Nexus Issue 1 (Magazine)

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Nexus #1
Issue #1 Cover

Issue #1 Cover
Published by Task Force Games
Released April-May 1982
Advertising
SFU Timeline
(Star Fleet Universe Games)


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.

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Astrometrics Allen's Planet; Altroth; Border Station K-4; Earth; Gorn-Shima; Krooth; Minxitith; Organia; Remus; Romulus; Sherman's Planet; Starbase 16; Tholia; Zeta Omicron station
Chronology SFU Timeline; Y1 through Y185
Culture  
Education Deep Space Fleet Academy; Star Fleet Academy
Food  
People Rod N. Berry; William S. Gerard; Hydraxan IX; Hydraxan XI; Hydraxan XII; Hydraxan XXIII; Phillip Kosnett; Ardak Kumerian; Kollos Kumerian; Radey; S'Lenthna
Politics Federation-Klingon Wars; Federation-Kzinti Wars; Federation-Romulan Wars; General War; Gorn Confederation; Gorn-Federation War; Gorn-Romulan Wars; Grand Alliance; Hydran Kingdom;Klingon Empire; Klingon-Kzinti Wars; Klingon Ranks (Captain, Commodore, Admiral); Klingon-Tholian Wars; Kzinti Hegemony; Lyran Empire; Lyran-Hydran Wars; Lyran-Klingon Wars; Lyran-Kzinti Wars; mutiny; Operation Cavalry; Operation Hydra; Operation Remus; Organian Peace Treaty; Orion Pirates; Romulan Neutral Zone; Romulan Star Empire; Romulan-Tholian Wars; Star Fleet; Star Fleet Ranks (Ensign, Captain, Commodore); Tholian Holdfast; Treaty of Algoran; Treaty of Pelione; Treaty of Smarba; United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology battle pod; cargo pod; cloaking device; drones; hangar pod; impulse drive; methane; mining; monitor pod; nitrogen; oxygen; phasers; power boost pod; Starliner pod; time travel; transport pod; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles Allosaurus class; B-10 class; I.K.V. Berzerker; Black Widow class; Carnosaurus class; Constitution class; Cuirassier class; D-6 class; D-7 class; I.K.V. Destruction; I.K.V. Devastator; Dragoon class; E-3 class; E-4 class; F-5 class; Falcon class; Federation class; Federation CLE; Federation DE; Federation old cruiser; Federation old light cruiser; Federation PC; Federation police cutter; fighters; G-2 class; Gorn sublight battleship; Gorn fleet tug; GS cruiser; Hermes class; I.K.V. Invincible; KF5R class; I.K.V. Admiral Kang; Klingon CVT; U.S.S. Kongo NCC-1710; KR class; Knight class; Kzinti carrier; Kzinti CS; Kzinti drone frigate; Kzinti escort carrier; Kzinti fleet tug; Kzinti friggate; Kzinti light carrier; Kzinti light cruiser; Kzinti scout; Kzinti space control ship; Lancer class; Leopard class; Lion class; Lyran frigate; U.S.S. MacArthur NCC-2201; Marauder class; Megalosaurus class; Napoleon class; U.S.S. Napoleon NCC-2200; Orion double raider; Orion light carrier; Orion light raider; Orion raider cruiser; Orion salvage cruiser; Paladin class; Pelican class; pseudo-fighter; Panther class; Ptolemy class; Q-ship; Ranger class; Saladin class; Scout class; shuttlecraft; Slaver class; T-6 class; T-7 class; Tholian cruiser; Tholian dreadnought; Tiger class; Tyrannosaurus class; War Eagle class; Warbird class; Warhawk class
Xenology Andorians; Andromedans; Gorn; Humans; Hydrans; Klingons; Kzinti; Lyrans; Organians; Orions; Romulans; Vulcans
Miscellaneous journalism; piracy


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.

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