The Masters grow weary and Lord Arioch thirsts for more blood. To satisfy them, a tournament of destroyers will be held...

1. The Format: This will be a "round-robin" tournament similar to that used in past "Flying Deuces" tourneys. There will be five rounds. All players will play in every round (no one is eliminated), so all players will play at least five games. First round pairings will be random. In subsequent rounds, opponents with similar records will be matched against each other. Civil wars will be avoided if at all possible, and every effort will be made to insure that each player faces a variety of opposing ships. Each round will last approximately one month. Start dates for each round will be announced here.

If for some reason a Captain is unable to continue playing in the tournament, it is considered to be very good form to let SWO_Daddy (a.k.a. Jeremy Gray) and your opponent know rather than just disappearing. Players should make a good faith effort to schedule games by e-mail and cc the Tournament Coordinator. In the event of a no show, the non-communicating player will be awarded a loss and will be dropped from the tournament. The Masters will be most displeased.

2. The Rules: Full COMMANDER'S LEVEL RULES (A3.15) will be in play. No OPTIONAL RULES will be used.

3. The Ships: Each player will select one size-class-4 ship with a move cost of 0.5 or less and with a BPV of 110 points or less. Commander's Options, drone speed upgrades and special warheads, XP refits, etc. are included in the BPV. Fighters, interceptors, and PFs may be purchased along with a ship capable of carrying them, but the total force BPV must not exceed 110.

Only one ship of any particular type will be allowed (the Masters love variety). Ship selection will be announced publicly, but Commander's Options will be selected secretly before each scenario (they may be changed between scenarios). If a particular ship type has already been taken, pick something else! Once a player announces a ship selection, it cannot be changed. Choose wisely!

Ships may come from any published SFB module and must be available on SFBOL. Captain's Log, Starletter, Star Fleet Times, or unofficial ships are prohibited. If in doubt, ask!

If an Orion ship is selected, the player must designate a cartel, which will govern availability of option mounts. One option mount can be any legal weapon. Once a particular Orion hull is selected, it may not be selected a second time, even if used by a different cartel.

4. The Scenario:
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2
INITIAL SETUP: Ship A: Set up in 1701, heading D, speed max, WS-II.
Ship A: Set up in 2530, heading A, speed max, WS-II.
YEAR: Y200
LENGTH OF SCENARIO: The scenario continues until all forces belonging to one side have been destroyed or captured.
MAP: The map is fixed. It does not float, and is surrounded by a tournament barrier (P17.0). Disengagement is not possible by any means. Fight to the death.

5. Sign-ups: Sign up by posting here with the following information:

A. SFBOL Callsign.
B. Empire (and faction/cartel if appropriate).
C. Ship selection (BPV) - include any refits, weapons in option mounts, fighters, interceptors, or PFs purchased.
D. Points remaining for Commander's Options, drone speed upgrades, or special warheads.
E. Any pre-tourney trash talk...Lord Arioch loves antagonism!

6. Sign-ups are due not later than 24 Nov 09. The First Round will begin on 30 Nov 09.

THE PUPPETS - STANDINGS
Callsign	Ship	Additional Refits (Sabot, XP, etc)	Points for CO's Options, Drones	Record
The_Rock	Orion LX	4xPhotons in Options – note, these are not X-photons (limited to range 30, no fastloads)	0 BPV	1-0
Spaceball	Federation DD+	XP refit for 2x BTTY (4), XP refit for 2x APR (4), XP refit for 2x Ph-1 (2)	0 BPV	1-0
KenBurnside	Federation DER	XP refit for 2xBTTY, XP refit for 4xPh-1	6 BPV	1-0
Sky_Captain	ISC DW	XP fire control, XP refit 4xPL-F to 4xPL-L, XP Sabot refit, Replace 1xAPR with 2xXPR	1 BPV	1-0
Hardcore	Romulan SEX		5 BPV	1-0
Purple_Drazi	Romulan BHR	XP refit 2xPL-G to 2xPL-S, Sabot refit, XP fire control, XP refit for 2xBTTY, XP refit for 4xPh-1, XP shields	0 BPV	0-1
Krellex	Federation DDL+	Sabot refit	8 BPV	0-1
Sentinel	Vudar DWL		0 BPV	0-1
Nomad	LDR DW+	Power Pack	0 BPV	0-1
JohnSmith	Eneen DW	w/all refits except fighter refit (106)	4 BPV	0-1

ROUND 1 – (30 Nov 09 – 23 Jan 10)
*KenBurnside *	Federation DER	vs.	JohnSmith	Eneen DW
* Hardcore *	Romulan SEX	vs.	Krellex	Federation DDL+
* Spaceball *	Federation DD+	vs.	Sentinel	Vudar DWL
* Sky_Captain*	ISC DW	vs.	Purple_Drazi	Romulan BHR
Nomad	LDR DW+	vs.	* The_Rock *	Orion LX

ROUND 2 – (24 Jan 09 – 24 Feb 10)
KenBurnside	Federation DER	vs.	Sky_Captain	ISC DW
Hardcore	Romulan SEX	vs.	The_Rock	Orion LX
Spaceball	Federation DD+	vs.	Nomad	LDR DW+
JohnSmith	Eneen DW	vs.	Purple_Drazi	Romulan BHR
Sentinel	Vudar DWL	vs.	Krellex	Federation DDL+

See details on refits in the table above. See instructions at top for setup.

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