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COMMUNIQUE #52 STARDATE 2010.04 NEW IN THIS ISSUE FEDERATION We have included several new items in this issue. COMMANDER New scenario: 8CM40 The Ophiunia Raid New Ship Card: Federation heavy war destroyer Revised Ship Card: Romulan Snipe Organized League Play Frax Ship Card: War cruiser escort Large Format Ship Card: Klingon C5 light dreadnought The on-line forms for registering your store as a site for Requested Ship Card: Gorn BDD Squadron Scale Organized League Play are in the Commander’s Circle. Also available is the form to register your completed games, and SCHEDULED FOR 2010 you can even use the same form to register future games as a means of inviting people to attend and join the fun. Squadron Box #27 will be released next week. You will find a link to the Commander’s Circle at: The Big Release will be WAR AND PEACE, to be released www.StarFleetGames.com/fccc/login.php at Origins with ISC, Vudar, and Andromedan ships. along with everything else for this game system. Briefing #3 will have “support units” and Federation Admi- Many stores have already signed up, and prizes (a series ral will be the new campaign system for Federation Commander. of “bonus cards” used to give ships a special ability) are being We will see a new series of independent Booster Packs. mailed out to those stores. The scenarios of the first six months Federation Commander: Booster Pack #92 contained ships that of 2010 are as follows and reflect actions during the General were seen in Briefing #1. Booster Pack #93 will contain ships War. Get these reports to us ASAP! seen in Captain’s Log. Booster Pack #94 will have light tactical January: 8B116 End Run transports. Booster Pack #95 will have tugs. February: 8B117 Last Stand Borders of Madness #1 will appear next fall with over 70 March: 8B118 The Day After The Eagle ships never intended for Federation Commander, possibly in- April: 8B120 The Long Way Home cluding scouts, carriers, and maulers. May: 8B121 Fight Fire With Fire June: 8B122 The Lone Gray Wolf RELEASED IN 2009 In 2006, the Federation barely stopped the Klingons. The • Just released was Hydran Attack with more ships for the Romulans did not do that well in 2007. In 2008, the Tholians Hydrans, Lyrans, Klingons, Kzintis, and WYNs. The ships in- repulsed a Klingon invasion and the Coalition conquered the cluded are: Hydran Ranger, Iroquois, Tartar, Rhino Hunter, Buf- Hydrans. In 2009, the Pirates rocked and tension built. falo Hunter, Lancer, Hunter, and Pegasus; Lyran Light Cruiser, New Heavy Cruiser, War Destroyer; WYN FF and AuxC; Klin- COMMANDER NEWS gon F5W; and Kzinti FFK. Six more ships are in the boosters. • Squadron Boxes #25 and #26, and Border Box #9, were released. THE BBS & FORUM: KEYS TO COMMUNICATION • Booster Pack #91, The Franz Joseph Ships (including the The BBS (www.StarFleetGames.com/discus) can be con- classic DN, CA, DD, SC, and Tug, along with the DDM, DDL, fusing at first sight, as it has hundreds of topics, used daily by a and DDG) and Squadron Box #91 containing new production thousand players. Registration is free, but we do require all par- of the classic “Zocchi Plastics” in classic white. ticipants to use their real names. (This not only improves the • Border Box #8 was released on 23 February (4408, $99.95). overall tone of civility, but makes sure you get credit for any • Briefing #2 has been released and covers “The Middle suggestions you make.) When you register, you will see topics Years” (4022, $19.95). for each of our product lines. Feel free to venture into the broader • Reference Rulebook has been released and includes all universe as you get more comfortable with the system. of the rules from all products and all updates (4020, $14.95). There is also a forum (much easier for new players) on the www.FederationCommander.com website. It allows screen PUBLISHER’S INFORMATION names and avatars but isn’t used for submissions of new items. FEDERATION COMMANDER: COMMUNIQUE #52 is pub- Several versions of the updated Master Ship Chart for Fed- lished and copyright © 2010 by Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc., eration Commander are on the Commander’s Circle. www.StarFleetGames.com, PO Box 8759, Amarillo TX 79114. The CRUL (Consolidated Rules Update List), listing all rules Elements of the Star Fleet Universe are the property of changes, is now in the Commander’s Circle. Paramount Pictures Corporation and are used with their per- In the Commander’s Circle is the Scenario Designer’s mission. Guide: http://www.StarFleetGames.com/fc/designguide.shtml . Copyright © 2010 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. what ships do you want? Universe News Here is your chance to get what you want. Whether Federation Commander is only one of the games in you are a veteran player of Star Fleet Battles and famil- the Star Fleet Universe. All of our games use a common iar with the thousands of starships in that game system, historical background and technological database. or a new player of Federation Commander and just have There are three kinds of Federation Commander a vague feeling that some ship of some kind is missing players: new players who have never played Star Fleet from your fleet, tell us what you want and we’ll consider Battles, veterans of SFB who haven’t played in years adding it via Communique or in a future expansion. Here but are now playing FC, and active SFB players who are some player suggestions for this year and next: have decided to also play FC. Members of any group Generic units: small planetary ground bases £, ship- could have played our other games. This part of Com- yard construction dock £. munique will have news on our other games. Our opt-in Police ships: Romulan Snipe-P £, Kzinti police frig- Email newsletter goes to fans of all our games; each ate†, Tholian POL†. issue includes links to information for each game. Federation DDF fast destroyer¥. The new Starmada and Klingon Armada books were Klingon F5D drone-armed frigate variant, F6B vari- released in September 09. ant, D6J penal ship. Federation & Empire had a new edition, 2010, re- Romulan SpH-J¥, K10R, KillerHawk¥, K7R¥, leased in February. The next expansion will be ISC War. JayHawk, Vulture¥, KD5R¥. Star Fleet Battles received Module X1R X-Ship Re- Kzinti destroyer. inforcements at Origins 2008, Module Y2 in October 08, Gorn dreadnought-cruiser¥, HDE, MCC¥, DBC. G3 in February 09, and G3A in August 09. Hydran D7H Anarchist (captured Klingon D7). Prime Directive d20 Modern has been released and Andromedan (scheduled for War & Peace). Klingons d20 Modern was released on 19 Oct 09. Lyran police cutter POL £. Prime Directive Federation is in final development. Seltorian Hive Ship (larger than the Battlewagon). Prime Directive Tholians is in development for 2011. Borders of Madness: maulers, scouts, survey ships. We are working on conversions of Prime Directive All empires: commando ships £. to other systems including D6, Fudge, SW, and HERO. ¥ Possible inclusion in FC: Gorn Attack in 2011. † Was in FC: Briefing #2 WEBSITE UPDATE £ Scheduled for FC: Briefing #3 Support Units. FED COMMANDER: TO DATE We continue to update and improve our website: Core Products: Klingon Border, Romulan Border; www.StarFleetGames.com cornerstone products of the game engine. Our graphics director adds new things to the website Alternate Products: Academy (lower cost entry prod- every week, and most of those come from either cus- uct), Graduation (turns Academy into Klingon Border), tomer requests or the FLAP (Finish Like A Pro) list done Romulan Space (the parts of Romulan Border not dupli- after the completion of each new product. cated in Klingon Border), Klingon Space (the parts of Let us know (at [email protected]) if Klingon Border not duplicated in Romulan Border; this you see any glitches in the website, or think of ways to product is not packed for display in stores). improve the website for all of us. Expansions: Klingon Attack, Romulan Attack, Tholian The website includes a wealth of information, down- Attack, Battleships Attack, Distant Kingdoms, (each has loads, and other items for players of all of our games. sixteen Ship Cards, two map panels, rules, counters, Explore, look around, click on random entries in the and scenarios); Orion Attack, Hydran Attack, (each has Master Index, and you may be surprised what you find. sixteen Ship Cards, rules, counters, scenarios, and other The Master Index can be found at: components), Line of Battle (seven battleship cards and www.starfleetgames.com/masterindex.shtml three scenarios; expands Battleships Attack). You can always find out what has been added here: Briefings: #1 Scenarios, #2 Middle Years. www.starfleetgames.com/new.shtml Booster Packs: Zero, #1-#27, #91, #92. (Each has Some of the new items in March 2010 included: seven or eight Ship Cards including one or two new ships; Star Fleet Alert April Releases #16-#18 and #91 each have eight new Ship Cards.) Bonus Cards for Star Fleet Battle Force Squadron Boxes: Zero, #1-#26, #91. (Each has five Kzinti Rank Insignia or six miniatures.) New Wallpaper by Xander Fulton Border Boxes: #1-5, #7-9 (24 miniatures each). Board Game Geek Badges Border Box #6: ten battleships Romulan Rank Insignia Captain’s Log (issues with Federation Commander Updated Text Catalog material): #32-#40. Errata File for F&E 2010 Copyright © 2010 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. FEDERATION COMMANDER SCENARIO (8CM40) FOUR HAWKS 1: (8CM40c) OBJECTIVE Mission-Romulan: Destroy the mobile base while the Ophiunia raid keeping your squadron intact. Mission-Hydran: Protect the mobile base, and (if After the initial Coalition success in the General War, possible) destroy one or more Romulan ships in order to the Federation had been driven back from the original convince Roxanna not to send her ships to this front.