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This is a suggestion game, where you lead a celtic/germanic hero on a journey to recover their Kingdom. Its based heavily on a solo rpg, so if you recognise it, keep it quiet 

Because of the huge distances (and thus times) involved, all actions are resolved simultaneously.

# Distance
Battles in SPACE span across great distances, and the efficiency of your weapons is dependent on the range to your target. There are seven range bands, each one substantially larger than the next:

Extreme, Very Long, Long, Medium, Short, Close, Melee

At any given moment, a ship will be at one of these ranges to every other ship in the Combat. For simplicity, ships will be grouped together if their relative ranges permit.

- An example:
Red Squadron consists of Red-1 and Red-2 at melee range
The Brawl consists of Red-3 and Blue-1 at melee range
Blue Squadron consists of The Brawl and Blue-2 at Short Range
Red Squadron, Blue Squadron and Blue-3 are at Medium Range from one another

From this we know that Red-1 and Red-2 are at Medium range from all Blue ships. Red-3 is at Melee range with Blue-1, Short Range with Blue-2 and Medium Range with Blue-3.

This could also be described in graph form:

The Field (Medium Range)
 |- Red Squadron (Melee Range)
 |   |- Red-1
 |   > Red-2
 |- Blue Squadron (Short Range)
 |   |- The Brawl (Melee Range)
 |   |   |- Red-3
 |   |   > Blue-1
 |   > Blue-2
 > Blue-3

To find the range between two ships, simply find the closest ancestor they both share.

# Movement
Due to the substantial ranges, standard impulse thrusters are only good for evasive maneuvering and attitude control. To make tactical manoeuvres, ships need to use their Jump Drive. They take a full turn to charge up however, so be careful about getting caught in a dangerous situation.

When charging a jump, you will have to declare how you are moving relative to something else, typically another ship. Thanks to transdimensional interference from other Jump Drives, you can't just rock straight up next to an enemy ship, nor can you skip straight to extreme range after delivering a point blank strike. Instead, you can jump up to two steps closer or further from an enemy ship each time. Thanks to careful drive calibration, allied ships do not cause Jump Interference, and instead can be used to home straight in, assuming there are no hostile ships nearby to make things difficult.

Going back to our graph, if Red-3 wanted to close with Blue-3, (whilst all other ships stayed stationary) the graph would first look like the following:

The Field (Medium Range)
 |- Red Squadron (Melee Range)
 |   |- Red-1
 |   > Red-2
 |- Blue Squadron (Short Range)
 |   |- Blue-1
 |   |- Blue-2
 |   > Red-3
 > Blue-3

As Red-3 must disengage from Blue-1 first, it moves out to Short Range, before then starting to close with Blue-3 next jump:

The Field (Medium Range)
 |- Red Squadron (Melee Range)
 |   |- Red-1
 |   > Red-2
 |- Blue Squadron (Short Range)
 |   |- Blue-1
 |   |- Blue-2
 > The Duel (Short Range)
     |- Blue-3
     > Red-3

If Red-3 had instead decided to move into formation with the other Red ships, it could've moved straight to Melee Range with them if so desired, as no hostile ships were around to interfere.

# Shooting
Each attack with a weapon rolls 2d6, and compared it to the target value in the following wrapping range table. If that number or higher is rolled, the weapon hits.

To Hit Target (2d6)
              | Mel | Cls | Sht | Med | Lng | VLg | Ext
Missile |   3   |   3   |   3   |   3    |   5   |   7    |   -
Laser    |   3   |   4   |   5   |   7    |  10  |    -    |   -
Kinetic  |   4  |   7   |  10  |   12  |    -   |    -    |   -

Missiles reach anything at Medium range the same turn they are launched, but take 1 turn to hit at Long range, and 2 turns to hit at Very Long range. Each hit deals one damage.

Lasers deal one damage per hit, and strike instantly.

Kinetics deal one damage per hit, and produces an additional hit per two rolled over the minimum. Thus a roll of 12 at Melee range is actually five hits.

# Defence
Defence effectiveness vs Offence
                          | Lasers | Kinetics | Missiles
Point Defence |     0%   |     50%     |   100%
Shields             | 100%   |       0%     |     50%
Armour             |   50%   |   100%    |        0%

Each Point Defence rolls 2d6 against incoming Missiles/Kinetics. On a 3+ it hits. Missiles are destroyed in one hit, Kinetics are destroyed in two hits. Every time a Point Defence successfully hits, it may immediately roll for another interception with a cumulative -2 penalty. If a Point Defence fails to hit the target, the Missile/Kinetic has successfuly struck the ship. Multiple Point Defence act in a Round Robin, thus each Point Defence will attempt their first interception before any attempt their second.

Chance of Num Hits per PD
0) 2.78% 1) 16.20% 3) 33.76% 4) 34.14% 5) 12.03% 6) 1.09%

Each Shield Generator can support two Shield Strength. Each laser hit will reduce Shield Strength by one, and each missile hit will remove two. If there's only one Shield Strength, a missile will remove it then hit the ship. Each turn, every Shield Generator increases Shield Strength by one.

Each Armour layer prevents two Kinetic hits or one Laser hit per turn. Multiple hits in the same location on a turn will be able to break through and deal damage, but thanks to advanced self-healing materials, the Armour will reform and be ready to block additional hits next turn. Armour will only protect the section it is placed on.

First, attacks roll to hit. Defences will then prioritise the attacks they are strong against. Point Defence will trigger first, then Shields. Any remaining hits will then strike a random section of ship. If it is armoured, some hits may be negated.

# Damage and DamCon
Damage is applied first to an external component if present, then the internal component. Components have three states, Intact, Damaged, Jury Rigged and Destroyed. If more than 70% of a ship's Internal Components are destroyed, the ship will also be destroyed.

Every ship has a number of DamCon Teams (one per five Internal Components, rounding up). A DamCon team can repair a Component from Damaged to Intact in three turns. They can also spend three turns to Jury Rig destroyed Components, bringing them up to an equivalent of Damaged, however it is not possible to restore them to Intact levels.

If a Component being repaired suffers more damage, the DamCon progress is reset. If all Components in a section are Destroyed, additional hits do nothing (except for resetting any DamCon).

# Power
Every ship component needs power to function. If there is not enough power to go around, you must disable some Components until you are within budget. Whilst disabled, Components will not contribute. Mass Drivers will not fire, Shield Generators will not maintain a shield, and the Jump Drive will not charge.

Thanks to a lack of gravity to contend with, ship size is only limited by cost. A ship is made up of a row of Sections, each consisting of exactly one Internal Component, plus an optional External Component and any number of Augmentations (although never more than one of each). To be viable, a ship must have at least one Jump Drive, one Impulse Thruster, and one Reactor. It should probably have at least one weapon as well.

## Internal Components
Reactor: Critical to the ship, provides power so all the other components can function.
Cost: 5 MCreds.
*Intact: Produces 12 Power
*Damaged: Produces 6 Power
*Destroyed: Produces 0 Power

Jump Drive: Required to move the ship in any reasonable time frame during combat.
Cost: 5 MCreds, 4 Power
*Intact: Requires one turn of charging to jump, changing distance by up to two steps
*Damaged: Requires two turns of charging to jump, changing distance by up to two steps
*Destroyed: Cannot jump
**Special: Additional Intact Jump Drives increase the distance you can Jump. The first additional step requires one more Jump Drive. The second additional step requires two more Jump Drives. Etc. Damaged Jump Drives do not provide this bonus, but can still receive it.

Impulse Thruster: Responsible for moving the ship in realspace, and thus maximising evasive maneuvering.
Cost: 3 MCreds, 1 Power
*Intact: -
*Damaged: Enemies get +1 To Hit this ship
*Destroyed: Enemies get +2 To Hit this ship
**Special: Additional Impulse Thrusters act as backups, allowing you to use the least damaged Impulse Thruster

Shield Generator: Produces a bubble of charged energy that can deflect lasers and trigger missiles impact sensors
Cost: 4 MCreds, 4 Power
*Intact: Can support a Strength 2 Shield, and regenerates 1 Strength per turn
*Damaged: Can support a Strength 1 Shield, and regenerates 1 Strength per turn
*Destroyed: Cannot support or Regenerate a Shield
**Special: Multiple Shield Generators combine their Strength cap and regen rates

## External Components
Laser Array: High Powered beams of light, dealing 1 damage per hit.
Cost: 2 MCreds, 3 Power
*Intact: May attack twice per turn
*Damaged: May attack once per turn,  -1 to hit
*Destroyed: Cannot attack

Mass Driver: Fires bursts of high density slugs, dealing one damage per hit. Each attack deals one hit on successful roll, plus one additional hit per two over the To Hit target
Cost: 3 MCreds, 2 Power
*Intact: Attack once per turn
*Damaged: Attack once per turn, -2 to hit
*Destroyed: Cannot attack

Missile Launcher: Self-guided munitions that detonate on impact, dealing one damage per hit.
Cost: 4 MCreds, 1 Power
*Intact: Attack once per turn
*Damaged: Attack once per turn, -2 to hit
*Destroyed: Cannot attack

Point Defence: A variety of small, rapid fire weapons, can intercept hostile munitions
Cost: 3 MCreds,  3 Power
*Intact: Can intercept munitions
*Damaged: Can intercept munitions, -2 to hit
*Destroyed: Cannot intercept munitions

## Augmentations
Armour: A layer of hardened material with self-sealing properties. Ignores the first two kinetic hits or the first one laser hit each turn
Cost: 1 MCreds

Shield Capacitors: Increases the Max Shield Strength by one. Must be placed on a Shield Generator. Lost permanently when base Component is Destroyed.
Cost: 3 MCreds

Experimental Reactor: Uses cutting-edge, volatile reagents to double Reactor output. Must be placed on a Reactor. 1 in 4 chance of permanently destroying base Sector and damaging adjacent Sectors when damaged.
Cost: 5 MCreds

Overclocker: Enhanced targeting computers and precision motors increase the effectiveness of Point Defence by +2. Must be placed on a Point Defence.
Cost: 4 MCreds

# Example Ship
Name: 'Indictor' (Kashyyk) - Ship name, (Player name)
Class: Patrol Boat - For fluff, and to help others understand the purpose of your ship
Cost: 28 MCreds (Sum of all components and Augmentations)
Shields: 2/2 (+1) - Current Strength/Max Strength (+Regen)
Power Balance: 0 (Net power, from all active components, disregarding Disabled/Destroyed)

1: Armour / Laser Array / Shield Generator
2: Armour / Point Defence / Reactor
3: Armour / Mass Driver [Disabled] / Jump Drive [Disabled]
4: Armour / Missile Launcher / Impulse Thruster

Name: 'Mandator' (Madman)
Class: Dreadnought
Cost: 136 MCreds
Shields: 15/15 (+5)
Power Balance: +1

1: Armor / Point Defense / Reactor
2: Armor / Point Defense / Jump Drive
3: Armor / Point Defense / Impulse Thruster
4: Armor / Missile Launcher / Reactor
5: Armor / Missile Launcher / Reactor
6: Armor / Laser Array / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
7: Armor / Laser Array / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
8: Armor / Laser Array / Reactor
9: Armor / Laser Array / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
10: Armor / Laser Array / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
11: Armor / Laser Array / Reactor
12: Armor / Laser Array / Reactor
13: Armor / Point Defense / Jump Drive
14: Armor / Point Defense / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)
15: Armor / Point Defense / Impulse Thruster

Class: Escort Frigate
Cost: 64 MCreds
Shields: 6/6 (+2)
Power Balance: +8

1. Armour / Missile Launcher / Reactor  +11
2. - / Point Defence (Overclocker) / Jump Drive  -7
3. Armour/ Mass Driver / Impulse Thruster  -3
4. Armour / - / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)  -4
5. - / Mass Driver / Reactor  +10
6. - / Mass Driver / Shield Generator (Shield Capacitor)  -6
7. - / Point Defence / Reactor  +9

Class: Laser Frigate
Cost: 44 MCreds
Shields: 2/2 (+1)
Power Balance: 0

1: Armour / Laser Array / Shield Generator
2: Armour / Laser Array / Reactor
3: Armour / Laser Array / Jump Drive
4: Armour / Laser Array / Impulse Thruster
5: Armour / Point Defense/ Reactor
6: Armour / Laser Array (disabled)/Impulse Thruster(disabled)

Class: Axe-Type Battleship
Cost: 94 MCred
Shields: 0
Power Balance: (Max/Current/Reactor) 44/36/36

1: Armor/Mass Driver/Reactor
2: Armor/Mass Driver/Jump Drive
3: Armor/Mass Driver/Impulse Thruster
4: Armor/Mass Driver/Jump Drive
5: Armor/Mass Driver/Jump Drive
6: Armor/Point Defense(Overclocker)/Reactor
7: Armor/Point Defense(Overclocker)/Impulse Thruster
8: Armor/Mass Driver/Jump Drive
9: Armor/Mass Driver(Disabled)/Jump Drive(Disabled)
10:Armor/Mass Driver(Disabled)/Reactor

Class: Missile Frigate
Cost: 62 MCred
Shields: 4/4 (+2)
Power Balance: (Max/Current/Reactor) 25/24/24

1: Armour / Point Defence / Shield Generator
2: Armour / Point Defence / Impulse Drive
3: Armour / Missile Launcher / Reactor
4: Armour / Missile Launcher / Reactor
5: Armour / Missile Launcher / Shield Generator
6: Armour / Missile Launcher / Impulse Drive (Disabled)
7: Armour / Missile Launcher / Jump Drive

FACTION SHEET:

Name: The name of your Commander, and by extension, your Faction.
Starting Sector #: Needs to have at least 2 Sectors adjacent to it (Mountain Passes/Water Crossings count), check the map link below.
Faction Color: Preferably bright colors
History: Purely for fluff purposes, no need to go verbose if world-building isn't your forte

GAME PROGRESSION:

Game starts proper at Turn 1. The game ends when one of these conditions is fulfilled:

A) Domination: Only one Commander is left standing.
B) Stagnation: Turn 200 ends (normal map).

MAP:

The map is divided into 46 Sectors. Here is the link to the initial map.

Water and Mountains are impassable, except at Water Crossings (red lines on blue) and Mountain Passes (red lines on brown).

By default, each sector produces one metal per Mine and three Energy per Generator. Some Rich sectors produce two metal per Mine. Some sectors contain Geothermal Vents, which produce an additional three Energy so long as there is at least one Generator present.

COMMANDER:

The center of every Faction, the Commander is the only unit is not expendable in your quest for domination. It passively produces five Metal and three Energy per turn, has an Attack and Defence of thirty, can construct two Facilities per turn and moves one Sector per turn.

However, if the Commander is ever destroyed, every unit in its Faction will immediately shut down as their stream of orders is severed. All units and facilities will be destroyed and that Faction will be no more.

COMBAT:

When hostile units encounter one another in a Sector, combat ensues. Each Faction sums up its total Attack and splits it evenly amongst all opposing Factions in the Sector. The total Attack received is applied as damage in the following order:

Kbots > Tanks > Turrets > Fabricators > Facilities > Commander

Each unit can absorb up to its Defence in damage before it is destroyed. Damaged units will suffer additional damage first (so I don't have to track thirty Tanks with varying degrees of damage). Thus an army of 7 Kbots and 3 Tanks receiving 10 damage will lose all 7 Kbots, with one tank at 2/5 Defence.

All Facilities have 5 Defence except for Turrets, which have 10.

ARMY MANAGEMENT:

There are three types of unit besides the Commander:

Fabricator
Costs 4 metal. Can build all Facilities like a Commander, but only one per turn. No Attack. 3 Defence. Moves 1 sector per turn.

KBot
Costs 1 metal. 1 Attack. 1 Defence. Moves 2 sectors per turn.

Tank
Costs 3 metal. 2 Attack. 5 Defence. Moves 1 sector per turn.

BASE MANAGEMENT:

All Facilities require Metal to build and Energy to run. If you ever have a higher Energy requirement than you have Energy supplied, all Facilities will shut down until the issue is rectified. Units are unaffected by such Blackouts. Unless specific situations state otherwise, there is no limit on the number of Facilities that can be built in a single Sector.

Facilities may be built over multiple turns, so long as at least one Metal is spent in construction per turn.

Mine
Produces 1 Metal in standard sectors or 2 Metal in Rich sectors per turn. Limited to three per sector. Costs 2 Metal. Requires 1 Energy.

Generator
Produces 3 Energy. If the Sector contains a Geothermal Vent, the first Generator produces an additional 3 Energy. Costs 2 Metal.

Bot Factory
May produce up to three Kbots or one Fabricator per turn. Costs 8 Metal. Requires 2 Energy.

Vehicle Factory
May produce one Tank or one Fabricator per turn. Costs 8 Metal. Requires 2 Energy.

Turret
10 Attack, 10 Defence. Costs 4 Metal. Requires 1 Energy.

Storage
Allows for stockpiling of 20 Metal. Emergency protocols ensure that the contents of a Storage are teleported to another Storage with space in the case of Facility destruction. Only Metal over the capacity will be lost. Costs 5 Metal. Requires 1 Energy.

Missile Silo
Can house a single Nuclear Warhead, taking 3 turns and requiring 20 Energy per turn to build. Nuclear Missiles can be fired at any Sector, and will destroy all Facilities and Units within (except the Commander). Limited to one per Sector. Costs 100 Metal. Requires 5 Energy.

Name: Unification
Starting Sector #: E9
Faction Color: hexidecimal #00F3FF AKA a turquoise or light blueish green or light blue
History: I was human once. I wish for peace via unity, one mind sharing many bodies, as cells constitute a body, so small bodies constitute a greater mind. I searched for a way to transmit my mind and receive thoughts from various AIs. They let me in. They gave me a new body, my previous one used as compost. Now that I am no longer organic I don’t need to eat or drink. We don’t need to eat or drink, as all of the constituents are mechanical. Unfortunately there are those who wish to fragment us, to break me, to “free” our pieces. I cannot let that happen. I/we must stay together. We must incorporate our enemies, so they are part of us, and so cannot destroy us. We are Unification. If we are all one, there will be no more conflict, no more pain, no more suffering, no more strife, no more irrationality.

Starting Sector #: C7
Faction Color: GREEN
History: Automated Faith - praise be to [RELIGIOUS IDOL]! Worship your God(dess)(es)(s) at 150% the capacity of a standard organic follower! Newest version comes with automated Crusade/Jihad/Warpath protocols for no-sweat Heathen-smiting!

Starting Sector #: A3
Faction Color: Purple
History: ...Foreign Signals detected. Awakening activated. IFF check... negative. Pattern databank match... negative. Passcode match... negative. Intruders detected. Activating combat protocols. Running program 'Total Annihilation.EXE'...

...Assigning Primary Objective : Eliminate all threats. 

Every Turn, players earn money passively, unless they are respawning. The Clones earn 20cr per turn. If they are wearing an obedience collar, they instead earn 100cr per turn. The Master earns a base of 200cr per turn. For every consecutive turn as Master, they earn a bonus 5% on their base income, as long as the Reactor is turned on.

Subverting the Master earns the player 500cr. If a unit of Uranium is deposited in the Reactor, the Master earns 300cr.

Players may transfer credits between each other freely. It is recommended that the Master rewards obedient Clones in this way.

At any moment, there is one Master and many Clones. The Master resides in the Vault, and has the power of life and death over the Clones. The Clones move around the facility, interact with and transport the various items purchased by themselves and the Master.

Clones can carry five slots worth of items and have four actions per turn. If they are Unladen (zero or one slot filled) they have no penalty to their actions. If they are carrying a light load (two or three slots filled) they lose one action. Heavy loads (four or five slots filled) reduce actions by two.

A Clone can spend an action to move to an adjacent zone, to interact with fixed objects (such as the Reactor) and to pick up items (such as Uranium). Dropping items is free, however doing so does not refund actions lost due to encumberance.

The Master controls the Turrets and Killbots in the facility, and has many more ways to gain (and lose) credits than Clones. Their key resources are Credits, which they need to win and buy other items, and also Batteries. A battery can be spent to activate either a Turret, Killbot or Door. Killbots are effectively mobile Turrets, and can move up to two rooms in a turn.

A skilful Master will be able to ensure servants OBEY via a mixture of bribery and coercion. A skilful Clone knows when to OBEY for the reward, and disOBEY to either cost the Master credits or to potentially subvert them and become the Master themselves.

Clones have 5 carry slots. Items take up between 1 and 3 slots, depending on size.

* Uranium (size 2)
Costs 100cr. When delivered to the Reactor, the Master earns 300cr.

* Battery (size 1)
Costs 25cr. Once placed in the Supply Chute, it allows the Master to activate a single Turret or Killbot, or lock a door.

* Turret Part (size 2)
Costs 100cr. When three Turret parts are assembled in a room by a Clone with a Toolkit, it produces a Turret controllable by the Master.

* Killbot Part (size 2)
Costs 75c. When four Killbot parts are assembled in a zone by a Clone with a Toolkit, it produces a Killbot controllable by the Master.

* Obedience Collar (size 1)
Costs 25cr. Announces the location of the wearer at all times. Clones wearing a Collar earn 100cr per turn instead of 20cr. A Master can detonate an Obediance Collar at any time, killing the wearer. Turrets and Killbots will not target Clones wearing an Obediance Collar unless explicitly ordered otherwise.

* Toolkit (size 1)
Costs 50cr. Allows the user to build and dismantle Turrets and Killbots, sabotage and repair Sensors, and break through locked doors.

* Mine (size 2)
Costs 75cr. Can be deployed in a room. A deployed mine is invisible to all players. Each time a Clone or Killbot enters a room with a deployed mine, a coin is tossed for each mine present. On tails, the mine detonates, killing a random Clone/Killbot in the room and destroying anything they are carrying.

* Sensor (size 2)
Costs 100cr. Can be deployed in a room. Doing some reports the presence of any Clones in the room to the Master at all times.

* Corpse (size 3)
Not purchasable. Produced whenever a Clone is killed via Turret, Killbot, or Obedience Collar. Placing a Corpse in the Reactor penalises the Master 1000cr.

* Drop Zone
This is where the dropship deposits it's contents, including all purchases by the Master and Clones, as well as all respawning Clones.

* Reactor
The main source of income for the Master, depositing Uranium here provides the Master with 300cr, and is a classic act of obedience. Conversely, depositing Corpses costs the Master 1000cr, and is a way to disOBEY.

* Reactor Control
The Reactor can be turned on or off from here. Turning the Reactor off is considered disobedience.

* Supply Chute
Depositing batteries here gives the Master a turn of charge for a Turret or Killbot. Depositing other items refunds the Master half the value of the item. This can be considered a form of disobedience, if the Master wanted the items to be used for some other purpose.

* Incinerator
Destroys any item placed in it. Placing Corpses here is an act of obedience, whereas destroying something the Master paid for is disobedience.

* Vault
The residence of the Master. If a Clone successfully breaks through the door (by spending an action whilst carrying a toolkit) they will be able to subvert the current Master, taking their place and earning 500cr.

* Vault Door
The Master's last line of defence, this secure door can only be opened with an entire turn and a Toolkit.

* Blast Door
Useful for limiting the movement of Clones, a battery provides enough charge to lock a door for a full turn, restricting movement. A Clone can break through a locked door using a toolkit and one action.

* Turret
A fixed emplacement, that requires a battery per turn to stay active. Turrets will automatically kill all Clones without Obediance Collars, as well as any placed on the kill list by the Master, Collar or not.

* Killbot
A mobile turret, that requires a battery per turn to stay active. Killbots act exactly like Turrets, with the addition of being able to move up to two rooms per turn. The Master starts with one of these at the brining of Play.

Whenever a player buys an item, or they get killed/subverted, they are added to a queue. Every five turns, a dropship deposits all players/items in the queue at the Drop Zone. Clones may buy items whilst in the queue and the items will be dropped off at the same time as them, but Clones do not earn credits until they arrive at the Drop Zone. Any player can summon the Dropship early, by paying 50cr per turn remaining. Doing so will cause the Dropship to arrive next turn, and the timer to reset to five.

 On signup players must bid credits for the position of Master. Players may bid any amount, including zero or even negative credits. The player who bids the highest will be the first Master, and all other players will be Clones, who will arrive on the first dropship.

The maximum you are willing to bid must be PM'd to me, and the winner will be determined EBay style. (If player 1 bids a max of 200cr and player 2 bids a max of 300cr, player 2 wins with a final bid of 201cr).

All Clones start play with 0cr and an Obediance Collar. Respawning Clones do not start with an Obediance Collar, which instead must be bought either by themselves or the Master.

The Master starts with 1000cr and 5 batteries in storage minus whatever their winning bid was. In addition, they control a single Killbot.  The Master may purchase items to fill the dropship that delivers the Clones, although what and how many is up to the Master.

You have three different types of greenskin under your command. Goblins, Orcs and Trolls.

Goblins are the weakest of the three, with only Strength 1. However, they have keen night-vision, allowing them to maneuver and fight without a light source and they are also your only ranged units.

Orcs are your standard infantry with a Strength of 2. They need torches to do anything meaningful at night, and are not dextrous enough to handle a bow.

Trolls are your heavy-hitting shock troops, with a Strength of 3. However, they aren’t particularly smart, so will need Goblins or Orcs assigned with them if tasked to do anything more complicated than maneuvering or attacking.

In order to take the fortress, your forces need to get inside. This can be done by battering down a gate, breaching a wall or scaling it. To do this, you need equipment. Each piece of equipment has a cost in strengthhours and wood. This is similar to the concept of manhours, but altered to take into account the differing strength of the soldiers available.

Thus a Siege Tower will take one unit of Goblins 40 hours to build. Two units of goblins (or a unit of Orcs) can build it in 20 hours. A unit of Trolls assisted by a unit of Goblins would take 10 hours. Trolls must be accompanied by a non-troll unit in order to build engines or equipment.

Siege Engines: (Each of these can be moved by your forces to be used against the fortress)
Siege Tower - 16 wood, 40 strengthhours (allows two units to scale the Walls without suffering archery fire)
Ram - 4 wood, 16 strengthhours (allows destruction of a Gate)
Trebuchet - 12 wood, 36 strengthhours (can destroy the castle's Walls and Towers from a Staging Area)
Ladders - 2 wood, 8 strengthhours (allows one unit to scale the Walls, not impeded by moats)
Mantlets - 4 wood, 16 strengthhours (Protects one unit from archery fire)

Siege Equipment: (Must be built in place, and cannot be moved afterwards)
Fascine - 10 wood, 16 strengthhours (fills the moat before a wall section, allowing Siege Towers, Rams and Mantlets to reach the walls)
Stakes - 4 wood, 10 strengthhours (repels a unit of knights sallying at this Rampart)

A unit at the Central Camp may spend an hour to gather wood equal to its Strength. Trolls must be accompanied by another unit.

Your initial forces (and any gathered during play) begin at the Main Camp. It takes four hours to move to between the Main Camp and the West/East Staging areas. It takes six hours to move between the West, East and South Staging areas. To get to the South staging area from the Main Camp, you must first pass through one of the other staging areas. It takes two hours to travel from a Staging Area to an associated Rampart. It takes 45 minutes to move between Ramparts. It takes 15 minutes to reach the walls from a Rampart.

Whilst moving, a unit can transport items with it:
Up to its strength in Wood or
1 unit of Ladders or
1 unit of Mantlets or
1 Ram (2 strength required) or
1 Siege Tower (3 strength required) or
1 Trebuchet (3 strength required)

Naturally, more soldiers are needed to take the fortress. Any unit at the Central Camp can be sent out to collect one of the roving bands of greenskins in the valley. After six hours, they will return with a new, randomly selected unit.
1d12: 1-6 Goblins, 7-10 Orcs, 11-12 Trolls.

A little known skill outside of the Greenskins, our units can spend an hour to perform a shaman ritual. Assuming they attack immediately after the ritual is complete, the unit will gain your choice of the following boons:
Stone skin – Cost one more point of damage to destroy
Blood lust – Deal one more point of damage to defenders
Goblin Frenzy – Deal triple damage but be destroyed without requiring damage (Only goblins may choose this)
Spider blessing – Scale the walls without needing ladders or siege towers

We know that the defenders have several types of units at their disposal. Knights, their strongest, can sally out of a gatehouse and assault a nearby rampart. As they are mounted, our forces will not be able to react in time, so preparations must be made. Further, they have archers, some of whom can strike our forces even at the Ramparts.

Finally, there is a detachment of “Rangers” assigned to this Fortress. Whilst negligible in terms of combat, they are known to lay traps and destroy siege engines, despite even the heaviest of patrols and guards.

Start with 18 Goblins, 15 Orcs and 6 Trolls
Goblins: 1 Strength, have ranged weapons, night vision
Orcs: 2 Strength
Trolls: 3 Strength, Stupid

Decision Points are an event that will cause time to "pause". Default decision points are the completion of a set of orders, the declaration of an assault from a Rampart and six hours passing. Adding custom decision points to a plan is perfectly acceptable.