5150 Fighter command -Fall of the Colonies themed patrol mission

This is Athena actual, patrol 784 do you read?
784 here read you 5 by 5, proceeding on objective Artemis, wait a minute picking two no three dradis contacts! No Colonial transponders so far.
Athena Actual to 784 proceed with caution, it could be pirates but fire only when you fire upon.
784 we read you ROE return fire only over.

I played today small patrol mission using BSG universe when i was looking through my stuff and came into my Bergstrom BSG fighters. it was standart mission with two pilots one rep 5 star ( callsign Dagger) and rep 4 grunt (callsign Myrmidon) Dagger was piloting Viper mark 7 while Mymidon was piloting Assault Viper.

three contacts was discovered two in far edge of map while on one center, the patrol flight proceed toward first nav point and first DRADIS contact (PEF) came into sensor range. while it was some sketchy siginal but our pilots was sure that there is something in that field

784 here,reach first nav, one signal was bogus but remaing two remain solid no transponders so far.
coming into range of contact please wait.........
784 here! we have situation! unknown small ship hell i never see anything like it!
Athena actual to 784, hold your fire i repeat hold your fire! Is it Cylon craft?
I dont think so... FRAK missle launch! evading! evading!

Recon flight came into range of second PEF, this time our pilots wasnt so lucky, Cylon craft - single heavy raider rep 3. the before our fighters came into range raider launched FF missle but Dagger which was target quickly evaded missle and close in and returned fire, disabling raiders main guns and damaging hull

  

Raider launched another missle and Dagger again evade but this time he was able to get behind Heavy Raider but third PEF came into range - two Cylon Raiders - one rep 5 while second was rep 3
Dagger opened fire destroying Heavy raider but enemy raiders we´re closing

this is 784 two additional contacts! Bearing 827 Carom 447! please advise!
Athena actual to 784 weapons free i repeat weapons free, consider all unidentified contacts as hostile.

Vipers tried to make run for it as they were scattered after dogfight with heavy raider their were not in position to fight, but raiders catch up with them and fire on Dagger, while he evade third missle he cannot evade enemy guns, which knock out his comms, he then performed Immelmann turn and target rep 5 raider, he blast him with his guns but second raider were still there.

now deadly gaulnet begun raider and two vipers were locked into it and tried to outmaneover other side, Myrmidon although his maneover does not performed well it was enough to get raider into his sight and then blast him out of the skies.

This is  784, DRADIS is clear, going back home.......

This game was very different from games i played before, mass and rail guns were more personal and fight  dogfights are more, enjoyed more than any other game of FC i played before but maybe it is my weakness for BSG.

Battlestar Athena - BSG 5150 fighter command project underway

This the Commander. Moments ago, this ship received word of a Cylon attack against our home worlds is under

way. We do not know the size or the disposition or the strength of the enemy forces, but all indications point to a massive assault against Colonial defenses. Admiral Nagala has taken personal command of the Fleet aboard the Battlestar Atlanta following the complete destruction of Picon Fleet Headquarters in the first wave of the attacks. How, why, doesn’t really matter now. What does matter is that as of this moment, we are at war. You’ve trained for this. You’re ready for this. Stand to your duties, trust your fellow shipmates, and we’ll get through this. Further updates as we get them. Thank you
 - Commander Adama prior to fall of Twelve Colonies

Since arrival of my Battlestar Galactica model and Colonial and Cylon fighters i begun working on Battlestar Athena project, this is very ambitious project since i working on my own (most of my projects was jointed with some other fellow players but this time i building everything by myself hoping somebody will join to play but now it is meant for solo play)
I will be playing 5150 Fighter command ruleset from Two hours games , unlike other space dogfight games, FC are played with Capships as well as with fighters , and it is more like scifi show than portraing hypothetical future space combat - As i would call it RPG with fighters and cruisers - or it this case with Battlestars. I wrote something about this project earlier but in short i presume that me (and maybe i will teach some friends who also watch the show to play) will take roles of Flight leaders of BSG Athena durning attack on Colonies and maybe sometime after.(Athena is on anti-pirate mission in Zodia asteroid field and is planned to have CNP installed after return - that is why is immune to Cylon virus attack)

Capt. Thesseus „Dagger“ Cottle and 1st Lt.Obit „Sentry“ Storm(piloting assault viper) escorting Heavy 568

but enought talk about story and game system and look into miniatures.
I started project with simple thing 2 Vipers one Mark VII and one Assault Viper (I will be using Mark III Viper model because they look cool in grey) i also aquired few Firestorm Armada models which i will press into service as random civilian and military space crafts (also two shield cruisers which will be representing Cylon transports)






 i thought it will be hard to assemble Battlestar. But then i put it together in one evening. She is long 33,8 cm which means she is really beast and with comparsion with other ships i have she have really power effect - but it also bears one bad thing as any BSG players would say one Battlestar isnt just enough and iam still looking for Moebius Mercury class Battlestar. Still unpainted but here she is

Last thing is new one - for game i would need bad guys in this case Cylon Raiders - here is first two but i have more on table including some Heavy Raiders

And in the end some FSA ships in comparsion shots with Mark VII

Cylon Transport

Random Transport Ship

Colonial frigate

Patrol Cruiser

Battlestar Galactica fighters stats

as my project continue, i reinventing some other ranges to fit my universe for example i always wanted Terminator:Salvation Hunter Killer , but now i would think of it as dedicated cylon stealth carrier used for different kind of actions than basestars. anyway here with some stats for 5150 Fighter Command



Viper Mark II
Old fighter which dates to 1st Cylon war, although defense forces in border world of colonies still use them, as well as some mercenaries who work near and in Zodias Asteroid Field, while not fast and maneovarble as Mark VII, the Mark two can take more punishment, and can be equipped with specialised ordinance.

Viper Mark VII
Current Colonial space supperiority fighter, fast and deadly in hand of skilled fighter, unlike Mark II he rellies on KEW loadout to take out the enemy and thanks to brand new CPN module this task is even easier. However when Cylons used  CPN backdoors to disable Colonial forces most of fleet was rendered useless. But not all Battlestars and Vipers had installed CPN - mostly older Battlestars on patrol duties, and in desperation they were sometimes able to caught Cylons totally offguard

Assault Viper
Assault Vipers has been introduced to give fighters punch to deal with frigates and smaller "star" like vessels
while less maneoverable than standart Mark 7 it can carry more load out making him prefered in attacks.

Raptor

Raptor is transport/Cap ship attack small vessel employed by Colonial forces, it can be equipped with 2 tactical nukes to deal with Capital ships such as basestar or Hunterstar. Some battlegroups are known to equip them to provide close support (both ground and space) in these variant they are known as Assault Raptors.This small craft can be also loaded by marines to make boarding actions.

Cylon Raider
Cylon Raiders are main attack craft of Cylon forces, it was created for dogfighting and also as transmitter of Cylon virus. Flight abilities is similiar to Colonial Viper Mark VII although raider carries more ordinance. this ships are most encoutered ship by Colonial Forces                                                                                                                       


Heavy Raider
Assault boat of Cylon forces, this craft is similiar to Colonial Viper although equipped with better weapons, on some occassions these crafts are also equipped with nukes and other ordinance to destroy colonial battle ships. like all Cylon vessels raiders are equipped with FTL.

stats for this unit you will find here https://www.facebook.com/download/1498006437103921/Battlestar%20Galactica%20fighters%20BS-Athena.pdf

5150 Fighter Command - Battlestar Athena (set in BSG universe)

thank to one of the kind members of Full Thrust Facebook group i was introduced to 5150 Fighter
Command from two hours wargames. normaly i am not big fan of two hours wargames, since their system is bit strange but fluid and give great narrative games/battles - have experience with Nuts! and All things zombies.

Anyway what is 5150:FC about? well about scifi space gaming on fighter squadron scale, everething you ever seen in old scifi space combat sims is here - patrols, cap ship hunting, good ol´ defense, escort missions but players can devise their own scenarios like search and rescue, recon missions and propably more.
unlike many "competive" games i encounter here in Czech THW are different and FC is same.

I will start campaing on my own playing few patrols to learn the rules and then introduce to my friends.
Storywise the campaing will follow the Battlestar Athena which mission last four months was to guard red line so she didnt have CNP module yet installed and can bring everything on Cylons.Unlike Adama and his Battlestar Galactica the Athena will make last stand at Colonies.

I ordered some miniatures from Studio Bergstrom, and now my complement of fighters are ready for battle (have to arrive and paint them thought) but i will got 8 Viper mark VII, 4 Viper Mark 2.5 (this will be proxying Assault Vipers from Diaspora) 2 Raptors, 16 RS Raiders, and 3 Heavy Raiders which gave me enough smaller crafts for start of campaing. The BSG 89 Athena would not be problem too, there is nice Revell Kit of Battlestar Galactica, so i must assume that Athena is Columbia too and as one of the original Battlestar, she represents Libran colony.

While at this point everything is okay but then i started running to the problems, first is Cylon basestar which is currently out of my budget options, but that will sort out and second is colonial civilian ships my Battlestar and her Viper and Raptor pilots will encounter durning their voyage across Colonies. but hopefully i will find some solution soon. (Got some 15mm scalled containers, so if i found some nice cockpit and engines i may create transport ship from it - we will see)

Battlestar Galactica:RS Wargaming

This is the Commander. Moments ago, this ship received word of a Cylon attack against our homeworlds is under way. We do not know the size or the disposition or the strength of the enemy forces, but all indications point to a massive assault against Colonial defenses. Admiral Nagala has taken personal command of the Fleet aboard the battlestar Atlantia following the complete destruction of Picon Fleet Headquarters in the first wave of the attacks. How, why doesn't really matter now. What does matter is that as of this moment, we are at war. You've trained for this. You're ready for this. Stand to your duties, trust your fellow shipmates, and we'll get through this.

I am big fan of Battlestar Galactica series - either Reimagined,Original or stand alone pilot Blood and Chrome,  and least but not last Diaspora:Shattered Armistance pc game.   Full thrust IMHO is well suited for BSG gaming althought maybe Colonial Battlefleet will be suit better but i dont like Hexes anyway  first decision was easy first or second Cylon war. While first war will be easy on backstory as war rages on. The second in truth is easy too, only thing which is problem is CPN backdoors that Cylons used prior to attack on Colonies. Easily this could be say that Battlestar/s are returning from training maneovers and new system will be installed after return, like in Diaspora.

I looked into Studio Bergstrom miniatures line which features stylised non-BSG miniatures , new and old Battlestars, Basestars, vipers, raiders, Raptors and so on. There are others vendors that sells non-BSG minis namely Ravenstar miniatures,B3 Designs and Novastar. these vendors also make starbases, and civilian ships along with non-canon Cylon and Colonial Fleet ships.

Jump complete. Reading debris in low orbit and multiple nuclear explosions on surface. Virgon is gone, the Fleet is gone..... Incoming DRADIS contact!Single Cylon Raider!

So where to start, If you want to start Full thrust BSG you will need capital ships - i would suggest two Battlestars, and three or four Basestars for this reason i will choose two Battleships (they looks like Columbia class)for economical reason i would start with smaller complement of Vipers four of Vipers and one or two raptor flights to count as torpedo bombers . for Cylons choice was similiar Two Heavy cruisers and two smaller Deuce light crusiers, fighter escort will be 4 wings total with respawn - when wave is destroyed Cylon player can launch another.

Galactica has seen a lot of history, gone through a lot of battles. This will be her last. She will not fail us if we do not fail her. If we succeed in our mission, Galactica will bring us home. If we don't... it doesn't matter anyway. 

to the storyline we will be following two Battlestars conducting patrol along the Red Line BSG Athena and her sister ship BSG Rhea has been sended to emergency beacon set up by Armistice station, upon discovery that Armistice station is destroyed, and receving reports of massive assault againts Colonies they racing to rescue, unlike Galactica or Pegasus their Commanders decide to make a stand.

Since we aquired place to play Full thrust in local board games store with tables to play, we possible can aquire some new players, i am wishfull thinking we can make campaing called Fall of Colonies