Nexus Issue 1 (Magazine)
The first issue of Nexus, published in April-May 1982, was wide ranging. From the historical to the fantastic, there was something here for every taste. It was provocative; the feature article on role-playing by Eric Goldberg (designer of SPI's Dragonquest) certainly raised a few eyebrows (perhaps a few people's blood pressure, as well). There was an entire section on the Star Fleet Universe. There were articles on strategies for Swordquest, background for Battlewagon, and information on Armor at Kursk. Reviews included Barbarian Prince, Intruder, Dragon Tiles, The Compleat Tavern, and Albion: Land of Faerie.
Credits
Publisher: Allen D. Eldridge
Editor: Mike Joslyn
Assistant Editor/Star Fleet Universe: Stephen V. Cole
Contributing Editors: Adam Mishcon, Steve Wilcox
Advertising Manager: Rick Buck
Circulation Manager: Lucretia Perritt
Art in This Issue: Cover — Gary Kalin;
Page 6 — Bill Haggart;
Page 32 — Ken Caroli
History of the Star Fleet Universe
This regular section of Nexus Magazine will deal with the games, products, background, and history of the Universe of Star Fleet Battles.
Related Data
Star Fleet Universe
- History of the Star Fleet Universe
- Options for Federation Space
- Basic Point Value: How It Works
- Local Conditions in Star Fleet Battles: Giving scenarios a distinctive feel by Josh Spencer
- A New Scenario for Star Fleet Battles by Graeme Cree
- : A Federation Command Cruiser caught in a Time Warp
- The Next Frontier
- Adapting Star Fleet Battles to Miniatures
- Pseudo-Fighter Rules
- Star Fleet Universe Questions and Answers
500.0 The Time Warp
by Graeme Cree
In Y164 the Federation Command Cruiser Kongo, comanded by Fleet Captain Phillip Kosnett, disappeared in an area of space near the Tholian border. The ship had blundered into a spatial distortion that threw it 5,000 parsecs away and 120 years into the past.
Rapid calculations showed that the time warp would "snap back" in about thirty hours and return them to their original location. That thirty hours was to prove to be a long wait, however, because the Gorn battle fleet quickly surrounded the Kongo and began to close in.
