HIGH COLONIES Teale gol Co oN}HIGH COLONIES ° Rules Design Eric Hotz Rules Development Edwin King Illustrations Eric Hotz Background. Edwin King Layout & Typesetting Peter Lankester Playtesters Karol Christensen Kieron Pincott Jackie Hill Leo deSousa ‘Tom Fulton Drew Fulton Stuart "Stew" Fulton Barry Hodd Vicki Domansky Vicki Roth Waterford Publishing House Ltd. Box 3742 Main Post Office Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6B 3Z1 High Colonies® is a TradeMark of Waterford Publishing House Ltd., Vancouver, BC. ‘©1988 Waterford Publishing House Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. 1HIGH COLONIES TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 I CHRONOLOGY .. ee : eee " GAZETTE ... : : ir Name 20 12 Location 20 13 Funetion 20 M4 Population 20 15 Notes 20 IL6_ Station Characteristics 21 m MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS . IIl1 Band of Humanity 40 TIL2 —_Belt Miners’ Association 41 IL3 ——_Co-Prosperity League 41 IIl4 —_Beumenieal Couneil of Sol 42 HLS High Terran Commonwealth 43 TIL6 —_—Independent Commercial Organization 44 TILT —_ Outstation League “4 WL8 —_Pan-System Enterprise League 45 TIL9 _Solar Federation of Labour 47 110 Mercenaries aT wv PLAYING HIGH COLONIES Wl Getting Started 49 V2 Dice 49 1V.3 Fractions 49 v CHARACTER GENERATION .......... eee ere - 50 Va Personal Data 50 v2 Basic Attribute Determination 52 v3 Derived Characteristies 52 uw SKILLS ... aa Vii "initial skill Points 53 VL2 Use of Skills 53 V3 Special Success and Failure 53. VL4 —_ Improving Skills During Play 53 VI5 Learning New Skills ba VL6 © Combat Skills ba VL7 Skill List 54 V8 Equipment 87 V9 Money 87 ‘VL10 Typical Occupations 58 vt COMBAT .. ai esaneiaiat a 60 Vili” Combat Turns 60 V2 Actions 60 VIL3 Initiative 60 VIL4 Surprise 61 vat See ea eee o 61 1 Dice Modifiers 62 VIIL2 — Weapon Data Teble 62 VIIL3 Firing Player Modifiers 62 VIIL4 Defender Dice Roll 64 VIILS Hit Determination 65 VIL6 — Ammunition Expenditure 65 VIIL7 Hit Location Table 6 VIIL8 Armour Types Table 66 VIIL9 Jams and Malfunetions 68 VIILI0 Grenade Combat 68 3