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Sample file CAPTAIN’S LOG #32 Launch Something New TABLE OF CONTENTS is now on the store shelves and (judging by the restocks and steadily- HISTORY increasing sales) is a smash hit. We’ve added a Circle of Vengeance by Randy O. Green ...... 2 new section to the Log about this new . Last Command by Randy O. Green ...... 15 As time goes by, we will have more new Tholian Military Ranks by Loren Knight ...... 18 product lines coming into the Star Fleet Universe COMMUNICATIONS to appeal to a broader range of gamers. Tournament Reports ...... 19 We will never forget the game that brought Come to Origins and Have a Blast ...... 19 us here () and all of the other After Action Reports ...... 20 (Federation & Empire, Star Fleet Battle Command the Future: New Products ...... 22 Force, GURPS Prime Directive, Prime Directive Starline 2400 Miniatures: New Ships ...... 23 d20) that contributed to the company’s best year. Ten Questions About Federation Commander ...... 24 Sales in 2005 were up 25% over 2004 while the Input Guide: Federation Commander ...... 25 entire industry’s sales were down by 25% or Proposals Board ...... 26 more. Our products are now in more stores than A Galaxy of Song ...... 27 ever — while one-third of the game retailers went Ask Admiral Growler by Mike Filsinger ...... 28 out of business during 2004-5. To Ask the Question WHY? ...... 32 This is a universe, and that is something big- Staff Awards, Star Fleet Rangers ...... 33 ger than any single game system. FEDERATION COMMANDER CAPTAIN’S LOG STAFF New Launch and New Questions ...... 34 Publisher ...... Stephen V. Cole How is FC different from SFB? ...... 34 Managing Editor ...... Steven P. Petrick Prototype rules from Border ...... 36 Assistant Editor ...... Kenneth W. Burnside Federation Commander: Borders of Madness ...... 39 Business Manager ...... Leanna M. Cole Tournaments and Organized League Play ...... 40 Star Fleet Staff………Stewart Frazier, John D. Federation Commander Tactics ...... 42 Berg, Chuck Strong, Jeff Laikind, Gary Example of Play ...... 44 Plana, Scott Moellmer, Joe Butler, Mike New Ships for and ...... 111 Filsinger, Nick Blank, Mike West, Andrew SCENARIOS Harding, Richard Sherman, John Sickels, SL241 Circle of Vengeance ...... 47 Matthew Francois, Chris Fant, Scott SL242 Last Command ...... 48 Tenhoff, Paul Franz, Jonathan Thompson. SL243 Network Disruption (Battle Group) ...... 49 Security Staff ...... Ramses, Isis SL244 Hearth & Home ...... 51 Cover Art ...... Mark Evans SL245 Dragonslayer (Omega Sector) ...... 53 Interior Art...... Dale McKee, Alvin Belflower 8J Sabotage (Federation Commander) ...... 54 Graphics ...... S Cole, T Geibel, K Burnside DATABASE PUBLISHER’S INFORMATION Battle Group: Network Disruption ...... 55 Captain’s Log #32 was created and pub- Update: Kosnett’s War ...... 60 lished by , Inc., P.O. Box Monster Special Rules: Cosmic Cloud ...... 62 8759, Amarillo, TX 79114. Contact ADB, Inc. to Brothers of the Anarchist XIII: Lyrans vs. ...... 65 order spare parts (or to obtain a list), replace- TACTICS ment of defective or missing parts, or anything Victory At Origins 2005 by Ken Lin ...... 66 relating to Star Fleet products. Include a stamped Tactical Primer: Drex by Scott Moellmer ...... 78 self-addressed envelope. Captain’s Log #32 is Term Papers...... 79 copyright © 2006 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.; all rights are reserved under the Pan-American, VENUES International, and Berne Copyright Conventions. Star Fleet Command: New rules for Star Fleet Battles ...... 82 All rules questions and submissions of new Playing SFB By E-Mail ...... 83 material should be sent to ADB, Inc., Post Office Star Fleet Warlord: Dawn of a New Day ...... 84 Box 8759, Amarillo, TX 79114. Include a stamped Prime Directive Role-Playing Universe ...... 84 self-addressed envelope if you wish a reply. Un- Star Fleet Battles On-Line ...... 84 solicited submissions are accepted only under Galactic Conquest ...... 85 the standard terms found in SFB Advanced Mis- : The Scouts ...... 86 sions and become the property of ADB, Inc. on FEDERATION & EMPIRE receipt; but authors are compensated if the item What’s Next, ISC Update ...... 87 is published. Others should inquire by letter. Proposals ...... 87 No materials based on, for use with, or in- Rules & Rulings by Nick Blank ...... 88 corporating elements of SFB or the Star Fleet Tactical Notes...... 89 Universe may be published without permission Questions & Answers by Nick Blank ...... 88 of ADB, Inc. From Strategic Operations: Operational Bases ...... 94 SampleElements of the Star Fleet Universe New Ships: Ship Information Table ...... file 94 are the property of Paramount Pictures Corporation SHIPYARD Shipyard Report ...... 95 and are used with their permission. New Ships ...... 97 www.starfleetgames.com CAPTAIN’S LOG #32 — Date of Pubication 27 January 2006 Page 1 HISTORY STAR FLEET UNIVERSE STAR FLEET HISTORY

he did so. Perhaps I can double back behind the trackers. Circle of Vengeance He stopped. Two Slirdarian security guards and a miner stood across from him, scarcely seven meters away. He Randy O. Green saw the Klingon grin at the dismay that must have been clearly written on his face. All three had hand weapons trained on his Valley Floor, Gharka III chest. The Klingon motioned toward his sidearm. With a grimace, 13 March, Y180 Slee drew it slowly and tossed it to the ground in front of them. With a chuckle, the Klingon said something in Slirdarian to the The lone human ran hard. Slee darted through scrub brush hulking bear-ape on his right side. The Slirdarian bared its teeth that was barely taller than his head, withered branches scratch- in what could only be a smile of anticipation, and slowly began to ing at his face. Sand dragged at his feet. The dry air threatened strip off its weapons belt and service tunic. The other Slirdarian to suck all the moisture from his body. A quick glance backwards howled in laughter, and then engaged in what could have only showed small clouds of dust rising behind him in the light of the been a spirited gambling session with the Klingon. He realized ochre sun, pinpointing his location for the entire world to see. No that they wanted to have a little fun first. He wasn’t surprised. matter. The time for stealth was past. Now only speed would You can do this. His father, a retired commando safely back save him. All around him he could hear the shouts of the Klingon on Earth, had versed his son well in the martial arts. His military tracking party as they followed close upon his heels. “Two min- training had further hardened him, supplemented his training, and utes back”, he thought. Ahead the way seemed clear, but no doubt taught him how to kill more efficiently. As humans went, he knew he was being herded into a trap. Something would be waiting for he was one of the toughest and deadliest in the galaxy. But would him ahead. This won’t do. He would not be taken so easily. Those it be enough? He settled back into a relaxed, fighting stance, captured as spies were not well treated in any culture, let alone trying to clear his mind so he could remember what his alien Klingon. He scanned the surrounding terrain as he ran, his breath combat instructor had taught him about a Slirdarian’s weak points. coming in deep, measured breaths. But he couldn’t concentrate. He mind was rebelling against the To his left the scrub brush began to thin out and the sand growing realization that his life was in all probability, coming to grew deeper in that direction. He knew that this valley was about an end. twelve miles wide and dry as a bone across most of it. Only the He had never failed a mission before and this one had prom- presence of water in the surrounding foothills made the scrub ised to be easier than most. The GIA had heard rumors from brush’s precarious hold on life possible. To his right, the ground some of its sources that a Klingon subject race had revolted. If grew harder and foothills rose sharply from a sheer, fifty-foot cliff this were true, the already hard-pressed Klingon-Lyran Coalition that rimmed the valley. Behind them, a low mountain range be- would have even more pressure placed against it, which should gan, home only to this misbegotten planet’s version of mountain tilt the balance of power even further in favor of the Alliance. prey and predators. They needed something more concrete than rumors to re- Then he saw an opening in the cliff wall. A small canyon, no port to the Council, however. In the back of his mind, Slee knew more than a dozen paces wide at the bottom and narrowing to- that the GIA was trying everything to get the information, from ward the top, branched off, marking the only easy way he could agents in place to message traffic intercepts to captured ships see through the surrounding cliffs. It was almost invisible in the and personnel to raids on bases to his own mission, lone field uncertain light. He made a sharp turn and sped toward it, hoping agents trying to sneak into Klingon areas and look around for the that his pursuers would miss it, or did not know it. needed files. He ran for another minute, and then gradually slowed as the Slee belonged to one of the GIA’s own Prime Teams, al- way became steeper and the need to catch his breath surpassed though only since the War had begun was the GIA allowed to call even his commando training. The trees were taller and thicker them that. Six weeks ago a mission had come down and since here. He strained, trying to see if there was a way through them his Prime Team just happened to be one of the few in the general that would lead him out of his predicament. Behind him, he heard vicinity that was not gearing up for a Special Op at the moment, the howls of the hunters taper off in the distance as they contin- they had been identified as having members available for indi- ued on past his escape route. Relaxing slightly, he began to walk, vidual missions, effectively disbanding the team to use its per- picking his way more carefully now. Once, he stopped to try his sonnel to rebuild the depleted ranks of field agents. While his , but something — perhaps Klingon jamming or mail and his pay still came through the GIA’s Prime Team depart- some mineral in the walls of the canyon — interfered severely ment, he and his team mates had answered to the Operations with the device. His only hope was to get higher and hope that Directorate since the first mission. All of his team mates had been he could use his communicator to call for extraction. The walls of on solo missions, some more than once. Some were still on mis- the canyon widened out a little as he followed a game trail that sions, and some would never return from them. Slee’s combina- meandered along the bottom of the canyon. tion of computer skills, combat training, and his ability to speak The trail ended in a small clearing. In dismay he examined passable Klingon had made him a natural for the mission. the sheer rock walls facing him. A Skolean might have been able GIA intelligence analysts had postulated that data on the to climb Sampleit, and a Horta certainly could have burned a tunnel rebellion could likely be found insidefile the computer networks on through it, but he was neither. He pulled his phaser pistol from many Klingon worlds, and Slee knew without thinking that this his utility belt, verifying that it was out of power. He couldn’t even worthless colony planet was only one. The trick was to find colo- use it to burn handholds to help him to scale the wall. Disgusted, nies important enough to have the files and yet not important he turned around to retrace his steps, holstering the phaser as enough to have serious defenses. Dozens of planets had been

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