Re: More FT questions....

Mark,
There is a copy of the rules on the UFTWWWP at
http://www.homegame.org/siefert/uftwwwp/files/st-ft.htm. I don't know if
they are the same ones he had on his website.

--
Thomas Heaney

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark & Staci Drake" <markandstaci@charter.net>
To: <gzg-l@scotch.csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:16 PM
Subject: More FT questions....

> Hello all,
>   Put together a few questions I have concerning FT gaming.
>
> 1. Does Alan Brain have a website?  I am looking to get a copy of his
Star
> Trek rules for FT that he wrote and the URL I found for his site is a
dead
> link.    If he does not have a URL can anyone send me a copy of the
rules
> please?
> (Basically would like to find a set that depicts TOS with cinematic
> movement--found one set so far but most seem to deal with TNG-era.)
>
> 2.Any ideas as to how to model the Doomsday Machine from Trek TOS?
(other
> than weapons have no effect on outer hull..)
>
> 3. Am working on an idea for an FT campaign in Trek TNG-era.(see
below)
>
> During the Dominion War, Federation Intelligence Section 31 is
resorting
to
> some drastic measures to turn the tide--2 of the ideas are:
> A-- using former Starfleet officers/crew that have been mustered out
,for
> one reason or another, as crews for new ships (with service on these
new
> ships in exchange for their freedom)--since there are low numbers of
these
> particular individuals,and since it is thought that integrating these
> individuals back with Starfleet may injure morale,this leads to---->
> B--equipping some of these ships with a new M6 computer unit (an
updated
M5
> without Daystrom's engram in its programming) to make up for crew
numbers
> and to field greater number of (and , hopefully,more effective) ships.
>
> Needless to say,these ships will operate under "plausible deniability"
with
> orders to self-destruct if faced with capture.And Section 31 has seen
to
it
> that the new M6 units can be remotely destroyed by them if these ships
> decide to run,or tampering with the unit itself will ensure ship's
> destruction. So the choice is fight , or languish in the brig (with
> additional charges/prison time added on for not "serving" when
"recalled"
by
> Starfleet....or worse!)
>
> One of the former Starfleet officers wishing to fight is former-Capt.
> Benjamin Maxwell ,previously of USS Phoenix.Court-martialed for
destroying
a
> Cardassian freighter and warship without orders,nor proving the 2
ships
were
> smuggling weapons,he has been given a second chance. Knowing his
motivation
> for, and experience with,fighting the Cardassians,Section 31 has given
him
> one of the new M6-equipped ships--the refitted USS Phoenix.His orders
are
to
> act as commerce raider behind Cardassian lines--a role which will suit
him
> perfectly.............
>
> What do ya'll think of this idea?  Am looking at it as a series of
linked
> scenarios with this ship.Suggestions/comments/ideas welcome on this.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>