List of Ships & Forces:

1× Shukugan-class System Defense Boat (SDB), orbiting Keipes (alert status); missile barbettes are loaded with TL-11 missiles (there are no extra missiles in the cargo hold)

1× Bastien-class Liner (the former DLS Eos): landed at starport (powered down)

1× TL-15 150-Mj Laser Turret (Loc: 11; Arcs: All)

1× Moraine-Class Free Trader: landed at starport (powered down)

2× TL-15 150-Mj Laser Turret

(Deep Site):

1× TL-12 1,000-Mj Meson Gun
(Short 10:158; Medium 20:103; Long 40:52; Extreme 80:27).

(Sensor Sites):

2× TL-12 240,000-km (8 hexes) Passive EMS
(PEMS Ant. - 13 H; treat as "Target Size: VS" with +2 Diff. Mod.)

Skill Assets:

Skill Name: Asset	Easy	Average	Difficult	Formidable	Impossible
Communications: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)
Electronics: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)
Gunnery (cascade)
Energy Weapons: (4.5)*	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)	1 (11+)
Missiles: (4.5)*	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)	1 (11+)
Leadership: 15	(19-) 19	(19-) 19	(5-) 15	7 (17+)	3 (13+)
Naval Tactics (cascade)
Fleet Tactics: (4.5)*	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)	1 (11+)
Ship Tactics: (4.5)*	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)	1 (11+)
Pilot (cascade)
Interface: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)
RCV Operations: (4.5)*	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)	1 (11+)
Screens (cascade)
Meson Screens: (4.5)*	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)	1 (11+)
Nuclear Dampers: (4.5)*	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)	1 (11+)
Sandcaster: (4.5)*	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)	1 (11+)
Sensors: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)
Ship's Engineering: (4.5)*	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)	1 (11+)

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These skills already have the "+1 Difficulty Level" penalty for unskilled attempts.

Victory/Defeat Conditions:

Victory Points:

• -2 per Dawn League/RC prisoner lost and not recaptured. (Note: There are 18 prisoners total.)
• -10 per ship lost and not recaptured.
• +30 for destroying the Clipper.
• +20 for each hostile starship destroyed or captured (other than the Clipper; "hostile" means the ship attacked Keipes first).

Automatic Defeat (any one of the following):

• Losing both of the jump-capable vessels (the Liner and the Free Trader).
• Losing all of the prisoners.

Overwhelming Victory Condition:

• Having highest VP total.

Marginal Victory Condition:

• Having the second-highest VP total.