Re: Beginnings of a fleet

Greetings.  For a cheap Full Thrust fleet I started with the six sided 
counters that came with Babylon 5 Wars 1st ed.	I then photocopied some 
counter sheets from Starfire and Star Fleet Battles on to red and blue
paper. 
 The Kzinti (SFB) and Gorm (Starfire) counters work best for this as you
have 
a dark ship against a light or white background, the ship copies, the 
background does not.  Cut out the counters of the ships you would like. 
Glue 
the copies on to the back of the Babylon 5 counters.  Apply a coat of
puzzle 
saver to really seal the two together.	Puzzle saver is a glue designed
to 
soak into a puzzle and dry clear once you have completed it.  You now
have a 
counter that shows the six weapon arcs and gives a letter and numerical 
designation of the ship ie.  DD1, CL4 or CVL2.	The Babylon 5 counters
only 
have a number on them, so unless all of the players know the difference 
between the various ships shown on the counters keeping track of several

ships with the same number could pose a problem.  This method gave me
two 
fleets of 95 ships.  The Starfire counters give you basic naval
designations, 
CA, DD, CL, BC while the SFB counters give you some varient
designations, 
NCA, DW, CS, BCH.  Note that later editions of Babylon 5 Wars use 4
sided 
counters and so will not work for this.

Oliver Dewey Upshaw III
odupshaw3@cs.com

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