Federation Commander

@Itharus

Yes, there is a rule that no more than three ships can fire out of a hex side in a single impulse.

Spreading ships out in an echelon would make it more likely that at least one ESG connects, but I don't think that's the best plan. Landing an ESG isn't a guarantee that you'll knock that ...

I've played with and against FedCom ESGs quite a bit. In smaller games, say around 2 ships per side I think they are more effective than in SFB. Because of how impulse order works it is much harder to do things like use shuttles to soften their blow. Also in FedCom you never run into the situation ...

It happened again tonight, we tried to use ESGs beside an asteroid field. I don't know if it's a common occurrence or if our group is zany. An asteroid is considered one target for an ESG (the biggest), but we where unable to adjudicate how to deal with a field.

Thank you for your reply. I was able to play two more games with squadrons of ships since then.

Using the hellbores at distance was one of my first thoughts too. I did not have success with this. A Lyran Ship with one functioning ESG can negate nearly three ranged hellbore shots and ESGs can be ...

One potential difference between asteroids and asteroid fields is the number of objects. Say my Hydran ship is in a hex with an asteroid and gets ESG'ed. I believe that half the ESG damage would go onto the ship and half the asteroid. With an asteroid field there could be one object (the whole field ...

As far as I know, (Q1) yes the majority of the hellbore damage goes against shield 4. If you want your hellbore to go through shield 1, you must weaken it on a previous impulse. (Q3) yes, fighters can fly on EM. (Q4) a tractored shuttle in your hex should stay in your hex, but a tractored ship ...

I am an SFB player who is dabbling in FedCom. I've played two games recently as the Hydrans vs the Lyrans. They did not play out like I thought they would in SFB and I got trounced. I want to figure out what I am missing.

In SFB the normal tactic I would use would be to approach at moderate speeds ...

Hello,

I an SFB player who is new(ish) to FedCom. Going from one system to another is a tad confusing, as it's easy to bring rules from one system to the other by accident. I will be playing some Hydran vs Lyran games in the near future and I need a little help to wrap my head around things ...