AWADE.StarTrek.PrimeD

SFC UPDATES

These modification and notes are from the Science Fiction Companion, to bring them in line with Star Trek and the Adventure edition of Savage Worlds. Acceleration is no longer used. Climb is replaced by Handling. Crew Space holds 10 crew per Mod.

Starfleet and the Federation enjoy a high enough technology level that their vehicles and ships gain 50% the normal Modifiers for a vessel of its size listed below. The Gorn, the Zinn and the Seltorian are at around the same technological level as the Federation and also gain these additional mod spaces. The Klingons and Romulans are not as advanced and instead have only vessel’s basic mods listed. The Tholians and the Hydran are more advanced and should receive 100% over a vessel’s base mods. For other races it depends but the heroes may or maynot have an idea on how advanced another species might be.

STARSHIP CREATION

Basic Structure or Frame of the Starhip

Structure	Size	Speed	Handling	Toughness	Mods	Crew	Energy	Examples
Small	6	6	+3	25 (6)	40	4	25	Light shuttle
Medium	8	5	+2	30 (7)	59	10	100	Heavy shuttle, civilian yacth
Large	10	5	+1	35 (8)	60	25	300	Light Science Vessel (Oberth), light civilian transport
Huge	12	4	+0	40 (9)	80	50	1,000	Surveyor (Nova), medium civilian transport
Giant	14	3	-1	50 (12)	100	100	1,000	Escort (Defiant), federation light transport
Garganturan	16	3	-2	60 (15)	150	200	2,000	Light Cruiser (Saber), bulk civilian transport
Behemoth	20	2	-3	70 (20)	200	500	2,000	Mefium Cruiser (Miranda)
Leviathan	24	2	-4	80 (25)	280	1K	2,000	Heavy Cruiser (Constitution), colony ship
World-Class	30	2	-5	100 (40)	400	2K	2,000	Explore (Ambassador)
Galaxy-Class	40	2	-6	130 (60)	600	5K	2,000	Heavy Explore (Odyssey)

Starship Notes
For Tabletop combat in Space the squares are basically the same as table top personal combat. This is how may squares (or inches) it can move each round. Also the Space Scale speed of a vessel is about how may AU it can travel in a 24 hour period. If measured in planetary scale x the Speed by 100 miles per hour.

Capital: huge capital starships are size 20+.

Ship Scale Penalties: For every +/-8 in Size scale, -2 to the larger vessel's attack rolls and add +2 to the smaller ships attacking rolls.

Warp Drive Navigation: Plotting a Warp course a Science skill check and 10 minutes time for safty reasons.

MODIFIERS

These are the basic Modifiers that can be added to any vessel (federation or otherwise). They maybe called different things but they tend to operate the same

Mods (x) is how many times it maybe taken; i.e. 1=Once, U=unlimited, etc. (up to all the mods the vehicle has)

Updated Starship Mods	Mods
AMCM (1): Anti-Missile Counter Measures are integrated jammers and decoys. They add +2 to Electronics or Hacking checks made to evade missile attacks (and Tractor Beams).	1
Armor (U): Increases a ship’s Armor value by +4. Due to the nature of space and the size and shape of starships, all Armor is considered Heavy Armor.	1
Artificial Intelligence (1): The ship’s AI (or Ship's) can operate all systems— from locomotion to weapons to opening or closing hatches. It has a skill level of d10 in these tasks, but is an “Extra” and does not receive a Wild Die. The AI does not suffer from multi-action penalties if given simultaneous tasks. In combat, the AI acts on the captain’s Action. Giving the AI a short verbal command is a free action.	3
Atmospheric (1): Allows the ship to enter planetary atmospheres. This includes heat shielding and additional work to handle the stress and strain of entry. All starships have vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability (max size 16?).	¼ Size
Crew Space (U): Not included in the Starship's crew listing, instead "living space" for ten crew or passengers, including sleeping area, kitchen, rec area, etc.	1
Deflector Screens (¼ Size): The vessel protected by an ablative energy field that absorbs the ship’s Size x10 point of damage before being depleted. The threshold, or maximum amount of damage that the screen can stop from each individual shot is the ship’s Size. Apply this damage first and all remaining to the vessel. Each additional time this Mod is taken add an additional amount of maximum damage to the screen equal to the ship’s Size x5 and increase the threshold by ¼ the ship’s Size. Screen detonate missiles and torpedoes before they hit, reducing their damage by ½ (but see EMPs). A craft regenerates ½ is Size back in points on any round that it does not suffer any damage.	¼ Size
Electromagnetic Shielding (3): Adds +6 to the ship’s effective Toughness from EMP missiles.	1
Fixed (U): “Fixed” weapons cannot rotate. On the table-top, they have a 45° firing arc. Fixed weapons must chose an arc -- Forward, Port (left), Starboad (right), Aft (back). For ships that are 16 or greater can only fire at most craft with weapons facing that side. Smaller ships can make a contested Pilot skill test, beating the target ship grants two arc or they face the worst arch of weapons (winner's choice), a raise three aches and two raises all arch in the same round. Total all like Fixed weapons first, then halve their combined Mod cost.	n/a
Handling (2): The vehicle is precision crafted and very maneuverable. Add +1 to the vessel's Handling score.	2
Hanger Bays (U): A small hangar (or garage) can carry up to two size 6 vehicles or one size 8 vessels or vehicles. For double the mods can carry up to ten size 6 or five size 8 vessels or one size 12 vessel.	4 or 8
Impulse Drive Enhancer (U): each level increase the base speed by +1.	1
Impluse Speed Reduction (3): This ship trades power and speed for additional room. Each time this mod is taken, reduces the ship's speed by 1 and gain one-half the ship's Size in Mod slots. Cannot be taken with Speed and the minimim speed is 1 unless it is stationary (like a space station)	n/a
Life Support (1): base is 365 days for base crew and passengers for ¼ Size in mods. To increase to 3 ½ years (1,368.75 days) is ½ Size in mods and for 5 years (1,825 days) is Size in mods. Emergency Life support can be added for twice the base duration for the same mods or 1/8 ships Size (for ships that are not meant for long term travel).	see text
Linked Weapons (U): Up to four direct-fire weapons (non-missiles) of the same type may be linked and fired as one, increasing the damage by +4 per additional weapon and reducing the total number of Mods required -- total all Linked weapons in a set first, then halve their required Mods (If Linking Fixed weapons, halve the total again)	n/a
Luxury Areas (U): Found only on Huge or larger ships, this might be a restaurant, commissary, or specialty store. Each increases crew and/or passengers moral by +1	2
Missile Launcher (U): Allows up to four Light or two Heavy missiles to be fired at once.	1
Passenger Pods (U): Small and Medium ships only. These are rows of fairly spacious seats with safety harnesses, personal vid-screens, and other amenities designed for short travels (typically less than 24 hours). Each pod seats 20.	1
Reinforce Structure (Size): Each time this mod is taken add +2 to the ship's Toughness.	1
Sensor Suite, Galactic (1): Light, chemical, motion, and other active sensors allow detection of targets up to one light year away with a Electronics roll. Sensors can also detect Warp Speed out to 5 light years with a check (+2 within 1 light-years; or -2 out to 10 light years). Can also aid Science rolls for planetary data when in orbit. Within 10K miles, the sensors add +2 to the roll. Illumination penalties are ignored. Targets don’t have to be in direct line of sight, but asteroid or powerful energy fields may cause inaccurate or false readings at the GM’s. discretion.	2
Sensor Suite, Planetary (1): This functions exactly like the Sensor Suite (SFC p. 16) but has a range of 10K miles. It can also detect Warp Speed at 1 lght year away.	1
Stealth System (1): Not true Cloaking tech. Radar-absorbing paint, heat baffles, scramblers, and other devices make the ship difficult to detect by vision or sensors. Those trying to spot, attack, (or lock on to) the ship subtract 4from their rolls. The effect is triggered as a free action, but is negated any round in which the ship fires a weapon or emits some other noncloakable signal such as radio signal or active sensor search.	Size
Superstructure (U): Superstructures are massive extensions that add great amounts of space to Large or greater Size ships, typically to accommodate more passengers or cargo. Each superstructure adds one to the fuel used per day, consumes 10 regular Mods, and subtracts 1 from the ship’s base Toughness (not Armor) as it reduces overall structural integrity. Choose the type from the Superstructure sidebar (SFC p. 47).	10
Targeting System (1): The ship’s internal sensors and computers are linked to all attached weapons. This compensates for movement, range, multi-actions, and the like, negating up to four points of Shooting penalties.	1
Torpedo Tubes (U): Each tube allows a torpedo to be fired each action.	1
Trackor Beam (U): Tractor beams are specialized starship weapons designed to hold an enemy ship in place and pull it to the “attacker”. Ships can only affect vessels of smaller Size. Their range is short or 4 on the starship scale, so they must get a Short Range result on the Chase table to use the weapon. This is an opposed attacker's Electronics roll at –4 vs the target’s Electronics or Hacking or Piloting. If the attacker is successful, the enemy ship is caught and pulled into contact in 2d6 rounds. A captive’s ship’s life support systems remain active, but all locomotion and weapons are shut down.	5
Warp Drives (1): The Federation has access to five levels of Warp Drive at this time. Type I has a safe cruising speed of warp 3 and emergency speed of warp 6; Type II has a safe cruising speed of warp 4 and emergency speed of warp 7; Type III has a safe cruising speed of warp 5 and emergency speed of warp 8; Type IV has a safe cruising speed of warp 7 and emergency of warp 9; Type V has a safe cruising speed of warp 8 and emergency speed of warp 10. Cruising speed uses 1 additional Energy point a day of travel, emergency uses a vessel’s Size x2 in additional Energy points per day of travel. Also each day of travel at emergency warp requires a Repair -4 check. Failure destroys the engine’s dilithium crystals resulting in a loss of ½ all remaining Energy and no warp until they are replaced. Slow cruising is ½ cruising speed and uses 1 additional Energy point for every 10 days of travel. Slow cruising also imposes a -4 to Electronic sensor scans to detect warp travel.	Type I through III = ¼ ship’s Size; Type IV or higher = ½ ship’s Size.

Starship Weapons

These weapons are considered Heavy Weapons. Weapon range is in Starship/Table top scale. In an atmosphere or on planety scale multiple the range by x1,000 ft.

Energy Weapons

Name	Range	Damage	AP	ROF	Shots	Mods	Min Size
Lasercannon	6/12/24	5d8	5	3	100	1	+8
Lasercannon, Heavy	6/12/24	6d8	5	3	100	3	+12
Plasma Cannon	3/6/12	5d12	15	1	50	4	+12
Plasma Cannon, Heavy	3/6/12	6d12	15	1	50	6	+16
Disrupter Cannons	6/12/24	6d10	25	1	50	3	+8
Disrupter Cannons, Heavy	6/12/24	8d10	25	1	50	5	+12
Phaser Cannon Type I	8/16/32	4d10	20	1	50	2	+8
Phaser Cannon Type II	8/16/32	5d10	20	1	50	3	+12
Phaser Cannon Type III	800/1,600/3,200	6d10	20	1	50	4	+16
Phaser Cannon Type IV	800/1,600/3,200	8d10	25	1	50	5	+20

For Energy Weapons 'Shots' this is the number of shots that a ship can fire before 'recharging' the weapon's banks. It cost the vessel Mods required x2 to fully recharge a bank. Linked weapons are considered one weapon bank.

Missiles and Torpedos
For direct fire against a target, Attackers make a Electronics or Science opossed by the target's Electronics or Hacking skill. Success by the attacker means that the ship has a weapons-lock the target. On the following round as an Action a successful Shooting check strike the target. Without weapons-lock the attack roll is at an additional -4 in addition to any other penalties. Targets can try to break weapons-lock each round after but as an opposed roll where they suffer a -2 penalty to their Electronics or Hacking check (until the weapon's lock is broken when the checks suffer no penalties).
For proximity or AOE fire at a target, Attackers make a Shooting check opposed by the target's Electronics or Piloting check. A win by the attacker means the weapon detenated nearby and the target veessel suffers 1/2 damage. The target could attempt a seperate Piloting check at -4 to 'dive out of the way' and suffer no damage.

EMP Warhead any missile or torpedo can be fitted as an electromagnetic pulse warhead. For missiles this must be done for each missile before it is fitting onto a ship's missile bay. For Torpedos this can be done by Engineering or Science actions as an Action and a successful Repair or Science check. These don’t cause actual damage, but roll “damage” normally and compare to the vessel’s Toughness, including Armor (ignore shields of the target and the AP of the missile/torpedo). Damage from EMPs attacks are not long lasting but can still knock out a ship as normal. They can also cause Ship Crises but for Immedate and Acture the damage effect is halved and for Continual crises there is no additional penalty to Dealing with the Criss. Recovering Wounds from such damage requires a Damage Control but the affects are not temporary (see Starship Actions and Ship Crises for more details)

Name	Range	Damage	AP	ROF	Shots	Mods*	Min Size	AOE
Missile	5/10/20	10d6	20	1	1	12/1	+16	AOE (1 square)
Missile, Nucular	5/10/20	20d6	50	1	1	10/1	+16	AOE (10x10 squares)
Plasma Torpedo	6/12/24	10d10	40	1	1	6/1	+12	AOE (2x2 squares)
Photon Torpedo	6/12/24	10d12	40	1	1	8/1	+12	AOE (2x2 squards)

*An entry such as 12/1 means 12 missiles take up 1 Mod slot.

Warp Speed Chart

Warp Rating	Speed
1	Light Speed (The Speed of Light)
2	8 times the speed of light (one light year every)
3	27 times the speed of light (one light year every)
4	64 times the speed of light (one light year every)
5	125 times the speed of light (one light year every)
6	216 times the speed of light (one light year every)
7	343 times the speed of light (one light year every)
8	512 times the speed of light (one light year every)
9	729 times the speed of light (one light year every)
10	1,000 times the speed of light (one light year every)
15 (Sub-Space radio)	3,375 times the speed of light (one light year every)

Starship Combat Actions

These rules are ideas of giving players more options in a starship battle. Every PC can take one or more actions per ship round. PCs who are department heads (or acting heads) can pick actions from their department. Any PC can pick from the general actions. All skill checks suffer a Wound Penalty if the ship has suffered any up to a maximum of -3 (with 3 or more wounds).
Usually, PCs choose to Do Your Duty or go Above and Beyond to generate Command Points, while others then spend them on actions for their department. All unspent Command Points are lost at the round’s end. NPC ships usually have a base number of Command Points they can spend each round, and may pick actions freely to spend them. NPC vessels don’t generate additional points.
The Captain or commanding draws the starships Initiative Card (other players do not), and determines the order in which the various crew actions, and distributes Command Points. The other player characters take their actions, generating or spending Command Points or dealing with crises.