Salamis

Campaign Overview

Basic Campaign Description

This is the campaign page for a game set during the First Cylon War using the Tachyon Squadron game system.

The game follows the exploits of the 58th Fighter Squadron during the early years of that conflict.

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Helpful Resources

• Tachyon Squadron main page
• Tachyon Squadron Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
• Battlestar Galactica Wiki
• Map of the 12 Colonies
• Blank Character Sheet

Mechanical Game Information

PC Information

Pilot	Fate Points	Stress	Consequences	Spaceframe	Modular Equipment
Righteous	3	0		Mark II Viper
Trick	3	0		Mark II Viper
[Stormraven's Character]	3	0		Mark II Viper
Elspeth "Gorgon" Euryales	3	0		Mark II Viper
Duncan "Geezer" Ward	2	0		Mark II Viper
Marius "Bank" Ming	3	0		Mark II Viper

Mission Briefing

To be completed.

58th Squadron

Current Assignment

Space superiority and strike duties aboard Artemisia (AC 14), Adamant-class frigate.

Currently flying the Mark II Viper.

Clotho Flight

• Captain Verna 'Pitchfork' Rhodes, Squadron Commander
• Other Pilot
• Other Pilot
• Other Pilot
• Other Pilot
• Other Pilot

Lachesis Flight

• Righteous
• Trick
• Gorgon
• Geezer
• Bank
• Rush

Atropos Flight

• Other Pilot
• Other Pilot
• Other Pilot
• Other Pilot
• Other Pilot
• Other Pilot

Artemisia (AC14)

Important Crew

Commanding Officer: Colonel Kuriko Mitori

Col. Mitori is a well-regarded officer of the line who is well known for prizing efficiency and effectiveness. She’s not a martinet, but she has little regard for sloppiness. In the ongoing factional conflict within the Fleet regarding whether the Union’s limited resources are better devoted toward expanding and improving the Fleet – meaning ships of the line and escorts – or strike fighter capability, she comes down firmly on the former and is notorious for lobbying the Admiralty in that direction.

Aspects: Player in fleet politics; No time for your nonsense; Frigates over fighters

Executive Officer: Lt. Colonel Vijay Singh

Col. Singh was, until about 18 months ago, one of the Colonial Union’s premier special operators. Then, he got promoted out of his job and, because of the Colonial Union’s shortage of line-qualified senior officers, was assigned to be XO of the Artemisia. Despite being technically qualified, he hasn’t served on a ship of the line in fifteen years. He’s much more comfortable fast-roping out of an assault Raptor into a firefight than standing in the CIC worrying about watch schedules, and it shows.

Aspects: Former special operator; Technically qualified for his job; Cooped Up and Cranky

Commander, Air Group/Squadron Commander: Maj. Verna Rhodes, Callsign “Pitchfork”

Major Rhodes hales from one of the countless farming communities on Aerilon and lives up to the stereotype of folks from that colony being plain spoken and direct. While never the best pilot in her squadron, she has an almost preternatural gift for assessing and implementing advantageous tactical dispositions.

Aspects: Plain Spoken, Tactical Genius, War is Work

Deck Chief: Command Master Chief Petty Officer Burke “Red” Carlton

Command Master Chief Carlton is 64 years young; he served in the old Scorpian navy in the days before Scorpia joined the Union, and then for a short time in the Union fleet after that. He then retired, returned home, raised a family, and worked in the shipyards. “Red” – a nickname derived from the color of the hair that he used to have – left his second retirement to reenlist when the general call-up came after the Cylon attack.

Aspects: “There’s the Navy way, and then there’s way that works;” Scorpian Navy cap; A whole life behind me