MGP3400 Babylon 5 A Call To Arms 2e A Call to Arms.pdf

Contents & Credits

A CALL TO ARMS:

Credits

Author

Matt Sprange

Editor

Nick Robinson

Cover Image

Brandon Bray

Artwork & Graphics

Scott Clark

Interior Artwork

David Breidis, Luciano M Trentadue

Contents

Introduction

Page 2

The Turn

Page 5

Movement Phase

Page 6

Attack Phase

Page 8

End Phase

Page 12

Special Actions

Page 13

Special Traits

Page 16

Ambush at Beta 3

Page 22

Publications Manager

Ian Belcher

Production Director

Alexander Fennell

Proofreading

Scribendi

Playtesters

Richard Bax, Wulf Corbett, Paul Davies, Mike Johnston,

Tristan Lomas, Erik Nicely, Roman Perner, Gavin Seery,

Greg Smith and Steve Wilson.

Special Thanks

J. Michael Straczynski, Fiona Avery, Isabelle Richard,

Skye Herzog and Ian Barstow

Advanced Rules

Page 24

Hyperspace

Page 26

Fighters

Page 28

Stellar Debris

Page 32

Space Stations

Page 35

Planetary Assaults

Page 39

Boarding Actions

Page 42

Admirals

Page 44

Scenarios

Page 48

Campaigns

Page 78

BABYLON 5 and all related characters and elements are

trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

WB SHIELD: TM and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

(s07)

Fleet Lists

Page 100

Index

Page 123

Ship Counters

Page 124

Designation of Product Identity: The following items are hereby designated as Product Identity: Any and all Babylon 5 logos and

identifying marks and trade dress, including all Babylon 5 product and product line names; any elements of the Babylon 5 setting

including but not limited to capitalised names, planet names, alien species names, ship names, organisation names, characters,

equipment, setting and historic events, episode descriptions, any and all stories, storylines, locations, plots, thematic elements,

documents within the Babylon 5 world, quotes from character or episodes, all artwork, symbols, designs, depictions, illustrations,

maps and cartography, likenesses, poses, logos, symbols or graphic designs; any other unspeciﬁ ed incarnations of Babylon 5

creative property, including elements either derived or inferred from the Babylon 5 setting; and website support materials and all

future incarnations, online community donations and all free game support items. A Call to Arms: Second Edition printed in the

SECOND EDITION

INTRODUCTION

It was the dawn of the Third Age of Mankind, ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. The Babylon Project was a dream

given form. Its goal-- to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences

peacefully.

It is a port of call, a home away from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs and wanderers. Humans and aliens

wrapped in two million, ﬁ ve hundred thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place

but it is our last, best hope for peace.

This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations.

The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5.

A Call to Arms is the game of space combat in the universe of Babylon 5. Throughout the station’s turbulent history, armed

ﬂ eets have enacted the harsher policies of their governments. Now you can play out these confrontations on the tabletop

with entire ﬂ eets drawn from the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Narn Regime, Centauri Republic or any one of the

many other races that dwell in the galaxy.

From skirmishes involving single cruisers hunting down raiders to the clashing of allied ﬂ eets against the forces of ancient

beings aeons old, A Call to Arms is your ticket to exciting battles that take place in the depth of space.

A Call to Arms

This game is divided into several chapters which may seem to contain a lot of rules you need to remember but it is far easier

than it looks! The core rules of A Call to Arms are detailed in the following sections.

Basic Rules: Just a few pages long, this section contains everything you need to know in order to enjoy games of A Call

to Arms.

Advanced Rules: Once you have mastered the basic rules, start adding rules from this section in order to get the full

Babylon 5 experience – from wings of Starfurys and hyperspace jumps to asteroids and space stations. . .

Battles in Space: Up to now, you will have been playing the basic Call to Arms scenario introduced to you in the Basic

Rules chapter. Now unleash your tactical genius in a wide range of scenarios and campaigns!

Fleets of Babylon 5: Some of the most common ships available in the Babylon 5 universe can be found here, allowing

you to start playing immediately.

What You Will Need

As well as this, there are several other things you will require in order to play A Call to Arms properly. A minimum of two

players are required, each with their own ﬂ eet of ships (you can readily use the counters included in the back of this book,

though if you have miniatures, keep on reading). You will also need a ﬂ at playing surface – the kitchen table will do, though

the scenarios included in this book normally assume a playing surface of around six foot by four foot in size.

In addition to this, you will also need pens, scrap paper to jot down notes and a measuring device marked in inches. With

all those collected together, you have everything you need to begin ﬁ ghting in the galaxy of Babylon 5.

You will also ﬁ nd a copy of A Call to Arms: Fleet Lists essential if you wish to explore the full range of ﬂ eets and ships

available in the Babylon 5 universe.

Introduction

Introduction

Scale

Though counters for most ships in the Babylon 5 universe have been provided with this book, veteran players may still

possess entire ﬂ eets of miniatures produced for B5 Wars by Agents of Gaming. Regardless of the scale of your miniatures

(original or Fleet Action), they can be used freely in A Call to Arms.

All distances in A Call to Arms are measured from the stem of a ship’s base or the very centre of the counter (or from the

edge of the base/counter in the case of ﬁ ghters). Some older miniatures may have more than one base. In this case, pick

one and measure only from that.

All distances in A Call to Arms are measured in inches.

Re-Rolls

Some special situations may call for you re-rolling a dice. This simply means you may ignore the ﬁ rst failed result that a

dice rolled, and roll again. You must always accept the result of the second roll, and can not re-roll the dice again, even if it

was worse than the ﬁ rst – re-rolls can be used to get you out of a tricky situation but they are never guaranteed!

Pre-Measuring

You are allowed to pre-measure distances and ranges at any time in A Call to Arms. Spacecraft have very advanced computer

and sensor systems, allowing their Captains to precisely judge how to manoeuvre and when to unleash a devastating

salvo.

Movement & Firing

Though A Call to Arms is played on a ﬂ at surface and ‘altitude’ rules are not

used, a full three dimensional environment is assumed, so ships can pass over

one another, planets, space stations and so on. . .

Every ship in A Call to Arms has seven ﬁ ring arcs, all of which are marked out

on counters and bases. These are the areas that various weapons can ﬁ re into, as

noted in their descriptions in the Fleet Lists book.

Fore F – 90 degrees forward

Aft A – 90 degrees back

Port P – 90 degrees left

Starboard S – 90 degrees right

Boresight B - straight line ahead

Boresight Aft B(a) – straight line behind

Turret T – 360 degrees all round

All counters have the picture of the relevant ship (shown top down), with two

lines bisecting the centre at 90 degrees, to demonstrate the main ﬁ ring arcs. A

single point at the front of the counter marks the Boresight line (another will

be at the rear of the counter if the ship has a Boresight Aft weapon). Where the

two main lines intersect at the centre, a single red dot is shown, marking the

point of the ship where all measurements are taken (just like the base stem on

a miniature).

Ships in A Call to Arms

No doubt you have already breathlessly ﬂ icked through the last section of this book and seen some of the ships available

in A Call to Arms – you might even have the Fleet Book to hand! Every ship in the game is deﬁ ned by its roster sheet,

though you will also ﬁ nd plenty of information in Book Two covering its general statistics, history and the tactics involved

in its use. A ship’s roster looks like this – the example given here is of a Hyperion cruiser, one of the stalwarts of the Earth

Alliance.

Ship Name:

Speed:

Hull:

Crew:

Troops:

Special Traits:

Damocles

32/6

Anti-Fighter 2, Interceptors 2, Jump

Engine

Class/PL

Turns:

Damage:

Crew Quality:

Craft:

In Service:

Hyperion

2/45 o

28/6

1 Aurora Starfury ﬂ ight

2240+

Weapon

Range

Arc

Special

Heavy Laser Cannon

Beam, Double Damage

Heavy Laser Cannon

B (a)

Beam, Double Damage

Medium Pulse Cannon

Plasma Cannon

AP, Twin-Linked

Ship Name: What a ship is called is up to you, but it has been noted in our playtesting that ships with names always seem

to last longer!

Class: This is the actual type (or class) of ship.

Speed: This is the maximum distance in inches a ship can usually move in a single turn.

Turns: As described in the Movement Phase chapter, this reﬂ ects how quickly a ship can turn to come about on its

enemies.

Hull: The higher the value here, the better armoured a ship will be to withstand incoming ﬁ re.

Damage: The ﬁ rst ﬁ gure shows how many points of damage a ship can withstand before being destroyed. The second

marks the point at which the ship becomes Crippled. In the example above, once the Hyperion takes 22 points of damage,

reducing it to 6 overall, it becomes Crippled.

Crew: Much the same as Damage, this shows how many Crew are on board the ship. The second ﬁ gure shows how far

the Crew can be depleted before they become a Skeleton Crew. In the example above, once the Hyperion loses 26 Crew,

reducing it to 6 overall, it is crewed by a Skeleton Crew.

Crew Quality: The average ﬁ gure here will be 4, which denotes a Military-Grade crew on board. This can vary to reﬂ ect

especially green or elite crews. Until you start using the Advanced Rules in this book, use a score of 4 by default for Crew

Quality.

Troops: Whether a few scattered security personnel or dedicated marines, most ships have the ability to conduct boarding

actions.

Craft: A few ships carry ﬂ ights of smaller craft on board, normally ﬁ ghters. Any carried as standard will be noted here.

Special Traits: Many ships have special rules that allow them to perform actions impossible by others. The Hyperion

above, for example, has its own Jump Engine and is protected by Interceptors and Anti-Fighter weapons. Special Traits are

detailed on page 16.

In Service: The Earth Year in which the ship came into service and thus when it can be used.

Weapons: Any warship will have multiple weapon systems, all of which will be detailed here. Every weapon is deﬁ ned

by its Range, which Fire Arc it can ﬁ re into and the number of Attack Dice it uses. Some weapons also have Special

Traits, as deﬁ ned on page 20, which further inﬂ uence their effect in the game.

Introduction

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