Gevtek looked around the bridge in disbelief. Every officer on the Grundusg look back at him in equal disbelief. “Is that the best you can come up with?” he said to the Klingon captain.

It was the Klingon captains turn to look surprised. He had expected many possible answers from the Tellarite ship – but contempt was not one of them.

Gevtek seized the moment. “You look like a human with that smooth head of yours! My mother has better ridges on her backside!” The Klingon captain bellowed and the line went dead.

“How is it you always seem to bring your mother into the conversation?” Gevtek’s first officer smiled at his commander.

“Practice,” Gevtek replied.

“Sir! Two more Klingon ship! We’re surrounded!” the communication officer said nervously.

Gevtek kept his cool, not wanting to show his sudden worry. The odds had quickly stacked against him. “Contact that Star Fleet ship we passed an hour ago. Tell them we need some – assistance,” he said with a snarl. “And how soon before those damn starboard warp coils are recharged!? That should have been done an hour ago!”

“The Gravau is calling us, sir”

Good, thought Gevtek. Hopefully we can figure a way out of this.

GAME SET-UP

Lay out one Star Trek Combat Simulator map-sheet in the configuration shown. This represents the area of space where the conflict takes place. Use the Graduate Starship Tactics Course rules in this scenario.

Defender
The Defending force consists of:

1 Baral Mk I Class X Heavy Cruiser (TSC Grundush)
1 Daraster Mk III Class IV Escort (TSC Gravau)

Deployment
The Defending force deploys along the center of the map.

On Turn 3, the Defender receives the following reinforcements:

1 Apache II Mk III Class X Heavy Destroyer (USS Calusa)

Deployment
Reinforcements enter from the right side of the map.

Attacker
The Attacking force consists of:

1 D-10C Class X Heavy Cruiser (IKS Avenging Blade)
1 D-11B Class VI Destroyer Frigate (IKS Informer’s Revenge)
1 D-60A Class IX Auxilary Cruiser (IKS Conquering Darkness)
1 D-7C Class VII Battlecruiser (IKS Fortitude)
1 D-7A Class VIII Battlecruiser (IKS Sorrowful)

Deployment
The attacker may choose 1 vessel to deploy along the left, top and bottom edge of the map. The remining two vessels deploy along the right edge of the map

Victory Conditions:
Victory is determined by the total number of turns it takes for the defender to move off the edge of the map. The Attacker gains 1 point for each turn it take for the Defender to escape. The Defender starts with 10 points and looses 1 point for each turn past Turn 2 it take to escape. Note that is is possible for both side to claim victory.
 

SPECIAL RULES:

Escape:
The Defender may only move off the edge of map is they are greater than 8 hexes from an Attacker. If an attacking vessel is within 8 hexes of a defender trying to move off the edge of the map, the defender is caught in a tractor beam and may not move forward. If the attacker moves farther than 8 hexes from the defender, they are able to escape.
Ending:
The scenario until all three defenders either escape or are destroyed.