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A Firestorm Armada and Planetfall Combined Scenario
Alliance and League forces have converged on a barren world called Klendathu. They vie for the rich resources of mineable and fossilized biomass that lace the entire substrata. This strange bio-substance is stronger than most ship hulls, half the weight per thickness, with an astonishing malleability until hardened by electrical current. Enough of this material will set any races shipbuilding ahead by decades.
Neutral mining colonies have been expanding on the world for over a century, yet word of the new substance found is only weeks old. The civilian population numbers over a billion, now mostly huddled in their underground tunnels.
Fleets and ground forces were rushed to claim the world. While the ground forces winnowed their numbers and dug in, the Naval forces annihilated one another, with tattered remnants fleeing for reinforcements. New fleets have arrived, but with limited ground reinforcements.
If one side feels they are losing, elements of each side have sworn to destroy the prize, rather than cede it to their enemies.
Set-Up: Two 6x4 Tables will be set side by side with walking space between them.
One shall be Planetfall terrain, with 4 total objectives within 18” of the board center, as set by the organizer.
One shall be a space battlefield, with a planet model for Klendathu in the center. Other terrain as the organizer chooses, but nothing within 10” of the planet.
• Game Rules: This is a TEAM scenario for up to four teams, up to four players per table.
• Each Planetfall player should bring a 3000pt force, normal build rules, with a single Battle Group.
• PF Players with Skydrop assets may leave them off table, but their deployment will be limited by the success or failure of their Firestorm teammate (see below)
• Each Firestorm player should bring a 1000pt fleet, normal build rules.
• Firestorm fleets will deploy within an 18” square in each table corner. Regardless of Alliance or League status, each treats the other as an enemy. No ships may start in reserve or Shunt in, though Hidden Deployment will work as normal.
• The Firestorm table will play one complete turn while the Planetfall table deploys. Players will dice for turn order each round.
• Each Planetfall player will deploy within an 18” square on the PF table, in the corner to match the position of their Firestorm teammate, in the turn order determined on the space table. This deployment will include Skydrop and Artillery markers.
• Due to the early morning fog that shrouds the main battlefield, Recon units may move only at cruising speed, but with normal maneuverability, and may come closer to the enemy than usual, as long as they stay out of 4”. Recon moves occur in the same order as deployment.
• Once the first Firestorm turn is complete, the Planetfall table may start their first turn while the Firestorm table starts their second turn.
• No table may move to the next turn until the other table is ready for their next turn. The organizer will be empowered to keep play moving, even if cutting off a slow players activations.
• For each team’s Firestorm Tier 2 or larger ship within 10” of the planet, if that team has Skydrop assets, they may drop in 250pts per ship.
• Each ship/squadron within RB1 of the planet, and the planet in arc, may fire at units on the Planetfall board, regardless of Planetfall phase. The active player must inform the Planetfall players by stating INCOMING! The PF game will pause while the Firestorm player declare their ground target, and resolves firing. The same number of dice is used as if shooting another ship, and any LOS is assumed.
• Weapon MARs translate as follows:
Primary – Nothing special
Kinetic => Kinetic
Beam => Pinpoint 2
Scatter => Scatter
Nuclear or Bioweapon => Terror
Torpedo => Barrage and Anti-Personnel
Corrosive or Grav => Corrosive
Cyberweapon => Cyber
No ship weapons provide Intercept.
• Any ship/squadron with at least 10 dice attacking may choose to fire ONE weapon per turn as Artillery instead. Ignore the dice total and roll artillery as normal for that race. The template scatters only 1d6” but always scatters (no choice on roll of a 1), and may be placed anywhere. Use the matching MAR for the weapon fired, not the racial Artillery MARs.
• SRS may not attack the planet.
• The Zero Hour Tracker will be set to 50. The winning team is the one that zero’s out by the largest margin. In case of a tie, continue play and check the margin the following end phase.
• Objectives are worth 5 pts in each end phase.
• Prizes will be given for Overall Winning Team, Best Painted, and Best Sportsman.
