Fleet Update #1

contents:Combat Escorts

The Wounded LionOrion OK6 Review

The Shipyard

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Welcome to Fleet Update #1, a semi-regular downloadable publication that previews the latest models for the game and provides you with playtest rules that will allow you to get to grips with them on the battlefield as quickly as possible!

While not officially sanctioned for tournament level play, we encourage everyone to use the rules presented in the Fleet Updates for your own games at home or at your local club, as you should find them solid and useable.

Future Updates, already being worked on right now, will include entire fleet lists and campaigns for you to try out. In this issue, we take a look at the latest models released for A Call to Arms: Star Fleet along with the playtest rules for Escorts.

Contributors: Ben Rubery, Matthew Sprange, Tony L. Thomas

A Call to Arms Star Fleet is a joint venture between Mongoose Publishing and Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. and is produced under the strict terms of their contract with Paramount Pictures Corporation. The A Call to Arms game system is copyright © 2013 Mongoose Publishing. All Star Fleet Universe material is copyright © 2013 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. (History of the General War is copyright © 1995 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.) This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United Kingdom and of the United States. This product is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual people, organisations, places or events is purely coincidental.

Fleet Update #1

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Tony L. Thomas, USS Tennessee

As the General War progressed, all the Alpha Octant empires designed and built more powerful ships. When massed in late-war-era fleets, these ships were capable of hurling massive waves of seeking weapons, often far too much for any one defending ship to survive. The solution was to develop a class of warship specifically designed to cope with these waves of seeking weapons. Escort ships are conversions of standard warships emphasizing defensive firepower. Having one or two of these special escorts in a fleet greatly reduces this threat.

New TraiTEscort is a new trait A Call to Arms: Star Fleet.

Escort: Due to the specialised electronics suite in this vessel, this ship may contribute its phasers, drones and plasma-D weapons to the Defensive Fire of any friendly ship within

COMBAT ESCORTS8” and within the arc of these weapons. As always, each weapon may only be fired once per turn and may be used to conduct Defensive Fire or attack enemy ships as normal, at the player’s discretion.

New weapoN SySTemMany escort ships are equipped with the phaser-G, specifically designed to knock out incoming seeking weapons.

Gatling Phasers: Originally developed by the Hydran Kingdom, these weapons function by firing multiple bursts of short-ranged phaser-3 fire. It should be noted that gatling phasers are used only by the Hydrans (most warships have them) and Federation escorts (not their standard warships). Any Orion ship can have a single gatling phaser in one optional Weapon mount.

Weapon Range AD SpecialPhaser-G 6 4 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, Precise

AegisThe fire control system used on escort ships is known as Aegis, named for the shield carried by the Greek god Zeus. Aegis escorts serve important roles in the Star Fleet Universe and they are now available to A Call to Arms: Star Fleet.

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war DeSTroyer eScorT 135 poiNTS (Dwe)

LighT eScorT cruiSer 110 poiNTS (cLe)

Turn: 4 Shields: 20Damage: 16/6 Marines: 4Craft: 3 Shuttles Traits: Enhanced Bridge, Escort, Labs 3, Tractor Beam 2, Transporter 2

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 FH 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 PH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 SH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-G 6 PH 4 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-G 6 SH 4 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PreciseDrone 36 T 4 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

Turn: 4 Shields: 18Damage: 24/8 Marines: 4Craft: 4 Shuttles Traits: Escort, Labs 2, Tractor Beam 2, Transporter 2

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, P, S 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-G 6 PH 4 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-G 6 SH 4 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PreciseDrone 36 T 4 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

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war cruiSer eScorT 160 poiNTS (D5e)

BaTTLe corveTTe eScorT 115 poiNTS (e5e)

Turn: 4 Shields: 20Damage: 18/6 Marines: 4Craft: 2 Shuttles Traits: Agile, Anti-Drone 2, Escort, Labs 2, Tractor Beam 3, Transporter 3

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, P, S 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 FH, P 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 FH, S 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 A, P 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 A, S 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 PH 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PreciseDrones 36 T 2 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

Turn: 3 Shields: 17Damage: 12/4 Marines: 3Craft: 2 Shuttles Traits: Agile, Escort, Labs 2, Probe 0, Tractor Beam 1, Transporter 1

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, PH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 F, SH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-2 12 A,P,S 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 4, PrecisePhaser-3 6 PH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PreciseDrones 36 T 4 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

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BaTTLehawk DeSTroyer eScorT 100 poiNTS (Bhe)

Sparrowhawk LighT eScorT cruiSer 160 poiNTS (Spm)

Turn: 6 Shields: 24Damage: 8/3 Marines: 4Craft: 2 Shuttles Traits: Armoured, Cloak, Escort, Labs 2, Tractor Beam 2, Transporter 1

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, P 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 F, S 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 A, P 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 A, S 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePlasma Torpedo-D 16 PH 1 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, SeekingPlasma Torpedo-D 16 SH 1 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, Seeking

Turn: 4 Shields: 24Damage: 30/10 Marines: 5Craft: 3 Shuttles Traits: Agile, Cloak, Escort, Labs 2, Tractor Beam 2, Transporter 3

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, P, S 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 A,P, S 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 PH 3 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 3 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 A, P 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 A, S 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePlasma Torpedo-S 16 FH 4 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, SeekingPlasma Torpedo-D 16 PH 1 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, SeekingPlasma Torpedo-D 16 SH 1 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, SeekingPlasma Torpedo-D 16 PH 1 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, SeekingPlasma Torpedo-D 16 SH 1 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, Seeking

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BaTTLe DeSTroyer eScorT 120 poiNTS (BDe)

LighT eScorT cruiSer 150 poiNTS (cLe)

Turn: 4 Shields: 20Damage: 16/6 Marines: 4Craft: 4 Shuttles Traits: Agile, Escort, Labs 2, Quick Launch, Tractor Beam 1, Transporter 2

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, P, S 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 A,P, S 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 PH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 SH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 PH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePlasma Torpedo-G 16 FH 3 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, SeekingPlasma Torpedo-D 16 PH 1 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, SeekingPlasma Torpedo-D 16 SH 1 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, Seeking

Turn: 6 Shields: 18Damage: 24/8 Marines: 4Craft: 6 Shuttles Traits: Escort, Labs 4, Quick Launch, Tractor Beam 1, Transporter 2

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, P 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, Precise Phaser-1 18 F, S 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, Precise Phaser-1 18 PH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, Precise Phaser-1 18 SH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, Precise Phaser-3 6 PH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePlasma Torpedo-S 16 F, P 4 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, SeekingPlasma Torpedo-S 16 F, S 4 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, SeekingPlasma Torpedo-D 16 PH 1 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, SeekingPlasma Torpedo-D 16 SH 1 Devastating +1, Energy Bleed, Multihit D6, Reload, Seeking

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eScorT FrigaTe 95 poiNTS (eFF)

meDium eScorT cruiSer 160 poiNTS (mec)

Turn: 3 Shields: 12Damage: 18/6 Marines: 3Craft: 1 Shuttle Traits: Agile, Anti-Drone 3, Escort, Labs 2, Tractor Beam 1, Transporter 3

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 T 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 PH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PreciseDrones 36 T 2 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

Turn: 4 Shields: 24Damage: 22/8 Marines: 6Craft: 2 Shuttles Traits: Agile, Anti-Drone 2, Escort, Labs 4, Tractor Beam 3, Transporter 3

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, P, S 3 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 PH 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 SH 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 T 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PreciseDrones 36 T 4 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

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eScorT paTroL corveTTe 90 poiNTS (pce)

DeSTroyer eScorT 125 poiNTS (De)

Turn: 3 Shields: 18Damage: 14/5 Marines: 3Craft: 1 Shuttle Traits: Agile, Escort, Labs 2, Tractor Beam 1, Transporter 1

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, P, S 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 F, P, S 4 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 PH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, Precise

Turn: 3 Shields: 20Damage: 14/5 Marines: 4Craft: 2 Shuttles Traits: Agile, Escort, Labs 2, Tractor Beam 2, Transporter 1

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialWeb PWeb SPhaser-1 18 F, P, S 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 F, P 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 F, S 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 F, P, S 4 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 PH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, Precise

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A dreadnought, crippled in a large fleet battle, is limping back to a repair dock with a few escorts. The enemy fleet was similarly mauled, and they only have a few light ships available to chase down and destroy the dreadnought.

Fleets: The defending player selects a dreadnought from his fleet list and a 500 point fleet with no ships costing more than 130 points. The attacker selects a fleet of 500 points with no ships costing more than 130 points.

Pre Battle Preparation: The defending force is deployed first, anywhere within its deployment zone. The attacking fleet is deployed anywhere within its deployment zone. Stellar debris is generated randomly.

Scenario Rules: The dreadnought is Crippled and has a number of damage points remaining equal to one less than its Crippled score. It has the following critical hits at the start of the game; Impulse Drive 3, Dilithium Chamber 2, Crew 4 and Shields 2. It does have shields (but subtract the effects for critical hits). None of the critical hits are Escalating (fires have been put out but damage has not been repaired). It still has the Command and Tractor Beam traits, but all other traits have been lost. The dreadnought may only leave the table from the defender’s edge.

Game Length: Until the end of the turn the dreadnought leaves the table or is destroyed, or until all attacking ships are destroyed or have left the table.

Victory and Defeat: If the dreadnought leaves the map the defending player wins. If it is destroyed the attacking player wins.

THE WOUNDED LION

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ORION OK6 REVIEWI received an Orion OK6 cruiser for participating at a Mongoose tournament. I had liked the look of the renders, but looking at renders is always different to holding a model in your hand.

It is a three-piece model, with the hull (the Klingon rear hull and the forward section of the Orion raider) and two nacelles. It is the first multipart Orion ship but is pretty simple to assemble. Almost all the Starline 2500 ships are suitable for players without eons of modelling experience to draw from. It is a crisp, clean ‘sculpt’ with plenty of detail on the CR forward section, the Klingon hull block house and the engines. For painters good at freehand (or someone with some handy nose art transfers) there are flat areas on the top of the raider forward hull, the wings of the Klingon rear hull, and the underside of the Klingon rear hull. I’ve been impressed with the freehand on the Mongoose display miniatures, and though I doubt I could live up to that, I’m trying to come up with a scheme that does the model justice.

Cleaning the model up wasn’t too difficult, there was a little pitting on the front of one of the engines, which was easily fixed with a craft knife and some liquid green stuff (which has proved very useful in my modelling endeavours), a little infilling by the blockhouse and some flash. It took all of about five minutes to clean the model up ready for assembly (after which I took the pictures of the cleaned up pieces).

I assemble my Star Fleet models using superglue and small dabs of liquid greenstuff, to both hold the model and fill any slight gaps in the join. The engines are sculpted to fit the rear hull at the correct angle for Klingon engines, so it could not get much simpler. I put a small dab of liquid greenstuff at each end of the join, superglue in the middle, pressed the two pieces together and held them for about a minute. This was repeated with the other wing piece. I tidied up any escaping liquid greenstuff from the joins with a craft knife, and applied a thin layer of glue to the underside of the joins.

Overall, clean up, assembly and picture-taking took about twenty-five minutes.

You can see from the pictures how nice a sculpt it is. It is the largest Orion ship currently out, and combined with the Orion ships from the Klingon vs. Orion squadron box, it gives me an Orion fleet of over 500 points.

It’s a large and impressive model compared to the other Orion ships, wider than and twice as long as the Salvage Cruiser and dwarfing the Light Raider. It now forms the centrepiece of my small Orion fleet. With larger ships, you can see the potential of the shift to a larger scale with the increased and enhanced detail, and how computer-assisted design can enable a precision hard to achieve with conventional sculpting methods. The Orion stealth arrays are precisely done and just waiting to be picked out, as are the details on the Klingon blockhouse and engines.

This ship make a good flagship for a small fleet and there will be a fair few admirals whose last sight will be this beauty swooping into their rear arc…

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geTTySBurg-cLaSS heavy commaND cruiSer 230 poiNTS

Turn: 6 Shields: 28Damage: 36/12 Troops: 6Craft: 4 Shuttles Traits: Command +1, Labs 8, Tractor Beam 2, Transporter 4

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 FH 4 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 PH 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 SH 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 T 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 T 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhoton Torpedoes 15 F 4 Devastating +1, Multihit 4, ReloadDrone 36 T 2 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

marS-cLaSS BaTTLeShip 420 poiNTS

Turn: 10 Shields: 45Damage: 100/34 Marines: 13Craft: 6 Shuttles Traits: Command +2, Labs 6, Probe 2, Tractor Beam 5, Transporter 8

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 FH 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 AH 4 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 PH 3 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 SH 3 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 T 3 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 T 3 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhoton Torpedoes 15 F 6 Devastating +1, Multihit 4, ReloadPhoton Torpedoes 15 F 2 Devastating +1, Multihit 4, ReloadPhoton Torpedoes 15 A 2 Devastating +1, Multihit 4, ReloadDrone 36 T 6 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, SeekingDrone 36 T 3 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

THE SHIPYARD

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e5 BaTTLe corveTTe 110 poiNTS

Turn: 3Shields: 17Damage: 12/4Marines: 3Craft: 2 ShuttlesTraits: Agile, Labs 2, Probe 0, Tractor Beam 1, Transporter 1

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, PH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 F, SH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-2 12 A, P, S 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 4, PrecisePhaser-3 6 PH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PreciseDisruptors 15 F, P, S 2 Accurate +1, Multihit 2Drones 36 T 2 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

Turn: 6 Shields: 30Damage: 36/12 Marines: 8Craft: 6 Shuttles Traits: Command +1, Labs 8, Shock (Photon Torpedoes) 4, Tractor Beam 2, Transporter 4

Weapon Range Arc AD Special

Phaser-1 18 FH 4 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, Precise

Phaser-1 18 PH 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, Precise

Phaser-1 18 SH 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, Precise

Phaser-1 18 T 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, Precise

Phaser-3 6 T 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, Precise

Photon Torpedoes 15 F 6 Devastating +1, Multihit 4, Reload

Drones 36 T 2 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

New JerSey-cLaSS BaTTLecruiSer 220 poiNTS

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e5D BaTTLe corveTTe 110 poiNTS

Turn: 3Shields: 17Damage: 12/4Marines: 3Craft: 2 ShuttlesTraits: Agile, Labs 2, Probe 0, Tractor Beam 1, Transporter 1

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, PH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 F, SH 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-2 12 A, P, S 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 4, PrecisePhaser-3 6 PH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PreciseDrones 36 T 4 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

F5w war DeSTroyer 135 poiNTS

Turn: 3Shields: 18Damage: 14/5Marines: 6Craft: 2 ShuttlesTraits: Agile, Anti-Drone 1, Labs 2, Tractor Beam 2, Transporter 2

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialPhaser-1 18 F, P 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 F, S 1 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 A, P, S 3 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-3 6 PH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PrecisePhaser-3 6 SH 1 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 2, PreciseDisruptor 24 FH 2 Accurate +1, Multihit 2Drones 36 T 2 Devastating +1, Multihit D6, Seeking

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Turn: 4 Shields: 18Damage: 24/8 Troops: 8Craft: 4 Shuttles Traits: Agile, Probe 0, Tractor Beam 3, Transporter 7, Unique

Weapon Range Arc AD SpecialWeapon * — F 1 —Weapon * — F 1 —Weapon * — F 1 —Phaser-1 18 F, P 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-1 18 F, S 2 Accurate +2, Kill Zone 8, PrecisePhaser-2 12 A, P 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 4, PrecisePhaser-2 12 A, S 2 Accurate +1, Kill Zone 4, PreciseDisruptors 24 F 4 Accurate +1, Multihit 2

* This weapon may be a Photon Torpedo, Disruptor, Drone (with fire arc T), or Phaser-1, as chosen by the player.

Option: Add a Cloak for +25 points.

Reinforced Shields: So long as it has a Shields score above 0, an OK6 suffering an attack from within its Fore arc will have the number of hits it sustains halved, rounding up, with the exception of any hits that penetrate the shields. These are treated as normal.

Unique: You may only have one of these ships in your fleet.

ok6 coNverTeD cruiSer 165 poiNTS

New TraitShock (Weapon) X: The listed weapon is too powerful for the hull it has been mounted within and if fired at full strength, will cause ‘shock damage’ to the ship. If this weapon is used, the ship will sustain an automatic critical hit. Roll for this immediatly. However, if the weapon uses a number of Attack Dice equal to the Shock score, no critical hit will be sustained.