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<big>'''UPF Escort'''</big>

This is a Knight Hawks advanced game scenario. It
requires the hex map from the Knight Hawks boxed set
and several counters to represent various ships, as
described below.

==Background==
An [[East Indiaman]] Medium Freighter is on its way from Gruna
Garu (Hargut) to Prenglar (Gran Quivera) with a shipment of
Yazirian-made gyrojet rifles for distribution to the remnants
of LandFleet, stationed and awaiting weapons for their next
mission.

The dread pirate Googrith-Kaar (Dralasite – complete with a
patch, peg-leg, and hook for a hand –and a flair for the ultradramatic
pirate talk of ancient humans) has caught wind of
this and has mobilized his pirate fleet - which normally
wouldn’t prey on something this large.

Of course, UPF sent along an armed escort, but in typical
armed-escort fashion, it’s under-equipped for the danger it
faces. As soon as the forward UPF scout detects the pirates,
it sends out a request for some assistance to the UPF fleet
stationed in the Prenglar system. Will the back-up arrive in
time?

==Setting Up==
The two forces enter the map from opposite, short map
edges. The pirate player can establish whatever speed he
wants for each of his ships on the previous turn. The East
Indiaman freighter and the UPF ships must begin with a
speed of 5. The UPF Assault Scout (it was scouting ahead)
must begin in the center of the map, unlike all other ships
which must begin touching the edge of the map at opposite
ends. At the start of the scenario, the freighter is in the
control of the UPF side. After the ships are placed, the pirate
side has initiative (is designated side A).

{| style="width:350px;"
|+ '''The Pirate Fleet'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|Ship|| HP|| ADF|| MR|| DCR|| Weapons|| Defenses
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Fighters P1,P2,P3,P4||8|| 4|| 5|| 30
|align="left"| ARx3
|align="left"| RH
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Assault Scouts P5,P6|| 15|| 5|| 4|| 50
|align="left"| ARx4, LB
|align="left"| RH
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Command Frigate P7|| 40|| 4|| 3|| 70
|align="left"| LC, RBx4, LB, Tx2
|align="left"|RH, MSx2, ICMx4
|}

{| style="width:350px;"
|+ '''The UPF Escort'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|Ship|| HP|| ADF|| MR|| DCR|| Weapons|| Defenses
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Fighters U1,U2||8|| 4|| 5|| 30
|align="left"| ARx3
|align="left"| RH
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Assault Scouts U3|| 15|| 5|| 4|| 50
|align="left"| ARx4, LB
|align="left"| RH
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Destroyer U4|| 50|| 3|| 3|| 75
|align="left"| LC, RBx4, LB, Tx2, EB
|align="left"|RH, MSx2, ICMx5
|}

{| style="width:350px;"
|+ '''The East Indiaman Medium Freighter'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|Ship|| HP|| ADF|| MR|| DCR|| Weapons|| Defenses
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Medium Freighter F1|| 50|| 1|| 3|| 50
|align="left"| LB
|align="left"| RH
|}

==Special Rules==
===Time===
It is important for the players to keep track of the
number of turns that have passed in the game since the
beginning of the scenario. For simplicity, this burden falls on
the side of the pirate player(s), since they begin the game
with automatic initiative. Each time it’s the pirate player(s)
turn, add 1 to the number of turns that have passed.

===Grapple & Board===
Any ship can attempt to gain control of
the East Indiaman freighter by grapple & board attempt.
Fighters will be useless for this, of course, but other ships can
be quite effective. To do this, a ship enters the same hex as
the East Indiaman going in the same direction and speed as
the freighter, ending its turn docked on top (where the LB
can’t shoot it!). This is more complicated than one may
think, and takes careful planning and maneuvering. If this is
done, the two ships move as one (whoever controls the East
Indiaman moves both ships; they’re connected). Each turn
the grappling ship rolls d100. If less than or equal to that
ship’s HP rating (maximum, not current), the grappling ship
gains control of the East Indiaman.

''For example: if the Command Frigate P6 successfully maneuvers into the right hex at the right direction at the right speed, the pirate player rolls d100. If the result is less than or equal to 40 (the Frigate’s max HP), he has successfully captured the freighter and now controls it.''

The only way to halt the takeover is for the East Indiaman’s
controlling player to shake off the grapple. This is done by
rolling 1d10 and rolling less than or equal to that ship’s MR
(that is, they must roll 3 or less). This knocks off the
grappled ship, which is now moving in the same direction and
speed as the East Indiaman but no longer moving with that
ship.

===A Spy Among Us===
Unknown to the captain of the East
Indiaman Class Medium Freighter, the pirate Googrith-Kaar
has planted a spy in the midst of that crew (that’s why he’s
emboldened to raid a ship this large). He has been spending
his entire mission acquiring the means by which to gain
control of the freighter. The pirate player(s) may, at any
point, call on this spy to act. When this happens, roll 2d10.
If the result is less than the number of turns that have
passed since the beginning of the scenario, the spy is
successful and the Pirate player now controls the East
Indiaman. This can only be attempted once, successful or
not. The UPF player might figure things out if the pirate team
seems to be waiting for something...

===Calling for Reinforcements===
On turn 20, the UPF’s
reinforcements arrive, traveling any speed the UPF player
desires. They’ll come from the pirate’s side of the map (from
the direction the East Indiaman freighter was heading)! This
will sandwich the pirates between two dangerous groups.
The pirate player need not keep track of the passage of turns
at this point; it’s the last timed event in the scenario. The
reinforcements will be as follows:

{| style="width:350px;"
|+ '''UPF Reinforcements'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|Ship|| HP|| ADF|| MR|| DCR|| Weapons|| Defenses
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Fighters U5,U6||8|| 4|| 5|| 30
|align="left"| ARx3
|align="left"| RH
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Destroyer U7|| 50|| 3|| 3|| 75
|align="left"| LC, RBx4, LB, Tx2, EB
|align="left"|RH, MSx2, ICMx5
|}

==Victory Conditions==
Unlike many scenarios, the victor isn’t the side who
eliminates all of the opponents. The victor is whoever owns
the East Indiaman freighter when it travels off the map in the
opposite direction from where the controlling player started
the scenario. Thus, if the pirate player controls it when it
exits the map in the direction the UPF side started, then the
pirate fleet is the victor. If the East Indiaman is destroyed for
any reason, nobody wins and the scenario ends in a tie.

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