Federation Commander

Wistful wishful thinking, but this is one product I'd really like to see.

I have some of the material that was published a decade ago. I was excited at the time and have hoped since then that either Federation Admiral - or SFB Module V, Tactical Movement - might appear eventually.

Even a much ...

I wasn't proposing a general change to 4A3, and while I do intend to playtest these rules, due to starting a new and fairly intense job my playing time is going to be restricted for the next few months.

My issue is that a ship with 4 to 6 direct-fire fighters - a Lancer, or a Mongol, say (yes, my ...

These look interesting, and I like the new drone rules. The idea of counter reduction is good, but I do have one concern.

Flights of 4-6 fighters seem to be penalised since only three fighters can use direct-fire weapons (Phasers, Photons, Disruptors etc) against the same target in any one impulse ...

If there isn't a Gorn Diplo-docus in the game, there really should be.

Oh well, that's pretty definitive. Thanks, Mike.

You are quite correct, hence my edit.

Apologies about the title, but it did make you look :-)

I am in the same hex as an enemy ship. I have tractored her, and having committed more energy to movement, I control movement for both of us, and I have just Emergency Decelled.

Can I dock to the enemy ship and board her?

EDIT - scrap the ED ...

That's great, thanks Kang

Displacement Devices. If an Andromedan ship tries to displace an enemy ship (5U3b), is the die roll for success modified if the target ship is using Evasive Maneuvering?

Can enemy scouts, or the line-of-sight passing through asteroid hexes affect the roll?

I'd love to see the Borak in FC - finally, Hydran allies! Sort of.

But given ADB's current workload, it may take a while.

The super-power of the IPG is that, due to the sequence of play, it can kill Stingers before the Stingers can can shoot.

ESGs offensive bursts are simultaneous with other offensive fire, so the fighters still get to skin the cat.

(The countermeasure is to spread the fighters out, usually in pairs ...

I'm not so sure. This...

"(4F2c) Same Hex: If a seeking weapon is
launched in the same hex as its target, it will not impact until the movement portion of the next impulse
(by which time the target may or may not have moved
out of the hex). See also (3C6d)."

...might suggest that (if the target ...

Belated PM sent.

Thanks Mike!

A couple of questions inspired by last night's Feds vs Andros game...

1) If a ship is displaced, are its turn and sideslip modes reset to zero?

2) If a mothership is destroyed, what happens to satellite ships in its hangar?

3) A less likely situation, if a satellite ship inside the mothership's ...