Border Patrol
A StarFleet Battles™ Campaign
2013 Border Patrol Campaign Tournament
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Updated to v4.9 in October of 2009, the Border Patrol materials have 4 basic components:
Rules
Read the Introductory Guide First!
The rules are the core of Border Patrol. There are 25 total files, including the cover page, credits, table of contents, table of tables, and the actual rules files.
- 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 - Bases (Building, dismantling, upgrading and capturing Starbases, Battle Stations, Base Stations, Mobile Bases and FRDs)
- Section 12 - Fighters and PFs (Special rules concerning Fighters and PFs at the Strategic level of play)
- 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 the Strategic consequences of sub-light evasion)
- Section 14 - Victory and Rank (Winning - or losing - battles and gaining - or losing - Rank... this is how it works)
- Section 15 - Auxiliary Units (Ships that players can buy as picket units, to support raids, lay mines or guard convoys)
- Section 16 - Incidental Units (Military and civilian units that are always found around Bases, Star Systems, Supply 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 the quality of ship's crews - portions replace SFB's Crew rules [G21.1 and G21.2])
- Section 19 - The Orion Pirates (The Orion Pirate's special rules section - all Teams should read it)
- Section 20 - Campaign Notes (Notes from the Campaign Designer - Includes Optional Rules for expansion)
In the finest StarFleet Battles™ tradition, there is also an Errata (for v4.9) file.
In total, the entire set of Border Patrol materials (including the cover page, credits, Annexes, etc.) is about 250 printed pages, although the core rules are less than 100.
Annexes
The Annexes are generally tables of information for reference. There are eight Annexes.
- 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 - Work in progress)
- Annex V-E - Allowed Commander's Options for Starting Units (Specifies which SFB Commander's Options are permitted for Starting Units)
- Annex V-F - Base Augmentation Modules and Pods (Spells out the Augmentation Modules and Pods that may be attached to Bases and FRDs)
- Annex V-G - Star System Fortifications (Details standard Defensive Packages that must be purchased to develop and defend Star Systems)
- Annex V-I is skipped to avoid confusing I with 1 or l
- Annex V-H - Available Auxiliary Units (The specific Auxiliary Units Teams may purchase for roles defined in Section 15)
- Annex V-J - Civilian Incidental Units (Non-military Incidental Units defined in Section 16)
- Annex V-K - Colony Populations (Civilian Populations inhabiting colonies in the Neutral Zone)
Reference Materials
Reference materials are not part of the formal campaign rules. They include helpful tables, maps and notes. Updated for v4.9.
- Strategic Map (The Strategic-level Map of the Border Patrol Sector - not completely to scale, but good enough for planning)
- GameMaster Notes: Notes Concerning the Strategic Map
- GameMaster Notes: Auxiliary Units - Fleet Support
- GameMaster Notes: Impact of Incidental Units
- GameMaster Notes: Crew and Rank Points - A Practical Example
- GameMaster Notes: Suggested Starting Units
- GameMaster Notes: Colony Population Profiles
- GameMaster Notes: Campaign Development History
- GameMaster Notes: Random Events (forthcoming)
- Pre-calculated Strategic Movement Allowances for select Federation ships
- Pre-calculated Strategic Movement Allowances for select Klingon ships
- Pre-calculated Strategic Movement Allowances for select Romulan ships
- Pre-calculated Strategic Movement Allowances for select Orion ships
- Pre-calculated Strategic Movement Allowances for select Kzinti ships
- Pre-calculated Strategic Movement Allowances for select Gorn ships
- Pre-calculated Strategic Movement Allowances for select Hydran ships
- Pre-calculated Strategic Movement Allowances for select Lyran ships
- Pre-calculated Strategic Movement Allowances for select General Units
Forms
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. Note that these did not change from v4.5 to v4.7.
- 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)
- 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)
