Birth of the Federation Epic Gaming Mod
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By Jake "Maasenstodt" Parker

maasenstodt@yahoo.com
www.geocities.com/maasenstodt

Design Goals
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The Epic Gaming Mod has been designed to
give Birth of the Federation a greater 
depth of realism by slowing the pace of 
development and galactic expansion.  A 
secondary design consideration is a 
broadening of the game's Star Trek flavor 
and a slight exageration of each race's 
characteristics and importance.  In 
addition, where game balance and play 
issues arise, the Epic Gaming Mod works 
to fix them.

Revision History
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v0.7.8
 * This release makes a number of 
   changes in reaction to those made 
   in v0.7.5.
 * Major race special scientific 
   structures (Theoretical and 
   Subatomic Simulators) have had 
   production reduced by half.
 * Minor races' ships have been 
   reduced in power slightly in order 
   to reduce major race catch-up times 
   (technology-wise).

v0.7.5
 * This release makes a few fixes and 
   revisions to the mod.
 * Scout 2s now have long range, the 
   only vessels in the game so endowed.
 * Most warship training facilities 
   have been improved in efficiency by 
   approximately 50%.
 * All races have had their research 
   facilities' efficiency reduced by 
   50%.
 * A number of minor races have had 
   their special structures adjusted.
 * Cardassian Destroyer 1s, which had 
   mistakenly had a speed of 2, have 
   been reduced to speed 1.

v0.7.1
 * This is a minor bug fix release.

v0.7
 * This is the initial public release.
 * Ship ranges have in all cases been 
   reduced to short range or, in the 
   case of scouts, to medium range.
 * Weaponry aboard ships has been 
   reduced to better emulate the Star 
   Trek universe and improve gameplay.
 * Minor race vessels have been 
   greatly enhanced in strength to 
   improve upon their importance.
 * A number of special structures 
   have been changed to improve the 
   game's flavor and relevence to 
   Star Trek.

Special Thanks to 