I'd like to see a closer look at the Nebuline; who they are, what their "key Nebuline technology" is like, what kind of empire they used to have before the Great Martial War broke out, how they run their disparate enclaves (do they have worlds in their nebulae with refugee populations from other defeated species, what kind of resources do they have to bring in from open space, can they make long-range runs from one nebula to another...), do they have any plans post-Revolt, etc.

Oh, and whether or not they ever get their hand-equivalents on web breaker tech during or after the Revolt. Web is useless in a nebula, so it wouldn't matter there; but it could help if they, or their High Pirate Band charges, ran into remnant Tholians in open space. But then, that would depend on whether or not they have their own production runs of shield crackers or particle cannons to pass on to the pirates, or rely on capturing weapons from the Will instead. (Indeed, do any of the Nebuline colonies have stocks of weapons used by other former navies, which they could then make available for use in pirate option mounts? If so, how does that work? And so forth.)

By Gary Carney (Nerroth) on Wednesday, July 06, 2011 - 05:21 pm: Edit

I had asked over in another topic about the Fed BC, and was somewhat surprised that a class history for the ship type hadn't already been done (the way there had been for its Klingon counterpart, the C7).

Given the BC's role as a "face" ship on the covers of at least two prominent releases (Klingon Border and Romulan Border), and that it seems set to be included among the first wave of Mongoose products released this (or next) year, could CL44 be an apt place to include a class history for these ships?


(Assuming there really isn't a pre-existing class history for the BC that I've overlooked, perhaps.)


EDIT: Speaking of Mongoose, I probably should have remembered that their own teaser pic shows the Kirov itself...

By Gary Carney (Nerroth) on Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 06:47 pm: Edit

ISC War includes a lot of data about the changed political boundaries of the Pacification era; the new Gorn and Romulan provinces, the territories held by the Vudar enclave, planets "commandeered" by the Pacification forces, and the enforcement and exclusion zones bracketing the ISC-patrolled neutral zones.

Could CL44 include a hex map showing a snapshot of these re-drawn borders, protectorate planets and newly-imposed zones, perhaps on the eve of the Andromedan invasion of Y188?

By Dixon Simpkins (Dixsimpkins) on Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 08:33 pm: Edit

Federation Heavy Cruiser Development article explaining the differences between the Constellation, (second) Republic, and Constitution Classes.

By Robert Hyrneson (Hyrneson) on Saturday, October 01, 2011 - 09:34 pm: Edit

An article I'd like to see would be SVC talking about some of his design processes from the early days of SFB. I call it, "The Lost Designer Notes".
An example I'd like to see is what he was thinking when he designed the Fed POL & OCL.
He could also answer the SFB Urban Myths, like the B10 came from the time he lost a game while playing the Klingons or that the Andros were developed over a weekend when he had a real bad fever.
Not quite fitting, would be to revisit some old comments. In the 80's he drew similes between some SFB races and real world countries from different time periods. I'd like to know what he thinks of the game development now, but using that lens.

By Chuck Strong (Raider) on Sunday, December 09, 2012 - 08:20 pm: Edit

SPP:

What about updating T8 - The War of Return?

With F&E Civil Wars development we will need updated historical information (ships and scenarios) to build upon. I'd also like to know how the Usurper planned to take the throne with just the Fish ships and the help of the Count. What goals needed to be achieved for a successful overthrow?

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 09:57 am: Edit

Steven Petrick has put out a call for help. We really need SFB players to lend a hand.

http://federationcommander.blogspot.com/2013/03/dead-scenario-file.html

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 10:48 am: Edit

We're always accepting SFB scenarios. When they get used depends. However, it is entirely possible that an SFB scenario submitted today might get into the issue.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 08:10 am: Edit

Porting from SFB is tricky given how many are on file. Give the rotation system, someone who sends in a port four years from now might get used and yours tossed then. Also ports don't get free Logs, just name credit.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 24, 2019 - 06:33 pm: Edit

ASKED: If there is going to be a "fringe" element to this issue (CL53) is it possible to see one of the additional Triangulum empires? I believe Francois sent some in ages ago (Frigian, Valorean) but they may have been lost in a computer crash.

Francois never sent them to us and we have no contact with him. This is the first we have heard of such empires or a computer crash.