ORION’S GATE v2.
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General Principles
The most important rule: Whenever the
rules are unclear use common sense and
personal preference. Have fun!
Preparation
The Battlezone: The game is played on a flat
6‘x4‘ surface, with at least 5-10 pieces of
terrain on it.
The Fleets: The players must put together
two fleets of 300pts, and may only take as
many scouts as total components across all
ships in the fleet.
Deployment: Players roll-off and the winner
picks one of the long table edges as his
deployment zone with his opponent taking
the opposite. Then the players alternate in
placing one ship each within 12” of their
table edge, starting with the player that
won the deployment roll-off.
Mission: Place D3+2 objective markers.
Players roll-off to go first and alternate in
placing a marker each outside deployment
zones and over 9” away from each other. At
the end of each round if a ship is within 3”
of a marker while enemies aren’t, then it’s
seized and remains seized even after
leaving. If ships from both sides contest a
marker then it becomes neutral again. The
game ends after 4 rounds and the player
that controls most markers wins.
Playing the Game
The game is played in rounds, with players
taking turns in activating all ships for each
phase, with the player that deployed first
starting in each phase. Each new round the
player that started last on the last rounds
gets to start first in each phase. During each
phase all ships of that type need to be
activated before passing to the next phase.
1. Scouts Phase
2. Fighters Phase
3. Destroyers Phase
4. Battleships Phase
By Gaetano Ferrara
Activation Morale
The player picks one ship and it may do one If at the end of any round a fleet is down to
action that varies based on its type: half or less of its starting ships, then each
ship must take a morale test by rolling one
Type Move Cruise Ram
die, trying to score their morale value. If the
Scouts 10” 15” -
Fighters 8” 12” 12” test is failed the ship routs.
Destroyers 6” 9” 9”
Terrain
Battleships 4” 6” 6”
Obscuring Terrain (debris, nebulas, etc.):
Movement Ships that are within or behind obscuring
Scouts may move and turn in any direction, terrain get +1 evasion.
whilst other ship types only move straight Blocking Terrain (planets, asteroids, etc.):
and may pivot once by up to 90° at any Ships can’t move through blocking terrain,
point when using Move actions, and by up and ships that are pushed into them take
to 45° when using Cruise/Ram actions. Note one hit with strength 2D6+1.
that ships may also not move at all, allowing
Dangerous Terrain (stars, black hole, etc.):
them to pivot 180°. Note that non-ramming
Ships that are pushed into dangerous
ships may move through other ships.
terrain immediately take D6 damage.
Shooting
(Optional) Drifting
Ships that have range and line of sight to a
When playing with drifting rules, all ships
target may shoot after moving, but only if
except for Scouts must always move their
they didn't use a cruise or ram action.
full distance, and may only pivot after
To Hit: The attackers rolls 2D6, adds its moving at least half their distance.
accuracy value, and compares it to the
(Optional) Firing Arcs
target’s evasion value. If the result is equal
or higher, then the target is hit. If the target When playing with firing arcs rules, ships
is being shot in the rear, then the attacking may always shoot their primary guns in any
ships gets +2 accuracy. direction, whilst weapon components must
To Damage: The attacker rolls 2D6, adds its be assigned to a specific facing (front, rear,
strength value, and compares it to the left, right), and may only fire in that facing.
target’s toughness value. If the result is Note that each facing may only have one
equal or higher, then the target takes 1 weapon component assigned to it.
damage. If the target is hit in the back then
the attacking ships get +2 strength and
deals +1 damage.
Damage: Scouts are killed if they take any
damage, whilst other ships must assign it to
already damaged components. If they take 2
damage they’re disabled, and ships with no
active components are destroyed.
Ramming
Ships may only move into base contact with
other ships when using ram actions, and
they may not pivot to ram. The target takes
one hit with strength based on the ship‘s
type, whilst the ramming ship takes one hit
with 2D6+1 strength instead. After any
damage is resolved the target is pushed by
D6” directly away from the ramming ship.
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FLEET CREATION
Fleet Creation
When preparing fleets you must upgrade
them with as many components as they can
be equipped with.
Ship Types
Scouts - 10pts per model
• Components: 0
• Attack: Ran 6” / Acc 6 / Str 0
• Defense: Eva 12+ / Tou 6+
• Ramming: n/a
• Morale: 5+
Fighters - 20pts per model
• Components: 1
• Attack: Ran 12” / Acc 4 / Str 2
• Defense: Eva 10+ / Tou 8+
• Ramming: Str 2D6+3
• Morale: 4+
Destroyers - 60pts per model
• Components: 3
• Attack: Ran 18” / Acc 2 / Str 4
• Defense: Eva 8+ / Tou 10+
• Ramming: Str 2D6+5
• Morale: 3+
Battleships - 120pts per model
• Components: 6
• Attack: Ran 24” / Acc 0 / Str 6
• Defense: Eva 6+ / Tou 12+
• Ramming: Str 2D6+7
• Morale: 2+
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Active Components
Components may be used after having fired
the ship’s primary guns and as long as it
didn’t use a cruise or ram action, and they
use their own stats.
Cannon: Ran 12” / Acc 4 / Str 2
Deflector: If this ship didn’t move, you may
place one piece of obscuring terrain up to 3”
in size within 3” of it.
Giga Cannon: Ran 6” / Acc 0 / Str 6
This weapon deals +1 damage.
Hangar Bay: Ran 6” / Acc 6 / Str 0
This weapon may only be fired at Scouts and
attacks all enemy targets in range.
Mine Launcher: If this ship didn’t move, you
may place one mine marker within 3” of it.
Starting on the next round, all ships (friend
or foe) moving within 3” of the mine take
one hit with Str 2D6+1 and remove it.
Missile Cluster: Ran 18” / Acc 2 / Str 1
If the target is hit, all ships (friend or foe)
within 4” are also hit.
Plasma Cannon: Ran 18” / Acc 3 / Str 4
If doubles are rolled to hit, then the firing
ship takes 1 damage.
Railgun: Ran 36” / Acc 1 / Str 2
This weapon may only be fired if the
attacker has not moved.
Repair Bay: Remove 1 damage from ship
within 3”. Note that you may only take this
component once per ship.
Stealth Rig: May activate/deactivate stealth
mode, getting +2 evasion and -2 accuracy
whilst in stealth mode. This component may
only be used before firing weapons.
Torpedo: Ran 24” / Acc 0 / Str 4
Tractor Beam: Move one ship within 12”
toward this ship by D6+2”.
Tsunami Beam: Ran 36” / Acc 2 / Str 6
This weapon deals +2 damage for each
round in which it was not fired, but may
only be taken once per fleet.
Warp Drive: Move the ship by up to 2D6”,
ignoring other ships and terrain.
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Passive Components
The following components give ships a
bonus as long as they’re not disabled.
Ablative Armor: Whenever enemy ships
ram this ship roll one die, on a 4+ they
immediately take 1 damage.
Armored Plating: This component is only
destroyed after taking 4 damage (instead of
only 2 damage). Note that you may only
take this component once per ship.
Barracks: The ship gets +2 when boarding or
being boarded by enemy ships.
Boarding Pods: The ship may use the
boarding parties rules.
Boost Pods: The ship has +3” range when
trying to board enemy ships.
EMP Blaster: Enemy ships within 6” must
re-roll one die with the highest result of all
shooting rolls they make.
Inhibitor Field: Enemy ships within 6” halve
their movement distance.
Nuclear Engine: The ship moves +2” on
move and +3” on cruise/ram actions.
Precision Rig: The ship gets +1 accuracy.
Reinforced Ram: The ship gets +2 strength
when using ram actions.
Salvage Arm: Whenever a friendly ship
within 6” is destroyed remove 1 damage
from this ship. Note that you may only take
this component once per ship.
Shield Rig: The ship gets +1 toughness.
Boarding Parties
Ships with Boarding Pods may launch a
boarding party on enemy non-scout ships
within 3” after moving, and may not shoot
or use any other components during this
activation. Both players roll 2D6 and add +2
for each healthy component and +1 for each
damaged component. If the result of the
attacker is higher then he captures the
enemy ship and may use it as his own from
the next round on, however the ship takes
D3 damage. If the result of the defender is
higher, then the attacker takes D3 damage,
and in case of a tie both ships take D3
damage instead.