The Control Your Own Faction RPG- Pt. 2: Rebirth, Official Thread

Rules: Money: Money is in credits. Start bonuses are: House- 300 credits Large Faction- 250 credits Small Faction- 200 credits All factions can build anything below, but may not research or explore. No commodities are needed this turn. Base Per Turn: House- 50 Large Faction- 40 Small Faction- 35 You get this every turn, regardless of # of stations or systems. Random Number: All battles, technologies, and explorations use a random number system. The Judge has a table of random #s between 1 and 10, and the random number chosen will decide these battles, etc. Commodities: Metals H-Fuel Food Water Oxygen Trade Agreements may be made in which one player agrees to trade commodities that they have to a player that wants them. The other player must pay the first for these commodities, or exchange for other commodities. Certain places have more commodities than others, which encourages trade. The amount of commodities that you can trade is based on how many transports you want to devote to that trade agreement. Each transport goes one way during your turn, selling the goods, and then returns in-between turns. Faction Classes: Each faction is given a class. Depending on the class or house, the faction´s ships will be different. There are several different things that outline the ship abilities for a faction: Fighter Attack- how well this ship attacks against other fighters. (FA) Capital Ship Attack- how well this ship attacks capital ships. (CA) Fighter Defense- how well this ship defends against attacks by fighters. (FD) Capital Ship Defense- how well this defends against attacks by capital ships.(CD The Classes: House Corporation Revolutionary Pirate Smuggler Battles: The judge decides the battles based on the random number system. The judge uses a board with 40 squares on it, placed in 10x4 fashion. One half is the attacker´s side, the other is the defender´s. Each side is labeled with the numbers 1-10. The judge places markers on the board for the attacker and defender´s capital ships and fighters, in the slots corresponding to each ship´s attack/defense rating, depending on the type of fleet that they are fighting. If they are fighting a fleet with ANY capital ships, then use the capital ship attack/defense rating. If the enemy force is only fighters, then the fighter attack/defense rating is used. The battle is played out, using the Axis and Allies method. In the A+A method, random numbers are chosen for each ship, and if it is equal to or less than that ship´s rating, then it scores a hit. The weakest piece used by the defender is removed. It continues, until one side has no pieces left. That side will then be declared the winner. Retreating from a Battle- Once a battle has been declared by the attacker, then no more forces may be moved in or out of the system in which the battle is occuring. The attacker may choose to retreat for one real-time day after the battle has been declared. *This rule only effective after 11/17/04* Attacking a Station- The revolutionary bombers and all faction´s battleships are the only units that can attack stations. The defending station gets a 4 or lower shot at every bomber, or a 2 or lower shot at each battleship, and then the bombers or battleships are able to use their CA value to attack. If a hit is scored, then the station is destroyed. If not, then the process is repeated until either the station is destroyed, or the bombers or battleships are all dead. How to Self-Destruct a Base- If you control a Small Station, Large Station, or Shipyard, and for whatever reason want to get rid of it, you may cause it to self-destruct. You lose all ships on the station when you do so. Planets cannot self-destruct, for obvious reasons. Exploration- Factions have an opportunity to explore other systems. A faction can send an explore party out, and it can explore deep space for a system. Outcomes are: If the random # is 10-8, then the team is lost, and never heard from again. If it is 7-5, then the team returns without finding a system. You get 1 wing of LF. If it is 4-3, then the team discovers a system with no planets that can be terraformed. If it is a 2, then the team discovers a system with one planet, suitable for terraforming. If it is a 1, then the team finds a system with one planet suitable for life, and another suitable for terraforming. Research- Factions can research a few things. VHF- factions that do not already have a VHF can research one. #1-4-success, #5-10, failure. Ship Bonuses- factions can increase one of the ratings of one of their ships. A maximum of five can be done, and 9 is the highest the rating can get. #1-5 success, #6-10 failure. Piracy- If you are a pirate or revolutionary faction, then you may choose to use some of your units to attempt to steal commodities travelling through a system that you have units in. A random # is chosen, and if it is a 2 or lower, then all the commodities being shipped are turned over to the pirates. If not, then the pirates return, and the convoy continues. This may only be done once per system for every pirate faction. Bases Per System- The total number of bases in your system is multiplied to your commodity income for that system. That then determines how many commodities you get. Turns- 1. Place Units- Units may be placed from last turn. 2. Purchase Units- Units may be bought and paid for, but not placed. 3. Alliance/Trade Agreement- Players may offer each other alliances or trade agreements. 4. Move Units/Declare Battles- You may move any of your units up to three systems. (Five if connected by trade lanes.) However, you must not be hostile to any of the factions that own these systems. 5. Calculate Your New Income. Starting Ships- Every faction start out with ships. 5 LF wings for every Small Station they own 10 LF wings for every Large Station owned 20 LF wings for every Planet owned 1 Battleship for every In-game Battleship (Note- the battleship is now a unit, not a base, but can carry up to 10 of any type of fighter) 10 HF for every In-game Battleship (Crete and Malta each get an additional 10 VHF) Other Rules: No Stories- Please don´t write stories about you main character, or events, etc. It clutters the thread and takes people too long to read. Please summerize everything. Only Freelancer Factions- Only the EXISTING factions from the game, Freelancer, may be used here. No new factions may be created and/or used by a player. NO EXCEPTIONS! Absent- If you are absent from the RPG for a day or two, you have a few choices: A- Leave it as it is, and sacrifice your turns. You may add money and commodiites when you get back, but no purchases or movement/battles. B- Turn it over to a friend or ally. C- Turn it over to myself, ww2jacob, with directions, and I will follow your instruction to the best of my ability. Since I am completally neutral, this could be your best choice for long-term absences. Edited by - ww2jacob on 11/17/2004 5:39:48 PM

Strengths and Weaknesses Table: House- Liberty LF- 2 FA, 2 CA, 2 FD, 2 CD Liberty HF- 3 FA, 3 CA, 3 FD, 3 CD Liberty VHF*- 4 FA, 4 CA, 4 FD, 4 CD Liberty Gunboat- 6 FA, 2 CA, 6 FD, 2 CD Liberty Cruiser- 5 FA, 6 CA, 5 FD, 5 CD Liberty Dreadnought- 6 FA, 7 CA, 7 FD, 7 CD Liberty Battleship- 7 FA, 8 CA, 7 FD, 8 CD Bretonia LF- 2 FA, 1 CA, 3 FD, 2 CD Bretonia HF- 3 FA, 2 CA, 4 FD, 2 CD Bretonia VHF*- 4 FA, 3 CA, 5 FD, 3 CD Bretonia Gunboat- 5 FA, 2 CA, 7 FD, 2 CD Bretonia Cruiser- 6 FA, 5 CA, 5 FD, 5 CD Bretonia Destroyer- 7 FA, 6 CA, 7 FD, 7 CD Bretonia Battleship- 8 FA, 7 CA, 7 FD, 8 CD Kusari LF- 3 FA, 2 CA, 2 FD, 1 CD Kusari HF- 4 FA, 3 CA, 3 FD, 2 CD Kusari VHF*- 5 FA, 3 CA, 4 FD, 3 CD Kusari Gunboat- 7 FA, 1 CA, 6 FD, 2 CD Kusari Cruiser- 6 FA, 5 CA, 5 FD, 5 CD Kusari Destroyer- 8 FA, 6 CA, 8 FD, 6 CD Kusari Battleship- 8 FA, 7 CA, 8 FD, 7 CD Rheinland LF- 2 FA, 3 CA, 1 FD, 2 CD Rheinland HF- 3 FA, 4 CA, 2 FD, 3 CD Rheinland VHF*- 4 FA, 5 CA, 3 FD, 3 CD Rheinland Gunboat- 5 FA, 3 CA, 5 FD, 2 CD Rheinland Cruiser- 5 FA, 6 CA, 5 FD, 5 CD Rheinland Heavy Cruiser- 6 FA, 8 CA, 5 FD, 7 CD Rheinland Battleship- 6 FA, 9 CA, 6 FD, 8 CD *-If researched Corporation- Get 5 credits off the price of all freighters/transports. LF- 1 FA, 1 CA, 4 FD, 2 CD HF- 2 FA, 2 CA, 5 FD, 3 CD VHF*- 3 FA, 3 CA, 6 FD, 4 CD Gunboat- 4 FA, 2 CA, 8 FD, 4 CD Corporations cannot purchase any other capital ships. Pirate- (Rogues, Hackers, etc.) LF- 4 FA, 2 CA, 2 FD, 1 CD HF- 5 FA, 3 CA, 3 FD, 2 CD VHF- 6 FA, 4 CA, 4 FD, 3 CD Pirates can buy the house capital ship that they are closest to. IE- Rogues-Liberty, Corsairs-Bretonia, etc. Revolutionary- (Unioners, Blood Dragons, Bundschu, etc.) LF- 2 FA, 4 CA, 2 FD, 2 CD HF- 3 FA, 5 CA, 3 FD, 4 CD VHF*- 4 FA, 6 CA, 4 FD, 5 CD Bomber**- 1 FA, 7 CA, 2 FD, 6 CD Revolutionaries can buy gunboats or cruisers of the house that they are closest to. **- Bomber is a unique unit only available to revolutionary forces. Smuggler- (Junkers, Hogosha) 5 credits off the price of all research and exploration attempts. LF- 2 FA, 2 CA, 2 FD, 2 CD HF- 3 FA, 3 CA, 3 FD, 3 CD VHF*- 4 FA, 4 CA, 4 FD, 4 CD CSV**- 2 FA, 1 CA, 3 FD, 1 CD *- If researched **- CSV is a unique unit only available to smugglers Buyable Items: Prices: Fighters- LF wing*- 5 credits/ 2 Metals/1 HF/1 O HF wing*- 10 credits/3 Metals/2HF/ 1 O VHF wing**- 20 credits/5 Metals/3HF/1 O Bomber wing***- 15 credits/3 metals/2 HF/1 O *- A wing is four ships **- VHFs are only available to the Outcasts, Corsairs, and Zoners at the start of the game. Other factions may attempt to research them if they want. ***- Bomber is a unique unit only available to revolutionaries Capital Ships- Gunboat- 25 credits/7 Metals/10 HF/3 O/1 F Cruiser- 50 credits/10 Metals/15 HF/5 O/2 F Heavy Cruiser/Dreadnought/Destroyer- 100 credits/15 Metals/20 HF/7 O/4 F Battleship- 150 credits/25 Metals/30 HF/10 O/7 F *Note*- Battleships take TWO hits to destroy Bases- Small Station- 50 credits/20 Metals/2 HF/10 F/10 O/3 H2O (generate 5 credits per turn) Large Station- 100 credits/35 Metals/5 HF/25 F/15 O/5 H2O (generate 10 credits per turn) Fighter Shipyard- 100 credits/35 Metals/7 HF/25 F/15 O/5 H2O (able to build 10 fighter wings here per turn) Capital Ship Shipyard- 200 credits/40 Metals/10 HF/20 F/10 O/4 H2O (able to build 2 battleships, 4 cruisers, OR 8 gunboats here per turn) Terraform Planet- 300 credits/40 O/40 H2O (Makes a non-gas planet habitable) Freighters- Freighter- 10 credits/3 Metals/2 HF/1 O (able to carry 1 commodity) Transport- 20 credits/5 Metals/3 HF /2 O (able to carry 3 commodities) Large Transport- 30 credits/7 Metals/5 HF/3 O (able to carry 5 commodities) Train- 50 credits/10 Metals/6 HF/4 O (able to carry 10 commodities) CSV*- 10 credits/2 Metals/ 2 HF/1 O (able to carry 1 commodity) *-CSV is a unique unit only available to smugglers Other- Explore Party- 30 credits (Searches for new systems in deep space) Technology Research- 30 credits (Attempts to develop a new technology)

Commodities in Systems: New York- 5 Metals, 4 Food Texas- 5 Metals, 3 Food, 3 Oxygen California- 8 Water, 5 Food Colorado- 12 Metals, 4 Food, 6 H-Fuel Alaska- 5 H-Fuel, 3 Oxygen New London- 3 Food, 4 Metals Leeds- 6 Metals, 7 H-Fuel, 2 Food Manchester- 4 Metals, 5 Water, 3 Oxygen Edinburgh- 4 Metals, 4 Water, 2 Food Dublin- 16 Metals, 3 Oxygen Cambridge- 10 Food, 5 Water, 6 H-Fuel, 7 Oxygen New Tokyo- 4 Food, 6 Water Honshu- 5 Water, 8 Food, 5 H-Fuel, 3 Oxygen Kyushu- 5 Food, 5 Metals, 2 Oxygen, 2 H-Fuel Shikoku- 7 Food, 9 Water, 1 Oxygen, 6 H-Fuel Hokkaido- 10 Metals, 6 H-Fuel New Berlin- 4 Food, 7 Metals, 4 H-Fuel, 3 Oxygen Frankfurt- 5 Metals, 5 Water Stuttgart- 6 Food, 5 Oxygen Dresden- 7 Metals, 3 Oxygen Hamburg- 6 Food, 8 H-Fuel, 3 Water Sigma-13- 4 Metals, 20 H-Fuel Sigma-17- 6 Water, 4 Metals, 4 Oxygen Sigma-19- 18 H-Fuel, 6 Metals, 3 Oxygen Omega-3- 8 Water, 5 Metals, 4 H-Fuel Omega-5- 6 Metals, 3 Oxygen, 5 H-Fuel Omega-7- 3 Oxygen, 8 Metals, 3 Water, 3 H-Fuel Omega-11- 2 Water, 10 Metals, 5 H-Fuel Omega-41- 2 Water, 5 Metals, 3 H-Fuel Omicron Alpha- 8 Metals, 6 Water, 4 Oxygen, 4 Food, 3 H-Fuel Omicron Beta- 6 Metals, 4 Food, 8 H-Fuel Omicron Gamma- 9 Metals, 7 Food, 5 H-Fuel, 5 Oxygen Omicron Theta- 8 Food, 9 Oxygen Tau-23- 8 Metals, 6 H-Fuel Tau-29- 4 Oxygen, 6 Metals, 7 H-Fuel Tau-31- 5 Water, 4 Oxygen, 5 H-Fuel Tau-37- 5 Metals, 8 H-Fuel Kepler- 3 Water, 5 Oxygen Galileo- 3 Water, 5 Metals Magellan- 6 H-Fuel, 5 Oxygen Bering- 3 Metals, 3 Oxygen Hudson- 3 Oxygen, 3 Water Cortez- 8 Food, 4 Water

Make sure you read the rules! Thanks! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> ww2jacob, CYOF Judge Edited by - ww2jacob on 11/4/2004 2:12:56 PM

Also, <A href=´http://www.freewebs.com/flcodename/RPG%20Calculator.xls´ Target=_Blank>here.</a> is the updated calculator by Codename. Use it to calculate your daily resources. Any questions can be posted on the OOC thread, or e-mailed to me. Alternativly, my MSN is ww2jacob@hotmail.com. If you want a good map of Sirius, then get <A href=´http://www.lancersreactor.org/t/download/download.asp?id=872´ Target=_Blank>FL Datastorm!</a> It is an interactive map, that includes all systems, wrecks, bases, equipment, ships, commodities, and mod info. Very helpful if you want to know where your bases are. Also, the calculator link is the newest version, linked by Codename below. Have fun! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Edited by - ww2jacob on 11/4/2004 3:17:52 PM

Richardson, may I quote our newest rule. <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>Only Freelancer Factions- Only the EXISTING factions from the game, Freelancer, may be used here. No new factions may be created and/or used by a player. NO EXCEPTIONS! <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2>

Well, since your previous faction is now breaking the rules, you will not be allowed to use it. Do you have to complicate things?

Yeah, but of WHAT resources? There are 5, so should I just post one particular resource per system?

Of the five choices, corporation would be the one, IMO. <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>