The Border Patrol Campaign System

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The Border Patrol materials have 3 basic components: rules , annexes , and forms .

In the finest StarFleet Battles tradition, there is also an Errata file.

Cover Page
Credits
Table of Contents
Table of Tables
Section 0 - Introduction (Lays out the basics of Border Patrol - Teams, races, starting out, etc .)
Section 1 - Sequence of Play (Similar to SFB's Annex #2, this describes the order in which things happen)
Section 2 - Supply System (How are Teams supplied, and what happens when they are not?)
Section 3 - Economics (How do Teams gain money to spend and what can their enemies do about it?)
Section 4 - Production (How do Teams build, equip, refit, scrap, mothball, re-activate and press into service ships?)
Section 5 - Bombardment (Economic warfare - hurt your enemy economically without actually killing them)
Section 6 - Terrain (Random Terrain table for combat)
Section 7 - The B-10 (The Coalition can build a B-10 - but do they really want to?)
Section 8 - Operational Movement (Getting from point A to point B on the Strategic Map)
Section 9 - Zones of Control (How far sensors and scanners reach and what happens when a unit is damaged)
Section 10 - Team Influence (A guide to "pulling strings" with your command structure)
Section 11 - Not Used (Future Expansion)
Section 12 - Not Used (Future Expansion)
Section 13 - Tactical Combat Interface (The BIGGIE - How to get from the Strategic game level to tactical combat - SFB - and back again; includes determining Weapon Status, unit placement, initial speed, opening distance, disengagement/retreat, rules of engagement, and sub-light evasion)
Section 14 - Victory Conditions (Determining who won a battle)
Section 15 - Rank Points (Based on Victory, determining who gains/loses how many Rank Points)
Section 16 - Incidental Units (The units that are always found around bases, star-systems, convoys and FRDs)
Section 17 - Officers (Used in place of SFB's Legendary Officer rules [G22.0])
Section 18 - Crew Quality (Describes how to determine and affect quality of ship's crews)
Section 19 - The Orion Pirates (The Orion Pirate's special rules section - all Teams should read it)

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Annex V-A - Refit Availability Chart (What refits are available to who and when?)
Annex V-B - Orion Option Availability Chart (The choices for Orion Pirate option mounts and when they become available)
Annex V-C - Starting Unit Availability Chart (Which units are available to the Teams at the start of the game - listed by race)
Annex V-D - Officer Combat BPVs (The BPV-equivalent of a given Rating Officer on a given unit)

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The forms are used to keep track of the goings and comings in Border Patrol. Forms are provided to track finances, ships, Teams, and star-systems.


After-Action Report Form (Who did what to who when and how)
Alliance Financial Report (What money does the Alliance have and where is it going?)
Coalition Financial Report (What money does the Coalition have and where is it going?)
Orion Financial Report (How much money do the Orions have and how close are they to winning?)
Standard Orion Pirate Bribe Form (This is how you bribe them)
Player Roster (Kept for each team - list all players and their ships)
Strategic Star Map (In distance-vector form, won't make a lot of sense until you see the Strategic Map)
Master Ship Tracking Chart (Lists basic information about all ships in play)
Individual Ship Tracking Form (Tracks specific information about a ship - one kept for every ship)
Master Star-System Tracking Chart (Lists basic information about all star-systems on the Strategic Map)
Individual Star-System Tracking Form (Tracks specific information about a star-system - one kept for each star-system)

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