I found it odd that in the original Starfleet Battles game the Federation didn't sport Drones that often and the Kzinti were king of the Drones.

In Starmada AE the Feds have just as many as the Kzinti. Makes them almost look like you're flying the same ship.

I've upgraded from the Admiralty edition to the Nova edition. I have the Klingon and Romulan Nova books.

Does anyone know how they went to determining weapon , armor, and shield values from Star Fleet Battles to Starmada Nova?

I guess I'm looking for a type of formula of some sorts.

Here is what I'm trying to do. I have a miniature of the Doomsday Device (aka Planet Killer) and I'd like to be able to look at the SFB version of it and switch it over to the Starmada Nova edition so it would give the SN ships and equal run for their money.

I'd also like to convert SFBs other space creatures over to Starmada Nova.

I just bought the Nova edition of Starmada.

In the Starmada Nova Edition they have a link that takes you to a PDF of additional counters and such as is helpful in the game.

IT LEADS HERE

Which of those PDFs is the one that applies to the Nova Edition?

I'd like to see a PDF of various terrain features suitable for hex maps.

I realize that this would be difficult because it seems everyone uses different sized hexes on their maps. But could we make different PDFs for the different sizes? A PDF for half inch hexes, one for 1" hexes, etc...

I'd like to get a nice looking image of what would pass as a black hole... in 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 hex sizes. Same with planets, mines, and asteroids.

These would really speed up the game where these terrains are included in the scenario being played.

I would normally try to do this, but my image manipulation skills have a ACC 9999+... and that's at close range!!!! 

I've always wanted to do a game where the Star Trek Federation and Star Wars Empire clash.

I think the Empire would win out... Their ships are just too huge.

Here's a fun YouTube clip about such an encounter...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNxhrPaaCA4

In my Star Fleet Battles (SFB) playing days one of my favorite scenarios was the Lone Gray Wolf mini-campaign in the Advanced Missions Rulebook. Here is a rough conversion of the campaign for you space dogs to try out.

Enjoy!

During the General War, the Klingon C8 Dreadnought Admiral Kang traveled deep into Kzinti territory, empowered to negotiate a peace treaty. No one is sure exactly what happened... Kzintis claimed the negotiations broke down... Klingons claimed it was Kzinti treachery... but the result was failed negotiations and a Klingon Dreadnought deep in enemy territory and trying to make it home.

The mini-campaign is played in 6 scenarios. One player commanding the Kang... the other a variety of Kzinti ships struggling to intercept and destroy the Kang.

At the start of each scenario the Kzinti player rolls one die and consults the following table to determine their forces for that scenario.

1 - Kzinti Dreadnought Sabre-tooth
2 - Kzinti Battlecruiser Comet
3 - Kzinti Command Cruiser Berserk Frenzy
4 - 3 Kzinti Frigates Keeness, Blood Fang, & Ravager's Talon
5 - Kzinti Fast Cruiser T'Sarnic's Fate
6 - Kzinti Light Cruiser Tempest

If the Kzinti player rolls a force that has been destroyed by the Kang in a previous scenario the Kang has successfully evaded the Kzinti for that scenario.

The Kang player must destroy the Kzinti ship(s) to escape to the next scenario and get one step closer to Klingon space. If the Klingon has not crushed his opponent within 10 turns at the end of the 10th turn the Kzinti player gets to roll a die on the table to determine what reinforcements to arrive into the foray...  If the die roll indicates a previously destroyed ship no reinforcements arrive. Reinforcements are diced for at every 10th turn... turn 10, turn 20, turn 30, etc...

It is possible that the Klingon player could roll a weak opposing force, destroy that force, and reroll that same result on the table for the following 5 scenarios... making an easy campaign. On the flip side the Kang could take too long to wipe out his opponent, resulting in the arrival of more enemy ships to make for a bad day.

Warren