SFB Master Rulebook. (G13.18), fourth sentence "Units docked to a larger cloaked unit under all of the restrictions of a cloaked unit..." Should be: "Units docked to a larger cloaked unit are under all of the restrictions of a cloaked unit...", that is, to add the linking verb 'are'. 6 February 2011, Xander Fulton.

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Saturday, February 12, 2011 - 11:50 pm: Edit

SFB Master Rulebook. (G7.41), last sentence in item A. Phrasing implies passive voice, which is confusing - "It must have a lock-on to the unit to be tractored (unless they are already docked)" ...implied (incorrectly) that a unit must have a lock-on to something [in order] to be tractored. Recommended re-phrase to active voice to avoid confusion: "It must have a lock-on to the unit that is the target of the tractor attempt (unless they are already docked)." 12 February 2011, Xander Fulton.

By Terry O'Carroll (Terryoc) on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 12:17 am: Edit

"It" in the sentence above clearly refers to the unit attempting to attach the tractor. The phrase, "the unit to be tractored" clearly refers to the target. That is, "[The unit attempting to establish a tractor link] must have a lock on to the unit to be tractored (unless they are already docked)"

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 12:59 am: Edit

I'm not saying that it CAN'T be read correctly (obviously - I haven't actually played against anyone who does it wrong), just that a slight tweak to the wording would make it immensely clearer. Just because I haven't played against someone who did it wrong doesn't mean no one has...

By Terry O'Carroll (Terryoc) on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 06:10 am: Edit

I don't see how it could possibly be read incorrectly.

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 04:08 pm: Edit

Because it isn't clear, with the existing wording, how the sentence should be parsed. Context provides that, but it's generally bad practice to write a sentence that can ONLY be understood correctly in context. IE: the sentence could be parsed either as:

"It must have a lock-on to [the unit to be tractored]" (the object of the action 'must have' is 'the unit to be tractored')

"[It must have a lock-on to the unit] to be tractored" (the object of the action 'to be tractored' is 'it')

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, February 14, 2011 - 01:50 pm: Edit

Terry: You cannot stop Xander from being picky and finding places where someone who is being a jerk could pretend he doesn't understand. We've tried to stop him; it cannot be done. Let him post what he wants and Petrick will do what needs doing and ignore the unnecessary.

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 03:07 am: Edit

SFB Master Rulebook. (S3.1), last paragraph, "Perhaps a new ship has appeared in Starletter and you want to test it in an established scenario?" should be "Perhaps a new ship has appeared in a Captain's Log issue and you want to test it in an established scenario?" - Starletter is no longer published, and no 'new ships' will be appearing in it. 18 February 2011, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook. (S1.2), section PLAYTEST SCENARIOS. Note "...distributed by various informal means (e.g., in Starletter)" should be updated to something else (Captain's Log? Communique? Hailing Frequencies? Commander's Circle?). 18 February 2011, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook. (Z5.0), second paragraph in section "FUTURE DEVELOPMENT" notes "Consult Star Fleet Times or Captain’s Log for updated release schedules" and should be updated to something else, per above (Star Fleet Times is no longer published). 18 February 2011, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook. (Z9.3), 'Hint' for section 'Rules:' notes "Watch Star Fleet Times and Captain’s Log for the production schedule" and should be updated to something else, per above (Star Fleet Times is no longer published). 18 February 2011, Xander Fulton.

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Monday, March 28, 2011 - 01:54 pm: Edit

SFB Master Rulebook. (D19.221), third sentence states 'They cannot be launched at targets closer than five hexes as they need time to improve their lock-on.' Suggested re-wording to: 'They cannot be launched at targets closer than five hexes as they need the initial longer range for their built-in seekers to acquire the target.' (Per discussion on Q&A thread, 'time' is not a factor...if the passively-fired weapon somehow hit the next impulse after launch, it would still impact the target and do damage regardless of how much 'time' did or did not pass.) 28 March 2011, Xander Fulton.

By Sean Hunt (Coppro) on Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 05:34 pm: Edit

(D12.12) has a funny box at the end.

By Sean Hunt (Coppro) on Monday, April 18, 2011 - 11:26 pm: Edit

And (FP11.11) references non-existent (K1.384).

By Sean Hunt (Coppro) on Monday, April 18, 2011 - 11:51 pm: Edit

The rule heading for (G31.321) is not bolded.

By Ken Kazinski (Kjkazinski) on Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 11:46 pm: Edit

Rule (D15.82x) series rules should have started (D15.821) to (D15.829) and not (D15.820) to (D15.828). - Ken Kazinski, 21 Apr 2011.