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cHarger
The Destrier-class Light
Air Cruiser was designed
to dominate its the French
opponent, the Liberté-
class. However,
the appearance of
the Faucon-class
put the pressure
on the Royal
Sky Navy to respond. The
HML Charger is that
response.
Experience with the
initial Destriers has been fed
backintegrated into the design
process. Modified oil-fired
boilers and turbines eked
out useful performance gains
without increasing weight,
and standardization of the
The Agile is the lead vessel
of a second run of Faucon-class
Light Air Cruisers,
these coming from
Schneider et Cie’s
graving docks in Brest.
The company seems
to have concentrated
its efforts on designing and
constructing cruiser-class
ganymedes, to complement
their production of cannon
and aerial torpedoes.
The original Faucon-class
ganys were criticized on a
number of levels. While
performing their offensive
missions admirably, there
was agreement that greater
maneuverability was
arger
broadside has led to improved
fire control. Most significantly,
however, the Charger is
fitted with French-
style empennage,
bringing its turning
circle back into line
with that of earlier
comparable British
leviathans.
Sky Commander Sir
Edward Seaborne Clouston
has been given command of
the HML Charger, and, with
a picked crew, are is working
up for deployment as part
of the Channel squadrons,
where they are expected to
demonstrate their mettle in
short order.
aigle
required for most effective
deployment of its weaponry.
In addition, a number
of engine failures
had demonstrated
the vulnerability of
the high-powered
triple expansion
boilers powering the
vessels. The Agile accordingly
is fitted with new oil-fired
turbines based on those
used in the Grenouille-class.
Replacement of the coal
bunkers has provided room
for a modern engineering
compartment. Empennage is
also provided, enabling the
ship to handle like a much
lighter vessel.
HML eves
evesHaM
Destrier-class When the press says
“gunboat diplomacy,”
Light cruiser the Defender-class Armoured
Air Cruiser is the gunboat
Dimensions: 301 ft. x 69 they mean. Until the
ft. x 60 ft. (excluding rising of the third
funnels & masts) HML Leviathan in
complement: 210 1906, the Defender’s
familiar ‘beak’, four
Weight: 5,100 tons stacks, and the brass
engines: Turbines, for tubing of its Swann stabilizer
could be sketched accurately
24,500 SHP (max 51
by any schoolboy. With its
knots) massive primary and secondary
armament, for the Defender-
Fuel: oil, 430 tons
class remains equivealaent to
armament: 2-7.5-in, 4-6- the aerial battleships of lesser
in QF powers.
HML Evesham was
repaired following action in
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Faucon-class The Conquérant-class
of protected Protected Air
light Cruiser
Cruisers were designed
with empire in mind; unlike
Dimensions 250 ft. x 72
many previous designs, this
ft. x 80 ft. (excluding
class featured deep bunkers,
funnels & masts)
efficient water
Complement: 238 recycling systems, and
a mind towards crew
Weight: 4,650 tons
comfort.
engines: Turbines, for The Philip II
20,000 SHP, max speed Augustus, third
46 knots of its class, is
nicknamed Dieudonne (God-
Fuel: Oil, 425 tons
armament: 2-100mm, given) both for the historical
4-75mm, 3-47mm king after which it’s named
and for the attitude of its
commander, Commandant
aérien Marius Moutet.
Dieudonne has been flagship
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Afghanistan in 1907, and now
carries additional 3-in guns at
the expense of some armour.
Combined with replacement
of its boilers and
refurbishment of its
electrical plant, has
given the ship an
additional seven knots
of airspeed.
The Evesham is due to
commence its return journey
to its regular Indian station
outside Bombay once a new
captain is appointed—its
previous commander, Sky
Captain Terrence Lancsman,
having been promoted to
command the Leviathan-class
HML Medusa.
of the North African
squadron for four years. In
the last year Moutet has
twice been ordered to hand
over command so as to take
up a training command,
but has managed
to refuse both
orders through his
political connections.
His fondness for
Tunisia—and his
Algerian-born French
wife—inevitably earned him
the tag pied-noir. Making
this into a matter of pride,
Moutet promptly ordered
that black boots replace
brown in the dress uniform
of his squadron.
Defender-class
armoured Cruiser
Dimensions: 390 ft. x 98
ft. x 64 ft. (excluding
funnels & masts)
Complement: 570
Weight: 14,650 tons
engines: Quadruple-
expansion, producing
30,000 shaft hpsHP.
(max. speed 35 knots)
Fuel: Coal; normal 1,400
tons, max 1,850 tons
armament: 6-9.2in, 4-6in,
10-3in
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Conquérant-class
armoured Cruiser
Dimensions: 412 ft. x 87
ft. x 81 ft. (excluding
funnels & masts)
Complement: 590
Weight: 14,000 tons
Engines: triple expansion,
for 34,000 shp, max
speed 41 knots
Fuel: Coal; normal 1,242
tons; max 2,000 tons
armament: 8-164mm
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 SCENARIOS
This section includes two ready-to-play scenarios for the ships
found in this PDF, as well as those found in the Lieutenant’s Manual
and James’ Fighting Leviathans: Excerpt From The 1910 Edition.
ADDITIONAL RULES
The following additional rules are in effect for both scenarios.
Note these are abbreviated rules and do not contain all the rules as
presented in the Commander’s Manual.
Except where specifically noted, all rules for the Lieutenant’s
Manual (LM) apply.
CHANGING FACING
The following rules are in addition to all the standard rules for
changing facing:
Two-Hexside Turn: If a ship does not spend any MPs to enter a
new hex during a turn (provided it has at least 1 undamaged Engine
Slot), it can always spend its entire movement to change 1 or 2
hexsides; it can never change more than 2 hexsides in this fashion.
STEERING GEAR
All ships are considered to mount minimal steering gear that does
not take up Slots and that provides the minimum amount of facing
change capability as described above.
Steering Gear Slots allow for an additional movement option,
described below.
Reduced Hexes Entered Before Turn
For every Steering Gear Slot in a Location, reduce by 1 the Enter
Hexes Before Turn value on that Ship Card for that side (Starboard
Location or Port Location; for Type 4 ships, use the Aft-Starboard
or Aft-port Location). For example, the HML Essex has an Enter
Hexes Before Turn value of 2, which means it normally must enter
2 hexes before turning right (starboard) or left (port). However, it
mounts Steering Gear in each side Location (starboard and port),
and so it need only enter 1 hex straight ahead in order to turn in
either direction. If in a following turn the Steering Gear Slot in the
Starboard Location is destroyed, then the HML Essex need only
enter 1 hex before turning left (port), but must enter its standard 2
hexes before turning right (starboard).
If a ship’s Enter Hexes Before Turn value is reduced to 0 because of
steering gear, then the ship need not enter any hexes before turning
in the appropriate direction. Regardless of steering gear, however, a
ship can never change facing more than 1 hexside in the same hex
(see Changing Facing above for the exception).
Turrets
If a weapon Slot shows a white nail icon (shown at right), it is
mounted on a turret. Weapons mounted in
turrets can be turned to fire into arcs outside the 138mm
standard arc where the weapon Slot is located,
as shown on the Type 1 and Type 2 Firing Arcs
6/11 HEX
Diagram (see p. 13, LM). Turrets do not change
the hex where a weapon is located; for example a 138mm Gun
Battery with a turret in a Bow hex of a Type 2 Ship is still mounted
in the first hex for the purposes of counting range.
When making a Breach Roll, the player announces which arc the
turret is facing; all turrets start every turn automatically facing the
standard arc where they’re mounted.
Type 3 Ships SITUATION
Type 3 ships are treated exactly as Type 2 Ships in these rules: i.e. Dutch East Indies
pivoting on the same hex when making a turn, the same Firing Arcs, 11 November 1909
and so on. Two ships of the line. Two aggressive air captains. Two empires’
ambitions clash over a blasted landscape, where victory means the
SCENARIO 1: status quo, and defeat death.

WEST OF JAVA GAME SETUP

Lay out both sides of the map from the Lieutenant’s Manual with
Memoirs of J. Christopher Bingingston, FRS their long sides together.

There could rarely be such a fitting setting for so futile a battle as
the caldera above Krakatoa. The shattered ridges—all that remained
after the great explosion of 1883—sticking up from the grey waters
suggested teeth or the dorsal fins of sharks. The grey clouds placed a
lid over the arena, as if the gods were ashamed to watch. Two captains,
engaged in a futile battle with no more than prestige at stake, threw
away hundreds of lives.
We were lucky enough that the captain of the SS Ubuntia was
prepared to hazard the reefs in the growing twilight. We picked up
few survivors—most of whom failed to survive the night. I shall
remember the smell of flash-burned flesh as long as I live.
Attacker
The Attacker is a single Armoured Cruiser
HML Evesham, Defender-class Armoured Cruiser (Type 3)
Deployment
The Attacker enters the playing area during the movement portion
of Turn 1, through the Deployment Zone (see p. 10, LM) opposite
that selected by the Defender.
Defender
The Defender is a single Protected Cruiser

Philip II Augustus, Conquerant-class Protected Cruiser (Type 3)

Deployment
After the playing area is set up, the Defender chooses one of the
two standard Deployment Zones (see p. 10, LM) and places his
fleet there.

OBJECTIVES
The Attacker and Defender have the same objectives—to
demonstrate their superiority over their opponent and to end the
day controlling an otherwise worthless patch of sky. However,
both commanders are also under orders to refrain from creating a
diplomatic incident—such as gunning an opponent from the sky
without provocation.
Accordingly, each side scores points as shown below:
• For each equipment slot destroyed, 1 Victory Point (VP)
• For destroying an enemy vessel: –10 VP
• For having one’s vessel destroyed: –20 VP
The scenario has no fixed length and lasts until:
• One or both vessels are destroyed at the end of a turn;
• One or both vessels leave the map at the end of a turn;
• Both players agree to end the scenario.
Whichever player has a) the most VPs, and b) a positive VP total,
wins the scenario. If both players have negative VP totals at the end
of the scenario, there is no winner.
OPTIONAL RULES
No optional rules are in effect for this scenario, which is played
with the full Lieutenant’s Manual rules, as well as the Additional
Rules (see p. 7).
VARIATIONS
This scenario is set in a period of relative peace, where skirmishes
occur but pitched battles are rare. The scoring system is designed to
reflect this. The nature of the scenario can be changed by using some
or all of the following suggestions:
• Set a fixed length for the game (in terms of playing time, or number
of turns), and determine the winner at the end of that limit.
• Allow for reinforcements. At the end of each turn, each player
rolls a DBlue. On a roll of 6, that player deploys a D-class (British)
or Grenouille-class (French) Destroyer in their initial Deployment
Zone. This Destroyer moves and fires normally from the following
turn onwards. A maximum of two reinforcement Destroyers can
be received by each side. Damage done to Destroyers generates
VPs as per the rules above, except only 5VP are lost for the
destruction of an enemy Destroyer, and only 10VP are lost for
destruction of a friendly Destroyer.
Alternatively, the scenario can be played as a wartime battle, in
which the only objective is destruction of the enemy leviathan.
SCENARIO 2:
THEIR COHORTS ALL
GLEAMING
Captain’s log, HML Charger
14:20 – this ‘Winter Exercise” has been a fiasco! The squall line’s
scattered us all. Maintaining radio silence as per orders.
15:30 – Courser and Destrier have formed up on us. Setting
course 210 at 34 knots to take us back to Edinburgh.
15:50 – Sparks reports faint radio traffic SSE of current position.
Changing course to investigate.
16:15 – Heavy smoke sighted. Could be some line units.
16:35 – Two levs sighted—Defender-class by the look of them.
16:40 – They’re Blue fleet! Must be the Blue commander to be
chattering like that. Ordering general ‘engagement’, and breaking
out the battle standard.
SITUATION
The North Sea, East of Scotland
22 February 1909
The Royal Sky Navy, like other aerial powers, conducts regular
fleet exercises in a variety of conditions. A planned major fleet
exercise, setting the defenders of “Red Fleet” against attackers from
“Bluesitania”, degenerated into a series of isolated brawls when a
late winter storm front swept through, scattering both sides’ forces
randomly throughout the exercise area.
GAME SETUP
Lay out both sides of the map from the Lieutenant’s Manual
with their long sides together.
Attacker
The Attacker is Rear-Admiral Sir William Coxmire, flying
his flag aboard HML Evesham, an Armoured Air Cruiser. The
Evesham was the designated flagship of the Fourth Home Cruiser
Squadron of four Defender-class vessels, but at the moment it is
accompanied only by its sister vessel, the HML Mafeking, and a
solitary Destroyer.
HML Evesham, Defender-class Armoured Cruiser (Type 3)
HML Mafeking, Defender-class Armoured Cruiser (Type 3)*
HML Beagle, D-class Destroyer (Type 1)
* Use the HML Evesham Ship Card (i.e. players will print and use
two HML Evesham Ship Cards)
Deployment
The Attacker enters the playing area during the movement
portion of Turn 1, through the Deployment Zone (see p. 10, LM)
on the east side of the playing area
Defender
The Defender is Sky Captain Alexander Christopher, aboard the
Light Cruiser HML Charger. Captain Christopher has dragooned
two Light Cruisers he encountered after the storm—one a sister-ship
to his own Yarrow-built leviathan, the other a new and slightly faster
variant from the Sheffield yards—into a scratch squadron.
HML Charger, Destrier-class Light Cruiser (Type 2)
HML Destrier, Destrier-class Light Cruiser (Type 2)*
HML Courser, Destrier-class Light Cruiser (Type 2)
* Use the HML Charger Ship Card (i.e. players will print and use
two HML Charger Ship Cards)
Deployment
After the attacking leviathans have been deployed, the Defending
forces deploy in the western half of the northern Deployment Zone
(see p. 10, LM).
OBJECTIVES
Note: Given that this takes place during a fleet exercise, all damage
is simulated—no equipment or leviathans were actually damaged.
Attacker
The Attacker’s objective is to destroy the defending forces while
maintaining the safety of the Rear Admiral.
• The Attacker wins a Marginal Victory if the HML Evesham exits
the map and is the only Attacking vessel surviving at that time.
• The Attacker wins a Minor Victory if at least two Defenders are
destroyed, and the Evesham is still flying at the end of the game.
• The Attacker wins a Major victory if all three Defenders are
destroyed, and both Attacking Armoured Cruisers are still flying
at the end of the game.
Defender
The Defender’s objective is to inflict a humiliating defeat on a
senior officer.
• The Defender wins a Marginal Victory if at least one of the
Attacker’s Armoured Cruisers is destroyed.
• The Defender wins a Minor Victory if both of the Attacker’s
Armoured Cruisers are destroyed.
• The Defender wins a Major Victory if both of the Attacker’s
Armoured Air Cruisers are destroyed, and no more than one
Light Cruiser is destroyed.
OPTIONAL RULES
No optional rules are in effect for this scenario, which is played
with the full Lieutenant’s Manual rules, as well as the Additional
Rules (see p. 7).
VARIATIONS
For the purpose of game balance either side is free to maneuver
their forces however they wish. Historically, however, Sky Captain
Christopher’s decision to signal “general engagement” was the key to
his victory. Freed from the necessity to maintain formation, the Light
Cruisers savaged their slower, larger opponents.
In order to reproduce the “squadron mentality” for either side,
follow these rules:
• The Attacker must ensure that the Mafeking is never more than 3
hexes from the Evesham at the end of all movement, and the Evesham’s
Stern hex must always be in the Bow Firing Arc of the Mafeking
• The Defender must ensure that the Courser is never more than
3 hexes from the Charger at the end of all movement, and the
Charger’s Stern hex must always be in the Bow Firing Arc of the
Courser; similarly, the Destrier must never be more than 3 hexes
from the Courser at the end of all movement, and the Courser’s
Stern hex must always be in the Bow Firing Arc of the Destrier
If used, these “squadron mentality” rules apply to each player until
one of their vessels is reduced to half or less of its Starting MP.
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Since the Leviathans Core Box Set has not yet released, players
cut-out and use these playing pieces for their QSR games in place
of the high-quality plastic miniatures found in the core box.
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