Re: Trek/SFB conversions

<Sarcasm mode on>

It seems a lot of people are of the opinion that the excessive
rules-lawyering of SFB is a BAD thing. But if one wants to faithfully
portray
space battles in the Trek universe then it's actually quite appropriate
--
after all, how many Trek battles are won by anything as mundane as
*tactics?*
They're won because someone figures out a new and interesting way to
activate
warp drive, or because Scotty/ Geordi/ Wesley/ whoever figures out how
to
reverse the polarity on the frim-fram in time to destabilize the enemy's
whachamacallit! In this spirit, I offer the following system, soon to be
made
standard on all my Federation ships:

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DOUBLE-TALK GENERATOR  (Cost: 25, Mass: 0)

The Double-Talk Generator (DTG) must be charged prior to use in a manner
similar to a Wave Gun. Every turn, the owning player rolls 1 die and
adds the
total to any previous rolls. (The DTG always begins the game at
zero-charge.)
When the accumulated charge reaches *10*, the player may activate the
DTG; he
rolls 2d6 and consults the following table:

Roll:
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  2-3: You drop into warp unexpectedly; move your ship up to 3" in any
direction, and all enemy ships are unable to target you for this turn
only.

  4: You have re-modulated your shields: all enemy ships will do only
half
damage until they have made a successful repair or DTG roll to
re-modulate
their weapons.

  5: Your weapons ignore the target's shields for this turn and for
every
turn until target makes a successful repair or DTG roll to re-modulate
their
shields.

  6: Any destroyed or damaged system may be brought back on line, even
if
that system was knocked out by needle beam fire.

  7: Any one weapon system does double damage this turn only.

  8: You use the sensor array to project a holographic image of another
ship
(your choice) entering the map. All opposing ships must treat it as real
until they make a sensor roll as follows: Basic sensors: 6, Enhanced:
5-6,
Superior: 4-6.

  9: You have reversed the polarity of your tractor beam; move any one
enemy
ship up to 6" in a straight line away from you. (If your ship does not
have a
tractor beam, roll again.)

  10: You have confused the computer of any one target ship ("Norman,
coordinate...."): that ship may not use any thrust or fire any offensive
weapons until it has made a successful repair or DTG roll.

  11-12: By re-routing the tractor beam through your shields, you have
created a one-turn only Reflex Field, as per MT rules.

(Can ya' tell I'm a Babylonian at heart?)

Scott Field

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