Shortly after the end of the Dominion War, Starfleet has once again turned its eye towards exploration. You are a Federation Captain, assigned to a special Fleet Task Group given the mandate to explore, chart, study and catalogue the region known as The Verge.

Upon arrival, you took part in helping to establish Starbase Horizon, getting it up and running to serve as an anchor point to stabilize the local terminus of the wormhole, and permit a brief monthly transit window back to Federation space. With a foothold firmly established, you are finally free to embark on your mission of discovery.

But the potential of hidden knowledge brings adventurers and academics, while the promise of untapped riches lures opportunists – prospectors, traders, and pirates who would take their newfound fortunes from them. As representatives of the closest thing to a government in the region, Starfleet also finds itself thrust into the role of de facto marshals, trying to maintain order and prevent the exploitation of this new frontier.

This campaign consists of two distinct phases – the Exploration Phase and the Mission Phase.

In the Exploration Phase, you will build out and populate the map by rolling dice to randomly generate points of interest to explore, such as planets, nebulae, and other astronomical phenomena.

The Mission Phase is the focus of the game, allowing you to zoom in and interact directly with these points of interest, performing tasks and completing objectives.

The outcomes of each mission have no direct effect on any other, but offer Experience Points as a reward that can be put towards upgrading your Captain Card.

Missions are written to be as generic as possible, allowing you to use whatever ship models and other resources you have at hand. However, it is assumed that you will have at least one copy of the core Star Trek Alliance box set for every two players.

For this campaign, each new player is a Federation Captain, and begins the campaign with 6 XP to spend. You must spend all of your Starting XP, and may not spend it on Captain Skill before your first mission.

Players who have already completed the Star Trek Alliance Dominion War Campaign may use the same Captain Card to continue advancing their career if they so choose.

The Starship Selection Chart (at right) provides a recommended ship progression for players who have access to the complete range of Attack Wing miniatures, but players may command whatever class of Federation ship they choose, provided they adhere to the following two rules:

Players must use the Ship Card and Token for the generic, unnamed version of the ship.

Players may only equip Upgrade cards that:

• match their Captain's Faction (Federation).
• are included in a Star Trek Alliance product; These have the icon at the bottom right.

Some Missions may require tokens that are not included in the core Star Trek Alliance box set. In this case, you may either design your own, download some from the Downloads section, or use other items (e.g. coins) as proxies.

Ultimately, this is YOUR game! You and your play group are free to interpret, modify, or outright ignore any rules that get in the way of your enjoyment. When in doubt, pick the option that you find to be the most fun.

The distinguishing feature of the Infinite Frontier campaign is its open-ended and procedurally-generated nature, made possible by the Exploration system.

Starting with the Sector Grid (found on page IV of the downloadable rulebook), pick a cell to deploy from and roll a D6. The result corresponds to one of the options on the Points of Interest table on the right, determining which missions are available to play in that cell. Cross out all the icons in the cell, except for the one that matches the result rolled.

After playing the mission and recording the results, you may choose which adjacent cell you want to move to next, and repeat the process.

Alternatively, you may decide to generate the entire sector map all at once, in which case players should take turns rolling the D6 for each cell on the grid, and record the results.

Once the sector has been fully explored (i.e. all cells have been filled in, and at least six missions have been completed successfully), you can either end the campaign, or move on to a new sector – using a blank Sector Grid to generate a new map.

Sector Grids are infinitely tileable, allowing you to explore in any direction and expand as far as you want. You can use the arrow icons to record the name of the Sector Grid which that edge links to.

Every mission included in this campaign is categorized with at least one keyword matching the icons on the Points of Interest table. For example, a mission that uses the Planet Token will be assigned the Planet icon. If it features Asteroid Tokens as well, it will also receive the Asteroid icon.

As long as a mission has at least one icon that matches the result rolled for that cell on the Sector Grid, it is available to be played at that location.

Rolling an Open Space result is a wildcard, allowing for any mission to be played (although missions do exist that use no Obstacle Tokens and are tagged with the Open Space icon, so you can limit yourself to those if you so choose).

The method of selecting the specific mission to play is left entirely up to the players.

Each time players cross into a new grid square, they may choose to roll one D12 for a random encounter. Select one player to roll for the encounter, and once the roll has been made, the encounter must be resolved.

Hardcore Mode: Once a player’s starting ship has been outfitted with Upgrades at the start of the campaign, they may only acquire new Upgrades through Random Encounters. They may keep the Upgrades permanently by exchanging them for the old ones, or as allowed by SP cost, skill, and slot restrictions. Each player may roll once for a Random Encounter while between Missions.

Although their primary mission is exploration, Federation starships are absolutely capable of standing toe-to-toe against enemy warships, but this level of force is not always warranted. Whether as a warning shot, or out of a desire not to escalate a conflict, it may be necessary to attack without the intent to do harm.

When attacking with your Primary Weapon, before rolling any attack dice, you may declare a low-power surgical strike to roll fewer attack dice. You may choose to roll any number of attack dice, up to a maximum equal to your ship’s Primary Weapon Value.

You may not change your mind and roll additional dice after your initial low-power attack has been rolled.

Specific subsystems on an opposing ship can be directly targeted and disabled in order to gain different tactical advantages.

During the Combat Phase at the Declare Target step, after selecting the opposing ship you wish to attack, also declare which subsystem you are specifically targeting: Engines, Weapons, or Sensors.

If you roll at least one Critical Hit result (regardless of whether it would be canceled or not), instead of applying damage to the opposing ship’s Shields or Hull, the declared subsystem is successfully disabled instead. Place a Disabled Token on that ship’s Ship Card.

• Engines: The opposing ship’s Agility Value is reduced to 0, and it cannot perform any Evade Actions, or maneuvers greater than Speed 2 (For AI-controlled ships, convert all maneuvers greater than Speed 2 to the closest equivalent maneuver at Speed 2 on that ship’s Maneuver Dial).
• Weapons: The opposing ship’s Primary Weapon Value is reduced to 0, and it cannot attack or perform any Battle Stations Actions.
• Sensors: The opposing ship cannot perform any Scan or Target Lock Actions, nor any mission-specific actions involving transporters.

During each subsequent Activation Phase, instead of performing its normal Action, a disabled opposing ship rolls one D6 to try and repair its damaged subsystems. On a result of 6, the subsystem is successfully repaired. Remove the Disabled Token from the ship’s Ship Card.

If commanding a Tier One or Tier Two ship (see Starship Selection Chart), you may opt to deploy with a Tactical Escort as backup.

• For every two Tier One ships, deploy with one Heavy escort.
• For each Tier One + Tier Two pair, deploy with one Medium escort.
• For every two Tier Two ships, deploy with one Light escort.

You can use a Runabout Token to represent an escort. Escorts have Attack orders, and will only pursue hostile ships. They will not pursue Mission objectives. Escorts can be assigned any Speed 2 or 3 maneuver (except Come About), and an Escort Token is treated like a ship model on a plastic base with the following stats:

If the average Captain Skill of all players is 5 or greater, roll one attack die for each enemy ship when it deploys. If the result is:

• Hit: That enemy ship gains +2 Shields.
• Battle Stations: That enemy ship attacks with +1 attack die.
• Blank: That enemy ship gains +1 Agility.
• Critical Hit: That enemy ship gains +4 Captain Skill.

If the average Captain Skill of all players is 7 or greater, setup the Mission objectives and deploy enemy ships as though there is one additional player.

If the average Captain Skill of all players is 9 or greater, setup and play the Mission as though there is one additional player, and roll one attack die for each enemy ship when it deploys, as with Moderate Difficulty.

The Infinite Frontier campaign is primarily designed around using the components included in the core Star Trek Alliance box. However, if you have access to additional ship models, you can also increase the difficulty of a Mission by substituting in more powerful enemy ships – such as those included in the Dominion War Campaign, Parts II and III.

To determine if a tougher ship should be substituted, roll one attack die. On a Battle Stations result, replace the default ship with a more powerful one.

Any ship can be converted for use in this manner if you want to create your own AI logic card, or use the ones available from the Downloads section.

For an even more punishing challenge, you could also choose to play with permanent consequences – namely, without the benefit of replays if you fail a mission, and permanent retirement of your Captain Card if your ship gets destroyed (even if other players manage to complete the mission).

Once a player’s Captain Card has been completely filled out, they gain access to Starbase Horizon’s drydock facilities, allowing them to overhaul existing ships, or even construct brand new ships from the keel up.

Ships are built or refitted using XP earned from completing missions to unlock improved capabilities.

To refit an existing ship, copy all the stats from its Ship Card and Maneuver Card onto the Ship Development Sheet (found on page X of the downloadable rulebook). From there, consult the Engine and Spaceframe Improvements Charts on the right and determine which new capabilities you would like to apply to the ship. Pay the associated XP cost and shade in the appropriate space (or otherwise mark the changes) on the Ship Development Sheet.

Use the Ship Development Sheet in place of the original Ship Card when embarking on subsequent missions.

To build a new ship from scratch, start with the blank Ship Development Sheet. All custom-built ships begin with the same configuration, as follows:

• Allocate 8 Points towards base stats (Primary Weapon, Agility, Hull, and Shields).
• The available starting Maneuvers consist of those in the grey squares.
• The starting Upgrade Bar consists of the two bonus upgrade slots you chose on your Captain Card.

Starting from this base configuration, you may then spend XP to unlock more capabilities, just like with refitting an existing ship as described above.

• A ship’s total base stats may not exceed 16 Points.
• No individual base stat may exceed 5 Points.
• Base Agility + base Hull may not exceed 7 Points (i.e. the more mass a ship has, the less maneuverable it becomes).
• Not counting the two bonus upgrade slots chosen on your Captain Card, the total number of upgrade slots may not exceed the Hull Value.
• Maneuvers must be unlocked from the bottom up, and from the middle out (i.e. 5 Straight cannot be unlocked without 4 Straight, 3 Bank must be unlocked before 3 Turn, etc.)