Data: 36 pages, 29 scenarios, 4 new SSD, 14 new ships described, D15.0 Simplified Ground Combat Module
From the back cover:
The First Round, an exiting science fiction story by Steve Kacarides, portrays the ultimate game of STAR FLEET BATTLES. "The Masters", a race of super powerful beings at the core of the Galaxy, can pluck entire starships from space and brings them to the deadly arena. This time, however, they have kidnapped Daniel "Death" O'Kay, the legendary pirate, and his powerful starship, the O.P.C. HAMMERFIELD. A scenario portraying Death O'Kay's first round in the arena is included and may be played by four players.
Life and times of Death O'Kay, a special group of scenarios, portrays the career of this legendary pirate and his famous ship.
Ground Combat is portrayed in a stylized set of game rules provided in this issue of CAPTAIN'S LOG. Now you can conduct raids on surface installations, capture mining planets, ravage agricultural planets, rescue survey teams, etc. Several scenarios are provided to use this rules, including "Kobol’s Rock", "Counterpunch", "Operation Tribune", "Raid on a Mining Planet" and "A Duel of Midgets".
Major Fleet Battles are present in the scenarios "Titan and the Unicorn" (a Kzinti carrier group surprises an entire Romulan Fleet) and "A Time to Live; A Time to Die" (a Hydran fleet escapes the Klingons by hiding inside the atmosphere of a gas gigant).
Over twenty new scenarios are present in this issue including: "Witness for the Prosecution", "Gunfight at the Tholian Web", "Firefight", "Radey to the Rescue", "Escape from the Energy Monster", "Convoy Duty", "Black Hole Mania" and "The Dictator’s Diplomat".