Federation Commander

Texy · Ensign Joined: 05 Oct 2010 Posts: 8 Location: UK

Hi,
myself and collegue played a simple 1 on 1 last night in squadron scale. We picked a couple of closey matched frigates and threw dice to decide who got what and started at either diagonal ends of a 3 x 2 'map'. Well after 4 hours or so of gameplay we are still learning the rules, but picked up the basics, although some of them we simplified and may of been interpreted. Both of our ships were pretty much beaten up, but we agreed that my Klingon frigate could no longer continue after taking 12 ship damage through an empty shield.
A couple of Q's :
1..Drone range is quoted in the rules as 'short range', but we couldn't find the actual range. Perhaps its in a different section? I,ve read a few threads where 25 is mentioned, but which rule specifically covers this?
2..Anti-Drone damage does not appear to be in the DAC tables. Does this mean either player has the choice of disabling either Drone or Anti-drone ship boxes? Or that the anti-drone box is never disabled (unlikely!)
3..Ship cards. I know that the initial base speed is set secretly, but once all parties have set and declared, it is not. What about the other ship card details? Once the turn has started, and the baseline speed declared, is all ship card detail open to scrutiny? ie, how much shields are left, etc. We were a little unsure of that, and clearly it is important when taking tactical decisions.

Overall we enjoyed the game and I,m sure we will speed up the gameplay as we play more.
Thanks,
Texy

storeylf · Fleet Captain Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 1897

Drones don't have a range per se, you can lanch them at any target that is up to 25 hexes away (if that is what you mean). After that they move towards the target until they hit it. They can ultimately end up moving far more than 25 hexes as they chase it down. They will last between 3 and 4 turns for a total possible move of between 72 and 96 hexes.

ADD are hit on drone hits. The person being hit can choose which he takes (drone or add). There are quite a few weapons like this (various heavy weapons and 'defensive' weapons), some are hit on 'drone' other on 'torp' The initial section for each weapon should explain which it is hit on.

Everything about the ship is open to inspection. Declaring base speed is secret, and under some circumstances you choose your next move in secret (if both ships happen to move simultaneously).

By the way where in the UK are you?

pinecone · Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:03 pm Post subject:

Congrats on your first game. Storeylf got it right. The ADD thing works like how "Phot" hits also take out distruptors.

Just out of curiosity, what was the other frigate?

Texy · Ensign Joined: 05 Oct 2010 Posts: 8 Location: UK

Texy · Ensign Joined: 05 Oct 2010 Posts: 8 Location: UK

storeylf · Fleet Captain Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 1897

Texy · Ensign Joined: 05 Oct 2010 Posts: 8 Location: UK

OK thanks.
I had someone else ask me the same question, but they were down in Devon!

Cheers,
Texy

dharras · Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:33 pm Post subject:

Kang · Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:21 pm Post subject: