The next match pits the Lyran Tiger (Heavy Cruiser) "S.M.S. Prowess" against the Romulan War Eagle Cruiser "I.R.V. Eagle". The Lyrans are a feline race, much like the Kzinti. In fact, they border the Kzinti and are mortal enemies of that same race . The Lyrans are on the Western edge of the known galaxy, bordering the Kzinti, Klingon, and Hydran nations. Allied to the Klingons, the Lyrans have twin hulled (and some triple hulled) ships sporting standard phasers and disruptors. Lyran phaser arrangement is low on offensive phaser-1s, relying on having more phaser-3s to be used as anti-drone and anti-fighter defense.

The Lyran racial weapon is the Expanding Sphere Generator (ESG), which creates a force field around the ship, damaging any physical object that it rams. The ESG is used defensively, to destroy drones and shuttles which stray too near, or offensively, to ram other ships. Of particular importance is the fact that ESG fields are unaffected by the cloaking device, making cloaked ships rather vulnerable against Lyran ships. The Lyran Tiger has two ESGs. It should be noted that ESGs are rather power hungry, which can make the Tiger run a bit slow.

Halfway across the known galaxy, past the Klingons and Federation, lies the Romulan Star Empire. Much maligned in Star Fleet Battles, the Romulan navy has historically, up until the General War, been composed of outdated designs that were no match against their Federation and Gorn opponents. Matters were slightly improved when the Klingons started supplying outdated Klingon ships to the Romulans, who converted the ships with plasma torpedos and claking devices. Romulan ships are characterized by their plasma torpedos, a weapon that the Gorns and ISC also use, and the cloaking device, which no one, except the odd Orion pirate, has.

The War Eagle is an old ship, dating back to the old War Birds that had no warp power and only one plasma R torpedo for a weapon. The War Eagle adds 20 points of warp power and four forward firing phaser-1s to add to the War Birds 25 point shields all-around. Deficiencies are many: only a 25 point front shield, few internals, almost as few as the Orion Raider, lack of rear firing weapons, half the phaser armament of other ships and 2/3 the power, maximum speed of 21. In the War Eagle's favor are its excellent rear and flank shields, five points of armor which will absorb the first five hits that get past the shields, cheap cloaking cost (although against the Lyran and its ESGs, it's not an advantage), and the general elan and dedication of its officer corps.

In this battle the Romulan has to depend on its plasma R torpedo, a massive weapon that can inflict 50 points of damage at close range. You only get one shot, so run up and make sure the plasma torpedo will hit before you fire it. Then use your phaser-1s to keep doing damage and hope you have the time to recharge the plasma torpedo. A rather weak strategy, but the only one that I can think of.

The Lyran tactic is much easier. You have the bigger ship and can do more damage if both ESGs hit. Charge up the ESGs and ram the Romulan, you can do 50 points of damage rather easily with just the ESGs. Be careful that the Romulan doesn't use his shuttles to blunt the ESG. Save your phasers for anti- shuttle and anti-plasma torpedo work, you should be able to blunt the plasma R by 20 points if you can fire all the phasers at it. The disruptors will be useful for finishing off the Romulan, but they're probably a waste of power early on in the fight, although the Romulan doesn't have the speed to run away so maybe you'll have power for the disruptors.