warboss jim's colonial fleet

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Colonial Fleet

The battle fleet of the colonial navy is centered on

the Battlestar which can be considered the rough

equivalent of US Navy carriers. The Colonial Fleet

operated a force of about 120 Battlestars and

several support vessels. The Fleet was organized

around "Battlestar Groups", such as Battlestar Group

75 (from which Galac t i careceives its BSG-75

designator). These groups were composed of a

single Battlestar protected and supported by

smaller vessels, including, but not limited to, Viper

and Raptor squadrons. The C olonial Fleet has amixed Navy/Marine Corps rank system: Admiral;

Rear Admiral; Commander; Colonel; Lieutenant

Colonel; Major; Captain; Lieutenant; Lieutenant,

j(unior) g(rade); Ensign. Non-commissioned officers

and enlisted personnel also have a mixed

Navy/Marine Corps rank system, referred to as a

"Naval-style rank system" Master Chief Petty Officer,

Chief Petty Officer, Petty Officer 1st and 2nd Class,

Specialist, Deckhand and Recruit.

Colonial Fleet Composition

When you build a colonial fleet you must include at

least one Battlestar type ship in any fleet of 500

points or more. In addition you must field at least

one squadron of Medium ships and one squadron

of Small ships. You can spend up to 50% of your

points on Massive ships, 50% on Large ships 40% on

Medium ships and 40% on Small ships. A Colonial

Fleet may never have Allied ships (ships from the

Core Game of Firestorm armada) included in the

fleet list nor may any Colonial ships be included in

those lists.

The Fleet has a command Distance of 6 and a

Fleet Tactics Rating of +2.

Fleet wings-If you have spare points left over that

you cannot use to build your fleet; you may buy up

to 6 Raptor Assault craft. The Raptors do not need a

Battlestar and are assumed to have used their jump

engines to enter the battlefield. All Vipers cost 6.

Their Stats are listed Below.


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Special Colonial Fleet Rules-

The Colonial Fleet uses the Revise d Wing Rulesand

Colon ia l Ba rra g e MAR.

Their Wings, Viper MKII, uses the Rugged

Construction MAR. The Viper MKVII uses the

Rugged Construction Rule as well as receiving a +1

to its movement. The Raptors have their ownspecial rules detailed below.

Colonial Barrage MAR

Colonial Main Guns (or Broadsides/Turrets in

Firestorm terms) may fire in either SalvoorFlak

Barragemodes. If fired in Salvomode the fire is

resolved in the same manner as AD in Firestorm. If

fired in Flak Barragemode they use the rules below.

A C olonial Fleets PD works in the same way as the

rules Presented in Firestorm. However any ship with

the Colonial Barrage MAR may also fire Flak

Barragesfrom its main guns (Broadsides or Turrets)

to supplement its point defense. These are fired at

any time you would normally be allowed to fire PD,

just at a longer range. Any Broadside or Turret may

fire a Barrage at any time a t RB1 (8) using the AD

at that range as PD. The barrage will only fire into

the arc the weapon would normally fire into and

will affect the entire Range Band. In the case of

turrets the player must declare which arc they are

firing into. A Barrage will affect ALLWings and

Torpedoes, friendly or enemy in the arc at the time

of the attack. It will also a ffect any Wings on C AP

regardless of which arc they are occupying. To

conduct a barrage the player rolls PD dice equal to

the AD of the Broadside (or Turret). The result

applies to ALL wings and Torpedoes in that arc. For

example- a Mercury class Battlestar fires its portside

Broadside as a barrage to stop an incoming

Torpedo Attack. There are two friendly Wings and

six enemy wings in the same fire a rc as well as one

friendly Wing on CAP. The player rolls 10 AD a s PD

and gets 1,1,3,2,4,5,5,6,2,3 (re-roll as normal for the

6) generating a 5. This gives three Drive O ffresults

and one Destroyed result for the Wings including

the one on CAP. The results are applied to each

side equally in whatever manor the owning player

wishes. The C olonial player dec ides to destroy the

Wing on CAP and Drive O ffthe other two Wings.

The enemy player destroys one wing and Drives Off

three more leaving him with two operational wings.


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The Torpedo attac k would be reduced by 5 points

and the Battlestars regular PD would then fire as

normal. If a Flight occupies more than one arc the

Colonial player must decide to fire either one or

both Broadsides, or Turrets. Only the enemy wings in

a given arc may be hit by the weapons in that arc.

Switching between modes is somewhat time

consuming. If a ship has fired In Salvo Mode and

the switches to fire a Barrage, in the same turn, it

applies a -4 modifier to itsBa rra g e PD. The reverse

also applies. Thus any ship firing a Barrage that then

fires in Salvo mode when activated suffers -4 to its

AD to that Broadside (or Turret). Players should

make note of which Broadsides or Turrets fire in

which mode during the turn.

Wings making a Stand Off attack are only

attacked by a barrage once. Any survivors may

then release there ordinance which is then

attacked by the ships PD. The Barrage does not

affect the ordinance as the Wings have already

punched through the Flak Barrage to deliver its

attack. Wings making a Point Blank attack must

pass though both the Barrage and the ships PD to

make their attack.

Critical damage- any Critical to Fire C ontrol or Point

Defense will prevent the ship from firing a Barrage.

Also, obviously, a Primaries Hit critical will prevent

those guns from conducting a Barrage.

Raptor assault craft- Raptors are multi-purpose

craft used for Scouting, search and rescue, marine

assaults, and with special ordinance packages,

bombers. They also have their own integrated jump

engines. Raptors follow a ll the rules in Firestorm

Armada for fold space engines and this should not

be considered an optional rule.

At the beginning of the game the player must

decide if he wants to configure his raptors as

assaulters or bombers. It takes a lot of time for the

deck crews to configure raptors for different

missions so they may not be reconfigured during

the game.

Victory Points-the Colonial Fleet considers anyvessel that is not a Battlestar as support ship and

therefore expendable. Those ships, much like

today ca rrier escorts, are expected to sacrifice

themselves to preserve their carriers (Battlestars).

As such, the opposing player only scores hal fvictory

points for destroying non-Battlestar Ships.

Conversely he scores doub l evictory points for each

Battlestar he destroys. In these rules your opponent

does get VPs for destroying Wings.


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Colonial Fleet Tactics-When playing against any of

the races in Firestorm Armada there are two

important things to keep in mind. Your Medium and

Small ships are generally inferior to your opposition

and in most cases, slower. Your capital ships on the

other hand are easily a match for anything they

have, especially when fully outfitted with Vipers.

However, dont forget the lack of any Aft

Broadsides. Also, be careful of the damage to your

Battlestars. Your opponent gets double the VPs for

destroying them. The Mercury class is the pinnacle

of C olonial technology but if you lose one, you will

probably lose it all. They are not indestructible. The

Revised Wing rules can make your Vipers and

Raptors very nasty in the right circumstances but

remember they are not a renewable asset. Once

they are destroyed they are gone. Use them

wisely and dec isively.

Authors Notes-I tried to write these rules to enable

the ships to perform as close as possible to how

they did in the show while still keeping with the ease

of play that we have come to love from Firestorm

Armada . With the Colonial Barrage rules this was

not easy and I tried several variations and finely

settled on the rules presented here. Another thing

that was necessary was to completely re-write the

rules for Wings. I hope I have managed to strike a

balance between making them more effective

without being overpowering or game winners. As

for the ship stats, MARs etc., the performance of the

ships on the show, the tech manuals online (when

they could be found) and the models themselves,

largely dictated the rules I used. For example: most

of the Battlestars have the Scout MAR. This is to take

into account the embarked Raptors (which every

ship has at least a few), being used in this role. It is

their primary job.

I hope you enjoy!


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Revised Wing rules

Wings now work in a similar way to those rules

presented in Dystopian Wars.

Wing types- There are now only two types of

wings. Attack Craft and Assault Shuttles. The

player must decide which his carriers areholding prior to starting play.

Configuration- Attack Craft can be configured

for one of three missions before being

launched and can be reconfigured when

recovered. They are launched the next time

their parent carrier activates but not on the

same turn they landed. Flights may be no

larger than six Wings. All wings in a flight must

be of the same type. Wings can be launched

as Fighters, Bombers or Interceptors. Stats are

the same as in Firestorm but the Bomber has a

movement of 16. One exception to this is

Bombers may jettison their ordinance at any

time and so doing will allow them to revert to

fighters.

Reorganization- Many ships are able to hold

more than the standard squadron size of six

wings. Any flight may combine or absorb

wings from another flight if it is below the full

strength size of six wings. However this may

only be done on the carrier and the Flight

cannot launch on the same turn it is

Reorganizing. For example: A Ralthoza carrier

has 8 wings on board. The player launches 6

wings in one flight and in a later turn suffers

three losses. He then returns them to the

carrier and has the Flight Reorganize to include

the 2 wings that were left on board, bringing

the flight up to strength of 5. He then re-

launches them on the following turn. In anotheexample- an Aquan Battle C arrier has 10 wings

grouped in two flights of 5. Both flights get

badly mauled in combat and return to the

carrier after each losing two wings. The

Aquan player then reorganizes them into one

squadron of 6 and launches them the

following turn. Note- Wings may be

Reconfigured the same turn they are

Reorganizing.

Additionally, if a Flight has Wings that havebeen Driven O ff, they may go with their Flight

when activated if the Flight is returning to a

carrier in its activation.

Assaulters-In the revised rules Assaulters may

now return to their carrier and load more

marines. These come from the ships own AP of

course. Additionally, any ship that starts the

game with Assault Wings may double its AP

capacity at a cost of 2 points per AP added or

3 points if the ship has the MAR Elite C rewor

Sp ec ia l Fo rc e s. However you may not add

more AP than the number of Assault Wings

assigned to the ship.


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Attacks - Wing vs. Wing

This is unchanged from Firestorm

Attacks- Ship vs. Wing

This is unchanged from Firestorm and ships may

attack Wings during the ships movement.

Attacks- Wing vs. Ship

Wings now link fire with FULLdice. They mayattack in one of two different modes.

Stand Offand Po int Bla nk.

In a Stand Off attack the Wing is firing its long

range ordinance or possibly tac tical nukes. It

does so at any point in range band one. This

will keep the Wing itself from c oming under

attack by the ships PD, however the target

ships PD will be able to fire on the incoming

Ordinance and any hits that make it thru thatwill impact the ships shields (if it has any).

In a point blank attack the wing is heading

straight in to the enemy ship and targeting its

most vulnerable spots. Move the wing to within

4 and stop, allowing the target ship to defend

itself with any PD it may have. The surviving

Wings then move into base contact and roll

AD as above but add+1 to the die rolls. PD fire

and shield may not defend against this type of

attack.

Fuel-Fighter craft in most SF shows and movies

seem to be able to very long periods without

needing to refuel and can apparently operate

for several hours without have to re-tank

even when operating in a planets

atmosphere. Therefore players do not need to

keep track of how much fuel a given Flight is

using. Also, a great deal of feedback on the

Dystopian forum seems to suggest how tedious

it is to track fuel on each counter. With the

likelihood of 20 or more wings on the table I

feel requiring such tracking would bog the

game down too much.

Intercept Movement- No change from

Firestorm however Flights may only make one

Intercept move per turn.


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Optional Rules- It is suggested that Battle

Carriers or other Large ships that hold 10 FW be

allowed to increase their FW to 12. This will

allow them to carry two complete groups

rather than any understrength groups which

doesnt seem very Battle Carrier like.

Leviathans should have up to 18 Wings.

Wing Model Assigned Rules-

Some wings have their own Model Assigned

Rules, which are spec ific to individual fleets

either because of different technology or fleet

doctrine.

Rugged Construction (Dindrenzi)

If the token suffers one or more destroyed

results roll a 1D6 to cancel each of them. The

hit is ignored on a roll of 5 or 6 (without an extraroll for the six). A roll or 1,2,3, or 4 has no effec t.

Faster Torpedoes (Terran) - If a Bomber token

makes a long range attack (RB1) against a

ship then that ship must re-roll all of its PD hits

aga inst the torpedoes. Any ships assisting with

their own PD or any Wings on CAP must also re-

roll their hits.

More PD turrets(Directorate)-The wings are

equipped with a self-firing rear PD turret.

Anytime the wing is in combat with other wings

it gains +1 to its PD.

Superior Engine (Aquan) - The token increases

its movement rating by +2

High Speed Run(Sorylian) - If this token makes

a Point Blank attack against a ship that ship

must re-roll all of its PD hits against the Wing.

Any ships assisting with their own PD or any

Wings on CAP must also re-roll their hits.

Swarm Tactics (Ralthoza) -When Flight that has

Swarm Tactics makes an AD attack against a

model and uses Linked Fire, the C OMBINED

attack receives a +2 dice.

Well Trained (Kedorian, Ryushi ) - This token

can deploy within 6 of its carrier when it is

launched and can land on the carrier so long

as it is within 6. Also, the Flight may choose to

redeploy anywhere in the players set up area

after the opposing fleet has set up. This isdone after any redeployment due to Scout

MARs.

Flight Trac ker:

Below is a simple Flight Tracker players may use

at their option to record the status of theirindividual Flights.

Squadron Designator is for how you have your

models described or marked on the table such

as yellow squadron, blue squadron, etc. Flight

Type is either going to be Attack Craft or

Assault Shuttles. Configuration is to record

what configuration your Attack Craft are in. In

the case of assault Shuttles you can use this to

show if they have AP on board or not. Turns

Ac tivated are just that and number destroyed

is for those wishing to track casualties.


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Flight Tracker

Squadron Designator:__________________

Flight Type:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

Turns Activated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

[] [] [] [] [] []

Number Destroyed:____________


Flight Type:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

Turns Activated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

[] [] [] [] [] []



Flight Type:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

Turns Activated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

[] [] [] [] [] []


It is suggested you print this page out and either

laminate it or slide into a page protector. You can

then use a grease pencil or dry erase marker to enable

you to update each Flights information as the game

progresses.


Flight Type:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

Turns Activated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

[] [] [] [] [] []



Flight Type:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

Turns Activated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

[] [] [] [] [] []



Flight Type:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

Turns Activated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

[] [] [] [] [] []



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Colonial Fleet Cards

MERCURY

CLASS

BATTLESTAR

(PEGASUS) RANGEBAND

STARB

OARD

PO

RT

FO

RE

TUR

RETS

TORPEDOES

(ANY

ARC)

DR CR MV HP CP AP PD SH MN FW 1 10 10 16 - 7

7 14 6 12 10 7 9 - - 18 2 15 15 20 - 8

FLEET TACTICS BONUS:+2COMMAND DISTANCE: 6

3 7 2 12 - 9

4 - - 8 - 10

COST: 350 POINTSTHIS IS A MASSIVECAPITALCLASS SHIP

IT MUST MOVE 2STRAIGHT AHEAD BEFORE MAKING EAC H 45 DEGREE TURNUP TO 50%OF YOU POINTS CAN BE SPENT ON MASSIVE SIZE BATTLESTARSMERCURY CLASS BATTLESTARS ARE DEPLOYED IN SQUADRONS OF 1SHIPS

AWESOME, COLONIAL BARRAGE, DECK CREWS, PROTECTED SYSTEMS, SAFE HAVEN, SCOUT

GALACTICA

CLASS

BATTLESTAR RANGEBAND

STARBOARD

PORT

FORE(FIXED)

TURRETS

TORPEDOES

(ANYARC)

DR CR MV HP CP AP PD SH MN FW 1 6 6 7 10 5

7 12 6 10 7 5 8 - - 12 2 8 8 8 12 6

FLEET TACTICS BONUS:+2

COMMAND DISTANCE: 6

3 4 4 6 6 7

4 2 2 5 4 8

COST: 180 POINTSTHIS IS A LARGECAPITAL CLASS SHIP

IT MUST MOVE 2STRAIGHT AHEAD BEFORE MAKING EAC H 45 DEGREE TURNUP TO 50%OF YOU POINTS CAN BE SPENT ON LARGE SHIPS

LARGE BATTLESTARS ARE DEPLOYED IN SQUADRONS OF 1SHIPSCOLONIAL BARRAGE, STRENGTHENED HULL, DECK CREWS, SCOUT


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VALKYRIE CLASS

BATTLESTARRANGEBAND

STARBOARD

PORT

FORE

TURRETS

TORPEDOES

(ANYARC)


5 10 6 6 4 4 5 - - 6 2 6 6 6 8 4


COMMAND DISTANCE: 6

3 4 4 4 6 5

4 3 3 3 5 6

COST: 115 POINTSTHIS IS A LARGE CAPITAL CLASS SHIP

IT MUST MOVE 2STRAIGHT AHEAD BEFORE MAKING EACH 45 DEGREE TURNUP TO 50%OF YOU POINTS CAN BE SPENT ON LARGE BATTLESTARS

LARGE BATTLESTARS ARE DEPLOYED IN SQUADRONS OF 1SHIP

COLONIAL BARRAGE, DECK CREWS, SCOUT

ATLAS

BATTLESTARRANGEBAN

D

STARBOARD

PORT

FORE

TURRETS

TORPEDOES

(ANYARC)


5 8 8 5 4 3 3 - - 3 2 4 4 4 8 5


COMMAND DISTANCE: 6

3 3 3 3 6 5

4 2 2 2 4 5

COST: 85 POINTSTHIS IS A MEDIUMCAPITALCLASS SHIP

IT MUST MOVE 1STRAIGHT AHEAD BEFORE MAKING EACH 45 DEGREE TURNUP TO 40%OF YOU POINTS CAN BE SPENT ON MEDIUM SHIPS

ATLAS BATTLESTARS ARE DEPLOYED IN SQUADRONS OF 1TO3SHIPSCOLONIAL BARRAGE, SCOUT


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CRONUS

GUNSTARCRUISER RA

NGEBAND

STARB

OARD

PO

RT

FO

RE

FORE

FIXED

TORPEDOES

(ANY

ARC)


4 6 8 4 3 3 3 - - - 2 6 6 7 7 4


3 2 2 5 5 4

4 - - - 4 -

COST: 65 POINTSTHIS IS A MEDIUMCAPITAL CLASS SHIP

IT MUST MOVE 1STRAIGHT AHEAD BEFORE MAKING EAC H 45 DEGREE TURNUP TO 40%OF YOU POINTS CAN BE SPENT ON MEDIUM SHIPS

CRONUS GUNSTARS ARE DEPLOYED IN SQUADRONS OF 1TO3SHIPSCOLONIAL BARRAGE (FIXED FORE MAY NO T FIRE BARRAG ES), FIRING SOLUTION (FIXED FORE AND FORE)

VICTORY CLASSSCOUT

DESTROYER RANGEBAN

D

STARBOARD

PORT

FORE

TURRETS

TORPEDOES

(ANYARC)

DR CR MV HP CP AP PD SH MN FW 1 - - 3 - 6

4 6 10 3 3 2 3 - - - 2 - - 5 - 6


COMMAND DISTANCE: 6

3 - - 2 - 8

4 - - - - 8

COST: 50 POINTSTHIS IS A MEDIUMCAPITAL CLASS SHIP

IT MUST MOVE 1STRAIGHT AHEAD BEFORE MAKING EAC H 45 DEGREE TURNUP TO 40%OF YOU POINTS CAN BE SPENT ON MEDIUM SHIPS

VICTORY CLASS SCOUTS ARE DEPLOYED IN SQUADRONS OF 1TO3SHIPSHIDDEN KILLER, SCOUT, VULNERABLE


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PANTHER CLASS

FRIGATERANGEBAND

STARB

OARD

PO

RT

FO

RE

TUR

RETS

TORPEDOES

(ANY

ARC)

DR CR MV HP CP AP PD SH MN FW 1 - - 4 - 1

3 6 10 2 2 - 2 - - - 2 - - 5 - 2


3 - - 3 - 3

4 - - - - 4

COST: 25 POINTSTHIS IS A SMALLCLASS SHIP

IT MUST MOVE 0STRAIGHT AHEAD BEFORE MAKING EAC H 45 DEGREE TURNUP TO 40%OF YOU POINTS CAN BE SPENT ON SMALL SHIPS

PANTHER CLASS FRIGATES ARE DEPLOYED IN SQUADRONS OF 1TO4SHIPSSMALL SHIP

SCORPIONCLASS

CORVETTE RANGEBAN

D

STARBOARD

PORT

FORE

TURRETS

TORPEDOES

(ANYARC)

DR CR MV HP CP AP PD SH MN FW 1 - - 3 - -

3 4 15 2 1 1 1 - - - 2 - - 4 - -


COMMAND DISTANCE: 6

3 - - - - -

4 - - - - -

COST: 17 POINTSTHIS IS A SMALLCLASS SHIP

IT MUST MOVE 0STRAIGHT AHEAD BEFORE MAKING EAC H 45 DEGREE TURNUP TO 40%OF YOU POINTS CAN BE SPENT ON SMALL SHIPS

SCORPION CLASS CORVETTES ARE DEPLOYED IN SQUADRONS OF 2 TO 4SHIPSSMALL SHIP


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MV AD PD AP COST

VIPERSSTANDARD CONFIGURATION 18 2 2 0 6

BOMBER CONFIGURATION 16 3 1 0 6

INTERCEPTOR CONFIGURATION 18 0 3 0 6

RAPTORSASSAULT CRAFT CONFIGURATION 15 0 1 1 5

BOMBER CONFIGURATION 15 4 0 0 6

In terce pto r Co nf igu rat ion Stand ard Co nf igu rat ion Bom b er

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