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Attacks Wingvs.Wing

ThisisunchangedfromFirestorm

Attacks Shipvs.Wing

ThisisunchangedfromFirestormandshipsmayattack

Wingsduringtheshipsmovement.

Attacks Wingvs.Ship

WingsnowlinkfirewithFULLdice.Theymayattackin

oneoftwodifferentmodes.

StandOffandPointBlank.

InaStandOffattacktheWingisfiringitslongrange

ordinanceorpossiblytacticalnukes. Itdoessoatany

pointinrangebandone. ThiswillkeeptheWingitself

fromcomingunderattackbytheshipsPD,howeverthe

targetshipsPDwillbeabletofireontheincoming

Ordinanceandanyhitsthatmakeitthruthatwill

impact

the

ships

shields

(if

it

has

any).

Inapointblankattackthewingisheadingstraightin

totheenemyshipandtargetingitsmostvulnerable

spots.Movethewingtowithin4andstop,allowing

thetargetshiptodefenditselfwithanyPDitmayhave.

ThesurvivingWingsthenmoveintobasecontactand

rollADasabovebutadd+1tothedierolls.PDfireand

shieldmaynotdefendagainstthistypeofattack.

FuelFightercraftinmostSFshowsandmoviesseemto

beabletoverylongperiodswithoutneedingtorefuel

andcanapparentlyoperateforseveralhourswithout

havetoretankevenwhenoperatinginaplanets

atmosphere.Therefore

players

do

not

need

to

keep

trackofhowmuchfuelagivenFlightisusing.Also,a

greatdealoffeedbackontheDystopianforumseemsto

suggesthowtediousitistotrackfueloneachcounter.

Withthelikelihoodof20ormorewingsonthetableI

feelrequiringsuchtrackingwouldbogthegamedown

toomuch.

InterceptMovement NochangefromFirestorm

howeverFlightsmayonlymakeoneInterceptmoveper

turn.

OptionalRules ItissuggestedthatBattleCarriersor

otherLargeshipsthathold10FWbeallowedto

increasetheirFWto12. Thiswillallowthemtocarry

twocompletegroupsratherthananyunderstrength

groupswhichdoesntseemveryBattleCarrierlike.

Leviathansshouldhaveupto18Wings.

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WingModelAssignedRules

SomewingshavetheirownModelAssignedRules,

whicharespecifictoindividualfleetseitherbecauseof

differenttechnologyorfleetdoctrine.

RuggedConstruction(Dindrenzi)

Ifthe

token

suffers

one

or

more

destroyed

results

roll

a

1D6tocanceleachofthem.Thehitisignoredonaroll

of5or6(withoutanextrarollforthesix). Arollor

1,2,3,or4hasnoeffect.

FasterTorpedoes(Terran) IfaBombertokenmakesa

longrangeattack(RB1)againstashipthenthatship

mustrerollallofitsPDhitsagainstthetorpedoes. Any

shipsassistingwiththeirownPDoranyWingsonCAP

mustalsorerolltheirhits.

MorePDturrets(Directorate) Thewingsareequipped

withaselffiringrearPDturret. Anytimethewingisin

combatwithotherwingsitgains+1toitsPD.

SuperiorEngine(Aquan) Thetokenincreasesits

movementratingby+2

HighSpeedRun(Sorylian) IfthistokenmakesaPoint

Blankattackagainstashipthatshipmustrerollallofits

PDhits

against

the

Wing.

Any

ships

assisting

with

their

ownPDoranyWingsonCAPmustalsorerolltheirhits.

SwarmTactics(Ralthoza)WhenFlightthathasSwarm

TacticsmakesanADattackagainstamodelanduses

LinkedFire,theCOMBINEDattackreceivesa+2dice.

WellTrained(Kedorian, Ryushi) Thistokencan

deploywithin6ofitscarrierwhenitislaunchedand

canlandonthecarriersolongasitiswithin6.Also,

theFlight

may

choose

to

redeploy

anywhere

in

the

playerssetupareaaftertheopposingfleethassetup.

ThisisdoneafteranyredeploymentduetoScoutMARs.

Fleet

FlightTracker:

BelowisasimpleFlightTrackerplayersmayuseattheir

optionto

record

the

status

of

their

individual

Flights.

SquadronDesignatorisforhowyouhaveyourmodels

describedormarkedonthetablesuchasyellow

squadron,bluesquadron,etc. FlightTypeiseither

goingtobeAttackCraftorAssaultShuttles.

Configurationistorecordwhatconfigurationyour

AttackCraftarein.InthecaseofassaultShuttlesyou

canusethistoshowiftheyhaveAPonboardornot.

TurnsActivatedarejustthatandnumberdestroyedis

forthosewishingtotrackcasualties.

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FlightTracker

SquadronDesignator:__________________

FlightType:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

TurnsActivated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

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

NumberDestroyed:____________

SquadronDesignator:__________________

Flight

Type:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

TurnsActivated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

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

NumberDestroyed:____________

Squadron

Designator:__________________

FlightType:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

TurnsActivated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

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

Number

Destroyed:____________

Itissuggestedyouprintthispageoutandeither

laminateitorslideintoapageprotector. You

canthenuseagreasepencilordryerasemarker

toenableyoutoupdateeachFlights

informationasthegameprogresses.

SquadronDesignator:__________________

FlightType:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

TurnsActivated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

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

NumberDestroyed:____________

SquadronDesignator:__________________

Flight

Type:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

TurnsActivated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

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

NumberDestroyed:____________

SquadronDesignator:__________________

FlightType:__________________________

Configuration:________________________

TurnsActivated:

1 2 3 4 5 6

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

NumberDestroyed:____________