Federation Commander

[skippy01]

Dear SFB/FC veterans

as a newbie (well played some games in high school 25 years ago) where is the best place to start with basic tactics? just look through this forum or is there a good place to start?

thanks

[mjwest]

Yes, looking through these forums should give some ideas on tactics.

In addition, I would suggest just taking equally sized Klingon and Federation ships (e.g. Klingon D7 and Fed CA), line them up and just wail on each other. That will give the Fed CA an advantage, but it will show you the base mechanics of combat. Then try attacking at different ranges (this is where you can work to start taking advantage of the D7's strengths). Initially, just use disruptors, photons, and phasers. Ignore drones, ADDs, and shuttles.

Once you gain familiarity with the game, you will rarely just "close-n-hose". However, there is no shame in doing that to get a feel for the game at the beginning.
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[djdood]

Like Mike the answer-man said; for entry-level guidance, this forum is indeed the place to be.

The Captains Log magazines have lots of tactics discussions, but they are aimed more at players past the "newbie" stage. However, the free (for now) online "Supplements" often include entry-level tactics papers that were deemed too "elementary" to print. They may be too elementary for the center-chair gurus, but they're perfect for you (and slow-learners, like me).

The Briefing #1 FC book had some good entry-level articles by Patrick Doyle.

Also, the SFB Tactics Manual is applicable in many ways to FC (it's valid more often than it isn't).
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[Kang]

djdood refers to the Captain's Log Supplemental files - these can be found here:

http://www.starfleetgames.com/documents/CL38_Supplemental.pdf

http://www.starfleetgames.com/documents/CL39_Supplemental_File.pdf

http://www.starfleetgames.com/documents/CL40S_Supplemental_File.pdf

and look for the section called 'Coma Notes'. These are basic 'everyone knows' tactics, although from personal experience I must say that sometimes the tactics are not as 'obvious' as the judges seem to think; someone still has to invent them and great minds certainly do think alike


btw, Welcome to the forum
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[Kang]

[Kang]

[Scoutdad]

Skippy: Mike West, Will, and Tony beat me to any posting about basic tactics, so I'll just jump in and say, "Welcome Aboard!"

Try a few games... try a few different strategies/tactics... have fun and blow things up. Then, once you get a feel for the flow of the game you cna begin to specialize in tactics for you preferred race...errr, Empire!

And by all means, feel free to ask questions. You'll soon find out that we love to (as my lovely wife says...) go on and on and on and on and on about our game!
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[djdood]

Pontificate? Us!?!
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[Kang]

[skippy01]

Thx guys for the great advice and the warm welcome, going to work on the suggestions and try a CA D7 battle tomorrow. Tell you how it went

thx again

[USS Enterprise]

With the Federation, the best tactic is usually to close-n-hose against a Klingon. The Klingon should try to keep a range of 13-15.

I'll leave the rest to somebody else, haven't played in a few months at all!
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