FEDERATION COMMANDER I BRIEFING #1 N T WELCOME, COMMANDER CREDITS R The situation Star Fleet faces is fluid, dynamic, Game Design: Stephen V. Cole, PE Game Development: Steven P. Petrick O and dangerous, and you need to be fully briefed on Federation Commander Department Chief: Mike West the new challenges you will face. You need to have, Editing and Proofreading: Jean Sexton D at your fingertips, the key information to help you make Production: Leanna M. Cole U informed decisions on which the life of your crew and Chief of Security: Ramses the safety of the Federation itself depend. Inspector General: Isis C Interior Art: Adam Turner, Ted Geibel. You need to be able to find things when you need Cover Artist: Adam Turner T them, and quickly. To that end, this Briefing includes Project Staff: Mike Filsinger, Tony L. Thomas, Mike Curtis, indexes to the Communique files, the scenario files, Scott Moellmer, Art Trotman, Patrick Doyle. I and the database of ships known to be in service with O all of the empires in the Alpha Octant of the galaxy. PLAYTESTING Battle Laboratory #1 (Colorado): Scott Moellmer, Andy You need to be able to tell that the Klingon D5W new Vancil, Craig McRae, Dan Hoffacker, Dave N heavy cruiser is part of the Klingon Attack, that the Miller, Ken Howell, Phoenix T’kar, Robert Knoke, Klingon F5W war destroyer was first reported in Com- Pat Moellmer, Jennifer Moellmer, Michael munique #6, and that the Morkedian Death March was Moellmer, Seth Iniguez. part of the Romulan Attack. Battlegroup Murfreesboro (Tennessee): Tony L. Thomas, Mark Thomas, Ken Thomas, Mike Curtis, Scott You need to be aware of new ship types in ser- Ritenour, Merl DeWitt, Mark Thomas. vice. Star Fleet’s new drone cruiser, a variant of the Battlegroup Texas: Mike West, Jeremy West, Jared West. new light cruiser, is matched by the Klingon D5D drone -armed war cruiser, and by the Kzinti medium drone PUBLISHER’S INFORMATION cruiser. The Gorns and Romulans are now fielding FEDERATION COMMANDER: BRIEFING #1 was cre- ated and published by: light escort cruisers which bristle with racks for the , INC. fast-firing but short-ranged type-D plasma torpedoes. P.O. Box 8759 And those annoying Tholian patrol corvettes look just Amarillo, TX 79114 exactly like their half-sister web patrol corvettes, but Phone: 806-351-1950 the web ones can spin a web and prevent you from Fax: 806-351-2585 Email (buy games): [email protected] ever seeing home again. Are you paying attention? Email (questions): [email protected] You will face 24 challenging new missions against Email (support): [email protected] the Klingons, Romulans, Kzintis, Gorns, Tholians, Website: www.StarFleetGames.com Orions, and Seltorians. These include: All mail correspondence requires a stamped self-ad- • sabotage of your ship while under attack dressed envelope or international reply coupon. Email is generally more efficient. • a meteor headed for a friendly planet • a last stand against the Klingon invasion COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING • escape from behind Kzinti lines FEDERATION COMMANDER: BRIEFING #1 and all • the evacuation of a landing party contents thereof are copyright © 2008 Amarillo Design Bu- • the day after the Romulan invasion reau, Inc. All rights are reserved under the Pan-American, • a raid on a mining planet Berne, and International Copyright Conventions. No material which is based on, for use with, incorpo- • a mutineer and a pirate, either of them deadly rates elements of, or is derived from Federation Com- • a critical hit that disables your ship mander, , Federation & Empire, Star • a firefight on the Tholian border Fleet Missions, Prime Directive, , • the rescue of a disabled science vessel or any other part of the can be pub- • the capture of a Tholian ship lished by any party without the advanced written permis- sion of ADB, Inc. Any such publication would by definition • escape from a trap by a Tholian squadron be a “derivative work” requiring our consent. • a Klingon ship that might want to defect • a confrontation with Kzintis over a pirate ship The Star Fleet Universe is published under license from • lessons of the first battle with the Seltorians Franz Joseph Designs, authors of the Star Fleet Technical • the wild melee known as the demo derby Manual. • run for your life in the combat rally Elements of the Star Fleet Universe are the property • and six more deadly challenges. of Paramount Pictures Corporation and are used with their You must learn the advanced forms of combat permission. pursuit, and you need to update your database with the latest information on your ship’s systems.

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