STAR FLEET UNIVERSE CAPTAIN’S LOG #23

CAPTAIN’S LOG #23 — Publication Date 8 November 2001 Page 1

New Worlds to Conquer

This issue brings you an entirely newrace (the Imperium, an extension of ModuleE2), a new weapon (the Particle-SplitterTorpedo for the Omega Sector), an entirelynew class of starships for SFB (the Skiffs),new cards for Star Fleet Battle Force, newrules for the incredible X-ships, and anentirely new game in GURPS PrimeDirective. We also have a template for you towrite your own rules and (never seen before)an index of just where all of those famousplanets and battles are on the map. Thecompany is going new places, and you willhave new worlds to conquer.

CAPTAIN’S LOG STAFFPublisher ........................Stephen V ColeManaging Editor ............. Steven P PetrickBusiness Manager ............ Leanna M ColeStar Fleet Staff………Stewart Frazier, John

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

Security Staff ...................... Ramses, IsisCover Art .............................. Ted GeibelInterior Art ......Dale McKee, Alvin BelflowerGraphics ...............Steve Cole, Ted Geibel

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TABLE OF CONTENTSHISTORY

First Blood by Shelley Stuart................................................................. 2Not Good Friends by Scott Moellmer...................................................... 5Index of Planets................................................................................. 9Development of the Standard Small Freighter ........................................10

COMMUNICATIONSStar Fleet Communications Center .......................................................12Service Awards ................................................................................13Notes for Judges...............................................................................13Ranger Report..................................................................................13Ten Questions..................................................................................14To Ask the Question WHY?.................................................................15The X-Ship Project by Mike Filsinger.....................................................16After Action Reports: Recent Products...................................................17Command the Future: New Products.....................................................18Starline 2400 Miniatures; building Fed & Kzinti LTTs ................................19Input Guide: The New System .............................................................20Decisions of the Star Fleet Universe Board of Proposals ...........................21Standard Rules Templates by Ken Burnside ...........................................22You Know Your Captain is from New York City if ... ..................................27Ask Admiral Growler by Mike Filsinger ..................................................28

VENUESStar Fleet Warlord: Awards, Diplomacy, Prospecting ................................31Star Fleet Command: The Wreck of the Rex ...........................................32Galactic Conquest: A History of the First Ten Years .................................33Playing SFB By E-Mail: Games Merge into Ladder...................................34Star Fleet Battles On-Line: Version 3.0 now in Beta Test...........................35

DATABASEThe Omega Sector: The Particle Splitter Torpedo ....................................36Brothers of the Anarchist: Klingon vs Federation .....................................38Battle Group 700: Attack And Defend ....................................................41Shipyard Report: New Ships for SFB.....................................................65Star Fleet Battle Force: Bases, Planets, and Scenario ..............................66Introducing GURPS Prime Directive......................................................68Triangulum Galaxy: The Imperium by Francois Angers .............................74

SCENARIOSSL200 First Blood by Isaac Trimble.......................................................80SL201 Not Good Friends by Isaac Trimble .............................................81SL202 Attack and Defend (Battle Group) by Steven Paul Petrick ................82SL203 Joint Operations by David Kass..................................................83SL204 Grab And Run by Mike West......................................................84

TACTICSVictory At Origins 2001 by Vince Weibert ...............................................86Mæsron Tactics: A Primer by Andrew Harding ........................................94Term Papers ....................................................................................96

FEDERATION & EMPIREJindarians in Federation & Empire ...................................................... 105Rules & Rulings .............................................................................. 106Scenario 699: The North-South War by Stan Taylor ............................... 109Tactical Notes ................................................................................ 110Expansion Preview: Operational Bases, Colonial Development ................ 112

SHIPYARDNew Freighters for Star Fleet Battles.....................................................49Skiffs: A new ship type for Star Fleet Battles ...........................................54Brothers of the Anarchist ....................................................................55Omega Sector: Vari Torpedo Ships.......................................................57Triangulum: Ships of the Imperium .......................................................61