Welcome to the CYOF 6.0 rules! In these rules, you will find out everything that you need to know to start playing the Control Your Own Faction RPG. There are several steps to playing CYOF, which are outlined below:

Step 1- Choose a faction
Step 2- Set up your faction
Step 3- Complete your first turn
Step 4- Conduct daily turns
Step 5- Learn how battles work
Step 6- How to win the game
Step 7- Learn some basic strategies to use against your opponents
Step 8- Advance in rank

So, let’s begin!

Step 1- Choose a faction:
Choose on of the Freelancer factions to play as. Find out your faction class, and bonuses for both your class and faction.

Before you can play Control Your Own Faction, you need to choose a faction to play as and officially sign up to play. By now, you should know that you are going to play CYOF, so now you need to pick a faction to play as.

Here are the faction types you may choose:

HOUSE (Liberty, Rheinland, Bretonia, Kusari)- To be a house, you must have obtained the rank of Ace in CYOF. (For more information about ranks, go to the end of this guide.) Houses are the biggest and most powerful factions in the game, with mighty fleets of capital ships and many stations and planets. However, they have key weaknesses that other factions can exploit to bring them to their knees. House leaders generally need to be intelligent and dedicated, so only the most experienced CYOF players may play them.

MAJOR FACTION (IMG, GMG, BHG, Corsairs, Outcasts, Red Hessians, Blood Dragons, Junkers, BMM, IC, Samura, Zoners)- To be a major faction, you must have obtained the rank of Veteran in CYOF. Major factions often affect the game in big ways, and are second only to the houses in bases and military. Also, major factions have the advantage of sometimes being able to work in secrecy, something that houses cannot do. Major faction leaders are often important figures in the Sirius scene, and need to be dedicated and resourceful, but not nearly as much as the house leaders.

MINOR FACTION (All non-major faction or non-house factions)- Any player can control a minor faction, and they are usually fairly simple to manage. While they don’t have the strong militaries of the houses and major factions, they often have powerful skills that can make them deadly enemies in their own right. Usually, minor factions have to team up with other factions to survive, and work best in alliances. While they may seem small at first, they do have a lot of strengths, and a skilled player can turn a minor faction into a major contender for control of Sirius.

Also, any player who has played as the same faction for two consecutive official CYOF games that they have participated in, then they must choose a different faction.

Each faction is also divided into classes.

Faction classes:

HOUSE (Liberty, Bretonia, Rheinland, Kusari)- Class Bonus: Capital Ship Construction, Unique Unit: None

POLICE (BHG)- Class Bonus: Pirate Hunt, Unique Unit: Supreme Heavy Fighter (SHF)

CORPORATION (Ageria, DSE, Bowex, Republican, etc.)- Class Bonus: Wealth, Unique Unit: None

MAJOR PIRATE (Corsairs, Outcasts, Hessians, Dragons)- Class Bonus: Improved Fighters, Unique Unit: None

MINOR PIRATE (Rogues, Hackers, Mollys, etc.)- Class Bonus: Corporate Strike, Unique Unit: None

REVOLUTIONARY (Unioners, Bundschuh, LWB, FA)- Class Bonus: Capital Ship Attack, Unique Unit: Bomber

MINER (IMG, GMG, BMM, Kruger)- Class Bonus: Mining Skill, Unique Unit: Gas/Metal Miner

SPACER (Zoners)- Class Bonus: Spacer Peace, Unique Unit: None

After you have chosen a faction, and know its class and type, then you are ready to sign up! The signup thread is posted on the Fan Fiction Forum of The Lancer’s Reactor, and you can go there to post your faction, class, and type. Make sure that your faction has not already been taken before you post, since there can only be one player per faction. By signing up for CYOF, you are agreeing to a few things:

1) You will play regularly and participate in the majority of the turns.
2) You agree to follow the rules as stated, and cooperate with the admins and judges to make the game a good experience for all.

These are the two most basic rules of CYOF, and we wish that if you are not willing to follow them, then you not choose to play.

Once the game starts, which is generally about a week after signups start, the factions are locked and no new players may join as faction leaders. When the game starts, you may proceed to set up your faction!


Edited by - ww2jacob on 8/12/2005 2:41:32 PM

Step 2- Set up your faction

Start your first turn by figuring out what units and bases you faction starts with. Also organize and discover your faction’s strengths.

At the start of the game, each faction inherits a certain amount of units and bases, based on what they own in the Freelancer universe.

First, you find and count the number of bases your faction owns. A good tool for this is the Freelancer DataStorm, available on the Lancer’s Reactor download page.

There are several kinds of bases:

Small Station- Stations that have a population of less than 1000. Small Stations produce 10 credits per turn and mine resources.

Large Stations- Stations that have a population greater than or equal to 1000. Large Stations produce 20 credits per turn and mine resources.

Capital Ship Shipyards- All stations that are called “Shipyards” are considered capital ship shipyards. (Tripoli is an exception. It is a large station.)

Planets- All dockable planets are considered planets.

Large Gas/Metal Miners- All dockable Gas or Metal Miners. There are only two: Naha and Ogashawa.

Once you have your bases located, then you may post units at each base. Each class gets a different amount of units per base.

Houses-
10 LF wings/ 1 Small Station
20 LF wings/ 1 Large Station
20 LF wings and 10 HF wings/ Planet
1 Cruiser and 1 Gunboat/ 1 Capital Ship Shipyard
Every Battleship in the game is considered a Battleship unit in the game, NOT A BASE.

Corporation-
10 LF wings/ 1 Small Station inside House Space
20 LF wings/ 1 Small Station outside House Space
20 LF wings/1 Large Station inside House Space
20 LF wings, 10 HF wings/ 1 Large Station outside House Space
30 LF wings, 20 HF wings/ 1 Planet
2 Gunboats/ 1 Capital Ship Shipyard
10 LF wings/ 1 Large Gas/Metal Miner

Police-
20 LF wings, 10 HF wings/ 1 Small Station
20 LF wings, 20 SHF wings/ 1 Large Station

Major Pirate-
20 LF wings/ 1 Small Station outside House Space
20 LF wings, 10 VHF wings/ 1 Small Station inside House Space
30 LF wings/ 1 Large Station outside House Space
30 LF wings, 20 VHF wings/ 1 Large Station inside House Space
20 LF wings, 20 HF wings, 20 VHF wings/ 1 Planet

Minor Pirate-
20 LF wings/ 1 Small Station outside House Space
30 LF wings, 10 HF wings/ 1 Small Station inside House Space
30 LF wings, 10 HF wings/ 1 Large Station outside House Space
30 LF wings, 10 HF wings, 10 VHF wings/ 1 Large Station inside House Space

Revolutionary-
20 LF wings/ 1 Small Station outside House Space
30 LF wings, 10 Bomber wings/ 1 Small Station inside House Space
30 LF wings, 10 Bomber wings/ 1 Large Station outside House Space
30 LF wings, 20 Bomber wings/ 1 Large Station inside House Space

Miner-
20 LF wings, 10 HF wings/ 1 Small Station
30 LF wings, 20 HF wings/ 1 Large Station
20 LF wings/ 1 Large Metal/Gas Miner

Spacer-
20 LF wings, 10 HF wings/ 1 Small Station
30 LF wings, 20 HF wings/ 1 Large Station

In addition, there are a few factions who start with Small Gas/Metal Miners.

GMG:
3 Small Miners in Sigma-13
2 Small Miners in Sigma-19

IMG:
3 Small Miners in Tau-37
2 Small Miners in Dublin

BMM:
3 Small Miners in Tau-23
2 Small Miners in Dublin

*Note, if you attack an NPC base, then they defend with the corresponding amount of units above.

Unit Descriptions:
LF wing- The weakest unit in the game, the LFs are cheap and easy to come by, but in large numbers, they can be a deadly force.

HF wing- A step up from the LF, the HF wings are stronger with heavier weapons and shielding.

VHF wing- The VHF is the strongest normal fighter unit in the game. With superior weapons and excellent shielding, these fighters are top of the line.

Gunboat- While the weakest capital ship, the gunboats are still superior to fighters. They are weak attacking other capital ships, but very strong against fighters. Due to their strong hulls, they require two hits to destroy.

Cruiser- Cruisers are considered to be a step up from Gunboats. They retain the Gunboat’s strong anti-fighter characteristics, but add more powerful, ranged guns to make the ship also effective against other capital ships. Due to its strong hull, a cruiser takes two hits to destroy.

Battleship- Battleships are the most powerful ships in Sirius. They have many weapons that make them incredibly effective against both fighters and other capital ships. Due to strong hulls and shields, battleships take three hits to destroy.

SHF wing *- Even better than VHFs, SHFs are the finest fighters in Sirius. Only Bounty Hunters have these fighters, and pirates everywhere fear these powerful craft.

Bomber wing *- Revolutionaries have made these relatively new craft into terrifying nightmares overnight. Every ship captain’s fear his to have a few wings of these craft attack his ship. These ships utilize neutron bombs and plasma mines to hunt and kill capital ships. However, it is very unwise to send these craft into battle without fighter cover, since fighters easily defeat them.

Gas/Metal Miners *- These units are actually mobile bases that mine various mineral resources. Miners send these out into fields of metal asteroids or gas clouds, and the ships will mine the resources and return them to a nearby base for processing. They are not capable of fighting in battles, but they can move between systems. They can make one jump per turn, and cannot go through jump holes.

*- Denotes unique unit.

Unique units are special units that are only available to certain faction classes. “Plans” for unique units may NOT be traded between players, but the units themselves, once built, may be traded. Unique units are generally specialized for their faction types, and can be useful in some situations, and worthless in others.

Faction strengths are another thing that you must figure out. Each faction class has a certain strength that makes it different from every other faction class.

Capital Ship Construction (Houses)- Reduces the cost of building all capital ship units by 25 credits, 5 Metal, and 5 Gas. (Capital ships are Gunboats, Cruisers, and Battleships)

Pirate Hunt (Police)- Gives a +1 attack to all ships when attacking units of either a major or minor pirate faction.

Wealth (Corporations)- Adds 30 credits to the faction’s foundation credit amount.

Improved Fighters (Major Pirates)- Gives an extra free stat point to each fighter class. (LF, HF, and VHF) Can only be used on first turn.

Corporate Strike (Minor Pirates)- Gives a +1 attack to all ships when attacking units belonging to corporations.

Capital Ship Attack (Revolutionaries)- Gives a +1 attack to all ships when attacking a capital ship.

Mining Skill (Miners)- Enables all stations to mine double the minerals that they would normally.

Spacer Peace (Spacers)- Enables the faction to cancel any one attack on them. It is allowed once every five turns.

Step 3- Complete your first turn:
Make your first turn builds and learn about taking normal turns.

Once you have found your starting units, you may begin your first turn. Turns are done by making a post on the game thread in which you do each part of your turn. Generally, each turn should include a record of where all of your units and bases are at the end of the turn. This will help the judges and the other players greatly. Turns generally have several parts. You do not have to do each part every turn, but there are some, like buying, placing, and moving, that you will use almost every turn. The parts are:

Parts 1&2- Calculate Your Income and Purchase Units: Using your money for each turn, you may buy available units, bases, commanders, armies, exploration parties, and technology grants.

The formula for your CPT (Credits Per Turn), is as follows:

FOUNDATION MONEY + MONEY FROM STATIONS AND PLANETS + TRADE BONUSES + OTHER BONUSES = CPT

Your foundation money is the basic money you receive each turn. Even if you have no bases or bonuses, you still get your foundation money as long as you have units or bases still in the game. The foundation money is based on faction type:

House- 60 credits
Major Faction- 50 credits
Minor Faction- 40 credits

Once you have added up your CPT, then you add up your resources. There are only two resources: Metals and Gas. These can be harvested by your bases, planets, and gas/metal miners in all systems. (To find out what resources are in each system, go to page 18 of this guide.)

Every base or gas/metal miner harvests whatever resources are in the system each turn. The systems will never run out of resources, so you will keep collecting resources from every base or miner. If you have multiple bases or miners in a system, then every base mines the full amount of resources for that system.

You can also draw resources and credits from your bank. Your bank consists of all your leftover credits and resources from past turns. They are saved in the bank each time you choose not to spend them all.

Your first turn is a bit different. You use no resources on that turn, and you get a certain amount of credits only. No bonuses or modifiers are added this turn.

House- 300 credits
Major Faction- 280 credits
Minor Faction- 250 credits

Here is the price list of all the things that you can buy:

LF wing- 5 credits, 1 metal, 1 gas
HF wing- 10 C, 2 M, 1 G
VHF wing- 15 C, 3 M, 2 G
SHF wing *- 20 C, 4 M, 2 G
Bomber wing *- 15 C, 3 M, 3 G

Gunboat- 40 C, 6 M, 4 G
Cruiser- 60 C, 10 M, 7 G
Battleship- 80 C, 20 M, 10 G

Small Station- 75 C, 15 M, 15 G (Produces 10 credits per turn)
Large Station- 150 C, 30 M, 30 G (Produces 20 credits per turn)
Capital Ship Shipyard- 100 C, 20 M, 20 G (Reduces capital ship costs by 10 credits, required to build capital ships)
Small Gas/Metal Miner *- 50 C, 10 M, 10 G (Mines minerals like a base)
Large Gas/Metal Miner *- 75 C, 15 M, 15 G (Mines minerals like a base, produces 10 credits per turn)

*Planets produce 30 credits per turn, and mine resources like a station.

Exploration Party- 50 C, 5 M, 2 G (For more information on Exploration Parties, go to page 13 of this guide.)
Technology Grant- 25 C (+ modifiers) (For more information on Technology Grants, go to page 13 of this guide.)


Once you have chosen what you want to buy, note it in your turn post, and calculate your leftover resources and credits. You do not place your units at this stage!


Edited by - ww2jacob on 8/12/2005 2:47:24 PM

Part 4- Move Units: Now you may move any units that you own. (You may move units that you just placed!)

There is a specific timetable for moving units into battles. It is based around the TLR main clock, which is about eight hours behind the Greenwich Standard Time. The timetable is:

12:00 AM (00:00)- 3:00 PM (15:00): Daily turns may be posted. Battles from previous days may be resolved. All turn actions EXCEPT for battle declaration may be completed. Units may be moved, but not into or out of hostile territory.

3:01 PM (15:01)- 6:00 PM (18:00): Battles may be declared and resolved against NPCs and players who have already posted their turn for the day.

6:01 PM (18:01)- 11:59 PM (23:59): Any battles may be declared and resolved.


All units may be moved up to three systems each turn. (Or make three jumps between systems) Bases are stationary, and may not be moved.

Part 5- Declare Battles: Now you may declare the battles that your units are involved in. This includes battles from this turn and any other unresolved battles.

Specifically declare battles that you are now involved in your turn post. Again, if there are battles that you are involved in that have not yet been resolved, then you need to note those as well. No units can move in or out of a battle between the time it is declared and the time it is resolved. Also, the attacker’s units may not move into the system where the battle is taking place even if they are not a part of the battle. Be sure to include the system that the battle is taking place in, as well as the amount of units you have fighting in the battle.

You can do two types of battles: normal battles and hit and fade battles. A normal battle is where both sides fight it out until one side is defeated. A hit and fade battle is where the attacker chooses how many rounds of battle are carried out. (A round is when both sides fire once.) Hit and fade battles are often used by pirate groups for raids and such.

Another action that is considered to be a battle is diplomatic blitzing. A diplomatic blitz is an action where you try to convince an NPC base to join your faction. This action can only be done to NPC factions, and only to bases in systems where you have units and/or bases. It may also only be done one time per turn. There are a few modifiers.

The first modifier is about the type of base that is being blitzed:

Small Station- +0 modifier
Large Station- +1 modifier
Capital Ship Shipyard- +2 modifier
Planet- +3 modifier

Gas/Metal miners may NOT be blitzed.

The other modifier is regarding your faction class, and the base’s faction class. Regard the political spectrum below to figure out modifiers:

Houses/Police – Corporations – Miners/Spacers – Major/Minor Pirates – Revolutionaries

To figure out the modifier for faction type, you need to find your faction class, and find the faction’s class that you are blitzing, and then find the number of spaces between them. All blitz rolls start at 10.

Example: Samura, a corporation, is attempting to blitz a FA base. They have a base in the system, and the FA base is a large one. So, you add one point for the large station, making the roll an 11. Then, since the FA is a Revolutionary faction, you add 3 points, because Revolutionaries are 3 spaces from Corporations. That makes 14. So, in order for Samura to get the FA base, a 14 or higher must be chosen.

Secrecy is another action that may be used in this part of the turn. There are a number of secret bases in Sirius, or bases that are known by only a few people. These bases must be found before they can be attacked or blitzed. The bases are:

Buffalo Base, New York (Rogues)
Rochester Base, New York (Junkers)
Ouray Base, Colorado (Xenos)
Beaumont Base, Texas (Junkers)
Alcatraz Depot, California (Rogues)
Willard Research Station, California (Navy)
Nome Base, Kepler (Xenos)
Padua Base, Galileo (Rogues)
Leiden Base, Galileo (Hackers)
Pacifica Base, Bering (Unioners)
Dawson Base, Hudson (Rogues)
Barrow Base, Hudson (Xenos)
Mactan Base, Magellan (Hackers)
Montezuma Base, Cortez (Rogues)
BPA Newgate, Manchester (Bretonia Police)
Trafalgar Base, New London (Junkers)
Islay Base, Edinburgh (Gaians)
Arranmore Base, Dublin (Mollys)
Graves Station, Dublin (BMM)
Vierlande Base, Hamburg (Rheinland Federal Police)
Kreuzburg Depot, New Berlin (Junkers)
Darmstadt Depot, Stuttgart (LWB}
Vogtland Base, Dresden (Red Hessians)
Bruchsal Base, Frankfurt (Bundschuh)
Nansei Research Station, Kyushu (Naval Forces)
Kagoshima Depot, Kyushu (Farmer’s Alliance)
Kabuicho Depot, New Tokyo (Hogosha)
Fuchu Prison, Shikoku (Kusari State Police)
Ainu Depot, Hokkaido (GC)
Java Station, Tau-23 (IMG)
Cali Base, Tau-23 (Outcasts)
Falkland Base, Tau-37 (IMG)
Douglas Station, Omega-3 (BMM)
Rugen Station, Omega-3 (Daumann)
Cadiz Base, Omega-5 (Corsairs)
Ronneburg Base, Omega-5 (Red Hessians)
Briesen Mining Facility, Omega-7 (Daumann)
Elbich Mining Facility, Omega-7 (Kruger)
Freital Base, Omega-11 (Red Hessians)
Leon Base, Omega-41 (Corsairs)
Freeport 5, Omega-41 (Zoners)
Tripoli Shipyard, Omicron Gamma (Corsairs)
Ruiz Base, Omicron Beta (Outcasts)
Atka Research Station, Sigma-17 (Cryer)
Yanagi Depot, Sigma-13 (Junkers)

You can build secret bases, but only in systems where either you or a person you are in an alliance with has a base in already.

To find a secret base, you must first designate which base you are looking for, and then commit some of your ships in the system to look for it. Then, the judge will pick a random number between one and twenty.

If the number is 18-20, then all the forces you committed are lost and never heard from again.

If the number is 8-18, then the force returns without finding the base.

If the number is 3-8, then the force has a battle against the enemy forces stationed at the base. The battle only lasts three rounds. If the enemy kills all of your forces, then you don’t find the base. If the enemy doesn’t kill all of your forces, then your survivors return, and you do find the base. If your forces kill all the enemy forces, then you both find and get the base.

If the number is 1 or 2, then the force finds the location of the base and returns without a battle.

Another battle action that you may do in this phase is sending out exploration parties. You can buy these during the buying phrase, and then you announce that you are exploring during this phase.

The purpose of exploration parties is to search for new systems in Sirius for your faction to colonize. You just have to choose a system that the party departs from, and the judge chooses a random number to decide what happens.

If the number is 20-12, then the party is lost and never heard from again.

If the number is 11-5, then the party returns without luck, and you may reuse them next turn.

If the number is 4 or 3, then the party finds a system with no planets.

If the number is 2, then the party finds a system with a habitable planet in it.

If the number is 1, then the party finds a system with two habitable planets in it.

Technologies may also be researched in this phase. You can buy technology grants in the buying phase, but you get them resolved here. You pay 25 credits for the technology, and if that is all that you pay, then the judge will chose a random number, and here are the options:

If the number is 20-9, then the technology attempt fails.

If the number is 1-8, then the technology attempt is successful.

However, for every extra 10 credits you pay, the random number for success is raised by one. So if you paid the 25 plus 20 extra credits, then 1-10 would be successful and 11-20 would be a failure. You can pay a maximum of 100 extra credits.

The technologies available for research are:

Improved Ships- Improves any stat of any ship type you have by one.

Improved Laboratories- Adds a +2 modifier to all technology attempts.

Improved Navigation- Cuts the cost of Exploration Attempts in half.

Other Faction Class’s Unique Unit- Enables you to research the unique unit of another faction. **May only be done once**

Part 6- Participate in Diplomacy: Now you can barter for trade, and make deals with other factions. This is also the time to interact, in character, with the other players.

There are several types of agreements that you make with another player. They are separated into two groups: Trade Agreements, and Military Agreements.

Trade Agreements:

Commodity/Credit Exchange- The most basic type of trade agreement. The players involved trade resources and credits, in whatever amounts they want, one time.

Trade Pact- A trade agreement that involves a credit or commodity trade over a period of several turns. This agreement is not binding, and may be cut off by either side at any time.

Trade Federation- A trade agreement that involves a credit or commodity trade over a period of many turns. This may be started and cut off by any agreement of two or more players, but if one player wants to cut it off, then they must declare that they are cutting off the agreement one turn, but the agreement does not actually end until the next turn.

Economic Union- A trade agreement where the factions involved pool their banks of resources and credits. Essentially, their leftover credits and resources are pooled, and all the factions involved may use them. Due to the nature of these agreements, to cut off this agreement, a faction must announce that they intend to cut off the agreement one turn, and then actually cut it off on the next one.

Military Agreements:

Non-Aggression Pact- An agreement by two or more factions that promises no attacks on each other for a set amount of turns. Any faction may cut off this agreement at any time.

Coalition- An agreement by two or more factions that promises their cooperation to achieve a common goal. Due to the nature of these agreements, to cut off this agreement, a faction must announce that they intend to cut off the agreement one turn, and then actually cut it off on the next one.

Alliance- A solid agreement by two or more factions that promises total cooperation for many turns. Due to the nature of these agreements, to cut off this agreement, a faction must announce that they intend to cut off the agreement one turn, and then actually cut it off on the next one. While an alliance is running, neither side can attack the other.

Treaty- An official agreement that ends a conflict. This agreement can only be reached if both sides meet at a neutral location and agree to a set of terms brought up by either one of the parties, a neutral party, or a mediator. The treaty must be given a name (IE: The Treaty of Manhattan), and must be “signed” by both side’s leaders, as well as one neutral leader as a witness.

In addition, each faction can have a certain feeling towards others. These feelings, like the reputation system in Freelancer, are important to other factions, so they are aware of how others see them. If you choose to do this, then you should also note which factions you have agreements with. Here are the available feelings:

Very Friendly
Friendly
Supportive
Neutral
Unsupportive
Unfriendly
Very Unfriendly

Also, there are a few states of war that you can be in with another faction:

Border Dispute- A small war, usually in one or two systems, where you can choose whether or not to attack the other side if they enter one of your systems.

Open War- A large war in which any enemy ship enters a system that you control, then they are attacked.

Total War- A massive war in which any enemy ship to enter a system you have a base in is attacked.

That completes the steps for a turn.

Step 4- Conduct Daily Turns:
Make turns daily.

Now that you know how to do a turn, you are expected to do them most every day that the game is running.

If you are still confused on how to do a turn, follow the pattern of the more experienced CYOF players, or email a judge, admin, or rulemaster for help.

Step 5- Learn How Battles Work:
Get a basic idea of how judges resolve battles.

Battles are resolved by using Chessalavakia’s CYOF Battle Resolver, a program that decides who wins battles. It decides battles based on ships stats, number of ships, and random numbers. More information on this will be released when the game begins.


Every ship has stats, which faction leaders can set on their first turn. These MUST be set on the first turn! Every ship type gets a certain number of stats points that the faction leaders assign to the four attributes of each ship. The attributes are:

Fighter Attack (FA)- How well the ship performs when attacking fighters.
Capital Attack (CA)- How well the ship performs when attacking capital ships.
Fighter Defense (FD)- How well the ship defends against fighters.
Capital Defense (CD)- How well the ship defends against capital ships.

Here are the numbers of points that each faction gets per ship type to spend on their ship stats. The numbers in parenthesis are the maximum that any one stat may become.

LF- 8 points (4)
HF- 12 points (5)
VHF- 16 points (6)
Gunboat- 20 points (7)
Cruiser- 24 points (8)
Battleship- 30 points (9)

*SHF- 20 points (7)
*Bomber- 18 points (7)

These stats may not be changed unless you research Improved Ships.

Step 6- How to win

In this game of CYOF, there are various rounds, each lasting 14 turns. After each round, there is a “rest period” of 7 days where the winner of the last round is decided and sign-ups are re-opened. The rounds will continue, and each round will start back with the factions as they were after the events of Freelancer.

The winner is determined by a victory point system. Points are awarded at the end of each round, and the player with the most points is that round’s winner.

Points are awarded for-

-Controlling a system: 20 points (Each)
-Winning a minor battle (Less than 20 units total): 5 points
-Winning a major battle (More than 20 units total): 10 points
-1 point for every fighter wing at end of game
-2 points for every capital ship at end of game
-5 points for every small station or miner
-10 points for every large station or shipyard
-15 points for every planet
-25 points for being a major faction
-50 points for being a minor faction

Add these up on the 14th turn, and then the admin will compare yours to everyone else’s and give out a ranklist.

Step 7- Learn some basic strategies to use against your opponents:
Learn about some time-honored general strategies that can help you in CYOF.

Always watch your back, never assume that anything is totally safe.
Allies can deceive you, so don’t get caught in betrayal.
A lot of weak ships can overcome a few strong ships.
The more days you post turns, the stronger you are.
Bases will pay for themselves in the long run.
At times, houses may seem invincible, but they can be taken down with a combined force.
The more trusted alliances you have, the better.
If someone cuts off an alliance with you, watch out.
If a player betrays another player, don’t trust the betrayer.
Often times, system location can be crucial.
Grab systems and bases from NPCs in the beginning, before they are gone.
Unique units and class strengths can be very deadly in the correct situations.
If you stand out too much, then others are more likely to attack you.
If you are very powerful, then others are more likely to attack you.
Choose your ship stats at the beginning of the game wisely, because you will have them for the rest of the game.

Step 8- Advance in rank

Once the game has ended, every player who participated can advance in rank. As you know, rank determines who gets to play as which faction class, so players have a good incentive to advance in rank to be able to play as the houses and major factions. The ranks are:

Veteran- Played in one CYOF game.
Ace- Played in two CYOF games
Admiral- Played in three CYOF games
President- Played in four CYOF games
Master- Played in five CYOF games

The administration ranks are:

Judge- There is usually one or two judges in each CYOF game. Judges resolve all battles and make all the random number choices.

Admin- There is one admin for every CYOF game. The admin does all of the behind-the-scenes work like posting signups and game threads, as well as running publicity and the CYOF site and forums. The admin can also judge very important battles, as he has to have been a judge before becoming an admin.

Rulemaster- There is only one rulemaster at a time in CYOF. The rulemaster writes all the rules and generally oversees all of the CYOF games that are taking place, in addition to answering questions about CYOF and the rules. Since he is also an admin, he gets the duties of the admin as well.

In addition, there is also a CYOF player’s council that meets on the CYOF Private Forums and decides, in a majority vote, any contested issues and rule changes. The rulemaster is the default Council Head, and he appoints new members if any council member retires or leaves.

If you are absent for several turns, then you have the option of turning your faction over to an ally. You can give them instructions on what to do. Or, you can save your money and resources into the bank until you return. This is done automatically every time you miss a turn.


Now you should know how to play a game of CYOF 6.0! Congratulations!
Go play the game, and enjoy!

Tools:

Resources in systems:

New York- 2 Metals, 1 Gas
Texas- 3 Metals
California- 4 Gas, 1 Metals
Colorado- 6 Metals
Alaska- 2 Gas

New London- 2 Metals
Leeds- 3 Metals
Manchester- 3 Gas, 1 Metal
Edinburgh- 1 Metal, 1 Gas
Dublin- 8 Metals, 2 Gas
Cambridge- 3 Gas, 1 Metal

New Tokyo- 3 Gas, 2 Metals
Honshu- 2 Gas, 1 Metal
Kyushu- 3 Gas, 2 Metal
Shikoku- 1 Metal, 1 Gas
Hokkaido- 4 Metals, 2 Gas

New Berlin- 4 Metals
Frankfurt- 2 Metals, 1 Gas
Stuttgart- 3 Metals, 2 Gas
Dresden- 5 Metals
Hamburg- 2 Metals, 1 Gas

Sigma-13- 12 Gas, 2 Metals
Sigma-17- 4 Metals, 3 Gas
Sigma-19- 8 Gas, 3 Metals

Omega-3- 4 Metals, 2 Gas
Omega-5- 2 Metals
Omega-7- 5 Metals, 1 Gas
Omega-11- 10 Metals
Omega-41- 4 Metals

Omicron Alpha- 4 Metals, 2 Gas
Omicron Beta- 4 Metals, 1 Gas
Omicron Gamma- 5 Metals, 3 Gas
Omicron Theta- 4 Metals, 3 Gas

Tau-23- 4 Metals, 4 Gas
Tau-29- 4 Metals, 2 Gas
Tau-31- 3 Metals, 2 Gas
Tau-37- 5 Metals, 5 Gas

Kepler- 1 Metal, 2 Gas
Galileo- 2 Metal, 2 Gas
Magellan- 3 Metal, 2 Gas
Bering- 3 Metal
Hudson- 3 Gas, 1 Metal
Cortez- 2 Gas, 1 Metal

Handy Tools:

CYOF Calculator- Available for download at www.freewebs.com/cyof when the game starts. Calculates incomes and resources and adds and subtracts for purchases.

Freelancer DataStorm- Avaliable for download from www.lancersreactor.com. A comprehensive, interactive map of the Freelancer universe that is compatible with mods and contains information on all ships, bases, equipment, and commodities.

The Lane Hackers’ Sirius Map- An interactive Freelancer map on the internet at http://arbiter.de. It contains info on ships and stations.

That concludes the CYOF 6 rules!

You may post turns now!

Bretonia Turn 1:

Bank Credits: 0
First Turn Bonus- 300
Foundation- 60
Trade- 0

Bases:
New London- Planet New London
Leeds- Planet Leeds
Cambridge- Planet Cambridge
Edinburgh- Adberdeen Border Station
Manchester- Kingston Border Station, Sheffield Border Station

Total credits from bases: 150

TOTAL CREDITS: 510

Purchases:
25 LF wings
1 Capital Shipyard
5 Gunboats
2 Battleships

-510 credits

Placing:
10 LF wings in Leeds
15 LF wings in Cambridge
1 Capital Shipyard in Cambridge
2 Battleships in Cambridge
5 Gunboats in Cambridge


Units: (Divided evenly among bases)
New London- 1 Battleship, 10 HF, 20 LF
Leeds- 1 Battleship, 10 HF, 30 LF
Cambridge- 1 Battleship, 10 HF, 30 LF
Dublin- 1 Battleship, 10 LF
Edinburgh- 10 LF
Manchester- 40 LF

Current Bank Status:
110 Credits
69 Gas
72 Metals

Movement:
Moving 1 Battleship, 10 HF from Leeds to Kyushu
Claiming Kyushu
Moving 10 LF from Leeds to Tau-29
Claiming Tau-29
Moving 5 LF from Leeds to Tau-23
Claiming Tau-23
Moving 10 LF from Leeds to Tau-37
Claiming Tau-37
Moving 5 LF from Leeds to Tau-31
Claiming Tau-31
Moving 2 Battleships, 3 Gunboats, 5 HF from Cambridge to Omega-7
Claiming Omega-7
Moving 10 LF from Cambridge to Omicron Gamma
Claiming Omicron Gamma
Moving 5 LF from Cambridge to Omega-41
Claiming Omega-41
Moving 10 LF from Cambridge to Omega-11
Claiming Omega-11
Moving 5 LF from Cambridge to Omega-5
Claiming Omega-5
Moving 5 LF from Cambridge to Omega-3
Claiming Omega-3
Moving 20 LF from Manchester to Magellan
Claiming Magellan
Moving 1 Battleship, 10 HF from New London to Omega-7
Moving 1 Battleship from Dublin to Tau-31
Moving 1 Battleship, 2 Gunboats from Cambridge to Tau-29

Units After Movement:

New London- 20 LF
Leeds- 5 LF
Cambridge- 5 LF
Dublin- 10 LF
Manchester- 20 LF
Edinburgh- 10 LF
Kyushu- 1 Battleship, 10 LF
Tau-29- 1 Battleship, 2 Gunboats, 10 LF
Tau-23- 5 LF
Tau-37- 10 LF
Tau-31- 1 Battleship, 5 LF
Omega-7- 3 Battleships, 3 Gunboats, 5 HF, 10 LF
Omicron Gamma- 10 LF
Omega-41- 5 LF
Omega-11- 10 LF
Omega-5- 5 LF
Omega-3- 5 LF
Magellan- 20 LF

Attacks:
Blitzing Planet Kyushu (13)
Blitzing Planet Harris (14)
Blitzing Freeport 1 (12)

Unresolved:
Above only.

Trade:
None

Diplomacy:

Alliance offered to BMM
Alliance offered to BHG
Alliance offered to Liberty
Alliance offered to Orbital Spa
Non-Agression Pact offered to Rheinland

Faction Relations:

BMM, BHG, Liberty, Orbital Spa
None
DSE, Ageria, Rheinland
everyone else
Kishiro
Blood Dragons, Bundschuch
None

Ship Stats: (FA/CA/FD/CD)

Cavelier LF- 2/1/4/1
Crusader HF- 3/1/5/3
Knight VHF- 4/2/6/4
Bretonian Gunboat- 4/6/4/6
Bretonian Cruiser- 5/7/5/7
Bretonian Battleship- 6/9/6/9



Edited by - ww2jacob on 8/14/2005 10:09:42 AM

Edited by - ww2jacob on 8/14/2005 10:10:21 AM

Turn 1

Bases + Ships

Ship Stats
LF-Banshee Class- FA 4/CA 0/FD 4/CD 0
HF-Valkirie Class - FA 5/CA 3/FD 4/CD 0
VHF-Mjolinor Class - FA 6/CA 4/FD 4/CD 2
Gunboat-Fenris Class - FA 7/CA 2/FD 7/CD 4
Cruiser-Thor Class - FA 3/CA 8/FD 5/CD 8
Battleship Leviathan Class- FA 3/CA 9/FD 9/CD 9

New Berlin
Oder = Shipyard-1 Cruiser-Thor +1 Gunboat-Fenris
New Berlin = Planet-20 LF + 10 HF
Brandenburg = Small Station-10 LF

Hamburg
Lubek = Small Station-10 LF
Hamburg = Planet-20 LF + 10 HF
Vierlande = Large Station-20 LF
1 Battleship- Westfallen

Frankfurt
Fulda = Small Station-10 LF
Holstein = Planet-20 LF + 10 HF

Dresden
Pirna = Small Station-10 LF

Stuttgart
Stuttgart = Planet-20 LF + 10 HF
Konstanze = Small Station-10 LF
Ulm = Small Station-10 LF

Resources

Credits: 60
Metals: 0
Gas: 0

Income:

+200 Credits
+ 36 Metals
+ 11 Gas

Purchasing:
1 Battleship
2 VHF wings

-110 credits

Outcome:
Credits: 150
Metals: 36
Gas: 11


Movements:
Battleship Westfallen to Oder Shipyard
Cruiser Thor, Gunboat Fenris, 5 HF and 10 LF to Helgoland Station


Role-play/News Reports:

Westfallen in for update:
Today the Battleship west fallen arrived at the Oder shipyards to upgrade it to the new Leviathan class ships this coincides with the Militaries unveiling of there new VHF the Mjolinor together they will make Rhienland the new dominant force in Sirius.

Ships to Sigma 13:
Today a battle group, lead by the first of our new cruisers and gunboats set sail for Sigma 13 there they will help to reinforce the Rhienland Corporation ALG that has suffered at the hands of pirates in recent months

Meetings with Kusari?!:
Today Rhienland military spokesmen announced talks with the Kusari Corporation Kishiro. These talks are being hosted by ALG on Helgoland station rumor is the new Chancellor Omega Chief is personally aboard the Thor and its mission is more then a simple guard the station….

Ok ALG Rhienland and Kishiro are holding a summit on Helgoland we request that Orbital Spa & Cruise come to observe

Relationships:

Very Friendly: Kishiro, ALG
Friendly: None
Supportive: DSE, Ageria, Bretonia
Nutral: everyone else
Unsupportive: Libery
Unfriendly: Blood Dragons, Bundschuch
Very unfriendly: None


Edited by - Omega_Chief on 8/12/2005 1:24:41 PM

Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines
Luxury Liner Hawaii, Sigma-19 6E (S)
Luxury Liner Shetland, Edinburgh 3E (S)
Planet Baden Baden, Stuttgart 6E (P)
Planet Curacao, Cortez 3D (P)

90 LF 40 HF
310 Credits + 130 credits 13 Gas 8 Metals
20 credits remain
LF- 8 points (4) 3 1 3 1
HF- 12 points (5) 4 2 4 2
VHF- 16 points (6) 5 3 5 3
Gunboat- 20 points (7) 7 3 73
Cruiser- 24 points (8) 4 8 4 8
Battleship- 30 points (9) 7 8 7 8

Alliance Offer From Bretonia Accepted
Alliance Offer sent to BHG

Claiming and posting 5 lf to Omicron Beta
Claiming and posting 5 lf to Omicron Alpha
Claiming and posting 5 lf to Omicron Theta
Claiming and posting 5 lf in Sigma 19
Claiming and posting 5 lf in Sigma 17
Claiming and posting 5 lf in cortez
Blitzing Atka
Blitzing FP9
BLitzing Planet Malta
Ships in systems where I have bases are at the bases

Rhienland you honor us. The Orbital Honor Fleet is placed across Rhienland . 1 Gun Boat Goes to Hamburg . 1 Gun boat goes to Dresden. 2 Gunboats 60 lf are in Stuttergatt. 1 Gun Boat in Frankfurt . The Honor Guard of 40 hf 2 Crusiers and 1 Gun Boat are in New Berlin.

OC please talk to me on the secure channel


Jacobs Blitz's
19 , 18 ,6

Edited by - Chessalavakia on 8/12/2005 2:57:03 PM

Edited by - Chessalavakia on 8/12/2005 6:14:40 PM

Edited by - Chessalavakia on 8/12/2005 6:24:44 PM

Edited by - Chessalavakia on 8/12/2005 6:41:04 PM

Chess's blitzs:

Atka Station (12)- 9: Failure
Freeport 9 (12)- 14: Success!
Planet Malta (17)- 3: Failure

Edited by - ww2jacob on 8/12/2005 3:00:54 PM

BHG first turn:
Sheffield station(Large)- Manchester
Deshima Station(Large)-Shikoku

Stats:
LF- 2FA/ 2FD/ 2CA/ 2CD
HF- 3FA/ 3FD/ 3CA/ CD
VHF- 4FA/ 4FD/ 4CA/ 4CD
SHF- 6FA/ 6FD/ 4CA/ 4CD

Gunboat- 6FA/ 4FD/ 6CA/ 4CD
Cruiser- 5FA/ 5FD/ 7CA/ 7CD
Battleship- 9FA/ 6FD/ 9CA/ 6CD


I accept Bretonias and Orbitals Alliance proposals

Allied: Bretonia, Orbital Spa and Cruise
Very Friendly: Liberty, Rhienland
Neutral: Lawful
Unfriendly:unlawful


Ships:
20 LF and 20 SHF at Deshima and Sheffield


@Rheinland and ALG: I will attend the summit at Helgoland to help discuss strategy against piracy.

Also to all factions:
I am declaring that the Sigma-13 are under the control of the BHG as this is where piracy is most rampant, and it will protect the many corperations their as well. This will also prevent the loss of human life as these system have caused much suffering in the past. Any Lawful factions may build here, and guard it with nothing else than more than a Gunboat. Any Unlawfull factions will be killed immediatly.
The Sigmas provide fuel for all of us. We should havest it together.


Bases and forces:
Sheffield station(large)- Manchester-20 LF and 20 SHF wings
Deshima(large)-Shikoku
20 LF and 20 SHF wings-Helgoland station-attending summit

money from bases: 40

building:
280+40+50= 370

building:
1 large station-placed in Omega11- -150 credits
22 HF wings- Deshima- -220 credits


from Deshima
moving 10 LF wing to New Tokyo
claiming New Tokyo
move 5 LF wings to Honshu
claiming Honshu
moving 3 LF wings to Tohuko
Claiming Tohuko
1 LF wing to Hokkaido
claimng hokkaido
leaving 1 LF and 11 HF wings at Deshima
Claming shikoku

moving 20 LF and 20 SHF wings to Omega 5 from Sheffield

moving 11 Hf wings and 22 SHF wings to Sigma-13 to Helgoland to attend the
summit.

Blizting Planet New Tokyo with 5 LF wings
Blizting Yokohama ship yards with 5 LF wings

CYOF administrator.
Second-in-Command of CYOF
RIP Justin, I love ya man



Edited by - gunblader on 8/13/2005 1:25:43 PM

Edited by - gunblader on 8/13/2005 2:14:32 PM

GBs' Blitzes : 13 successs , 9 failure