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Jean · Site Admin Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 1732

Captain's Log #44 Supplemental File is now up on e23: http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=ADB5744-S

Seven pages of designer's notes, including four pages of background on "A Call to Arms."
After-action reports.
Nine more Battle Groups.
Six pages of tactical notes.
Three new SFB SSDs for Jumbo Auxiliaries.
Two new FC battle tug Ship Cards.
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Eric Lakin · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:21 am Post subject:

Jean · Site Admin Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 1732

Eric, if the cards are part of something we print such as Captain's Log or its supplement, then usually they will be in B&W. We do hope to create a six-pack of the battle tugs that will be in color on e23.

If you ever have a question about it, do feel free to ask. I'll try to remember to see if that can be part of the description on e23.

As always, thanks for helping make things better for everyone.

Jean

Eric Lakin · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:37 am Post subject:

Savedfromwhat · Commander Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 657

Which battle tugs? Is one Romulan?

mjwest · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:43 am Post subject:

The four battle tugs in CL44: Fed, Klingon, Kzinti, Lyran
The two battle tugs in CL44S: Hydran, Gorn.
The one battle tug not printed (sorry Gary): ISC.
Don't actually have battle tugs to be done: Romulan, Orion, Tholian, Seltorian, WYN, Vudar, Andromedan.

So, no, none are Romulan because Romulans don't actually have a battle tug.
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Nerroth · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:22 am Post subject:

mjwest · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:23 pm Post subject:

Well, maybe, if we ask nicely, Steve and Jean might be willing to let a 7-ship ePack through so that all of the battle tugs could be handled in one shot ...

(I doubt it, but it never hurts to ask.)
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Nerroth · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:57 pm Post subject:

Well, in fairness, I"m not overly excited about them, since they are currently set to be Borders of Madmess material.

(In the Maesron case, they do have certain units from SFB which could one day be eligible for an Omega BoM; but getting the units compatible with "vanilla" FC formally published would be a higher priority.)
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Jean · Site Admin Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 1732

Captain's Log #20 is now on e23!

http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=ADB5720

This June 2000 issue was inspired by a piece of cover art that Andy Goodwin submitted. We liked it so much that we had a contest to write a story to match it, and printed the best three stories. It was 112 pages long.

HISTORY included the three stories (and nothing else; the stories took up 21 pages).

COMMUNICATIONS continued as a department. This included conventions, tournaments, awards, After Action, Command the Future, Dirty Little Secrets of Mail Order, Input Guide, Proposals Board, Why, Ten Questions, and Ask Ketrick. (Some of these were elements that moved to Database in later issues.)

VENUES included Star Fleet Warlord, Play by Email, SFB On Line, Galactic Conquest, and Star Fleet Command.

DATABASE remained the place for new SFB material, including articles on the Omega Sector, Shipyard Report, the Uthicki (a new Magellanic empire), Battle Force 600, an example of black hole movement, new stuff for Prime Directive, Brothers of the Anarchist, and Murphy's Laws of SFB.

SCENARIOS include five new ones (SL178-SL182).

TACTICS included Victory on Line and several pages of Term papers.

FEDERATION & EMPIRE included news about the upcoming Advanced Operations, Rules & Rulings, another look at SIDS, Marine Assault, the War Plans File, Tactical Notes, Economic Notes, and the first draft of Depot Level Repair.

NEW SHIPS for SFB included four for Omega, six Magellanics, Klingon ships for the Middle Years, and Kzinti light cruiser variants.
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Jean · Site Admin Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 1732

Captain's Log #21 is now on e23!

http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=ADB5721

Fiction, 10 scenarios, 18 new ships (salvage ships, Maesron tugs, Gorn Plasma Bolt Ships, Kzinti-Lyran captured ships). Victory at Origins, 50 Term papers, intro to new F&E2K rulebook. Bridge crews for Prime Directive. Death of the Macedonia, mutiny on a Klingon F5, Romulan medals. Tournament reports, Awards, questions, after action, command the future. Tactics for Star Fleet Command. Omega Warlord. Proposals. Why? Developmental history of Hydran fighters. More!
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Captain's Log #22 is now available in searchable e-format.

http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=ADB5722

Two stories of Klingon C7 heavy battlecruisers, history of all ten C7s, contents of a planetary defense unit, tournament reports, Input Guide, Proposals Board, Awards, Judges, Rangers, After-Action Reports, Schedule, Why?, Battle Group, Ask Admiral Growler, Preview of SFB Module J2, Miniatures, Death of a Warlord, Star Fleet Command, SFB on line, Play by Email, Omega PF preview, Early Years update and new ships, F&E battle group rule, new ships from Advanced Operations, Omega for Prime Directive, Brothers of the Anarchist (Kzinti-Klingon), SFB Speed Change example, seven new SFB scenarios, SFB Patrol Victory at Origins, Qari tactics, Term Papers, Ask Uncle Ardak, F&E Advanced Operations preview, Red WYN Express scenario for F&E, strategies in F&E, errata for F&E expansions and Gorn fixes, F&E Q&A. Total 112 pages.
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Jean · Site Admin Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 1732

Star Fleet Times #16-#20 is now out on e23!

http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=ADB3033

#16: Origins report; Orb scenario; Hidden Agenda fiction.
#17: Term papers; crossword; Klingon D5VP SSD.
#18: Special issue dedicated to a new (humorous) race, the Josers.
#19: Scary Ships Issue: Paravian DN, Kzinti super BT, Lyran triple mauler, Hydran HB DN.
#20: Vudar Special Part 1: Ion Storm Generator rules; 4 new Vudar ships.
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Jean · Site Admin Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 1732

Captain's Log #23 is now on e23!

Link is: http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=ADB5723

This issue includes fiction about X-ships, new X-ship rules, five scenarios, a new empire (Imperium from the Triangulum Galaxy with four new ships), a new weapon for the Omega-Vari and four ships that carry it, Anarchist (Federation-Klingon), Victory at Origins, Maesron Tactics Primer, F&E Scenario (North-South War, generic two-player conflict), F&E Q&A, SFB Q&A, story for Prime Directive, deck plans of the Free Trader, Early Years freighters, list of all known planets (by F&E hex numbers), SFBOL, PBEM, Galactic Conquest, new rules and "cards" for Star Fleet Battle Force, Tactics for Warlord, Term Papers, new Federation medals, Why, templates for writing your own SFB rules, and more!
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Jean · Site Admin Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 1732

Captain's Log #24 is now available on e23!

http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=ADB5724

This exciting issue has fiction (including the story "Flashpoint"), history of Kzinti patriarchs and of the second Fed-Kzinti war, the usual regular features, scenarios (including one for Omega and one for Triangulum Galaxy), new ships (improved Federation Police, Kzinti escorts, Iridani quest ships), tactics, Prime Data File for the Klingon Empire, F&E Tholian border scenario, new rule on substitutions, carriers from Module J2, and much more.
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