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Sample file A A CALL TO ARMS: STAR FLEET C T Reinforcements One A S SCENARIOS T Table of Contents General Scenarios ........................................................ 9 A Monster Scenarios ..................................................... 16 R INTRODUCTION What You Will Need.................................................... 3 FLEET LISTS Ships in ACTASF Reinforcements One ........................ 4 Additional Ships: United Federation of Planets ........ 17 F Additional Ships: Klingon Empire ............................ 25 L COMBAT Additional Ships: Romulan Star Empire ................... 39 E Consolidated Weapons Chart ...................................... 5 Additional Ships: Kzinti Hegemony ......................... 51 E Weapon Systems in ACTASF....................................... 5 Additional Ships: Confederation of the Gorn ........... 59 Additional Ships: Tholian Holdfast ........................... 73 T SPECIAL ACTIONS & TRAITS Additional Ships: Pirates of Orion ............................ 81 Special Ship Traits Added in Reinforcements One ...... 6 Additional Ships: WYN Star Cluster ........................ 85 Additional Ships: Seltorian Tribunal ......................... 89 SHIP SYSTEMS RULES Additional Ships: Frax Battle Line............................ 93 X-Ships ........................................................................ 7 Additional Ships: Juggernaut Invaders ................... 105 Fleet Repair Docks ...................................................... 8 Additional Ships: Civilian Shipping ........................ 111 Shriek Missiles ............................................................ 8 Additional Monster ..................................................117 ANNEXES Fiction: You do not have to Die............................... 102 Complete Glossary ...................................................119 Complete Index ........................................................119 REINFORCEMENTS #1 — Revision 0 I N T R O D U C T I Sample fileO N 1 Copyright © 2021 ADB/MONGOOSE PDF EDITION, REVISION 0 ✭✯✬ A to make that force more interesting and more capable. We even Publisher’s Information brought you a couple of new empires just to make sure you never run C out of entirely new things to do. T Credits Every extra ship yields its own kind of fun. A ACTA Designer: Matthew Sprange Universe Creator: Stephen V. Cole, PE Copyright and Licensing Universe Coordination: Steven P. Petrick A Call to Arms: Star Fleet — Reinforcements One is published S ACTASF Developer: Tony L. Thomas as a joint venture between Mongoose Publishing and Amarillo De- T Director of Production: Leanna Cole sign Bureau, Inc. and is produced under the strict terms of ADB, A Director of Proofreading: Jean Sexton Beddow Inc.’s contract with Paramount Pictures Corporation. Interior Art: Matthew Lawson, Will McCammon, Chris Nasipak, The “A Call to Arms” game system is copyright © 2011 Mon- R Steve Zamboni, Stephen V. Cole. goose Publishing. ACTASF Reinforcements One is copyright © 2021 Computer Graphics: Stephen V. Cole. jointly by ADB, Inc., and Mongoose Publishing. Miniatures Painting: Tony L. Thomas; others as noted. All Star Fleet Universe material is copyright © 2011-2021 Ama- F rillo Design Bureau, Inc. L This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United Playtesting Kingdom and of the United States. E Team Internet: Tony L. Thomas, Mark Lurz, Tom Talasco, Merl No material which is based on, for use with, incorporates ele- E DeWitt, Mark Thomas, Sean Bond, Allan Rivers, Steve Tickner, ments of, or is derived from A Call to Arms: Star Fleet, Star Fleet Kenneth Thomas, Daryl O. Adams, Steven Jones, Michael D’Auben, Battles, Federation & Empire, Federation Commander, Star Fleet T Eric Drumm, David Blauvett, Sean Gewecke, Dale Mikel, Rick Missions, Prime Directive, Star Fleet Battle Force, Star Fleet Ma- Czymbor, Patrick Hanslits, Jim B. Amrein rines, or any other part of the Star Fleet Universe can be published by any party without the advance written permission of ADB, Inc. Any such publication would by definition be a “derivative work” Publisher’s Information requiring our consent. A Call to Arms: Star Fleet is published by: The Star Fleet Universe is published under license from Franz AMARILLO DESIGN BUREAU, INC. Joseph Designs, authors of the Star Fleet Technical Manual. P.O. Box 8759 Elements of the Star Fleet Universe are the property of Para- Amarillo, TX 79114 mount Pictures Corporation and are used with their permission. Phone: 806-351-1950 This product is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual people, Email (buy games) [email protected] organizations, places, or events is purely coincidental. Email (questions): [email protected] Website: www.StarFleetGames.com All mail correspondence requires a stamped, self-addressed en- This is Revision 0 velope or an international reply coupon. Email is generally more ef- ficient and is answered in a day or two. This is Revision 0 of the ACTASF Reinforcements One. It was posted to the PDF stores in May 2021 and is the first public edition, also known as “the Early Bird” edition. It is complete (except for art) Designer’s Notes but no one claims it is perfect. For shorthand purposes, call it Sometimes great forces collide and produce chaos, but other ACTASFR1.0 if you want. times they join to create a dynamic new opportunity. Such is the case The plan is to get this out in PDF form so you can start enjoying in this product. the ships. Over the following weeks, we will add art, continue edit- Force One: A Call to Arms is ultimately a game of ships. Battle ing and proofreading, and will correct anything any of you players strategy is defined by purchase strategy. Within a fixed number of REINFORCEMENTS #1 — Revision 0 find that needs fixing. In due time, we will release a print version. (If points, can you build a force that will have a decisive (or even a you haven’t seen that before September 2021 email us to remind us marginal) advantage over the enemy? The more ships you have in a to get it done!) given range of point costs, the more options you have. For example, A note on art: To get this book out on schedule, we used what- if you are building a force and have 140 points left, you often have ever art was easily at hand (much of it from Shapeways renders and only one or two choices in the 130-140 range. If you have several a few pieces of line art from the SFB Master Starship series). By the ships around 130-150 points, then you have some choices, not just time we get the kinks worked out and (with your reports) the final I one (often bad) choice. Instead of getting the only ship in the price print edition published, you might see a significant upgrade in the art range or leaving points on the table by taking a smaller ship, you can being used. We have asked players to buy and paint the ships in this N pick from several options and even consider wider choices. If you book and email us the photos (in a jpg about 1400 pixels wide, pref- T have 140 points left and a really useful ship is 150, you can go look erably with a plain solid background) which would comprise said at the 320-point dreadnought you bought as a flagship and see if the upgrade for the art. R 310-point alternative would work. There is no perfect force (not un- O less you know in advance just what your enemy is buying) but more choices in a price range, or some ships with special weapons and D alternative capabilities, keep your fleet unpredictable. U Force Two: A Call to Arms Star Fleet is a game of the Star Fleet Universe, which means it can draw on a vast array of ships, empires, C scenarios, and special weapons. The SFU knowledgebase includes T literally thousands of ships and dozens of empires, all of which want to find a way into each new game system. I Forces Combined: Thus, at the very moment that A Call to Arms O Star SampleFleet wants new ships, thousands of ships from the Star Fleet file Universe are begging: “Put me in the game, Coach!” N And that is just what we did with A Call to Arms Star Fleet — Reinforcements One. We bring you a hundred new ships and a few new weapons, and one big whopper of a bag of special “Advanced 2 Technology X-ship” capabilities to make building a force easier and PDF EDITION, REVISION 0 ✭✯✬ Copyright © 2021 ADB/MONGOOSE A C INTRODUCTION T A Welcome, Admiral! Scale and Miniatures S A Call to Arms: Star Fleet is a game of space combat set in the A full range of miniatures is available for A Call to Arms: Star Star Fleet Universe, and it just got bigger, better, and more interest- Fleet. Full details can be found on Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.’s T ing with the addition of a hundred new ships, two new empires, and website: www.StarFleetGames.com and our store on Shapeways. A the special X-technology systems that were a revolutionary leap for- These are in two primary scales: 1/3788 (Starline 2400) and 1/3125 R ward in capabilities. (Starline 2500). Some units are unscaled (Omni-Scale). We released In this book, we provide you with more options for ships of the new 1/7000 scale ships in November 2020. New 1/2500 scale similar prices so you can find just exactly the right ship to get the ships may be too big for fleet battles. F best use out of those last few points. You also get a new enemy, It is certainly possible, but far less enjoyable, to use die-cut maybe a new ally, and some surprises for your opponents who didn’t cardboard “counters” for the ships, but that’s not what A Call to Arms: L buy this book. Star Fleet is all about! (You might do it for one or two games to see E if you like the system before investing in miniatures.) All distances in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet are measured from E Reinforcements One the stem of a ship’s base or from the leading edge of a shuttlecraft (or T fighter) base. All distances in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet are mea- The book you currently hold in your hands is one of many sured in inches.