3025: Time of Change is a Play by email game that I have been working on for some time now. So the game take place in 3025 when all the houses are about the same on some levels. Players take command of the various Houses and Com star and Mercenary units. So I hope everyone has fun in the game. I have the final say in the game. Also the history before the game starts will be enforced, for example, Federated Suns and the Draconis Combine would not enter in a non-aggression pact or anything like that. Any questions about that just ask my Co-GMs or I.

To help prevent out of character moves and decisions by players in the game you must CC (carbon Copy) all of your emails to me Speck the GM. Especially when you are working on deals that could be considered out of character. Also no agreements made over ICQ, AIM, MSN messenger, and yahoo Messenger will be accepted, unless you send me a transcript of the conversation before anything is agreed to. I have the final on any deals that are made in the game.

Programs need for the game

• MS Word- Rules and other things
• MS Excel- Turn Sheets, Cost list, and other stuff
• ICQ- talking and battle info
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0- PDF 3025 IS Map
• AOL Instant Messenger
• Something to View JPEG or BMP

Movement

Distance to Zenith/Nadir Jump Point

In Days, assuming 1G acceleration and mid-point Turnover

General combat Rules

Space combat will be done by, using a combination of both Battlespace and Aerotech 2. Land battle is done by, using modified Battleforce 2 Planetary assault rules and rules of my own. The smallest unit is a Company and Squadron and they use the stats that are in the BF2 rulebook. The stats for them are in the Battleforce 2 excel file on the web site. Small battle involving battalion versus battalion and regiment versus regiment will use Company versus company as the smallest unit. But larger battles with multi regiment engagements will have Battalions as the smallest unit.

Combat Information

Just fill out the Attack and Defensive orders sheet, they are found in the down load section of the web page.

Mercenary Rules

General Rules

Mercenary Contract are set up like this at the beginning of the game and throughout the game. When a nation hires a merc unit, they hire them with a general contract for a certain amount of time and money. Then during the time that they are hired for, the merc unit can ask for or be offered Subcontracts for missions. Like attack, defend, and raiding missions. These missions will pay differently, its up to the nation to decide.

Mercenary Representatives

Mercenary's have 3 Representatives at start of the game to be sent to any of the Guilds to aquire verious things or people. If a Mercenary units wants more they cost 15 million and a max of 5 per Merc Unit.

Merging Mercenary Units

When two mercenary units want to merge they will need to give me a good reason and have no prior history of hating one another. Prime example of two Mercenary's that would not merge would be Wacos Rangers and Wolf's Dragoons. The process will take about 3 to 6 months depending on the conditions of the merger.

Mercenary's Buying equipment

When Mercenary's want to buy replacement or new equipment consult the Mercenary Guild Cost List for the prices and equipment available. To purchase equipment you need to send a representative to a Mercenary Guild location and then you pick what you want. When you purchase items email me what guild you are purchasing them from and what you are buy. Not everything that you pick will be in stock at that location or not at all.

Mercenary's gaining Pilots

When a Mercenary unit need replacement or new pilots for their unit they need to send a representative to a Mercenary Guild. Once there hat Merc Rep will set up shop and begin to look for recruit for your unit. Once there each turn you want to get pilots it will cost 5 million for a roll on the fallowing table (note only once per turn) to determine how many recruits you hire.

• Number of Warriors (d20)
• 1-5 6 warriors
• 6-10 4 Warriors
• 11-15 6 warriors
• 16-20 8 warriors
• Type of warriors
• 60 % Mecharrior
• 25 % Vehicle
• 15 % Aerospace Pilots
• Quality of the Warriors
• 50 % Regular
• 30 % Veteran
• 20 % Elite

Purchasing SPs

When a mercenary unit want to purchase some SPs they need to send a Merc Rep to a Mercenary Guild to see about getting SPs. SPs cost 1.5 million for 1 and a limit of 20 SPs can be bought a turn.

Renting Jumpships and Dropships for Mercenary's

The cost for renting Jumpships and Dropships costs are different for Mercenaries. The cost for renting JS or DS for mercenaries consult the Mercenary JS & DS Renting cost for the mission cost per month.

Breaking Contracts

When a Mercenary want to break its current contract with their employer they will need to tell me a very good reason for doing so. There also can be a back lash against the Mercenary for breaking its contract that will affects its ability to buy and aquire pilots and rent JS or DS from Mercenary Guilds. Also Comstar can with hold a Mercenary's Payment after they break their contract because they can become black listed and a hunted unit with a bounty on their heads.

Hiring New Mercenery Units

When you want to hire a new mercenary unit just look in the Mercenary Unit List. Then once you have picked a unit to hire just email the fallowing email the Merc Co-GM and ask the NPC if they will accecpt your contract.

Now here are some rules for when you go to hire a new merc unit you need a Rep at that Guild. Now on Galatea every House Lord and Periphery Ruler have Reps on Galatea. The Rep will meet with the Merc unit and they will be your eyes and ears during the contract talks. The other guilds through out the Inner Sphere and Periphery are different in that only certain nations have Reps there to hire Mercenery units from that Guild. Below is a list that will tell you where you have Reps presant. There is a limit on how many merc unit one employer can hire in one turn and that number is 8.

• Galatea
• Everyone has a Rep Here
• Federated Suns Guilds
• TC (new Syrtis), CC (New Syrtis), FS, and DC (Robinson) have Reps here
• Lyran Commonwealth Guilds have Reps here
• OC (Tamar), CL (Skye), LC, FWL (Skye), and DC (Tamar) have Reps here
• Free Worlds League Guilds
• MoC (Andurien), CC (Andurien, Oriente, and Orlof), and FWL have Reps here
• Capellan Confederation Guilds
• FWL (Capella, Sarna), CC, TC (St. Ives), MoC, FS (Tikonov, St. Ives) have Reps here
• Draconis Combine Guilds
• OC (Rasalhague), LC (Dieron, Rasalhague), FS (Dieron, Benjamin, and Galedon), OA (Galedon) have Reps here
• Taurian Concordat Guilds
• TC, FS, MoC, and CC have Reps here
• Magistracy of Canopus Guilds
• MoC, TC, CC, and FWL have Reps here
• Terran Protectorate
• FS (robinson), LC (Skye), DC (Dieron, Benjamin), CC (Tikonov) have Reps
• Comstar
• All Guilds

You can send Reps to other Guilds except for House run guilds unless you are allies with that house. This is to prevent enemies from hiring units at their enemies capital and then attacking it. Each Nation have so many Reps so see the list below for the number at each guild.

• House Nations
• 3 Reps at Galatea
• 2 Reps at all of their own Guilds in thier nation
• 1 Rep at any foreign Guilds
• Periphery Nations
• 2 Reps at Galatea
• 2 Reps at all of their own Guilds in thier nation
• 1 Rep at any foreign Guilds
• Sub Rulers
• 2 Reps at Galatea
• 2 Reps at the guild on their capital of their Sub region
• 1 Rep at any foreign Guilds other guilds in their nation
• Terran Protectorate
• 3 Reps at Galatea
• 1 Rep at any foreign Guilds
• ComStar
• 2 Reps at Galatea
• 1 Rep at all other Guilds

The number of Reps determines the number Mercenary units that you can hire from that Guild. It is set up like this to provide a more fare way of Nation hiring mercs so that one does not have a monopoly on it.

NOTE: The subcontracts can be found in the Mercenary Information center on the website

Non-Player Mercenary Units (NPM)

NOTE: You need to send an email to the NPM email account, asking if the merc unit that you want to offer a sub contract to and I will reply. If you do not, the NPM merc will not move from its current location.

Rulers of nations that have NPM units under hire have to fallow these rules. When you offer a NPM a general contract or subcontract you will send the email to me, I will respond to it with an answer. NPM units can defend a world with out support of house units. When NPM units are sent on an attack mission the nations should send a supporting house unit or some kind of support with the NPM, so that it is not destroyed or heavily damaged. If the NPM unit is damaged the Nation will help with supply points and money to rebuild the unit, as per negotiated before mission. There is also a chance that mercs can break their contracts or leave them. When a NPM brakes a contract is when a nations does not help rebuild them or send them on a suicide mission. Now there is a exception to house units having to accompany a merc unit is when a NPM is sent on a raiding mission. The reason for having house units for support is to keep nation player from taking advantage of NPM units.

Player Mercenary Units (PM)

Player run merc units are easier to deal with then NPM units. First off you have a real person to talk to and make decisions. Players can request and accept subcontracts from their employer, for different missions. Also players can decide if they want the support of a House unit in any attack mission. The Player unit can buy mechs and equipment from their employer, though their employer might charge them somewhat more then market cost.

Creating Mercenary Units

When creating a new mercenary unit you have 1 billion to spend on your unit (that's enough for a mechs, tanks, and etc. maybe transport). Also you pick your equipment from the Cost List and you cannot pick rare or equipment that is for a specific house and use the market cost for equipment. You can use the Mercenary Creation Sheet to create your own Mercenary unit and when you are done send it to me.

Sub Rulers of Nations (Inner Sphere only)

General Rules

The sub rulers have some control over the troops loyal to them and the region that they control. The leader of the nation still has overall control over the troops, but the sub ruler can move his loyal troops, but to some degree. They also get certain Percentage of money and supply points in their region of control. Most of the other rules for sub rulers are specific to the Ruler of a sub region and nation. So only those players of the sub rulers will see what they can really do.

Sub rulers building stuff

When sub lords want to build factories and other building they require the help of their ruler to build. Since a sub lord does not have any personal or the complete knowledge to build what they want to. All a sub lord has to do is ask their Lord if they can build some thing. Then the Lords have to decide and if they do, he/she is required to pay at least 20 % of the cost. The percentage of who pays what is up to the lord and sub lords to talk about. When building a Shipyard the ruler must pay at least 40% because of the more complexity of the construction. Whoever pays the most gets first dibs on what is produced at the facility.

Pulling Jumpships from Sub-Lords

Lords can have the jumpships and dropships that they assigned to their sub-lords units removed if they so chose. When they do this sub lords will have to use their own JS&DS if they have enough.

Pulling Sub lords unit upkeep

Lords can stop paying the upkeep cost and supply points of sub lord units. When this happens the sub lord will have to pay the upkeep for both SPs and money. If you do not pay the upkeep the units will be out of supply during battles and without pay of personal and equipment.

Supply Points

Supply point's represent, food, ammo, spare parts, and etc, which troops need to function and for multi-regimental operations. In the cost list excel file is a list of supply points that you get per world and for what different units types require. When you do different kinds of operations and missions, they require a certain amount of Supply point to be able to have a successful mission. Mission my last one-month and Operations from 2 months on and Operations are classified when more then 7 regiments and 4 worlds being attacked in one turn. You can still lunch a mission, without the required Supply points but your unit or units will suffer in combat. Like, ammo shortages and other essentials for a good operation.

Here is a list of some Operation and mission types and the amount of SPs required. Also ask me how many Sps will be need for multi regiment and any other operations and mission you may be planning.

SP usage during battles and campaigns

During battle your units do not use up all of the SPs provided to them. It depends on what your units face when they invade a planet. If your unit's faces militia then they only expend your units expend 1/3 to ½ of the SPs assigned to the unit. If your unit's face Line units then you expend ¾ up to all of your SPs in battle with that unit. The expense of SPs in battle depends on what units are involved, like green would have a tendency to use more ammo then elite, and how the battle goes for your units. When you send units to liberated worlds that the enemy took from you it will cost zero to 1/3 of the SPs that the unit has. It is up to the GM to decide how many SP your units use in battle.

When a unit is damaged, just type in the percent of damage into the provided cell in the Reserves and supply points worksheet of the Turnsheets. This is because it will require SPs to rebuild damaged units from combat. The fallowing table will tell you the repair costs:

*The SPs cost is equal to the cost of the Percent damage, when you need to find it out.
**The cost is equal to 3 less then the percent damage (but in millions), when you need to find it out.

When you construct new industries, Habits, SDS, and other installations it will cost you Supply Points to be able to build these new industries. The SPs are for the building material and other such expenditures that may arise. Also SPs are used in building Factories, all of that info is in the cost list.

If you are running low on supply points or you just need more you can buy SPs. But this rule mainly is for Mercenary units and periphery nations because larger nation have many worlds to give them SPs. SPs cost 1.5 million for 1 and a limit of 20 per month and 1 SP equals 100 tons.

Supply Centers

Each nation has 4 (1 for Periphery nations & 1 for Pirate Kingdoms) main suppiy centers in their realms, which is where you have so many of your Supply points stored for uses in operations and misssions. Also you have 8 (3 for Periphery nations & 1 for Pirate Kingdoms) regional supply centers in your realm that are closer to the front lines then your main supply centers. So guard them well so that they do not get destroyed and you lose your stored SPs. Here are the costs for supply centers and minimum and maximum SP storage capacity:

• Main Supply Center
• $ 150,000,000
• 300 SP (to start) up to 600
• 4 months to build
• Regional Supply Center
• $ 75,000,000
• 150 SP (to start) up to 300
• 2 months to build
• Orbital Cargo Stations
• Small Cargo Station- 50 to 100 Sps
• Cargo Station- 100 to 200 SPs

Supply Centers have a certain range in how far that they service your troops. Main supply centers have a range of 10 jumps and Regional supply centers have a range of 6 jumps and orbital supply stations have a range of 4 jumps. If your troops fall out of the range they will be concidered out of supplizes. When they are out of supplizes the units ability to attack will be gravely hampered and other affects can happen.

Trade

Also you will have to ask if it is possible to trade with other nations. But you can start trade relations with other nations by fallowing theses rules. First you need to send a representative to the nation that you want to start trade relation with. It will take 3 months and 25 million and a Diplomat to begin trade relations with another nation.

Agriculture- (Duration 3 months) results vary in that either your nation can increase Supply points or receive extra income. The standard for Agricultural trade is 25 million for 25 SPs or vise versa.

Research & development- (Duration 1 Year) Two nations work together to research a new design of some sort. Both nations will share the R&D cost and the retooling of the required factory for the design.

Technology Transfer- (Duration 1 month) Two nations trade a design or multiple designs, put for each additional design; it will add one more month to the trade time. For delivery of design to the nation that bought or traded for them, 2 are delivered per month until you have receive all of the designs that you bought. Only 3 Technology transfers per nation. Once you have done three that is it until one or all are done then you can do more.

Industrial trade- (Duration 1 month) when two nations get together the trade mechs, vehicles, fighters, and etc for cash or other equipment. The payment method is determined by the 2 nations.

Miscellaneous Rules

Forming New Units

When forming new units, just add the equipment to the Regimental Template file and then send it to me when it is complete. Unassigned equipment will be placed in the appropriate location in the Reserves Worksheet.

Once you send me the regimental excel file of your unit, I will calculate the average Tonnage and that will be the weight of the unit for use in combat.

Activating New Units

In the Cost List excel file, there is a list of what it will cost to activate a new unit. Then the next turn you will pay the normal upkeep cost for that type of units.

Rebuilding units

Just let me know on your Turnsheet, which equipment will go to rebuilding a unit and I will add it to the unit and see if it changes the overall weight of the unit. That unit can not move in order to receive the equipment to replace loses. Also after combat I will tell you how many mech and etc were lost and need to be replaced.

Rules for weight of regiments

In the Deployment Worksheet the regiments are given a weight type. The reason for this is because I am using modified Battleforce 2 Planetary Assault rules, which the units are done by weight. In the Cost List excel file, you will find a table with how different Company weight class you can have per regiment weight Class.

Other stuff

In the Cost List excel file, it lists all of the different cost of factories and time to build them.

Comstar info

Effects of an interdiction can be good and bad, good for your enemies and bad for you. An interdiction will shutdown your ability to command and issue orders to your troops and nation. You can set up jumpship circuits to help deliver message, but there will be a cost of 150 SPs per Jumpship circuit set up (limit of 8 JS per Command Circuit) and they will cost 200 million. If you also use Command circuit it will take away your available jumpships to move your troops around. There will also be a month delay of orders to troops in the field. Also during the first 3 months of the interdiction you lose 250 to 500 SPs and 300 to 600 million. But your production is ½ production an additional month is added for multi month builds.

Now for a half month interdiction will cost you 125 to 250 SPs and 150 to 300 million and your production is 1/3 as nomal.

If the interdiction lasts for more then 3 months you will lose 500 or more SPs and 600 million or more till it is lifted, production will be twice the normal cost, 1/4 the production amount per month and an additional month for the dropships and other multi month builds, and your economy could be in ruins. It will take about 3 months for your economy to get back to normal. In that time the effects of the interdiction after 2 months are still in effect till after your economy recovers.

Jumpship command Curcit

Jumpship command Circuits can be set up to move troops around quicker. They will take away from your percent of available jumpships to move your units. Also the jumpships that will be used in the command circuit must be with in the area that you need them. The cost is 150 supply points and will cost 200 million to complete it. But if you need to move jumpships to the locations for the command circuit it may take a month or few to have the command circuit online. Also you can use jumpships that you rent from merchants. The percent of jumpships that you will need per stop on your jumpship path is 1 % for every 3 stops. The limit of jumpship command circuits is 9 stops so that means a total of 3% JS need for a command curcit.

Adding Plans to Factories

When you acquire new design prints from other nations or develop them yourself. For each plan that you want to add to a factory will cost 60 million each and shutdown the factory for 3 months and there is a limit of adding Plans to 2 factories per turn.

Renovating factory lines

Instead of adding new lines to a factory, one can renovate up to 2 lines per factory per turn. So that you do not have to continually add more lines to factories and have several that you do not plan on using. When you want to renovate a line it will cost 40 million, 30 SPs, and 3 months. Once you have renovated the lines you want, you can add a new for a cost of 30 million and take 2 months to complete.

Limit on Lines in Factories

There will be a limit on how many lines a factory can have this is to prevent from having over loaded factories. The limit for Mech and fighter factories is 7 lines with a max on certain weight classes, assault 3 lines max and heavy 4 lines max. The limit for vehicle factories is 10 lines with a max on certain weight class, assault 4 lines and heavy 5 lines max. While light and medium mechs do not have a limit but a factory cannot be completely one weight class.

Terra Forming

Terra Forming can only be done once a nation has the technology. Terra Forming allows you to change the climate of a desolate planet into a climate capable of sustaining life. Terra Forming costs 1 billion C-bills and 1000 SPs and takes between 1 or more years to complete. NOTE: I will have more detailed rules up soon, i need to look some things up.

Shipyard Information

On the Cost List file there is info about general and larger Shipyards. The information is there so that you know what kind of Shipyard capacity you have. To repair Dropships and jumpships it will cost 1/5 of their cost (also depends if damaged in battle) and 1/3 of their build time.

When you build a new shipyard you need to have the fallowing to be able to produce JS or DS: 1 shipyard able to produce JS or DS, a small habit, and 2 orbital factories. Also the sizes of the yards are in the cost list.

Here is an idea about what you need when you build a shipyard:

• Large Shipyard
• Large Habit or 2 Small Habits
• Large Orbital Factory or 2 Medium or 3 Small
• Medium Shipyard
• 2 Small Habits
• Medium Orbital Factory or 2 Small
• Small Shipyard
• Small Habit
• Small Orbital Factory

Note: This is just the minimum that you can have for a new shipyard to work, you can have more then the minimum.

Survey (search) your nation for lost technology and other things

You can search your nation for lost technologies and other things. How you do it is that you pay 3 million per world (max of 8) and it will take 3 months to determine if anything is on that world. Also you need to have a good reason for searching the worlds, not just for the hell of it. Any results I will notify you of.

Modifing Dropships

When you want to Modify Dropships, first of all you need to send a copy of the modified Dropship design so that i can figure out if you can do it and how much and how long. The Cost and Time very between what Size of Dropship and what you plan on doing to it.

Black Market Goods

When you want to purchase from the Black market first look at the Black Market Cost List to pick what you want to see if you can purchase from a Black Market Dealer. After you get an idea of what you are interested in, email me your list with the Black Market Price and how many you are interested in purchasing. On larger things like Jumpships and Dropship they will be the hardest to come by but if one is lucky you might be able to get some. It is not said that you will get the number that you want, you get what the Black Market Dealer has to offer. Also not all of the Dealers have the same stuff or have alot.

Here is a list of how mainy Black Market dealers are availible in each realm*

• Inner Sphere
• Federated Suns- 3 Dealers
• Lyran Commonwealth- 4 Dealers
• Draconis Combine- 1 Dealer
• Capellan Confederation- 2 Dealers
• Free Worlds League- 2 Dealers
• Periphery
• Taurian Concordat- 2 Dealers
• Magistracy of Canopus- 1 Dealer
• Outworlds Alliance- 1 Dealer

Adding Dropship and Jumpship Plans to a Factory or Shipyard

Dropships can be added to either a ground based factory or a shipyard. There are some differences between Ground based Dropship factory and ones based out of a Shipyard. Ground Based factories are classified as factories building dropships and other things (like mechs, tanks, and etc.). While shipyard based dropship yards are classified as factories that build only Dropships at that factory. You can not add Dropship plans to a orbital Dropship year because the yards are only big enough for that plan, you would have to expand the yard which will take time and cash to do so. Adding Dropship plans to a ground factory is similiar to adding normal plans to factories excecpt it costs more and more time is required: 120 million and 6 months (max one per turn). Adding Jumpships to a jumpship year depends on if it is a general yard or a larger yard because of the shipyard types and sizes at each yard. When you want to add jumpship or dropship plans to an orbital factory contact me to find out the cost and time required. But when you build a new JS or DS orbital yard you can add up to 2 desgins for free before you have to pay and add more time.

Moving Factories

When you want to move a factory away from the front line to prevent enemy capture or destruction. The process with which you go about moving a factory takes time and month plus it is not 100% positive that the taking down and rebuilding will go with out any problems. The cost and time required will be explained in the table below.

• Base cost x class of product x number of Lines = total Cash
• 50 million x 1 (light) x 1 = 50 million
• 50 million x 2 (medium) x 1 = 100 million
• 50 million x 3 (Heavy) x 1 = 150 million
• 50 million x 4 (assault) x 1 = 200 million
• class of product x number of Lines = total time
• 1 (light) x 1 = 1 Months
• 2 (medium) x 1 = 2 Months
• 3 (Heavy) x 1 = 3 months
• 4 (assault) x 1 = 4 months

But when ever you do this i will roll on the fallowing table to see if you succeed or fail. {note d20 will be used}

• 1 Failure- factory out of use for 6 months
• 2-5 sucess
• 6-10 additional 3 months
• 11-15 additional 200 million
• 16-19 success
• 20 failure- factory our of use for 6 months

Communicating via non HPG transmitter

When you want to send messages that will not use HPGs, you have several opions to chose from. The first chose would be to send a Jumpship with your message on it. This opion will take some time to arrive at its destination unless you use a command curcit. When you do this type of communicating you need to place a heading like the fallowing: "Jumpship messanger". The second chose would be alternate comunications orther then HPG. There is only one alternate comuication divice capable of comunicating between planets. This divice is called the "Black Box", which only 2 Houses pocess them and no one in the game knows about it except them. This divice is sorta like a Fax machine that transmits messages between planets. A message using this divice takes twice aslong as a HPG and only the millitary of them.

Garrisons on Conquered Worlds

When you conquer a planet your forces will leave behind 1 armor battalion and 2 infantry Battalion per common world and for capital class worlds a regiment of armor and 1 regiment of infantry. Both types of worlds will have a squadron of medium fighters for space defence.

Research & Development

NOTE: You have to ask if you can R&D what you want

R&D for the Inner Sphere will be as fallows:

• Elite R&D/University facilities (one per realm..note I will mark them on your turn 5 update)
• 4 R&D projects can be done at these facilities
• –3 months and 60 million for each R&D project done at one of these facilities.
• Normal R&D/University facilities (standard university and the R&D facilities that are built)
• 2 R&D projects can be done at these facilities

R&D for the Periphery will be as fallows: (note some special exceptions)

• A Class R&D/University (one per realm..note I will mark on your turn 5 update)
• 2 R&D projects can be done at these facilities
• –1 month and 20 million for each R&D project done at one of these facilities
• B Class R&D/University (standard university and the R&D facilities that are built)
• 1 R&D projects can be done at these facilities

Cost of R&Ding

NOTE: The cost and time also depends what you want to R&D

New Weapons and equipment

Inner Sphere- 100 million x 1d6 and 6 months x 1d6
Periphery- 150 million x 1d6 and 8 months x 1d6

Mech, Tank, and Fighter designs

Inner Sphere- Minimum of 10 million to 120 million and 3 x 1d6 months
Periphery- Minimum of 20 million to 130 million and 4 x 1d6 months

Dropship & Jumpships

It depends on the cost of the design because the cost will determine the R&D cost and time.

NOTE: There will be a small mark up on JS&DS on the final price!!!

R&D of Star league Tech (note only can be done if you have discovered some SL tech)

First step in getting SL tech is to find out what it is that you found, which is done by reverse engineering it to figure out how it works and such. Then you need to R&D it so that you know how to build it and add it to factories. But after all of that is done you can add it to a factory.

Possible failure of R&D and Reverse engineering

When R&D or Reverse engineering time is up there is a 60 percent chance that what you just finished could not work at all or that it wil require more time to complete. The fallowing table is how it will be determined. A d20 will be used to roll on the tabe with the fallowing modifiers added in for the final roll; Damage to research facility -3, IS Elite Research Facility +3, IS Normal Research facility +2, Periphery A Class research facility +2, Periphery B Class research facility +1, New Weapon designs -1, New mech, fighter, and vehicle designs -2, Dropship & Jumpship designs -3, and Star League tech researched -4.

1. Your R&D or reverse engineering is complete and working perfectly
2. Your R&D or reverse engineering is 75% complete and will requires 25% of the original cost and time for it to be completed
3. Your R&D or reverse engineering is 50% complete and will requires 50% of the original cost and time for it to be completed
4. Your R&D or reverse engineering is 25% complete and will requires 75% of the original cost and time for it to be completed
5. Your R&D or reverse engineering has failed completely and there is no chance of finishing it

Reverse Engineering of designs

When reverse engineering a design it will cost 4 times the player production cost and 2 months + 1d6 for IS and 4 months +1d6 for Periphery. Only can be done at a R&D/University and a R&D site has a limit on how many Reverse engineering project that can be done at that site.

Reverse Engineering limits for IS R&D Centers:

• Elite R&D/University facilities
• 2 R&D projects can be done at these facilities (only one per Realm)
• –3 months for each R&D project done at one of these facilities.
• Normal R&D/University facilities (standard university and the R&D facilities that are built)
• 1 R&D projects can be done at these facilities

Reverse Engineering limits for Periphery R&D Centers:

• A Class R&D/University (one per realm..note I will mark on your turn 5 update)
• 1 R&D projects can be done at these facilities
• –1 month each R&D project done at one of these facilities
• B Class R&D/University (standard university and the R&D facilities that are built)
• Cannot be done at one of these Facilities

Academies

Each Academy graduates a certain amount of cadets. Inner Sphere academies graduate more then Periphery academies. Also all graduates start at regular level in skill.

Here is the Amounts: Note: if the academy is not specific in which type you have then pick 2.

Adding programs to academies

Programs that are available: Mechwarrior, Vehicle Crewman, Aerospace pilot, Grunt Infantry, and Space Marines (1/2 battalion per turn 126). It will cost 60 million to add one more program to an existing academy, you can add only one to that academy. It will also take 2 months to complete the addition because of adding to the building and getting the staff to teach the new programs. Also the accademy will not be shutdown while adding new programs because you are just adding onto the building. Note no doubling of programs!

When you build the academy you pick from the list above, limit of 2 for a new academy. But you can add one more later on with the Adding programs rule. Note no doubling of programs in new academy!

Recruits without academy training

You can get army recruits that do not have academy training into your armies. They will start out as green and will require 2 months to train to regular because they lack some skills that a normal green regiment as already. Also there are restrictions on how many times you can do this per turn to keep players from building up a huge army.

Developing new Accademy Programs

If you want to develop new programs for you accademies it will cost 100 million and 5 months time to do. When you do this you take Veteran pilots they help develop the course of the new program. The Accademy that you do the developing gets the program when the developing time is over. So that means that you do not have to add the program to the accademy when the developing is over. Example: LAM Pilots- developed at a accademy- 4 per turn are graduated. Note: you need to ask me if you can develop certain new programs.

Training Battalions

Training battalions are for the Green troops that you can get that have no academy training. You place them into a Training Battalion to gain experience and then to be shipped out the front line units as replacements. There is a limit to 3 Training Battalions that you can form. After 3 months of combat the units pilots will be concidered Regular and not Green.

Training Regiments from Regular to Veteran skill

One can train regular regiments up to veteran statis by assigning a veteran or elite regiment to train with for 4 months, at a cost 25 million and 50 SPs. You need to ask me if you can do this and there is a limit on how many time you can do it in a turn. you can only do this 2 times and you have to wait until training is done to start it on another unit if your 2 are used up. Also you can not train all of your units to Veteran statis i will not allow that. Also while your units are doing this they can not move or attack during that time they are training.

Training units back up to previous skill after receiving replacement troops

When units receive replacement units and personal their total unit quality will go down as a result of the replacement units. To train the unit back up to its previous skill will take 3 months of training and cost 15 million and 25 SPs to complete. Once training is complete the unit will be at is former skill but you can not train back to elite skill. Also while your units are doing this they can not move or attack during that time they are training.

Intelligence

Here are the Spying Rules for the game.
Here is how to Build Spy Teams for the game.

Forming a Nation

***Ask if you can do this…***

If two players or a player and a non-player nation want to merge nations, these are the rule to do so. To start off the two nations will need at least 2 of the trade types in the effect at the time you want to merge. It will take 6 months of trade and general talks and just being friends, before you can move on to the next step. The next step of merging is a Treaty of Intent, which spells out why and for what reasons you are joining. The Treaty of Intent can last from 3 months to as many as a year, it depends on your previous relations with the country. It is up to me to figure out the time of Treaty of Intent and what the results are. Also it will cost 35-million x number of worlds being merged into the larger realm. Example, Circinus Federation and Illyian Palatinate, the Circinus Federation will pay the money for the merger and absorb the Illyain Palatinate. Any questions ask me.

Diplomatic Section

Diplomats

Diplomats are a very important part of any government, used in peace talks, trade aggreements, and verious other needs. Diplomats cost 5 million and take 1 months to train for their job. You need Diplomats to resolve the fallowing: Trade aggreements, Non aggression pacts, Peace treaties, and other types of aggreements between 2 or more nations. Also when a Diplomatic Team is assigned to a certain mission the time required and any additional cost will very. To use a diplomat for any othe listed things or something else just list it on your Turnsheet so that i can see it and what you want to acomplish. There is a limit for how many Diplomats a nation can have and that is 6 diplomats. Here is a list of how many Diplomats each Nation has at start for the game:

• Inner Sphere
• Federated Suns 4 Diplomatic Teams
• Lyran Commonwealth 4 Diplomatic Teams
• Draconis Combine 3 Diplomatic Teams
• Free Worlds League 2 Diplomatic Teams
• Capellan Confederation 2 Diplomatic Teams
• All Sub rulers have 1 Diplomatic Team
• Periphery
• Taurian Concordat 2 Diplomatic Teams
• Magistracy of Canopus 2 Diplomatic Teams
• Outworlds Alliance 1 Diplomatic Team
• Circinus Federation 1 Diplomat Team
• All other Periphery & Pirate Nation have no Diplomatic Teams at start

Treaties and Non-Aggression pacts

These are discussed between the interested parties and then sent to me for approval. Treaties can be for various things, merging countries, ending wars, and other things. They can last for a few months or many years. There are various effects that treaties can have and it depends on what they are for. Non-Aggression Pacts are signed between 2 countries, saying that they will not attack each other. Again Non-Aggression pacts can last for a few months or years.

Social Wellfare Programs

Social Wellfare Programs allow you to improve the living condition of your worlds, make your people happy with you, health of the people, economic conditions of worlds, and almost anything else. So here is a list of Social Wellfare Programs:

• Economic Programs
• 15 to 30 million C-Bills
• 30 Supply Points
• 3 Months long
• Max 6 worlds per turn
• Results: Raise in income of worlds by so much, verys
• NOTE: Only can be done once Per world every year
• Educational Programs
• 25 million C-Bills
• 50 Supply Points
• 6 Months long
• Max 8 worlds per turn
• Results: Improves education funding on planet and affects will take time to appear
• NOTE: Only can be done once Per world every year
• Medical Programs
• 40 million C-Bills
• 80 Supply Points
• 6 Months long
• Max 6 worlds per turn
• Results: Improves Medical funding on planet and helps out the peoples Health care
• NOTE: Only can be done once Per world every year
• Generic Programs
• 10 million C-Bills
• 20 Supply Points
• 3 Months long
• Max 10 worlds per turn
• Results: Very's, depends on what you want done
• NOTE: Only can be done once Per world every year
• Propoganda (Mass-Media)
• 5 million C-Bills
• 5 Supply Points
• 1 Months long
• Results: Very's, depends on what you write
• Rebuild world with War damage
• 30 to 150 million C-Bills
• 60 to 300 Supply Points
• Depends on how extensive the War damages are (table below)
• Roll for Rating of damage (1d6)
• 1 Heavy Damage
• 2 little Damage
• 3 Minor Damage
• 4 Moderate Damage
• 5 Little Damage
• 6 Extreme Damage
• Cost & SP amount and time required to fix
• little Damage- 30 million, 60 SPs, and 1 month
• Minor Damage- 50 million, 100 SPs, and 2 months
• Moderate Damage- 75 million, 150 SPs, and 3 months
• Heavy Damage- 110 million, 220 SPs, and 4 months
• Extreme Damage- 150 million, 300 SPs, and 6 months
• Max 6 worlds per turn
• Ecological program
• 20 million C-Bills
• 30 Supply Points
• 4 Months long
• Results: An Ecological program is to help approve the planetary eco system and as a result the planets people feel better and some war damage is repaired if any. This program is different each time because the program can be reinstating animals to there natural habitat and creating new parks and such.

Exploration & Colonization

Exploration

Exploration has been an important part of humanities spread through the galaxy. But when the Succession wars started, exploration stopped or little was done and the IS powers concentrated on fighting each other.

When you do exploration you will enter so many system during you trip, which will last for as long as you want. During the trip when you enter a system you will complete a survey of the system to see if there are any habitable planets in that system. You will receive all of the data when the mission is complete and they have returned home.

When you want to start to esplore you need atleast a Invader Jumpship, Mule Dropship, and 2 others types. Then you tell me in what direction you want to explore. Then use the fallowing chart to figure out your costs for the mission:

• 2 Jumps a month x Number of Months gone = how many systems you will explore
• Number of systems x 10 million = Cost of mission
• Number of systems x 15 SPs = SP cost of mission

Colonization

Once you have discovered new worlds or want to Colonize worlds already shown on the map will cost 10 million and 35 SPs and take 6 months to complete and planets that you discover cost 20 million and 60 SPs and 6 months to colonize. The reason for the cost of money and SPs is because you are moving people, equipment, and other things on the world to assist in colonizing. After 6 months you will have to pay 15 million and 15 SPs in order to incorporate the new world into your nation.

Upgrading your Nation Type

***Periphery nations only…IS houses are the highest type***

Pirate kingdom to Periphery B then Periphery A. Note you can not advance to the statis of IS houses…yet.. :-)

Note: you need to ask if your periphery nation can use these rules.

For Periphery nations to upgrade there nation type to the next will take 100 million or more and take up to 1 year or 2 to complete. Also I will roll on a table to see if you accomplish your goal of upgrading to the next nation type. This task will involve changing your economy and doing many things to upgrade basic life on your worlds. If the roll results in a failure, your nation will suffer a depression. In a depression cost of new units will double and upgrade expanses will go up and you will civil disturbances and worker strikes. But if you succeed your nation will go up to the next type. Note: a nation only can go up to another type every 3 years. There will be modifiers to the roll. The modifiers are as fallows: If at one time you where a Pirate kingdom –3, at peace for 2 or more years (including pre game start date) +3, if you increased your nation through exploration +2, Social welfare programs and economic increases +1, and if you start a war –2. More will come as I think of them.

Note: The effects of an interdiction also go with the depression rule

Here is the Table:

1. Your nation has completely faced through though the transition to the next nation type with out any problems. I will update the nations income on the next turn sheet.
2. Your nation almost faced through the transition but your efforts fell short on a few programs and it will cost you another 30 million to finish the transition and 2 more months.
3. Half of your reforms worked out and the other half failed. You can pay another 60 million or just forget the whole thing and move on. Also ask to see what reforms did work out and the affects of them.
4. Only a faction of your reforms made it through to any affect. Your nation goes into a 3-6 month depression. The length of the depression depends on what reforms made it through to any success and ask me what reforms worked.
5. Complete failure, your nation goes into a yearlong depression with effects on your trade and income.

Jumpships & Dropships for units

Note: this is for IS powers only, periphery nations have the JS & DS assigned to their units in their Turn sheets. The units with JD&DS place them in Italics.

For Inner Sphere houses you get only so many jumpships and dropships assigned to your units. You can move up to 60% of your total regiments that you have exculding Mercenary Regiments. Just mark the regiments that have JS & DS on your turn sheet in Indigo (text color). Also the main House player is the one that assigns the JS &DS to the units. This rule does not apply to mercenary unit, because if they have JS & DS it will be on the mercenary worksheet. But if a merc does not have JS & DS you will need to provide them to move them. You can switch units that have JD &DS as long as they are within in the jump range or you move them there.

Pirate Rules

Pirates have special rules that allow them to raid their enemies. Pirates when going to raid a world pay none of the SPs and money required to do a raid. Also they get a combat bonus because they usually attack with surprise on their side. When they raid they pick a target on the world map that I will send them and move their take what they want and leave. But if they raid they cannot take a planet that way, in order to take a planet you have to do a planetary assault.

Creating Pirate Units

When creating a new pirate unit you have 1 billion to spend on your unit (that's enough for a mechs, tanks, and etc.). Also you pick your equipment from the Cost List and you cannot pick rare or equipment that is for a specific house. You can use the Pirate Creation Sheet to create your own Pirate unit and when you are done send it to me. Also after you create the pirate unit using the above rules you will be give Jumpships for the unit. So that means that you need to buy your Dropships with the Billion dollars.

Highjacking

When a pirate unit wants to Highjack jumpships or dropships they must plan atleast 1 month in advance and have the necessary units. A civilian dropship and a jumpship or they could purchase ticket and smuggle weapons aboard and then highjack the jumpship or dropship. Results very from success or failure.

Commerce Raiding

Pirates can perform a action called Commerce Raiding, in which they use a jumpship, atleast 1 cargo dropship, fighters, and military class dropship to raid the Merchant Lanes of the Inner Sphere and Periphery. NOTE: More information at a later date after i finish some things.

Militias of Inner Sphere & Periphery Planets

• Militias are stationed in the capital cities of the planets that they defend
• There are security forces for mech factories and they stay around the factory (look at below for the forces)
• Mech & Armor & Fighter Factory (Regular Skill)
• 1 Mech Company
• 1 Armor Battalion
• 1 Fighter Squadron
• 1 Infantry Battalion
• Shipyards (Regular Skill)
• 1 Fighter Wing
• 1 Avenger Attack DS
• 1 Space Marine Battalion

Merchant Companies

More Merchant Company rules are in the works and will be done soon

Hiring Merchant Companies JS & DS (note Inner Sphere only)

You can hire out JS&DS to move one-2 regiment or add to the percentage (60% at start). The percentage that you can hire is: 2%, 4%, 6%, and 8%.

If you want to hire extra JS&DS, the cost table is below:

When you hire any of the types available to hire of JS&DS the contract lasts for 3 months. You pay the cost listed is what you pay once for the 3 months. You can use them to move military units or what ever else. There is a limit on how much additional percentage that you can purchase the limit is 8%. Also after you hire out the Merchant JS & DS for 3 months and the contract is over you have to wait atleast 1 month before hiring out JS & DS again.

Now if you want to get more then 8% of additional JS&DS you can strip them from your commercial assets. By doing this it will cost your economy 100 million every month for each additional percentage over 8%. If you do this too much or take high of a percentage it could cause your economy to go into a recession* or even worse a depression.

*NOTE: a recession is when your industrial output per turn is slashed. The first turn of a recession the industrial output will be slashed by 25% and each turn to fallow an additional 5% will be reduced. Once your production is reduced by 50% you nation goes into a Depression.

Jumpship Strain

This rule is used for jumpships of units that are used every turn during combat. If a regiment does not move one turn it does not count towards the 6 months. After 6 months of constant jumping around moving troops to and from battle, jumpships start to ware out. After 6 months of constant use the Jumpships of that unit will need some rest and repairs. Cost will be the 2/5 of the cost and 1/3 of the build time and the fallowing SPs are required

Scout 60 SPs Merchant 70 SPs Invader 80 SPs Explorer 85 SPs Star Lord 95 SPs Tramp 100 SPs Monolith 110 SPs

If you do not repair these jumpships after 6 months of use they could suffer mis jumps and other effects.

Here are the effects:

Figure out Salvage

NOTE: this salvage calculator is generalized until I have the spread sheet done.

To figure out adding up the percent that was destroyed and then multiplies by 65%.

Example: Total equipment destroyed in battle 40% x 0.65 = 26 note you lost 14% of salvage Then fallowing percentage of Mechs, Vehicles, and Fighters is multiplied by the 26 to find out how much of the 26 percent is for each type.

				Ex Division of the 26
Mech- 45%   			12
Vehicles- 40%			10
Fighters- 15%			4

After you determine what percent of the salvage you use the fallow table to find the weight class.

When it comes down to rounding up for heavies and assaults. You round them up and if they both round up to 1 and you are over one, you keep the heavy (med fighter) and disregard the assault (heavy fighter) for purposes of coming out even.

Strain on Economy during war time

After 8 months of continues warfare your nations economy can be affected. The effects of this strain is in the fallowing table:

Rules for upgrading unit skills from battle experience

COMING SOON

Any suggestions are welcomed….