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This is the longer version of the errata sheet released by GDW, but not included in all boxes of Star Cruiser. My thanks to FFE ( the current owner of both 2300AD and Star Cruiser) for giving me permission to host this information on my website. When you have a chance, visit FFE's website ( http://www.farfuture.net ). - Kevin Clark - Feb. 17th, 1998
{Note: My personal opinions are interspersed throughout this file in italics, inside curly brackets. - KevinC }
Page 2: The Sequence of Play explanation in the Rules Book seems to indicate that only the intruder can fire during the Intruder Movement and Fire Phase, and only the Native may fire during the Native Movement and Fire Phase -- this is not true. As is explained under Firing Procedure on page 4, each weapon may fire either during the Intruder Movement and Fire Phase or during the Native Movement and Fire Phase.
Page 3: Under Facing, add the following:
Same Hex: Oftentimes both a firing ship and its target will be in the same hex. When both the firing ship and target are in the same hex, the firing ship may declare itself to have any facing with respect to that target ship. Also, the ship with the higher movement factor decides which facing of the target ship is being fired upon, which also determines which target profile modifier is to he used, lateral or radial.
{ I've tried this facing rule, and it is seriously flawed. I am still working to find a workable simple solution for this - KevinC }
Page 5: Under Armor, second paragraph, add: Armor values of 10 or higher are penetrated on a roll of 10.
Page 5: Under Damage, add to the introductory paragraph: (If the ship does not have the indicated location, the hit is a hull hit instead).
Page 6: Under Screen Generator, omit the last sentence.
Page 6: Under Damage Control, add: When a Bridge or TAC work station has been destroyed and a vacant station is to be substituted for it, the substitution is performed during the Friendly Damage Control Phase.
Page 7: In The Ship Status Sheet, Surface Fixture Hits, third paragraph, this information is blatantly wrong. The bow on both the weapon displays and the counters is to the right, not the left.
{ Several ships in Star Cruiser ship booklet, mistakenly have more guns firing to the left on the sheet ( which is the rear), and so you must reverse them - KevinC }
Also, on each status sheet, those weapons positions which can fire into three aspects are jack turrets. Those which can fire into five aspects are gun towers.
{ Note the white/clear boxes are the aspects/arcs the turret fires into, and the darkened-in boxes are the aspects/arcs you cannot fire into, see the same paragraph in the Rules Book. - KevinC }
Page 13: Under The Death of DC-2, add to Set Up: Each Kafer ship may have fired up to two of its missiles on the turn before play begins. They begin the game within one turn's movement from the firing ship.
For the Intruder, add the following:
BC Beta-3 (CQ: -2)
Ordnance Carried: 20x Whiskey-type missiles
BC Beta-4 (CQ: -2)
Ordnance carried: 20x Whiskey-type missiles
Also for The Death of DC-2 scenario, add the following note to the Victory section:
If both French ships escape, the result is a draw. If the French destroy at least one Beta-class ship before breaking contact, the result is a French victory. If either French ship is destroyed, the result is a Kafer victory.
Page 13: Under Like a Wolf in the Fold, for the Intruder, substitute:
Intruder: Kafer
BB Alpha-1 (CQ: -2)
Ordnance Carried: 30x Whiskey-type missiles.
2 Foxtrot-class fighters (A-1, A-2). (CQ: - 1 each)
Page 16: In the Ship Annex, add the following:
Bays: All ships which carry missiles are assumed to have one bay. The following are the only exceptions:
Two bays: Kafer Alpha-class, Kafer Improved Alpha-class, Kafer Beta-Class, Bismark-class, Sachsen-classWrite bays into the Ordnance box of the ship status sheet.
Three bays: Kiev-class, Konstantine-class
Four bays: Hamburg-class, Kennedy-class
Five bays: Espirito Santo-class
Page 3: In the Power Plant section, omit the references to MHD turbine blade diameters.
Page 6: Under Fixed Weapons, add: Fixed weapons require power equal to their damage multiplier, in MW.
Page 14: The masses of the American submunition dispensers were omitted. The "Grape-shot" masses 25 tons, the "Big Clip", 15 tons.
Note: If a ship has no TTAs listed, it has UTES on all fixed weapons
Step 1: Add the following: + or - target's "target profile" ( see page 5 of Rules Book).