MGP334306 Babylon 5 A Call To Arms Sky Full Of Stars.pdf

It follows than as certain as that night succeeds the

day, that without a decisive naval force we can do

nothing deﬁnitive, and with it, everything honorable

and glorious.

George Washington

Sky Full of Stars

Credits

Author

Matthew Sprange

Contents

Introduction 4

Rules & Updates 5

Traits & Special Actions 8

Advanced Auxiliary Craft 10

Fortresses of Light 13

Planetary Assaults 15

Boarding Actions 20

Skin Dancing 22

Captain Sheridan 23

War Leader G’Sten 25

Using Fleet Lists 26

Earth Alliance 27

Minbari Federation 50

Centauri Republic 63

Narn Regime 79

Interstellar Alliance 94

Shadows 102

Vorlons 108

Abbai Matriarchy 114

Brakiri Syndicracy 122

Drazi Freehold 132

Vree Conclomerate 141

Raiders 150

Civilian Shipping 157

Scenarios 161

Campaigns 186

The Raiders Campaign 198

Going Online

Additional Text

Bryan Steele

Editor

Chris Allen

Special Effects

Brandon Bray, David Briedis and Luciano M Trentadue,

David Charnow, Omar Chaudry, Kier Darby, Mark Kane,

Terry Hagerty, Ingo Haverich, John Quatch, Fabio Passaro,

Todd Pederzani, Chris Sapiano, Michael Stetson,

Danilo Moretti

Producer

Alexander Fennell

Miniature Gaming Manager

Ian Barstow

Key Grips

Ron Bedison, Sarah Quinnell

Extras

Jez Fairclough, Andrew Graham, Greg Smith,

Dustin T. Ballard, Paul Davies, Edward Miller, Joey Vargas,

Peter Perry, Wulf Corbett, Duncan Webster

Special Thanks

J. Michael Straczynski, Fiona Avery, Isabelle Richard,

Skye Herzog

Catalogue

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equipment, setting and historic events, episode descriptions, any

and all stories, storylines, locations, plots, thematic elements,

documents within the Babylon 5 world, quotes from character or

episodes, all artwork, symbols, designs, depictions, illustrations,

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graphic designs; any other unspeciﬁ ed incarnations of Babylon

5 creative property, including elements either derived or inferred

from the Babylon 5 setting; and website support materials and

all future incarnations, online community donations and all free

game support items

Inc.

BABYLON 5, characters, names and all related

indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros

Entertainment Inc.

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INTRODUCTION

Since its release in the summer

of 2004, the basic box set of A Call

to Arms has grown, developed and

gained a large number of devoted

fans. With the help of the online

community on the Mongoose web site

forums, we have introduced new ships,

rules and scenarios which were either

released for free download on our web

site or published in the three Rules

Supplements. We have also ﬁ nally

released miniatures for all the ships

in the game, bringing an entirely new

dimension to the tabletop.

game. This updates the ﬁ rst printing of

the basic box set and the changes here

have already been incorporated into the

second and subsequent printings of the

box. You can identify which box set

you have immediately by looking on

the top near the bar code. If there is a

label there stating which printing it is,

you have one of the updated box sets.

If you just see the price and bar code,

you have the ﬁ rst printing. Worry not

though, as by using this book, you will

have access to the very latest version of

A Call to Arms .

the way you play each race. These ﬂ eet

lists completely replace those in Book

Two of the basic box set and should be

used from now on.

Part Three provides you with a veritable

ﬂ eet’s worth of scenarios, both ‘general’

and historical, based on actual events

in the Babylon 5 universe. Though I

suspect that most players use campaigns

for extended sessions of A Call to Arms ,

these scenarios will give you new things

to try out in your games and extend

your tactical capabilities.

Sky Full of Stars is the culmination

of all this work and has been heavily

inﬂ uenced by the fans of A Call to Arms .

All the rules tweaks and additions you

read here, all the revised ships in the

advanced ﬂ eet lists and all the scenarios

have been shaped by the comments

made by the online community, after

they had the chance to playtest each

one, making A Call to Arms the most

extensively playtested game released by

Mongoose Publishing thus far.

Part One of Sky Full of Stars also

introduces new advanced rules that will

expand your games in many different

directions. While each adds a degree

of complexity to the game, none are

essential – that is, none are required

for every game you play. Instead, you

will have the option of bringing these

rules into your games as and when they

are required. For example, not every

game you play will feature a planetary

assault but the rules are there when

your Centauri need to give that Narn

world a good pounding. At the same

time, not every game will feature ﬂ eet

carriers but the rules are there, ready

and waiting, whenever you make that

choice on your ﬂ eet list. The aim of

these rules is to expand A Call to Arms

in new directions and make it a much

more comprehensive ﬂ eet battle game.

Additionally, Part Three introduces a

new set of advanced campaign rules

to your games. Campaigns in A Call

to Arms have proven very popular and

seem to be the ‘default’ way of playing

in clubs and among friends. These new

rules provide a great deal more depth

compared to those presented in Book

One of the basic box set but will not

take much longer to play through – as

always, simplicity is a hallmark of A

Call to Arms .

This book also sets the scene for future

developments of the game. Future

supplements will bring new ﬂ eets into

the game (such as the Drakh and Dilgar,

both supported by new miniatures)

and add new scenarios for you to

practise your tactics, while others will

look at speciﬁ c conﬂ icts in the Babylon

5 universe, such as the Earth/Minbari

War.

Throughout Sky Full of Stars , we have

also included various bits and pieces

designed to enhance the way you play

the game and appreciate the setting

behind Babylon 5. You will ﬁ nd

background pieces on various battles,

technologies and characters, as well as

painting guides and the odd tactical

hint.

Part Two takes the lion’s share of pages

in Sky Full of Stars , providing advanced

ﬂ eet lists for every race in the game. You

will ﬁ nd new and revised ships as well

as all new ﬂ eet rules that will change

Sky Full of Stars takes your games of

A Call to Arms to the next level and

sets the scene for some truly awesome

conﬂ icts in the galaxy.

Part One of Sky Full of Stars covers

numerous rules tweaks and changes that

have been suggested by the fans of the

RULES & UPDATES

The following rules are

changes and updates to the ﬁ rst printing

of A Call to Arms (see the Introduction

for details on identifying which printing

of the game you currently own). All

subsequent printings of A Call to Arms

already have these changes integrated

into their rules sets.

Vital Systems Critical Hits

Replace the table for resolving Critical Hits to Vital Systems with the one below.

1d6 Area Damage Crew Effect

1 Bridge Hit +0 +1 No Special Actions permitted

2 Engineering +4 +3 Do Damage Control permitted

3 Weapons Control +4 +4 No ﬁ ring out of one random arc

4 Secondary Explosions +1d6 +1d6 —

5 Reactor Implosion +2d6 +4d6 —

6 Catastrophic Explosion +4d6 +2d6 —

All changes here are to be considered

‘ofﬁ cial’ and should be used in

preference to those presented in the

ﬁ rst printing of the game.

Resolving Random Fire Arcs

Two Critical Hits (on the Weapons and Vital Systems tables) will stop a ship from

ﬁ ring out of one random arc. Up to now, we have left this to players to resolve

from themselves but we have been using a system here in our ofﬁ ce campaigns that

is quick to use and can quickly end any disputes.

Attack Phase

The following changes are made to the

Attack Phase, detailed on pages 8–10

in Book One.

When your ship suffers from one of these critical hits, simply consult your ship’s

entry in the ﬂ eet lists. From the top of the weapon descriptions, count down all

the unique ﬁ re arcs (Turret and Boresight arcs count for this!). The Earth Alliance

Olympus is a good example – reading from top to bottom it has Turret, Fore, Port

and Starboard arcs. Roll one dice and count downwards for every unique arc. For

example, in the case of the Olympus, a roll of 1 would result in the Turret arc being

knocked out, a 2 the Fore weapons, a 3 the Port weapons and a 4 the Starboard

weapons. Rolls of 5 or 6 should be re-rolled.

Attack Dice

For every successful hit on a target, roll

1d6 on the following table.

1d6 Effect

1 Bulkhead Hit: No damage.

2–5 Solid Hit: –1 Damage, –1

Crew to target ship

6 Critical Hit: As Solid Hit but

also roll on the Critical Hit

Location table.

Ships such as the Hyperion are even easier to work out – if you look carefully, you

will see that it has six possible ﬁ re arcs, meaning that you will not have to roll dice

again if you roll too high.

Note that some ships (notably those of the Drazi) have just one ﬁ re arc and so

will lose all weapons on these Critical Hits – this is an intentional and built in

weakness!

This replaces the 2d6 table for resolving

damage.

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