Scenario: Ghosts of the Past

Story: During the Earth-Minbari war, after the fall of Proxima 3, Earth Force learned the identity of the Minbari general who ordered the massacre of all military personnel on the colony. Furthermore, they discovered from some of their few POWs that he would be inspecting a nearby Minbari outpost, complete with his travel plans. They sent an all-volunteer group of their best fighters to kill him, knowing the morale boost his death would bring to the fatigued Earth troops. They caught his entourage between jump gates, and he was killed in the ensuing battle, although only two pilots made it out. While it made no difference to the Minbari war machine, troops fought on with renewed vigor, for a little while at least.

Note: In case you hadn’t noticed, this scenario is based on a WWII battle in which a group of American P-38’s attacked an airborne convoy carrying Japanese Admiral Yammamoto, the mastermind of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was killed, and the morale boost was tremendous.

Player #1 (Earth Alliance): 16 Auroras

Player #2 (Minbari Federation): 2 Transport Flyers, 2 Nials.

Other Forces: A jumpgate on each short end of the map, near the center. Both of these have just been activated, and their recharge cycle is just beginning.

Set up: Set up maps as shown:
ABC
DEF

Player 1 enters from the jump gate on map C/F, moving at a speed of 5. Player 2 starts the game facing the second jumpgate,  at a speed of 1.

Victory Conditions: 
Earth: Kill the flyer with the general. Any other result is a failure.
Minbari: Save the general. What happens to your fighters is immaterial.

Optional Rules: Player 2 must designate one of the flyers as containing the general. At the beginning of the game he must, write down which. He must also tell Player 1 which flyer contains the general, but need not repeat himself.

Comments: I would like to thank Bruce H. Graw for leaving me the perfect little niche for my scenario in Earth Wars. More importantly, I would like to thank the millions of men and women who fought and died in that war. Lest we forget.

Designer: Nyles