Synopsis:
This is it, the greatest Star Trek naval combat game of all time! Based on a pen and paper board game called Star Fleet Battles, SFC has given Trek fans a means of living out their fantasies, and fans of the board game an electronic means of getting their fix. The massive mod community behind the game only makes things better. Just about every ship ever seen on Trek has been created and (even better) almost every fanship is represented as well. This is the first of what I hope to be many SFC scrapbooks I do. This one focuses on two famous battles in the SFB universe: The Mighty Hood Goes Down and a battle between an Andromedan fleet and a Klingon fleet led by a B10. I have modded my game to be pretty darn to close to the board game, so as it to make it more authentic, but I plan on making a mod based on some notable movie-era fanships. For now, enjoy.
Here I am recreating the famous battle of the doomed USS Hood during the initial Klingon/Lyran invasion of the Federation which started the General War. A D6 initiates the attack by launching drones.
Attempting a "strategic withdrawal" of sorts. My aft shield is taking a pounding.
The Klingons beam in boarding parties through my collapsed aft shield as I try to get some distance.
Reeling from the attacks my engines beging to leak plasma. I am on my last legs.
The two drones that would signal my end. Like the real Hood I go out in a blaze of glory.
Here I am recreating an engagement between a Klingon and Federation force led by a B10, going up against an Andromedan fleet led by a Dominator. The Andromedans come from galay M31 (the Andromeda galaxy) and seek to conquer the quadrant with their powerful weapons and advanced technology. Let's see how well I fare.
The attack begins and we see the Andromedan Tractor Repulsor beams in action (here represented by phaser 4s since there are no TRHs or TRLs in SFC 2). A D7D swoops in behind me to aid in my attack but...
...doesn't come out alive. I manuever my ships through the shockwave as a C7 critically wounds an Andromedan Conquistador.
My Starboard nacelle leaks plasma but I am still alive and kicking.
Excellent! The Conquistador goes up in flames as I skim the edge of the shockwave. Now to tackle the Dominator!
Exchanging fire with an offscreen opponent. Taking some hull damage in the process.
Here I try to overwhelm the Dominator with a flotilla of drones. His tractor beams are ready for my assault, however.
Firing phasers on the Dominator. Unfortunately, he turned to present his best shield to me.
Turning around to start another pass I get a couple extra hits in with my aft phasers. Passing under me is a Federation NCL.
The Dominator get some good hits on my boom with his TRHs while I send some more drones toward him.
Flying past a Federation DN+ I head toward the Dominator. Unfortunately I am badly damaged and need to take him out quickly.
Unfortunately I am unsuccessful and now find myself flying as my escort, a C7. Part of the drive section of my former B10 floats away in the backgorund.
With both Federation ships destroyed and no left to help, I close to point blank range and fire all my weapons, but in vain.
My ship is now a floating hulk, sparking and leaking precious plasma out into space.
The end of the battle. The Andromedan invaders manage to destroy the fleet but there are more where that came from.
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