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1d4chan>Kale: /* The Andromedan Invaders */

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The Andromedan Invaders

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 Remember it's common courtesy to hand your EA sheet to your opponent after the game, it's a good way to keep everyone honest and helps you learn from your defeats. Again don't be ''that guy'', be honest and upfront and you'll be invited back to play.
 Andromedan ships are unique in the fact that they have a closed power generation loop. In an Andro ship all power must be used, it cannot just be discarded like a galactic ship. This is super important to know and understand as it's the core of Andro gameplay.
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 One last note for PA's is that they "leak". Disrupter damage can sneak past the PA panels cuz Disrupters have a disruptive effect right? (it's a fudge for game balance as Disrupters just don't have the 1 turn punch to get through PA's) In game for every 10 points of damage done 1 point will "leak" past the PA's and do internal damage. Now this actually really sucks because chance are that that damage will knock out something important so it's in the best interests of the Andro player to cut down on the number of Disrupters firing at them as quickly as possible or your ship will be leaked to death in short order.
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38.117.116.219: /* Alpha Octant Factions */

2023-06-21T06:15:58Z

Alpha Octant Factions

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	Pro tip: never ever EVER narrow salvo your photons. I know that having every photon hit is tempting but remember if you roll bad every photon in the salvo will miss. Then your opponent laughs as he over-runs your unlucky ass. (Ok OK Ok...you can narrow salvo photons at an Andro at mid-range. That way you either do damage or nothing to avoid feeding him more power to kill you with (but I wouldn't recommend it. Even if you hit your then allowing the Andro the ability to then close to range 4 and savage you with it's TR's.))		Pro tip: never ever EVER narrow salvo your photons. I know that having every photon hit is tempting but remember if you roll bad every photon in the salvo will miss. Then your opponent laughs as he over-runs your unlucky ass. (Ok OK Ok...you can narrow salvo photons at an Andro at mid-range. That way you either do damage or nothing to avoid feeding him more power to kill you with (but I wouldn't recommend it. Even if you hit your then allowing the Andro the ability to then close to range 4 and savage you with it's TR's.))

	The Feds have access to one of the most OP (wargear) shuttles in the game called the SWACS, yes it's an AWACS but in spaaaaaaaaaace. (I wonder if anyone here is old enough to get that joke?). A SWACS is an powerful tool but is usually restricted to only CVA groups and costs as much as a frigate but it's worth every point. A SWACS can operate drones on behalf of the fighter group (allowing them to go erratic for defense and not lose the drone strike), can offer EW points to it's carrier group or against an enemy ship (at no power cost) and best of all it can "go wild" an act as a wild weasel (again for no power cost) once per turn drawing all enemy seeking weapons on the map towards it (just make sure you have some way to deal with the dozens of drones now targeting your precious). All in all a very powerful tool for handling a CVA groups massive drone waves and dealing with incoming waves just as easily. Just make sure to protect it and keep it safe as it's going to be a primary target the second it hits the map. One trick is to stay near a FFE and after going Wild get the FFE to scoop up the SWAC and book it too out run the incoming drones, just remember that a seeking weapon attracted by a wild SWAC cannot lose it's lock by any other method. You'll need to either kill the drones or outrun them.		The Feds have access to one of the most OP (wargear) shuttles in the game called the SWACS, yes it's an AWACS but in spaaaaaaaaaace. (I wonder if anyone here is old enough to get that joke?). A SWACS is a powerful tool but is usually restricted to only CVA groups and costs as much as a frigate but it's worth every point. A SWACS can operate drones on behalf of the fighter group (allowing them to go erratic for defense and not lose the drone strike), can offer EW points to it's carrier group or against an enemy ship (at no power cost) and best of all it can "go wild" an act as a wild weasel (again for no power cost) once per turn drawing all enemy seeking weapons on the map towards it (just make sure you have some way to deal with the dozens of drones now targeting your precious). All in all a very powerful tool for handling a CVA groups massive drone waves and dealing with incoming waves just as easily. Just make sure to protect it and keep it safe as it's going to be a primary target the second it hits the map. One trick is to stay near a FFE and after going Wild get the FFE to scoop up the SWAC and book it too out run the incoming drones, just remember that a seeking weapon attracted by a wild SWAC cannot lose it's lock by any other method. You'll need to either kill the drones or outrun them.

	In game the Feds offer some seriously solid ships armed with the supremely flexible Photon Torpedo as their heavy weapon. Backed up by a excellent phaser-1 suite, decent shields and generous hull levels as padding to protect those vital systems. In Late War games they can even boast plasma torpedoes or drones as secondary weapons bringing a lot of options to the player.		In game the Feds offer some seriously solid ships armed with the supremely flexible Photon Torpedo as their heavy weapon. Backed up by a excellent phaser-1 suite, decent shields and generous hull levels as padding to protect those vital systems. In Late War games they can even boast plasma torpedoes or drones as secondary weapons bringing a lot of options to the player.

1d4chan>Kale: /* The Andromedan Invaders */

2023-06-21T05:49:54Z

The Andromedan Invaders

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	A typical tactic is to oblique approach with panels at standard levels, yes you can switch to re-enforced levels before fire hits see the sequence of play, lash out with your TR's at what range you think best, crunching a shield with luck and then announce intent to Displace. If the opponent fires (if he doesn't you save power and keep the PA's at standard) take the return fire on your now re-enforced front bank then Displace away and zoom off. When at a safe range drop the front panels entirely (which are not exposed to enemy fire...hopefully) and the power now flows into the rear panels with excess moving into the batteries. The turn ends and you move power from the back panels to the batteries and your back PA's vent what your allowed (if needed) and bring the front panels back up to standard. Now your front panels are clear, except for the degradation (which your working to fix of course). You now zip around at high speed and run your ship off the batteries to make space while recharging your TR beams, next turn your repeat. During this same time period your opponent has been able to repair exactly 3 shield strength. Scary huh?		A typical tactic is to oblique approach with panels at standard levels, yes you can switch to re-enforced levels before fire hits see the sequence of play, lash out with your TR's at what range you think best, crunching a shield with luck and then announce intent to Displace. If the opponent fires (if he doesn't you save power and keep the PA's at standard) take the return fire on your now re-enforced front bank then Displace away and zoom off. When at a safe range drop the front panels entirely (which are not exposed to enemy fire...hopefully) and the power now flows into the rear panels with excess moving into the batteries. The turn ends and you move power from the back panels to the batteries and your back PA's vent what your allowed (if needed) and bring the front panels back up to standard. Now your front panels are clear, except for the degradation (which your working to fix of course). You now zip around at high speed and run your ship off the batteries to make space while recharging your TR beams, next turn your repeat. During this same time period your opponent has been able to repair exactly 3 shield strength. Scary huh?


			I do want to point out that PA's have to obey a lot of the same rules as shields which means you do have to wait 8 impulses between changing panel levels so do take that into account when planning your power dumps and don't get caught with down panels or you'll be sorry. Watch out for weapons likes Hellbores and enveloping plasma torps which can definitely screw up your power management schemes.

	One last note for PA's is that they "leak". Disrupter damage can sneak past the PA panels cuz Disrupters have a disruptive effect right? (it's a fudge for game balance as Disrupters just don't have the 1 turn punch to get through PA's) In game for every 10 points of damage done 1 point will "leak" past the PA's and do internal damage. Now this actually really sucks because chance are that that damage will knock out something important so it's in the best interests of the Andro player to cut down on the number of Disrupters firing at them as quickly as possible or your ship will be leaked to death in short order.		One last note for PA's is that they "leak". Disrupter damage can sneak past the PA panels cuz Disrupters have a disruptive effect right? (it's a fudge for game balance as Disrupters just don't have the 1 turn punch to get through PA's) In game for every 10 points of damage done 1 point will "leak" past the PA's and do internal damage. Now this actually really sucks because chance are that that damage will knock out something important so it's in the best interests of the Andro player to cut down on the number of Disrupters firing at them as quickly as possible or your ship will be leaked to death in short order.

1d4chan>Kale: /* The Andromedan Invaders */

2023-06-21T05:34:05Z

The Andromedan Invaders

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	There are many different tactics to handling PA panels as you can raise and lower them at will to shuffle power around and help you re-generate them. Also as PA panels absorb damage their capacity to store power get lowered, this is called degrading and allows galactic ships in sufficient numbers to sand away at you until your PA panels are useless. In game turns 10% of the incoming damage registers as degradation. (This does NOT subtract from the total damage absorbed btw).		There are many different tactics to handling PA panels as you can raise and lower them at will to shuffle power around and help you re-generate them. Also as PA panels absorb damage their capacity to store power get lowered, this is called degrading and allows galactic ships in sufficient numbers to sand away at you until your PA panels are useless. In game turns 10% of the incoming damage registers as degradation. (This does NOT subtract from the total damage absorbed btw).

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	A typical tactic is to oblique approach with panels at standard levels, yes you can switch to re-enforced levels before fire hits see the sequence of play, lash out with your TR's at what range you think best, crunching a shield with luck and then announce intent to Displace. If the opponent fires (if he doesn't you save power and keep the PA's at standard) take the return fire on your now re-enforced front bank then Displace away and zoom off. When at a safe range drop the front panels entirely (which are not exposed to enemy fire...hopefully) and the power now flows into the rear panels with excess moving into the batteries. The turn ends and you move power from the back panels to the batteries and your back PA's vent what your allowed (if needed) and bring the front panels back up to standard. Now your front panels are clear, except for the degradation (which your working to fix of course). You now zip around at high speed and run your ship off the batteries to make space while recharging your TR beams, next turn your repeat. During this same time period your opponent has been able to repair exactly 3 shield strength. Scary huh?		A typical tactic is to oblique approach with panels at standard levels, yes you can switch to re-enforced levels before fire hits see the sequence of play, lash out with your TR's at what range you think best, crunching a shield with luck and then announce intent to Displace. If the opponent fires (if he doesn't you save power and keep the PA's at standard) take the return fire on your now re-enforced front bank then Displace away and zoom off. When at a safe range drop the front panels entirely (which are not exposed to enemy fire...hopefully) and the power now flows into the rear panels with excess moving into the batteries. The turn ends and you move power from the back panels to the batteries and your back PA's vent what your allowed (if needed) and bring the front panels back up to standard. Now your front panels are clear, except for the degradation (which your working to fix of course). You now zip around at high speed and run your ship off the batteries to make space while recharging your TR beams, next turn your repeat. During this same time period your opponent has been able to repair exactly 3 shield strength. Scary huh?
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			'''''Fleet Action'''''

			Ok so with all I've said so far your probably thinking that Andromedan Fleets are probably massively dangerous right? The Lore builds them up to be an almost unstoppable force that required the whole Alpha octant to put aside their differences and work together to over come. They came within a hair's breadth of conquering the galaxy and their ships on an individual level are extremely powerful so a Andro Fleet must be something to be fear. Right?

			Well...no actually. While in the Lore the Andro Fleets ran roughshod over the galaxy in the game Andro Fleet are extremely weak believe it or not. How you ask? That Intruder and Cobra thrashed our little 4 ship, 500 BPV fleet! Well your almost on target there. Little is the key word. In any battle under 700 BPV (give or take) Andro's are still very strong but once you move up into the 800+ range you start seeing DN's supported by either CA's or BC's and suddenly you have enough 1 turn firepower to brew up any Andro ship, motherships included.

			The Andro's advantage, which they do pay heavily for, is their ability to rapidly regenerate their defences. But what use is that when there is enough firepower on the table to blow you up in 1 turn. It actually turns out that Andro Fleets are fairly weak to any galactic power fleet of appropriate size. Andro's have to pay the PA tax (just like the Rommies have the cloak tax) so you will always be out numbered in a equal BPV fight which means after that 700-800 BPV range your ships will die no matter what you do once a turn due to the sheer number of shots coming your way and if your enemy has more ships then you...well I'm sure you can guess the rest. Now this has always been a sore spot with the Andro players, given how the Lore treats the Andro's but the Dev's have come out and plainly said they have no real way to balance the Andro's for both small scale battle, which the game was designed around, and the large scale fleets some players like to use so we just have to accept that Andro Fleets are going to be just speed-bumps to the galactic powers. It sucks but you can't have everything.

			If this really gets your dander up you can play the conjectural "Demolisher and Devourer" classes of Andro battleships which are stupidly OP because they were never meant to be played in game and were created for a scenario in Operation Unity. They are present in game but only as half completed hulks that the galactic powers have to try to destroy and the Andro's have to try to save. But really they're not balanced in the least so use at your own risk.

	== The Omega Octant ==		== The Omega Octant ==

1d4chan>Kale: /* Romulan Star Empire */

2023-06-20T22:52:15Z

Romulan Star Empire

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	Romulan ships are armed with the best weapon in the game; the Plasma Torpedo. As it's a seeking weapon it does 90% of the work for you and while easy to counter any mistake on the receiving players end means pain. And lots of it. A solid phaser-1 suite, decent all around shields and decent turning radius allow for the (in)famous Plasma Ballet where a Romulan tosses plasma at his opponent then retreats into cloak to rearm. Never allowing the opponent a clear shot. It's super frustrating to play against so use that to your advantage and push your opponent into making mistakes.		Romulan ships are armed with the best weapon in the game; the Plasma Torpedo. As it's a seeking weapon it does 90% of the work for you and while easy to counter any mistake on the receiving players end means pain. And lots of it. A solid phaser-1 suite, decent all around shields and decent turning radius allow for the (in)famous Plasma Ballet where a Romulan tosses plasma at his opponent then retreats into cloak to rearm. Never allowing the opponent a clear shot. It's super frustrating to play against so use that to your advantage and push your opponent into making mistakes.

	The cloak can be an incredibly powerful tool if used correctly or a huge disadvantage if used improperly. Learning when to cloak is essential if you want to succeed as a Romulan player. It's not a get out of jail free card and has some major downsides that you need to take into account when playing.		The cloak can be an incredibly powerful tool if used correctly or a huge disadvantage if used improperly. Learning when to cloak is essential if you want to succeed as a Romulan player. It's not a get out of jail free card and has some major downsides that you need to take into account when playing or it will be your undoing. Remember the cloak doesn't make you invulnerable, it breaks sensor lock-on's and makes most weapons pretty useless as once fully cloak you use the (current range x 2) +5 formula to calculate firing range so 99% of shot are going to miss. But your handing the initiative to your enemy as your cloaked speed will be pretty slow and you know your opponent will trundle over and sit on top of you until you decloak then light you up one impulse before you can fire. In some ways your ship is designed for this as you can fire your torps even after the launcher has been destroyed. Honestly most KR and Hawk series ships don't even need to cloak to win. One small tip make sure to post a guard on your cloak, while it can't be destroyed by incoming damage it can be attacked via Hit and Run's.

	The downsides are high BPV cost for the Hawk series and KR ships compared to equivalent size opponents. (And if you play the plasma ballet game people WILL hate you.) Just don't play the warbird series unless you want a serious challenge.		The downsides are high BPV cost for the Hawk series and KR ships compared to equivalent size opponents. (And if you play the plasma ballet game people WILL hate you.) Just don't play the warbird series unless you want a serious challenge.

1d4chan>Kale: /* Romulan Star Empire */

2023-06-20T22:34:46Z

Romulan Star Empire

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	It's the Romulans. You know em you love em. In SFB the Klingon-Romulan alliance holds and keeps the Federation at bay during the General War.		It's the Romulans. You know em you love em. In SFB the Klingon-Romulan alliance holds and keeps the Federation at bay during the General War.

	Romulan ships are pretty weird. The early ships are terrible. No joke. The WB and WE can barely charge their weapons and move at the same time. So any early year match will be interesting to say the least. They do boast the most powerful Plasma R's to help but it's still very challenging to win. However once you get access to the KR (Klingon-Romulan Hybrid) ships you go from weak to equal footing and when you get to the Hawk series you get access to, hands down, the best ships in the game.		Romulan ships are pretty weird. The early ships are terrible. No joke. The WB and WE can barely charge their weapons and move at the same time with the cloak being the only thing saving them. So any early year match will be interesting to say the least. They do boast the most powerful Plasma R's to help but it's still very challenging to win. However once you get access to the KR (Klingon-Romulan Hybrid) ships you go from weak to equal footing and when you get to the Hawk series you get access to, hands down, the best ships in the game.

	Romulan ships are armed with the best weapon in the game; the Plasma Torpedo. As it's a seeking weapon it does 90% of the work for you and while easy to counter any mistake on the receiving players end means pain. And lots of it. A solid phaser-1 suite, decent all around shields and decent turning radius allow for the (in)famous Plasma Ballet where a Romulan tosses plasma at his opponent then retreats into cloak to rearm. Never allowing the opponent a clear shot. It's super frustrating to play against so use that to your advantage and push your opponent into making mistakes.		Romulan ships are armed with the best weapon in the game; the Plasma Torpedo. As it's a seeking weapon it does 90% of the work for you and while easy to counter any mistake on the receiving players end means pain. And lots of it. A solid phaser-1 suite, decent all around shields and decent turning radius allow for the (in)famous Plasma Ballet where a Romulan tosses plasma at his opponent then retreats into cloak to rearm. Never allowing the opponent a clear shot. It's super frustrating to play against so use that to your advantage and push your opponent into making mistakes.

1d4chan>Kale: /* The Omega Octant */

2023-06-20T22:17:02Z

The Omega Octant

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	== The Omega Octant ==		== The Omega Octant ==

	As time ~~when~~ on the creators of SFB decided to spice things up and develop a whole separate sector of the galaxy, just as big as the main area in the 'Alpha' Octant. In comparison to the Federation, the timeline and borders are a lot more dynamic, with powers expanding and getting pushed back and being wiped out.		As time went on the creators of SFB decided to spice things up and develop a whole separate sector of the galaxy, just as big as the main area in the 'Alpha' Octant. In comparison to the Federation, the timeline and borders are a lot more dynamic, with powers expanding and getting pushed back and being wiped out.

	They have the Mæsron Alliance, an alliance of three mammalian species like a more aggressive Federation, the Federal Republic, made up of some humans and Klingons swept over by spacial anomaly who decided to band together and form an enclave that's often but not always surrounded by Mæsron territory. The aquatic Koligahr Solidarity, silicon based Trobrin Empire, the Sigvirions, an infectious alien species that controls others and allies only with the immune Trobrin. The Alunda's grown living ships and their rivals the Branthodon Regime, who attach cyborg parts to space dragons the size of starships to fly the stars. The Drex Unity, AIs who took over all military and expansion duties to protect their raccoon-like creatures. The Chlorophon Association, giant space trees, and Hivers, tiny space bugs. And a lot more.		They have the Mæsron Alliance, an alliance of three mammalian species like a more aggressive Federation, the Federal Republic, made up of some humans and Klingons swept over by spacial anomaly who decided to band together and form an enclave that's often but not always surrounded by Mæsron territory. The aquatic Koligahr Solidarity, silicon based Trobrin Empire, the Sigvirions, an infectious alien species that controls others and allies only with the immune Trobrin. The Alunda's grown living ships and their rivals the Branthodon Regime, who attach cyborg parts to space dragons the size of starships to fly the stars. The Drex Unity, AIs who took over all military and expansion duties to protect their raccoon-like creatures. The Chlorophon Association, giant space trees, and Hivers, tiny space bugs. And a lot more.

1d4chan>Kale: /* The WYN Star Cluster */

2023-06-20T22:07:53Z

The WYN Star Cluster

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	Over all the WYN's are an interesting race with some fun ships but they are very limited in their selection and play-style as freighters, no matter how many guns you strap onto them, are still freighters and the converted ships are overpriced for their size and only Lyran's. You can grab a Orion Pirate ally if needed as well.		Over all the WYN's are an interesting race with some fun ships but they are very limited in their selection and play-style as freighters, no matter how many guns you strap onto them, are still freighters and the converted ships are overpriced for their size and only Lyran's. You can grab a Orion Pirate ally if needed as well.

	The WYN slogan is "If ~~can~~ you save the Cluster, then today IS a good day to die."		The WYN slogan is "If you save the Cluster then today IS a good day to die."

	So play like it. The armed freighters are 100% disposable and every battle might be the end so fight hard and never give up.		So play like it. The armed freighters are 100% disposable and every battle might be the end so fight hard and never give up.

1d4chan>Kale: /* The Andromedan Invaders */

2023-06-20T18:57:51Z

The Andromedan Invaders

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	'''''In Game'''''		'''''In Game'''''

	~~Andromedan ships are unique in~~ the ~~fact that they have a closed power loop. Their primary defense are their Power Absorbers which fill~~ the ~~role~~ of ~~shield but unlike galactic ships PA's don't just negate damage they turn it into power for~~ the ~~Andro to use~~. ~~Any damage done to a PA panel can be moved into~~ the ~~ships batteries at~~ the ~~end of~~ the ~~turn. (~~Andro ~~batteries~~ are ~~vastly superior~~ to ~~galactic ones as they can hold 5 points of power each so most Andro ships will have anywhere from 25~~ to ~~100 points of battery storage~~. ~~Good luck trying to tractor them or win a EW war)~~.		I have to stress once again the importance of properly understanding the unique rules of the Andromedans. Without the handicaps of the proper rules the Andro's are stupidly OP and playing them so is tantamount to cheating and very unfair to your opponent. Don't be ''that guy''.

	~~Contrary~~ to ~~popular belief Andro ships do suffer from power shortages. In fact most of the time an Andro ship struggles just like any other ship. A good~~ opponent ~~will only fire at a Andro if they know they are going to some damage past~~ the PA's ~~so for most of the game~~ your ~~forced~~ to ~~rely only on what power your ship has (which is typically lower then galatic races)~~.		Remember it's common courtesy to hand your EA sheet to your opponent after the game, it's a good way to keep everyone honest and helps you learn from your defeats. Again don't be ''that guy'', be honest and upfront and you'll be invited back to play.

	Ok lets talk about the most complex part of playing an Andro; the Power Absorber panels. They are the primary defense of Andromedan ~~ships. They have a complex rule set which takes much re-reading to understand (seriously if you want to play Andro you need to know the rules back~~ and ~~front otherwise it's not fair to your opponent as its the PA rules that form the basis of the Andro playstyle) but~~ are both better and worse then galactic shields. PA's banks are split into two on a Andro ship. The forward bank which covers shield arc 1,2,6 and the rear bank which covers 3,4,5. So Andro's have more more shields per facing then galactic ships but lower total shielding levels. The real strength to PA's is how fast you can regenerate them, which is much faster then a galactic ship can repair it shields. However unlike galactic shields the PA's can be destroyed by internal damage or Hit and Run attacks. Plus of course you can move the power stored in the bank into your batteries at the end of the turn and use it to overwhelm your opponent.		Andromedan ships are unique in the fact that they have a closed power generation loop. In an Andro ship all power must be used, it cannot just be discarded like a galactic ship. This is super important to know and understand as it's the core of Andro gameplay.

			Andromedans primary defense are their Power Absorbers (PA's) which fill the role of shields but unlike galactic ships PA's don't just negate damage they turn it into power for the Andro ship to use. Any damage done to a PA panel can be moved into the ships batteries at the end of the turn. NOw there are many "tricks" to moving power around before the end of the turn but each one comes with risk of course. Also Andro batteries are vastly superior to galactic ones as they can hold 5 points of power each compared to the single point of a galactic ship so most Andro ships will have anywhere from 25 to 100 points of battery power storage. (Good luck trying to tractor them or win a EW war).

			Contrary to popular belief Andro ships do suffer from power shortages. In fact most of the time an Andro ship struggles just like any other ship. A good opponent will only fire at a Andro if they know they are going to some damage past the PA's so for most of the game your forced to rely only on what power your ship has (which is typically lower then galactic races). Small tip; start the game with your batteries full, I know it sounds counter intuitive but trust me for the first few turns you'll be glad to have that power to use.

			Ok lets talk about the most complex part of playing an Andro; the Power Absorber panels. They are the primary defense of Andromedan ship and are both better and worse then galactic shields. PA's banks are split into two on a Andro ship. The forward bank which covers shield arc 1,2,6 and the rear bank which covers 3,4,5. So Andro's have more more shields per facing then galactic ships but lower total shielding levels. PA's also cost a lot more power to use then shields but this isn't usually an issue as you can keep them at lower levels to save power and boost them up if needed. The real strength to PA's is how fast you can regenerate them, which is much faster then a galactic ship can repair it shields. However unlike galactic shields the PA's can be destroyed by internal damage or Hit and Run attacks. Plus of course you can move the power stored in the bank into your batteries at the end of the turn and use it to overwhelm your opponent.

	Which brings us into the real issue with Andro's in the fact that your power system is closed. You cannot just dump the power you have. They typical death of an Andro is a where you get a PA panel or battery blown up but unlike galactic ships that power just doesn't vanish it has to go somewhere because of the closed power system. If the Andro player doesn't have room to store the power it turns into internal damage which then in turn has a good chance to blow out more PA's or batteries and then even more damage goes internal which in turns blows out more PA's and so on until the Andro goes supernova. This is called a "Cascade Failure" in game terms and is the standard way an Andro ship will die. Sometimes all it takes is that one battery hit at the wrong time and BOOM!		Which brings us into the real issue with Andro's in the fact that your power system is closed. You cannot just dump the power you have. They typical death of an Andro is a where you get a PA panel or battery blown up but unlike galactic ships that power just doesn't vanish it has to go somewhere because of the closed power system. If the Andro player doesn't have room to store the power it turns into internal damage which then in turn has a good chance to blow out more PA's or batteries and then even more damage goes internal which in turns blows out more PA's and so on until the Andro goes supernova. This is called a "Cascade Failure" in game terms and is the standard way an Andro ship will die. Sometimes all it takes is that one battery hit at the wrong time and BOOM!
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	There are many different tactics to handling PA panels as you can raise and lower them at will to shuffle power around and help you re-generate them. Also as PA panels absorb damage their capacity to store power get lowered, this is called degrading and allows galactic ships in sufficient numbers to sand away at you until your PA panels are useless. In game turns 10% of the incoming damage registers as degradation. (This does NOT subtract from the total damage absorbed btw).		There are many different tactics to handling PA panels as you can raise and lower them at will to shuffle power around and help you re-generate them. Also as PA panels absorb damage their capacity to store power get lowered, this is called degrading and allows galactic ships in sufficient numbers to sand away at you until your PA panels are useless. In game turns 10% of the incoming damage registers as degradation. (This does NOT subtract from the total damage absorbed btw).

	One last note for PA's is that they "leak". Disrupter damage can sneak past the PA panels cuz Disrupters have a disruptive effect right? (it's a fudge for game balance as Disrupters just don't have the 1 turn punch to get through PA's) In game for every 10 points of damage done 1 point will "leak" past the PA's and do internal damage. Now this actually really sucks because chance are that that damage will knock out something important so it's in the best interests of the Andro player to cut down on the number of Disrupters firing at them as quickly as possible or your ship will be leaked to death.		example

			A typical tactic is to oblique approach with panels at standard levels, yes you can switch to re-enforced levels before fire hits see the sequence of play, lash out with your TR's at what range you think best, crunching a shield with luck and then announce intent to Displace. If the opponent fires (if he doesn't you save power and keep the PA's at standard) take the return fire on your now re-enforced front bank then Displace away and zoom off. When at a safe range drop the front panels entirely (which are not exposed to enemy fire...hopefully) and the power now flows into the rear panels with excess moving into the batteries. The turn ends and you move power from the back panels to the batteries and your back PA's vent what your allowed (if needed) and bring the front panels back up to standard. Now your front panels are clear, except for the degradation (which your working to fix of course). You now zip around at high speed and run your ship off the batteries to make space while recharging your TR beams, next turn your repeat. During this same time period your opponent has been able to repair exactly 3 shield strength. Scary huh?


			One last note for PA's is that they "leak". Disrupter damage can sneak past the PA panels cuz Disrupters have a disruptive effect right? (it's a fudge for game balance as Disrupters just don't have the 1 turn punch to get through PA's) In game for every 10 points of damage done 1 point will "leak" past the PA's and do internal damage. Now this actually really sucks because chance are that that damage will knock out something important so it's in the best interests of the Andro player to cut down on the number of Disrupters firing at them as quickly as possible or your ship will be leaked to death in short order.

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	== The Omega Octant ==		== The Omega Octant ==