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Anyone interested in Firestorm Armada by Spartan games or heard of this ?

pic of ships

http://www.e-figures.com/store/FIRESTORMPhoto.php

Background fluff

There are two "sides":
- the Kurak alliance, comprised of Terran, Aquan and Sorylian
- the other team, comprised of Dindrenzi, Directorate and Relthoza



Terran Empire (Human)
Terran Alliance ships use mass driver technology which, when combined with devastating broadside batteries, makes them a match for any enemy fleet. Advanced shield technology makes their ships capable of withstanding a pounding in battle, and as a result the arrival of any Terran fleet during a battle with the Dindrenzi is a welcome sight for other members of the Kurak Alliance.

Dindrenzi Federation (Human)
The Dindrenzi Federation military utilises rail gun technology as the mainstay of its starship offensive capability, providing massive firepower to the fore arc of its ships. The Military favour promote ship designs based on a common superstructure, which has led to the distinctive hull shapes that characterises this race's ships. The designers of these massive vessels think of them metaphorically as swords with which to smite their foes.

Sorylian Collective (Reptilian)
The Sorylian Collective will seek to dominate any space battle through superior numbers and swarming tactics, hence their large squadrons and increased use of Fighter Wings. Advanced engine technologies make these ships amongst the fastest of the Kurak Alliance, allowing them to outmanoeuvre their enemies. The use of banks of turrets gives these vessels excellent broadsides via flexible fields of fire. A large crew complement make these vessels dangerous to board.

Aquan Prime (Fishies)
Defence in numbers is the guiding doctrine of the Aquan Prime space fleet. Their sleek spaceships move as if one, lasers dancing from their hulls, slicing into enemy vessels. Orb like weapon systems litter the hulls of these vessels and this gives them an advantage in battle as they are able to link fire from multiple arcs, and use their point defence systems to overlay a web of defence against incoming ordnance.

The Directorate (Human)
The Directorate are a shadowy corporate empire, they are human, and form the backbone of the politics behind the invasion. The Dindrenzi Navy, and particularly their military is supplied with the fruits of robotic, genetic and viral research funded by the Directorate. The last few decades have seen the Directorate involved in attacks on Terran, Aquan and Sorylian colonists in order to bring a war between the Terrans and Dindrenzi.

The Relthoza (Arachnean)
The Relthoza ominous? Enigmatic arachnids who rarely venture forth from their territory, their victims hardly ever escaping to describe their captors? Rumoured to be a society of duellists and warriors, constantly fighting each other for dominance, and rumoured to roam the quieter areas of space where they attack shipping and take slaves, ominous? No surely not.

Sounds interesting, a refreshing alternative to BFG maybe?

The ship designs are nice but most are not terribly inspired IMO (especially the Dindrenzi, using fluff to excuse the fact that all your ships look almost exactly the same just different sizes? Puh-leaze!). I do like the Sorylian ships though, at least they seem a bit fresh.

Sorylian are my favourite too, however they are too large to fit with my Cold Navy fleets.

I wish Ravenstar would pull their finger out and publish the Cold Navy licence they got.

it seems like theyve been working on this forever... is it finally being released?

Looks good, I actually really like the ship designs, some are very EVE online

I like the Dindrenzi and Sorylian fleets, may have to pick these up when they come out.

This release should be hitting stores around the last week of Nov. 2009

Been looking forward to this hitting, hope the rules are solid. Digging the Sory too, but not really hating on any of the fleets frankly, models are all nice.

My FLGS stocks Uncharted Seas, here's hoping they take up FA too.

- Salvage

I hear good things about Uncharted Seas and I don't think the rules will be altogether that different(considering Sci-fi space combat is based off of naval warfare to begin with), so I have hopes for this game.

Kilkrazy wrote:I wish Ravenstar would pull their finger out and publish the Cold Navy licence they got.

It wont be long now. I managed to get my hands on a couple of CN ships last month, and the casting is very nice and crisp.

Look this over we're doing pre orders starting this week. Solarians rock Im going to paint them to match my AT-43 karmans


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Can somebody rescan the quickstart rules? They are exceptionally hard to read.

Thank you very much for the summary!

I'm looking forward to the reviews on this one once it is released...

Page updated with new photos and race previews
http://www.spartangames.co.uk/firestorm.htm

Looks interesting also who is The Directorate, those ships could be interesting but will have to see what they look like in 3D.

Sorylians have won me over Im planning to play them as they are and also as a big ass mechanicus fleet in BFG.

thesilverback wrote:Looks interesting also who is The Directorate, those ships could be interesting but will have to see what they look like in 3D.

Its in the first post

The Directorate (Human)
The Directorate are a shadowy corporate empire, they are human, and form the backbone of the politics behind the invasion. The Dindrenzi Navy, and particularly their military is supplied with the fruits of robotic, genetic and viral research funded by the Directorate. The last few decades have seen the Directorate involved in attacks on Terran, Aquan and Sorylian colonists in order to bring a war between the Terrans and Dindrenzi.

But I dont play uncharted seas!

A lot of folks Ive been talking with have said the same thing and I
found this cool description of how uncharted seas plays and its possible
influence on Firestorm armada I thought some of you might find this
interesting hope you like it...

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In most ways, the system seems like it will be similar to Uncharted
Seas. It's alternating squad activation. When you fire you measure
distance to the target and figure out what range band it's in,
presumably these are still 8" in size like US. Your ship stats will
tell you how many dice you roll with each weapon in each range band.
Ships in the same squad can link fire - if you do this one weapon leads
the attack and gets full dice and any other weapons linked in provide
half dice (all integer things in the game round down). Roll your dice,
count up the hits. 4-5 are worth one hit. 6's are two hits plus a
reroll. There are sometimes modifiers, but generally that's it. If you
meet/exceed the target's Damage Rating they take a point of hull damage.
In Uncharted Seas Frigates have 2 hull, Cruisers 4, Battleships 8. If
you meet/exceed the target's Critical Rating they take a roll on the
critical table which generally causes 2 hull damage plus some extra
effect that might involve crew losses, broken systems, risk of
additional ongoing damage from Fire, etc... Movement is handled by a
template that controls how tight a ship of a given class can turn.
Small ships are agile, big ones not so much. You also have a hand of
cards representing different special maneuvers, spells, etc... You can
play these to help your ships out in various ways - it adds another
level of tactics to the game. There is ramming and boarding, where crew
fights against crew, but you cannot use a ship you capture (at least not
within the time frame of a game).

Now in Firestorm pretty much all of this should still be there plus
we'll have extra stuff like Fighters, Mines, Torpedoes, Point Defense,
etc... We don't know yet how most of that will work.

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Thanks sounds like an interesting system. Can't wait to try. Also liking the Directorate ship.

This awesom table is at www.adlerhobby.com and is made by Craig Gallant

Heres a overview of the fleets and thier tactics, 5 pages and a good amount of info ... Enjoy and Happy Holidays

It doesn't seem like they've posted ship stats in any form yet. I may have missed it, but I'd like to see how the actual ship stats are set up and laid out.

Just out ( see attachment) we should start seeing info s this week rule books are arriving at stores all this week

* DR = Damage Rating
* CR = Critical Rating
* MV = Movement
* HP = Hull Points
* CP = Crew Points
* AP = ? (could be Assault Points for Boarding Actions?)
* PD = Point Defense
* SH = Shields
* MN = Mines
* FW = Fighter Wings

I have my eye on this, it looks like something worth playing and a great sub for BFG.

Heres a list of the optional game cards..looks cool

Unexpected Debris (1)
Engine Overburn (3)
Reckless Entry (3)
Comms Intercept (3)
Practice Gunnery (3)
Systems Back Online (2)
Blistering Firepower (2)
Running Repairs (2)
Sensor Disturbances (2)
Dual Manoeuvres (2)
Lucky Shot (2)
Fire Suppression (2)
Punch the Boosters (2)
Reinforced Armour (2)
Damage Repair Party (2)
Jinking (2)
Combined Operation (2)
Bingo Fuel/Ammo (2)
Precise Targeting (2)
Life Support Failure (1)
Intensive Fire (1)
Unbroken Fire (1)
Engine Afterburn (1)
Dispersed Formation (1)
Critical Hits Spoiler (1)
Hard Reverse (1)
Local Support (1)
A Bit of Turbulence (1)
Slamdunk (1)
Rough Ride (1)

Wow....
The more this develops the more I want it...
WANT NOW!!!
Terran Empire FTW lol

A few of my friends have picked this game and I've heard good things of it from them, the Aquans and the Relthozas look the most intresting of the races to me

Man I had fun painting these

Man I had fun painting these

Mine are in the mail as we speak, im having a sorylian fleet to. I plan to paint it a rusty Mechanichus red.