Amarillo Design Bureau
SKU: ADB5722
Our family will not be dishonored; our home will not be soiled. My blood is pure.
— Klingon traditional saying.
Released in May 2001, this issue is full of good information for Star Fleet Battles and Federation & Empire and includes two of our most popular stories.
HISTORY includes:
- "Fight Fire with Fire" by John Sickles, in which a Klingon probe into Tholian space meets with unexpected resistance
- "A Plague on Their Houses" by Scott Moellmer is a story of revenge – or treachery, depending on your point of view
- Articles on Federation defense battalions and the Klingon C7 heavy battlecruiser class history round out the section.
COMMUNICATIONS continues as a department. This includes:
- Service awards
- Notes for judges
- Information for Star Fleet Rangers
- After-action reports
- Input guide on SSDs
- Proposals
- Why
- An introduction to Star Fleet Battle Force
- Ask Admiral Growler
- And Starline 2400 miniatures.
VENUES includes:
- Star Fleet Warlord
- Star Fleet Command
- Play by Email
- And SFB Online.
DATABASE remains the place for new SFB material, including articles on:
- The Omega Sector fast patrol ships
- Early Years update
- Battle Group 550
- Early Years ships
- Shipyard report
- Prime Directive
- Brothers of the Anarchist
- And an example of speed changes in combat.
SCENARIOS includes seven new ones (SL193 to SL199).
TACTICS includes Patrol Victory at Origins 2000 by Kevin Block-Schwenk, an article on Qari tactics, and nine pages of Term Papers.
The FEDERATION & EMPIRE section includes:
- News about the planned F&E Advanced Operations expansion
- The Red-WYN Express for F&E
- Strategic information
- Q&A
- Tactics articles
- And proposed new rules.
NEW SHIPS for SFB include:
- The Gorn DNC
- Federation FCF
- Tholian CWV
- Lyran DWG and DDE
- The first Omega PFs and PFTs
- Early Years Lyrans
- Auxiliary scouts
- And drone ships – 20 ships in all.
Written by Stephen Cole
