Nexus Issue 10 (Magazine)
"A large part of any game's flavor is a product of the game system's inherent realism (or the appearance of the same)." —Michael Anderson
It was 1984 and Nexus #10 had just been released. This issue focused on the Star Fleet Universe, Starfire, and History of the Second World War.
This issue started with variants for Germany’s Eastern Front in History of the Second World War.
The Star Fleet Universe section accidentally focused on Romulans. There was a list of Romulan ship names, The Academy had lots of good advice for Romulan commanders, and even the fiction and scenario were Romulan-based. There was a page of Term Papers and another page to explain why certain things are the way they are. There was the introduction of the rules for advanced boarding party combat. Finally, there was also the inevitable (at the time) collection of errata.
Starfire had a good number of articles. There were articles on the ion engine drive room, the Terran Federation including their military services, and incidents from the first interstellar war. There was both fiction and a scenario.
Finally there was a scenario for Battlewagon and a look at the history and future of Autoventures.
Credits
Publisher: Allen D. Eldridge
Editor: R. Vance Buck
Editor/Star Fleet Universe: Stephen V. Cole
Editor/Starfire: David Weber
Editor/History of the Second World War: Nick Scheussler
Associate Editor and Advertising: Rick L. Buck
Art in This Issue
Cover, Pages 6, 13, 27, 28, 30, 33-36 — Bill Keith Jr.
Page 9 — Gary Kalin
Pages 12, 24, 25, 42-44 — Rick L. Buck
Pages 20-22 — Reynold Wong
Page 46 — Denis Loubet
Star Fleet Universe
- The Next Frontier
- Shipyard Report — Romulan Ship Names
- Star Fleet Academy Term Papers
- The Academy
- Painting Your Errata Sheet
- Report by Tiercellus — Fiction and Scenario by Tony Rogers
- Rules Update #1
- Reinforcements Have Arrived
- Starlist Now Operable
- Advanced Boarding Party Combat
- Ours Is But To Wonder: "Why?"
Shipyard Report: Romulan Ship Names
This is the fourth in a series of articles listing ship names known to have been in use during the period before and during the General War. As previously noted, several caveats apply to these lists. This is not a complete list, nor a revised Romulan Order of Battle. Other ships were presumably in service, and many of the names of these ships were changed from time to time. Players should feel free to continue using their favorite names.
The names below are confirmed to have been in use by Romulan ships between Y150 and Y185. Some ships, notably the first generation designs, were named several decades before, and some were renamed when upgraded or converted.
For reasons that are unclear, some ship names were listed in the Federation records in Latin. In these cases, translations are provided. It should be pointed out that while the Federation characterized the "Romulans" (who called themselves "Rihannsu") as "Romans," any actual similarities are purely coincidental.
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Report by Tiercellus
by Tony Rogers
