Here's a slightly different take on the Star Trek FASA stat sheets with some updates to a pair of unique and popular existing starships that were heavy on the missile weapons. Special thanks goes out to
Captshade
on deviantart for allowing me to adapt his starship images (and he has
a bunch so go check them out at the link!) for my sheets. Both the Loknar frigate and, to a lesser extent, the Andor light cruiser were in need of some updates so I decided to try a new sheet format with them. Since they're existing ships, I didn't need to make up a full column of completely new fluff for them nor make multiple versions but rather just a single upgrade stat line for each. FASAststcs.com has a variety of templates including the old two per page style that the official publishers used for less "important" ships. While I had hoped to be able to include a paragraph or two of fluff updated for the new version, the stats themselves just barely fit and even that was with a few items trimmed and using the second smallest font available on MSPaint. Instead, I'll just include some game design ideas and fluff down below in the blog article instead.
With both the Loknar and the Andor, I had a few requirements that I set for myself when designing the stats. For the Andor, it absolutely had to stay at Class IX tonnage with a total firepower roughly on par with my other light cruiser, the Sentinel class, and noticeably higher than my Wasp destroyer. Additionally, I wanted this dedicated combat vessel's total combat efficiency to be about that of the latest Reliant heavy dual role cruiser. Fortunately, all those goals were met after upgrading several systems, most noticeably the torpedoes. Fluffwise, this was just a typical upgrade to the mark after having served 5+ years in Starfleet with full production switching over to the new variant at the same numbers.
For the 30+ year old Loknar class, it needed to be a sizable upgrade from the last official variant (the Mk V) but still be below the combat efficiency of the most modern frigates in Starfleet, namely the latest Northhampton and Chandley variants. I also wanted it to use the relatively underused FWG-2 engines and still maintain a mix of old and new technology. Ideally, it would hopefully stay at Class X but that was unlikely given the 16,000mt increase in engine mass. Unfortunately, there was no way to sizeably increase the firepower without also invariably going up to class XI so I prioritized the former. Astute readers will also notice that I gave the Loknar a platoon of Starfleet marines similar to the company or more other frigates get; I justified this by reasoning that the upgraded tech replaced bulky older variants leading to some extra room that, along with a decrease in cargo space, allowed a platoon of marines to be stationed permanently onboard the ship. This allowed the newest Loknar variant to fulfill the same boarding party role that frigates designed after it were able to do. Fluffwise, I see this new variant taking over with space docks initially exclusively converting older Loknar variants to at a faster rate instead of producing new ships.
As always, let me know if there are any errors in the sheets and I hope you all enjoy them as well as eventually use them on the tabletop!
