Though I guess that it will become obvious after reading through all the rules and the construction manual, I miss recommendations for the numbers of sheets to print (for example, the Stat Cards page 1 I will be needing one time (as two copies of the Hammerhead cards are included), page 2 and 3 I will have to print out twice (to have enough cards for each side; same goes for the Command Trays, etc.).

I have to admit that figuring out the correct amounts may be part of the fun, though

Depends on the initial fleet you want to build.

Otherwise, by printing 1 copy of each ship PDF you will net:

1 Hammer Head
1 Carrier
3 Control Corvettes
3 Missile Fighters
3 Skirmish Fighters
4 Particle Bows

(15 ships per side Royalist/Separatist)

That's more than enough for a Major Conflict (see pg's. 11-13 in the Rule book)

Later on you can print another Hammerhead and Carrier, and Skirmish and Missile Fighters. And anything else you want to add to the mix.

But don't forget you will want to build as many TOS units as ships you built (each one being only one page). Using the example above that's 15 TOS pages.

At least one Command Tray and one Fighter Tray (22 more pages).

~Floyd

Thank you - I will stick to your recommendation for starters.

(Built one wormhole just for fun in my lunch break - I still have to blacken the edges)

Yeah, it gets confusing because some of the base, ship and stand sheets don't work out evenly. Four particle bow ships per page but 9 bases per page. I don't think I'm expected to print out 36 of them to make the pages even. Maybe that's done so you understand that the number is optional. It makes sense to keep the leftover bits you're not going to immediately use in case you build more of the ships or have to replace one that gets damaged later.

This was discussed a great deal in a dev thread, but it came out to be the lesser of two evils. You were either going to be wasting a ridiculous amount of paper, or have extra bits left over.

Sacretis

The end "Scenarios" do give you a fairly detailed breakdown of what you'll need to build to get yourself up and running. While we don't give specific page counts we do tell you exactly what you should build at each phase of construction.

I was confused mainly because of these extra bits - and feared that I could miss non-obvious multiple prints - but this clearly is not the case.

Thanks for the replies.

OT: Concept and design of the ships are simply stunning - even if one rushes through construction (like I did) and has to fight with a not-so-effective glue pen (same shape as the UHU pen but from PRITT) - I have to try the UHU pens - though their part-nos. are different from those you mention in the appropriate thread.

AWESOME BUILD! Ahh... I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see vessel shots outside of Beta

Eventually, as you start testing out different fleets, you will probably need one or two more pages of Fighters and maybe one more page of particle bows. I also have one more carrier and Hammerhead builds per side, but that's for a *cough* future story campaign I developed for the playtesters that I will be releasing LATER for the rest of you.

Trust me - you may start building odd amounts of other vessels just to play various user/developer campaigns.

@ Taraba

i have noticed that the stands for the partical bow and controll corvett are the same so for 5 pages of printing you can build 4 Pbow's and 3 C corvetts
its a slight saveings on printink but... every bit counts.

and i dont know about ya'll but i dont plan on haveing more than 9 Pbows on the same side... so i wont have to print any more bases for those or corvetts either...

i think we need a Agis sort of frigate or maybe a stealth ship of some sort..

printed on transpartcy (sp) could look cool..

and if you had stealth you would need the ability to counter it....
simular to specialised ASW ships today...