Tournament Update History

1988 Tournament Cruisers versus 1998
Federation:	(as current)
Klingon D-7CT:	(no ADD and no special drone pts)
Romulan TFH:	(as current)
Kzinti TCC:	(as current)
Tholian T-NCA:	(Neo-Tholian -- as current but no web fist option)
Orion T-BR:	(no LS/RS PH-3's, allowed 2 PH-G's)
Hydran TLM:	(no PH-1-360)
Andromedan Krait:	(no Cargo, Lab, or Aux)
Lyran TCC:	(no UIM)
WYN AxBC:	(had two option packages, no local requirement)
ISC TC:	(only four LS/RS PH-3's instead of six)

Since then new TC's were introduced and these tournament cruisers were slowly changed to reflect the current pattern of wins in the tournament. In general, the overall win/loss record of a ship in some set of sanctioned tournaments was looked at, and if it was much less than 50% then it was upgraded. If it was much larger then it was restricted. A history of the updates follows:

1991: Tournament Book

The TC's were all updated to the Captain's (i.e. Doomsday) edition at this time. A short 16-page ``Tournament Book'' was released outlining the changes (the predecessor to Module T).

Klingon: Added ADD and 2 drone points.
Andro Updated PA rules. Added 4 Cargo, 2 Lab, 2 Aux.
WYN AxBC: Removed the option package choice.

Early 1993: Module T

This is when the full 64-page module was introduced, with four new TC's plus advice on running a tournament, alternate (non-sanctioned) tourney formats, plus F&E and PD tournament material. It also introduced a two changes:

Andro: Added PA mine option.
WYN AxBC: Required 1 `local' weapon

New Tournament Cruisers:

Romulan TKE:	(5 armor, no LS/RS PH-3's)
Romulan TKR:	(only 2 APR and no wing PH-3's)
Archeo-Tholian:	(as current except 4-6 breakdown)
LDR `Red Tiger'	(as current Lyran Tiger, but trades 4xPH-1+2xPH-3 for two LS/RS PH-G's)

Clearly the Red Tiger was not a very popular choice!

1993: Captain's Log #15

This added three more new TC's for playtesting. These were allowed in sanctioned tournaments only for 1994, and fully approved as of 1 January 1995. It also introduced a short-lived special case rule:

Orion: Introduced a special phaser damage rule, which was quickly abolished in favor of limiting the Orion to one PH-G

New Tournament Cruisers:

WYN Black Shark:	(as current except no drone pts)
LDR `Red Jaguar'	(as current but only 4 APR)
Seltorian:	(as current but only 30 warp)

Late 1994: Captain's Log #16

Several changes were introduced to balance the new ships. The Orion phaser restriction was actually changed between Origins and GenCon of 1994, and reconfirmed here.

Rom TKE: Added 5 armor (for total 10).
A-Thol: had its breakdown changed to 5-6 (instead of 4-6).
Orion: limit of 1 PH-G confirmed, phaser damage rule abolished.
WYN Shark: Given two drone points.
LDR: The Red Jaguar had 2 APR added and replaced the Red Tiger.
Seltorian: added 2 center warp.

June 1996: Official Update

An short insert was added to all copies Module T around this time with the revised SSD's. Some additional changes were also approved.

Hydran: Given a single PH-1-360.
ISC: Given 2 PH-3's with LS/RS arcs (for total 6).
WYN AxBC: Required to have two `local' weapons instead of just one.

August 1997: Official Update

An update was issued on the official e-mailing lists and in the newsletter (SFT) announcing three changes...

Rom TKE: added 2 LS/RS PH-3's.
Rom TKR: added 2 APR and 2 wing PH-3's.
Seltorian: added 2 PH-1's with FA+L/R arcs.

November 1997: Official Update

The extra Seltorian phasers were cancelled by a general announcement, reverting to 8 PH-1's (but still 32 warp).

April 1, 1999: Official BBS Post

An official change to the Andromedan Krait was announced: deleting the PA mine option, 2 cargo, 2 AWR, and converting the other AWR to APR. This change will be required for all tournaments after June 1, 1999.

April 5, 1999: Official BBS Post

An official change to the Seltorian TCA was announced: adding one WB. This change will be required for all tournaments after June 1, 1999.

Jan 3, 2000: Official BBS Post

No official changes to the TCs, but several potential changes were announced for playtest: downgrades to the TKR, Archeo-Tholian, and WYN Shark, upgrades to the TKE, Lyran, and Neo-Tholian.

March 1, 2000: Official BBS Post

Official changes to TC's based on playtest reports of a set of potential changes posted on Jan 3, 2000. The following ships were changed:
Romulan TKR: Remove one APR from deckhouse.
Romulan TKE: Add 2 lab, 2 tran, 1 battery, 1 flag.
Neo-Tholian T-NCA: Add 2 impulse.
Archeo-Tholian TCA: Remove one battery, no changes to shields.
Lyran: Change the two phaser-3s to 360, no changes to shields.

July 18, 2000: Official Website Announcement

The tournament downloads page contains the statement "(NOTE: The Andromedan has been suspended indefinitely from all tournament play effective 18 July 2000.)"

There are a lot of conflicting opinions on the justification for these changes. I am not taking an opinion here, just presenting the facts. If you want to see how these line up, you can check out my charts shown on the Tournament Advice Page.

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