STAR FLEET UNIVERSE CAPTAIN’S LOG #22

CAPTAIN’S LOG #22 — Publication Date 16 May 2001 Page 1

NEW DIRECTIONSWe have a plan. Star Fleet Battles and

F&E will continue to expand with excitingnew products, but this is not enough. Ournew card game, Star Fleet Battle Force, willbring the Star Fleet Universe to a new groupof gamers, and will be fun for current SFBplayers as well. Everyone who ever playedSFB (and everyone who ever ran screamingfrom the rulebook) will like Battle Force. Theminiatures line will continue to expand withnew ships, fighters, and PFs. Prime Directivewill be reborn, and we are actively negotiat-ing a deal to bring a new version of thisgame onto the market.

The point of the plan is a growing andsuccessful company with SFB at its core, butno longer limited to just being “the companythat does Star Fleet Battles”.

CAPTAIN’S LOG STAFFPublisher ........................Stephen V ColeManaging Editor ............. Steven P PetrickStar Fleet Staff………Stewart Frazier, John

D. Berg, Chuck Strong, Ken Burnside,Jon Cleaves, Bruce Graw, Jeff Laikind,Gary Plana, Scott Moellmer, Joe Butler,Mike Calhoun, Mike Filsinger, PeterDimitri, Nick Blank, Andrew Harding.

Security Staff ...................... Ramses, IsisCover Art .............................. Ted GeibelInterior Art ........................Alvin BelflowerComputer Graphics .................Steve ColePrinting..................Dallas Offset, Zip Print

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TABLE OF CONTENTSHISTORY

Fight Fire with Fire by John Sickels........................................................ 2A Plague on their Houses by Scott Moellmer ..........................................13Planetary Defense.............................................................................16Class History: The C7 Heavy Battlecruisers ...........................................18

COMMUNICATIONSStar Fleet Communications Center .......................................................19Service Awards ................................................................................20Notes for Judges...............................................................................20Star Fleet Rangers Demonstration Team ...............................................21After Action Reports: Recent Products...................................................22Command the Future: New Products.....................................................23Input Guide: Notes on SSDs ...............................................................24Decisions of the Star Fleet Universe Board of Proposals ...........................25To Ask the Question WHY?.................................................................26Introducing: Star Fleet Battle Force.......................................................27Ask Admiral Growler..........................................................................28Scatter Pack ....................................................................................31Starline 2400 Miniatures .....................................................................32

VENUESStar Fleet Warlord: Death of a Warlord ..................................................34Star Fleet Command: The Orion Pirates ................................................36Playing SFB By E-Mail by Jim Hart .......................................................38Star Fleet Battles On-Line by Patrick Abram...........................................39

DATABASEThe Omega Sector: PFs and PF Tenders...............................................40Early Years: Update and new ships ......................................................42Battle Group 550: Raid on the WYN Cluster ...........................................43Shipyard Report: New ships from Advanced Operations............................65The Omega Sector for Prime Directive by Gary Plana...............................68Brothers of the Anarchist: Kzintis vs Klingons .........................................70Could you give me an Example of Speed Changes? ................................72

SCENARIOSSL193 Firefight .................................................................................74SL194 Fight Fire with Fire ...................................................................75SL195 A Plague on Their Houses.........................................................76SL196 The White Wolf .......................................................................77SL197 Regicide ................................................................................78SL198 Magellanic Convoy Raid ...........................................................80SL199 Cloak & Dagger.......................................................................81

TACTICSPatrol Victory At Origins 2000. .............................................................83Qari Tactics .....................................................................................86Term Papers ....................................................................................88

FEDERATION & EMPIREAdvanced Operations will begin in September ........................................97Scenario 1104: The Red-Wyn Express ..................................................98To Defend the Patriarchy by Peter Dmitri ...............................................99The Expansion Fixes Project ............................................................. 100What‘s Wrong with the Gorns? .......................................................... 102Rules & Rulings .............................................................................. 104Tactical Notes ................................................................................ 106Expansion Preview: EcoWar, ISC War ................................................ 111

SHIPYARDNew Ships for Star Fleet Battles...........................................................49Early Year Ships ...............................................................................59Omega Sector PFs and PF Tenders .....................................................61