The Cluster Falk: Notes

Notes page for The Cluster Falk

The Viceroyalty of Benjamelio fits somewhere in the galactic eastern borders of the expanding Third Imperium, on the fringes of Solomani space towards the Hive Federation, among the many client states and pocket empires scattered through the region. Its status as a historical Viceroyalty of the Second Imperium is genuine, but that hardly measures up to its pretensions, which have been magnified in competition with the Priam Protectorate further south.

The so-called Water Wall of the three close water worlds (Leghansky, Lamor and Bevelind) forms a natural strategic barrier dividing the Viceroyalty's core worlds from its frontier. The three water worlds make excellent naval bases and fuel depots, relatively advanced but with small populations to defend. Besides, historically most threats to the Viceroyalty have come from that direction, rather than the core of the old Empire.

• Ancients site
• Minor, confined site
• Monument
• Practical dome
• Fleshlike
• Perfectly preserved
• Reactive lighting responds to your presence
• Generation or transformation of energy
• Inscrutable object lies dark and silent
• Dire warning left by other explorers
• Insight into the nature or history of this site
• Simulated or illusionary environment
• Scene of hideous violence or death
• Deeper insight into the history or nature of this site

fuel costs for jumps is typically 0.1 M / Jn, where M is the tonnage of the chip

so are 200 ton three Trader will consume 40 resource points for a 2 passing jump.

a ship will almost always have fuel capacity for two times it's maximum jump capability.

ships can refuel for free from oceans or gas giants. however this requires a successful pilot roll and engineer role for processing the fuel. inhabited Worlds are unlikely to allow free use of their oceans, accept possibly ocean Worlds.

a ship can typically jump safely twice per month. ideally each jump requires a wheat down time and dry dog afterwards. pushing this rate requires a successful engineering role. if the role is failed the ship will start to take damage.

docking fees for a ship are typically 0.01 M per week in resource points.

Weapon	Skill	Range	Damage	Rounds	Kill Radius
Combat knife	Melee Weapons	Hand	1D6	-	-
Entrenching tool	Melee Weapons	Hand	1D8	-	-
Beretta 9 mm	Firearms	15 m	1D10	8	-
Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5 mm	Firearms	150 m	1D12+2	6	-
Villar Perosa-Revelli 9 mm	Firearms	50 m	Lethality 10%	25	3 m
Bessozi grenade	Athletics	STRx3 m	Lethality 12%	-	4 m

Weapon	Skill	Range	Damage	Rounds	Kill Radius
Combat knife	Melee Weapons	Hand	1D6	-	-
Entrenching tool	Melee Weapons	Hand	1D8	-	-
Beretta 9 mm	Firearms	15 m	1D10	8	-
Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5 mm	Firearms	150 m	1D12+2	6	-
Villar Perosa-Revelli 9 mm	Firearms	50 m	Lethality 10%	25	3 m
Bessozi grenade	Athletics	STRx3 m	Lethality 12%	-	4 m

4.5Table of Example Weapons

>> Melee Weapons
Sample Weapons	Damage
Bare hands and feet	1D4–1*
Brass knuckles or steel-toe boot	1D4*
Taser	Stun
Ordinary knife or hatchet	1D4*
Combat knife, garotte or nightstick	1D6*
Tomahawk, machete, or baseball bat	1D8*
Large sword, chainsaw	2D6*
Power sword	2D8

>> Ranged Weapons
Sample Weapons	Damage	Base Range
Thrown Knife	1D4*	STR×5 feet
Thrown Spear	1D8*	STR×5 metres

*Damage bonus is added for this weapon

>> Small Arms (Projectile/laser)*
Sample Weapons	Damage	Base Range
Small-caliber pistol	1D8	10/50 metres
Medium Pistol	1D10	15/100 metres
Carbine or very large pistol	1D12	100/500 metres for carbine; 20/200 metres for heavy pistol
Rifle	1D12+2 [Armor Piercing 3]	150/1000 metres
Shotgun/flechette blast, close range	2D10	50 metres (full damage up to 10m; reduced to 1D10 for 10—20m; reduced to 1D6 for 20+ metres)

>> Automatic and Heavy Weapons
Sample Weapons	Skill	Base Range	Lethality	Kill Radius
SMG/laser carbine, fully automatic	Firearms	50/200 metres	10%	1–3 m
Battle rifle, fully automatic	Firearms	100/1000 metres	10% [Armor Piercing 3]	1–3 m
Very heavy sniper rifle	Firearms	250/5000 metres	20% [Armor Piercing 5]	None
Plasma rifle**	Firearms	200 metres	15%	1–3 m
Light support weapon	Military Training (Heavy Weapons)	200/2000 metres	10% [Armor Piercing 3]	3 m
Heavy support weapon	Military Training (Heavy Weapons)	400/4000 metres	20% [Armor Piercing 5]	3 m
Hand grenade	Athletics	20 metres	15%	10 m
Improvised explosive device	Military Training (Demolitions)	N/A	15%	10 m
Grenade launcher	Military Training (Heavy Weapons)	150 metres	15%	10 m
Rocket-propelled grenade	Military Training (Heavy Weapons)	200 metres	30%	10 m
Missile launcher	Military Training (Heavy Weapons)	2000 metres	40%	15 m

* Laser weapons, while about as damaging as projectile weapons, have far longer range and no recoil. They’re also capable of automatic fire without recoil penalties. Their power pack capacity is roughly equivalent to magazines in a projectile weapon.

** Plasma rifles fire single shots, but their plasma bolts spall on impact, creating a Kill Radius.

>> Selective Fire
Type of Fire	Ammo/Charges Used	Lethality	Kill Radius
Short Burst	3	10%	None
Long Burst	5	10%	1 yd
Short Spray	10	10%	2 m
Long Spray	20	10%	3 m

4.6Lethality Rating

Polyp Horror

STR 100 CON 100 DEX 15 INT 25 POW 30

HP: 100 WP: 30

Size Category: Very Large (target size bonus: +20%).

Movement: Polyps Horrors can move 10 meters/yards in a combat round on the ground [Medium speed]; 15 meters/yards while flying [Fast]. When moving across surfaces they leave behind characteristic colossal footprints comprising five circular toe marks.

Armor: None (but see UNNNATURAL MATTER, below).

Vs. Lethal Damage: PARTIALLY NON-CORPOREAL — lethal attacks with a Lethality Rating < 15% cannot damage a Polyp at all. Such attacks with a higher rating do not destroy the Polyp but may yield Hit Point damage if they strike at a moment when the Polyp is corporeal. If the die roll made for the Lethal Damage was an odd number, the Polyp was insubstantial at the crucial moment and the attack passes through it; if the die roll was an even number the Polyp suffers Hit Point damage equal to the Lethality Rating.

Attacks

Tentacle Slash 60%, Lethality 50% (and KNOCK DOWN, see below).

Wind Blast 99%, see below.

Skills: Alertness 60%, Athletics 80%, Stealth 60%.

PENETRATING ATTACKS: All attacks made by a Polyp Horror ignore Armor entirely.

INVISIBILITY: Polyp Horrors can become invisible at will, changing from physical beings to vortices of air. While invisible, they are difficult to see and hit in combat, although their invisibility does not protect them from damage. Even while invisible, however, the Polyps continue to emit their characteristic whooshing and whistling noises, particularly while flying.

FLYING ABILITY: Polyp Horrors can move effortlessly through the air.

KNOCK DOWN: A successful physical attack from a Polyp Horror will usually result in the target being thrown to the ground. This can be avoided using a Dodge action.

UNNATURAL MATTER: A Polyp Horror is made of unnatural matter which absorbs most physical attacks without incurring significant damage. Any normal (nonLethal) attack that succeeds will yield a maximum of 1 HP of damage. Lethal attacks are also much less destructive than usual against a Polyp (see above).

WIND BLAST: Polyp Horrors can create a violent directional gust of wind and can use such blasts as combat attacks. Anyone struck by such a gust is likely to be physically dislodged and knocked to the ground. The wind blast from a Polyp doesn’t affect especially massive combatants and objects (those with size category Large or above) or those who have purposefully braced themselves in some way to avoid the gale. Polyps can, for example, use this power to propel smaller vehicles in combat. Anyone attempting to avoid being dislodged by a Polyp’s wind blast will require a successful Athletics test. Placing oneself in a position with significant cover from the wind may, at the GM’s discretion, provide a +20% or +40% bonus to this test. A wind blast attack usually has an Area of Effect of 3 yards/ meters. Because it is supernaturally created, the gust can strike at any distance so long as the Polyp can perceive the target. Damage created by a wind blast attack depends on the environment — if an individual falls from a height, they will suffer normal falling attack; if they are struck by (or into) a hard object they will likely suffer 1D8 or 1D10 damage. The GM should decide damage based on the specific situation.

SAN Loss: 1D6/1D12.

Polyp Horror

STR 100 CON 100 DEX 15 INT 25 POW 30

HP: 100 WP: 30

Size Category: Very Large (target size bonus: +20%).

Movement: Polyps Horrors can move 10 meters/yards in a combat round on the ground [Medium speed]; 15 meters/yards while flying [Fast]. When moving across surfaces they leave behind characteristic colossal footprints comprising five circular toe marks.

Armor: None (but see UNNNATURAL MATTER, below).

Vs. Lethal Damage: PARTIALLY NON-CORPOREAL — lethal attacks with a Lethality Rating < 15% cannot damage a Polyp at all. Such attacks with a higher rating do not destroy the Polyp but may yield Hit Point damage if they strike at a moment when the Polyp is corporeal. If the die roll made for the Lethal Damage was an odd number, the Polyp was insubstantial at the crucial moment and the attack passes through it; if the die roll was an even number the Polyp suffers Hit Point damage equal to the Lethality Rating.

Attacks

Tentacle Slash 60%, Lethality 50% (and KNOCK DOWN, see below).

Wind Blast 99%, see below.

Skills: Alertness 60%, Athletics 80%, Stealth 60%.

PENETRATING ATTACKS: All attacks made by a Polyp Horror ignore Armor entirely.

INVISIBILITY: Polyp Horrors can become invisible at will, changing from physical beings to vortices of air. While invisible, they are difficult to see and hit in combat, although their invisibility does not protect them from damage. Even while invisible, however, the Polyps continue to emit their characteristic whooshing and whistling noises, particularly while flying.

FLYING ABILITY: Polyp Horrors can move effortlessly through the air.

KNOCK DOWN: A successful physical attack from a Polyp Horror will usually result in the target being thrown to the ground. This can be avoided using a Dodge action.

UNNATURAL MATTER: A Polyp Horror is made of unnatural matter which absorbs most physical attacks without incurring significant damage. Any normal (nonLethal) attack that succeeds will yield a maximum of 1 HP of damage. Lethal attacks are also much less destructive than usual against a Polyp (see above).

WIND BLAST: Polyp Horrors can create a violent directional gust of wind and can use such blasts as combat attacks. Anyone struck by such a gust is likely to be physically dislodged and knocked to the ground. The wind blast from a Polyp doesn’t affect especially massive combatants and objects (those with size category Large or above) or those who have purposefully braced themselves in some way to avoid the gale. Polyps can, for example, use this power to propel smaller vehicles in combat. Anyone attempting to avoid being dislodged by a Polyp’s wind blast will require a successful Athletics test. Placing oneself in a position with significant cover from the wind may, at the GM’s discretion, provide a +20% or +40% bonus to this test. A wind blast attack usually has an Area of Effect of 3 yards/ meters. Because it is supernaturally created, the gust can strike at any distance so long as the Polyp can perceive the target. Damage created by a wind blast attack depends on the environment — if an individual falls from a height, they will suffer normal falling attack; if they are struck by (or into) a hard object they will likely suffer 1D8 or 1D10 damage. The GM should decide damage based on the specific situation.

SAN Loss: 1D6/1D12.

<a href="#axes" class="header-anchor">#</a> Axes

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Category	Name	Base %	STR	DEX	Damage	HP	ENC	Length	SR	Type
Axe, One-handed (1H)	Small Axe	10	7	7	1D6+1	6	1	0.4	4	S
Axe, One-handed (1H)	Battle Axe	10	13	7	1D8+2	8	2	0.8	3	S
Axe, Two-handed (2H)	Battle Axe	5	9	7	1D8+2	8	2	0.8	3	S
Axe, Two-handed (2H)	Great Axe	5	11	7	2D6+2	10	2	1.2	2	S
Axe, Two-handed (2H)	Dagger-axe	5	13	9	3D6	10	3	1.5–2	1	S

<a href="#swords-daggers" class="header-anchor">#</a> Swords & Daggers

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Category	Name	Base %	STR	DEX	Damage	HP	ENC	Length	SR	Type
Dagger	Dagger	15	—	—	1D4+2	6	(4)	0.2–0.3	4	CT
Dagger	Dagger, Parrying	15	—	—	1D4+2	8	(3)	0.2–0.3	4	CT
Dagger	Dagger, Throwing	5	—	9	1D4	6	(6)	0.2	4	CT
Dagger	Sickle	5	—	—	1D6+1	6	1	0.5	3	S
Sword, One-handed (1H)	Broadsword	10	9	7	1D8+1	12	1	1	2	CT
Sword, One-handed (1H)	Kopis	10	9	9	1D8+1	12	1	1	2	S
Sword, One-handed (1H)	Rapier	10	7	13	1D6+1	8	1	1.2	2	CT
Sword, One-handed (1H)	Shortsword	10	—	—	1D6+1	12	1	0.6	3	CT
Sword, Two-handed (2H)	Greatsword	5	11	13	2D8	12	2	1.5	1	S
Sword, Two-handed (2H)	Rhomphaia	5	11	9	2D6+2	10	2	1.2	2	S
Sword, Two-handed (2H)	Sickle-sword	5	9	9	1D10+1	12	1	1.2	2	S

<a href="#unarmed-attacks" class="header-anchor">#</a> Unarmed Attacks

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Category	Name	Base %	STR	DEX	Damage	HP	ENC	Length	SR	Type
Fist	Cestus, Heavy	25	11	—	1D3+2	8	1	0	4	H
Fist	Cestus, Light	25	7	—	1D3+1	4	(2)	0	4	H
Fist	Claw	25	7	9	1D4+1	Arm	1	0	4	CT
Fist	Fist	25	—	—	1D3	Arm	0	0	4	H
Grapple	Grapple	25	—	—	Special	Arm	0	0	4	H
Kick	Kick	15	—	—	1D6	Leg	0	0	4	H

<a href="#hammers-maces-clubs" class="header-anchor">#</a> Hammers, Maces & Clubs

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Category	Name	Base %	STR	DEX	Damage	HP	ENC	Length	SR	Type
Hammer, One-handed (1H)	Hammer, War	10	11	9	1D6+2	10	1	0.8	3	C
Hammer, Two-handed (2H)	Hammer, Great	5	9	9	2D6+2	5	3	1.5	1	C
Hammer, Two-handed (2H)	Maul	10	17	7	2D8	12	5	1.5	1	C
Mace, One-handed (1H)	Mace, Heavy	15	13	7	1D8+2	10	2	0.8	3	C
Mace, One-handed (1H)	Mace, Light	15	7	7	1D6+2	6	1	0.6	3	C
Mace, One-handed (1H)	Singlestick	15	—	9	1D6	5	(2)	0.9	4	C
Mace, One-handed (1H)	Club, Wooden	15	7	7	1D6	4	(2)	0.4	4	C
Mace, Two-handed (2H)	Mace, Two-handed	10	9	7	1D8+2	10	2	0.8	3	C
Quarterstaff	Quarterstaff	15	9	9	1D8	8	2	2	0	C

<a href="#spears" class="header-anchor">#</a> Spears

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Category	Name	Base %	STR	DEX	Damage	HP	ENC	Length	SR	Type
Spear, One-handed (1H)	Javelin	10	9	9	1D6	8	1	1.5	2	I
Spear, One-handed (1H)	Spear, Short	5	9	7	1D6+1	10	2	1.5	2	I
Spear, One-handed (1H)	Lance	5	9	7	1D10+1	10	3	3.5+	0	I
Spear, Two-handed (2H)	Pike	15	11	7	2D6+1	12	3	3.5+	0	I
Spear, Two-handed (2H)	Spear, Long	15	9	7	1D10+1	10	3	3	0	I
Spear, Two-handed (2H)	Spear, Short	15	7	7	1D8+1	10	2	1.5	1	I

<a href="#pole-weapon" class="header-anchor">#</a> Pole Weapon

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Category	Name	Base %	STR	DEX	Damage	HP	ENC	Length	SR	Type
Lasso	Pole Lasso	05	9	13	—*	4	3	3	1/MR	—

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Category	Name	Base %	STR	DEX	Damage	HP	ENC	Length	SR	Type
Lasso	Pole Lasso	05	9	13	—*	4	3	3	1/MR	—

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Category	Name	Skill	Base range	Mag	Damage	Lethality	Kill Rad.	Modes	TL	Notes
Small pistol	Small slug gun	Firearms	10	15	1D8	-	-	S	2	Compact

</thead> <tbody>Small pistol Pocket laser Firearms 50 20 1D8 - - S 2 Compact</tbody>

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