Force Manual: Davion

[Xotl]

This thread is for all issues and problems with Force Manual: Davion.

Product Link:

There is no compiled errata for this product at this time.

Please remember to follow the errata report template when reporting issues.  Thanks.

[nckestrel]

Throughout, the header for unique pilots “P/G” change to “G/P”.  Note the skill numbers themselves are in the correct order of gunnery/piloting, the header should swap.

P46, Syrtis Fusiliers Special Command Abilities
Change “Enemy Specialization (House Kurita)” to “Enemy Specialization (House Liao)”

P67, Mayetta Draconis March Militia RCT
Change “Mayetta Draconis March Militia RCT” to “First Aragon Borderers”.  rest of the box is correct for the First Aragon Borderers.

p86 and p87, Assault Lance
Move SRM Carrier to Support Lance. (from Both Late Succession Wars and Early Clan Invasion, not allowed to be in Assault Lance). 

P100 and p101, Support Lance
Move the SRM Carriers from Assault Lance to Support Lance.

[Fade Macabre]

Pg 65 The First Kestrel Grenadiers Special Command abilities are listed as Sharp Shooters, Tactical Experts (Combined Fire), Ground attack specialists, Rapid Strike.

Pg 79 in the example, The First Kestrel Grenadiers Special Command abilities are listed as Sharp Shooters, Focus (Oblique Attacker), Ground attack specialists, Off Map Movement.

I believe that it may just have been an error with the example or possibly left over from a previous revision when those were the correct abilities. Either way, the abilities in the example do not match with the listed abilities under The First Kestrel Grenadiers' entry.

[ShroudedSciuridae]

Page 106, second Late Succession Wars should be Late Clan.

[jasonf]

For the following, there were a few where I wasn’t quite sure if a correction was warranted. I listed those corrections as “suggested.” Also, some corrections likely need sourcing. For those, the corrections refer to either the unit descriptions or Orders of Battle in the (fasa) House Davion sourcebook [HDSB], FM: Fed Suns [FM:FS], Historical: War of 3039 [HW39], 20 Year Update [20YU], or Objective Raids [ObjR]. Finally, I was not sure how unit composition differences prior to 3028 should be handled (some units list them, some do not), so I included the missing ones just in case.

(Also, it was a bunch, so I split it into two posts...)

p. 22:
--Under “Cadet/Subaltern” in the Davion Rank Structure box: change last sentence to “After the AFFC reforms, these ranks exist only in AFFS academy cadre forces.”
--Under dress uniform illustration, change AAFS to AFFS
p. 23:
--Under field uniform illustration, change AAFS to AFFS
--Above each set of ranks, add analogous titles from p. 22: “AFFC General Rank Insignia”, “AFFC Officer Rank Insignia”, “AFFC Enlisted Rank Insignia”
p. 25:
--Combat Command Briefs description, under “Force Composition:” Lacks TW equivalent of the AS Size ratings for determining average unit size within a formation (starting with, “Units comprising the formation must round down or up to the equivalent size for that weight….)
Suggestion: Clarify point values for L, M, H, A size classes to use in TW, and/or refer players to force building in TW, pp. 264-66
--same section: Infantry Regiment abbreviations never specified for (F,M,J) used in main command briefs
--Other Commands, Abbreviation Box:
----Change MI, from motorized to, “MI  mechanized infantry”
----Add row for “JI  jump infantry”
p. 26:
--1st Davion Gds unit box, under Special Rules, change “below” to “above”: “These units must follow the code as described above but may select…”
p. 27
--Sgt. Blaine Edwards description: change from K65 to K100: “His rare Von Luckner is a K100 variant.”
p. 28
--4th Davion Gds unit box: missing its infantry complement.
Suggestion [based on FM:FS]: add “5 Infantry regiments (F,M,M,M,J)”
p. 30
--Davion Assault Gds, first paragraph, Change second-to-last sentence to: “The artillery regiment, two battalions of Long Tom artillery and one of Arrow IV missile launchers, …”
p. 32
--Avalon Hussars (four intro paragraphs): change all instances of “(Crucis) Lancers” to “(Avalon) Hussars”
--Lt. Annabelle Yukon, statistics box: Valkyrie VLK-QA and related stats are copy-paste error.
Suggestion: Based on description, should likely be Cicada CDA-3M (Clan Invasion), with appropriate G/P and statistics.
p. 34
--33rd Avalon Hussars, unit paragraph, fourth sentence, change “fifth” to “fourth”: “The ‘Mech regiment’s fourth battalion is an all-assault ‘Mech…”
--41st Avalon Hussars unit box: Add asterisk to unit name with note at bottom: “* Destroyed 3050”
[Was destroyed by Clan Wolf on Planting, 3050; multiple sources, including Clan Wolf SB.]
--42nd Avalon Hussars unit box:
----Delete “* Destroyed 3052” note at bottom (survived through Clan Invasion era). Perhaps should be at bottom of 33rd Avalon unit box?
----Has copy-paste error for nickname and composition. [Per FM:FS]: Change “The Galloping Eleventh” nickname to “Sons of the Federation”, and change unit composition to: “H/BM/R(r), 2x AF/W, H/CV/R, M/CV/R, 2xL/CV/R, 2x CI/R, 3x MI/R, JI/R, -/BAB, AR/R”
p. 42
--Maj. Seth Karano stats box: add unique name to VLK-QD, should be “Valkyrie VLK-QD (Karano)* (Clan Invasion)”
--10th Deneb LC unit box, experience rating. [Per HDSB]: should technically be “Green/D (3025-29), Veteran/D (3029-)”
p. 43
--12th Deneb LC unit box, delete “RCT” from “Twelfth Deneb Light Cavalry” unit name
--15th Deneb LC unit box, was upgraded to RCT in 3027 [per FM:FS], should technically add, “AF/W (3027-), 2xCV/R (3027-), 2xCI/R (3027-)”
p. 46
--8th Syrtis Fusiliers, description title: add “RCT” to unit name
p. 46
--5th Syrtis Fusiliers, unit box:
----Add “RCT” to unit name
----[per HDSB, HW39, 20YU], experience rating should technically be, “Regular/C (3025-29), Green/C (3030-)”
--Painting the Fields Red scenario, intro paragraph, last sentence, change “Eighth” to “Sixth”: “The Sixth Syrtis Fusiliers, long the personal guard for the Hasek family,…”
p. 49
--2nd Ceti Hussars, unit box, experience rating should technically be [per HDSB, HW39, 20YU, ObjR, FM:FS], “Veteran/B (3025-303?, 3054-), Regular/B (303?-3054)”
p. 50
--Lt. Kenojuak Angiliro, unit box and description: pilot surname is “Angiliro” in unit box and “Angilirq” in description. Only one can be correct.
p. 53
--Anjin Muerto CrMM, unit box, experience rating should technically be [per HDSB, HW39, 20YU, ObjR, FM:FS], “Green/D (3025-303?), Regular/D (303?-)”
p. 55
--Malagrotta CrMM, unit box, should technically add asterisk to unit name and footnote below “* Formed 303?” [per HDSB, HW39, 20YU, ObjR, FM:FS]
p. 56
--Hauptman Dougal Cillianson, stats box, change pilot name from “Hauptman Dougal Cillianson” to “Captain Mariko Ogawa”
p. 57
--Kommandant Mort Buchanan, stats box, change pilot name from “Kommandant Mort Buchanan” to “Leftenant General Mary Tallman”
--Comstar inset, last paragraph: change 3057 to 3058, “…, and successfully invaded Terra in 3058, putting a possible enemy on the doorstep of the Federated Suns.”
p. 60
--Raman DMM, unit box: boldface “Special Rules:” and move entire Special Rules description to new line below
p. 61
--1st New Ivaarsen Chasseurs
----Description paragraph, delete “pxh-1” between second and third sentences
----Unit box, composition: aerospace wings should technically be [per FM:FS], “3 Aerospace Wings (3025-54), 2 Aerospace Wings (3054-)”
p. 62
--2nd Chisholm Raiders, unit box, composition, should technically have “(3039-)” after vehicle and infantry entries [per description and FM:FS]
--1st Chisholm Raiders, unit box, composition, should technically have infantry (as RCT) through 4SW [HDSB, FM:FS], would be “3xMI/R (Pre-3029)”
p. 64
--1st Kathil Uhlans, unit box, special rules: delete “for 1 FP” at end of sentence, “…, the First Kathil Uhlans may select up to one-third of their ‘Mechs from House Liao availability.”
p. 65
--1st Kestrel Grenadiers, unit box, composition: should technically add “(3038-)” after aerospace, vehicle, and infantry forces [per FM:FS]
--Captain Vijay Srinivasan: change rank from “Captain” to “Hauptman” in stats back and description (joined during post-4SW rebuild  in description)
p. 69
--1st Kittery TB, unit box: change “M/BM/R” to “M/BM/B”
--3rd NAIS Cadre, unit box: change “M/BM/R” to “H/BM/R” [per HDSB]
--Point Barrow ATB, unit box: change “Borrow” to “Barrow”

[jasonf]

Part Deux...

p. 77
--Alternate Munitions box, Late Clan Invasion: replace “Auticannon” with “Autocannon”
p. 78
--First column, end of third paragraph: delete “per lance” and replace last “lance” with “company,” “…, so he plans to field one lance of four ‘Mechs, one lance of four vehicles, and a company of mechanized infantry for a mixed company.”
--Second column last three paragraphs; final units listed in example do not add to the listed PV. Changing mechanized SRM to Veteran (as it is listed in illustration on p.79) and eliminating extra mechanized infantry company reconciles this. Suggested:
----Change last sentence of 3rd to last paragraph to “Mechanized Hover Platoon (SRM) are 9 PV each, with an additional two PV to increase them to Veteran Skill.”
----Delete 2nd to last paragraph (“Mechanized Infantry Company: Foot Infantry Platoon (Rifle) (3x4), 12 PV, …”
p. 79
--Example Force Record Sheet, some PVs are incorrect with respect to the example: Change PV for the two Mechanized Hover Platoon (Rifle) from 9 to 6. (If above errata for SRM infantry is used, change PV from 13 to 11). Change PV for Mechanized Field Artillery from 30 to 15.
p. 80
--Improved Specializations Box, Improved Mobility: add “or 1 hex” for TW version of benefit, “…, it may add 2” or 1 hex to its Move for the turn, as long it also ends in movement…”
[Related issue: neither this instance nor the identical instance for the Cavalry SCA clarify if it should be +1 hex or +1 MP for TW benefit, or if it is +1 for Running/Flanking or +1 for Walking/Cruising (and recalculated Running/Flanking).]
--First column, third-to-last entry: delete redundant “Urban” specialization
p. 81
--Tactical Specialization (Combined Arms): delete the “to-hit” in the initiative modifier, “…, the force has a -1 modifier to Initiative.”
--Goshen Grad description, second sentence: delete “(see p. 83)” following Shielding SCA. (SCA is described on same page)

[Note: for potential availability errata, I am basing corrections on MUL and appropriate TRO entries.]
p. 89
--Battle Lance, Late Clan Invasion, main lance: Should Enfield be “I” availability or “R” or “U” (even after accounting for Achernar production of Enfield on p. 112). TR3058U suggests few Fed Suns Enfields outside of Achernar production
(also applies to p. 105, Rifle Lance, Late Clan Invasion main lance)
p. 91
--Command Lance, Early Clan Invasion, main box:
----Archer ARC-5R should likely be ARC-5S variant (ARC-5R is FRR variant unavailable to Fed Suns, as per MUL)
----Raven RVN-2X likely should be “RS” availability, not “C”; relatedly, is also a LSW ‘Mech, so not clear it should be in Early Clan lance
--Early Clan, Alternate Units:
----Zeus ZEU-9S, should likely be “R” availability, not “RS”
----Behemoth (Armor), has incorrect BV and PV (correct numbers are for same unit in LSW Alternate List on p. 90)
p. 93
--Fire Lance, Early Clan Alternate Units, Thunderbolt TDR-9SE, should likely be “R” availability, not “RS”
p. 95
--Pursuit Lance, Late Clan Alternate Units, Wraith TR1, should likely be “RS” availability, not “R”
p. 97
--Recon Lance, Early Clan Alternate Units, Wasp WSP-1S, should be “C” availability, not “RS” (consistent with its entry on p. 95)
p. 101
--Support Lance, Early Clan Alternate Units:
----Flea FLE-17 should likely be “RS” availability, not “U”
----Hermes HER-4K should be Hermes II HER-4K and should likely be “RS” availability, not “U”
p. 102
--LSW Alternate Units: Panther PNT-9R listed twice, should delete first entry (“US” availability is likely correct one) [Hatchetman HCT-3F is likely a suitable alternative to duplicate.]
p. 106
--LSW List
----Thrush TR-7 should likely be “RS” or “US” availability, not “C”
----Fed Suns has no Iconic aerospace units. Should like change the following to “I”: Sparrowhawk SPR-H5, Corsair CSR-V12, Stuka STU-K5
p. 107
--LSW Infantry List: replace all instances of “(Laser)” with “(Rifle, Energy)”
p. 110
--Lt. Rhianne Mason, unit box and description: pilot surname is “Mason” in unit box and “Manson” in description. Only one can be correct.
p. 116
--Lt. Vinita O’Hara, description: delete bold label of name at start of description (not present in any other pilot description)