The Control Your Own Faction RPG: Part 3, The Age of War- Thread 1

CYOF 3.0 RULES Money: Money is in credits. Start bonuses are: House- 300 credits Large Faction- 250 credits Small Faction- 200 credits Base Per Turn: House- 50 Large Faction- 40 Small Faction- 35 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 **- 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- 75 credits/15 Metals/20 HF/7 O/4 F Battleship- 100 credits/25 Metals/30 HF/10 O/7 F *Note*- Battleships take TWO hits to destroy Bases- Small Station- 100 credits/20 Metals/2 HF/10 F/10 O/3 H2O (generate 10 credits per turn/enable you to build 2 fighter wings per turn) Large Station- 150 credits/35 Metals/5 HF/25 F/15 O/5 H2O (generate 20 credits per turn/enable you to build 5 fighter wings per turn) Fighter Shipyard- 150 credits/40 Metals/7 HF/25 F/15 O/5 H2O (generate 10 credits per turn/enable you to build 20 fighter wings 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 5 commodities) Transport- 20 credits/5 Metals/3 HF /2 O (able to carry 10 commodities) Large Transport- 30 credits/7 Metals/5 HF/3 O (able to carry 15 commodities) Train- 50 credits/10 Metals/6 HF/4 O (able to carry 25 commodities) CSV*- 10 credits/2 Metals/ 2 HF/1 O (able to carry 5 commodities) *-CSV is a unique unit only available to smugglers Other- Explore Party- 50 credits (Searches for new systems in deep space) *Limit of 5 per faction* Technology Research- 100 credits (Attempts to develop a new technology)

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

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) Choosing Your Ship Stats: Each faction has the ability to choose its own ship stats. Points are given on the first turn, and the faction spends them in each category as they choose. Points are given based on each faction’s class. Houses: 136 Points 8 LF 12 HF 16 VHF 18 Gunboat 20 Cruiser 28 Dreadnought 32 Battleship 2 Free Points (May be used in any ship type) - An Additional 14 points may be given to Bombers at time of research Corporations: 60 Points 8 LF 12 HF 16 VHF 20 Gunboat 4 Free Points - An Additional 14 points may be given to Bombers at time of research Pirates: 50 Points 12 LF 16 HF 20 VHF 2 Free Points - An Additional 14 points may be given to Bombers at time of research Revolutionaries: 60 Points 10 LF 14 HF 18 VHF 16 Bomber 2 Free Points Smugglers: 48 Points 8 LF 12 HF 16 VHF 8 CSV 4 Free Points - An Additional 14 points may be given to Bombers at time of research Police Forces (BHG): 70 Points 12 LF 16 HF 20 VHF 20 Gunboat - An Additional 14 points may be given to Bombers at time of research Additional Rules Regarding Ship Stats: Houses are the ONLY factions that can build capital ships larger than gunboats. Other factions must either buy capital ships from a house, or steal one from a house. (see below) Points must all be spent on the first turn. They do not carry over. Any points not used on the first turn will be lost.

The Outcasts and the Corsairs: These factions have a few paths that they may follow. Path 1- They may band together and form a house called Hispania. The leader of each of the old factions controls their same assets and forces, but the two factions are considered one house. Basically, they are locked in a very close alliance. They are allowed to build capital ship shipyards and capital ships. Their capital ship stats are: 16 Gunboat 18 Cruiser 24 Dreadnought 28 Battleship Also, they may build jumpgates in certain systems (If they control both systems): Sigma-17->Omicron Theta Omicron Theta->Omicron Gamma Omicron Theta->Omicron Alpha Omicron Alpha->Omicron Beta Omicron Gamma->Omega-41 Each set of jumpgates costs 150 credits. They take 2 turns to build, after purchase. Path 2- They may remain independent pirate factions. Each faction gets an extra 4 points for their VHFs to start. 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 occurring. The attacker may choose to retreat for one real-time day after the battle has been declared. Destroying Another Faction’s Station- The revolutionary bombers and all faction´s battleships are the only units that can destroy 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. Stealing Capital Ships: Non-house factions can steal capital ships from a house. There are two ways to do this. In-system strikes- The attacker attacks from a base in the same system as the target capital ship. Only the capital ship and the ships stationed at the same base as it are fought. Inter-system strikes- The attacker attacks from an adjacent system. The attacker must fight all the house’s ships in the system in order to take the capital ship. In a strike, the attacker moves his force to attack the capital ship. Battle is fought until the capital ship is the only ship left defending, or the attackers are eliminated. A number is then chosen. If it is 7-10, then the attempt fails, and the surviving attackers return to their base. If it is a 1-6, then the capital ship is taken by the attackers and is taken back to their base. Only one capital ship may be taken per attack. Jumpholes: No ship larger than a gunboat may pass between systems only connected by jumpholes. If two systems are connected by jumpgates and jumpholes, then ships larger than gunboats may pass freely between those two systems. Grace Period: Each faction gets a grace period for their first three turns of play. They may not be attacked by a PC faction for those turns. If a PC faction attacks them, then disciplinary action will be taken. If the faction attacks another faction during the grace period, then it is nullified. Corporation-Owned Shipyards: There are several corporations in the game that have shipyards. If they are PC, then the corporation gets to keep the shipyard, and they can build gunboats there. They can barter with a house for the plans for that house´s capital ships, and if they get them, then they can build capital ships with the same stats of the house´s at the shipyard. If the shipyard is NPC, then it is turned over to the house who owns the system, and the house can use it to build their own cap ships. Edited by - ww2jacob on 12/21/2004 12:17:12 PM

Secrecy- Secrecy is an integral part of every lawless faction’s life. Certain bases may NOT be known to other factions unless searched for. These bases are: Buffalo Base, New York (Rogues) Rochester Base, New York (Junkers) Ouray Base, Colorado (Xenos) Beaumont Base, Texas (Junkers) Alcatraz Depot, California (Rogues) Willard Research Station, California (Navy) Nome Base, Kepler (Xenos) Padua Base, Galileo (Rogues) Leiden Base, Galileo (Hackers) Pacifica Base, Bering (Unioners) Dawson Base, Hudson (Rogues) Barrow Base, Hudson (Xenos) Mactan Base, Magellan (Hackers) Montezuma Base, Cortez (Rogues) BPA Newgate, Manchester (Bretonia Police) Trafalgar Base, New London (Junkers) Islay Base, Edinburgh (Gaians) Arranmore Base, Dublin (Mollys) Graves Station, Dublin (BMM) Vierlande Base, Hamburg (Rheinland Federal Police) Kreuzburg Depot, New Berlin (Junkers) Darmstadt Depot, Stuttgart (LWB} Vogtland Base, Dresden (Red Hessians) Bruchsal Base, Frankfurt (Bundschuh) Nansei Research Station, Kyushu (Naval Forces) Kagoshima Depot, Kyushu (Farmer’s Alliance) Kabuicho Depot, New Tokyo (Hogosha) Fuchu Prison, Shikoku (Kusari State Police) Ainu Depot, Hokkaido (GC) Java Station, Tau-23 (IMG) Cali Base, Tau-23 (Outcasts) Falkland Base, Tau-37 (IMG) Douglas Station, Omega-3 (BMM) Rugen Station, Omega-3 (Daumann) Cadiz Base, Omega-5 (Corsairs) Ronneburg Base, Omega-5 (Red Hessians) Briesen Mining Facility, Omega-7 (Daumann) Elbich Mining Facility, Omega-7 (Kruger) Freital Base, Omega-11 (Red Hessians) Leon Base, Omega-41 (Corsairs) Freeport 5, Omega-41 (Zoners) Tripoli Shipyard, Omicron Gamma (Corsairs) Ruiz Base, Omicron Beta (Outcasts) Atka Research Station, Sigma-17 (Cryer) Yanagi Depot, Sigma-13 (Junkers) Note: You can only build a hidden base in a system where either you or a close ally already has a hidden base. Factions looking for one of these bases may send out a force to attempt to locate it. A random number is chosen, and the number determines what happens. If the number is a 9 or 10, then the entire force is lost, and never heard from again. If the number is 5-8, then the force returns without finding the base. If the number is a 3 or 2, then the force finds the base. One round of battle takes place with the search force versus the enemy forces at that base. If there are survivors in the attack force, then the survivors return with the location of the base. The base may now be attacked. If the number is a 1, then the search force uses stealth to find the base and return undetected. No battle is fought, and the force returns with the location. There are also certain secret systems. They are: Omicron Alpha Omicron Gamma Chugoku The pattern above is used for the systems, with forces from a connecting system looking for a jumphole to the system. If a battle is fought, then it is against all the defending forces in the whole hidden system. Edited by - ww2jacob on 12/22/2004 10:04:24 AM

Exploration- Factions have an opportunity to explore for 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 10-6, then the team is lost, and never heard from again. If it is 5-2, then the team returns without finding a system. You get 1 wing of LF. If it is a 1, then the team finds a system. In that case, another number is chosen to determine what is in the system. If it is 10-6, then there are no planets. If it is 5-4, then there is one planet that can be terraformed. If it is 3-2, then there is one planet suitable for life. If it is 1, then there is one planet suitable for life, and another one that can be terraformed. Each new system contains one of each commodity. Research- Factions can research a few things. Bomber- factions that do not already have a Bomber can research one. #1-2, success, #3-10, failure. Ship Bonuses- factions can increase one of the ratings of one of their ships. Only one rating may be increased per ship type, per faction. #1-3, success, #4-10, 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 4 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. 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 all of them are connected by trade lanes.) However, you must not be hostile to any of the factions that own these systems unless you are attacking them. 5. Calculate Your New Income. Turn Posts: There are things I would like in all turn posts other than what is above. -Current ship stat list -Current base and fleet location -Any secret bases that you have found -Anything that a judge has yet to resolve for you Ships in Systems: Every ship in a system must be stationed at a base in that system. If another faction wishes to attack one base in a system, rather then the entire system, then the defenders would be the ships stationed at the base. If a faction chooses to attack an entire system, then all the enemy ships in the system are defenders. If a faction takes over a system from another faction, then the faction gets all of the other faction’s bases in that system automatically.

Other Rules: 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 commodities when you get back, but no purchases or movement/battles. B- Turn it over to a friend or ally. C- Turn it over to a judge. Note: If you are leaving the game, then you may NOT give your whole faction away permanently to another player. The faction becomes NPC with all the units and bases you had. If you happen to return, you may pick up where you left off, but you get NO compensation for the turns you lost. This rule automatically kicks in for an unexcused absence of over a week. Discipline- Unfortunately, players sometimes break the rules. Here is what happens when you break any of the rules. 1st offense- Warning by judge. 2nd offense- Warning by admin. 3rd offense- You must send an email to a judge or admin within two days of the offense, telling what you did, why you did it, and how you will fix it. 4th offense- Your CPT amount is cut in half for a week. 5th offense- You will be asked to leave the game. These apply for ANY breach of the rules. They are flexible, and judges and admins can choose to be nicer, but they CANNOT be more strict than this. Promotions- Depending on how many rounds of CYOF you play, you can get moved up in the ranks. Player Rankings: Veteran Status- A veteran player. Must have played one full round of CYOF. Ace Status- A very skilled player; knowledgeable of the game and rules. Must have played two full rounds of CYOF. Admiral Status- A CYOF regular. Must have played three full rounds of CYOF. President Status- A CYOF master. Must have played five full rounds of CYOF. Administrative Rankings: Judge- Must be a veteran or higher, and must be invited by a admin. Judges control most aspects of the gameplay. They resolve battles, researches, etc. Admin- Must have judged one full CYOF round. Admins are in charge of all of the things that take place outside of the gameplay itself. They are given editing access to the CYOF site, and they are in charge of recruitment. Rulemaster- Must be an admin. If the current rulemaster retires, then the admins get to create new sets of CYOF rules, and submit them to the retired rulemaster. The rulemaster then chooses the best set of rules, and the writer gets to become the next rulemaster. Rulemasters are in charge of the rules, and are admins at the same time. This is the highest rank one can possible get. Note- One round of CYOF refers to officially sanctioned rounds of CYOF. Beta-tests do not count.

That´s it. Be sure to read all the rules, because they are a bit different than the last time I showed them to you. Momentarily, I will open up the thread to posting, and let the game begin. Enjoy the game, and any problems with the rules can be emailed to me. HAVE FUN! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

<b>Bretonia Turn 1 </b> Base Count- 3 Planets (60 credits) 2 Large Stations (40 credits) 3 Small Stations (30 credits) Total- 130 credits+300 Start Bonus 430 Credits, no commodities. (Dang, we REALLY need a calc!) New London: 1 Planet, 1 Capital Shipyard, Battleship Suffolk, 10 HF, 20 LF Leeds- 1 Planet, 1 Small Station, Battleship York, 10 HF, 20 LF (Leeds), 5 LF (Durham) Cambridge- 1 Planet, Battleship Norfolk, 10 HF, 20 LF Dublin- Battleship Essex, 10 HF Edinburgh- 1 Large Station, 10 LF Manchester- 2 Small Stations, 1 Large Station (H), 10 LF (Newgate), 5 LF (Liverpool), 5 LF (Kingston) Placing- None Purchases- 20 LF wings 10 HF wings 4 Gunboats 1 Small Station Saving 30 credits. Trade- None Movements- Norfolk and 10 HF from Cambridge to Omega-3. (FP 1) Omega-3 Declared Bretonian Colony York and 10 HF from Leeds to Tau-31. (Holman) Tau-31 Declared Bretonian Colony Suffolk and 10 HF from New London to Cortez (Curaco) Cortez Declared Bretonian Colony TO HESSIANS: A peace agreement would be better for all of us. I will agree. I am moving forces into the system, and claiming it for Bretonia. I would also like to take Omega-7, if you don´t mind. You can have building rights there as well, once I take it. TO LIBERTY: I would like to propose a treaty with you. Talk to me over the secure channel about it. TO RHEINLAND: I would like to propose a treaty with you. Talk to me over the secure channel about it. TO KUSARI: I would like to propose a treaty with you. Talk to me over the secure channel about it. TO IMG: I would like to propose a treaty with you. Talk to me over the secure channel about it. Ship Stats- Cavalier LF (8+1)- 4 FA, 3 FD, 1 CA, 1 CD Crusader HF (12)- 4 FA, 4 FD, 2 CA, 2 CD Paladin VHF (16)- 5 FA, 5 FD, 3 CA, 3 CD &quot;Watchman&quot; Class Gunboat (18)- 4 FA, 4 FD, 5 CA, 5 CD &quot;Knight&quot; Class Cruiser (20)- 4 FA, 4 FD, 6 CA, 6 CD &quot;Guardian&quot; Class Destroyer (28)- 5 FA, 5 FD, 9 CA, 9 CD &quot;Hastings&quot; Class Battleship (32+1)- 8 FA, 7 FD, 9 CA, 9 CD Edited by - ww2jacob on 12/21/2004 12:12:48 PM

Wilde, those had better be fighter shipyards, as no one but a house can use capital shipyards. You can become an ace in a week or so, since you joined CYOF 1 about 1/3 of the way through. NOTE TO ALL: Any veterans or above can apply to become the 2nd judge for CYOF 3. Sign up by sending me an email. First come, first served! Edited by - ww2jacob on 12/20/2004 10:35:03 AM