Data files for Silent Death

• To-hit/damage table for cannon fire.
• To-hit/damage table for cannon fire using autohit and automiss rules.
• To-hit/damage table for missiles.
• To-hit/damage table for plasma missiles. (Coming soon!)
• To-hit/damage table for spore moles.
• Complete Silent Death turn sequence in latex and postscript formats.

Errata for Silent Death: The Next Millenium

Contents

• Introduction
• Silent Death instruction manual (7201)
• Silent Death data annex
• Silent Death scenario book
• Silent Death Rookie Rules (7202)
• Renegades: The Espan Rebellion (7210)
• Sunrunners (7211)
• Warhounds (7212)
• Night Brood: First Contact (7213)
• Universal Night Watch (7214)
• Operation Dry Dock (7215)
• Sigurd Archdiocese (7216)
• The Kashmere Commonwealth (7217)
• Silent Death: Rules of Warfare (7218)
• Space Junk (7219)
• Silent Death Fighter Tactics Manual (7220)
• Hostile Takeover (7221)
• ASP Technocracy (7222)
• Yoko-Shan Warworld (7223)
• Rules of Warfare II (7225)

Introduction

As with most material, this is under a constant state of revision.

Key to page numbers:

• * : Indicates a clarification or note
• ? : Indicates a possible error (unconfirmed)
• ! : Indicates material contradicted by other equally valid material

Silent Death Instruction Manual (7201)

• Page 141: The damage tracks for the Epping are incorrect. The damage reduction values correspond to those of the Epping Prime (see Operation Drydock), not to the Epping. Correct placement is:

  Front track: '4' in 3rd box, '3' in 11th box, '2' in 19th box, '1' in 27th box.

  Side tracks: '3' in 3rd box, '2' in 13th box, '1' in 25th box.

  Rear track: '2' in 8th box, '1 in 30th box.

• Page 141!: The silhouette for the Epping differs signifigantly from later silhouettes of the same ship.
• Page 147!: The silhouette for the Sentry differs signifigantly from later silhouettes of the same ship.
• Page 148: Glaive on right side of starcraft display is missing a 't' in the 4th box of the damage track.
• Page 152!: The silhouette for the Pharsii II differs signifigantly from later silhouettes of the same ship.

Silent Death data annex (included in Silent Death Deluxe Edition Box Set, (7200))

• Page 13: The damage tracks for the Epping are incorrect. See page 141 of the SD Manual.
• Page 13!: The silhouette for the Epping differs signifigantly from later silhouettes of the same ship.
• Page 19!: The silhouette for the Sentry differs signifigantly from later silhouettes of the same ship.
• Page 20: Glaive on right side of starcraft display is missing a 't' in the 4th box of the damage track.
• Page 24!: The silhouette for the Pharsii II differs signifigantly from later silhouettes of the same ship.

Silent Death scenario book (included in Silent Death Deluxe Edition Box Set, (7200))

Silent Death Rookie Rules (7202)

Renegades: The Espan Rebellion (7210)

• Page 39 (Crescent display) : Drive value indicated below silhouette on Crescent is incorrect. Drive should be 16, not 10. The damage track is correct.
• Page 39 (Crescent display): The diamond '4' (damage reduction) in the 11th box on the Crescent damage track is extraneous and should be removed.
• Page 39 (Crescent display): Pulse Laser B To Hit should be 2D8+ADB.
• Page XX (Scorpion display): Drive should be 11.
• Page XX (Scorpion display): Right Side Critical Hits #2, #3, and #6 should affect Gunner A, not Gunner B.
• Page XX (Eagle display): Plazgun A is actually Impulsegun A, To Hit 2D8+ADB, Damage High.
• Page XX (Eagle display): Right Side Critical Hit should affect Gunner B, not Gunner C.
• Page XX (Conestoga display): Railrepeator Damage should be High.
• Page 76: British pound symbol (stylized L) is used instead of proper less than or equal to symbol.
• Page 76: Japanese yen symbol is used instead of multiplication sign in Heavy Plazgun damage.
• Page 76!: Salvage Claws add +1 to hit and damage; all other listings of Salvage Claws in other products do not. (Technically this is correct as Salvage Claws always come in pairs, but it is not standard form.)

Sunrunners (7211)

• Centerfold section (Starcraft Point Cost Table): The BPV of the Stingray should be 551, not 55.
• Page 33!: The turn sequence in Sunrunners indicates that Ventors move and detonate after Drive 0 Turns and Drift. However, in Warhounds, the turn sequence indicates that Ventors move and detonate after Drive 0 turns, but before Escort Movement and Drift.
• Page 35: The damage track for the Crescent fails to indicate critical hits. There should be critical hits in the 8th and 20th boxes. (First Critical Hit 9 should be 7).
• Page 44: Epping read damage track is missing damage reduction hits. There should be a '2' in the 8th box and a '1' in the in the 30th box.

Warhounds (7212)

• Page 25: A DR of 1 for a 7000 ton Frigate should be 15 slots, not 45.
• Centerfold section (Aosho display): Rear Left Critical #5 should affect Gunner C, not D.
• Centerfold section (Constellation display): Missile Launcher A and Disruptorgun A arcs: BRQL, BFQL, F.
• Centerfold section (Constellation display): Missile Launcher B and Disruptorgun B arcs: F, BFQR, BRQR.
• Centerfold section (Constellation display): Gun Crew E arcs: BRQL, BFQL, F, BFQR, BRQR.
• Centerfold section (Fletcher display): Dual Ion Cannon (Gun Crew E) long range reaches to 30, not 25.
• Centerfold section (Fletcher display): Keel Cannon F arc should be KF (See Operation Dry Dock).
• Centerfold section (Megafortress display): Blatgun A damage should be High+6.
• Centerfold section (Megafortress display): Gunner B arcs: BRQL, BFQL, F, BFQR, BRQR.
• Centerfold section (Megafortress display): Gunner C arcs: BRQL, BFQL, F, BFQR, BRQR.
• Centerfold section (Megafortress display): Gun Crew F arcs: BFQL, F, BFQR.
• Centerfold section (Megafortress display): Triple Blast Cannon should have SR <= 7.
• Centerfold section (Megafortress display): Rear (both) Critical Hit #6 affects Defensive Value, not Drive.
• Centerfold section (Megafortress display): Rear (both) Critical Hit #6 delete "until after next turn".
• Centerfold section (Narwhal display): To both rear damage tracks, add additional drive hits in boxes 25 and 62.
• Centerfold section (Narwhal display): Quint Pulse Laser A arcs: BRQL, BFQL, F.
• Centerfold section (Narwhal display): Quint Pulse Laser C To Hit: 2D8+ADB+4.
• Centerfold section (Stingray display): Missile Launcher A and Splattergun A arcs: BFQL, F, BFQR.
• Centerfold section (Stingray display): Front (both) Critical Hit #6: -3 Defensive Value.
• Centerfold section (Stingray display): Front (both) Critical Hit 8: Twin Splattergun A damaged. Penalize To Hit attempts by -2.
• Centerfold page (Integrated Escort Weapon Table): Target speed restrictions for hyper cannons is wrong. The correct speed restrictions are:

  Single Hyper Cannon	Target Speed <= 11
  Twin Hyper Cannons	Target Speed <= 10
  Quad Hyper Cannons	Target Speed <= 9
  Sextuple Hyper Cannons	Target Speed <= 8

  This info from Staraven's page.

• Centerfold page (Integrated Escort Weapon Table): Plasprojector should have medium range 1-5, not long range 1-5.
• Page 33: Quad Minigun additional ammo should be 2 slots, not 1.
• Page 33: Protobolt additional ammo should be 1 ammo added, not 2.
• Page 36: 300 ton RP should cost 15 points.

Night Brood: First Contact (7213)

• Page 19!: Night Brood is labelled Swarm 600, but the text below calls it Swarm 601.
• Page XX: Dragonfly should have a Drone Mover 4.

Universal Night Watch (7214)

• Centerfold section (Betafort NW display): Right Critical Hit #6 should affect Gunner B, not D.
• Centerfold page (Consolidated Master Weapons Table): Tachyon damage. Tachyon weapons do NO damage to Terran fighters and full damage to grubs.
• Centerfold page (Consolidated Master Weapons Table): The Tachyon Cannon and Tachyon Ram damage are switched. The Cannon should do All damage and the Ram does High damage. Note that the more powerful weapon should be listed second, and the two are switched here.
• Centerfold page (New Weapon System Data Table)*: The cost of Hammerhead Missiles appears to be wrong. All other missiles (standard and plasma) have a constant cost/missile. Here, the cost per missile appears to go down as more missiles are added. However, according to Craig Marek (primary author of UNW): "Looking at the cost for normal missiles, and the fact that Hammerheads are the same physical size as normal missiles (only the launch control is improved), we wanted to be close to cost and slots." (Private message, 03/09/99)
• Unnumbered page facing page 31: Ink dispersal occurs on a 1D6 roll of 1, not iD6.

Operation Dry Dock (7215)

• Page 6: In the text description, Betafort Alphas and Betas have removed their hyperdrives in place of a rear weapon. Therefore, the Translight Capability of both ships should be 'None'.
• Page 26: Both Glaive starcraft displays have a 'T' in the 4th box. This should be a 't' as the Glaive only has Mark 40 torps, making the 'T' irrelevant.
• Page 27: The Ion Ram To Hit dice on the Glaive II should be 2D8+ADB, not 2D6+ADB.
• Page 27: Both Glaive II starcraft displays have a 'T' in the 4th box. This should be a 't' as the Glaive II only has Mark 40 torps, making the 'T' irrelevant.
• Page 32: On the Kosmos starcraft display, the minigun info at the bottom of the page lists an incorrect range increment (uses disruptorgun ranges instead of minigun ranges).
• Page 36: Critical Hit 9 for the Lance Electra II was not changed from the original Lance Electra even though the pilot's Protobolt Projector was removed. Probably should be changed to read "Gunner's Projector."
• Page 36: Lance Electra II mass is 420 tons, not 400.
• Page 37/38: The description of the Night Hawk II refit indicates that the point defense and damage control systems were improved. On the Starcraft Display, the PD is improved, but the damage control is not. The improved damage control rating should add +1. (Info from private email from walsfeo@aol.com, 9/22/98.)
• Page 43: Typo in Pit Viper T description, middle 2nd paragraph: 'Dontrol' should be 'Control'.
• Page 50: The Pulse Laser To Hit dice for the Salamader should be 2D8, not 2D6.
• Page 51: The Pulse Laser To Hit dice for the Salamader II should be 2D8, not 2D6.
• Page 52/54: The description of the Sentry II refit indicates that the point defense and damage control systems were improved. However, on the Starcraft Display, the PD is improved, but the damage control is not. The improved damage control rating should add +1. (Info from private email from walsfeo@aol.com, 9/22/98.)
• Page 54: For the Sentry II, the pilot's Disintegrator should have a To Hit of 2D8, not 2D6+1.
• Page 54: Critial Hit #9 for the Sentry II should affect the Disintegrator, not the Blatgun.
• Page 56: The boxed '1' (drive hit) in the 56th box should be a diamond '1' (damage reduction) on the Seraph damage track.
• Page 57: The boxed '1' (drive hit) in the 56th box should be a diamond '1' (damage reduction) on the Seraph II damage track.
• Page 58: The description of the Shryak Shuttle II refit indicates the removal of the hyperdrive engines. Therefore the Translight Capability of the Shryak Shuttle II should be 'None'.
• Page 60: Critial Hit #8 should affect the Impulsegun, not Pulse Lasers.
• Page 64/66!: The Armaments description of the Spirit Rider II indicates 2 x Mark 10 torps. However, the Starcraft Display indicates 1 x Mark 20 torp. Ignore the Armaments section. (Info from private email from walsfeo@aol.com, 9/22/98.)
• Page 67/69: The Armaments description of the Star Raven Alpha indicates 2 x Mark 50 torps (as well as 4 x Mark 20 torps). However, the Starcraft Display indicates 2 x Mark 30 torps, as well as the text below. Assume Armaments section is wrong. (Info from private email from walsfeo@aol.com, 9/22/98.)
• Page 67/69: The Armaments description of the Thunder Bird II indicates 1 x Mark 20 torp (as well as 4 x Mark 10 torps). However, the Starcraft Display indicates only the Mark 10 torps. The text below also mentions removal of the Mark 20 torp. Assume Armaments section is wrong. (Info from private email from walsfeo@aol.com, 9/22/98.)
• Page 68: All Pulse Laser ranges should be 3/9/10.
• Page 69: All Pulse Laser ranges should be 3/9/10.
• Page 85: The Target Speed Restriction for the Triple Blast Cannon on the Megafortress should be <= 7.

Sigurd Archdiocese (7216)

• Centerfold section (Storm II display): There should be an additional weapon (w) hit in box 32.
• Centerfold section (Longboat display): Splattergun D & E To Hit should be 2D6+1.
• Centerfold section (Longboat display): ECM rating should be 1-4 [4].
• Centerfold section (Longboat display): Front (both) Critical Hit #12 should be "until after next turn."
• Centerfold page: Consolidated Master Weapons Table. The Tachyon Cannon and Tachyon Ram damage are switched. The Cannon should do All damage and the Ram does High damage. Note that the more powerful weapon should be listed second, and the two are switched here.
• Centerfold page: Consolidated Master Weapons Table. "Gaus Field Generators" should be "Gauss Field Generators".
• Centerfold section: Integrated Escort Weapon Table. This page has a page number of 15 in the lower right; it should be unnumbered.
• Centerfold section: Integrated Escort Weapon Table. "Gaus Field Generator" should be "Gauss Field Generator".

The Kashmere Commonwealth (7217)

• Inside front cover: The damage for Tachyon Cannon and Tachyon Ram are switched. Tachyon Cannon should have All damage and the Ram should have High.
• Page 28: Damage Reduction Template. This table is obviously a misprint. Use the existing damage reduction tables for the appropriately sized ship.

  This info from Staraven's page.

• Page XX: Usha may only hold one Ushas class Battle Pod Per Cargo Bay, not 2.

Silent Death: Rules of Warfare (7218)

• Page 12*: The Dolphin is exactly the ship created as an example of custom ship designs in the SD:TNM Instruction Manual.
• Page 16: The Keel Cannon box on Snarling Badger Ship Display is missing the ammo track. It should have 6 rounds of ammo. (Info from private email from walsfeo@aol.com, 9/22/98.)
• Page 16: Keel Cannon damage should be Allx3.
• Page 16: Every other crew hit should be filled in. (See Operation Dry Dock)
• Page 16: Front Right Critical Hits #7 and #10 should affect Gunner A, not Gunner B.
• Page 16: Front Right Critical Hit #5 should affect Repeating Blaster G, not Keel Cannon.
• Page 16: Front Right Critical Hit #6 should affect Sext Blatguns, not Repeating Blaster G.
• Page 17!: The Electronics box lists an ECM capability of 1-5(5) for the Badger, but provides 8 person hit boxes. The total crew of 27 (listed in the ship description on page 29) is account for if 8 boxes are used. Thus, the correct ECM rating appears to be 1-5(8).

Space Junk (7219)

• Page 5: Outpost rules state that three Kill Hits(X) must be marked out to destroy an outpost. However, only 2 Kill Hits exist on each damage track. Additional damage beyond the second kill hit is ignored. (Info from private email from walsfeo@aol.com, 9/22/98.)
• Page 7*: ECM requires crewmembers equal to the number of tries (as Escort ECM).
• Page 8: Outpost ECM Summary: Entries for 1-7[6] and 1-8[5] should be 50 slots, not 40.
• Page 10/11!?: The cost of real minefields on the Minefield Cost table on page 10 disagrees with the cost of real minefields on the Mine Laying Equipment Table on page 11, although the cost of duds is the same. This is correct. (Info from private email from walsfeo@aol.com, 9/22/98.)
• Page 17*: The example of a white hole involves a radius 15 hole and is done correctly. However, according to the rules, the radius of a while hole is 1D12 hexes, which clearly cannot generate a radius 15 hole.
• Page 17: The White Hole Repel table should have a 12 hex radius white hole with a 1/4 radius = 3, not 4.
• Page 27: In a Dust Cloud Type II, Spore Moles are reduced to a 4 hex range.
• Page 27: In a Dust Cloud Type II, Hammerhead Missiles are -2/hex beyond 6 hexes.
• Page 27: In a Dust Cloud Type III, PD 10 hit also affects Spore Moles.
• Centerfold section (Wakazashi display): Torp room arc should be 360 degrees.
• Centerfold section (Wakazashi display): TOC should be +2.
• Centerfold section (Dauntless display): Torp room arc should be 360 degrees.
• Centerfold section (Octopus display): All Pulse Laser ranges should be 3/9/10.
• Centerfold section (Whisper display): Bridge box should include Captain entry.
• Centerfold section (TBD Platform display): Crew box should have entries for Captain and Pilot.
• Page 49!: Scenario 13 involves forces from an independent Sul-Huvascar on AL6:107. However, according to page 17 of ASP Technocracy, Sul-Havascar (also note spelling difference) was crushed and absorbed into the Technocracy in Imp 509.

Silent Death Fighter Tactics Manual (7220)

Hostile Takeover (7221)

• Page 17!: The Crew description of the Kali indicates 17 crew. On the Starcraft Display on page 31, 10 gunners/gun crew personnel and 5 engineers (plus Pilot and Captain) are indicated. However, Gun Crews F and H are listed on the crew roster, but do not appear elsewhere on the Display.
• Page 17!: The Armaments description of the Kali lists 8 Splatterguns. However, on the Starcraft Display on page 31, only 6 are present.
• Page 31!: The Kali crew listing indicates the presence of Gun Crew F and Gun Crew H, yet neither crew (along with any associated weapons) appears on the Display.
• Page 31!: The correct firing arcs for weapons manned by Gunners D and E are: D: SFQL, SRQL, R; E: SFQR, SRQL, R. Information from walsfeo@aol.com via the SD Mailing List (#51).

ASP Technocracy (7222)

• Inside front cover: The damage for Tachyon Cannon and Tachyon Ram are switched. Tachyon Cannon should have All damage and the Ram should have High.
• Page 17!: Sul-Havascar was crushed and absorbed into the Technocracy in Imp 509. However, on page 49 of Space Junk, Scenario 13 involves independent forces of Sul-Huvascar (note spelling difference) on AL6:107.
• Page 21: The map includes the 'Werrick-24'; it should be 'Werrick-14'.
• Center section!: The Nova ship display contains a checkoff box for Artificiance^TM Targeting. However, the To Hit lines on the page as well as the text description on page 44 fail to list this quirk. According to email from walsfeo@aol.com via the SD Mailing List (#26), the ship DOES get the Artificiance Targeting bonus.
• Center section: The Nebula II ship display only has hollow crew hits; it should alternate filled in crew hits as every second crew hit on each track.
• Center section: The Nebula II Rear Left and Rear Right Quarter damage tracks have a boxed '5' in the 15th box. This is a meaningless symbol. Replace with a diamond (damage reduction) '3'.
• Center section!: The Nebula II ship display indicates a DR of 3 for the Rear Left and Rear Right Quarters, but the damage track only possesses a diamond '2' indicator. Diamond '3' is put in place of box '5' above.
• Center section?: The Front Left and Front Right damage tracks for the Nebula II display should have a capital 'W' as the final weapon hit on each track, not a lowercase 'w'.
• Page 58: The map of starting positions for "Let the Big Dogs Run" fails to indicate a position for the Forager Drakar A.

Yoko-Shan Warworld (7223)

• Consolidated Master Cannon Table: Again, the Tachyon Cannon and Tachyon Ram have incorrect damage ratings. Switch the two.
• Consolidated Master Cannon Table: Delete Heavy Plasgun entry listed under Plasma Shell Cannons.
• Consolidated Master Cannon Table: Plasma Shell Cannons have the same symbol as Plasma Cannons. The symbol should be a capital psi - the last line on the legend at the bottom of the page.
• Page 10: The seizure of Mpande occured in PreImp 312, not PreImp 12.
• Centerfold section: The Plasma Missile Specs for the Jii should say "If Damage Reduction = 0, Damage is High +2/."
• Centerfold section: The Kraal ECM has no Gunner A. The crew listing should not have a Gunner A.
• Centerfold section: The Plasma Missile Specs for the Death Wind YS should say "If Damage Reduction = 0, Damage is High +2/."
• Alternate Range Effects Table: "Tacyon Ram" should be spelled "Tachyon Ram".
• Page 36?: The description of the Plasma Missile includes the mention that "In order to allow their use in conventional missile launchers, the standard missile guidance electronics were replaced with a smaller and less sophisticated system." In what way are the Plasma Missiles' guidance systems less sophisticated?? The ranges are the same and Base Attack dice are even better than normal missiles.
• Page 37: It is mentioned that PDS systems work against drones as if they were torpedoes. How is this possible? Drone damage is scored during movement and the plasma defense system is not activated until the Torpedo Results Phase.
• Page 37: PDS systems work against Parasite Torps as they would against normal torps. Info from Walsfeo@aol.com, SD digest, issue 35.
• Page 40!: The Armaments listing for the Kraal ECM indicates 3 x Mk20 Missile Launchers. However, the Ship System Display indicates Plasma Missile Launchers for Gunners C and D. Should they be regular or Plasma Missiles? (Normally, I would think that the Ship Display is correct, but in this case, I suspec the Armaments section is right.)
• Page 52: The map for scenario 3 has an extra 'B' symbol in the upper right part of the map.
• Page 53: The fiction story in the sidebar abruptly ends without a conclusion.

Rules of Warfare II (7225)

• Page 7: Time limits. In the second paragraph it says: "regardless, if the sixth game turn is finished...". This should be: "regardless, if the eighth game turn is finished...".
• Page 10: Diagram "With Sideslips Allowed". One of the torps has a text description that says: "This torp uses a combination of forward movement and sideslips to reach the target, using 8 movement points." This is correct, although the diagram shows the torp either turning (which it is not doing) or sideslipping twice in a row (which is illegal). The diagram should show two sideslips separated by at least one hex of forward movement.
• Page 13: Diagram of ROW II set-up. The asteroids are off center on the map. The close asteroids are 6 hexes from the set-up zone at the top and 9 hexes from the set-up zone at the bottom. The spacing should be 7 and 8 hexes respectively.
• Orca Alpha Sheet: The pilot's Disintegrator has a printed Speed Restriction of 12. It should be 11.
• House Smash: The chart says "roll 1d4". This should be "roll 1d6".
• House Lists: ASP Technocracy. Add Fletcher to the Escorts list.
• Data Sphere: Mercenary/Allied Forces Table. "3 - Bay" should be "3 - Bat".
• House Forces Worksheet Page: The Random Force Generation Table has greyed out areas to separate "House Forces only" and "Player's Choice" from their neighbors. The grey is extremely faint. All categories take one line each except for "House Forces only" (lines 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and "House Forces or Pre-Brood Imperium" (lines 10, 11, 12, 13, 14).
• House Forces Worksheet Page: the chart at the bottom right is for Night Brood only. Larva must appear twice on the chart.
• Consolidated Master Cannon Table: Plasma Shell Cannons have the same symbol as Plasma Cannons. The symbol should be one that looks like a trident (Editor's note: It's the capital Greek letter psi) - the last line on the legend at the bottom of the page.
• Consolidated Master Cannon Table: Again, the Tachyon Cannon and Tachyon Ram have incorrect damage ratings. Switch the two.
• Consolidated Master Cannon Table: The asterisk and triangle symbol explained in the legend, which refer to lock-ons and dead crew, are for Missile Launchers and Spore Moles, weapons that are not on the table.
• Rules of Warfare II Optional Rules page: Diagram of set-up has the asteroids off-center again.
• Page 14: "Orca II" should be "Orca Alpha". Also, the color text mention being able to "better survive incoming fire from those big targets". Better than what? It was supposed to be another ship, the Barracuda, which did not get published due to time constaints for the miniature. The Barracuda's design is similar to a Lance Electra with disintegrators. Which big targets? The targets in question would be Warhounds and heavy Gunboats.
• Page 17*: "Queen of Space" artwork. Who else out there would like to be wearing her helmet right now?
• Page 17: Winning Battles. The text talks about "a ratio of kills to ships lost per player". Delete that sentence.
• Page 18: Map Set-up for House League. Map is off-center. Shift everything down by one. Also, remove the last row to the left of the top grey area.