List of Ships:

1× Patrol Cruiser: landed at starport (powered down); the missile turrets are loaded with TL-11 missiles (there are no extra missiles in the cargo hold)

1× Scout/Courier: orbiting Keipes (alert status)

Skill Assets:

Skill Name: Asset	Easy	Average	Difficult	Formidable	Impossible
Communications: 11	(19-) 19	(12-) 19	(1-) 11	5 (15+)	2 (12+)
Electronics: 11	(19-) 19	(12-) 19	(1-) 11	5 (15+)	2 (12+)
Gunnery (cascade)
Energy Weapons: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)
Missiles: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)
Leadership: 13	(19-) 19	(16-) 19	(3-) 13	6 (16+)	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: 11	(19-) 19	(12-) 19	(1-) 11	5 (15+)	2 (12+)
RCV Operations: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)
Screens (cascade)
Meson Screens: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)
Nuclear Dampers: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)
Sandcaster: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)
Sensors: 11	(19-) 19	(12-) 19	(1-) 11	5 (15+)	2 (12+)
Ship's Engineering: 9	(19-) 19	(8-) 18	9 (19+)	4 (14+)	2 (12+)

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

Victory/Defeat Conditions:

Victory Points:

• +5 per Dawn League/RC prisoner captured and taken out-system.
• +20 per starship captured (from the Guild or from the RC) and taken out-system.
• +10 per starship captured (from Keipes) and taken out-system.
• +10 per hostile ship destroyed ("hostile" means the ship attacked Kide first).
• +10 if all RC and Guild ships leave the map (includes being destroyed or captured) before yours and if you and Keipes have not attacked each other.

Automatic Defeat:

• Losing the Patrol Cruiser.

Overwhelming Victory Condition:

• Having highest VP total.

Marginal Victory Condition:

• Having the second-highest VP total.