COMMUNIQUE #162 STARDATE 2019.06.11 THE BIG NEWS: IN THIS ISSUE captain’s Log #53 This issue we present the WYN DDX. We decided to do a few X-ships to support the list of official X-ship Next week will see playtest rules in Captain’s Log #53 next week. the release of a new is- —Mike West, Federation Commander Department Head. sue of our magazine Captain’s Log. It in- cludes exciting fiction, HAILING FREQUENCIES incisive history, news Check out our free online newsletter. It’s full of fun (battle groups, conven- and cool stuff about all of our games. tions, Rangers), minia- StarFleetGames.com/newsletter.shtml tures, a new product This newsletter includes information about upcom- schedule, and awards. ing conventions and demos and FC tactics. Fed Commander players will be excited Q & A by four new X-ships, updated X-technology Q: Does an Andromedan displacement device that playtest rules, five new successfully moves an enemy ship change the facing of scenarios, and 10 new battlegroups. that ship? Exciting material is included for SFB, F&E, Starmada, A: Displacement has no effect at all on facing, ACTASF, Star Fleet Marines, and Star Fleet Battle Force. whether the unit is an Andromedan performing self-dis- placement, an Andromedan being displaced by another Andromedan, or a non-Andromedan being displaced. If SHAPEWAYS the displaced unit was, at the time of displacement, head- Our store on Shapeways continues to expand with ing in direction A, it will continue moving in direction A 50 new items released on 6 June. from the hex it was displaced into. Note that if the dis- Ships released for both 3788 and 3125 scales include: placed unit’s turn mode was satisfied before it was dis- Federation light dreadnought (grid and plain), LTT with placed, it can turn, and even if its turn mode were not battle pod (grid and plain), LTT with carrier pod (grid and satisfied, it could execute a high energy turn (if other- plain), Tug with battle pod (grid and plain), Tug with car- wise able). But again, displacement itself has no effect rier pod (grid and plain); Romulan SparrowHawk-E gun- on the unit's facing. boat tender (original and cranked arrow); Neo-Tholian —Steven P. Petrick, head of SFB, answering a mis- space control ship; Andromedans (sprues with three Vi- directed email question. The answer is correct for both pers, or three Cobras, or one of each); and the WYN Heavy SFB and Federation Commander. Cruiser (in kit and one-piece forms). We are experiment- ing with kits and sprues to keep the costs down. PUBLISHER’S INFORMATION New for Omega: Ymatrian Destroyer Leader. FEDERATION COMMANDER: COMMUNIQUE New for Omni Scale: Orion and WYN base stations. #162 is published and copyright © 2019 by Amarillo De- New for 285 scale: Ground-Assault Shuttle, Heavy sign Bureau, Inc., www.StarFleetGames.com, PO Box Assault Shuttle, Federation F-4 fighter, Gorn G-8 fighter. 8759, Amarillo TX 79114. You can check out the store here: Elements of the Star Fleet Universe are the prop- https://www.shapeways.com/shops/ erty of Paramount Pictures Corporation and are used amarillo-design-bureau-inc with their permission. Communique #162-June 2019; Copyright © 2019 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. FEDERATION COMMANDER SCENARIO (8CM148) FETCH (8CM148e) FORCE DYNAMICS The scenario can be played again under different condi- tions by making one or more of the following changes: While the WYNs were relatively safe inside the radioac- 1. Alternative Ships: Replace the Lyran POL with a Lyran tive walls of the Cluster, they often needed things from outside frigate. and had to arrange for their delivery or go and get them. In the 2. Alternative Empires: Replace the Lyrans with Kzinti later years of the General War, the Klingons, Kzintis, and Lyrans or Klingon units with a point value of no more than the original were less and less willing to make the political deals needed to force. allow imports, and the three neighboring empires worked to 3. Balance: Replace the Lyran POL with a DD or DW or keep the Orions away from the WYN Cluster. replace the Lyran DD with a frigate or police cutter. All three neighboring empires had a view toward the post- War universe and none of them wanted the WYNs to become (8CM148f) DESIGNER’S NOTES a major player. It was known that the WYNs were building a This scenario was written new for Federation Commander modern fleet out of all proportion to their defense needs. The by Stephen V. Cole. Kzintis were concerned that the Kzintis inside the WYN Clus- ter would try to overthrow the Patriarch. The Klingons were concerned that all of those political dissidents they had clev- erly deported to the WYN Cluster were likely to try to return and disrupt the Empire. The Lyrans, a feudal society in which one count or duke did not trust the others and the King-Em- peror didn’t trust anyone, did not want the Lyran rebels who had fled to the Cluster to return and rearrange the Game of Nobles that kept the Empire in balance. (8CM148a) NUMBER OF PLAYERS Two: The Lyran player and the WYN player. (8CM148b) INITIAL SETUP Map: Set up the map with three panels across and two panels high if using small hexes (four wide and three high if using large hexes). The map is a “fixed map.” Any ship which leaves the map has disengaged and cannot return. Lyran: One police cutter deployed anywhere on the map. WYN: One DDX enters the map from the left (01xx) edge at the Start of Turn #1. It suffers from the effects of passing thorugh the WYN Radiation Zone (6D). See the WYN mission objectives. Lyran Reinforcements: These enter the map from any edge or edges at the start of Turn #6: Lyran CW, DW, POL, and police flagship. (8CM148c) OBJECTIVE Mission-WYN: Leave the Cluster, move off the map on the 42xx map edge, return four complete turns after leaving the map (during which time the ship will meet with an Orion pirate and obtain vital items), and then successfully exit the map on the 01xx map edge (re-entering the WYN Cluster). Mission-Lyran: Destroy or capture the WYN DDX to shut down their blockade-running operations. Time Limit: The scenario continues until all ships of one side are destroyed or disengage or until the end of Turn #10. (At that point, more Lyran ships would finally reach the area and it would be much harder for the WYNs to prevail.) Victory Conditions: If the WYNs complete their mission, they win. If the Lyrans complete their mission, they win. (8CM148d) SPECIAL RULES None. Communique #162-June 2019; Copyright © 2019 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. COUNTER DDX POWER WYN CLUSTER TRACK X-DESTROYER POINT VALUE: 76 FLEET SCALE DAMAGE CONTROL: 2 20 WDS 19 Name SHIELD #1 #615 #2 18 PROBES 17 PH-1-FX MARINES 1 16 6 L+FA DISR-FH FA+R PH-1A PH-1 FRAME 15 DAMAGE 2 BRDG 3 2 LAB AUX HULL 14 13 PH-1 TRAN C TRAC DRN 13 4 Z 13 360° PH-1-360° BTTY 5 BTTY 12 #5CARGO #3 13 L WARP SHTL REAC R WARP 13 11 66 TURN MODE B 10 MOVE COST 1/4 IMPULSE BASE SPEED 8 9 TURN MODE 2 SPEED COST 2 SHIELD #4 8 BASE SPEED 16 TURN MODE 3 SPEED COST 4 13 7 BASE SPEED 24 TURN MODE 4 SPEED COST 6 ANTI-DRONE 6 Z IMP USED RACK Z ACCELERATION 1 234 COST 1/4 5 5 678 DECELERATION DRONES DRONES COST 1/4 WEAPONS USED 4 1 A 12 4 HIGH ENERGY 2 5 TURN COST 3 4 5 Z 3 1+1/4 3 6 EVASIVE 2 MANEUVER FEDERATION COMMANDER: CION\MMUNIQUE #162 COST 1+1/2 FLEET SCALE SHIP CARD #C162 Copyright © 2019 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. 1 C162 FRACTIONAL POWER 0 1/4 1/2 3/4 0 Communique #162-June 2019; Copyright © 2019 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. COUNTER DDX POWER WYN CLUSTER TRACK X-DESTROYER POINT VALUE: 155 SQUADRON SCALE DAMAGE CONTROL: 4 +40 WDS Name SHIELD #1 PROBES 30 +30 MARINES #6 #2 12 Power when +20 8 undamaged: 28 + 12. 4 PH-1-FX FRAME DAMAGE 1 +10 4 PH-1 BRDG PH-1 FA 2 4 FA L R 3 5 LAB C HULL AUX DRN DRN 9 YZBTTY TRAN PH-1 TRAC TRAC PH-1 26 6 PH-1-360° 7 26 8 LS8 9 PRB RS #5 CARGO #3 TURN MODE B 26 SHTL SHTL 26 MOVE COST 1/2 FH FH 7 DISR DISR BASE SPEED 8 AB TURN MODE 2 L WARP SPEED COST 4 REAC R WARP 12 8 4 4812 6 BASE SPEED 16 TURN MODE 3 IMPULSE SPEED COST 8 5 BASE SPEED 24 TURN MODE 4 SPEED COST 12 ACCELERATION SHIELD #4 4 COST 1/2 26 DECELERATION COST 1/2 ANTI-DRONE ANTI-DRONE 3 HIGH ENERGY Y IMP USED Z IMP USED RACK Y RACK Z TURN COST 2+1/2 1 234 1 234 5 678 5 678 EVASIVE 2 MANEUVER DRONES DRONES DRONES WEAPONS USED COST 3 1 5 9 AB Y Z 2 6 10 1 2 3 4 5 3 7 11 6 7 8 9 4 8 12 C162 FEDERATION COMMANDER: COMMUNIQUE #162 SQUADRON SCALE SHIP CARD #C162 FRACTIONAL POWER Copyright © 2019 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. 0 1/2 Communique #162-June 2019; Copyright © 2019 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. NEW ON SHAPEWAYS WYN Great White Shark Heavy Cruiser One-piece design by Chris Nasipak Andromedan Cobras by Steve Zamboni Done as a sprue of three to reduce the price Romulan SparrowHawk-E gunboat tender WYN Great White Shark Heavy Cruiser Cranked Arrow Design Done in kit form to fit the Shapeways “bounding box” by Matt Lawson and reduce the cost for the customer.