Ed was able to come by tonight. I had been wanting to try out Mongoose's Bab 5 rules. I just didn't want to use them for B5. I already have Starmada. I wanted to try either Battlestar Galactica or Star Trek. My BSG ships weren't done so the decision was easier! 
I used my large scale Star Trek ships (1/2500 scale). The largest ship was the Klingon Vor'cha at @ 12-13 inches long. Most ships are 6-8 inches long. Looks pretty nice. The Federation had 3 Miranda's, 1 Constellation (Stargazer which I scratchbuilt), 1 Excelsior and 1 Ambassador Class ship. The Klingons had 2 K'tinga's (upgraded D-7's), 2 K'vort Birds of Prey and 1 Vor'cha.
The scneraio was set during the Klingon Civil War. The Bor'tas faction was trying to bring a small fleet thru the tip of Romulan space (they were allied to the Romulans). The other Klingon faction under Gow'ron was allied more or less towards the federation. The Fed's were patrolling this part of space. Their mission was to force the Klingon's to turn back by whatever means were needed.
Both fleets started at opposite corners of the tabletop. The advanced towards each other. The Klingons had the 2 K'vort's and 2 K'tinga's as seperate squadrons. The Vor'cha was by itself.
The Federation had the Miranda's combined with the Constellation into 2 squadrons. The Excelsior and the Ambassador were individuals.
The two larger ships for each side were deployed in the middle. The lighter ships on each flank. The Excelsior trailed a little behind the Ambassador. I found out pretty quickly that Miranda's are nasty. They quickly destroyed 1 K'tinga and several hammered the other over a few turns. The K'tinga's did some damage to one of the Mirandas.
The other flank saw one of my Birds of Prey lose its shields and take some harsh damage over 3 or so turns from his other Miranda,the Constellation and Excelsior. The only real bright spot was that my Vor'cha finally stripped the shields from the Ambassador. However, it had a Hull 6 so was still pretty tough. The game ended up with the Klingon's turning about since I had lost 1 K'tinga and had another K'tinga and a K'vort ready to die. The Feds had some decent damage on 1 ship a little on another. I could have probably have taken out the Ambassadior in another turn but likely would have seen my Vor'cha flagsjip destroted as a result.
Fun game, lasted less than 2 hours. I did have a couple of questions.
1. Do you roll against the ever changing shield level as it takes damage OR do you stay with the number that the ship started with at the beginning of the turn?
2. When you have more AD that the shield level how exactly is damage allocated?
Liked the rules and variant a lot!
Thanks,
John
Here are some pics:
I used my large scale Star Trek ships (1/2500 scale). The largest ship was the Klingon Vor'cha at @ 12-13 inches long. Most ships are 6-8 inches long. Looks pretty nice. The Federation had 3 Miranda's, 1 Constellation (Stargazer which I scratchbuilt), 1 Excelsior and 1 Ambassador Class ship. The Klingons had 2 K'tinga's (upgraded D-7's), 2 K'vort Birds of Prey and 1 Vor'cha.
The scneraio was set during the Klingon Civil War. The Bor'tas faction was trying to bring a small fleet thru the tip of Romulan space (they were allied to the Romulans). The other Klingon faction under Gow'ron was allied more or less towards the federation. The Fed's were patrolling this part of space. Their mission was to force the Klingon's to turn back by whatever means were needed.
Both fleets started at opposite corners of the tabletop. The advanced towards each other. The Klingons had the 2 K'vort's and 2 K'tinga's as seperate squadrons. The Vor'cha was by itself.
The Federation had the Miranda's combined with the Constellation into 2 squadrons. The Excelsior and the Ambassador were individuals.
The two larger ships for each side were deployed in the middle. The lighter ships on each flank. The Excelsior trailed a little behind the Ambassador. I found out pretty quickly that Miranda's are nasty. They quickly destroyed 1 K'tinga and several hammered the other over a few turns. The K'tinga's did some damage to one of the Mirandas.
The other flank saw one of my Birds of Prey lose its shields and take some harsh damage over 3 or so turns from his other Miranda,the Constellation and Excelsior. The only real bright spot was that my Vor'cha finally stripped the shields from the Ambassador. However, it had a Hull 6 so was still pretty tough. The game ended up with the Klingon's turning about since I had lost 1 K'tinga and had another K'tinga and a K'vort ready to die. The Feds had some decent damage on 1 ship a little on another. I could have probably have taken out the Ambassadior in another turn but likely would have seen my Vor'cha flagsjip destroted as a result.
Fun game, lasted less than 2 hours. I did have a couple of questions.
1. Do you roll against the ever changing shield level as it takes damage OR do you stay with the number that the ship started with at the beginning of the turn?
2. When you have more AD that the shield level how exactly is damage allocated?
Liked the rules and variant a lot!
Thanks,
John
Here are some pics:
