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Plankowners
Jessica Orsini Peladine Heavy Cruiser

NAMESAKE
Deputy Hantke
House Orsini
Targis Ketrick
Master Sergeant Beddow

BLACK FLEET
Charles Chapel
Jim Hart
Keith Horn
Ray Olesen

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 10:11 am: Edit

The Lost Counters pack includes an Andromedan Krait with a note that it will be published in an upcoming issue of Hailing Frequencies. However, I am not able to locate it. Has it been published yet?

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 08:25 pm: Edit

I'd argue for following the ASC (large auxiliary space control) with 1 plus any lower level converted over. That way if nothing is converted there's an allowance on 1 H, 1 J, and the aux limit for L and S (762.0) [think CL #43 added a 'free' HAP and HSC on PF4/PF5 that covers those slots]

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 17, 2020 - 05:01 pm: Edit

(637.63) ROMULAN SENATE INTERVENTION
At the end of Turn #5, and at the end of each subsequent player turn, roll two dice to determine if the Romulan Senate votes to end the civil war as an ‘unneeded diversion’. If the roll is nine or higher, the Senate ends the civil war. Repeat this step at the end of each turn, adding one to the roll for each subsequent turn. However, if the result of the die roll is between 2 and 4 (inclusive), then ignore any modifiers - the Senate fails to end the civil war on that turn. Both factions will respect the Senate’s vote to end the civil war, and so such a vote ends the scenario. Determine each faction’s level of victory according to (637.61) and (637.62).

(637.64) POPULAR SUPPORT VICTORY
At the end of each player turn (beginning with Turn #3), after influence points are awarded, compare the factions’ total IP scores. If one faction's total score is 150% higher than the other faction, then the Romulan Senate recognizes that one side is clearly pulling ahead and decides to fully back that side's leader. The war immediately ends, and the influence point (IP) leader wins a STRATEGIC VICTORY. The IP trailing faction is DEFEATED. Increase the level of victory for the leader by one step for each additional victory condition met, except for condition #5.

(637.65) UNUSUAL SCENARIO RESULTS
Both sides might lose. In the event both sides lose, the Romulan people as a whole are the losers, and so both players are considered defeated. The players can argue about who was the more defeated, but truly both lose.
Additionally, it is possible for one player to win a draw by gaining 3 conditions, but the other player to win a marginal victory by gaining 4 conditions. Similarly, it is theoretically possible for both players to win some level of victory.
While having two “winners” (or a “draw” and a “winner”) may seem to some to be a contradiction, in reality this is exactly how the sides will spin the results of the ensuing peace at the termination of hostilities. The players, of course, may argue that one player achieved a higher performance than the other, but in the ensuing peace the Romulan factions will still claim a “draw” or “victory,” as appropriate.


(637.7) VARIATIONS

(637.71) NO ISC PACIFICATION: Assume there is no pacification effort by the ISC. Before the beginning of Turn #2, all crippled units of the Fifth Star Legion are released to the Republican faction, and the entire Patrol Detachment is released to Rolandus.

(637.72) FACTION CONTROLLED DEPLOYMENT: Allow for player placement of forces with 60% of the ships within the player's faction-controlled provinces adjacent to the Federation-Gorn neutral zone. There must be a minimum of four ships (total) in these provinces. All other faction units are placed anywhere in player-controlled provinces. As an alternative (but still using the previous conditions), have one player secretly write out the deployment orders first, then have the other player deploy his units before the first player reveals his written orders.

(637.73) PRIOR WAR FATIGUE: Assume that crippled ships from a faction's at-start order of battle cannot be used for any purpose until they are repaired. They can move normally, will defend themselves if attacked, but cannot pin opposing units, hold territory, or be used to dispute territory until repaired. Once a ship is repaired, the controlling faction can use it normally even if it is crippled again.

(637.8) BALANCE

(637.81) SHIPS OR RESOURCES: Remove or add a number of ships or resources associated with a sympathetic fleet. Consider allowing a number of ships to be exchanged for their X-ship variants.

(637.82) INFLUENCE POINTS: Give one side a number of influence points after the first turn of the scenario or have players bid influence points to play a given faction.

(637.83) TREASURY: Add 10-50% of the base economy to the starting treasury of one faction before the scenario begins. A portion of the additional EPs may include XTPs. Consider giving one side a treasury deficit 10-20% of the base economy before the scenario begins.

(636.9) DESIGNER’S NOTES

This scenario is detailed and does not play like a traditional F&E scenario with massive fleets maneuvering and clashing. Pick and choose your battles wisely and be careful to preserve your units. Find targets that are not properly protected.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 01:17 pm: Edit

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, September 12, 2020 - 04:23 pm: Edit

If it helps, I sent the volume 2 Omega file - along with a "revision 4" to volume 1, updated to account for the material in volume 2 - on the 4th of May 2020.

Actually, if there is an opportunity to review both Omega files, it might be best to ask the FCOL team to wait until the "revision 4" take on Omega volume 1 is ready before considering whether or not to incorporate it. There shouldn't be all that much in the way of changes to the current "revision 3" of volume 1. But I wouldn't want to trouble the FCOL team by asking them to go over this material as it stands, only to ask them to go over it again once "revision 4" was uploaded.

In contrast, I don't have much in the way of errata notes for the LMC file. So it should be more or less ready to go as-is, should both ADB and the FCOL team want to consider supporting it.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 04:41 pm: Edit

(R4.A44) Module HF208 Romulan TKV - For Annex 7G, what should the plasma-D storage be? Using the VLV as a template, I think that it should be 360 (200/20 * 36). The second possibility would be the ICV, which I would keep the same at 500 and not 750 (500/24 * 36), but I think the VLV as a template is the way to go. - Ken Kazinski, 12 Apr 2023. THREE SIXTY. THAT DOES ON THE RULE, NOT THE SSD, CORRECT? Correct I need this to create the Annex 7G entry and it should be in the ship description. - KK - 4/17/2023

(R4.A44) Module HF208 Romulan TKV SSD - The graphic for the G-III-K fighters is incorrect. There should be two chaff boxes, see MSSB-R4, pg 93.- Ken Kazinski, 12 Apr 2023. I WILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT, BUT I COPIED IT FROM A PUBLISHED SSD WHICH HAD ONLY ONE. I DON’T REMEMBER WHICH ONE. - Please check to make sure I am not incorrect. - KK - 4/17/2023

(R4.A44) Module HF208 Romulan TKV - There is a note for the TKV in the F&E rules paragraphs "It must have the escorts of a CVA." The Romulans do not have a CVA, is this the CNV? Note the CNV's escort table begins in Y175, should I use the VLV escort table to fill in the Y170/172 lines? - Ken Kazinski, 12 Apr 2023. GOOD TO GO WITH THAT. - Here is the escort table

Escort Year Escorts Fighters
Y172-Y173 2xSNE 10xG-I, 10xG-F
Y175-Y177 SPM, 2xSKEA 12xG-I or G-II, 12xG-F or G-SF
Y178-Y179 SPM, 2xSKEA or FHM, 2xSKEA 12xG-II, 12xG-SF or 12xG-II, 6xTrib-D or 12xG-SF, 6xTrib
Y180-Y182 SPM, 2xSKEA or FHM, 2xSKEA 12xG-III, 12xG-SF or G-FSF or 12xG-III, 6xTrib-D or Trib-K or 12xG-FSF, 6xTrib or Trib-F
Y183-Y189 SPM, 2xSKEA or FHM, 2xSKEA 12xG-III or G-III-K, 12xG-FSF or Glad-D or 12xG-III or G-III-K, 6xTrib-K or 12xG-FSF or Glad-D, 6xTrib-F
Y190+ SPM, 2xSKEA or FHM, 2xSKEA 12xG-III-K, 12xGlad-D or 12xG-III-K, 6xTrib-K or 12xGlad-D, 6xTrib-F





(R4.A45) Module HF208 Romulan TKM - The F&E paragraph for the TKM shows the designation to be TVM and this should be TKV - Ken Kazinski, 15 Apr 2023. I CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT EITHER WAY AND AT THIS POINT I’D RATHER GO WITH WHAT I HAVE THAN CHANGE IT SEVERAL PLACES. IF THERE IS A CASE WHY IT MUST BE ONE DESIGNATION OR ANOTHER TELL ME. - The TVM is called out in MSSB-R4 as the KRT with Two P-V pods (P4.33 + R4.126D) combination, so this unit should be the TKM. (See graphic below) - KK - 4/17/2023.



(R4.A45) Module HF208 Romulan TKM SSD - Per (B3.3) life support cost should be 1.5 and is 2. - Ken Kazinski, 15 Apr 2023. NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, WE INCREASED THE THREE SHIPS TO 2.0 BECAUSE OF THE CARGO DECK ADDING SO MUCH VOLUME - This should not matter as the size class dictates the life support costs. There have been other ships where you have added considerable SSD boxes but did not increase the life support cost. I would not want to set a president that it is not based on size class because then we would end up updating (B3.3) constantly or have to have an annex with exceptions. - KK - 4/17/2023.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 06:29 pm: Edit

Lyran Cougar TGB Card # L442 CL44
Kzinti BT Card # L443 CL44
Hydran BT Card # L445 CL44 Supplement

Already done
C9
D5G
D6K
D7Z
E3

The following is a consolidated list of everything I can currently think of that has yet to be done:

Lyran Cougar TGB L442 CL44
Kzinti BT L443 CL44
Hydran BT L445 CL44 Supplement

Vudar CC B39 Booster 28
Vudar CDW C107 Comm 107
Vudar CWF C591 Comm 59
Vudar LTT 192 Booster 32
Vudar CWS L454 CL45
Vudar DWV C118 Comm 117 (Wait for Fighters Attack)
Vudar DWL C842 Comm 84

Peladine CA L501 CL50
Peladine CW L502 CL50
Peladine DW L503 CL50
Peladine FF L504 CL50

Omega Playtest Pack
LMC Playtest Pack
Lost Empires Playtest Pack (Paravians, Carnivons)

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 04:15 pm: Edit

Drunken Tholian Crewman: In our galaxy, the pirates have these big wings, they just grab the whole freighter and fly off with it! <hic>
Orion Bartender: Oh really? That sounds incredible. <pours another drink> Are there...technical drawings? For my kids, of course. They love spaceships.


(R1.5-50) SMALL FREIGHTER (F-S): This freighter is not a cargo pod with small engines and a small crew cabin added but is considered a "single" hull. North Polar small freighters can not be fitted with (R1.69) ducktails or (r1.68) skids. Freighters (except auxiliaries) cannot have cloaking devices. See (G14.71) and (G14.73).
Maneuver limit: The small freighter cannot disengage by acceleration (C7.1) and cannot accelerate by more than three movement points per turn (warp and impulse combined).
A North Polar SSD is in Communique #205; use generic counter small freigther counter from the Basic Set, Advanced Missions, and Module R1.

Tom Talasco reported: I finally got around to printing out my copy of the ACTASF Book2. Just an FYI, ADB has pictures of models of mine attributed to unknown. They are the Large Freighter on Page 163 and the upper two planets on the right on page 171.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 03:51 am: Edit

Here she come now sayin', "Mony, Mony"
Shoot 'em down, turn around, come on, Mony
Hey, she give me love, and I feel all right now
Yeah! - you gotta toss and turn
And feel all right, yeah, I feel all right

[Refrain]
I said, yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
'Cause you make me feel (Like I'm wanted)
So good (Like I'm wanted)
So good (Like I'm wanted)
So good (Mony, Mony)
So fine (Mony, Mony)
So fine (Mony, Mony)
It's all mine (Mony, Mony)
Well, I feel all right (Mony, Mony)

[Refrain]
I said, yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah)

[Verse 2]
Wake it, shake it, Mony, Mony
Ah, shotgun dead, and I'll come on, Mony
Don't stop cookin', 'cause I feel all right now
Hey, don't stop now, come on, Mony, come on, yeah

[Refrain]
I said, yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]
'Cause you make me feel (Like I'm wanted)
So good (Like I'm wanted)
So good (Like I'm wanted)
Well, I feel all right (Mony, Mony)
It's all mine (Mony, Mony)
It's all mine (Mony, Mony)
It's all mine (Mony, Mony)
And I feel all right (Mony, Mony)