British home army in the First World War bridge between Tilbury and Gravesend. There were fears that a German fleet protected by mines and submarines could land a 100,000-strong force before the British Grand Fleet could steam the south from its base at Scapa Flow. To counter this threat, the Admiralty redeployed pre-dreadnought battleships and submarines closer to vulnerable ports, expanded the coastwatch and increased patrolling of the North Sea. In October, Churchill responded to Kitchener's call for the Royal Navy to take more specific precautions against invasion by insisting that the role of the Grand Fleet was to eliminate an invader's covering fleet rather than defeat the
Star Fleet I: The War Begins offerings." In a 1992 survey of science fiction games, "Computer Gaming World" gave the title five stars of five, calling it a "superb rendition of the 'main-frame' "Star Trek" ... this reviewer still plays it today, even though the graphics are primitive". A 1994 survey in the magazine of strategic space games set in the year 2000 and later gave the game three-plus stars out of five, stating "A real shame that this product hasn't been updated like "Empire Deluxe"". In 1996, "Computer Gaming World" declared "Starfleet I" the 150th-best computer game ever released. Star Fleet I: The War Begins