SFB Master rulebook Update D, (G14.745): Hyperlink should refer to (R10.3116) - Matthew Potter 10Nov2012

Reasoning: (G14.745) Refers to an inability to hyperlink to (R10.3316). (R10.3316) does not exist. (R10.33) refers to an Andromedan Repair Sled (RS). Hyperlink should refer to (R10.3116), which discusses small Andromedan ground bases.

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Saturday, November 10, 2012 - 08:41 pm: Edit

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (C12.384) second sentence "The only exception would be a very slow ship (freighter, FRD, Warbird) being towed..." should be "The only exception would be a very slow ship (freighter, FRD, Warbird, etc) being towed...". IE., addition of 'etc' to indicate this is not intended to be the complete list. 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (G9.421). NOT ERRATA, SUGGESTION: First sentence "It can move, but maneuverability is affected; the Turn Mode is increased by one" is not strictly speaking true - the ship cannot move voluntarily without a crew unit assigned (the rule does note this, later - however even without this it can move involuntarily...tractor beams towing, terrain effects, etc). Suggested re-wording of first two sentences FROM: "It can move, but maneuverability is affected; the Turn Mode is increased by one. One crew unit can be assigned to “movement” and conduct all normal movement, turning, and sideslips, but a second unit would be required to perform an HET." TO: "It cannot move voluntarily. One crew unit can be assigned to “movement” and conduct all normal movement, turning, and sideslips, but maneuverability is affected; the Turn Mode is increased by one. A second crew unit unit can also be assigned to “movement”, which would be required to perform an HET." 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (G9.422). NOT ERRATA, SUGGESTION: rules Q&A thread on the BBS provided an answer that crew units assigned to a system are not destroyed with that system, but continue using the (G9.2) procedure to take losses. While answered in the Q&A thread, this is not noted under the (G9.422) set of rules, and would be a good idea to comment on. 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Mulebook Update D, (G22.371) "Legendary Science Officers in any control box or lab of a Battle Station or Starbase..." should be updated with list of newer base types that this capability extends to (if applicable) - Stellar Fortresses, Sector Bases, Stardocks, etc. 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (G24.356) "Some ships found In Modules..." should be "Some ships found in Modules..." (IE., 'i' in the word 'in' should not be capitalized). 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Mulebook Update D, (J7.623) last sentence "...items not listed above cannot be dropped, such as T-bombs on MLSs or in the F-111 internal bays." should be revised to "...items not listed above cannot be dropped, such as T-bombs on MLSs or in the F-101 or F-111 internal bays." 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Mulebook Update D, (J10.31) list of fighters includes detail row "Federation A-20 and F-111", should be revised to "Federation A-20, F-101, and F-111". 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (K2.114). NOT ERRATA, SUGGESTION. Rule notes in the last paragraph no small amount of detail describing the differences between the Federation with F-111s and/or PFs. Possibly might be a good idea to confirm or deny whether these restrictons also apply to F-101s. 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (M2.71) rule notes "The old Romulan sublight ships (Warbird, Hawk, and Snipe-S and sublight variants thereof) each carry one NSM, which is included in their BPV." As of publishing Module Y1 through Y3, the list of ships that this is true for has been expanded considerably (Kingbird, Falcon, Vulture, etc), and presuming the Y-era products continue being released will continue to do so. It may be a better idea to simply delete the list, and leave the overall note in place for all 'Sublight Romulan ships', otherwise it will need continual updating. Or, perhaps, to use the 'including' wording as (M2.72) does. IE., change wording to "The old Romulan sublight ships (including, but not limited to, Warbird, Hawk, and Snipe-S and sublight variants thereof)..." 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (M9.18) exception list should be updated with list of newer base types granted this exception (if applicable) - Stellar Fortresses, Sector Bases, Stardocks, etc. 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (S8.3285). NOT ERRATA, SUGGESTION. Rule describes special exception for megapacks with the Fed F-111. Possibly might be a good idea to confirm or deny whether these special exception also apply to F-101s. 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (G33.42). NOT ERRATA, SUGGESTION. Rule notes special exception for "...Federation HDW being fitted to carry F-111s..." Possibly might be a good idea to confirm or deny whether these special exception also apply to an HDW being fitted to carry A-20s or F-101s. 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (YE24.16) wording "For purposes of (D4.3222), heel nippers count as just better than a starbase ADD" seems anomalous, as it's a Y-section rule, however the Y-era does not have 'starbases', but instead 'stardocks', and nobody has ADD in this period (or, more specifically, there is no 'starbase ADD' listed in Annex #7E in Module G3A or the Early Years products for this ranking to have meaning). 10 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Monday, November 12, 2012 - 02:52 pm: Edit

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, entire section "(E18.8) X-TECHNOLOGY RAIL GUNS" in the X-section is mis-labelled (E##) instead of (XE##). IE., the 'X' is missing on section "X-TECHNOLOGY RAIL GUNS". 12 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, section (YE24.323) appears to be using a different font size for all text than used in text in the rest of the rulebook (looks about 2 pts larger than the rest of the text, at a guess). 12 October 2012, Xander Fulton.

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Monday, November 19, 2012 - 04:41 pm: Edit

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (H5.5) references "Second Generation X-ships (XH5.1) have batteries able to hold five units of power each". There is no reference to 'second generation x-ships' in (XH5.1) - (XH5.1) states that 'batteries on x-ships hold three points of power', with no differentiation on generation of x-ship (the rule, as written, would appear to apply to all x-ships). Either (H5.5) should be updated to remove the reference to second-generation x-ships, or (XH5.1) should be updated to include a rule on second-generation x-ships. 19 November 2012, Xander Fulton.

SFB Master Rulebook Update D, (H5.4) references "Second-Generation X-batteries (XH5.1)", there is no 'second-generation x-batteries' described in (XH5.1), however. 19 November 2012, Xander Fulton.

By Matthew Potter (Neonpico) on Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 12:03 pm: Edit

SFB Master rulebook Update D, (K2.114):
Reference to (R1.1) should be reference to (R1.R1) Matthew Potter 25Nov2012

By Matthew Potter (Neonpico) on Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 04:51 pm: Edit

SFB Master rulebook Update D, (K2.114): NOT ERRATA, SUGGESTION. The lines that this update adds to this rule be moved from the "Casual PFs" section and into a section that refers to a broader situation. One can argue that, since the rule is in the Casual PFs rules, it *only* prevents the Federation from having casual F-111s *only* when they are using conjectural PFs.

Suggested new home(s) for this rule would be:
- In (J10.0), as part of the section before (J10.1)
- In (K0.0), before (K0.1)
- In section (K2.3); perhaps as (K2.39)
- In Section R2, probably as (R2.R6) - Although, more properly, (R2.R5) and this rule would qualify as R2.N1 and R2.N2 (respectively)
- As part of R2.F11. Though it is likely to be lost in the flavor-text associated with the fighter
- As part of (R2.PF), before (R2.PF0)

By Shawn Hantke (Shantke) on Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - 10:07 pm: Edit

MRB page 32, (C10.111) Source- Suggest delete "Impulse reactors," as the concept was dropped. S. Hantke 06 Aug. 2014

By William T Wilson (Sheap) on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 05:37 am: Edit

eMBR, page 214, G8.242 example. "After briefly considering the idea of an unplotted mid-turn acceleration (C12.24) and discarding it (because he has only one point of reserve warp power available and that would leave no power for the transporters), he drops his #1 shield (facing the D7)."

This Klingon would not be able to make a mid-turn acceleration because the example now states that it is impulse 32, and mid-turn accelerations cannot be done that late in the turn. Also, even if it were earlier in the turn, the mid-turn acceleration would not have been immediately useful because it would not take effect until the next impulse, by which time the situation might have changed.

By William T Wilson (Sheap) on Saturday, April 04, 2015 - 05:56 am: Edit

eMRB, page 84. D11.62 contains a typo, "tyype-K plasma torpedoes."

eMRB, page 182. FD15.2141. Creeping Capitals.

eMRB page 203. G6.34. "A die roll of one-3" is inconsistent style.

There are a lot of places in the rulebook where numbers were once used and have been switched to words, and while that would be correct according to typical prose style, I have to say that as a player reading the rulebook it is not an improvement. If something is defining a die roll range, as a player you want to see 1-3 and not one-to-three; similarly the drone construction rules are full of references to one-PS and two-PS modules and drone frames which are actually kind of awkward. In some other places, like G-six-point-forty, G6.41, and G6.7 (same page), the number is retained. (And in G6.7 the numbers, which refer to size classes, could easily be words as that is regular prose. It's really just die rolls and acronyms where numbers as words don't work well).

Creeping Capitals Report:

eMRB page 205. G7.324 "Turn Mode," G7.3221 "Tactical Maneuvers and High Energy Turns," and G7.29 "Result #2."

eMRB page 206. G7.331 "Turn Mode," G7.341 "Tactical Intelligence Level E."

eMRB page 208. Example of Movement by Tractored Ship "within the restrictions of its Turn Mode," Example of Delayed Movement "Turn Mode" and "pseudo Speed" (also should have a hyphen).

eMRB page 209. G7.54 "Effective Speed". G7.544 "Speed 2" and "Speed 3," and also "more than twice their maximum rated speed" probably doesn't need quotes.

eMRB page 210. G7.551 several capitalized "Speed"s. "Impulse" is also capitalized several times.

By William T Wilson (Sheap) on Friday, April 10, 2015 - 04:57 am: Edit

I guess some of those things are supposed to be capitalized as formal game terms, so carry on.

Grammar patrol!

eMRB page 166. FD5.2 "Shortly after they began using it, the Klingons began issuing their forces with this type of drone." The drone might be issued to the forces, or the forces might be equipped with it, but you could not issue a force with a drone.

By Ken Rodeghero (Ken_Rodeghero) on Friday, April 10, 2015 - 08:42 am: Edit

eMRB page 419, E18.8: This rule section is missing the "X" prefix. I suspect this is because of the way X-Technology was done in the original rail gun rule, which is on page 148. So this may not be an error at all. - Ken Rodeghero 10 April 2015

By William T Wilson (Sheap) on Monday, April 20, 2015 - 06:29 am: Edit

eMRB page 30, C8.10. The rule should probably be numbered C8.11.

eMRB page 31, example for C8.10. The unplotted acceleration in the last paragraph would have cost only one point of power, not two.

By William T Wilson (Sheap) on Sunday, May 31, 2015 - 07:25 am: Edit

[posted in error, my mistake]

By William T Wilson (Sheap) on Monday, June 01, 2015 - 08:52 am: Edit

eMRB Page 25, C5.232. This rule contains a stray penguin. But you could leave the penguin, it's cute.

By Randy Blair (Randyblair) on Monday, June 01, 2015 - 12:14 pm: Edit

Mine doesn't have a penguin.
I feel cheated.

Wah.

By William T Wilson (Sheap) on Monday, June 01, 2015 - 06:44 pm: Edit

Looks like it might be dependent on the choice of PDF viewer. The stray character is at the end of the sentence "... nor allow it to use Tactical Maneuvers in excess of the limits above." Depending on which computer I use, I see either the penguin or just a box (representing an unknown character).

By Randy Blair (Randyblair) on Monday, June 01, 2015 - 08:07 pm: Edit

I get a box.

Which isn't nearly as cool as a penguin.

I know because I've actually handled a penguin before. And I have the pictures to prove it.

By William T Wilson (Sheap) on Wednesday, June 03, 2015 - 08:13 am: Edit

eMRB page 37, C12.252. The example incorrectly calculates the cost of the reserve warp acceleration, failing to use the "cap rule" under the current interpretation.

By William T Wilson (Sheap) on Saturday, June 06, 2015 - 05:13 am: Edit

eMRB page 431, YFP2.0. Most of this section is in the wrong font.

By William T Wilson (Sheap) on Friday, August 07, 2015 - 03:15 pm: Edit

eMRB page 64, (D6.3144) RECEIVED FROM LENDING: ... A unit can generate six points of EW and receive (from a scout) six points of ECM AND six points of ECCM.

"unit" should probably be "ship" as shuttles are under more restrictive limits and seeking weapons operate differently.

By Steve Petrick (Petrick) on Friday, August 07, 2015 - 03:26 pm: Edit

William T. Wilson:

Bases, fast patrol ships, and some monsters are covered by Unit. Note that most monsters cannot use electronic warfare, but some (mechanical rather than living) monsters can.

By Nick Blank (Nickgb) on Saturday, September 03, 2016 - 08:29 am: Edit

(G10.78) Displacement Devices. The reference to (G18.71) should be to (G18.671).

By Randy Blair (Randyblair) on Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 06:38 pm: Edit

(D15.32) STEP 2 CASUALTY DETERMINATION
GROUND COMBAT CASUALTY RESOLUTION TABLE

X-axis on chart says "Number of Boarding Parties" when it should say something like "Offensive Potential".
Rationale - D15 contains way more offensive things than boarding parties, and using the general term makes more sense. BLAIR 19 OCT 2016

By Ken Rodeghero (Ken_Rodeghero) on Monday, March 13, 2017 - 05:56 am: Edit

SPP,

I find the eMRB (out for some time) and the various MSSBs (either out or in development) to be superb products. Thank you for compiling, refining, and releasing them. Is there or will there be a landing spot for the various rule-type entries that reside in the R-sections (such as R9.FW1 that covers fusion-armed fighters)?

My apologies if this has already been discussed but I could not find it.

Thank you!

By John Wyszynski (Starsabre) on Monday, March 13, 2017 - 09:22 am: Edit

R9.FW1 is on page 57 of the Hydran MSSB.