COMMUNIQUE #55 STARDATE 2010.07 NEW IN THIS ISSUE FEDERATION We have included several new items in this issue. COMMANDER New scenario: 8CM43 A Game of Snakes and Lizards New Ship Card: Andromedan Satellite Base Revised Ship Card: Armed Cutter, Armed Transport Organized League Play Frax Ship Card: War Cruiser Escort Large Format Ship Card: Tholian Dreadnought The on-line forms for registering your store as a site for Requested Ship Card: Kzinti BC Fleet 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. WAR AND PEACE was released at the Origins Game Fair You will find a link to the Commander’s Circle at: with ISC, Vudar, and Andromedan ships. www.StarFleetGames.com/fccc/login.php Briefing #3 will have “support units” and Federation Admi- along with everything else for this game system. ral will be the new campaign system for Federation Commander. Many stores have already signed up, and prizes (a series We will see a new series of independent Booster Packs. of “bonus cards” used to give ships a special ability) are being Federation Commander: Booster Pack #92 contained ships that mailed out to those stores. The scenarios of the final six months were seen in Briefing #1. Booster Pack #93 will contain ships of 2010 are as follows and reflect the films of Olivette Roche. seen in Captain’s Log. Booster Pack #94 will have light tactical Get these reports to us ASAP! transports. Booster Pack #95 will have tugs. July: 8C22 Die BEM, Die! CL#40 Borders of Madness #1 will appear in due time with over August: 8CM31 The Navajo incident, Comm #43 70 ships never intended for Federation Commander, possibly September: 8C25 Kumerian’s Karisma, CL#41 including scouts, carriers, and maulers. October: 8CM29 The Greening of Lot 48, Comm #41 Squadron Box #27 has been released. November: 8B201 Make War Not Peace, Briefing #2 December: 8CM20 Practice Pouncing, CL#39 RELEASED IN 2009 In 2006, the Federation barely stopped the Klingons. The • Last fall saw Hydran Attack with more ships for the Hy- Romulans did not do that well in 2007. In 2008, the Tholians drans, Lyrans, Klingons, Kzintis, and WYNs. The ships included repulsed a Klingon invasion and the Coalition conquered the are: Hydran Ranger, Iroquois, Tartar, Rhino Hunter, Buffalo Hydrans. In 2009, the Pirates rocked and tension built. Hunter, Lancer, Hunter, and Pegasus; Lyran Light Cruiser, New Heavy Cruiser, War Destroyer; WYN FF and AuxC; Klingon COMMANDER NEWS F5W; and Kzinti FFK. Six more ships are in the boosters. • Squadron Boxes #25 and #26, and Border Box #9, were released last fall. 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 #55 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. Romulan Armada followed in ant, D6J penal ship. the spring of 2010. Romulan SpH-J¥, K10R, KillerHawk¥, K7R¥, Federation & Empire had a new edition, 2010, re- JayHawk, Vulture¥, KD5R¥. leased in February. The next expansion will be ISC War. Kzinti destroyer. Star Fleet Battles received Module Y2 in October Gorn dreadnought-cruiser¥, HDE, MCC¥, DBC. 08, G3 in February 09, G3A in August 09, Module R12 Hydran D7H Anarchist (captured Klingon D7). at Origins 10. Andromedan Viper, Base Station. Prime Directive PD20 Modern has been released Lyran police cutter POL £. and Klingons PD20 Modern was released on 19 Oct 09. Seltorian Hive Ship (larger than the Battlewagon). Prime Directive Federation is in final development. Borders of Madness: maulers, scouts, survey ships. Prime Directive Tholians is in development for 2011. All empires: commando ships £. We are working on conversions of Prime Directive ¥ Possible inclusion in FC: Gorn Attack. to other systems including D6, Fudge, SW, and HERO. † Was in FC: Briefing #2 £ Scheduled for FC: Briefing #3 Support Units. WEBSITE UPDATE FED COMMANDER: TO DATE We continue to update and improve our website: Core Products: Klingon Border, Romulan Border; cornerstone products of the game engine. www.StarFleetGames.com Alternate Products: Academy (lower cost entry prod- Our graphics director adds new things to the website uct), Graduation (turns Academy into Klingon Border), every week, and most of those come from either cus- Romulan Space (the parts of Romulan Border not dupli- tomer requests or the FLAP (Finish Like A Pro) list done cated in Klingon Border), Klingon Space (the parts of after the completion of each new product. Klingon Border not duplicated in Romulan Border; this Let us know (at [email protected]) if product is not packed for display in stores), Reference you see any glitches in the website, or think of ways to Rulebook. 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 (expands Battleships Attack). www.starfleetgames.com/masterindex.shtml Briefings: #1 Scenarios, #2 Middle Years. You can always find out what has been added here: Booster Packs: Zero, #1-#27, #91, #92. (Each has www.starfleetgames.com/new.shtml seven or eight Ship Cards including one or two new ships; Some of the new items in June 2010 included: #16-#18 and #91 each have eight new Ship Cards.) • New Star Fleet Alerts. Squadron Boxes: Zero, #1-#26, #91. (Each has five • More ships in Commander’s Circle. or six miniatures.) Border Boxes: #1-5, #7-9 (24 miniatures each). CAPTAIN’S LOG #41 Border Box #6: ten battleships Lots of fun for FC players: Frax submarines and tor- Captain’s Log (issues with Federation Commander pedo boats, three new scenarios, Command at Origins. material): #32-#40. Copyright © 2010 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. FEDERATION COMMANDER SCENARIO (8CM43) A GAME OF Vudar: Place a DN, 2xCW, and a DW anywhere on the eastern panels (set up first). SNAKES and lizards Hydran: Place a DG, MNG, KN, and CU anywhere on the western panels.