SCENARIO #8: PIRATE RAID

Play with Cadet ships First then try with Full scale ships.


PLAYERS: Two. One player controls the pirate ship, the other controls the freighters and one starship. The starship can be Federation, Klingon, Romulan, or Gorn. The first time you play the scenario, use the ship you are most familiar with.

REQUIRED MATERIALS: You will need the 32-Impulse Movement Chart, the Advanced Impulse Procedure Chart and Sequence of Play, the map, the counter and SSD for the ship you selected, the counters for all four freighters, the counter for the Orion Pirate Raider, the eight Klingon drone counters (these will be used by the pirate), one die, the Damage Allocation Chart, some scratch paper (to keep track of damage to the drones and freighters), and a copy of the SSD for the Orion Pirate Raider.

MAP: This scenario uses the sector A and B map. The freighters and the defending starship cannot voluntarily leave the map. The pirate can leave the map and can tow freighters off the map or capture them and move them off the map.

SCENARIO SET UP: The four freighters are placed (one each) in hexes 0116, 0117, 0216, and 0215. All are headed in direction B at a speed of two hexes per turn. Each freighter has two boarding parties (which cannot leave the freighter) and two control stations. Otherwise, the freighters operate as in Scenario #3 (in the section marked "And Even Later"). The Pirate Raider is placed in hex 0201 facing C. The defending starship is placed in hex 2817 facing in direction F on the first impulse of turn 6. For purposes of the acceleration limits, the defending and pirate ships are presumed to have been moving at a speed of 30 on the turn before the scenario begins.

LENGTH: The scenario will probably end very shortly after the defending starship enters the map. In any case the pirate must leave the map before the end of turn 12, or it will be considered destroyed by additional arriving fleet units.

SPECIAL RULE: The defending starship cannot fire at the freighters, even if they have been captured.

OBJECTIVE: The Orion Pirate Raider is trying to capture  freighters. To capture a freighter, the pirate must move it off the map. This can be done by towing it off the map by tractor beam or by capturing it with boarding parties and piloting it off the map. The pirate wins the scenario if he captures three or more freighters. If he captures one or two, he breaks even.

ADVICE FOR THE PIRATE: Use your weapons and drones to eliminate the freighter shields. Transport boarding parties to capture one or two freighters. Grab one or two more with tractor beams and head for the edge of the map. Don't leave the map until you have to as your  weapons will be needed to slow down the starship. When it appears, launch drones to slow him down.

INSTANT REPLAY: If the pirate wins too easily, have the starship appear on the fifth turn or even earlier. Another alternative is to roll one die at the start of every turn. The starship appears when a "1" is rolled (after that, stop rolling).