Greetings fellow wargamers! I’m starting a new campaign and need some advice on how I should structure it. I made a similar post in another thread for more visibility and help as well. The campaign is called Star Wars Tactics and will use the Operational System from 5 Parsecs from Home Tactics for ground battles and One Page Rules Warfleet rules for space combat. 

The galactic map is split into 17 territories with each side controlling 8 and the neutral planet of Toydaria is where the conflict kicks off. 

My main conundrum is how to introduce fleet battles and what advantage it should or shouldn’t give. Most of the “action” in my campaign will be planet based but I want to sprinkle in fleet battles for fun (I’m basically trying to relive my childhood Galactic Conquest days from Battlefront 2 (the original and best one). My questions are:

1. How many fleets should each side start with/how should they move?
   1. For context each battle on the ground is going to take 1 month and I expect each planet will be defended or fall between 8-16 months (just a guess I’ve never played 5PFH: Tactics using the Operational System yet).
   2. My initial thought is to have 2-3 fleets per side and they can each move 1 planet away every 2 months. This would mean fleet action doesn’t happen very often but would still occur at a meaningful rate.
   3. Each side would get 1 new fleet every 6 months to place on any of their controlled worlds not under siege.
2. After a successful fleet engagement, what support should the winning fleet provide to the troops on the ground?
   1.  I’m thinking of keeping it simple and in each tabletop battle the side with the orbiting fleet gets 1 Heavy Fire Support from the 5PFH support upgrade options. This gives a meaningful bonus but is not overwhelming for the other side. 
3. How do I balance the fleets as armies win or lose on the ground?
   1. I’d probably ground rule out a few things even if it breaks “logical sense”.
   2. There could be a situation where an enemy Separatist fleet is orbiting above the battlefield but Republic forces win the day on the ground. I want to give advantages to the side that wins ground battles so I’d probably allow the fleetless Republic forces to go to the next Separatist planet and start a ground battle there. This prevents a ground force from being “stuck” but breaks Star Wars logic of a blockading fleet. Essentially the Republic forces teleport to the next planet.

Just my thoughts, I know I’ll need to make adjustments but I’d love to know what everyone else thinks. Also if anyone would like me to post battle reports and see how the conflict is progressing let me know! In real life I have a 2 year old and a new baby on the way so don’t expect any quick posts haha. 

