Star Trek B5W Conversion Rules Introduction

Star Trek B5W Conversion Rules Guide 641 m -- not even 2/3 the length of an Omega! Star Trek B5W The Star Trek ships, though, are still quite strong due to their shielding systems, the one strength I Conversion Rules saw that they had. All in all the Omega Destroyer and Galaxy Command Ship are equal Guide (v. 2.5.2) opponents for one another, and other Star Trek conversions are scaled proportionally from this match-up. For example, there is no way you're going to tell me that the Constitution is worthy of Introduction capital ship classification after looking at that Welcome to the initial playtest pages for image, especially if you are one that buys into my Star Trek to Babylon 5 Wars conversions! the Omega being BIGGER than 1000m. Here you will find copies of the current ruleset I hope you enjoy these ships, and I look forward for the Star Trek technology and some of the to hearing from you. Whether you have a ideas behind them. I thank you for visiting. complaint, a comment, or (gasp) a battle report, I wish to begin by saying that I have I would love to hear what you have to say. Some been "out of the loop" as far as Star Trek goes of the rules here might seem a little odd or for many, many years. I watched all of The arcane, and that is part of the reason why I have Original Series as a child and enjoyed it. I put up these pages--to get some feedback. The watched almost all of TNG (except most of the things that seem right and simulate the show the last season) and found it to be generally okay. best to ME isn't going to reflect other people's DS9 was the best of the new Star Trek shows, impressions of the show. but they even lost my attention following their Lastly, I would like to recognize those repeated inanities. They actually got me back as that were invaluable in the creation of these a viewer during part of the Dominion War when ships. First and foremost is Roman they (gasp) had story arcs, but lost me again "ShadowScout" Perner. Over the past year we upon another exercise of stupidity following the have discussed, hashed out, and debated the capture of the station (i.e., 'let's have a wedding systems of the Star Trek universe, the when we could be attacked at any moment and discussion helping to develop both of our let's also forget about the war entirely, really'). personal reflections of the Star Trek universe. I Voyager, to put it mildly, sucks and has always must also thank him for the icons, as they are sucked. It has promise, but the show was not his design and have become intertwined with the very good. weapons they reflect in my mind. Thanks to The above is all my opinion, of course, Barry Collins for his inspiration, as it was his but the ship conversions I have done are based Nebula mock-up that made me decide to go with off of my fond memories of the battles within the the high armor/low structure model for the Star Trek universe, and though I have relied Federation ships. I would also like to recognize heavily on other sources for my materials (Star Nate Rux and Rameus; their Star Trek Trek Encyclopedia and TNG Technical Manual conversions were driving elements into getting especially), the ships remain as my vision of me interested in seeing whether or not I could what the ships should look and feel like in a get a workable simulation of Star Trek ships to combat setting. In many cases I simply did not work in the B5W setting. Dan Foxman deserves have any information on the ships in question a nod as well, since his designs for converting other than obscure data on a website here and FASA ships over to B5W made me take stock of there. I endeavored to corroborate data as much the work that I had done and gave me another as possible, but many of the ships undoubtedly viewpoint to look at the ships from, something won't be anything like what your personal that is always important. Paul Brown has put up expectations of them are. with my crap for awhile, too, and been a good The amount of structure for all ships is sounding board over the years, along with based off of a ratio comparing their length to that having enough good ideas on his own project of an Omega Destroyer (using my preferred races to make me think deeper on my own. Omega length of 1km). You might be wondering Todd Boyce should also be noticed for his great why some of my Star Trek ships are so small. website, Battle Spoo, and his Battlestar "This ship should be bigger and meaner!" some Galactica (and now Star Wars) conversions that might scream. Well, the Galaxy-class (one of the are well done, and set a standard for those largest ships in the Star Trek universe) is a mere trying to adapt other universes to the B5W mold. Page 1 Version 2.5.2 Star Trek B5W Conversion Rules Guide 1.0 Overview 2.2 Deflector Shielding The shielding used by ships in the Star The Star Trek B5W Conversion Rule Trek universe differs greatly from the systems Guide presents all of the rules you need to play used by the Abbai, Brakiri, or even the Vorlons. out Star Trek battles in the Babylon 5 Wars Instead of simply “deflecting” the shots so that game system. they don’t hit, or bending them slightly to If you seen any potential mistakes in the weaken the strength of the offending weapons rules or any potential show-related actions that volley, deflector shields act to absorb this are not covered by the rules, please let me damage before it can strike the hull. know. 2.0 Ship Systems 2.2.1 Shield Projections 2.1 Impulse Drive Systems Every ship has a set number of ‘shield Unlike standard Babylon 5 Wars ships, projections’, each of which represents a specific all Star Trek vessels utilize impulse drives for arc of shield coverage for the vessel. Light their sub-light maneuvering needs. Impulse combat vessels have a single projection, Drives function similar in form to Shadow bio- medium ships have two projections (forward and drives. Any ship with Impulse Drives can apply aft), and larger vessels have four projections, as much of their free thrust—up to the total— one for each side of the vessel. Each shield through their impulse drives to perform any projection covers either a 120 degree region (in maneuver they so choose. However, unlike the case of units of heavy combat vessel size or ships utilizing bio-drives, ships with Impulse larger), 180 degrees (in the case of medium Drives may purchase additional thrust and ships), or 360 degrees (for light combat vessels overthrust their thrusters, rolling for the required and smaller). critical check as is used for standard thrusters. Each projection has a rating listed within Additionally, Impulse Drives may apply thrust in the projection icon. This value is the amount of any direction at will and are not limited to a damage that the projection can hold before single direction limitation of Shadow bio-drives. damage breaks through to any systems and/or In addition to this more liberal thrusting structure. A value of ‘40’, for example, in a system, all ships with Impulse Drives are shield projection shows that a total of 40 points considered to have gravitic drive systems, a side of damage can be absorbed before the ship can effect of the gravitic bubble that allows the take any damage! When scoring damage Impulse Drives to function. against shield projections subtract the damage If a ship loses all of its impulse thrusters from the value of the shield projection until the due to damage or overthrusting, the ship still value of the shield projection falls to zero. At maintains the ability to maneuver. However, all this point all damage is scored as normal thrust costs are DOUBLED and the ship suffers against the appropriate ship side. a –10 initiative penalty for the remainder of the The defending player cannot choose to scenario. Example: An Excelsior Cruiser loses score specific weapons to shields and allow its aft section and no longer has any impulse other weapons to hit the ship itself; if an unfilled thrusters. Normally the accel/decel cost of the shield projection exists in arc, that shield Excelsior would be 3 thrust. To do so now projection must be filled before ANY damage requires double thrust costs, which would make can be scored on the ship it is defending. the new cost 6 thrust. If weapons fire comes from a target that If the Excelsior wished to turn and was is firing from a location where the arcs of two going at speed 6, it would have to pay double its shield projections overlap, the defending player normal turn cost of 6 thrust—so performing a must choose a single shield projection on which turn at speed 6 would now cost 12 (!) thrust! to score damage. Multiple projections may NOT Impulse thrusters are not applicable be used to defend against weapon fire from a targets for called shots should the called shots single unit or flight! optional rule be in play. If a ship with deflector shielding is subjected to energy draining weapons (such as the Narn burst beam) and has an active shield projection in-arc, score 10 times the energy Page 2 Version 2.5.2 Star Trek B5W Conversion Rules Guide draining amount against the shields as if it were require a different critical hit chart.

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