STAR FLEET BATTLES TABLE OF CONTENTS TACTICS MANUAL CAPTAIN'S EDITION REVISED (2000) INTRODUCTION...1-7

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1 INTRODUCTION A TACTICAL POINT INDEX...2 ABBREVIATIONS USED...2 CAPTAIN KOSNETT MADE A MISTAKE!...3 MAKING EFFECTIVE CHOICES...3 DON T DO ANYTHING YOU DON T HAVE TO DO...3 READ EVERYTHING!...3 THE ONLY TEST IS COMBAT, AND OTHER THOUGHTS WHAT IS SFB COMBAT?...4 HOW TO LOSE STAR FLEET BATTLES...4 PROFOUND COMMENTS FROM HISTORY...4 CAPTAIN S EDITION RULES...4 A FORUM FOR INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION...4 WHY A TACTICS MANUAL?...5 COPYRIGHT AND PUBLISHER S INFORMATION...5 THREE KEYS TO VICTORY...5 COMBAT GLOSSARY...6 KICKING THE TIRES...6 COMMANDER S OPTIONS...7 CHECKLIST FOR COMBAT...7 DEPARTMENT OF POWER AND ENERGY ENERGY ALLOCATION...8 BATTERIES ARE VITAL...8 NEVER, EVER, WASTE ANY POWER!...8 RESERVE POWER...9 SOURCES OF RESERVE POWER...9 USES FOR RESERVE POWER...9 THE NEED FOR EFFICIENCY...9 OTHER USES FOR RESERVE POWER...9 TRACKING ENEMY POWER...9 DEPARTMENT OF FIREPOWER BASIC COMBAT...10 FIRING ARCS...10 ARCS DEFINE TACTICS...10 SPECIAL CASES AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS...10 THE MIZA CONCEPT...11 THE POINT OF THE MIZIA CONCEPT...11 DEFENDING AGAINST A MIZIA ATTACK...11 DISRUPTOR TACTICS BEFORE COMBAT...12 LONG-RANGE COMBAT THE CLOSE-IN BATTLE...13 KNIFE-FIGHTING RANGE...13 OVERLOAD RANGE...13 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCLUSION...14 PHASER TACTICS TYPES OF PHASERS A QUESTION OF POWER...15 PHASER TACTICS...15 LOSING PHASERS...15 NON-VIOLENT COMBAT...16 SHIELDS BASIC CONCEPTS...16 OVERLOADS...17 OVERLOADS: WEAPON OF DESCISION...17 TACTICAL LIMITATIONS OF OVERLOADS...17

2 DRONE TACTICS BASIC PRINCIPLES...18 WHEN TO USE DRONES...18 DRONE TARGETING DRONE TYPES...19 DRONE SPEED...19 DRONE SIZES AND FRAMES...19 DRONE PAYLOAD MODULES...20 DRONE GUIDANCE...20 DRONE GUIDANCE...20 DRONE MOVEMENT...20 DEFENSE AGAINST DRONES MULTI-WARHEAD DRONES MULTIPLE USES OF MW DRONES...22 LIMITAIONS OF MW DRONES CONCLUSION...23 USING SCATTER PACKS ATTACKING WITH SCATER-PACKS...23 SETTING RELEASE PARAMETERS...24 SETTING THE LOADOUT...25 SETTING SPEEDS DEFENDING AGAINST SCATTER-PACKS...25 CONCLUSION...25 ANTI-DRONES...25 T-BOMB TACTICS PLACEMENT OF T-BOMBS...26 DEFENSIVE EMPLOYMENT OF T-BOMBS OFFENSIVE EMPLOYMENT OF T-BOMBS...27 SPECIAL CASES FOR T-BOMBS...27 A QUESTION OF RANGE...27 MAULER TACTICS...28 COMBAT WITH MAULERS...28 THE MAULER AS A WARSHIP...28 PLASMA TORPEDO TACTICS RANGE...29 ARMING CYCLE...29 GENERAL PLASMA TACTICS PLASMA SHOTGUNS...30 ENVELOPING PLASMA TORPEDOES...30 DECEPTION...30 PLASMA BOLTS...30 DEPARTMENT OF MANEUVER BASIC MANEUVERING THE DIRECT APPROACH...31 ANOTHER NAME FOR VALOR...31 PURSUIT ADVANCED MANEUVER CONCEPTS...32 MANEUVER EN MASE...32 BUILDING BLOCKS...32 DOCKING...33 THE GORN ANCHOR...33 EMPLOYING THE ANCHOR ANCHORS FOR ALL RACES...34 WHEN NOT TO ANCHOR...34 DEFENSES AGAINST THE GORN ANCHOR ERRATIC MANEUVERS WHEN TO USE ERRATIC MANEUVERS THE ENERGY COST OF ERRATIC MANEUVERS...36 HIGH ENERGY TURNS THE POWER QUESTION...36 BREAKDOWN: THE DEADLY TRAP...36 WHEN TO USE A HIGH ENERGY TURN...36 SUDDEN PROBLEMS SHIELD FACING...37 SURPRISE ATTACK...37 WHEN TO SPEND YOUR BONUS...37 CONCLUSION...37

3 FLEET FORMATIONS AND TACTICS WHAT IS A FLEET?...38 SHIPS IN A FLEET...38 THE FIREPOWER ADVANTAGE FLEET FORMATIONS...39 FOREIGN FLEET TACTICS...40 THE OBLIQUE ATTACK THE KLINGON HOOK...42 THE KAUFMAN RETROGRADE ADVANTAGES OF THE RETROGRADE...43 DISADVANTAGES OF THE RETROGRADE...43 RETROGRADE TACTICS...43 DEFEATING THE RETROGRADE EMERGENCY DECELERATION...44 THE USES OF EMERGENCY DECELERATION...44 THE PENALTY FOR EMERGENCY DECELERATION...44 TACTICAL MANEUVERS TACTICAL WARP MANEUVERS SUBLIGHT TACTICAL MANEUVERS...45 ZERO-ENERGY TURNS...45 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS...45 USING TACTICAL MANEUVERS...45 FINAL CONSIDERATIONS...45 THE TACTICS OF TERRAIN ARTIFICIAL TERRAIN...46 NATURAL TERRAIN...46 PLANETS AND MOONS...46 ASTEROIDS...46 BLACK HOLES VARIABLE PULSARS...47 NEBULAE...47 WYN RADIATION ZONE...47 GRAVITY WAVE...47 HEAT WAVE...48 SUNSPOTS...48 DUST CLOUDS...48 RADIATION ZONES...48 COMBINED TERRAIN...48 DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN TACTICS FEDERATION TACTICS PHOTONS: THE WONDER WEAPON...49 VERSATILITY: THE KEY TO SUCCESS...49 BATTLE DRILL...50 FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS...50 THE SHIPS OF THE FEDERATION STAR FLEET...51 FEDERATION FIGHTERS...51 KLINGON TACTICS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES...52 GENERAL TACTICS FIGHTING THE FEDERATION...53 FIGHTING THE KZINTIS...53 FIGHTING THE HYDRANS...54 CONCLUSION...54 WARSHIPS OF THE DEEP SPACE FLEET...55 ROMULAN TACTICS CLOAKING TACTICS...56 ROMULAN SHIPS...56 OLD ROMULAN SHIPS (Old or Eagle Series) THE KLINGON SHIPS (KR or Kestrel Series)...57 NEW ROMULAN DESIGNS (New of Hawk Series)...57

4 KZINTI TACTICS DIRECT-FIRE WEAPONS: DISRUPTORS AND PHASERS...58 KZINTI DRONES...58 SYSTEMS: SHUTTLES, BATTERIES, TRANSPORTERS...58 POWER CURVES...58 THE OLD GUARD...59 REFITTED SHIPS...59 THE LATER GENERATION...59 SUPPORT SHIPS: SCOUTS, TUGS, ESCORTS...59 FIGHTING THE ENEMY...60 OLD WARS: AGAINST THE FEDERATION...60 CAT WARS: FIGHTING THE LYRANS...60 THE IMPERIAL ENEMY: BATTLING THE KLINGONS KZINTI FLEET TACTICS...61 CONCLUSION...61 GORN TACTICS SOLID SHIPS A COUPLE OF DRAWBACKS...62 GORN TACTICS...62 DIRECT COMPARISONS A DUEL OF WARRIORS...63 AND NOW, THE CRUISERS...63 FLEET TACTICS...63 NOTES ON SHIP CLASSES THOLIAN TACTICS EFFECTS OF WEB...64 USING WEB IN COMBAT LINEAR WEB: THE FIREBREAK...65 THE THREE-RING CIRCUS BUZZSAW WEBS...66 PINWHEELS...66 WEB CASTERS...67 WEB FIST...66 OTHER THOLIAN TACTICS...67 THOLIAN SHIPS...67 ORION TACTICS DOUBLE OR NOTHING EXCERSIZING OPTIONS...68 IN, OUT, AND WAY OUT...68 THE FLYING EGGSHELL HOW TO WIN AS AN ORION...69 SHIPS OF THE ORION MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION...69 HYDRAN TACTICS FUSION SHIP TACTICS...70 FUSION FLEET TACTICS FIGHTERS: THE HYDRAN SEEKING WEAPON...71 HELLBORE SHIP TACTICS...72 HELLBORES vs. ESGs...72 HELBORES vs. OTHER ENEMIES...73 HELLBORE FLEET TACTICS FAST PATROL SHIPS...74 SHIP COMMENTS...74 ANDROMEDAN TACTICS THE 1990 ANDROMEDAN REVISION...75 THE POWER TO BE YOUR BEST ALL SHOOK UP...76 YOUR DISPLACE OR MINE? BRINGING UP BABY...77 OVERALL STRATEGY...77 ATTRITION...77 ALL-OUT ATTACK FIGHTING THE PLASMA BOYS...78 FIGHTING THE PHOTON...78 FIGHTING THE WESTERN POWERS...78 SHIPS OF THE INVASION FORCE

5 LYRAN TACTICS THE SHIPS...79 LYRAN BATTLE TACTICS...79 LYRAN vs. KZINTI...80 DRONE DEFENSE...80 LYRAN vs. HYDRAN...80 FIGHTING THE FIGHTERS CONCLUSION...81 LYRAN SHIP STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES...82 TACTICS OF THE LYRAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC...82 WYN TACTICS...83 THE SHIPS OF THE WYN NAVY...83 ISC TACTICS ECHELONS AGAINST ALL RACES THE SHIPS OF THE ISC...85 CONCLUSION...85 DEPARTMENT OF CLASS TACTICS SHUTTLECRAFT TACTICS SHUTTLE TACTICS...86 ADMINISTRATIVE SHUTTLE MISSIONS...86 SPECIAL SHUTTLE TYPES...87 MULTI-ROLE SHUTTLES...87 SWAC SHUTTLES FAST PATROL SHIPS FAST PATROL TACTICS...88 PF ROLES AND MISSIONS SPECIAL CASES...89 PF TENDERS ROLES AND MISSIONS...89 TYPES OF PFTs CARRIER TACTICS ESCORT CARRIERS...90 LIGHT CARRIERS...90 FLEET CARRIERS...90 HEAVY CARRIERS ESCORTS...91 OTHER CARRIERS...91 FIGHTER TACTICS FIGHTER TYPES...91 FIGHTERS: BIG PUNCH IN A SMALL BOX FIGHTER DEPLOYMENT...92 FIGHTER TACTICS...92 DRONE ASSAULT TACTICS...93 FIGHTER WEAPONS BOOSTER PACKS...94 DOGFIGHTING...94 ANTI-FIGHTER TACTICS...94 CONCLUSION...94 TACTICS FOR BASES BASES ON A PLANETARY SURFACE...95 BASES IN ORBIT...95 BASES IN OPEN SPACE...95 COMBAT WITH BASES CONVOY TACTICS ASPECTS OF A CONVOY...96 CONVOY DEFENSE TACTICS ESCORTS...97 ATTACKING A CONVOY...97

6 DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL SUBJECTS MINES AND MINEFIELDS...98 THE BASIC BELT MINEFIELD...98 RING MINEFIELDS...98 LAYING MINES IN MID-SCENARIO...98 ATTACKING A MINEFIELD...98 ANDROMEDANS: THE SPECIAL CASE...98 DAMAGE CONTROL...99 SHIELD REPAIR...99 CONTINUOUS DAMAGE REPAIR...99 EMERGENCY DAMAGE REPAIR...99 DECK CREW REPAIR...99 REPAIR SYSTEMS...99 CLOAKING DEVICE TACTICS PREPARING TO CLOAK PREPARE TO UNCLOAK OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ANTI-CLOAKING TACTICS STASIS FIELD GENERATORS USING SFGs OTHER USES OF AN SFG BOARDING PARTY TACTICS CAPTURING SHIPS HIT-AND-RUN RAIDS GROUND COMBAT TRACTOR BEAM TACTICS TRACTOR AUCTIONS ELECTRONIC WARFARE UNITS USING EW SOURCES OF EW POINTS USING ELECTRONIC WARFARE IN COMBAT OTHER ECM EFFECTS ELECTRONIC WARFARE TACTICS SCOUTS FIGHTER AND PF ELECTRONIC WARFARE CONCLUSION TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE FIGHTING MONSTERS THE PLANET CRUSHER MORAY EEL OF SPACE HOW TO KILL A MONSTER OTHER MONSTERS PLAYER CONTROLLED MONSTERS PROBES RULES THAT KILL CREDITS WHO WROTE THE TACTICS MANUAL THE STAR FLEET STAFF RETIRED STAFF FROM THE 1987 EDITION ARTIST CREDITS TERM PAPER CREDITS WHAT KOSNETT DID WRONG...112