- TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS... 1 INTRODUCTION... 2-4 THE RULES... 2 WHAT YOU WILL NEED... 2 SCALE AND MINIATURES... 2 RE-ROLLS... 2 PRE-MEASURING... 2 MOVEMENT AND FIRING... 2 SHIPS IN A CALL TO ARMS STAR FLEET... 3 CONSTITUTION-CLASS HEAVY CRUISER (FEDERATION)... 3 THE TURN... 4 INITIATIVE PHASE... 4 MOVEMENT PHASE... 4 ATTACK PHASE... 4 END PHASE... 4 MOVEMENT PHASE... 5-6 MOVING SHIPS... 5 STATIONARY SHIPS... 5 REVERSING... 5 LOWERING SHIELDS... 5 EXAMPLE OF MOVEMENT... 6 ATTACK PHASE... 7-10 ELIGIBLE TARGETS... 7 ATTACKING... 7 SHIELDS... 7 DAMAGING ENEMY SHIPS... 7 CRIPPLED SHIPS... 7 RUNNING ADRIFT... 7 STRICKEN SHIPS... 8 DAMAGE TABLE... 8 CRITICAL HITS... 8 SYSTEMS TABLE... 8 ESCALATION... 8 WEAPON SYSTEMS IN STAR FLEET... 8, 10 DISRUPTORS... 8, 10 DRONES... 10 PHASERS... 10 PHOTON TORPEDOES... 10 PLASMA TORPEDOES... 10 CRITICAL HIT EFFECTS CHARTS (IMPULSE DRIVE, DILITHIUM CHAMBER, WEAPONS, CREW, SHIELDS)... 9 KEEPING RECORDS... 10 PLASMA TORPEDO ATTACK DICE SUMMARY TABLE... 10 END PHASE... 11 COMPULSORY MOVEMENT... 11 CHECK FOR ESCALATION... 11 SPECIAL ACTIONS... 12-13 PERFORMING SPECIAL ACTIONS... 12 CREW QUALITY CHECKS... 12 POWER DRAIN... 12 CRITICAL HITS... 12 ALL HANDS ON DECK!... 12 ALL POWER TO ENGINES!... 12 BOOST ENERGY TO SHIELDS!... 12 CLOSE BLAST DOORS!... 12 ENGAGE/DISENGAGE CLOAKING DEVICE!... 13 ENGAGE TRACTOR BEAM!... 13 HIGH ENERGY TURN!... 13 INTENSIFY DEFENSIVE FIRE!... 13 LAUNCH SUICIDE SHUTTLE!... 13 MAXIMUM WARP NOW!... 13 OVERLOAD WEAPONS!... 13 RELOAD WEAPONS!... 13 TAKE EVASIVE ACTION!... 13 TRANSPORT MARINES!... 13 MARINE RAID RESLULTS TABLE... 13 SPECIAL TRAITS... 14-15 SPECIAL SHIPS... 14 AGILE... 14 ANTI-DRONE X... 14 ARMOURED... 14 CLOAK... 14 ACTA:SF TABLE OF CONTENTS Updated 21 Feb 12 PAGE 1
SPECIAL TRAITS SPECIAL SHIPS CONTINUED COMMAND +X... 14 ENHANCED BRIDGE... 14 FAST... 14 IMMOBILE... 14 LABS X... 14 LUMBERING... 14 PROBES X... 14 QUICK LAUNCH... 14 SCOUT... 14-15 SLOW... 15 STEALTH X... 15 TRACTOR BEAM X... 15 TRANSPORTER X... 15 SPECIAL WEAPONS... 15 ACCURATE +X... 15 DEVASTATING +X... 15 ENERGY BLEED... 15 KILL ZONE X... 15 MULTIHIT... 15 PRECISE... 15 RELOAD... 15 SEEKING... 15 WEAK... 15 ADVANCED RULES... 16-19 CLOAKS... 16 CREW QUALITY... 16 CREW QUALITY SCORES SUMMARY... 16 DEFENSIVE FIRE... 16 AGAINST DRONES... 16 AGAINST PLASMA TORPEDOES... 16 USING DRONES AGAINST DRONES... 16 TACTICAL USE OF PHASERS... 16 EVADING SEEKING WEAPONS... 17 LABS... 17 PROBES... 17 MULTIPLAYER GAMES... 17 PLASMA FIRE MODES... 17 PLASMA BOLTS... 17 PLASMA CARRONADE... 17 SPLITTING FIRE... 18 SQUADRONS... 18 TACTICAL WITHDRAWALS... 18 TRACTOR BEAMS... 18-19 DEFENSIVE FIRE... 18 SCENARIO OBJECTIVES... 18-19 TRACTORING SHIPS... 19 BREAKING THE TRACTOR... 19 MULTIPLE TRACTORS... 19 TRANSPORTERS... 19 TURN SEQUENCE... 19 SHUTTLECRAFT... 20 USING SHUTTLES... 20 DEPLOYMENT AND LAUNCH... 20 MOVEMENT PHASE... 20 ATTACK PHASE... 20 CARGO AND PASSENGER SHUTTLES... 20 SUICIDE SHUTTLES... 20 SHUTTLE ROSTER... 20 STELLAR DEBRIS... 21-23 ASTEROID FIELDS... 21 ASTEROID DENSITY FIELD... 21 DUST CLOUDS... 21 COMETS... 21 PLANETS... 22 PLANETARY TABLE... 22 ORBITING... 22 MOONS... 22 GRAVITY WELL EXAMPLE... 22 PLANETARY RINGS... 22 GENERATING STELLAR DEBRIS... 22 STELLAR DEBRIS TABLE, FIRST... 22 STELLAR DEBRIS TABLE, SECOND... 23 ACTA:SF TABLE OF CONTENTS Updated 21 Feb 12 PAGE 2
STELLAR DEBRIS CONTINUED NEBULAE... 2 BLACK HOLES... 23 BLACK HOLE COMPULSORY MOVEMENT TABLE... 23 GENERAL SCENARIOS... 24-34 USING GENERAL SCENARIOS... 24 CONFLICT INTENSITY... 24 CONFLICT INTENSITY BATTLEFIELD SIZE TABLE... 24 VICTORY POINTS... 24 ATTACKING AND DEFENDING... 24 AMBUSH... 25 ANNIHILATION... 26 ASSASSINATION... 27 CALL TO ARMS... 28 EXPLORE A STRANGE NEW WORLD... 29 RECON RUN... 30 RESCUE... 31 SPACE SUPERIORITY... 32 TOWERING INFERNO... 33 WE COME IN PEACE (SHOOT TO KILL)... 34 TACTICAL CHALLENGES... 35-39 BORDER DISPUTE... 35 GRAVITY WELL... 36 INVASION... 37 KING OF THE WORLD... 38 ON THE BACK FOOT... 39 CAMPAIGNS... 40-43 PREPARING YOUR BATTLEFLEET... 40 CREW QUALITY TABLE... 40 SCENARIOS... 40 BATTLEFLEET ROSTER... 41 SCENARIO TABLE... 42 SCENARIO POINTS VALUE TABLE... 42 AFTERMATH OF BATTLE... 42 CALCULATE EXPERIENCE... 42 RE-ROLLS... 42 IMPROVE CREW QUALITY... 42 SKILLS & REFITS... 42 SKILLS AND REFITS TABLE... 42 CALCULATE PRESTIGE... 43 REPAIR & REINFORCEMENT... 43 REINFORCEMENTS... 43 REPAIRS... 43 WINNING THE CAMPAIGN... 43 WEIRD SITUATIONS... 44 WARP POWER... 45 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GENERAL WAR... 46-51 ASSAULT ON THE KZINTIS, Y168... 46 DEFENSE OF THE FEDERATION, Y168-Y170... 46-47 THE TWO FRONT WAR, Y169... 47 KLINGON INVASION OF THE FEDERATION, Y171... 47 ROMULAN INVASION OF THE FEDERATION, Y173... 47-48 THE WAR OF THE DEVASTATED ZONES, Y174-Y175... 48 OPERATION WEDGE, Y176... 48-49 OPERATION NUTCRACKER... 49 THE BALANCE OF POWER... 49 THE ROMULAN CAMPAIGN PLAN OF Y180... 49-50 OPERATION REMUS... 50-51 THE AFTERMATH OF OPERATION REMUS... 51 END GAME, Y183-Y185... 51 THE GALAXY AT PEACE... 51 EMPIRES AND HISTORY SNIPPETS... 4, 5, 11, 18, 19, 23, 51, 52-72 CAPTAIN PHILLIP KOSNETT (HISTORY)... 4 A MEASURE OF FEAR (HISTORY)... 5 THE MIGHTY HOOD (HISTORY)... 11 THE INTERSTELLAR CONCORDIUM (HISTORY)... 18 THE LYRANS (HISTORY)... 19 THE HYDRANS (HISTORY)... 23 THE SELTORIANS... 51 THE WYN CLUSTER... 53 STANDARD PLANETARY CLASSES... 54 ACTA:SF TABLE OF CONTENTS Updated 21 Feb 12 PAGE 3
THE FEDERATION: MORE THAN ONE PLANET... 52-54 THE FEDERATION CHARTER... 52-53 MILITARY OVERVIEW... 53-54 STAR FLEET... 54 STAR FLEET MARINES... 54 KLINGONS: EMPIRE OF STEEL... 55-57 KLINGON HISTORY... 55 SUBJECT RACES... 55 KLINGON MILITARY... 56 KLINGON GOVERNMENT... 56-57 KLINGON CULTURE... 57 ROMULANS: ENEMIES OF THE FEDERATION... 58-60 BIOLOGY... 58 HISTORY... 58-60 GORNS: ALLIES OF THE FEDERATION... 61-63 EMPIRES AND HISTORY SNIPPETS GORNS: ALLIES OF THE FEDERATION CONTINUED A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GORNS... 61-62 GORN GOVERNMENT... 62-63 GORN SOCIETY... 63 KZINTIS: CONSTANT WAR... 64-66 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KZINTI HEGEMONY... 64-65 KZINTI GOVERNMENT... 65-66 KZINTI SOCIETY... 66 THOLIANS: WEBS IN SPACE... 67-68 THE PIRATES OF ORION: CRIMINAL CARTELS... 69-72 HISTORY OF THE ORIONS... 69 RISE OF THE ORION PIRATES... 70 ORGANIZATION... 70-71 PROFILES OF SELECTED CARTELS... 71 ORION PIRATE WARSHIPS... 72 FLEET LISTS... 73-114 POINTS COSTS... 73 THE FLEET LISTS... 73 ADVANCED RULES... 73 FLEET LISTS... 73 SHIP DESCRIPTIONS... 73 VARIANTS AND OPTIONS... 73 BEFORE BATTLE... 73 CREW QUALITY... 73 UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS... 74-80 COMBINED DRONE RACKS... 74 FEDERATION FLEET LIST... 74 CALLAHAN CLASS POLICE CUTTER (POL)... 74 BURKE-CLASS FRIGATE (FFG)... 75 RAMIUS-CLASS BATTLE FRIGATE (FFB)... 75 ORTEGA-CLASS WAR DESTROYER (DW)... 76 TEXAS-CLASS LIGHT CRUISER (OCL)... 76 KEARSAGE-CLASS NEW LIGHT CRUISER (NCL)... 77 CONSTITUTION-CLASS HEAVY CRUISER (CA)... 77 WOLVERINE-CLASS FAST CRUISER (CF)... 78 PROMETHEUS-CLASS STRIKE CRUISER (CS)... 78 CHICAGO-CLASS NEW HEAVY CRUISER (NCA)... 79 MANTA-RAY-CLASS NEW FAST CRUISER (NCF)... 79 KIROV-CLASS BATTTLECRUISER (BCH)... 80 FEDERATION-CLASS DREADNOUGHT (DN)... 80 KLINGON EMPIRE... 81-85 REINFORCED SHIELDS... 81 KLINGON EMPIRE FLEET LIST... 81 E4 LIGHT FRIGATE (E4)... 81 F5 FRIGATE (F5)... 82 D6 HEAVY CRUISER (D6)... 82 D5 WAR CRUISER (D5)... 83 D7 BATTLECRUISER (D7)... 83 D5W NEW HEAVY CRUISER (D5W)... 84 FD7 FAST CRUISER (FD7)... 84 C7 HEAVY BATTLECRUISER (C7)... 85 C8 DREADNOUGHT (C8)... 85 ROMULAN STAR EMPIRE... 86-94 ROMULAN FLEET LIST... 86 KF5R DESTROYER (KF5R)... 86 BATTLE HAWK DESTROYER (BH)... 87 SNIPE FRIGATE (SNB)... 87 ACTA:SF TABLE OF CONTENTS Updated 21 Feb 12 PAGE 4
ROMULAN STAR EMPIRE CONTINUED SKYHAWK DESTROYER (SKH)... 88 WAR EAGLE CRUISER (WE)... 88 KR HEAVY CRUISER (KR)... 89 SPARROWHAWK LIGHT CRUISER (SPA)... 89 KING EAGLE CRUISER (KE)... 90 FIREHAWK HEAVY CRUISER (FH)... 90 KRC COMMAND CRUISER (KRC)... 91 FASTHAWK HEAVY CRUISER (FFH)... 92 NOVAHAWK COMMAND CRUISER (NH)... 92 ROYALHAWK COMMAND CRUISER (RH)... 93 CONDOR DREADNOUGHT (CON)... 93 KC9R DREADNOUGHT (KC9R)... 94 CONFEDERATION OF THE GORN... 95-102 GORN FLEET LIST... 95 CARNOSAURUS-CLASS DESTROYER (DD)... 95 CERATOSAURUS-CLASS BATTLE DESTROYER (BDD)... 96 STEGOSAURUS-CLASS HEAVY DESTROYER (HDD)... 96 MEGALOSAURUS-CLASS LIGHT CRUISER (CL)... 97 ALLOSAURUS-CLASS BATTLECRUSIER (BC)... 98 VELOCIRAPTOR-CLASS FAST BATTLECRUISER (BCF)... 99 EPANTERIAS-M-CLASS MEDIUM CRUISER (CM)... 100 ALBERTOSAURUS-CLASS HEAVY BATTLECRUISER (BCH)... 101 TYRANOSAURUS-REX DREADNOUGHT (DN)... 102 KZINTI HEGEMONY... 103-107 KZINTI FLEET LIST... 103 FRIGATE (FF)... 103 LIGHT CRUISER (CL)... 104 WAR DESTROYER (DW)... 104 MEDIUM CRUISER (CM)... 105 NEW HEAVY CRUISER (NCA)... 105 FAST CRUISER (BCF)... 106 BATTLECRUISER (BC)... 106 HEAVY BATTLECRUISER (BCH)... 107 DREADNOUGHT (DN)... 107 THOLIAN HOLDFAST... 108-109 WEBS... 108 THOLIAN FLEET LIST... 108 VIGILANT-CLASS PATROL CORVETTE (PC)... 108 MATRIX-CLASS DESTROYER (DD)... 109 AKKREV-CLASS HEAVY CRUISER (CA)... 109 PIRATES OF ORION... 110-111 DILITHIUM CHAMBER BOOST... 110 ORION FLEET LIST... 110 LIGHT RAIDER (LR)... 110 RAIDER CRUISER (CR)... 111 SALVAGE CRUISER (SAL)... 111 CIVILIAN SHIPPING... 112-114 CIVILIAN SHIPPING... 112 SMALL FREIGHTER (FS)... 112 LARGE FREIGHTER (FL)... 112 FREE TRADER (FT)... 112 APT-ARMED PRIORITY TRANSPORT (APT)... 113 ARMED CUTTER (AC)... 113 HEAVY FREIGHTER (FH)... 113 PRIME TRADER (PT)... 113 MOBILE BASE (MB)... 114 BATTLE STATION (BATS)... 114 HOBBY SECTION... 115-125 MINIATURES AND BATTLES... 115 FIGHTING SHIPS... 116-117 TASK FORCE PHOENIX... 117 FLEET LIST... 117 PAINTING YOUR SHIPS... 118-124 PREPARING YOUR SHIPS... 119-120 PAINTING A FEDERATION SHIP... 120-122 PAINTING A KLINGON SHIP... 123-124 HOW TO MAKE ASTEROIDS... 125 MORE GAMES FROM THE STAR FLEET UNIVERSE... 126-127 A CALL TO ARMS: NOBLE ARMADA... 128 ACTA:SF TABLE OF CONTENTS Updated 21 Feb 12 PAGE 5