Persei-Aries War Resumes
Rasmus and Tuffyears take on Oriskany
Hello one and all. This past weekend we had another great game of Darkstar with the community, this time with veteran Rasmus and newcomer Tuffyears. Together they teamed up to take on some of Oriskany’s Americans in a larger, 241-point game. Rasmus had two of his Japanese warships, including the mighty Kama. Sleek, powerful, bristling with weapons and sensors, she’s a 149,000-ton Katana class heavy cruiser, escorted by the scrappy little Akashi class strike frigate Sakito. Their allies in this game were two Baroness class security frigates, high-tech “escalation action” response ships sailing under the auspices of a ASDA, a powerful shipping and commodities corporation here along the Andromeda Arc.
That’s right, after almost two years of gaming we finally have to take a break from the Hercules Rim of the recent Third Hercules War, because in that war, the Japanese and Consortium were firmly-entrenched enemies. But of course Hercules is just one of 24 strategic command sectors (SCS) in the Second Band of Known Space, in any other one these two factions could be fast friends. The Andromeda Arc (Andromeda-Pisces SCS) was chosen for this game simply because the American and Japanese navies fought a bitter war here in 2514-15, and its easy to imagine tensions sparking again into open conflict.
Such is the nature of Darkstar, a setting designed to allow warships of any nation to fight any other nation without wondering about lore or mythos or “current situation.” Yes, such background is available, but it’s set up specifically to never be in the way. Next week might see me team up with Tuffyears against Rasmus, but with my Black Dragons, or Russians, or French … against Rasmus or Damon or Hegemongary or who knows who … playing who knows which faction. Not until a definitive campaign is set up do the factions solidify a little, and even then only in the specific campaign area (usually 6-15 star systems) and even then only temporarily (1-2 years of campaign time).
Great game, congratulations to all.
You should join us on the discord one of these days
That’s a good point @rasmus and @gremlin – I should start linking our Discord here for Darkstar games and commentary.
https://discord.gg/Ju6m27db
If that link doesn’t work for anyone, drop me a PM and I’ll send a new one (sometimes these links only last a day or two).
Did you guys ever finish that Star Trek version of this game?
More or less finished … just never playtested rigorously.