Dramatic SFB: Rules and purchases

[Gregory Flusche]

I bought recently the C2 SSD book. Having some ISC ship SSDs i did not
have. On these newer SSDs it has the refits listed. On the ISC Star Cruiser
it has with out PH3 R (pre y165)-6
With out PPD refit (pre Y168)-15  with out PL-S refit (Pre Y170) -10
without Plas F Refit (Pre Y179) -12 Sabot refit (Y170) +10

This is on all of the newer SSDs that i just recently bought. Mind You
still have old ones with out that Info. Also the New SSDs have a small box
with year is service and such. To include the F&E cammand rating. This says
by the SSD at least the PPD came out in Y168. Just somthing i noticed.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:56 PM, ken via SFBdrama <
sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org> wrote:

> I bought C5, the Magellanic cloud, for an earlier campaign, I like some of
> the races in there a lot, it was written by Ken Burnside, who swears up and
> down that it is ballanced vs the Alpha races. At the very least it is
> closer than C4 and some of the other modules that we are using.
>
> Admiral Ken
>
>
>
> Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Matthew via SFBdrama <sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org>
> Date: 12/11/2017 7:48 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org
> Subject: Re: Dramatic SFB: Rules and purchases
>
> Regarding the ISC specific rules I had read them when I saw that the
> prices in the database were not the same as on the SSDs and Master Ship
> Chart.
>
>
> You are probably running into the cost for those refits I mentioned. For
> example, the most modern ISC CL at this year is the "CL-r", at 137 BPV. It
> is noted in the ISC section of the "Available Empires" section of the
> campaign rules, "*Refits:* The ISC "r" refit shows a ship that is missing
> the rear-firing plasma (R13.R2)." (R13.R2) points out that the rear-firing
> Plasma are worth 2 BPV each. The CL has four of these (2 per side). The CL
> is listed as145 BPV in my Master Ship Chart. So, 145 less 8 is 137. You'll
> find that a "CL-r" is 137 BPV in the campaign software.
>
> In Y179, when those plasma are installed, a bog-standard CL can be
> purchased for 145 BPV.
>
>  As for PPDs, I have not seen anything regarding them not being available
> depending on date.
>
>
> Over the years, I have not found a satisfactory answer to the PPD
> introduction or it's cost *in the ISC section of rules*. I have, however,
> found a listing in (R1.R2), where it lays out the changes to ISC bases for
> earlier years (middle years and forward.) I included that section in the
> cut&paste of the ISC refits, specifically for that reason.
>
>
> I do have a question regarding carrier uses and their escorts.
>
>
> I don't have Module G3A, so I can't vouch for the quality of the carrier
> tables found there. I used the escort tables found in section R. But our
> case is simpler than that: we are using the "Flexible Carrier Escorts" of
> (S8.315).
>
> The only concern I can see people going to, is that the software notes
> carriers as carrying certain fighters but for space reasons does not list
> amount of fighters. Here, I calculated the costs based on the amount of
> fighters listed in the same escort tables previously mentioned. If in
> doubt, check your SSD, as the proportions are generally the same (assault
> and superiority) from earlier fighters up to the ones presented on the SSD.
>
> So as for needed modules, I went through the list on one of the websites
> and think these are the ones I should get:
>
>
> Module M is a good buy. I'm very happy having gotten it. (And passage
> combat makes for an interesting side-game.)
>
> I have not picked up Module P6. There is some value in there, as it
> introduces some wacky rules, but my gaming group is more interested in the
> straight-forward stuff.
>
> Module C6 was also a good buy. However, it only has those two empires and
> presents them in a "What If" situation of "had they survived their
> extinctions...." If you want just the real empires, then this is not for
> you.
>
>   I did not see module C4 or C5 in the list, so if they exist I might
> want to grab them too.
>
>
> C5 is the magellenics, if I recall correctly. We won't use them in this
> campaign (but I might pick them up in order to play a magellenics version
> of this campaign format.) Not much need to get that right now.
>
> C4 is an alright buy. It adds a bunch of empires and a slew of wacky
> rules. The most popular of the empires in there are the Frax (which
> occasionally surface in this campaign. Pun intended.) Fortunately, the Frax
> don't have much for wacky add-on rules until you get into their submarines.
>
> --Matt
>
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