I had a thought about how to represent the Legendary Commodore in F&E. In SFB a Legendary Commodore would simply be a Legendary Captain with his ship leading a squadron instead of being on it's own. Legendary Commodores would never be on ships smaller than a cruiser.

In F&E the Legendary Captain could simply be a +1 attack factor for his ship. +1 to capture. Outstanding Crews get the same threatment. You can have both on one ship.

A legendary Commodore would have the same capabilities as a Leg. Captain, but could also adjust his sides BIR by one after it is normally decided. Can't have a Leg Com and Leg Cpt on same ship (ship blows up or one dies).

That's it besides cost and availability. Uses counters.

I know it just another piece of fluff and don't expect it to fly. It just occured to me that if these were to be done, it could be just that simple.

By Daniel G. Knipfer (Dgknipfer) on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 12:22 pm: Edit

I think a legendary Commodore could only gain the +1 BIR when in command of the fleet and could command from size class 3 only. If allowed to stack with Admirals it starts to get to be too much.

When not acting as a legendary Commodore a Commodore would act as a legendary Captain. Cannot act as both at the same time.

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 02:01 pm: Edit

Cool.

By Chuck Strong (Raider) on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 03:33 pm: Edit

Jean:

Please delete this topic as one already exists in:

Federation & Empire: F&E Future Products: F&E Defensive Operations: Legendary Commodore

All:

Please move any discussions to the new topic.

By Daniel G. Knipfer (Dgknipfer) on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 03:33 pm: Edit

Just a thought. Commodores as I described would be a huge Lyran advantage. BCs have a CR 10 and are size class 3. I do love the law of unintended consequences.

By Daniel G. Knipfer (Dgknipfer) on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 03:40 pm: Edit

Hey Mom,

Can you move these posts over to the area listed below per Chuck's instructions;
Chuck Strong-12/30, 03:27 pm-Please discuss any legendary commodore...

F&E Future Products
F&E Defensive Operations
Legendary Commodore

Thank you.

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 06:20 pm: Edit

Sorry, I looked but couldn't find it. Yes, Jean, please move this.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 12:02 pm: Edit

Topic closed and moved to the right spot. -- Jean