[GZG] [FT] NAC campaign setup

["John Brewer" <jbrewer@xxxxxxxxx>]

When I found the Unoffical NAC Fleet Roster... 
http://www.bcpl.net/~indy/full-thrust/nac_roster.html 

the Full Thrust Empire Map... 
http://www.projectrho.com/ft/FTLinkMap.gif 

and the GZG star list with planetary data... 
http://wam.umd.edu/~ddr/ 

I had it in my mind to put them all together as part as a "pre-Kra'Vak" campaign game.  I could'nt try it until I got a printer with high enough REZ to read the fine printing on the Empire Map, and even then I need my reading glasses & a magnifying glass. 

Even though the Fleet Roster is "Unoffical", there is the temptation to use it for no other reason than it saves time & labour.  And I doubt that I could do a better job than Indy at consorting the Royal Navy together. 

I have taken the Fleet Roster and consorted them into 6 anchorages in systems that cover as much of NAC colonial territory as possible.  According to the Empire Map, the systems chosen lie neighboring NAC systems so that anchorages can send patrols and support other anchorages with reenforcements.  And 5 of the anchorage systems have a strategically important facet - remote gas giants, so that refinery ships can service task forces on patrol without wasting time on system ingress & egress jumps. 

The fleet roster on campaign setup is as follows...

(You might want to tweek this as you see fit, I'm trying to find the right balance of forces for reasons I will explain further on) 

CD-27.14659 - GL  785 (ESU Frontier) 
Heavy Battle Squadron - Valley Forge 
Carrier Battlegroups - Ark Royal, Endurance/Vinson Massif 
Cruiser-DD Groups - 9, 13, 16, 31 
Destroyer Squadrons - 2, 8, 15, 22, 31, 35 

Delta Pavonis - GL 780 (Santa Maria - I think) 
Heavy Battle Squadrons - Normandy/Vistula, Eiger/Denali, Antietam 
Carrier Battlegroups - Victorious/Yorktown, Intrepid 
Cruiser-DD Groups - 6, 10, 14 
Destroyer Squadrons - 3, 7, 11, 14, 26, 36 

Fomalhaut - GL 881 (Rimward Frontier) 
Heavy Battle Squadron - Annapurna 
Carrier Battlegroups - Agamemnon, Forrestal 
Cruiser-DD Groups - 2, 12, 22, 26 
Destroyer Squadrons - 1, 5, 21, 23, 25, 34, 41 

CD-23.17699 - GL 884 (Rimward Reserve) 
Heavy Battle Squadron - Shiloh 
Carrier Battlegroups - Lexington, Nimitz, Illustrious/King George V 
Cruiser-DD Groups - 4, 5, 11, 18, 19, 25 
Destroyer Squadrons - 13, 19, 27, 33, 43, 44 

CD-26.12026 - GL 663 A (Coreward Frontier) 
Heavy Battle Squadron - Agincourt 
Carrier Battlegroups - Independence, Connestoga 
Cruiser-DD Groups - 7, 8, 15, 20 
Destroyer Squadrons - 4, 6, 9, 16, 17, 24, 29 

Chi Draconis - GL 713 AB (New Hope, again I think) 
Heavy Battle Squadron - Richmond 
Carrier Battlegroups - Enterprise, Prometheus, Invincible/Matterhorn 
Cruiser-DD Groups - 1, 3, 17, 21, 23, 24 
Destroyer Squadons - 10, 12, 18, 20, 37, 38 

You may notice that Fomalhaut & the Rimward branch has less naval tonnage than elsewhere in the NAC.  Fomalhaut borders on New Israel territory, which the NAC has good relations.  It is enough, should the ESU try to invade through NI, and the NAC move up to support NI to repel the invaders if requested. 

Heavier tonnage is found Coreward, as it borders on the Islamic Federation & the Alarishi Empire - Nations described as unstable at best. 

The tonnage at the anchorage in GL 785 may seem a bit light for a force to contend with the ESU, but it possesses 3 significant strengths - the Valley Forge, the Ark Royal, and Admiral Shane "Hammer" Valens!  The anchorage's weakness is that it has no remote gas giant, so it must import fuel from the gas giant at Santa Maria. 

The reserve anchorages posses more tonnage than the frontier anchorages because they not only support the frontier anchorages but the Santa Maria anchorage when it needs to send reenforcements to the GL 785 anchorage. 

I tried to distribute the groups & squadrons so that all the branches have close to an equal access to specialized ships like battlecruisers, escorts, light carriers, tin can carriers, & needle beam cruisers. 

As always, I invite your comments

JBrewer@xxxxxxxxx  

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