From:           	HRAZ71A@prodigy.com (MR DAVID E PETERS)
Date sent:      	Sun,  3 May 1998 18:51:37, -0500
To:             	babylon5-wars@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Subject:        	[B5W]: B5 Wars Scenario:  McDowells Maggots
Send reply to:  	babylon5-wars@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU

      Dear Gang:

       I have another scenario that I would like you to try.  This 
will later be a mini-campaign.  It is a EarthForce vs. Raiders with 
small twists.  Enjoy.

                                                                
Babylon 5 Wars Scenario
                                                                      
           By
                                                                      
 David Peters


Name: McDowells Maggots (EarthForce vs. Raiders)

      After the Earth-Minbari, alot of the personnel in EarthForce 
were not satisfied with the conclusion of the War.   Several high 
ranking officers felt the Minbari had other motives for ending the 
war.  Shamus McDowell a highly decorated EarthForce fighter pilot was 
one these officers who was not comfortable about opening negotiations 
with the Minbari.  Shamus was also highly bigoted about the other 
alien races that dealt with Earth.  Shamus and several of his 
squadron members left EarthForce.   They were later approached by a 
group of business men who wanted to create a situation near a certain 
region of space that was several alien races had their shipping lanes.
  They wanted EarthForce to lose face even more by disrupting the 
shipping in that area since EF patrolled Earth's borders in that area.
   

      This is about two years after the Earth-Minbari war, EarthForce 
was in the process of rebuilding their fleet.   They had assembled a 
small task force of ships and fighters to dealing with the raiders.   
One of the EarthForce patrols ran into McDowells Maggots after they 
had just completed a raid on were their way to rendezvous with their 
transport ships in hyperspace near a seldom used Jump Gate.

EarthForce:  6 Star Furies

Raider Forces: 12 Raider Fighters

Map Layout:  Layout the mapsheets as follows.

              A B C
              D E F  

      A fixed Jump Gate is to be placed in the center of the map.  
The Star Furies are placed within two hexes of the jump point, they 
just came through the jump point at speed 4.  The Raiders setup at 
map edges A and D at speed 6.

Victory Conditions: 

Raider Victory:   The Raiders win if they can destroy all Starfuries 
or exit through the Jump Gate on turn 19.

EarthForce Victory:  The EarthForce Player wins if he can destroy all 
the Raiders and prevent them from going through the Jump Gate.

Special Rules:  The Jump Gate cannot be used for 19 turns because the 
Star Furies just arrived through the gate.   One Raider fighter has a 
Level 2 Pilot which is Shamus McDowell.

Optional Rules:  No ramming is allowed.  Try using the pilot ejection 
rule for this scenario it should make it more interesting as both 
sides will try to capture or rescue pilots.

Comments:   This is a typical shootout with EarthForce and the 
Raiders, but with a group of Raiders that is trying to give 
Earthforce a very hard time.