Star Blazers Fleet Book Conversions

> >My next project is to do the same thing for some Star Blazers ships.

OUCH! I had seen your Gamilon BB but I just took a look at your Yamato and
that is nasty! Mass 736 with super hull giving 363 hull boxes and then 20
armor.....

We have taken quite different approaches to how to convert ships:) My Yamato
(which follows with all the rest of the EDF ships) is mass 170 with a weak
hull for 34 hull boxes.

I converted the Yamato and the rest of the EDF so I could use them with my
other Sci-Fi Crossover ships, so they had to balace out with the rest
and with the SBFBS minis being kinda small, I couldn't have them too powerful.
I used weak hulls on most so I could include all of the weapons plus ships die
quickly in the show. I used the stats from the Star Blazers Fleet Battle
System as a base but had fun at the same time. Actually most of the point
costs of the ships are very close to thier points in SBFBS.

> I still haven't settled on how to represent the Wave Motion Guns. I'm

I shoved them in to a best fit. The Yamato gets a Nova Cannon but I want to
give it recharge rules like the Wave Gun, though I haven't finished that yet.
The rest of the EDF get Wave Guns with the Andromedas getting more than one. I
didn't think the variation was enough to make multiple versions, but then my
scale is much smaller than yours.

> I'm also worried about missiles. Star Blazers ships rely on beam

I tried to use a similar conversion, but it did not always work. I deleted and
added missiles in some cases so in the end, the ships had the correct feel
though every system may not be represented. I've worked on the Gamilon and
Comet Empire ships and they have some rough spots I have to work out, like the
Comet Missile Cruiser.

One quick rule variation for this universe, an ADFC will work for Class 1
Batteries used for point defence.

So here they are, my attempt to convert the Earth Defense Force ships to Full
Thrust Fleet Book rules. These have not been played yet and I have not gotten
any feedback from others yet so please help me out and let me know what you
think. Th

Dean

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Star Blazers EDF Ships

EDF Yamato Battleship Cost 606 (plus fighters) Mass 170 Weak Hull (34) FTL
Thrust 3 3 Fire Controls
3 Class 3 Beam Batteries (2x(F/FP/FS), 1x(A/AP/AS))
2 Class 1 Beam Batteries (All arcs)
2 SMLs (F/FP/AP, F/FS/AS)
6 SM Reloads 2 Submunition Packs (F) Nova Cannon (F) 3 PDSs 3 Fighter Bays

EDF Andromeda Battleship Cost 752 (plus fighters) Mass 211 Weak Hull (42)
Thrust 3 FTL 3 Fire Cons
4 Class 3 Beam Batteries (2x(F/FP/FS), 2x(A/AP/AS))
2 SMLs (F/FP/AP, F/FS/AS)
5 SM Reloads 2 Submunition Packs (F)
2 Pulse Torpedoes (F/FP, F/FS)
2 Wave Guns (F) 1 PDS 4 Fighter Bays

EDF Andromeda II Battleship Cost 762 (plus fighters) Mass 208 Fragile Hull
(21) Thrust 3 FTL 3 Fire Cons
4 Class 3 Beam Batteries (2x(F/FP/FS), 1x(A/AP/AS), 1 all arcs)
1 SMLs (F/FP/FS)
2 ER SM Reloads 2 Submunition Packs (F) 4 Wave Guns (2xF, 2xA) 1 PDS 5 Fighter
Bays

EDF Borodino class Battleship Cost 517 (plus fighters) Mass 145 Weak Hull (29)
Thrust 3 3 Fire Cons
3 Class 3 Beam Batteries (2x(F/FP/FS), 1x(A/AP/AS))
2 Submunition Packs (F)
3 Pulse Torpedoes (F/FP/FS, F/FP, F/FS)
Wave Gun (F) 1 PDS 3 Fighter Bays

EDF Lexington class BattleCarrier Cost 553 (plus fighters) Mass 155 Weak Hull
(31) Thrust 3 FTL 3 Fire Cons
2 Class 3 Beam Batteries (F/FP/FS)
2 Pulse Torpedoes (F/FP/FS)
Wave Gun (F) 1 PDSs 5 Fighter Bays

EDF Hood class Battlecruiser Cost 286 Mass 81 Weak Hull (16) Thrust 4 FTL 2
Fire Cons
4 Class 2 Beam Batteries (2x(F/FP/FS), 1x(A/AP/AS), 1 all arcs)
4 SMRs (2xF/FP/AP, 2xF/FS/AS)
Wave Gun (F) 2 PDSs

EDF Konigsberg class Patrol Cruiser Cost 216 Mass 61 Weak Hull (12) Thrust 4
FTL 2 Fire Cons 3 Class 1 Beam Batteries (all arcs)
3 SMRs (F/FP/FS, F/FP/AP, F/FS/AS)
Wave Gun (F) 2 PDSs

EDF Gearing class Destroyer Cost 136 Mass 38 Fragile Hull (4) Thrust 6 FTL 1
Fire Con 1 ADFC 3 Class 1 Beam Batteries (all arcs)
3 SMRs (F/FP/FS, F/FP/AP, F/FS/AS)
1 PDS

EDF Arione class Frigate Cost 115 Mass 32 Fragile Hull (3) Thrust 6 FTL 1 Fire
Con 1 ADFC 4 Class 1 Beam Batteries
2 SMRs (F/FP/FS)
1 PDS

I can't recall if this has been mentioned here before, but if it hasn't:

I stopped by my local model shop and they had about a dozen types of
Starblazers models.  They were all about 3-4" long and pretty nicely
detailed. They were out of several (including the Yamato, drat!), but they had
most of the EDF, Gamalon and Comet Empire ships that I've seen minis for. At
$3 a piece they were quite a bargain. I picked up the EDF battleship and
escort and can't wait to paint and put'em together.

Most of the text on the box was Japanese, but I did see "Bandai" on the box,
though.

Later,

I think you've just found the original plastics from about 15 years ago. My
housemate has a full set still in the boxes that he picked up in Hawaii about
1987. The scale is different to the new metal, but the detail is much better
(rotating turrets anyone?)

'Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/

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