Recent content by The Big D

I have to say I am a little disappointed to hear this. Like many others I am a sucker for anything special or limited edition as my pile of GW limited edition books and models will show. I was quite excited by the thought of being rewarded for being the first in with ACTA SF and getting a...

Both mongoose themselves http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/us/miniatures/ctastarfleet/federation/federation-transfer-sheet-1.html and Tenneshington decals http://www.tenneshington.com/index.html do federation decals specifically scaled for the starline 2500 ships. No one as yet does them for...

Yep as nerroth says F&E dates are for the non refitted in service dates but the ACTA ships tend to include all of the refits which came later. A slightly eaisier to navigate version on the data is at the bottom of this page: http://www.starfleetgames.com/federationandempire.shtml for the main...

Just a thought. If you don't want to use the DDs or CLs, do what the gorns did and convert them. Chop the front of 1 DD/CL and stick it to the back of another. Bit of putty to cover the joins and instant BDD/BC? Keep 1 CL as a scout and mangle the other DD as an objective. 3DD & 3CL = BDD, BC...

As rambler says - no to both. Anti drone trait has no range and the feds using drones as anti-drones states they forego firing drones to gain the anti-drone trait so still no range. It could however fire regular drones in defence which will knock out enemy drones on a 1 for 1 rate up to 18"...

E- Nope. Close blast doors simply says for every point of damage. Not hits, not attack dice but damage. This would include additional damage sustained from critical hits, but not the hits themselves. Activate fluff: In a close blast doors action the ship is still physically hit by the attack...

Having read through the rules for scouts there are a few things I am unclear on so I thought I'd whack them up here and see what is what. If you counter jam on a friendly ship which has no stealth does it do anything? do they gain a 6+ stealth or do you have to have a stealth score to improve...

Now we have the new scout rules and the ship stats to go with them we are all going to want to start using them! The question I have for people is how are they intending on modelling their scouts? 1. Use the base hull as is and do a a different paint job/name to show it is a scout. 2. Use the...

Currently there is only one effect (I can think of) in ACTA SF that actually uses the base itself and that is the limit of not being able to stack ships, i.e. ovelap bases. And even this only specifies ships, not bases! With smaller bases you could pack more ships into a smaller area but not in...

Therin lieth the problem! Write rules so they work as in SFB they will totally dominate the game. Tone them down with limitations and you have to start record keeping something chronic. Leave them out and a realyy great concept that does exist in the SFB universe is missing along with all of...

I just had a mental image of fighter pilots dodging and weaving getting close to the target before firing their missiles and peeling off before they hit the shields!

Been thinking some more on this one. From the escorts thread there seems to be a number of questions popping up about the seeking weapons from fighters overwhelming a single target much as they could from ships until the 3 attacker limit was introduced. Flights seem to be the method used for...

Quick one. Your link from 'battle groups' leads to 'fleets of the fading suns' page! Geoff

You could also put little extras like windows and stuff on with them. Little dots here and there. You could try a coat of matt varnish before writing. That should help protect the paint but still give a surface they should write on. Might want to test it first just in case! :D Cool ship! Geoff

Do it! Should be pretty easy to kit bash. I've alreay found that 1.5mm plasicard is the right thickness to match the engine struts of the fed ships when rebuilding some. Move the dreadnought engine to the hull in the middle and fill the gap on the saucer with some putty. In ACTA SF the saucers...