Starship Scale:

• Hex - 17.86 km (1/millionth of a light second)
• 1Cost is 10 Million Dollars
• 1 turn is 1 minute - so 1 hex/turn acceleration is 30 gees.
• Power - One Power is 300 Megawatts
• This causes 120 damage if 100% converted to damage.
• This is 2.5 Megawatts per damage.
• Damage - One Ton of TNT does 0.51 damage
• A One Kiloton Nuke does 510 damage
• A One Megaton Nuke does 510,000 damage
• Space aboard Vehicles - 125 cubic meters, and 50 tons.

Aerospace/Corvette Scale:

• Hex - 1.8 Kilometers
• 1 Cost is 1 Million Dollars
• Turn is 1 minute - so 1 hex per turn acceleration is 3 gees.
• Power - One Power is 30 Megawatts
• qual to 120 damage at 100% conversion.
• 0.25 MW/Damage
• Damage - One Ton of TNT does 51 damage
• A One Kiloton Nuke will do 51,000 damage
• A One Megaton Nuke will do 51 Million damage.
• Stay away from Nuclear Weapons if you are this small.
• Space aboard Vehicles - 5 tons and 12.5 Cubic Meters.

Tactical/Mecha Scale:

• 1 Hex is 180 meters.
• 1 Cost is 100,000 Dollars
• Turn is One Minute - so 1 hex/turn is 0.3 gees acceleration.
• Power - One Power is 3 Megawatts
• 120 damage at 100% conversion to damage.
• This works out to 25 Kilowatts per Damage.
• Damage - One Ton of TNT does 510 damage
• A One Kiloton Nuke does 510 Thousand Damage
• A One Megaton Nuke will do 510 Million Damage
• Space aboard Vehicles - 1000 Pounds (500 kilos) & 1.25 Cubic Meters

Personal/Melee Scale:

• 1 Hex is 18 Meters
• One Cost is 10,000 Dollars
• One Turn lasts 6 seconds - so you get 0.3 gees still
• One Power is 3 Megawatts, and this translates into about 1200 Personal Damage
• Damage - One Ton of TNT does 5100 Damage (it blows people into bitsy pieces)
• A One Kiloton Nuke does 5.1 Million Damage
• A One Megaton Nuke does 5.1 Billion
• Space aboard Vehicles (or people at this point) - 100 pounds/50 Kilos & .125 Cubic Meters


DAMAGE CONVERSION :
1 Starship = 100 Corvette = 1000 Mecha = 10,000 Melee =
11.2 Classic Traveller/StarCruiser = 1.1 Starfire = 37.1 Palladium MDC = 22.5 Battlemech Damage = 0.45 StarFleet Battles

Generations - convert to Tech levels.....

• CHANGE THE TL's TO NEW STANDARD.....
• 10 through 12 is Primitive
• 13 through 15 is Early
• 16 through 19 is Middle
• 20+ is Late

• The range for each stat is -10 through +10 (or higher in special circumstances)
• Manuever and Speed is from 1 up to whatever fits in the hull, or makes a paste of the crew.
• A stat costs one times SIZE, unless otherwise noted. This is not calculated until the end of the process. Don't forget to include all the benefits mentioned as no cost/no size.
• TECH LEVEL INTRODUCED - What tech level the ship is available - cost is 10 each
• SIZE
• Effects a lot of the values of the ship
• A Space is equal to 125 cubic meters, and can carry 50 Tons - aboard a Starship Scale vessel - See SCALES above...
• A system takes either Habitable Space, or Total Volume unless otherwise noted.
• A system that uses Total Space does not take Habitable space unless it specifically states that it does.

• Total Volume equals: (Size + 11) CUBED.
• Ship Surface Exterior Area = Total Volume x 3
• 2/3's of this is taken up by radiators that dispose of ship's waste heat, Sensors, Manuever Jets and Ports for Weapons, Engines, and other things.
• Communications Gear (Comm Range is equal to Sensor range)
• Sensors
• The Farther away you can see a ship, the sooner you can make moves to avoid or intercept.
• Sensor Value is from One to Infinity.
• Sensors use Surface Area on the outside of the Hull.
• Area for use with starts as: Total Volume.
• Sensors do not necessarily take this whole area
• Sensors take up Hull Surface Area equal to: Sensor Value Squared x (40 - TL)
• Sensor cost: Sensor Value squared - (TL+10) Squared
• Radiators
• The rest of Surface area is taken up by radiators.
• Heat is not normally tracked during the course of the game, but destruction of the Radiator Systems has consequences in the game described later.
• If you loose all your radiators, you must shut down all engines except rockets, shut down all jump, and cease all weapons fire - this is due to the enormous heat buildup that will otherwise fry the crew.
• You make break up all your Radiators into seperate systems, to avoid loosing all of it at one stroke on a hull hit.
• The max Number of systems is equal to:
• Number of Compartments +/- Ship's Size
• Ths cost is equal to:
• Number of Systems x2
• They take up no additional room.
• Loss of One set of radiators increases Signature by One.
• As you loose radiator systems, your signature goes up by one, as the other systems have to compensate by dumping more. THAT is the only thing that happens in that regard.
• Once you loose all your radiator Systems, you increase by your engine rating (that is - your max accel) a turn
• If you immediately shut down all systems except life Support, heat production ceases, & after 5 turns starts to drop by One a turn.
• With every 5, crew quality drops by one as they get hot and cranky.
• Once you reach heat of +25, the crew dies at one unit per turn.
• If the Ship Heat drops to -50, the crew dies at one per turn from the cold.

• Mixed Use Systems:
• Stealth
• Takes up space, equal to 1/10 of TOTAL VOLUME (not Usable Space) per value
• If Space required is greater than Usable space , drop value or the system.
• Stealth drops the "to hit" target by 1 for each level.
• Does something to long range sensors on a greater scale.
• Stealth is a design method, it is not "tacked on" to a ship - it cannot be removed, but it can be negated.
• Stealth is hit before armor.
• Streamlining:
• This system is somewhat redundant when using Gravitic Drives, it is only useful using Reaction Drive Systems.
• Streamlining is not usable in space, any agility purchased here is ony usable in the atmosphere of a planet.
• Each level of Streamlining increases Ease of Repair by One.
• You must designate the gravity of the planet the ship is designed for - it will work in anything +/- 20% of this.
• Renter Once, without damage in an emergency - cost (size + 11)
• Atmosphere Capable (to land and ascend this will lead to another thing - aircraft) - cost (size+ 11) squared
• Atmospheric Flight Capable - cost (size + 11) cubed
• Additional levels of Flight ability increase to the 4th power, 5th etc.....
• Jumbo Aircraft Agility
• Standard Aircraft Agility
• Military Bomber Agillty
• Fighter Aircraft Agility
• Stunt Plane Agility
• Advanced Airframe Agility

• Total Volume - Habitable Space gives UNUSEABLE SPACE
• These things are required, and must be installed, hence the term Unuseable Space
• UNUSEABLE SPACE is the place where you put things like:
• Ships Hull & Airtight Bulkheads
• SUPPLY :
• Normal Supply Size = (Ships's Total Volume X Desired Months of Supply) /10
• Cost is 1/10 of Size
• Time in Space is increased as Tech Level increases:
• It's equal to a Number of months given by: ((Tech Level -10) squared) + Given Months of supply
• This comes at no increase in cost or size.
• Supply includes:
• Fuel - Measured in Months, Every Month is a Fuel Tank, Compartmentalization adds or takes from the number of tanks.
• Life Support
• Foodstuffs
• Repair Parts
• Radiation Shielding (not screens)
• Takes up space:
• 1/20th of TOTAL VOLUME [not Habitable Space] per LEVEL
• Cost of Shielding:
• Level X Total Shielding Size     (no adjustments for Tech Level)
• Radiation Shielding does not take up any Useable space.
• Level 0 is just that - no shielding. It takes no space.
• If Space required is greater than Available Unuseable space , you must drop the level (this is not a typo, Drop shielding a level if greater than Available Unuseable space)
• Shielding is required, and the level determines where you are able to go, and for how long.
• Radiation levels increase from lowest to highest as follows:
• Level 0 -
• Low Energy System Orbital
• Level 1 -
• Low Energy System Lunar Travel
• Energetic Systems Orbital
• Level 2 -
• Low Energy Systems - Interplanetary
• Energetic Systems - Lunar Travel
• High Energy Systems - Orbital
• Level 3 -
• Low Energy Systems - Near Solar
• Energetic Systems - Interplanetary
• High Energy Systems - Lunar Travel
• Deep Stellar - a week
• Level 4 -
• Energetic Systems - Near Solar
• High Energy Systems - Interplanetary
• Deep Stellar - A month
• Level One Superspace for a day
• Level 5 -
• Level One Superspace for a Week
• High Energy Systems - Near Solar
• Deep Stellar - A Year
• Level 6 -
• Level Two Superspace for a Day
• Level One Superspace for a Month
• Deep Stellar - A Year
• Level 7 -
• Level Two Superspace for a Week
• Level One Superspace for a Year
• Deep Stellar - 5 years
• Level 8 -
• Level Three Superspace for day
• Level Two Superspace for a Month
• Level One Superspace for 5 years
• Deep Stellar - 20 years
• Level 9 -
• Level Three Superspace for a week
• Level Two Superspace for a Year
• Level One Superspace for 20 years
• Deep Stellar - a lifetime
• Level 10 -
• Level Three Superspace for a month
• Level Two Superspace for 20 years
• Level One Superspace for a lifetime
• Deep Stellar for millions of years.
• "In a System" assumes within a light year of the Primary Star.
• Low Energy Systems - G, K, & M Stars
• Energetic Systems - A & F Stars
• High Energy Systems - O & B Stars
• Orbital Assumes that the planet is question has a magnetic Field.
• Deep Stellar Means Energetic Nebulae or other Radiation source within a light year.
• This rule assumes a stay is greater than a day, 8 hours in the next higher radiation area, 2 hours in the next higher, 15 minutes the next and ONE MINUTE in the next is a "sickness in 50% of the exposed populace".
• Hull
• This limits the G's your ship may pull, and may make you re-think your Supply and Shielding needs above....
• Required hull size:
• G's X [ ( Ship's Size +11 ) Squared ]
• Cost = Half Hull Size
• You may install more hull G' capacity than you have engine to accelerate at.
• The number of Hits that Hull may take is equal to the number of G's.
• Each Hit to Hull reduces the number of G's your ship may safely take.
• To successfully manuever at a number of G's greater than Hull, Pilot must roll above "0" on 1d6-1d6
• Subtract the difference between allowed G's and G's actually taken from the roll.
• Armor -
• Armor takes no Space or Space unless you exceed Armor Allowance.
• Not all ships have armor.
• Some Weapons might Ignore Armor.
• Every ship can only carry so much armor without Penalty, Called an ARMOR ALLOWANCE, it is equal to:
• [ Ship Size + Speed ] squared (in Armor Strength)
• [Armor Strength x Ship Size] Squared (gives Armor Capacity in Starship Scale)
• If a ship's SIZE + SPEED is less than one, it has no ability to carry armor.
• If the Designer wishes, he may carry more armor than the allowance.
• The Initial Armor Allowance used costs nothing.
• Subsequent Armor Allowances used cost: [(Ship Size +11) + Speed ] Cubed
• Each Multiple of ARMOR ALLOWANCE used for armor drops speed and manuever by one, not including the first Armor Allowance used.
• Fractions of an armor allowance are rounded UP to the next whole number - no fractions allowed.
• If a ship has an ARMOR ALLOWANCE, and it is not armored, then increase speed and manuever by one.
• RULES:
• Armor capacity is divided evenly by the number of compartments, Armor Strength is not.
• Once the Compartments components are damaged, the damage must overcome the armor of the next compartment to cause further damage.

• Ship's Habitable Space equals: (11 + SIZE) Squared
• EXAMPLE:
• Ship is size +2
• 11 + 2 = 13
• 13 squared is 169
• Useable Space aboard is 169
• Passengers, Marines, Crew - Minimum, Maximum, and Emergency
• Preferred: ( ( Size + 10) Squared ) / 4
• Damage control is 5% of this total
• Skeleton is 25% of this
• 25% is Engineering
• 25% is Gunnery
• Minimum Combat Crew is 1/2 Preferred.
• Others we might use.....
• Military: (size+11)+(Weapons Class)+(Shield Class)
• Commercial: (Size+11)+((# of Passengers)x(Quality Factor))
• Industrial: (Size+11)+(Cargo capacity / Ease of Repair)
• Private: (Size+11)+(Whatever)
• Important Crew Positions: Cost is 1 per 5, unless ELITE or better - then see chart below:
• Pilot - Must have one, if killed, then ship is only able to move OR Accel one per turn.
• Gunner - A weapon without one is unable to fire (this applies to Weapons Systems that or a single weapon, or a bank of them).
• Mechanic - Each Repair Shop needs one. Without a mechanic, the shop is unable to utilize a repair shop.
• Captain - cannot utilize Command Rating added by a bridge without one.
• Crew type (or Quality) is what you add to your roll to hit, for Damage Control etc.....
• Women & Children -5 Crew cost is 0.25 per 100 Crewmen
• Green -4 Crew cost is 0.5 per 100 Crewmen
• Militia -3 Crew cost is 1 per 100 Crewmen
• Fresh -2 Crew cost is 2 per 100 Crewmen
• Trained -1 Crew cost is 4 per 100 Crewmen
• Veteran 0 Crew cost is 8 per 100 Crewmen
• Good +1 Crew cost is 8 per 50 Crewmen
• Excellent +2 Crew cost is 10 per 25 Crewmen
• Elite +3 Crew cost is 1 each
• Crack +4 Crew cost is 2 each
• Legendary +5 Crewmen cost 5 each

Rating	Quarters Descriptions	Cargo Descriptions	Cost & Size EACH Cargo Unit	Cost & Size - Quarters
-5	Apollo-like	Bungee Corded to the outside of the hull....	1	2 per 80 people
-4	Galley or Steerage		1	2 per 60 People
-3	Standard Crew or Military Bunk	A tin can bolted to the outside of the hull.....	1	2 per 40 People
-2	Military Officer's Quarters, a bunk and a small desk		1	2 per 20 People
-1	2nd Class	Some Meteor Protection, inside the hull.....	1	2 per 10 People
0	Standard Passenger Stateroom	Presurized to standard, no heat	1	3 per 10 People
1	1st Class Accomodations	Standard Atmosphere, Temperature and Pressure. Industrial Standard conditions.	1.2	2 per 5 People
2	Governmental Bureaucrat Qtrs - Computer Available (Trek style)	Artificial Gravity	6 - Spun/1.5 if Artificial Gravity	2 per 5 People
3	"Luxury Class" - gettting a bit opulent	Office Enviroment, or like +1 with a Guard	6 - Spun/1.5 if Artificial Gravity	1 per Person
4	Presidential style - a small house and many amenities	Like +3, but Guarded	6 - Spun/1.5 if Artificial Gravity	1 per Person
5	Royals - a small palace inside the ship	Treatment like Nitroglycerin/Antimatter - heat. light, vibration, radiation all monitored and controlled	12 if Spun/3 if Artificial Gravity	4 per Person

• Other Shipboard Spaces:
• Cockpit
• Have to have in order to pilot vessel
• no cost, no size
• Bridge
• A basic Large Ship's Bridge,
• adds +2 to Command Rating
• 0.5 Size, cost 1
• Flag Bridge
• Expanded Command Bridge
• adds +4 to Command Rating
• 2 Size, cost 5
• Each Control Station
• as opposed to a Gunner that simply shoots and maintains the Weapon
• adds +1 to command Rating
• Size 0.5, cost 0.5
• Park Space for large structures
• 4 Size, Cost 1
• One is required with a crew over 500
• Lounge Areas
• 1 Size, Cost 0.25
• seat about 20 to 30
• If Crew over 50, one is needed for every 50
• Dining / Kitchen / Galley
• 1 Size, Cost 0.5
• Feed about 50 an hour
• If Crew over 50, one is needed for every 50
• Repair Shops and Labs
• 0.5 Size, 2 Cost
• Repairs 1 point worth every 5 turns
• Gym/Pools/Inside Tracks/ Bowling Alley's
• 2 Size, 0.5 Cost
• Gym Sized
• One is required with a crew over 100, for every 200

• Compartmentalization:
• Standard Number of Compartments is 5 - one for each side (port, Starboard, Aft and , and a core section.
• The Standard Configuration is a "0", -1 would be only four sections, +2 would be 2 additional hull sections.
• The minimum is -4, only one hull compartment.
• A Section almost always has more than one "room" in it. Each Compartment is seperated into an "airspace" all it's own, mainly for Damage Control and Allocation, not to break up into seperate "rooms" to be in. A Compartment might have hundreds of rooms inside it.
• Don't confuse room (a place where you sleep, eat, work) with a compartment (an independant section of the ship) or a space ( a unit of measurement in the game).
• One big Office Building inside with only one Life Support System is a good way to describe a compartment. Each Compartment has it's own Life Support System.
• You could put your Engine Room, Astorgation, and Engineering Quarters all in the Aft Compartment, Bridge and Officer Quarters in the Forward Compartment, etc....
• You may have as many additional sections as you can afford.
• For each additional Hull section, you pay 20% of the HULL cost.
• For each section dropped, you cut hull cost by 10% of it's original cost.

• SCREENS:
• A Beam Screen protects against Beam Weapons (Lasers, Plasma Bolts, etc)
• Cost of a Beam Screen is equal to:

Toughness (number of boxes deep) X Range (number of rows across) x (Emmission X 5) - Tech Level

Size equals 1/4 cost

• A Deflector Beam protects against Missiles and other projectiles.
• Cost of a Deflector Screen is equal to:

{Toughness (number of boxes deep) X Range (number of rows across) x (Emmission X 5) - Tech Level} x 5

Size equals cost

• Here's a few examples -
• Heres a relatively large shield, with the deepest possible depth. After the fourth hit, it radiates heat that increases your signature by one. A Penetration Value of 5 would not penetrate all the way through, but the damage of the weapon would fill out a whole row, increasing your signature and using up shield capacity. A Penetration Value of 6 would penetrate, allowing the Weapon Damage to attack the Armor.
• Here's a slightly less robust shield, that would penetrated by a Penetration Value of 5, and only needs 3 damage to mark off a row.
• Weapons
• Hardpoints:
• Maximum Capacity Total of All Hardpoints =  Ship Surface Exterior Area/8
• Maximum Single Hardpoint capacity is 2 spaces
• Hardpoints may carry Guns, Missiles, or Point Defense.
• Beams, Lasers, or Bolts may not be mounted in a Hardpoint.
• Max Traverse of a hardpoint is 180 Degrees.
• Hardpoints are not armored, and are hit before armor, but after all other Surface Fixtures.
• Turrets:
• Maximum Capacity Total of All Hardpoints =  Ship Surface Exterior Area/50
• Maximum Single Turret capacity is 10 spaces
• Turrets may carry any weapon.
• Max Traverse of a Turret is 120 Degrees.
• Turrets are armored like the rest of the hull.
• Gun Towers
• Gunports may be used anywhere, and not limited as Turrets and hardpoints are, they may also carry any weapon.
• Gunports only have a single arc - of 60/90 degrees
• Gunports are limited in the amount of space they use - they may only use Useable Space.
• Gunports are fully protected by Armor.
• Gunports may not face to the rear, that's where the engines are - usually.
• Bay Mounts/Barbettes
• Spinal Mounted Weaponry
• General Rules on Weapon Mounts:
• A hex's Arc is 60 degrees of traverse, a square is 90 Degrees.
• Mount type is only important insofar as the protection it has, weaponry it can handle, and the available weapon arc (traverse).
• Weapon's Shock (Recoil) is equal to:

• Exceeding a Ship's Shock Value Rating results in a loss of Control.
• Ship's Shock Rating is equal to:

• Lasers - inefficient
• Plamsa and Fusion - efficient,  high damage, short ranged (they spread)
• ROF increases if you add a similiar weapon in the same arc, rather than have a bunch of the same weapon, Damage to it drops ROF.

• Manuever Systems, Thrusters and Engines (Speed)
• MANUEVER
• Effects initiative - Roughly equivalent to Aglity in Human's.
• Number of hex-sides that the ship can turn in a single turn.
• Default (manuever of "0") starts at 6.
• You can have a negative manuever - just subtract the value from 6.
• You cannot have a value less than -6
• Manuever is included in the Ships Drive
• SPEED (Thrusters)
• How much the ship can move accelerate/decelerate in a turn
• Default speed is 1 - you accelerate/decelerate at 1 per turn at speed value of "0"
• You cannot have a negative speed, you must at least have a Speed of 0, which is 1 hex per turn.
• The following chart gives the size of the Manuever Systems and Thrusters at various Tech Levels:

Engines That produce only Thrust, no Power -

Tech Level  Available	Power Source	Cost per size	Standard Run Hours	Minimum Size of Unit	Endurance Multiple (Gas Milage )	Power Per Size
-4	Basic Rocket	1	2000	0.1	0.25	2500
-3	Advanced Rocket	1.3	3000	0.75	0.4	3000
-2	Nuclear Rocket	5	20,000	10	.65	10,000

Power Producers ONLY -

Tech Level Available	Power Source	Cost Per Size	Standard Run Hours	Minimum Size of Unit	Endurance Multiple (Gas Mileage)	Power Per Size
-3	Fuel Cells	0.1	10,0000	0.025	.25	1000
-2	Atomic Pile	4	40,000	25	0.8	20,000
-1	Cold Fusion Reactor	2	10,000	0.5	0.75	1750
+1	BioKinetic Battery	0.2	12	0.01	0.5	1500
+7	Microfusion Reactor	10	4800	6	1	30M

Produce Power and Thrust

Tech Level Available	Power Source	Cost Per Size	Standard Run Hours	Minimum Size of Unit	Endurance Multiple (Gas Mileage)	Power Per Size
-2	MHD TURBINE	1.5	5000	1	0.5	2000
0	MIGMA Core	4	10,000	2	1	4500
+3	Hot Fusion Plant	8	10K	75	1	100K
+4	Antimatter Engine	6	5K	15	1.2	90M
+5	Dimensional Rift Engine	10	2500	25	1.5	45M

Gravitic Engines

Tech Level Available	Engine Type	Cost Per Size	Standard Run Hours	Minimum Size of Unit	Power Needed per Size	Power (thrust)Per Size
Gravitic Thrusters
Advanced Gravitic Thrusters
Null Inertia Drive

• Energy Only means that the "engine" only produces power, and cannot create thrust. These are used to make Power Plants.
• Thrust only means that the engine only produces thrust, and you must have a Power Plant.
• Available Power (assuming that you have a combination engine that can provide Pwer and Thrust) is equal to:

FTL Drives:

Drive Type	Cost per Rating	Size Per Rating	Max Rating
Early StarJump (TL??)	50	8	3
Late StarJump (TL??)	75	5	5
Rift Engine (TL??)	200	10	2

• Minimum Jump Gravity Well at start =
• Min Lauch Point Mass <in Terra's> = (Ship Size+11) / (FTL RATING x 20)
• Time to Target in days =
• [ ( Target Point Mass <In Terra's > - Launch Point Mass <In Terra's > ) x Distance ] / FTL RATING
• Time to Form Gate (in Rounds) = Jump Distance in Light Years / Max Drive Rating
• Max Jump Distance = FTL Rating X Target Mass in Sols
• Recharge Time ?????

• Generally, as Tech Level goes up, you get improved Mileage/Efficiency and the device takes up less space.
• When an occurence happens that requires it (such as damage, EMP effects, or a lack of maintenance), you may be required to roll for Device Failure, or RELIABLITY.
• Reliability has a base of +3 - that is to say, that a device in the game has to roll less than +3 on 1d6-1d6 when a Reliabiliyt Roll is required.
• If you increase size by one, ease of Repair goes up at no cost by one.
• Each level of Streamlining decreases Ease of Repair by One.
• It is possible to raise or lower Reliability to the players advantage (or disadvantage) as follows....

 

Change in Tech Level from the Manufacturers	Cost Change	Space Change (See Notes Below)	Efficiency Change	Reliability
+3	X 4	- 20 %	+ 50 %	Base = - 3
+2	X 2	- 15 %	+ 25 %	Base = - 1
+1	+ 25 %	- 10 %	+ 10 %	Base = + 1
0	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change (+3)
-1	- 10 %	+ 20 %	- 5 %	Base = + 4
-2	- 5 %	+ 50 %	- 15 %	Base = + 5
-3	+ 20 %	+ 100 %	- 30 %	Base = + 6

• Bear in mind that this is (in many cases) changes from the manufacturers way of doing things.
• This is using OLD (perhaps obsolete) technology and applying new techniques to it. Try to buy a MFM drive controller, and you get the idea.
• You can apply this to each system, or only one.
• You cannot use this technique to acquire technology that the Manufacturers don't know exist, only to improve the performance of  existing  technology.
• Modifications based on Production type - OPTIONAL RULE: changing reliability based on the production type....

Production Type:	Change in Reliability:
Military only, For each 20% increase in Funding	+1
Test Models, Prototypes, Early Production Runs, War Zone Production	-1
Scratch Built, Custom Jobs	As Builder's Skill

• Bonuses and Penalties are Cumulative - IE - Test Models Built in a War Zone are -2 on Reliablity

RANDOM STUFF TABLE: Roll 1d6 - OPTIONAL
 
 
 

• Turn Order:
• Each Combat Impulse is either:
• A Combat Function
• A Ship Function
• A Drift Function
• An Acceleration
• A Facing Change
• You only do ONE of the above per impulse, until all ships are out of functions.
• Combat Movement:
• Utilises a simple vector system to simulate the physical reality of combat in Space. Starships and above USUALLY use Space Movement, unless in Atmosphere. See the Atmospheric Flight Rules for those....
• Play is on regular "square graph paper" or "gamer-style hex" grids.The players decide to use one of these:
• graph paper - All turns are simple 90 degree jobs
• 45 degree facing is allowed, but all MOVEMENT must be along the x or y axis.
• This is to prevent some rather wierd situations during movement.
• hex-based as normally use in these types of games.
• Turns are to a hex side, not the "points"
• You may allow facing to a point, but then you could end up on the "line" rather than a space in this case.
• Each Unit in space has two ratings, Thrust and Manuever.
• Manuever is the number of "face changes" you may execute a turn.
• If you allow 45 degree (on graph paper) or 30 degree facing, then a half point of manuever is used for a facing change.
• Thrust is the amount you may Accelerate/Decelerate in a given direction.
• Ships using a Reaction Drives may only Accelerate in the direction they are pointing.
• Ships using Advanced Drives may Accelerate in the direction they are facing, or decelerate (ie reduce their speed in the direction they are pointing.
• Ships using Gravity Drives may Alter their course in any facing.
• You need not use your engines, you may simply allow drift movement (ie speed moving you without thrust in a turn).
• You may not drift a number of hexes more than your current speed in a turn.
• Drift is caused by your ship accelerating in previous turns, and continuing to move due to Newton's Third Law of Motion.
• Drift in a turn may be increased or decreased by thrust.
• Each of the 4 (6) directions has a drift value assigned to it.
• The directions are broken up into Forward - negative and positive, and Broadsides - negative and positive for squares.
• Hexagons use negative and positive in directions A, B, and C.
• Players shouls agree on the directional Nomenclature before starting the game.
• You may not accelerate/decelerate more than your ship's Current Thrust Rating.
• You may only use ONE manuever or thrust per impulse.
• You may not alter your facing more than your ship's Current Manuever Rating.
• Moves are a "one hex at a time" affair.
• You must use all your Drift caused by ship's speed, you DON'T have to use all your Manuever or Thrust
• Moves are considered to be:
• A Drift Function
• An Acceleration
• A Facing Change
• Combat:
• The order in which players perform actions:
• Highest Command Rating moves first, proceeding to the lowest.
• Players alternate actions until neither side has any more actions to perform that round.
• Command Points are assigned as follows:
• Captain's Command Rating
• Pilot's/Helmsman's Piloting Rating
• Sensor Rating
• Manuever Rating
• Subtract Size (i.e. -4 means a +4 to Command Rating)
• Operations Stations - each additional one added to Bridge adds +1
• Bridge +2
• Flag Bridge +4
• Signature of all ships is equal to:
• Ship Size (- or +) + Emmision Level
• Actions represent the limitations of command & control, power generation, heat dissipation, and crew experience.
• Ships Actions may be (but are not limited to):
• Communications
• Activate Jump Engines
• Launch Small Craft (Fighters, Mecha, Shuttles, Probes)
• Repair - limited to the number of Engineers and Damage Control Parties on Board
• Combat Actions are (but are not limited to):
• shooting
• Launching missiles
• One counter for every projectile
• Lifespan is usually one turn, may be more.
• If equal to or less than one turn, and target is within "Accel" hexes, simply roll to hit at the end of the turn.
• If Missile endurance is more than one turn:
• Place a marker on the target's position, showing the point when the missiles or other projectiles would be at the end of this turn in comparison to the ships position
• At the beginning of the next turn, do the same as the previous step until:
• Target within "Accel" hexes, simply roll to hit at the end of the turn.
• If Missile runs out of turns before impacting target, then missile self destructs at end of last turn.
• Activate Point Defenses
• Charge Weapon - a weapon that has a "recharge period"
• Reload Weapon - may take up several turns
• Weapons Tracking - each 2 Impulse Actions spent tracking a target adds +1 to hit roll
• Repel Boarders
• Boarding Enemy Vessels
• Scuttle Ship
• To hit:
• Start with Target Signature
• Subtract range in hexes
• If the Target's TL is higher than yours, subtract it.
• It your TL is higher than the target, add it.
• Add your Sensor Value
• Add your Crew Quality
• Roll 1d6-1d6 - if the total is over "0", then you hit.
• Vehicle Damage
• Shields
• Each "hit point" marks off a little square.
• Fill out the first row, and you get the increased heat which increases your profile - more rows gives you brighter colors, until you are through the shield and your signature is higher by the number of shield rows you had.
• The shield collapses, and all the heat dissipates, when the last square is marked off.
• OPTIONAL RULE: With each increase of signature, sensor rating drops by one.
• Emmision is a measure of how much damage capacity is regenerated by the shields.
• You get to clear a number of boxes equal to your "emmision level".
• If you take the shield off line on purpose, your emmision level increases by X4.
• The tougher the shield, the more "mark off boxes" you get going across.
• If you have thin shields, you can only get so bright (read deep) before the damage gets through.
• Thick shields have many layers, and need deeper damage to penetrate.
• Higher WS penetrates deeper, without scraping off all the top layers first.
• Here's a few examples -
• Heres a relatively large shield, with the deepest possible depth. After the fourth hit, it radiates heat that increases your signature by one. A Penetration Value of 5 would not penetrate all the way through, but the damage of the weapon would fill out a whole row, increasing your signature and using up shield capacity. A Penetration Value of 6 would penetrate, allowing the Weapon Damage to attack the Armor.
• Here's a slightly less robust shield, that would penetrated by a Penetration Value of 5, and only needs 3 damage to mark off a row.
• As you loose radiator systems, your signature goes up by one, as the other systems have to compensate by dumping more. THAT is the only thing that happens in that regard.
• If damage penetrates the Shields, then you hit Stealth (if you have it) it is reduced by the amount of damage left or the Stealth Rating.As you loose radiator systems, your signature goes up by one, as the other systems have to compensate by dumping more. THAT is the only thing that happens in that regard.
• Once Stealth is wrecked, you hit radiators, but only on the side facing the firing ship (except in special instances).
• Armor is hit next. Armor Strength vs Weapon Strength
• If WS is higher, reduce WS by As and compare to General Purpose Combat Table.
• If AS is higher, Weapon does not penetrate armor.
• Systems with low reliablity may still be damaged if Armor is not damaged see General Purpose Combat Table.
• If you get the result, "Cascading Damage", then drop the damage by 2, and check the chart again for the next component in line in the section that got hit.

General Purpose Combat Table:

• Table Layout:
• The numbers across the top give the damage that's greater than Armor Strength, and got into the Vehicle.
• Device Reliablity Rating (Toughness, Strength) is placed down the left side of the table.

• No Effect - as it says, no effect that has any bearing on the Device's operations.
• Offline - the Device was rattled, enough to get the safety features to kick in and shut the Device down. May be restarted the next turn/impulse assuming that all the requirements are met.
• Half Function - Device was damaged enough to reduce it's capacity to half normal, this can be 1/2 outpt damage or  ROF.
• Damaged - Device was damaged, must be repaired to place back online.
• Destroyed - Device was destroyed, or damaged so badly that replacing it is cheaper. Device must be replaced.
• Cascading Damage - Device recieved enough damage to blow past the device and go on to the next Device in line.

If a component gets the result "Offline", then upon recieving the second one, apply "Half Function" instead.

If a component gets the result "Half Function" a second time, then upon recieving the second one, apply "Damaged" result instead.

If a component gets the result "Damaged" a second time, then upon recieving the second one, apply "Destroyed" result instead.

If a component gets the result "Destroyed" a second time, then upon recieving the second one, apply "Cascading Damage" result instead.

• Exceeding the Shock Rating of a Ship results in a loss of control, this has a result depending on the amount it is exceeding:
• by less than 50% - roll 1d6 -
• 1-3: One Hex facing shift to the left
• 4-6: One Hex facing shift to the right
• by 50% or more:
• 1-3: One Hex facing shift to the left
• 4-6: One Hex facing shift to the right
• PLUS - loose one hull point.
• Translight Jumps:
• Failures can occur if the FTL Drive/Jump Drive is damaged or Mis-used.
• Depending on how much you fail the roll by, you can have the following malfunctions/results: