Recent content by MikeB

Right...batteries! I knew it was some form of power generating storage devices.

I think I saw this "fuel tank - extra armor" idea in Clancey's novel, "The Hunt for Red October."

I do not speak for ADB in any way, shape, or fashion, but I would like to point out that the new game will be called A Call To Arms: Star Fleet (ACTA:SF). It will not be a fleet-action version of Star Fleet Battles (i.e. it will not be called ACTA:SFB). From what has been written by those "in...

The Hydrans are the only ones to officially have fighters in Fed Com. There is a separate set of playtest stuff that is designed to be used with Fed Com called "Borders of Madness." In BoM, hypothetical carriers and fighters were done for every empire. I don't know of any players who use the...

The old FASA Star Trek Combat Simulator was very clunky to use. Ship speeds were very slow compared to weapon ranges, therefore ships tended to go "pop" well before closing in on one another. The Federation Commander system is a good representative of the SFU and I'm glad Mongoose is basing...

Is there a scaled-down version of CTA's rules anywhere on the Mongoose site for downloading? I would really like to see the general gist of the rules.

These URLs might be helpful for those who want a look at the Starfleet Universe: www.starfleetgames.com/historicaldownloads.shtml www.starfleetgames.com/documents/Timeline.pdf www.starfleetgames.com/sfb/sfin/general_war.htm