FAQ for Earth / Centauri Camapign weeked
I WILL try and and keep this first page updated with any more answers if and when they come
Collated questions and answers from Matt - thought it might be easier!?
1. Can mixed League fleets be used? 1. No (no game/tournament balance reasons, it just seems reasonable for this event).
2. Does my flagship have to come from the same fleet as I selected, ie if I opt to play Centauri, can I chose to have a Drakh mothership as my flagship? 2. No reason why it should!
3. Do carried ships count towards the 8 ship limit?
3. No, in the same way flights do not (have fun, Drakh players).
4. Damaged ships are repaired, does this include replenishing fighters?
4. Yes.
4b What about carried ships? are they replaced?
Can't see why not.
5. Can I keep left over fighters from destroyed ships for the next game?
5. No (for simplicity's sake, if nothing else).
6. If a battle calls for less than 5 FAPs (such as Blockade Run), I assume I must use less than my full fleet? Can the Admiral still intervene?
6. Correct and yes (sort of - the Grand Admiral will have some rules here).
7. If several players take the role of Grand Admiral because they die and are replaced, who gets the trophy?
7. He who impresses us the most
8. How are you going to cope with personal bias should it arise? 8. The minimum bribe level will be one Mars bar. Seriously, 'words' will be had if things get nasty, but there will be many things in this campaign that will not strictly be 'fair'. It is not a tournament, it is an event. Gird your loins and fight the good fight.
9. What happens if a player loses all his ships and the Admiral cannot or will not replace them?
9. This should be an exceptionally rare event but, rest assured, he will not be left with nothing to do (and might just get a chance to get his own back. . .).
10. What happens if one side has vanquished the other before the end of weekend?
10. That is so not going to happen
11. If the Admiral joins a battle and his ship survives, does his ship get a refit as well as the player's or just one ship on his side, and if just one who decides?
11. Admirals will have. . . their own rules here.
12. Is an admiral required to keep his word?
12. Well, technically, no. But woe betide the treacherous Admiral - remember what happened to Clark. . .
13. If a fleet for hire fights for one side, can they throw the battle for payment by the other side? If so hiring mercanaries could become a dubious prospect, especially since you will get them allocated for free.
13. They will be required to fight. They will not be required to fight to their full extent if bribed (all part of the fun). You cannot just concede (I had this happen to me once at a GW event before Jervis stepped in - remember, you are here to play games. . .).
14. Will non-official models such as the Valerius (Adira stand-in) be allowed?
14. Conversions yes, new models no.
15. If a scenario calls for more than 5 FAPs (Planetary Assault: attacker), what happens?
15. You will receive instructions on the day (a great deal will depend _where_ in space the battle is taking place. . .).
16. Will all of your ships really be repaired after every scenario (meaning that they'll be arriving as fresh reinforcements for an adjacent table), or do they only get repaired at the end of the campaign round?
16. End of the round - if you reinforce someone, they won't have time to be repaired.
17. Likewise, do you really get the refit roll immediately after you finish your own scenario (and therefore before you reinforce an adjacent table)?
17. Again, no.
17b. Assuming that the refit roll is per scenario, does this mean that you get a refit roll for reinforcing an adjacent table?
17b. no, tipping the balance in your side's favour is reward enough.
18. If a scenario calls for less than 5 FAPs and that battle ends, can the player use the full 5 FAPs of his fleet to reinforce another battle
18. No - you are always limited to a maximum of two.
18b. If you've been fighting with less than you're full fleet, are you limited to the ships you were using in your own battle when reinforcing another battle? 18b. Yes, 'fraid so!
19. Do we need to bring civilian ships for Convoy Duty & Supply Ships scenarios, or will Mongoose be providing those?
19. Appreciated if you could. Counters, remember, are just fine.
20. If a Minbari player is selected to be Admiral, can he borrow Mongoose's Neroon, since there isn't a model
20. Sounds like fun - why not!
21. If I chose an admiral as part of my fleet selection, do his abilities 'reset' before I proceede to another table as reinforcements?
21. No, assume it is part of the same battle for this purpose.
22 - Will all games be at battle priority? With only an 8-ship limit it's tempting to bring bug guns, but if raid and skirmish games pop up that's going to cause a lot of trouble.
22. Yes, all Battle (again, for simplicity's sake - this is a huge war, after all).
23.Will "dead" characters be allowed? Sheridan for example. Hopefully not.
23. No.
24. Is the ISA allowed to use its Allies rule - can you have (potentially) Vree fighting Vree etc?
24. Yup!
25) Can a proxy ship be used for the"admrial" ship if you do not have the model. (Thinking Minbari and Drakh here)?
25. No. However, the Drakh shouldn't have a problem by then (he said, touch wood), and we can help the Minbari out (though why EA players would vote for a Minbari to lead them. . .).
26) If you use a unique admiral (G'sten) or ship as part of your fleet and it is destroyed, can it be replaced?
26. yes - I don't want people not taking Unique ships because they fear to lose them. Doesn't seem right.
27) Can two or more players field the same unique ship?
27. Yes. Again, for simplicity's sake.
28 ) will we be using the refits tables in the fleet book? after battles
28. Yes.
29. If you are replacing your destroyed ships /Admirals - do you have to replace like for like - can you replace your Liati with a Primus if you have the models for instance? If a Unique Ship is destroyed do you have to repalce like for like - ie a non unique Ship? what happens if a player loses a Victory in a EA fleet - there is only the one Armagedon choice.......... ?
Your fleet list (the actual roster) must remain the same throughout the entire event.
30 Will there be refreshments available at the site (besides the Centauri Feast tbat I am sure will be laid on )?
There will be vending machines, but we are also looking at the possibilities of providing additional (and more wholesome) goodies. For Saturday evening, you are spoilt for choice in the Old Town.
31) If a game calls for lesss than 5 FAPs will carriers be allowed to deploy flights as patrol choices in the same way as in campaign games (I'm thinking Posieden and Cidikar here).
Such scenarios will have their own rules for the day.
31b.) How about Drakh and carried craft deployed from Huge Hangars. (Would make taking a mothership a viable option.)
Such scenarios will have their own rules for the day
32) Re answer to Q4, will crew be replenished between games?
Yes.
33) Will Shial minis be available between now and then?
The Shial looks exactly like a Nial from the exterior - it is a trimmed down variant.
34) Will EA players be able to switch their missile variants between rounds?
35) Will all players be able to switch fighters between rounds?
Your fleet list (the actual roster) must remain the same throughout the entire event.
36) For a Grand Admiral's ship, can I take a War-level ship with an admiral on it?
I don't see why not.
37 Will there be non ACTA stuff for sale? If not, could people order non ACTA stuff on the Saturday, one of the Mongoose people picks it up from the office and we can buy it on the Sunday?
?Of course.
38 Carried fighters will be replenished automatically, but what about independant fighters? Will they autoreplenish regardless, autoreplenish only if the wing isn't completely wiped out, or not autoreplenish at all
?Fighters purchased separately will not be replenished automatically - they must be replaced in the same way as ships (with money!).
38b I think he meant (and if not I'd like to know) if you purchase a wing of 4 fighters as a Patrol point and say 3 of them are destroyed do they get replenished in the same way as a ship gets their crew, damage and fighters back?
I will have to say no to this.
39 In some situations, due to VPs you would win even if all of your ships were destroyed. In such situations, can you still concede?
Note: Whilst the first thought is "Why would you concede if you're guaranteed a win?", this isn't actually such a stupid question. Even if I'm due to win on VPs, if it's going to mean losing my entire fleet, and my opponent gives me the option of conceding whilst most of my fleet is badly damaged but not destroyed, I may want to take up that offer rather than suffer a pyrrhic victory.
?Hopefully this won't crop up too often. The basic rule would be a conceded game must be reasonable and not done for gain on the part of the concedee - in a campaign of this nature, there are all sorts of tricks that can be pulled that can gain an overall advantage in the campaign, but provide a bad game for the opponent. We will be watching for this closely!
In a nutshell, provide a good game for your opponent, and you can concede. If you are trying to 'pul' something, the judges will be hovering over your table!
Pyrrhic victories are part of war. . .
40. These concern other duties results:
Can I gain new ships? If I do gain new ships can they take me above the 8 ship limit?
If I gain RR points, can I buy new ships? If not, can I use RR points to replace destroyed ships to save Ducats/Credits?
Can I use diverting raid? How is applied? If 5 players on my side get diverting raid, can we apply them all against the same enemy player, so his fleet won't turn up?
Can we reroll useless results, such as new strategic target??
No to the RR points - this may cause some fleets to naturally take Refits rather than Other Duties but, for the purposes of the weekend, I think we are okay with that. Diverting Raids can only be applied to your next opponent. Remember, the point is to give everyone a set of good games, so we won't be allowing stunts that basically take a game away from someone. Fleets for Hire, we will be watching you on this score as well! Taking bribes from the other side is certainly permissable (though remember our warning in the Campaign Pack!) but if it means cheating someone out of a decent game, there wil be a ruling against you. I realise this may sound as if things will be a little chaotic - bear in mind that this is _not_ a tournament, and a very different ethos will be at work. No to the re-rolls. Way too much interpretation needed as to what constitues 'useless'. However, if you do get such a result, come and see a judge. You never know what might happen. . .
41. If RR points are usable, or somehow translate into Ducats/Credits, will the same apply to the Scavengers rule for Raiders?
?see above no RR points
41 Other duties - Can you gain new ships through these - Ie Assistance Rendered, Compatible Goals, Haven Escort etc? Are Vorlon Directives, Red Hunts, Whispers from the Shadows, Warmongering, allowed?
?If you have the minietures/counters, I don't see why not. Sounds like fun!
42. Should we be bringing more than the 5 battle points if some sceanrios are more than that - Planetary assault - also we will need ship sheets for them.?
No. You will be fighting Planetary Assault with 5 points each (no defences for the defender - well, not 'official' ones anyway
)
I WILL try and and keep this first page updated with any more answers if and when they come
Collated questions and answers from Matt - thought it might be easier!?
1. Can mixed League fleets be used? 1. No (no game/tournament balance reasons, it just seems reasonable for this event).
2. Does my flagship have to come from the same fleet as I selected, ie if I opt to play Centauri, can I chose to have a Drakh mothership as my flagship? 2. No reason why it should!
3. Do carried ships count towards the 8 ship limit?
3. No, in the same way flights do not (have fun, Drakh players).
4. Damaged ships are repaired, does this include replenishing fighters?
4. Yes.
4b What about carried ships? are they replaced?
Can't see why not.
5. Can I keep left over fighters from destroyed ships for the next game?
5. No (for simplicity's sake, if nothing else).
6. If a battle calls for less than 5 FAPs (such as Blockade Run), I assume I must use less than my full fleet? Can the Admiral still intervene?
6. Correct and yes (sort of - the Grand Admiral will have some rules here).
7. If several players take the role of Grand Admiral because they die and are replaced, who gets the trophy?
7. He who impresses us the most
8. How are you going to cope with personal bias should it arise? 8. The minimum bribe level will be one Mars bar. Seriously, 'words' will be had if things get nasty, but there will be many things in this campaign that will not strictly be 'fair'. It is not a tournament, it is an event. Gird your loins and fight the good fight.
9. What happens if a player loses all his ships and the Admiral cannot or will not replace them?
9. This should be an exceptionally rare event but, rest assured, he will not be left with nothing to do (and might just get a chance to get his own back. . .).
10. What happens if one side has vanquished the other before the end of weekend?
10. That is so not going to happen
11. If the Admiral joins a battle and his ship survives, does his ship get a refit as well as the player's or just one ship on his side, and if just one who decides?
11. Admirals will have. . . their own rules here.
12. Is an admiral required to keep his word?
12. Well, technically, no. But woe betide the treacherous Admiral - remember what happened to Clark. . .
13. If a fleet for hire fights for one side, can they throw the battle for payment by the other side? If so hiring mercanaries could become a dubious prospect, especially since you will get them allocated for free.
13. They will be required to fight. They will not be required to fight to their full extent if bribed (all part of the fun). You cannot just concede (I had this happen to me once at a GW event before Jervis stepped in - remember, you are here to play games. . .).
14. Will non-official models such as the Valerius (Adira stand-in) be allowed?
14. Conversions yes, new models no.
15. If a scenario calls for more than 5 FAPs (Planetary Assault: attacker), what happens?
15. You will receive instructions on the day (a great deal will depend _where_ in space the battle is taking place. . .).
16. Will all of your ships really be repaired after every scenario (meaning that they'll be arriving as fresh reinforcements for an adjacent table), or do they only get repaired at the end of the campaign round?
16. End of the round - if you reinforce someone, they won't have time to be repaired.
17. Likewise, do you really get the refit roll immediately after you finish your own scenario (and therefore before you reinforce an adjacent table)?
17. Again, no.
17b. Assuming that the refit roll is per scenario, does this mean that you get a refit roll for reinforcing an adjacent table?
17b. no, tipping the balance in your side's favour is reward enough.
18. If a scenario calls for less than 5 FAPs and that battle ends, can the player use the full 5 FAPs of his fleet to reinforce another battle
18. No - you are always limited to a maximum of two.
18b. If you've been fighting with less than you're full fleet, are you limited to the ships you were using in your own battle when reinforcing another battle? 18b. Yes, 'fraid so!
19. Do we need to bring civilian ships for Convoy Duty & Supply Ships scenarios, or will Mongoose be providing those?
19. Appreciated if you could. Counters, remember, are just fine.
20. If a Minbari player is selected to be Admiral, can he borrow Mongoose's Neroon, since there isn't a model
20. Sounds like fun - why not!
21. If I chose an admiral as part of my fleet selection, do his abilities 'reset' before I proceede to another table as reinforcements?
21. No, assume it is part of the same battle for this purpose.
22 - Will all games be at battle priority? With only an 8-ship limit it's tempting to bring bug guns, but if raid and skirmish games pop up that's going to cause a lot of trouble.
22. Yes, all Battle (again, for simplicity's sake - this is a huge war, after all).
23.Will "dead" characters be allowed? Sheridan for example. Hopefully not.
23. No.
24. Is the ISA allowed to use its Allies rule - can you have (potentially) Vree fighting Vree etc?
24. Yup!
25) Can a proxy ship be used for the"admrial" ship if you do not have the model. (Thinking Minbari and Drakh here)?
25. No. However, the Drakh shouldn't have a problem by then (he said, touch wood), and we can help the Minbari out (though why EA players would vote for a Minbari to lead them. . .).
26) If you use a unique admiral (G'sten) or ship as part of your fleet and it is destroyed, can it be replaced?
26. yes - I don't want people not taking Unique ships because they fear to lose them. Doesn't seem right.
27) Can two or more players field the same unique ship?
27. Yes. Again, for simplicity's sake.
28 ) will we be using the refits tables in the fleet book? after battles
28. Yes.
29. If you are replacing your destroyed ships /Admirals - do you have to replace like for like - can you replace your Liati with a Primus if you have the models for instance? If a Unique Ship is destroyed do you have to repalce like for like - ie a non unique Ship? what happens if a player loses a Victory in a EA fleet - there is only the one Armagedon choice.......... ?
Your fleet list (the actual roster) must remain the same throughout the entire event.
30 Will there be refreshments available at the site (besides the Centauri Feast tbat I am sure will be laid on )?
There will be vending machines, but we are also looking at the possibilities of providing additional (and more wholesome) goodies. For Saturday evening, you are spoilt for choice in the Old Town.
31) If a game calls for lesss than 5 FAPs will carriers be allowed to deploy flights as patrol choices in the same way as in campaign games (I'm thinking Posieden and Cidikar here).
Such scenarios will have their own rules for the day.
31b.) How about Drakh and carried craft deployed from Huge Hangars. (Would make taking a mothership a viable option.)
Such scenarios will have their own rules for the day
32) Re answer to Q4, will crew be replenished between games?
Yes.
33) Will Shial minis be available between now and then?
The Shial looks exactly like a Nial from the exterior - it is a trimmed down variant.
34) Will EA players be able to switch their missile variants between rounds?
35) Will all players be able to switch fighters between rounds?
Your fleet list (the actual roster) must remain the same throughout the entire event.
36) For a Grand Admiral's ship, can I take a War-level ship with an admiral on it?
I don't see why not.
37 Will there be non ACTA stuff for sale? If not, could people order non ACTA stuff on the Saturday, one of the Mongoose people picks it up from the office and we can buy it on the Sunday?
?Of course.
38 Carried fighters will be replenished automatically, but what about independant fighters? Will they autoreplenish regardless, autoreplenish only if the wing isn't completely wiped out, or not autoreplenish at all
?Fighters purchased separately will not be replenished automatically - they must be replaced in the same way as ships (with money!).
38b I think he meant (and if not I'd like to know) if you purchase a wing of 4 fighters as a Patrol point and say 3 of them are destroyed do they get replenished in the same way as a ship gets their crew, damage and fighters back?
I will have to say no to this.
39 In some situations, due to VPs you would win even if all of your ships were destroyed. In such situations, can you still concede?
Note: Whilst the first thought is "Why would you concede if you're guaranteed a win?", this isn't actually such a stupid question. Even if I'm due to win on VPs, if it's going to mean losing my entire fleet, and my opponent gives me the option of conceding whilst most of my fleet is badly damaged but not destroyed, I may want to take up that offer rather than suffer a pyrrhic victory.
?Hopefully this won't crop up too often. The basic rule would be a conceded game must be reasonable and not done for gain on the part of the concedee - in a campaign of this nature, there are all sorts of tricks that can be pulled that can gain an overall advantage in the campaign, but provide a bad game for the opponent. We will be watching for this closely!
In a nutshell, provide a good game for your opponent, and you can concede. If you are trying to 'pul' something, the judges will be hovering over your table!
Pyrrhic victories are part of war. . .
40. These concern other duties results:
Can I gain new ships? If I do gain new ships can they take me above the 8 ship limit?
If I gain RR points, can I buy new ships? If not, can I use RR points to replace destroyed ships to save Ducats/Credits?
Can I use diverting raid? How is applied? If 5 players on my side get diverting raid, can we apply them all against the same enemy player, so his fleet won't turn up?
Can we reroll useless results, such as new strategic target??
No to the RR points - this may cause some fleets to naturally take Refits rather than Other Duties but, for the purposes of the weekend, I think we are okay with that. Diverting Raids can only be applied to your next opponent. Remember, the point is to give everyone a set of good games, so we won't be allowing stunts that basically take a game away from someone. Fleets for Hire, we will be watching you on this score as well! Taking bribes from the other side is certainly permissable (though remember our warning in the Campaign Pack!) but if it means cheating someone out of a decent game, there wil be a ruling against you. I realise this may sound as if things will be a little chaotic - bear in mind that this is _not_ a tournament, and a very different ethos will be at work. No to the re-rolls. Way too much interpretation needed as to what constitues 'useless'. However, if you do get such a result, come and see a judge. You never know what might happen. . .
41. If RR points are usable, or somehow translate into Ducats/Credits, will the same apply to the Scavengers rule for Raiders?
?see above no RR points
41 Other duties - Can you gain new ships through these - Ie Assistance Rendered, Compatible Goals, Haven Escort etc? Are Vorlon Directives, Red Hunts, Whispers from the Shadows, Warmongering, allowed?
?If you have the minietures/counters, I don't see why not. Sounds like fun!
42. Should we be bringing more than the 5 battle points if some sceanrios are more than that - Planetary assault - also we will need ship sheets for them.?
No. You will be fighting Planetary Assault with 5 points each (no defences for the defender - well, not 'official' ones anyway
)
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