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The Affluence Class Luxury liner was the one of a kind personal liner of the media mogul Jacen Board. No expense was spared when this ship was designed. Featuring the most advanced propulsion systems available on any civilian vessel, the Affluence is able to travel at staggering speeds, often only matched by ships half its size. This proved incredibly useful when the Affluent was able to outrun several Scourge ships and make an emergency fold space jump to safety during the opening hours of the Scourge invasion.

Love the little dropship model on the top

That’s worse than leaving your Starbucks cup on the roof.


I’m trying to figure out which franchise this ship looks like it’s from. I see hints of Stargate and Star Wars, but I feel like there’s something closer…


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The old OOP exclusive Remnant Centurion is available again as an exclusive for anyone who missed it and didn’t want to pay eBay prices.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
The old OOP exclusive Remnant Centurion is available again as an exclusive for anyone who missed it and didn’t want to pay eBay prices.

Bah! Missed it when I was looking earlier - looks like I'm placing another order...

Orders over 75 GBP get a free Lucury Liner ship, too. So, if you’re placing a big order, splitting it into two is worthwhile so long as you meet the free shipping threshold.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
That’s worse than leaving your Starbucks cup on the roof.


I’m trying to figure out which franchise this ship looks like it’s from. I see hints of Stargate and Star Wars, but I feel like there’s something closer…


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The old OOP exclusive Remnant Centurion is available again as an exclusive for anyone who missed it and didn’t want to pay eBay prices.

FTL's Kestrel perhaps?

I’ve never seen that ship before, but there’s a definite resemblance.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I’ve never seen that ship before, but there’s a definite resemblance.

Highly recommended, brought about the roguelike renaissance and really imaginative.


Otherwise it may be just a case of that there's only so many ways to make a twin pontoon-engined ship.

 ProfSrlojohn wrote:

FTL's Kestrel perhaps?

Oh I never noticed how similar that is to the original X-com Avenger https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Avenger

TTCombat appear to be teasing a rerelease of of the Kickstarter exclusive battlecruisers.

Im ready.

This silhouette appears to be a plastic Resistance cruiser with added components to make a “kickstarter exclusive” battlecruiser.

And now there’s a teaser of a plastic Bioficer cruiser with resin(?) battlecruiser upgrade bits.

Christmas Battlecruisers are out!
https://ttcombat.com/collections/exclusives

Only until Jan 1st. The 4 core starting factions each get their original KS exclusive (and I believe they also featured in the early Battle Force sets) Battlecruisers back whilst the Bioficers and Resistance get new ones. The originals come in two variation builds (with the UCM having two separate ones listed as there was more unique resin in their versions) whilst the brand new factions have just 1 build each; but they are more unique parts in there I suspect.

Personally I think the Bioficer one looks really awesome. Sleek design really works for "really long supergun". Looking at the front they've got a redesigned gun part so it won't take the original parts off the BCs; but it gives you one built for a unique ship.





Spoiler cause big!

I prefer the look of the Vicarius over the Senator, but it's not a ship I see myself using.

I love that resistance cruiser.

How does a ragtag rebels surviving in the rubble using repurposed old tech like future toyota gun trucks get space battleships? That's like having ISIS having its own space station now... I actually like the ship design though other than the B-17 plexiglass bubbles.

 warboss wrote:
How does a ragtag rebels surviving in the rubble using repurposed old tech like future toyota gun trucks get space battleships? That's like having ISIS having its own space station now... I actually like the ship design though other than the B-17 plexiglass bubbles.

The in-world argument is that they are the same force but different divisions

The Rag-Tag guntrucks army is what's left of humanity on Earth itself fighting against the Scourge. They have some advanced weapons and sleek tanks too; left over from whatever armed forces remained on the Earth.

The forces in Space are different and represent the survivors who fled to other worlds that weren't part of the UCM military group. Think of them like the poorer worlds that rallied with what they could. Again with that mix of sleek new ships and old repurposed. Their whole thing is that they don't have enough resources to make everything modern super-tech so they fight with what they've got alongside it.

"Space Resistance" is three factions in a trenchcoat.

The remnants of the original Earth government space fleet that stayed to fight instead of escaping to the colonies.

The civilian fleet that escaped the invasion but didn't choose to go with either the PHR or the colonies but rather chose to stay in space.

The lost colony of Kalium that mostly kept making old earth designs and arming up and is basically North Korea.

The problem is the design language doesn't really support this at all. You can't field a fleet all of one type, you can only field mixed fleets of 2-3. There's no real distinction between Kalium and old Earth. The civilian stuff should not have battleships, full stop. They might have colony ships, manufacturing ships, other very large vessels, but they should not have any large warships whatsoever.

Fair enough and thanks for the explanations! To an outsider or casual observer (of which I consider myself), it just seemed odd.

 warboss wrote:
How does a ragtag rebels surviving in the rubble using repurposed old tech like future toyota gun trucks get space battleships? That's like having ISIS having its own space station now... I actually like the ship design though other than the B-17 plexiglass bubbles.

Because land Resistance and Space Resistance are not actually the same faction. Space Resistance does include what they call scrapfleets, survivors who fled the Scourge and have maintained their aging ships for 200 years. But it also includes colonies like Kalium, developed industrialized worlds with the same tech base (and presumably ship plans) as the old EAA. To add another layer, the UCM has captured some of the original shipyards around the Cradle Worlds and is using them to pump out ships.

There was even a period of time where they outright said that Resistance wouldn't get spaceships.

In the end they caved because people who are resistance players wanted ships and honestly the modular kits they've done for them are some of the most creative spaceship kits out there. They are more complex modular designs than just "stick different gun in the gun slot".

The dreadnought they designed for them is honestly really outstanding in how creative you can be with the kit; its way more than most modular designs which are just "stick different gun in gundeck slot".

 Overread wrote:
There was even a period of time where they outright said that Resistance wouldn't get spaceships.

Yep, and as a Resistance player in DZC I was happy with that - I went with Scourge for DFC.

As a resistance player in both games, id have preferred if resistance didnt get spaceships. It was an unnevessary compromise that broke the artidtic integrity of the setting for the sake of appeasing fans.

chaos0xomega wrote:
As a resistance player in both games, id have preferred if resistance didnt get spaceships. It was an unnevessary compromise that broke the artidtic integrity of the setting for the sake of appeasing fans.

How?

The background makes sense. It stands to reason not every colony would join UCM. And the existence of old or scrap fleets also make sense. In fact, they’re a fundamental trope of “lost the earth” Sci Fi, like BSG and Titan AE.

They’re also the most “your dudes” faction in the game, which Dropfleet desperately needed. While we still know very little about PHR, Scourge and Shaltari societies, Resistance is very accessible and customizable. Even the minis are the most customizable. There’s no way the game is better or more successful without Resistance in DFC.

Kalium or "rogue colonies" are perfectly fine and could have been a distinct faction, but 100+ year old scrap fleets somehoe surviving in the interstellar void without meaningful access to essential goods and resources makes zero sense.

It's playing to the Battlestar Galactica style of a fleet. Only where the civilians were able to get of most of the ships and then bolt some weapons onto them.
. Also a lot of the "scrap fleet" is the style they've painted them in - give those ships a slightly newer lick of paint and they don't look like scrap. At least not like the scrap vehicles for land.

The background for EAA ships is that they are built to last and ridiculously robust. The Vega scrapfleet is a stretch, I’ll grant, but the idea behind colonizer ships and the modular space stations implies an explorer fleet can build up all the infrastructure it needs to maintain itself if they find a viable colony system.

Resistance now can be built as an entirely military/expeditionary force, excepting the use of Seneca cargo ships in battle. Nothing about the fleet needs to be built as a scrapfleet, unlike land Resistance where bolted plates are sculpted on.

So, can anyone recommend a good web resource (preferably text over video) that's a good "so you have that Battlefleet Gothic itch and are wondering if Dropfleet Commander can scratch it" overview of the game and current edition?

Also, are there any solo/co-op rules for enemy AI?

Because I have that Battlefleet Gothic itch, but I've also always been curious about DFC but never made any headway into researching what's different/good about it.

 Psychopomp wrote:

Because I have that Battlefleet Gothic itch

If you already have models, have you looked into Void Admiral?