New Fighters

New Rules

with ideas for all new fighter designs

Early Years Fighters: Rules and Table below and SSD (GIF format)

Armed shuttles with malfunctions and no drone control, by Art Braun (aka NeghVar)

Native Lyran Fighters: Rules and Table below and SSD (GIF format)

Disruptor-armed fighters by Art Braun (aka NeghVar)

Native Gorn Heavy Fighters: Rules and Table below and SSD (GIF format)

Non-Federation-based Gorn fighters by John Kim

Federation Stealth Fighters: Rules and Table below and SSD (GIF format)

by Art Braun (aka NeghVar)

Advanced Romulan Fighters: Rules and SSD (GIF format)

by Alex Fulton <AFulton@mrisystem.com>

Federation X-Fighters: Rules and SSD (GIF format)

Advanced Fighters with interceptor-style FH/RH shields, by Art Braun (aka NeghVar)

John Gale's New Fighter Page (site down)

Art Braun (aka NeghVar)'s New Fighter Page

FIGHTER RAIL TYPES:

• Small: type-VI drone or RALAD only
• Normal: type-I or type-VI drone, RALAD, or pod.
• Special: type-III (including MW), type-I, or type-VI drone, RALAD, or pod
• Heavy: any single drone including type-IV and type-III-XX
• Pair: this is two rails (normal or special) which can be combined to carry a type-IV or type-II-XX drone
• Internal Bay:

  1/2: type-VI drones

  1: type-I drone, pod, or type-III drone

  2: type-IV or type-III-XX drone, or T-bomb

  Cargo: RALAD's or other items can be carried as cargo but not fired

• X-rail: This is a multi-space rail listed with a number (like `1.5' or `2'), carried only by X-fighters. It can hold any combination of drones up to this number of space. RALAD's count as a half-space, type-III drones count as one-space. In fighter tables this is listed as `1.5X' or `2X', for example.

High-speed Fighters may have base speeds of greater than 15. In this case, warp booster packs raise their speed to a maximum of 30 rather than doubling it.

Discretionary Power (DISC): for fighters is similar to reserve power used by ships, and can be used at any time during the turn. It is abbreviated ``DISC''. One point of discretionary power can block one point damage, or can act as one point of negative tractor power, or can add one point of EW. A fighter is limited to 6 combined ECM/ECCM, but discretionary power can override its built-in EW points (say to allow it 6 ECCM and no ECM).

Fighter-Bombers: are three-space heavy shuttles. By default, they can launch up to 4 drones per turn, and have two discretionary power (abbreviated as 2 DISC). Typical stats are: Speed 18-24, Damage Points 18-24, Phasers: 2xPh-G, Weapons: 4xPHOT, BPV 24-28.

Bombers: are four-space heavy shuttles. By default, they can launch up to 6 drones per turn and have 4 points of discretionary power (4 DISC). Typical stats are: Speed 10-15, Damage Points 26-30, BPV 32-36.

NOTE: Fighter-bombers and Bombers were introduced as new simulator units in Star Fleet Times #14, based on a proposal by John Hall.

X-fighter Shields: The Forward Shield protects the FH arc and the Rear Shield protects the RH arc (like Interceptors and PA Panels). Damage against a fighter with Warp Booster Packs is not doubled until the protecting shield is destroyed. Any points penetrating the shield are doubled.

Early Years fighters do not control their own drones. All "EY" Fighter launched drones must be controlled by "Friendly" ships. This rule is general but works....the "EY" Fighters mothership can control a number of "EY" Fighter launched drones equal to its current Sensor rating, any other "Friendly" ship can control a number of "EY" fighter launched drones equal to 1/2 of its current sensor rating.

When an ``EY'' Fighter performs any action; firing a Phaser, launching a Drone, deplaying a Chaff Pack, or launching a Torpedo, it must roll 1 die and consult the following chart:

1-5	System functions normally
6	System malfunctions: roll an additional 1d6 to determine the number of impulses before the system may be attempted to be used again.

Race	Fighter	Spd	Phaser	Drones	Special	Damage	DFR
Fed	F-3 ``Demon''	8	1xPh-3-FA	2xI		7	1
Fed	A-4 ``Skyhawk''	6	-	4xI		8	1
Klingon	Z-0	8	1xPh-3-FA	2xI		6	1
Klingon	Z-00	6	1xPh-3-FA	4xI		8	1
Romulan	G-0	6	1xPh-3-FA	1xPl-F		6	1
Gorn	G-0	6	1xPh-3-FA	1xPl-F		8	1
Kzinti	YAS	8	1xPh-3-FA	2xI		6	1
Hydran	Stinger-0	8	1xPh-3-FA		2xNova	6	1
Paravian	P-0	6	1xPh-3-FA	1xQWT		7	1
Paravian	P-1	12	1xPh-2-FA,1xPh-3-RX	2xQWT		11	2

These are fighters built by the Lyrans themselves, which are armed primarily with disruptors rather than drones. The L-O is an ``Early Years'' fighter, subject to the malfunction rules above and lacking drone control.

Race	Fighter	Spd	Phaser	Drones	Special	Damage	DFR
Lyran	L-0	6	1xPh-3-FA	2xI	Early Years	6	1
Lyran	L-1	10	1xPh-3-FA	2xI	1xDisr	8	1
Lyran	L-2	15	1xPh-3-FA	2xI, 2xVI	2xDisr	12	0
Lyran	L-3	10	1xPh-2-FA, 1xPh-3-RX	4xI	4xDisr, 2xEW	15	2

• The R-8 Iguana was an early attempt at a superiority fighter. This was the first heavy fighter fielded, and was only slightly superior to light fighters. While it was generally viewed as less effective than the two Federation fighters it replaced, fielding it was neccessary to train native Gorn pilots and crew.

• R-9 Iguanadon was the improved higher-speed version of the Iguana. It sacrificed some durability for higher speed and short-range phaser power.

• R-10 Reptilian was a heavy combat fighter, designed for all-out toughness. Its design goal was to be able to survive a short-range plasma-F hit by durable construction and phaser power. On average, it will (if it can fire all its phasers at range-1, that is).

• R-13 Chameleon was a cloakhunting fighter, able to lay a T-bomb in addition to its normal heavy armament. This quickly became the standard heavy combat fighter.

These are advanced but not X-technology fighters. They use all the normal fighter rules.

The stealth bonus they have is in addition to the normal fighter EW bonuses. All of these have internal bays similar to that carried by the F-111. See the rules above for details.

Race	Fighter	Spd	Phaser	Drones	Special	Damage	DFR
Fed	XST ``Have Blue''	15	1xPh-G-FX	2xVI	Stealth:+2ECM, 4xADD, 1xEW, 2xBay	11	2
Fed	F-117 Nighthawk	15	1xPh-G-FX	4xVI,2xI	Stealth:+2ECM, 6xADD, 1xEW, 2xBay	12	3
Fed	A-117X	15	1xPh-G-FX	4xVI,2xI,2xIII	Stealth:+2ECM, 6xADD, 2xEW, 2xBay	13	1

These are advanced but not X-technology fighters. They use all the normal fighter rules.

• R4.F? GLADIATOR SUPER SUPERIORITY FIGHTER: The G-SSF was another result of the Federation-Romulan Treaty that resulted in the Federation being given data on the Klingons. The Federation, as a token of their appreciation, gave the Romulans some Ph-Gs, and a Federation staff was sent to Romulus to help them design a new fighter to fight the ISC. The result was similar to the F-14, using plasma instead of drones. Unfortunately, the expense of the Ph-G was too much for the Romulan economy to produce extensively, so very few of these fighters entered service (the maximum in service at one time was about one wing).

• R4.F? LEGIONNAIRE-VI: The Legionnaire-VI was a fighter-bomber design. It took up three spaces, and hence saw very limited service. Only SuperHawk-B and Condor-V carriers had them, and even then only a few. On occasion, a SparrowHawk-E was known to carry them on mech-links when PFs were hard to spare.

• R4.F? LEGIONNAIRE-SSF: To compensate for the Legionnaire-VI's extremely week self-defense capability, it needed a powerful escort. The resulting Super Superiority Fighter was only used on carriers that carried Legionnaire-VIs. It was a 1.5 size fighter, two of them taking up three shuttle spots. A typical heavy carrier would have 8 Legionnaire-SSF along with 4 Legionnaire-VIs. Starbases also used these fighters widely.

These have multi-space X-rails (as described above). Each drone rail is listed with a number indicated the spaces of drones it can hold: any combination of drone types can be fitted to the particular rail as long as they did not exceed that particular rail's space restriction. RALAD's count as half-space drones.

These X-fighters also have FH/RH shields like Interceptors. Damage against a fighter with Warp Booster Packs is not doubled until the protecting shield is destroyed. Any points penetrating the shield are doubled.

New Firing Arcs:

    XR = Extended Right = LF + RF + R + RR + LR
    XL = Extended Left  = RF + LF + L + LR + RR

Race	Fighter	Spd	Phaser	Drones	Special	Damage	DFR
Fed	XF-22	15	1xPh-1-FA,1xPh-G-RX	See sheet	Shields(6/6), Stealth:+2ECM, 6xADD, 2xEW, 2xBay	14	6
Fed	XF-23	16	1xPh-G-FX	1.5X, 2X	Shields(6/6), Stealth:+2ECM, 6xADD, 2xEW, 2xBay	15	5
Fed	XA-12	12	1xPh-G-FX	1.5X, 2X	4xPHOT, Shields(6/6), Stealth:+2ECM, 6xADD, 2xEW, 2xBay	14	2

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