Date sent:      	Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:26:02 -0500
From:           	AFulton@mrisystem.com (Alex Fulton)
Subject:        	[B5W]: SCENARIO: Into the Night
To:             	aog@agentsofgaming.com, babylon5-wars@vex.cs.colorado.edu
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     ** THIS SCENARIO CAN BE PLAYED ENTIRELY WITH ALREADY RELEASED MINIS **
     
     SCENARIO: Into the Night
     
     As the Earth-Minbari War started, the Earth Alliance had almost no 
     information about the Minbari jammer technology. The Prometheus 
     battlegroup had supplied some information, but not enough to proceed 
     with war planning.
     A Hyperion-class heavy cruiser was sent out to gain additional 
     information about the Minbari technology, but not to engage the enemy. 
     It was decided to give it a significant boost in its engines to 
     provide a means of escape, although the exact amount was not known as 
     no one had seen a Sharlin at speed before.
     
     Player #1 (Earth Alliance): 1 Hyperion Heavy Cruiser: EAS Alliance
                                 6 standard starfuries.
     Player #2 (Minbari): 2 Sharlin War Cruisers: Trimadno, Ghuraton
                          48 Nial class heavy fighters (24 ea.) 
                          8 Flyers (4 ea.)
     
     Game Setup:
     Lay out the six map sheets as follows:
     
     A  B  C
     D  E  F
     
     Earth Force Player
     Sets up on any hex on the "F" map, heading "F", speed 20. All 
     fighters may be deployed.
     
     Minbari Player
     The Minbari setup anywhere on the "F" map, heading "F", speed 10. 
     All fighters are in the hangar.
     
     Victory Conditions
     The Earth Alliance player wins if he can get the Hyperion to 
     within 5 hexes of each Sharlin and target each with at least 6 EW. 
     This does not have to be done simultaneosly. After this, it must 
     get the information it has back to EarthGov. It can transmit the 
     data to any fighter within 5 hexes range. There is a Nova-class 
     Dreadnought about 3 hours distance away from the battle, hidden in 
     an asteroid field. If the Starfuries can disengage via any legal 
     method except distance from the start point, it is assumed they 
     can make it to the Nova's jump point. 
     
     The Minbari win by prevented the EA player from winning. The 
     Minbari have just jumped in this turn and are on turn 0 of their 
     recharge cycle. In addition, they automatically lose the first 2 
     initiative rolls, and cannot fire their weapons on turn 1.
     
     Special Rules
     Hyperion: The Hyperion has had 8 free thrust points added and 2 thrust 
     points added to each thruster.
     
     General: none. Ramming is allowed. 
     
     Comments
     This is a real tough fight for the Earth Force player. You will need 
     to rush in, and then send the fighters all over the place. Try to use 
     your Hyperion to buy them some needed time. The information they will 
     bring back is vital to the war effort. In case it is not obvious, 
     there is very little the Hyperion can do to survive the battle. Taking 
     a beating for about a turn and then ramming a Sharlin may be the best 
     bet. What with the ability for a capital ship to "buy" free thrust 
     points, there is a very real possiblity of them catching up with your 
     fighters.
     
     By: Alex Fulton