The Early Years

What's New

The Early Years are covered in "Module Y1: The Early Years". Early Years ships are far less capable than their "modern" counterparts that most players are familiar with. Their engines produced less power, resulting in slower speeds; they have fewer heavy weapons, and no overloads; they only have phaser-2s; the various systems have reduced capacities (e.g. transporters only work out to 3 hexes and tractors to one).

Ships
Over time, I will add alternative or additional ships that will never be published.  However, since not everything has been rejected yet, I haven't put very many up yet.

The races and fleets represented in Module Y1 are:
General:  Bases for each race are provided.
Federation:  Both the early Star Fleet fleet and the Federation National ships.
Klingon:  Just less capable versions of their current fleet.
Romulan:  Though they are only sublight, they still have some tricks up their sleeves.
Kzintis:  Only use drones and phasers.
Gorns:  They develop more slowly because of the lack of need.
Tholians:  Actually, they have already been presented in the current material.
Orions:  The basis for their modern forces.
Hydrans:  Their pre-conquered fleet.
Lyrans:  Like the Klingons, just less capable versions of the "modern" fleet.
WYN:  They only get started at the very end of the Early Years, and so only get a frigate.
Paravians:  Arch-nemesis of the Gorns.
Carnivons:  Caught in the crossfire between the Lyrans and Kzintis and taking the both on!

Other Races
The Andromedans did not arrive in our galaxy until Y165.  If they had arrived earlier, their technology would have been unchanged.
The ISC didn't reveal themselves, or develop their known fleet until the time of the General War.  What the ISC looked like during EY will be explored by ADB in the future.
The LDR didn't exist until the General War era.  And even if they did, it would be (technologically) irrelevant since gatling phasers had not yet been invented.
The Seltorians, like the Andromedans had not yet arrived.  If they did, the Tholians would presumably be dead.  Their technology would have been unchanged.
The Jindarians were apparently around, but not bothering anyone.  Their technology was also unchanged.

Please send any comments to me at mjwest@caddocourt.com.  I will try to include any suggestions I like.

Go back to my SFB main page. (Including my General War era shipyard and SFB links.)

These pages were initially inspired by seeing John Kim's site (now gone) and Art Braun's (aka Negh'Var) site.

Page last modified 3/31/05.

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