Ten Percent of Nothin’ Firefly the Game Variant, Revised V2

(Thanks Ian Cooper)

NOTE: This variant uses the Base game and both the Blue Sun and Kalidasa expansions.

This variant introduces a new Boat type, the Sandfly Class Light Transport (4 are on the Geek’s File
section), as well as rules to extend the game length (considerably) and complicate things for human players.
The goal is to give players more scope for pursuing a long-term career in the 'Verse, rather than being tied
to a temporary story. In these rules, Leaders are called Captains and (except when referring to Ship Cards)
the player's Ship is called a Boat. Credits are written using € as in 200€ (that seemed appropriate to me)

Unless superseded by the following changes, all the regular game rules remain the same.

The Auto-Alliance and Reaver rules relieves even the most timid players from having to make
decisions as to where those annoying ships go. They have become so popular with all our opponents that they
are even used when playing “normal” games.

As for the PE rules (thanks for the idea, Steven Miller), they are a good way to add more “players” to
a 2 player game (or more, if you’re into it).

Of course, these are, as for any home-rules, a work in progress, and we would like any feedback.
However, just remember: these are HOME-RULES, if you don’t like something, then change it! Whatever you
do, just enjoy the game since that is the goal. The included Passenger Transport table includes the Kalidasa
expansion.

INDEX

1: CHOOSING SHIPS AND LEADERS 17: GOING BROKE

2: GOAL OF THE GAME 17a: If you own a Firefly
3: STARTING SUPPLIES 17b: If you own a Sandfly
4: STARTING JOBS 18: BUYING ANOTHER BOAT
5: PRIMING THE PUMP 20: VICTORY CONDITIONS
6: STORY CARDS 21: AUTO ALLIANCE MOVEMENT
7: MOSEY ALONG 21a: Cruiser Patrol
8: DAMAGE 21b: Alliance Entanglements
8a: Engine Damage 21c: Operative’s Corvette
8b: Hull Damage 22: AUTO REAVER MOVEMENT
8c: Repairing Hulls & Engines 22a: Reavers on the Hunt
9: OUT OF FUEL 22b: Reavers Dead Ahead
10: RESCUE TABLE 22c: Reavers in Orbit
11: AI RESET 22d: Reaver Bait
11a: Alliance Reset 23: PLAYER EMULATING BOATS
11b: Reaver Reset 23a: PE Set-up
12: ACCEPTING JOBS 23b: Moving PE’S
13a: Negotiate A Job 23c: Getting Jobs
13b: Renegotiate A Job 23d: Working Jobs
14: PASSENGER TRANSPORT 23e: Buying Gear / Hiring Crew
15: MAKE-WORK 24: NAMED CREW
16: DISMISSING CREW 25: PRIORITY EQUIPMENT
25a: Upgrades
25b: Gear
 Passenger Transport

Make a Dice Roll (D6+D10) and cross-reference on the following table.

Die 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 Londinium $200 Sihnon $200 Sihnon $200 Gonghe $200 Albion $200 Bernadette $200

1 Londinium $200 Pelorum $200 Santo $200 Bellerophon $200 Ariel $200 Liann Jiun $200

2 Ariel $200 Londinium $200 Bernadette $200 Bellerophon $200 Liann Jiun $200 Londinium $200

3 Jubilee $300 Anson’s $300 Triumph $300 St. Albans $300 Harvest $300 N. Melbourne $300

4 Jiangyin $300 Jiangyin $300 Greenleaf $300 Greenleaf $300 Aesir $300 Brisingamen $300

5 Hera $300 Hera $300 Ithaca $300 Priam $300 Shadow $300 Three Hills $300

6 Ezra $300 Boros $300 Athens $300 Kerry $300 Newhope $300 Aphrodite $300

7 Beaumonde $500 Constance $600 Zeus $400 Djinn Bane $400 Newhall $500 Aberdeen $500

8 New Kasmir $400 Beylix $600 Angel $500 Muir $500 Highate $500 Dragon’s Egg $400

9 Deadwood $400 Muir $500 Fury $500 Highgate $500 New Canaan $600 Dragon’s Egg $400

Passenger Transport

Make a Dice Roll (D6+D10) and cross-reference on the following table.

Die 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 Londinium $200 Sihnon $200 Sihnon $200 Gonghe $200 Albion $300 Bernadette $300

1 Londinium $200 Pelorum $200 Santo $200 Bellerophon $200 Ariel $200 Liann Jiun $200

2 Ariel $200 Londinium $200 Bernadette $200 Bellerophon $200 Liann Jiun $200 Londinium $200

3 Jubilee $300 Anson’s $300 Triumph $300 St. Albans $300 Harvest $300 N. Melbourne $300

4 Jiangyin $300 Jiangyin $300 Greenleaf $300 Greenleaf $300 Aesir $300 Brisingamen $300

5 Hera $300 Hera $300 Ithaca $300 Priam $300 Shadow $300 Three Hills $300

6 Ezra $300 Boros $300 Athens $300 Kerry $300 Newhope $300 Aphrodite $300

7 Beaumonde $500 Constance $600 Zeus $400 Djinn Bane $400 Newhall $500 Aberdeen $500

8 New Kasmir $400 Beylix $600 Angel $500 Muir $500 Highate $500 Dragon’s Egg $400

9 Deadwood $400 Muir $500 Fury $500 Highgate $500 New Canaan $600 Dragon’s Egg $400
Ten Percent of Nothin’ Firefly the Game
Variant, Revised (Thanks, Ian Cooper)
I – GAME SETUP
1:CHOOSING SHIPS AND LEADERS
Players start their career in a Sandfly and work up to
buying a Firefly, or any other larger Boat (such as the S.S.
Waldon). The Sandfly has less capacity and Crew, which
makes Crew selection and Job choices very critical when
using one of these Boats.
This variant allows Boats to be susceptible to damage.
For this purpose, the right side of your Boat’s price and
description area is considered the Hull Damage area. The
left side is the Engine Damage area. When events require
placing a marker to indicate damage to these areas, place
suitable markers, such as coins, on the pertinent spot.
Roll for the starting player. That player chooses a Boat
and Leader. Then, counter-clockwise, other players also
choose a Boat and Leader.
Going clockwise from the last player, each player then
places a Haven token on any non-Supply, non-Contact
Planet located outside of Alliance Space (i.e. in Border or
Rim Space). Only one player may be on any one planet.
Players then place their boat on their Haven.
2:GOAL OF THE GAME
Players decide on how many points to determine a
winner. However, since this is an “open ended” game, they
may decide when to call a victor any time they desire.
Since this variant will take a long time (days?) to finish, 10
Points is a good starting point, 5 for 2 players.
3:STARTING SUPPLIES
Each Player starts with 600€, 1 part and 2 Fuel.
4:STARTING JOBS
Place the top card of each Contact face-up in their
discard pile. If at any time a Contact Deck is exhausted (no
cards left in the Draw Pile), shuffle all cards in that
Contact’s discard pile together with all jobs that had been
completed, then place the deck face down in its proper
place and flip over the top card.
5:PRIMING THE PUMP
Reveal the first 3 cards on each Supply Deck. If at any
time during the game, a Supply Deck is exhausted (no
cards left in the Draw Pile), shuffle the discard pile together
with any that had been removed from the game (deaths,
captures, etc.), then place the deck face down in its proper
place and flip over the top three cards.
II – GAME PLAY
6: STORY CARDS
No Story Cards are in play at the start of a game.
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However, when a Player receives a victory point for
completing jobs (See section 20: Victory Conditions), then
randomly choose a Story Card.
All Stories have a 20 turn limit. Use whatever method
desired to keep track of turns (unused Goal / Warrant
markers work well).
Refer only to the Goals and/or victory conditions of the
chosen Story. Any set up rules involving Crew are ignored.
Use Story Cards with 2 or 3 Goals on them. If a Story
requires players to be solid with a certain number of
Contacts that they are already solid with, then the player(s)
must successfully do another job with those Contacts to
fulfill the Story Card’s requirement.
There can only be one Story Card in play at any time.
When a Story ends, players receive 1 Victory Point for
every Story Goal they completed. If a Player wins the
Story, then that player receives an additional 2 Victory
Points.
Once completed, or the Story ends before anyone can
win it, the game continues as before, without a Story Card.
7: MOSEY ALONG
All Fly Actions (including Mosey) cost fuel. Mosey costs
half a fuel token. When Moseying, turn a fuel token on its
side to indicate ½ depletion. However, this is only a fuel
issue - you still do not draw Nav Cards when Moseying.
Note: Upgrades that allow a player to initiate Full Burn
without using fuel now require a half fuel to initiate full burn,
but no fuel to Mosey.
8: DAMAGES
8a: Engine Damage
Engines can be damaged during a Full Burn fly action.
If a Breakdown causes a Full Stop, the Engine receives
damage. If this is the first time, then place a marker on the
Engine Damage area (see above). Boats may still Fly
normally with only 1 damage marker.
If a second Breakdown card results in a Full Stop while
the Engine already has one damage marker, place a
second marker. The Engine is now disabled. Your Move
Action ends immediately. You now have two possibilities:
a) If you stopped on a Supply Planet, you may use
your
next Action to perform a repair (see 8c:REPAIRING).
b) If you did not stop on a Supply Planet, then the
following occurs:
1) Place a marker (of your choice) next to your Boat
(A distress signal has been sent).
2) Disgruntle all crew and end your turn. **
 3) Beginning with your next turn, and every turn
thereafter until the engine is at amber status, do
the following:
1) If you are outside of Alliance Space, you must
draw a Nav Card as if you are using Full Burn
and resolve the card (if Reavers are in the
area, they will seek out ships in distress).
This can be critical as you also cannot make a
Crazy Ivan manoeuver.
2) Regardless of where you are (Alliance, Rim or
Border Space), roll a die on the Rescue table
(see 10).
3) On a "Rescue" result, a local salvage vessel
will arrive and tow you to the closest Supply
Planet at a rate of 3 areas per turn (towing a
dead ship takes power). Once at a Supply
Planet, you must pay a towing charge of 500€
or, failing that, all your remaining cash (if you
have no cash, see 17: Going Broke).
** NOTE: Any Upgrade Cards that allows a player to
ignore all breakdowns do not have to end their Move
Action at this point, but still take damage to their engine as
explained above. Starting the next turn, the Boat can still
Mosey (½ Fuel), but can not Full Burn until repaired.
8b: Hull Damage
If a “Reaver Contact”, “Reaver Cutter”, or
“Scrapper Ambush” results in a failed Skill Test, in
addition to the other results, the Hull takes damage: place
a marker on the Hull Damage area of your Boat’s Card. If a
boat receives a second Hull Damage Marker, the Hull has
been breached.
Until a Damaged Hull is repaired at a Supply Planet, no
Full Burn can be made and no passengers or fugitives may
be loaded (any passengers still on board at the time of the
Hull being breached are considered piled into safe areas).
8c: Repairing Hulls & Engines
When on any Supply Planet, use a Buy Action. In
addition to the normal Buy Options, you may repair
Engines and Hulls for 500€ per damage marker. (“Ignore
Breakdown” Cards cost 300€ per marker).
If you do not have enough Credits to make emergency
repairs (i.e. reduce the number of Damage Markers to at
least 1 each) you may do special Make Work actions.
These Work actions do not require a die roll (see 15).
9: OUT OF FUEL
If, after you finished your Move Action, you are out of
fuel, you can no longer Full Burn, or Mosey.
A) If you ended your turn on a Supply Planet, you can
use your next Buy Action to buy fuel.
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B) If you ended on a Supply Planet and have no Credits
you may make-work until you are able to buy fuel.
C) If not on a Supply Planet, a distress signal is sent.
1) Place a Distress Marker next to your Boat.
Disgruntle all of your crew and End your turn.
2) On your next turn and every turn thereafter until
you have fuel, you must draw a Nav Card as if you
are using Full Burn and resolve it, then roll a die on
the Rescue Table (see 10).
3) On a "Rescue" result a salvage vessel arrives and
you may immediately buy fuel tokens for 100€
each and remove the Distress Marker, then end
your turn. If you have no credits to buy fuel, then
see 17 : Going Broke.
10: RESCUE TABLE
Alliance Space 1: end turn 2-6: Rescue
Border Space 1-2: end turn 3-6: Rescue
Rim Space 1-3: end turn 4-6: Rescue
+1 modifier if in a planetary sector
11: AI RESET
11a: Alliance Reset
Every time either the Alliance Cruiser or Corvette
captures a Wanted Crew, remove all Alliance Alert Tokens
from the board. Return both ships to their starting location.
11b: Reaver Reset
Every time someone is killed during a Reaver Contact,
return all Reaver Ships to their start positions and remove
all Reaver Alert Tokens from the board. The Reavers'
hunger has been satisfied for now.
12: ACCEPTING JOBS
You can only accept one Job at a time from any one
Contact. When using a Deal Action in a Contact’s Sector,
you must first consider only the top card in the Contact’s
discard pile.
If you refuse that card, you may then see the next face-
down card in the Contact Deck. If you refuse that job, place
it on top of the Contact’s Deck.
If you accept one of these jobs, you may not consider
any more Jobs from this Contact until the accepted Job is
completed. Job hand sizes still apply.
If a player takes the last Job card in a Contact’s discard
pile, immediately replace it – face up – with another. This is
done AFTER the player chooses a job.
 13: COMPLETING A JOB
13a – Negotiate
When you successfully complete a Job for any Contact
except Harken or Amnon Duul, select one (1) Crew to
join the Leader to negotiate (using no gear). Make a
Negotiation Skill Test die roll: take Credits from the bank
equal to the results shown on the following table:
1 (unmodified): No Pay or Bonuses (for whatever reason,
the Contact is not happy with the way you did the Job, but
you are still Solid).
2-6: Receive 50% of total Pay and Cash Bonuses listed on
the Card (round up to the nearest 100€).
7 or higher: Receive 100% of the Pay and any Cash
Bonuses listed on the Card.
If any card (such as a Misbehave Card) also requires
you to reduce the Pay amount, do this first before applying
the above result (i.e. the effect is cumulative).
When selling Cargo or Contraband to a Contact, only
the Captain may Negotiate (gear IS allowed). In this
instance, Renegotiating is not allowed.
1: (unmodified): receive ½ pay (rounded up).
2-3: receive ½ pay (rounded up).
4+: receive full pay.
13b – Renegotiate
If you fail to get paid (or Full Pay) during a Negotiating
Skill Test, you may attempt to renegotiate. Select up to
three (3) Crew-members to join your Captain, then make a
Fight Skill die roll (gear IS allowed).
1 (unmodified): Attempt Botched. Kill a Crew. You get no
Pay and lose Solid status with the Contact.
2-6: Attempt Botched. You get the same Pay and Bonus
percentage as before.
7-9: Success. You get paid the next higher percentage
level than previously rolled.
10 or higher: Success. You get 100% of the Pay and
another cut of the Cash Bonuses listed on the Card.
14: PASSENGER TRANSPORT
This Job type does not count towards your maximum
Job allowance, and may only be done by Boats which have
a Pilot and a Mechanic on the Crew. The Job is arranged
by doing a Work Action at any Supply Planet. Determine
the destination and fare using a dice roll (D6 + D10) on the
Job Destination table (see separate sheet).
Once a destination is found, you may refuse the Job. If
you accept, place a Travel Destination Marker on the
destination as a reminder.
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Next use one Crew member's Negotiation Skill (gear IS
allowed) to make a Skill Test to see how many Passengers
board. For every whole number dividable by 6, means one
Passenger is a Fugitive. E.g. a roll of 14 (attained by acing)
means 2 Fugitives.
Place the Passenger and any Fugitive tokens on the
Ship Card. If you do not have enough room, then you may
turn away non-Fugitive Passengers.
You must use your next available Fly Actions to go to
the destination using only Full Burns and in as few turns as
possible.
Transporting ONLY passengers (even Fugitives picked
up this way) allows you to ignore any Customs Inspection
card.
Passengers pay 100€ each. If NO delay occur during
Full Burn that upset the passengers (Full Stops, Evades or
Moseys) happen before the trip is completed, you receive a
bonus pay of the amount shown on the chart.
If the trip takes more than one Full Burn, one other
action may be done between each Fly Action (i.e. only two
Actions are allowed each turn while carrying Passengers).
At the destination, remove the Travel Destination
Marker and use a Work Action to unload Passengers and
Get Paid.
You MUST complete any Passenger Job unless all are
lost (e.g. killed by Reavers). If that happens, you do not
need to complete the journey, but you still have to pay your
Crew their Cut.
15: MAKE-WORK
To find Make-Work, chose one Crew-member and roll
an Negotiation Skill test (gear IS allowed). A success pays
200€.
Sandfly Boats succeed on a 3+.
Non-Sandfly Boats succeed on a 6+.
On an unmodified roll of 1, no job is found.
On an Unmodified roll of 6, double pay (400€).
16: DISMISSING CREW
Whenever Crew are dismissed, they must be paid their
full Cut. If you dismiss a non-Moral Crew member, roll a
die: on a 1, he steals an additional amount:
Grifters & Mercenaries take three times their Cut (i.e.
if their cut is 200€, they take 3 x 200€ for a total of
600€).
All other non-Moral Crew take twice their Cut.
If the amount they take is more than you have, they take
all your remaining cash.
 17: GOING BROKE
If forced into this situation, refer to the following to
decide what must happen:
17a If you own a Firefly.
a) You must use your next available Fly Action(s) to
Mosey to the nearest Supply Planet (you need no
fuel - a salvage vessel is towing you).
b) You must use a Buy Action to pawn your Boat. In
return you get the listed price of your boat (minus
1,000€ for depreciation + 500€ for each damaged
Hull/Engine). During this Buy Action, you may use
the money to buy a Sandfly Boat.
c) You may transfer all Fuel, Parts, Jobs, Upgrades
and Crew that will fit on the new Boat.
d) Since, at this point you will be forced to buy a
Sandfly, which is smaller than Firefly, any Goods
and Upgrades that cannot fit may be sold at ½
their cost (rounded up).
e) Remove any Jobs you have and dismiss any
excess Crew-members of your choice that
exceed the Boat’s crew size. However, you must
still pay them their cut (see 16: Dismissing Crew).
17b If you own a Sandfly Class Transport.
a) You must use your next available Fly Actions to
Mosey to the nearest Supply Planet (you need no
fuel - a salvage vessel is towing you).
b) You must use a Buy Action to pawn your Boat. In
return you get the listed price of your boat (minus
1,000€ for depreciation and 500€ for any Hull /
Engine damage).
c) All Fuel, Parts and Upgrades cannot be transferr-
ed, but are sold ½ their cost (rounded up).
d) You must dismiss all your Crew after paying their
Cut from the proceeds of the sale of your Boat.
(see 16: Dismissing Crew).
e) Any Jobs you currently have are removed from
the game.
3) On your next turn, and all subsequent turns:
You may take a 300€ Make Work Action once every
turn on the Supply Planet you have been left on (no
need to roll a die - work is always available) until you
can afford to buy a new Boat. Remember, to buy a
new Boat, you must also have an extra 500€ over its
cost to at least purchase fuel.
18: BUYING ANOTHER BOAT
At no time during the game are you required to keep
any non-Sandfly boat. Should you desire, you may buy any
other boat (that is still available in the game) as long as you
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have enough Credits.
Use a Buy Action at any Supply Planet to purchase
another boat. The trade-in value of your existing Boat is the
listed price of your boat (minus 1,000€ for depreciation +
500€ for each damaged Hull/Engine).
Since you must buy Fuel, you must have at least 500€
left over after buying your new Boat to cover such
expenses. You may not buy a new Boat if it leaves you
broke.
You may transfer all Fuel, Parts, Jobs, Upgrades and
Crew that will fit on the new Boat.
Note: Players only get a Victory Point the first time they
buy a non-Sandfly Class Transport.
19: HAVENS
At your own Haven you may use a Buy Action to take
free Shore Leave and also purchase parts for 200€ each
and fuel for 100€ each.
If you have less than 2 fuel when ending your Move on
your Haven, you may take 1 free fuel.
Since Havens are private bases, non-owning Players
may buy Fuel for 200€ and Parts for 400€. These Credits
go to the owner of the Haven, not the Bank. Non-owning
Players may also take Shore Leave at normal cost –
payment going to the Owner.
19a – (Relatively) Safe Harbor
If a Reaver Contact occurs while you are at your Haven,
you may use the Crazy Ivan option to immediately move
the Reaver Cutter as per the Reavers in Orbit auto
movement rule. If a Crazy Ivan Option was, or could not
be, used, kill one less Crew than stated on the Reaver
Contact card (minimum of 1) before immediately moving
the Reaver Cutter as per the Reavers in Orbit auto
movement rule.
20: Victory Conditions
A Player who accumulates the number of Victory Points
agreed on at the start of the game, is the winner. If there is
a tie, the Player with the most cash wins.
Players receive one (1) Victory Point for the following:
1) Completing 3 Jobs at Full Pay.
2) Completing 3 Passenger Jobs at Full Pay.
3) Completing a Goal.
4) Buying their first non-Sandfly Boat of the game.
They also receive 2 points for winning a Story.
These are the points that my wife & I found to work for
us. Feel free to adjust these point for a longer or shorter
game (e.g. complete 5 jobs for 1 point).
 21: AUTO ALLIANCE MOVEMENT
These rules are meant merely to clarify movement -
they do not supersede or replace the instructions on the
Nav Cards. In these rules, “Firefly” refers to any player-
controlled ship regardless of class. “Closest” is determined
by the shortest legal route for the ship type and/or sector in
question. Where numbers in parentheses exist, the first
number takes precedence over the second. If there is still a
tie after using the processes below, randomize using a die.
If nothing works, leave the ships where they are.
21a Cruiser Patrol
Move the Alliance Cruiser one sector towards the Firefly
of the player who drew the card, using the shortest route
possible. If there is more than one sector that leads to a
route of the same length, move the Cruiser into the sector
that's (1) closest to Londinium and (2) farthest away from
the board's closest edge.
21b Alliance Entanglements
If solid with Harken, place the Alliance Cruiser in the
sector of the closest Firefly (not the drawing player’s) that
is in Alliance Space. If there is more than one Firefly that
meets the criteria, place the Cruiser in the sector of the
one that's closest to Londinium.
If not solid with Harken, or if no Firefly meets the above
criteria, move the Alliance Cruiser one sector towards the
closest Firefly which is not that of the player who drew the
card.
a)If there is more than one Firefly meeting the criteria,
choose the one which is closest to Londinium.
b) Move into the space that begins the shortest route
possible.
c) If there is more than one sector that leads to a route
of the same length, move into the one that is (1) closest
to Londinium and (2) farthest away from the board's
closest edge.
21c Operative’s Corvette
When a card instructs the Corvette to move 1 or 2
areas, it will always move toward the player who drew the
card. If the card says to move the Corvette to any sector or
planetary sector, place it as close to the drawing player’s
boat as possible.
If activated by a failed Alliance Alert check, play as
normal.
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22: AUTO REAVER MOVEMENT
22a Reavers on the Hunt
Find the closest Reaver Cutter to the Firefly of the
player who drew the card. If there is more than one
Reaver, choose the one which is (1) closest to the board's
edge and (2) farthest from Londinium.
Move the Cutter one sector towards the player's Firefly,
using the shortest route possible.
If there is more than one sector that leads to a route of
the same length, move into the one that is (1) closest to
Londinium and (2) farthest away from the board's closest
edge.
22b Reavers Dead Ahead
Take the Reaver Cutter that is farthest from any Firefly
(If more than one Cutter meets the criterion, take the one
that is closest to the board's closest edge) and place it in a
Border or Rim sector adjacent to the Firefly of the player
who drew the card.
If possible, the sector chosen must be in front of the
direction the Firefly is/was moving.
22c Reavers in Orbit
Find the Reaver Cutter that is farthest from any Firefly
(If more than one Cutter meets the criterion, choose the
one that is closest to the board's closest edge).
Now find the closest Firefly to that Cutter that is in
Border or Rim Space. This is the target Firefly. If there is
more than one, choose the one which is closest to
Londinium.
Now find a Border or Rim planetary sector which is
closest to the target Firefly, but not in the same sector.
Place the Reaver ship there.
If there is more than one planetary sector that meets the
criteria, choose the one that is (1) closest to Londinium and
(2) farthest from the board's closest edge.
22d Reaver Bait
Find the Reaver Cutter that is farthest from any Firefly
(If more than one Cutter meets the criterion, choose the
one that is closest to the board's closest edge).
Now find the closest Firefly to this Cutter that is in
Border or Rim Space and which is not that of the player
who drew the card. This is the target Firefly.
If there is more than one, choose the one which is
closest to Londinium.
Then place the Reaver ship in the Border or Rim sector
adjacent to the target Firefly and also (1) closest to
Londinium and (2) farthest from the board's closest edge.
 23: PLAYER EMULATING BOATS (Revised)
(Thanks Steven Miller)
23a PE Set-up
After standard Set-up (i.e. following Priming the Pump),
decide how many PE boats you want (they play quickly, but
take up table space).
For each PE Boat:
1) Choose a random Leader from those not
selected by the other players. Place this Leader
Card in a free area.
2) Pick any unused model and place it’s matching
Haven token with the Leader card. This model is
just a token. If a player later buys the Boat a PE is
using, just replace the PE’s model with another.
3) Place the Haven and Boat on any Contact
Sector.
4) Place 2 Cargo, 2 Parts and 2 Fuel with the
Leader card. This is just a standard goods load out,
available for other players to pirate. If Pirating is not
of interest to you or your group, then skip this step.
PE’s always have the same type Boat as its controlling
Player. When its controlling Player upgrades to a Firefly,
then immediately upgrade the PE Boat. However, should
the controlling Player return, for whatever reason (usually
bankruptcy) to a Sandfly, the PE retains its Firefly.
23b Moving Pe’s
For a 2 Player game, each player controls one of the PE
Boats. Play order is whatever the Players desire. When it is
a PE’s turn then use the following priority to determine it’s
movement choice.
1) If the PE has no Job:
a) take the most direct route to its next Contact
Planet (see 23c).
b) if a Supply Planet is within 3 areas of its route to
a Contact, then stop there and do a Buy Action (see
23e). Proceed to Contact on next movement.
2) If the PE has a Job:
a) if the PE doesn’t have the requirements to
complete a Job, go to the closest Supply Planet.
b) move PE to their job destination using the
shortest distance, avoiding Reavers and, if it is an
outlaw boat, any Alliance ship.
c) do the job. Return the Job’s tokens to the stock.
The PE does not receive pay.
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23c Getting Jobs
When doing a Job Action for a PE, consider one face-
up and one face-down Job Card and select the one it is
best qualified to do with its current crew and equipment.
If the best choice requires additional Crew and/or Gear,
go to the closest Supply Planet with the possible items. A
separate Brief Supply Planet Review chart I uploaded in
the Geek’s Files section can be very useful.
a) PE’s can only have 1 job at a time.
b) PE’s do not do Passenger Jobs.
c) PE’s will not take a job from the same Contact
until it has taken one from each Contact.
d) Mr. Universe does not count against a PE’s Job
limit of 1.
23d Working Jobs
Though PE’s always succeed at their Jobs, they still
must fulfill any requirements for the job. Simply remove the
Card and reveal any required Misbehaves (PE’s always
pass). They do not take Pay.
23e Buying Gear / Hiring Crew
Since the PE’s only exist to annoy and disrupt the
players, Use the following for a PE’s Buy action’s priority
(Note: the PE may take up to 2 cards):
1) a player who does not control the PE takes all cards
from the discard pile and 1 more from the face-down
pile. If there are no cards in the discard pile, draw
another card from the face-down pile.
2) if there are more than one type of card available after
drawing, then separate into 2 groups: Crew, and
Gear/Upgrades. (Note: separate these cards whenever
a player looks through them to speed up play).
3) if any Priority Gear or Upgrade (see 25: Priority
Equipment) are in the discard, or was drawn, it must be
given to the PE, in exchange for one on its Boat if need
be (but, it always keeps the highest priority already on
its Boat). If more than one was drawn, then use the
priority order found in the Priority Upgrade list.
4) if one of the following Crew are in the discard, or was
drawn, it must be given to the PE (do to Crew limits,
exchange a crew on its boat if needed):
1) If one of the Named Crew (24) is available.
2) A Pilot, Mechanic, Companion or Medic if it
does not have one.
5) If a new Pilot or Mechanic is available that is better
than the one it already has, the PE will take the new
one. (E.g. it will choose a non-wanted crew over a
wanted one on board). Maintain Crew limits.
 6) a PE cannot have more than 1 of the same type of
Gear or Upgrade. Set aside any duplicates before
randomly choosing new Gear or Upgrades.

7) NOW, if the PE has not yet acquired 2 new cards,

then without showing the player controlling the PE what
the cards are, have the player randomly take a card
from the group(s) not yet taken.

8) if the PE has no more upgrade slots, it will take the

new upgrade drawn if it costs more than the least
expensive one on its boat.
NOTE: it will always keep a priority (rule 21e 3)
Upgrade regardless of the new Upgrade’s value.

9) if the PE has no more Crew space left, exchange one

(keep 23e 4 in mind) to take the new one drawn if it cost
more than the least expensive one on its boat card.
NOTE: It will always keep a Named Crew regardless
of the new Crew’s value.

10) the PE does not pay for these cards.

The above rules are an attempt to keep players from

giving the PE crap while holding the best for themselves. In
this, the rules work quite well, giving some simple “decision
making” for the PE. However, there may (will) be situations
where the rules just don’t fit. Therefore, when determining
what Crew, Gear and Upgrades to give a PE, use your
judgement. Think: “Would I want that?” and decide
accordingly. Above all, enjoy your game!

24: NAMED CREW:

Zoe, Jayne, Wash, Simon, River, Inara, Kaylee, Book,
Yolonda, Saffron, Bridgit, Fess Higgins.

25: Priority Equipment

25a: Upgrades
1) Concealed Smuggling Compartment
2) Expanded Crews Quarters
3) Overcharged Grav Thruster
4) Cryo Stasis Unit
5) EVA Suit
6) Enhanced Graviton Accelerator
7) Shiny Compression Coil
8) Xunsu Whisper X1

25a: Gear
1) “Vera”
2) Burgess’s Laser
3) Burgess’s Hovering BA Jeep
4) Early’s Combat Armor
5) Scan-Proof Shades
6) Cortex Uplink
7) Two-Fry’s Carbine