THE GOLDEN AGE DESIGNER NOTES The Golden Age is a New Galaxy that mirrors the Alpha Sector in many ways, but diverges from it at the same time. In the Golden Age, the same technology and design concepts as the Alpha Sector were discovered by the established empires, but…
Month: August 2024
Star Fleet Battles – Black Wolf Stardate 11.21.21 Yesterday Galaxy
BLACK WOLF STARDATE 11.21.21 YESTERDAY GALAXY “FIRE OVERLOADED SCATTERGUNS!! HARD TO PORT!!!” Captain Lupinus gripped his command chair tightly with both hands. His light and dark grey Commonwealth uniform stretched over his body tightly. Black shoulder length hair and a black goatee were neatly trimmed. Two sharp teeth were…
Star Fleet Battles – Tri-Expansion Heavy Cruiser SSD Hidden Enclave
THE HIDDEN ENCLAVE TRI-EXPANSION SHIPS (HER1.1) HEAVY CRUISER (CA): The Tri-Expansion Heavy Cruiser formed the core of the Collaboration. Armed with Three Limited Tachyon Guns, Three Limited Tachyon Missile Racks, Four Limited Offensive Wide Phasers, and Four Limited Defensive Wide Phasers, the Tri-Expansion Heavy Cruiser was a strong adversary…
Star Fleet Battles – Ironoak Stardate 01.23.23 Hourglass Domain
IRONOAK STARDATE 01.23.23 HOURGLASS DOMAIN Captain Grisla fired her pulse rifle directly into the Frog Demon’s mouth. Purple blood sprayed all over the Captain’s tattered grey uniform. A thin, long tongue shot over her shoulder and wrapped around her pulse rifle, yanking it abruptly from her hands. In one…
Star Fleet Battles – The 4X Octant Designer Notes
THE 4X OCTANT DESIGNER NOTES The 4X Octant draws its inspiration from the numerous 4X video games that have existed over time. Looking at the gameplay of these 4X video games, they seem to be closer in function to F&E than to Star Fleet Battles. However, it is not…
Star Fleet Battles – Watcher Heavy Cruiser SSD King Alpha
KING ALPHA THE ALL-SEEING WATCHERS SHIPS (KAR1.1) HEAVY CRUISER (CA): The Watcher Heavy Cruiser formed the backbone of the All-Seeing Watchers Fleet. Tasked with a variety of duties, from research to exploration to military engagements to diplomacy and more, the Watcher Heavy Cruiser performed its many functions admirably. Noted…
Star Fleet Battles – Kindling Stardate 08.19.24 Omega Regenesis
KINDLING STARDATE 08.19.24 OMEGA REGENESIS Flames engulfed the Kindling, threatening to end her existence, as she plowed through two incoming Fire Torpedoes. Every member of the Bridge Crew held onto their station tightly to brace for the impact. But to their astonishment, there was no impact. The fire which…
Star Fleet Battles – Old Guard Stardate 02.08.22 Sector 50
THE OLD GUARD STARDATE 02.08.22 SECTOR 50 Captain Severick sat in his anti-gravity wheelchair, dreaming of better days. He was a balding, elderly man whose legs had finally given out due to a degenerative disease that he had fought off for years with medication. Now, that medication was no…
Star Fleet Battles – The Chitin Colonies Designer Notes
THE CHITIN COLONIES DESIGNER NOTES On my first website, I introduced the Magnesia Galaxy. This was a New Galaxy whose empires were all based on Insects. That name never sat well with me, partially because it did not immediately inform the reader what the galaxy was about. Now, the…
Star Fleet Battles – Drom Cruiser SSD Intergalactic Assemblage of Systems
INTERGALACTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF SYSTEMS DROM SHIPS (IASR1.1) DROM CRUISER (CR) The Drom is one of thousands of empires that make up the Intergalactic Assemblage of Systems. The Drom Cruiser was built as a response to Drom Cargo Vessels being regularly assaulted by hostile enemies. Not a true heavy cruiser…