. Record damage by crossing off boxes on the appropriate Engine Power Track. If the Damage Location Table indicates half damage, divide the damage value by 2 and round down. When an engine's Power Track is reduced to 0, the remaining damage and any new damage is divided by 2 and applied to the superstructure. Damaged warp engines may be repaired in a later Power Allocation Phase if the ship's crew successfully makes their Crew Efficiency Roll. After repairs have been completed, hits to the repaired warp engine are treated as normal hits until the damage once again reduces the Engine Power Track to 0. Effects From Impulse Engine Hits The impulse engine has been hit and takes damage. Record the damage by crossing off boxes on the Impulse Power Track. When the impulse engine's Power Track is reduced to 0, the remaining damage and any new damage is divided by 2 and applied to the superstructure. A damaged impulse engine may be repaired in a later Power Allocation Phase if the ship's crew successfully makes their Crew Efficiency Roll. After repairs have been completed, hits to the repaired impulse engine are treated as normal hits until the
Effects From Sensors Hits The sensors are damaged and any sensors lock is lost immediately. No sensor information can be obtained while the sensors are inoperative. The vessel may warp from the field on its next move phase, but only if it makes a successful Crew Efficiency Roll. The damaged vessel may continue to fire weapons, but each crossed off box in the Sensor Status Track imposes a -1 to-hit until they are repaired in a later Repair/Repower Phase.
Combat Systems Shaken The control systems that were shaken by the bridge hit are determined by rolling one die and consulting the table below. On a roll of 7-9, more than one system is affected. Reroll the number of times indicated, divide by 2 and round up to determine the systems shaken. The shaken system will be off line for the next movement/fire phase until redundant backups can be switched on. No roll is required for this. If a single system is damaged more than once, it may take two or even three movement/fire phases to come back online. While the system is being repaired, all of its functions are temporarily lost any play continues as if the system had no power. The ship may not communicate with other vessels or perform repairs in the Repair phase, the sensors may be reduced to firing on the local fire control chart, she shields may go off line, the helm may allow movement only in a straight line or the weapons may not fire. Bridge Personnel Injured For each hit that does damage to the bridge (including those screened out by the ! rule or avoided
by a CER roll), roll a d10. On a roll of 1, a member of the bridge crew is incapacitated for the rest of the combat. Roll another d10 and consult the chart below for the effected bridge crewmember and the associated penalty. 1. Captain – XO in command. Re-roll CSR –10% 2. Executive Officer – CER decreases by 10%. 3. Science - No scanning for cloaked ships or other info for two phases. 4. Security/Tactical – On next fire phase: 1-5 Shoots only at nearest enemy target. 6-10 Shoots only at largest enemy target. 5. Helm – For next 2 phases: 1-5 Move in a straight line. 6-10 Repeat last maneuver from last movement phase. 6. Navigation – Unable to engage warp drive for 2 phases. 7. Comm./Damage Control – Communications failure. No repairs for 1 phase. 8. Engineer – No AUX or RES power distribution on next turn. 9. Doc – " of all casualties immediately become fatalities. 10. No effect. Effects From Engineering Hits Engineering control has taken a hit, with possible damage to one of three vital shipboard systems: the central Shield Power Grid, the Weaponry Power Grid, or the Maneuver Power Converter. To determine which of these is affected, roll the die a second time and consult the Engineering Damage Table. When the central Shield Power Grid is down, all shields are dropped dropped and remain inoperative until the damage to Engineering is repaired. Any power allocated to the shields will only repower the shields in the Repair/Repower Phase when the SPG is repaired. When the Weaponry Power Grid is down, no weapons may be fired. Power allocated to weapons is not available until the damage to Engineering is repaired. Weapon fire may resume normally in the Firing Phase after the WPG has been repaired. When the ship's Maneuver Power Converter is down, the ship may not be maneuvered. The engines continue to move the ship straight forward at the movement rate reflected by its current Power To Movement. No heading changes are allowed, and the ship may not hold station. Thus, at least one Movement Phase will pass with the ship moving straight ahead. If the damaged MPC is not repaired before the next Power Allocation Phase, the amount of power allocated to movement in the previous turn must be reallocated. If this system takes damage from enemy fire, the captain may avoid the damage by making a roll against his current Crew Efficiency Rating less the amount of damage taken. Thus, if a ship has a CER
of 46% and is hit with a 20 point disruptor blast that the shields reduce to 5, the captain rolls against an adjusted CER of 41%. If his percentile roll is less than 41%, the system is not damaged. If the ship were without shields, the captain would roll against a CER of 41% - 20. Effects From Warp Engine/Superstructure Hits A warp engine has been hit, causing str uctural damage to the ship and crew casualties. The total damage is divided in half as evenly as possible between the appropriate warp engine and the ship's superstructure. If the total damage points is an odd number, the larger number after dividing is given to the engine, while the crew suffers casualties equal to the damage given to the superstructure. For example, damage of 5 points is given. When halved, the result is a 3 and a 2; the warp engine receives 3 points of damage, while the superstructure receives 2 points, and the crew loses 2 percent to casualties. Effects From Crew Casualties Whenever the Detailed Damage Location Table gives a result that shows a C, there are casualties suffered. In tactical combat, the exact number of casualties is unimportant, but the percentage of the crew lost is. The percentage of the crew who become casualties is determined by the Superstructure Strength of the ship, the damage done by the successful hit (up to a point), and the crew's efficiency in handling the emergency at the time. Using the system below, some ships will have relatively intact superstructures and demolished crews, and others will have plenty of crewmembers still active, but heavily damaged superstructures Use the ship's original Superstructure Strength value and the table below to find the percentage casualties given for each damage point taken that gives a casualty result. Then, multiply this percentage casualties/damage point by the number of damage points, to a maximum of 5 points per hit, regardless of the total damage done by the shot. This will give the percentage of the crew that becomes a casualty.
Crew Casualties Superstructure Strength
% Casualties Per Superstructure Point Damaged
1-3 4-6 7-10 11-15 16-24 25-50 51-130
50 25 15 10 5 2 1
130+
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Hits to the Bridge and the Engineering Compartments give damage out of proportion to the damage to the superstructure. In these cases, the amount of casualties is doubled because of the concentration of crew in these areas. This is shown on the Detailed Damage Location Tables by a 2C result, which indicates that the percentage determined as above is doubled. Efficient crews may reduce crew casualties as they are taken, with crewmembers reacting swiftly to prevent disasters. To determine if this occurs, every time that crew casualties are taken, make a Skill Roll against the Crew Efficiency Rating. Roll percentage dice, and if the number is equal to or less than the Crew Efficiency Rating, divide the crew casualties taken by 2, rounding down. This will mean that there will be some hits that take no casualties at all. A crew's Efficiency Rating will be modified by casualties, as noted by the percentage given on the Casualty Modifier Track, thus making it harder to complete certain tasks when large percentages of the crew are out of action. The Casualty Modifier Track also shows the modifier to weapon To-Hit rolls and System Repair rolls. Dividing Damage From time to time, a system may take massive damage from a single shot. This includes the shield generators, sensors beam weapons, missile weapons, the Bridge or engineering. In this event, take the damage inflicted and subtract 5, then divide by 15. This is the number of times that system may be effected. Example: A ship has taken damage in combat and has no more shields. An enemy vessel fires a 36-point beam weapon and hits shield generator 3. That shield generator is in danger of taking two checks in its Damage Track (36 – 5 / 15 = 2). The captain may perform a CER roll -15 for each check to avoid the damage as normal. This method is also used when determining now many hits a vessel’s Shield Point Ratio can screen out before it starts taking damage at the ! rate. SHIP EXPLOSIONS There are times during combat when a ship will explode, such as when a vessel absorbs more superstructure damage than it can sustain, or when a captain elects to selfdestruct his vessel. This explosion occurs because of an uncontrolled mixing of matter and anti-matter and is very violent. The explosion due to self-destruction is automatic, whereas the explosion due to structural failure is not. When a ship receives damage that causes the Superstructure Strength Track to drop below 0, the ship may explode. After all hits have been resolved, the ship's captain must roll one die. If the number rolled is less than or equal to the amount of damage
below 0, the ship explodes. If the result is greater than the number of damage points below 0, then the ship does not explode. This roll is only made once, unless the ship takes additional superstructure damage. For example, if the superstructure was damaged to five points below 0, the captain would have to roll a 6 or more to prevent explosive destruction in this Firing Phase. If the ship takes two more points of superstructure damage in the next Firing Phase, the captain would have to roll an 8 or more to prevent the explosion. When the superstructure takes 10 or more damage points below 0, the ship automatically explodes. Damage From Explosions Ships that are nearby when an explosion occurs will also take damage. The amount of damage they take depends on the amount of Total Power Units Available in the exploding ship and the distance, in hexes, from the damage. Any ship occupying the same hex as the exploding ship will receive twice the number of Power Units Available as damage, while ships that are adjacent will receive only the Power Units Available as damage. Ships that are two or more hexes away will halve the damage for each hex from the adjacent hex. The damage continues to spread until it reaches 1 damage point or less in value. When halving the damage, remember to round any fractions up. Consult the diagram below as an example. In the example, the Klingon ship explodes with 44 Total Power Units Available remaining. Thus, it would give 88 damage points to any ship in the same hex as the explosion. As the distance increases, the numbers in the hexes show the number of damage points given to ships that distance away. The damage from an explosion is given to the shield facing the explosion. If more than one shield faces the explosion, roll randomly to determine which shield is struck. Shield values are taken into account and damage is divided into 15-point blocks as described above. Damage given to ships in the same hex as the explosion is divided equally and applied to all shields. Thus, a ship with 33 Total Power Units Available would give 66 points of damage to a ship in the same hex, but this would be divided into 11 points on each of the 6 shields.
Multiple Explosions During fleet actions, several ships may be damaged and explode, all at the same time. When more than one vessel is exploding, the vessel with the highest level of damage will give its damage first. This will be followed by the ship taking the next greatest damage and so on until all explosions have been resolved. Ships that received damage from the explosions must now determine the effects of the damage as outlined above. If this damage should result in more ship explosions, they will be handled in the same manner. DAMAGE FROM EXPLODING SHIPS Range Same hex 1 hex 2 hexes 3 hexes 4 hexes 5 hexes 6 hexes 7-10 hexes
Damage From Explosion 2x exploding ship's Power Units Available 1x exploding ship's Power Units Available 1/2 exploding ship's Power Units Available 1/4 exploding ship's Power Units Available 1/8 exploding ship's Power Units Available 1/16 exploding ship's Power Units Available 1/32 exploding ship's Power Units Available 1 damage point
SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS CLOAKING DEVICES Romulan and some Klingon vessels may be outfitted with a cloaking that can be used to make the ship invisible to visual sighting. It also is difficult to spot with sensors unless the cloaked vessel moves, at which time the movement may be spotted, but with difficulty. Cloaked ships may not be fired upon unless a sensors lock is first achieved. Operating The Cloaking Device The cloaking device requires power to operate, as shown in the Ship Data Tables. If a captain wishes to cloak his vessel, he must allocate power to the system during the Power Allocation Phase. After the cloak is first powered or put into operation, the captain may decide to activate it at once, or wait until any part of his movement during the Movement portion of the current phase. The choice is up to him. The cloaking effect takes place immediately. The cloaking vessel’s shield automatically lower when the cloaking device is engaged and come back on when it decloaks. The cloaking device may also be disengaged at any point of a vessel’s movement phase. However, once a cloak is turned off, it must spend an entire move/fire phase off before it can be reengaged. If a captain has powered the cloak in one combat turn, whether or not it is activated at the end of the turn, he may decide not to power it up the following turn. In this case, the ship will not be cloaked during any of the following turn. If he decides to keep the cloak powered, however, then he can turn it on or
off during the Power Allocation Phase, and after the first and second Movement Phases, as long as one Movement Phase occurs between turning the power off and on. The Cloak Status Track The Cloak Status Track provides boxes for recording the operational status of the cloaking device for 12 turns. Within the boxes are the terms On and Off , which are used to indicate the operational status of the cloak. When the cloak is activated, the captain will circle on, when it is deactivated, the captain will circle off . Hidden Movement When the cloaking device is activated, the Startup Silhouette Counter is removed from the Startled Mapsheet and all sensor locks on that vessel are lost. The captain of the cloaked vessel must record the movement of his ship, so that the other players can verify his movement route when he declass and reappears or when they get a successful sensors scan on him. This movement is written down at the beginning of the Movement Phase, in the captain's usual order. It is up to the captain to write it down clearly enough that it can be understood by all players in case of a dispute. Detecting Cloaked Ships Opposing captains may attempt to detect a cloaked ship during the Sensors Phases of each combat turn. This attempt replaces the usual sensors lock, which cannot be made in the same phase. It reveals the presence of a cloaked ship. What is detected is the ion trail left by the ship's engines. If the cloaked ship has not moved, there would be no trail and so the scan will be more difficult. Furthermore, the further away the cloaked ship, the harder detection will be; cloaked ships cannot be detected at ranges greater than 30 hexes. The scan proceeds in the following way. In the Sensors Phase, the sensing captain must announce that he is making a scan for cloaked vessels instead of a scan on a visible target. The sensing captain chooses a shield arc to scan and then rolls one die. If a cloaked ship is within the shield arc, the captain of that vessel then consults the Cloak Detection Table. To determine detection success, cross-index the Range with the appropriate movement column to find the numbers needed.
CLOAK DETECTION TABLE Range (Hexes)
Movement Of Cloaked Vessel Stationary Moving No Lock No Lock Lock
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If the roll was equal to or less than the number given in the table, the detection attempt was a success and a sensors lock is achieved. If it was greater than the number given in the table, or if the cloaked ship was out of range not in the arc, the detection attempt was a failure. For failed detection attempts, the captain of the cloaked ship (or any other player on the cloaked sir captain's side) announces that the scan revealed nothin He does not say that the attempt was a failure, for that would admit that a cloaked ship is present, something that opposing captains may not know. For successful detection, the cloaked ship's captain must reveal to the sensing captain the exact location of the cloaked ship. The sensing captain has then achieved a lock and may fire on the cloaked ship. The sensing captain ma immediately announce to any other ships on his side that h has detected a cloaked ship, but he may not tell them it exact location; he may only tell them which of their shield arcs the cloaked ship is in. If the sensing captain is successful at maintaining the lock in the following Sensor Phase, he may tell the other captains the exact location o the cloaked vessel. Though they may know the location o the cloaked vessel, they will not be able to fire at it unless they too have achieved a lock. Captains with a lock on a cloaked ship in one Sensor: Phase have a bonus 3 to detection rolls during the next Sensors Phase, as shown in the Cloak Detection Table. It the next detection roll is failed, the lock has been broken. Firing At Cloaked Ships Once a cloaked ship has been detected, it may be fired upon, but it will be much more difficult to hit than normal. If the cloaked ship was moving, the firing ship must add a penalty of 3 to all To-Hit Rolls. If the cloaked ship remained stationary, the firing ship must add a penalty of 5 to all To -Hit Rolls. PLASMA WEAPONS Romulan and Klingon plasma weapons have some of the characteristics of a beam weapon and some of the characteristics of a missile weapon. The plasma weapon is armed like a missile weapon, with its Power To Arm allocation recorded in the Weapon Track; like a missile weapon, it may be evaded. Like a beam weapon with Damage Modifiers, however, it gives less damage the farther it must travel to its target. Furthermore, the plasma bolt may hit the target full on, doing full damage, or it may graze the target, doing half damage. In either case, the damage is spread throughout the target. The Ship Data Tables for the various Romulan and Klingon starships give the Power To Arm, the Firing Arcs, and the Damage Charts for these weapons. In the Plasma Damage Table, the damage for any range is given as two numbers separated by a slash ( / ). The number before the slash is the damage given by a full hit; the number after the slash is the damage given by a grazing hit.
At the firi ng captain’s discretion, a plasma bolt can either be broken up into 15 point blocks on the Basic Damage Table or rolled as a single shot on the normal damage table. Grazing Hits The target ship may reduce the damage from a single plasma bolt by a skillful maneuver. After a successful hit has been determined, the target ship captain rolls percentile dice and compares the roll to his Skill Rating. If the roll is equal to or less than his rating, the captain has maneuvered his vessel out of the direct path of the bolt, causing it only to graze his ship. Ships immobile due to damage take full damage from successful hits with the plasma bolt; no grazes are possible. QUANTUM TORPOEDOES Quantum torpedoes are a particularly devastating weapon used exclusively by Starfleet. A quantum torpedo completely ignores shields, even those hits that would normally be screened out by a vessel’s initial Shield Point Ratio. If the quantum torpedo strikes a vessel’s shields, it rolls full damage against the appropriate damage chart. It the quantum torpedo strikes an unshielded vessel, it not only rolls for full damage against the appropriate damage chart, but does a bonus 10 points of full superstructure damage. TORPEDO OPTIONS Photon torpedoes have a few options that most weapons do not. They can be fired to set up temporary blinds that can disrupt enemy (and friendly) sensors or shoot down incoming torpedoes. Torpedo Blinds – If a ship expends two torpedoes into an empty hex, any further fire through that hex is done with a –1 modifier. If a ship expends four torpedoes in this manner, any further fire through that hex is done with a –2 modifier. The blinds dissipate in one turn. Normal line of sight rules apply. Vessels can fly through the blinds with no penalty. Vessels in the blind are not considered blocked for purposes of being fired upon or for firing themselves. A vessel must fire it’s sensor blinds before it fires any other weapons in a phase As a further option, torpedoes can be fired at individual ships in this manner, which gives it the –1 or –2 modifier in all arcs of fire for one turn. However, this is a tricky maneuver and is done with a –4 to-hit for the firing vessel. Counter-Volley – Once per phase, a vessel may attempt to shoot down torpedoes targeted at it or a friendly vessel. (However, to assist a friendly ship, you must be closer to the friendly ship than they are to the enemy.) You may use some or all of your torpedoes in this manner, but they must be in the correct arc to intercept the hostile torpedoes.
First, announce how many torpedoes you will use in your counter-volley attempt. Roll a d10 for each. On a result of 1-3, that torpedo takes down 1d4 enemy torpedoes. Only certain types of torpedoes are capable of performing a counter-volley. They are the Federation FP-10, Klingon KP-9, Romulan RTA-S and Shornack SP-10. MINES Some sub-light scenarios may call for mines, which are very similar to immobile photon torpedoes. In such scenarios, the area will be controlled by one side, which should be the only side that will have laid a mine-field. The minefield should have been set up before the scenario begins, because no rules for laying mines are included here. A defending player may spend no more than 15% of his scenario points on mines unless otherwise agreed to with the other players. Recording Mine Position In planning out the mine-field, it is particularly useful to have a sheet of small-size hexes on it for recording the mines' location. Each hex on the Starfeld Mapsheet is numbered, and if the small-size hex paper is numbered the same way, this will be very easy. If you have no hex paper, you can simply note down the numbers of the hexes containing mines. Mines must be placed at least four hexes from a planet or other similarly sized object. Determining Mine Hits Mines are not sure hits because ships may detect and dodge them at the last minute. When a ship enters a hex containing a mine or mines, the controlling player announces that a mine is present and may detonate. If the vessel under attack is friendly, there is still a small chance that the mine will explode; if the vessel under attack is hostile, the chance is much larger. This chance increases every Movement Phase the ship spends in the hex with the mine. Once a mine has been detonated, the hex is considered to be clear of mines. To see if a detonation occurs, one die is rolled. A roll of 1 will cause the mine to explode against a friendly vessel, and a roll of 6 or less will cause the mine to explode against all other vessels. This roll will be repeated every Movement Phase that the vessel remains in that hex or until the mine explodes, except that the chance of detonation increases by 1 each time. For example, a Gorn cruiser enters a hex containing a Romulan mine that can give 10 damage points. The Romulan announces the presence of the mine and rolls a die, scoring a 7, which means that the mine does not explode. During the next Movement Phase, the Gorn vessel does not move and is attacked by the mine again. This time the Romulan player must roll a 1 through 7 to detonate the mine. A
die roll of 4 is made, and the mine explodes, giving the Gorn cruiser 10 damage points. Mine Damage Damage from a mine is given to the part of the vessel that first entered the hex containing the mine. If the vessel moved forward into the mined hex, the damage is given to Shield 2; if the vessel backed into the hex, the damage is given to Shield 5. If the vessel sideslipped into the hex from the right, Shield 1 is attacked, and if the vessel sideslipped into the hex from the left, Shield 3 is attacked. The attack is resolved like a missile weapon attack. A ship may use an emergency heading change to evade 1 mine per Movement Phase. There are two types of mines, gravitic and regular. A gravitic minefield covers an area the size of a planet and costs 50 scenario points. Any vessel passing through a gravitic mine field risks damage equal to its impulse speed (total for the turn) X 10 on the basic damage location chart. Roll for each hex the ship passes through. Once a gravitic minefield has been struck, the hex may be marked as mined. However, the other effected hexes are not revealed to the opposing player. Regular mines cover one hex and cost 15 scenario points each. They do 10 points of damage on the applicable Damage Chart (they ignore shields just like Quantum Torpedoes), or 10 points of damage on applicable Damage Chart plus 10 points to superstructure if the target’s shields are down.
SYSTEM REPAIR Whenever the sensors, shield generators, or engineering take damage, they are temporarily inoperative. These systems may be repaired by damage control teams and brought back into operation. During each Repair/Repower Phase, the captain may see if repairs to any damaged combat system have been made. SYSTEMS REPAIR STATUS TRACKS The Systems Repair Status Tracks, located in the Damage Control Display, are used to keep track of the status of repair for Engineering, sensors, and each shield. When these systems take a hit, one box on the appropriate track is checked off. As additional hits occur to that system, more boxes are checked, regardless of when the system is hit. For example, if sensors take a hit in the first Firing Phase, the 1st Hit box is marked off; if they take another hit in that phase or in any subsequent Firing Phase, then the 2nd Hit box is marked off. When any system has taken 5 hits, it may not be repaired and is inoperable for the remainder of the combat. The boxes give the die rolls necessary for repair. As can be seen, the more often a system is hit, the less likely the system can be repaired.
SYSTEMS REPAIR PROCEDURE The first step in making a system repair is for the captain to decide which system he will check. He can make only one Repair Roll in each of the three Repair/Repower Phases, and so he will have to weigh the relative use of the various inoperable systems. To do this, he will consult the System Repair Status Tracks, which give the die rolls needed for successful repair. Then, he rolls one die and compares it to the appropriate System Repair Status Track. If the number rolled is less than or equal to the numbers indicated in the Repair Status box, then the repair work is complete and the system becomes operational. If the captain has allocated any power to that system, then it is immediately powered. If the roll is unsuccessful, the repair work is considered incom plete at this time. In the next Repair/Repower Phase, the captain may make a Repair Roll check on the same system. A system repair check may not be made in the Repair/ Repower Phase immediately following the Firing Phase in which a system was damaged, for repair has not yet begun. At least one Firing Phase must pass during which the system itself received no damage before repairs can be made. This does not mean that the ship can take no damage, but that only that particular system can take no damage. REPAIRING WEAPONS Each weapons track contains four boxes labeled Oper (operational), Dmgd (damaged), Repd (repaired), and Inop (inoperative). When a weapon receives its first hit, the Dmgd box is marked off and that weapon may not be used until it is repaired. Weapon Repair Procedure Weapons may be repaired in the Repair/Repower Phases like other systems. After the first hit, a Repair Roll may be made as usual. A roll of 1 - 8 successfully repairs beam weapons, and a roll of 1 - 6 successfully repairs a missile weapons. When repair attempts are successful, the Repd box is marked off and that weapon may now fire, with the restrictions described below. If a weapon is hit for a second time, it is completely irreparable. It is inoperable for the rest of the combat, and the Inop box is marked off to show this. Residual Damage Effects Damage to weapon hardpoints makes the weapons more inaccurate. When determining the ToHit Number for shots from repaired weapons, subtract 1 to indicate the difficulty of making field repairs. Furthermore, a repaired beam weapon may be powered only to half its Maximum Power. To find this power, divide the original maximum power by 2, and round down.
Intensified Repair Efforts An unsuccessful Repair Roll is not a total failure, however, because a bonus is added to all later attempts to repair that system. This reflects the intensified repair efforts that were ordered. Every unsuccessful Repair Roll on a system adds 1 to the next Repair Roll for that system. Thus, if a Repair Roll was missed at 1 - 6, the next Repair Roll for that same system will be 1- 7. Repair Rolls to other systems are not given bonuses because of unsuccessful rolls; only the system for which the roll was unsuccessful gets the bonus. Once a system has been repaired, all bonuses to Repair Rolls for that system are lost. For example, an Orion vessel has been hit in Shield 4, and the generator is damaged for the second time. The box for the first hit on Shield 4 has already been checked off, as has the box for the second hit. In the Repair/Repower Phase, the Orion captain checks to see if repairs are complete. He needs a roll of 1 through 6 to repair the system because this is the second time the system has taken a hit. The Orion captain rolls a 7, indicating an incomplete repair. Though he must then wait until the next Repair/Repower Phase to make another attempt at repair, he will add 1 to the roll needed to indicate intensified repair effort. At that time, a roll of 1 through 7 will be required to fix the system. The Orion captain rolls a 4, indicating success, and the shield is immediately powered if power was applied to the system. If he had failed the roll, another bonus would be added, increasing the range for a successful roll to 1 through 8 in the next phase.
CREATING CAPTAINS AND CREWS The following rules simulate the differences between captains and the blessings or curses of certain crews. In campaigns where the same ship, captain, and crew will fight more than one combat, these rules also allow captains and crews to increase in skill. As a captain and crew gain victories in combat, they may note their victories on a card kept with the Master Control Panel. Battle reports frequently are part of a campaign, with the victorious captain reporting on his victory to his superiors. Imagine what a marginally victorious, but rather inept Klingon captain would say about the battle that nearly cost him his ship... CAPTAIN'S SKILL RATING The ship's captain needs a rating in Starship Combat Strategy/Tactics. This skill area refers to knowledge and experience in commanding a ship in battle. Development of this skill includes study of the great space commanders and battles throughout history. It also includes intensive training in a combat simulator, recreating past space battles and fighting hypothetical ones. A captain's rating in this skill
indicates his ability to act decisively and seize the initiative from his opponents. To create the Captain's Skill Rating, roll the die three times, add the rolls together, and then add 45 to this total. This gives a range of numbers between 48 and 75, with an average of 60. This resulting number is used when the captain is required to make a skill roll or anytime he has chosen the same movement as another ship. In this case, the captain with the higher skill rating will move last. Record the resulting number on the front of the Master Control Panel in the space provided. Further, at the beginning of a turn, each Captain may make a roll against his CSR. If successful, he may choose ONE of the following benefits for his ship for that turn only. +1 to hit for one shot/turn. Add +1 to the effective SPR for one turn (for the purpose of ignoring weapon hits. This does not effect power allocation, AUX, or RES). One free point of movement in one move/fire phase. Torpedoes Shoot down on a 1-4 and take out 1d4+1 of enemy torpedoes. Quantum torpedoes have a 20% chance to ignore shields completely. Plasma weapons have a 20% chance of damaging SS only. Targeted vessels may not attempt to dodge. Rally the troops. 10% of crew casualties return to their stations. • •
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CREW EFFICIENCY Just as the captain has a Skill Rating that indicates how well he does his job, the crew has a Crew Efficiency Rating that would indicate how competent they are. The higher this rating, the more competent they are and the more efficiently they perform. The rating is not a measure of the skill of only one crewmen, but an abstract representation for all the crew. Just as percentage does not depend on the size of the whole, the Crew Efficiency Rating does not depend on the size of the crew. The Crew Efficiency Rating is created in a similar manner as the captain's rating. For this rating, however, roll the die three times and add the total to 35. This gives a range of numbers between 38 and 65, with the average about 50. Record this rating on the front of the Mater Control Panel in the space provided. Crew Performance Bonus Before the Power Allocation Phase of each combat turn, each captain may determine if his crew's performance gives him any bonuses in combat. Each captain rolls percentile dice. If the roll is equal to or lower than the current Crew Efficiency Rating, then the captain has a bonus for that turn only. He must now choose one of the four following options, and
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CREATING SCENARIOS Each ship used in the game is listed with a Point Value that is an expression of its relative strength in combat. This number is a combination of its shield performance, weapon capabilities, structural strength and normally rated power output. When choosing vessels for a combat, a number of points should be decided on beforehand. For example, if the players agree on a 600 point fight, each would choose any number of vessels for their side whose point value adds up to 600. There are several types of scenarios to choose from, including, but not limited to: Meeting Engagement This is your classic “two ships or task forces wander across each other and attack” scenario. Simply choose a scenario point total and go at it. First one to eliminate the other for forces them from the board wins. Convoy Escort One side has been tasked with getting a convoy of vulnerable merchantmen through a point in space. There will usually be two merchantmen vessels to protect for every 200 scenario points. The defender of the convoy has a very difficult task and will receive a number of bonus scenario points depending on the number of vessels he must get through. Defender must get 50% through - +10% points Defender must get 75% through - +15% points Defender must get 100% through - +20% points
The defender and attacker should start at opposite ends of the map sheet within three hexes of the map edge. Players can start anywhere they choose along their edge. The attacker MUST place his counters first. A merchantman must cross the far end of the mapsheet in order to be counted toward the victory. Hold the Line An enemy force has been spotted heading for friendly space. The defender must stop them by any means possible. The defender has a very difficult
task and will receive a number of bonus scenario points depending on the number of vessels he must stop. Defender must stop 50% of the enemy vessels - +10% points Defender must stop 75% of the enemy vessels - +15% points Defender must stop 100% of the enemy vessels - +20% points
The defender may buy gravitic or normal mines and seed them on the board before the battle. The defender may spend no more than 15% of his scenario points on mines. Defense outposts/platforms may be purchased and placed on the board as normal. The defender may start cloaked if they posses that capability. Once the attacker enters the field, they may cloak if they possess that capability. A scenario including both cloaked vessels and mines may require an impartial judge to determine if the cloaked vessels have entered a mined hex. The attacker and defender will place their vessels on the board one at a time. Roll a die to determine who goes first. Troop Assault A ground target needs to be taken, and the attacker has been ordered to break through the enemy lines and land troops on enemy soil. A vessel fit wi th combat transporters can land a number of troops/phase equal to the number of combat transporters x its capacity (thus, a ship with five 22 man combat transporters can land 110 troops in a single phase). The ship must be in line of sight with the landing site, within 4 hexes and drop shields for the whole phase it is beaming. Shields go down on its fire phase and come back up on its fire phase in the next phase. Assault ships are never used for anything less than a full battalion landing. If the attacker is landing anything from a squad to a company size force, the defender gets a +10% defense bonus. From a battalion size landing up, they get +15%. A defender may purchase gravitic mines, regular mines or defense outposts/platforms, but may not spend more than 15% of their scenario point total on these items. Defenders may also purchase (at the normal restrictions) planetary defense batteries. These are small ground stations with their own shields, weapons and sensors for use against targets in orbit. They are capable of firing on targets within an entire planetary hemisphere (choose their side of the planet at the beginning of the scenario). There are two general types of defensive batteries. Their stats and damage chart are listed below. Type 1 (50 pts) Shields – 35 points total Superstructure - 30 points Beam Weapons Two at 30 points Chart R Torpedo Weapons Four 10 point torpedoes Chart H
Type II (75 pts) Shields – 50 points Superstructure – 40 points Beam Weapons Four at 20 points Chart T Torpedo Weapons Four 10 point torpedoes Chart H
Damage Chart (Planetary Defense Battery) 1 – No effect (redundant system damage) 2 – Beam Weapon (1 reduced to 1/2 power) 3 – Beam Weapon (1 rendered inoperative) 4 – Torpedo (1 rendered inoperative) 5 – Superstructure 1/2 6 – Superstructure 1/2 7 – Superstructure Full 8 – Superstructure 1/2 9 – Sensors (-1 to hit) (each hit to the sensors imposes a -1 to-hit) 10 – No effect (redundant system damage)
Defense batteries do not need to allocate power, have a CER, CSR or SPR. They may fire torpedoes once per turn. Beam weapons may fire in all three phases as long as a target is in range. Once the shields are down, they may not be brought back up until after the combat. Once the superstructure reaches 0, the outpost is rendered inoperable. The following scenario point totals are suggested for ground assault missions. Squad – 10 soldiers (no scenario size minimum) Platoon – 3-4 Squads, 40 soldiers (no scenario size minimum) Company – 3-4 Platoons, 160 soldiers (500pt minimum scenario) Battalion – 3-5 Companies – 1000 soldiers (1500pt minimum scenario) Brigade – 4 Battalions – 4000 soldiers (3000pt minimum scenario) Division – 4 Brigades – 16000 soldiers (12000pt minimum scenario)
To achieve victory, the attacker should land on target the required number of troops. If he loses more troops than he lands (through vessels destroyed), he automatically loses the scenario. The target should be placed at the center of the mapsheet. The defender may deploy about the board as they wish, but must start at least ten hexes away from the map edge. The attacker must enter the field within four hexes of any two contiguous map edges. Intelligence Gathering The attackers have been tasked with closing on a target within enemy space and scan it for information. The attacker must close to within 10 hexes of a target and scan it for four phases. The target should be placed at the center of the mapsheet. The defender may deploy about the board as they wish, but must start at least ten hexes away from the map edge. The attacker must enter the field within four hexes of any two contiguous map edges. One attacking ship may be fit with special sensors enabling it to ignore one mark in its sensor damage track. -2 sensor blinds force a CER roll to keep the sensor lock on target. Any vessel may collect the information, but it needs four full phases of info to be successful. For game purposes, friendly ships may not share sensor info. Defender gets a +15% scenario bonus.
Target (roll at start of the scenario) 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10
Planet (specific target point – Attacker requires line of sight to the target) Planet (whole planet) Space station (unarmed). Asteriod base or moon. Natural phenomena
The defender may spend no more than 15% of their scenario total on defenses such as mines or planetary defenses. Defense outposts/platforms may be purchased as normal. If the target is a planet, asteroid or moon, a ground based planetary defense batteries may be purchased as per the previous rules. Gunpowder on Target The attackers goal is to approach a fixed target and do a specific amount of damage before disengaging. This might be a raid on a deep space supply depot, a ground base, a space station, a mobile repair facility (with attendant cargo ships and tenders), or any other number of targets. (If one side wishes, the target may even be a defense outpost. The amount of damage the outpost takes is immaterial, only the number of points of damage the attacker deals it matters.) The defender receives a 15% scenario bonus but may spend no more than 15% of their scenario total on defenses such as mines or planetary defense batteries. Defense outposts/platforms may be purchased as normal. The target should be placed at the center of the mapsheet. The defender may deploy about the board as they wish, but must start at least ten hexes away from the map edge. The attacker must enter the field within four hexes of any two contiguous map edges. The defender should place his starship counters first. To achieve victory, the attacker must inflict on the target an amount of damage equal to the scenario total x1.5. (Example; In an 800 point scenario, the attacker must inflict 1200 points of damage on the target.)
position. They may, however, be rotated in place during the movement phases of each turn. The time span of most starship combat games is simply too short to simulate the orbital path of the station, which is why no movement takes place. As an optional rule, players can simulate orbital movement by moving the outpost counter one hex per turn, usually in the second movement phase. All defense outposts have a Movement Point Ratio of 10/1, meaning that every 10 points of power allocated to movement will result in 1 movement point. Outposts may never be rotated more than two hexsides per movement phase and may never make emergency heading changes. Some assault platforms may have two Movement Point Ratios listed. For example, 9/1 R – 16/1 M. These smaller, unmanned and remotely operated platforms have a limited maneuvering capability. They may rotate at a cost of 9/1 as per the previous rules, and move no more then two hexes in a full turn with a MPR of 16/1. Firing Arcs The firing arcs for outposts are different than those for starships. Instead of having forward, port, starboard, and aft arcs, the outpost has three numbered arcs. These arcs are determined by the small number on the Outpost Silhouette Counter. Any vessels within a specific arc may be fired upon by weapons of that arc. Therefore, if a vessel is in a hex that is divided by two arcs, weapons from both arcs may fire on that vessel.
DEFENSE OUTPOSTS In some scenarios, captains may encounter or be given command over space stations or defense outposts. For vessels at these outposts, players use the following rules for movement, firing arcs and damage. USING THE MASTER CONTROL PANEL The commanding player must complete a Master Control Panel for each defense outpost or space station in the game. Movement Although some space outposts and defense stations are in orbit around planets or other bodies, they may NOT move from the hex of their original
Damage Location Tables To determine damage to operating systems and superstructure, players use the Outpost Damage Table located on the Detailed Damage Tables.
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