Blackbird Laura
Tyrol: "Just a ship, ma’am."
Roslin: "Oh, you’re much too modest. After what we’ve been through, it would be very easy to give up, to lose hope. But not here. Not today. This is more than a ship, Chief. This is an act of faith. It is proof that despite all we’ve lost, we keep trying. And we will get through this, all of us, together. I promise."
(S02E09: Flight of the Phoenix)
Here our optional and totally unofficial rules for the Blackbird, by Andrea Mainini & me. Thanks to all playtesters in Rome and at Wings of Prague 2019! It's been fun, my friends, so let's share that fun with whoever wants to play.
Tyrol: "All right, here’s the deal. We are going to build a new fighter."
Jammer: "What about the rest of the ships? I’m three days backlogged on repairs as is."
Tyrol: "This is strictly an off-duty project. Nobody takes one minute away from regular maintenance and repairs. You got it? You don’t think we can do this?"
(S02E09: Flight of the Phoenix)
In any turn, after everybody planned Blackbird included, if there are no enemies within 24 cm the Blackbird can declare going stealth and switching off engines and lights. Its move is not revealed nor executed. The miniature is removed from the table and replaced with a cardboard replacement base to mark the last position and orientation.
In next turns the player neither plan nor moves and he takes a turn counter.
In any turn, after everybody has planned, before others reveal cards the Blackbird pilot can declare that he switches all on and reappears. He then puts back the mini on the table, then he reveals and executes the cards for the game he disappeared. Then, for each turn counter taken, he moves with a straight (eventually with a straight overboost too if needed) with the same speed and kinetic energy. Then he plans for the current turn. Then the turn resumes with the normal sequence.
Example. At turn 4 everybody plans and the Blackbird, who planned a curved booster and a curve to right at medium speed, having no enemy near it decides to disappear. At turn 5 it does not plan and it takes a turn counter. At turn 6 it does not plan and it takes a turn counter. At turn 7, after everybody planned, it decides to reappear. The player puts the mini on the replacement base, then he shows and executes the cards he planned for turn 4, then he moves twice with a straight booster and a medium speed straight (one for each turn counter taken), then he plans a S booster and a a left curve at slow speed, that he will normally execute in turn 7.
As long as it is invisible, Blackbird can not fight. When it is visible, starships shooting at it have a -2 malus unless the ruler of the shooter, after crossing any part of its base, reaches any point of a planetoid or large starship.
Apollo: "It’s going to be hard as hell to see on dradis, but the question is, will it fly?"
Starbuck: "Just watch me."
(S02E09: Flight of the Phoenix)
Real size cards here:
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/do...o=file&id=2727
Great cards by OldGuy59:
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/al...hmentid=267257
Points value:
73 Quickstart rules unarmed
76 Complete rules unarmed
79 Quickstart rules armed (fire 8)
82 Complete rules armed (fire 8)
I made my miniature by paper. Just printed two profiles, an upper and a lower view, and glued them together. A cylindrical plastic bead from my daughter, glued underneath, fits perfectly in BSG:SB bases.
I used a set of drawings that I can not find any more online. Here they are. Artist David "CanisD" Briedis:
The two lower profiles were modified by me to enhance readability of the Laura signature, even if it's a bit larger than due.
But this drawing is not bad either:
http://www.shipschematics.net/bsg/im..._blackbird.jpg
Apollo: "Hey! Hey. Will you take it easy? Start slow. You’re testing the ship. It’s not about the pilot showing off."
Starbuck: "I’m not showing off."
Apollo: "Gods damn it, what is this? What are you trying to prove?"
Starbuck: "I’m not trying to prove anything. You’ve got to be kidding me. Whoo! Oh, lords. Okay. Let’s see what this baby can do. Yaa-ha-ha-ha!"
(S02E09: Flight of the Phoenix)
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