Federation Commander

Thanks for the correction, Mike - I was confused thinking of the total COMPOT (including fighters).

Gotcha. I think I get it. Now, if I am the attacker, I can also direct damage the base. If I am attacking the base, and have 26 damage, I can criple it directly, right? If I have less than that, but more 18, I can force him to take a SIDS. Or I can just have him take damage normally, and let it ...

But do I have to use SIDS? A Kzinti base has a combat value of 12. So, to cripple it straight up, I need to do 24 points of damage. A SIDS step is 18 damage, correct? If I have enought damage, could I just go for a direct cripple instead of scoring SIDS?

SIDS doesn't give the BATS more damage ...

If you are going to make an open- ended starter scenario, the one I want to see is a Fed/Klingon one-on-one war. Not the two-turn silliness presented in a CL a long time ago, but rather a full, open war involving just the two empires. No, that is not "historical". However, it would be interesting ...

NRB handy, but I'll try to address your questions. Folks, please feel free to expand and/or revise this post.

So, I had a chance last night to play my first ever game of Federation and Empire. My friend Brandon and I choose to try out scenario 601 The Wind. Due to time constraints we only got ...

This seems to be the justification for the Klingon dreads, which seem less useful to me otherwise than an equivalent weight of cruiser and battlecruiser sized ships. The extra hull and system boxes make them harder kills, which is necessary when closing with something armed with phaser 4s, and the ...

My regular opponent and I finished up our FnE Historical campaign this evening. We started it in January of 2010 and played every other Sunday up until today. After 16 months, and about 160 hours of play time, the Klingon Deep Space Fleet wiped out the Star Fleet defenders over Earth and forced an ...

All of the expansions have rules and scenarios not found in the basic game. While the carrier groups rule has moved into basic FnE, there are still other things in there of interest.

If you enjoy the basic game and want to add more chrome, go ahead and pick up the expansions. They are are all ...

Given the hurry up production schedules during wartime (for gorn at least) I figure the War era would be the more plain.

Pre-war could be "Warp on the Wild Side"...

Worf - simply because for most of TNG he was used as a punching bag whenever the writers wanted to show how tough the Alien of the Week (tm) was.

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In general, the TNG Klingons with their "honor" schtick remind me more of Niven's Kzinti in his Known Space series than they do of the TOS ...

Steve Cole wrote:One guy wanted to suggest some rules for tanks, but i don't see how you maneuver a tank inside a starship.)

Boarding action on a Dominator?

Nice work.

I might mention that Matthew at Mongoose was mumbling something about a "black-painted fed squadron" and perhaps might enjoy seeing Federation squadrons in unusual paint schemes that reflect the dynamic personality of the squadron commander and the daring and boldness of the supply ...

If you're looking to travel with the figures, the Crystal Caste Battle Hive and Battle Hive II are anvil style cases that are rugged and substantial. They have "pick foam" layers for various figure sizes. I have one of each and use the Battle Have for transporting my 2400 series miniatures. They ...

Klingon of Gor has it right - while an F5 is an easy squish, its not the threat the D6 or D7 is. The D6 is more fragile than the D7 but has the same heavy weapons load out, so by these numbers, the D6 should go first.

The other thing to consider is the number of drones out there. No, the Klingons ...

Wow, a pink B10 SCS with hello kitty motif and the fighters painted up like little frogs. OMG, it's the B-10 Inconceivable!