TCE - Spacecraft Design Guide (MTP405) (OEF) (2018)

Spacecraft Design Guide

For Cepheus Engine Classic Era Science Fiction 2D6-Based Open Gaming System

By Michael Johnson
Copyright © 2018 Michael Johnson
Cepheus Engine is a trademark of Jason “Flynn” Kemp

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Authors Note
I have been a Traveller gearhead since first opening Classic Traveller LBB Book 2 Starships thirty eight years ago, absorbing
Highguard, Striker, Fire Fusion and Steel and a multitude of other design guidebooks during the eighties and nineties. These all
fuelled my engineering bent, providing endless gear for our campaigns which were all set within our own created settings.

Fast forward nearly twenty years I discovered Gypsy Knights Games superb Clement Sector setting, found that it was a perfect
setting for our gaming group and so began designing ships that suited the setting’s criteria even uploading a couple into the
Clement Sector Facebook Group. To my delighted surprise John Watts of GKG quite liked my in‐setting ship designs and invited
me to join the GKG team which I accepted without hesitation. In 2015, I used the Mongoose Traveller SRD as a basis to create a
full set of spacecraft design rules for Clement Sector. But the Anderson and Felix Guide to Naval Architecture was more than
that. Even limited to TL 12 and a hull limit cap, Anderson and Felix could still be used by any designer for any setting. I corrected
issues and errors, added new components and I believe created a better product. Later, when Cepheus Engine was released by
Samardan Press, GKG made the decision to move across to this new 2d6 Classic Traveller style rules system.

So it was only natural that this work would thus form the core of a Spacecraft Design Guide for Cepheus Engine. Bigger hull
options, higher technologies, more weapons and defenses, additional components and rules. You can design adventure Class
Ships right up to million ton Capital Class Ships bristling with energy weapons, capital ship torpedoes and defensive shields.

Michael Johnson
New Perth (Peel 0208), Ariel Sector
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 15
The Design Process ..................................................................................................................................... 16
Spacecraft Design ....................................................................................................................................... 18
Definitions ............................................................................................................................................. 18
Standard Designs vs. New Designs ...................................................................................................... 18
Construction Times ............................................................................................................................. 18
Adventure Class Ships ......................................................................................................................... 18
Commercial Class and Capital Ships .................................................................................................... 19
1. The Hull ............................................................................................................................................. 19
Configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 20
Standard Hulls ................................................................................................................................. 20
Streamlined Hulls ............................................................................................................................ 21
Distributed Hulls ............................................................................................................................. 21
Asteroid Hulls .................................................................................................................................. 21
Hull and Structure ................................................................................................................................. 22
Reinforced Structure ........................................................................................................................... 23
Reinforced Hull .................................................................................................................................... 23
Armoured Bulkheads .......................................................................................................................... 23
Modular Hull ....................................................................................................................................... 23
Armour .................................................................................................................................................. 24
Ship Armour Options........................................................................................................................... 24
Heat Shielding ................................................................................................................................. 24
Radiation Shielding ......................................................................................................................... 25
Self‐Sealing ...................................................................................................................................... 25
Electrified ........................................................................................................................................ 25
Reflec............................................................................................................................................... 25
Stealth ............................................................................................................................................. 25
2. The Engineering Section ................................................................................................................... 26
Military Grade Drives .......................................................................................................................... 27
Maneuver Drive .................................................................................................................................. 29
Lower Technology Drives ................................................................................................................ 29
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Reaction Drive ................................................................................................................................. 29
Solar Sail .......................................................................................................................................... 29
Higher Technology Drives ............................................................................................................... 30
Capital Ship Maneuver Drive Selection ........................................................................................... 30
Military Power ................................................................................................................................. 30
Power Plants ....................................................................................................................................... 30
Variable Output ............................................................................................................................... 30
Emergency Power ........................................................................................................................... 31
Chemical Power Plants .................................................................................................................... 31
Fission Power Plants ....................................................................................................................... 31
Solar Panel ...................................................................................................................................... 31
Chemical Batteries .......................................................................................................................... 31
Antimatter ....................................................................................................................................... 32
Quantum Tap .................................................................................................................................. 32
Capital Ship Power Plant Selection ................................................................................................. 32
Jump Drive .......................................................................................................................................... 33
Rapid Cycle Jump Drives ................................................................................................................. 33
Stealthed Jump Drive ...................................................................................................................... 34
Alternatives to Jump Drives ............................................................................................................ 34
Spindle Drive ............................................................................................................................... 34
Slipstream Drive .......................................................................................................................... 34
System Redundancy ............................................................................................................................ 35
Fuel ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Jump Drives ..................................................................................................................................... 35
Maneuver Drives ............................................................................................................................. 35
Reaction Drives ............................................................................................................................... 36
Power Plants ................................................................................................................................... 37
Capital Ship Power Plants ............................................................................................................... 37
Pre Gravitic Drive Artificial Gravity Generation .................................................................................. 38
Thrust .............................................................................................................................................. 38
Centrifugal rotation ......................................................................................................................... 38
Design of a Spin Habitat .................................................................................................................. 39
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Reaction Drive Spacecraft Components ......................................................................................... 39
Reaction Drive Heat Dissipation.................................................................................................. 39
Reaction Mass Tanks and Shielding ............................................................................................ 39
Magnetic Shielding ...................................................................................................................... 39
Improved Acceleration Protection .............................................................................................. 40
Hull Type Limitations ................................................................................................................... 40
3. The Main Compartment ................................................................................................................... 41
Bridge .................................................................................................................................................. 41
Secondary Bridge – Command Information Center ........................................................................ 41
Command Bridge ............................................................................................................................ 41
Compact Bridge ............................................................................................................................... 42
Hardened Bridge ............................................................................................................................. 42
Holographic Controls ...................................................................................................................... 42
Computers ........................................................................................................................................... 43
Jump Control Specialization (bis) .................................................................................................... 43
Hardened Systems (fib) ................................................................................................................... 43
Capital Ship Computers ................................................................................................................... 43
Sensors and Communications ............................................................................................................. 44
Survey Sensors ................................................................................................................................ 45
Countermeasures ............................................................................................................................ 45
Military Countermeasures Suite ..................................................................................................... 45
Sensor Upgrades ............................................................................................................................. 45
Improved Signal Processing ............................................................................................................ 45
Enhanced Signal Processing ............................................................................................................ 45
Distributed Arrays ........................................................................................................................... 45
Extended Arrays .............................................................................................................................. 45
Rapid Deployment Extended Arrays ............................................................................................... 46
Lifeform Scanner ............................................................................................................................. 46
Mineralogy Suite ............................................................................................................................. 46
Mail Services Array .......................................................................................................................... 46
Accommodation .................................................................................................................................. 47
Standard Staterooms ...................................................................................................................... 47
High Class Staterooms..................................................................................................................... 47
Crew Berthing ................................................................................................................................. 47
Barracks ........................................................................................................................................... 47
Heads .............................................................................................................................................. 47
Third Class ....................................................................................................................................... 48
Low Passage Berths ......................................................................................................................... 48
Internal Components .......................................................................................................................... 48
Additional Airlock ............................................................................................................................ 48
Armoury .......................................................................................................................................... 49
AutoDoc .......................................................................................................................................... 49
Briefing Room ................................................................................................................................. 49
Chapel ............................................................................................................................................. 49
Crew Recreation/Officer’s Lounge .................................................................................................. 49
Fuel Scoops ..................................................................................................................................... 49
Fuel Processors ............................................................................................................................... 50
Galley .............................................................................................................................................. 50
Gardens ........................................................................................................................................... 50
Gymnasiums .................................................................................................................................... 50
High Class Dining ............................................................................................................................. 50
Library ............................................................................................................................................. 50
Laboratory ....................................................................................................................................... 50
Luxuries ........................................................................................................................................... 51
Medical Facilities ............................................................................................................................. 51
Mini Galley ...................................................................................................................................... 51
Office ............................................................................................................................................... 51
Mineral Refineries ........................................................................................................................... 52
Ship’s Brig ........................................................................................................................................ 52
Ship’s Locker ................................................................................................................................... 52
Swimming Pools and Spas ............................................................................................................... 52
Theatres .......................................................................................................................................... 52
Training Facilities ............................................................................................................................ 53
UNREP (Underway Replenishment) System ................................................................................... 53
Vault ................................................................................................................................................ 53
Workshop ........................................................................................................................................ 53
External Components .......................................................................................................................... 55
Aerofins ........................................................................................................................................... 55
Breaching Tube ............................................................................................................................... 55
Docking Clamp ................................................................................................................................ 55
Grappling Arm ................................................................................................................................. 56
Heavy Grappling Arm ...................................................................................................................... 56
4. Armament ....................................................................................................................................... 57
Turrets ............................................................................................................................................. 57
Fixed Mounting ........................................................................................................................... 57
Pop‐Up Turrets ............................................................................................................................ 58
Point Defense Turrets ................................................................................................................. 58
Lasers .......................................................................................................................................... 58
Autocannon PDC ......................................................................................................................... 59
Gauss PDC ................................................................................................................................... 59
Missile Racks ............................................................................................................................... 59
Standard missile ...................................................................................................................... 59
Nuclear missile ........................................................................................................................ 60
Ortillery Missile ....................................................................................................................... 60
Shockwave Missile .................................................................................................................. 60
Fragmentation Missile ............................................................................................................ 60
Smart (standard military) missile ............................................................................................ 60
Multi–warhead Missile (MWM) .............................................................................................. 60
Decoy Missile .......................................................................................................................... 60
Long Range Missile (LRM) ....................................................................................................... 61
Advanced Smart (standard military) Missile (AdSM) .............................................................. 61
Antimatter Missile ................................................................................................................... 61
Particle Beam .............................................................................................................................. 61
Railguns ....................................................................................................................................... 61
Plasma Guns ................................................................................................................................ 62
Sandcasters ................................................................................................................................. 62
Pebbles .................................................................................................................................... 62
Chaff ........................................................................................................................................ 62
Sandcutter ............................................................................................................................... 62
Positron Lance ............................................................................................................................. 62
Barbettes ......................................................................................................................................... 63
Retractable Barbette Turret ........................................................................................................ 63
Railguns ....................................................................................................................................... 63
Basic ........................................................................................................................................ 63
Canister ................................................................................................................................... 64
X‐ray Laser ................................................................................................................................... 64
Mine Launcher ............................................................................................................................ 64
Standard Mine ......................................................................................................................... 64
Nuclear Mine ........................................................................................................................... 65
Bomb‐Pumped Laser Mine...................................................................................................... 65
Antimatter Mine ..................................................................................................................... 65
Torpedoes ................................................................................................................................... 65
Basic Torpedo .......................................................................................................................... 65
Nuclear Torpedo ..................................................................................................................... 65
Bomb–Pumped Laser Torpedo ............................................................................................... 65
Ortillery Torpedo ..................................................................................................................... 66
Antimatter Torpedo ................................................................................................................ 66
Bays ................................................................................................................................................. 66
Disintegrators .............................................................................................................................. 67
Fusion Gun .................................................................................................................................. 67
Jump Damper .............................................................................................................................. 67
Jump Projector ............................................................................................................................ 67
Meson Gun .................................................................................................................................. 68
Missile ......................................................................................................................................... 68
Particle Beam .............................................................................................................................. 68
Railgun ......................................................................................................................................... 68
Ortillery Railgun .......................................................................................................................... 68
Repulsors and Tractors ............................................................................................................... 68
Singularity Projector.................................................................................................................... 69
Torpedo ....................................................................................................................................... 69
Bays on Non Capital Ships ........................................................................................................... 69
Ammunition Magazines .................................................................................................................. 69
Spinal Weapons............................................................................................................................... 70
Meson Gun and Particle Beam.................................................................................................... 70
Railguns ....................................................................................................................................... 70
Disintegrators .............................................................................................................................. 71
Singularity Projector.................................................................................................................... 72
Technology Improvements ......................................................................................................... 72
Rapid Fire .................................................................................................................................... 72
Defensive Screens ........................................................................................................................... 72
Defensive Screen Determination Procedure .............................................................................. 73
Nuclear Damper .......................................................................................................................... 73
Meson Screen ............................................................................................................................. 73
Gravitic Deflectors....................................................................................................................... 74
Black Globe ................................................................................................................................. 74
Proton Screen .............................................................................................................................. 77
White Globe ................................................................................................................................ 77
Note for both Black and White Globes ................................................................................... 77
5. Small Craft, Vehicles, Drones and Cargo Holds................................................................................. 79
Mining Drones ..................................................................................................................................... 79
Repair Drones...................................................................................................................................... 79
Probe Drones ...................................................................................................................................... 79
Escape Pods ......................................................................................................................................... 79
Re‐entry Capsule ................................................................................................................................. 79
Re‐entry Pod ....................................................................................................................................... 79
Life Boat, Ship’s Boat, Shuttle, Pinnace, Cutter .................................................................................. 80
Air/Raft, ATV ....................................................................................................................................... 80
Hangars ........................................................................................................................................... 80
Standard .......................................................................................................................................... 80
Full ................................................................................................................................................... 80
Launch Tubes and Flight Decks ........................................................................................................... 81
Launch Tube .................................................................................................................................... 81
Flight Deck ....................................................................................................................................... 81
Recovery Deck ................................................................................................................................. 81
Cargo Hold ........................................................................................................................................... 82
Superior Cargo Hold ........................................................................................................................ 82
Armoured Cargo Hold ..................................................................................................................... 82
Liquid Cargo Hold ............................................................................................................................ 83
Livestock Hold ................................................................................................................................. 83
Livestock Low Berth Hold ................................................................................................................ 83
Freezer Cargo Hold .......................................................................................................................... 83
Concealed Compartment ................................................................................................................ 83
External Cargo Mount ..................................................................................................................... 84
6. Ship’s Crew ........................................................................................................................................ 85
Naval Ship Crews ................................................................................................................................. 85
Command ........................................................................................................................................ 85
Engineering ..................................................................................................................................... 85
Flight Operations ............................................................................................................................. 86
Gunnery .......................................................................................................................................... 86
Marines (Ship's Troops) .................................................................................................................. 86
Medical ............................................................................................................................................ 86
Service Crew .................................................................................................................................... 86
Flag .................................................................................................................................................. 87
Naval Crew Accommodation........................................................................................................... 87
Officers ........................................................................................................................................ 87
Enlisted ........................................................................................................................................ 87
Ship Software ...................................................................................................................................... 88
Avatar Interface .............................................................................................................................. 89
Costs and Maintenance ...................................................................................................................... 91
Mortgage or Debts .......................................................................................................................... 91
Life Support and Supplies ............................................................................................................... 91
Construction Time ............................................................................................................................... 92
Redecoration ....................................................................................................................................... 93
Refit and Refurbishment ................................................................................................................. 93
Refit ................................................................................................................................................. 93
Refurbishment ................................................................................................................................ 93
Technology Adjustments .................................................................................................................... 95
Technological Level Adjustments .................................................................................................... 95
Hulls................................................................................................................................................. 95
Drives .............................................................................................................................................. 95
Power Plants ................................................................................................................................... 96
Armaments and Screens ................................................................................................................. 96
Captial Ship Hit Section Tables ............................................................................................................ 98
Naval Capital Ship Crews ..................................................................................................................... 99
Crew Strength ................................................................................................................................. 99
Crew Skill Level ................................................................................................................................ 99
Capital Ship Endurance ................................................................................................................... 99
Design Example ‐ The Free Trader .................................................................................................... 101
Small Craft Design ............................................................................................................................ 102
Definitions ........................................................................................................................................... 102
Fighter ............................................................................................................................................... 102
Bomber .............................................................................................................................................. 102
The Boat ............................................................................................................................................ 102
Lander ............................................................................................................................................... 102
Shuttle ............................................................................................................................................... 102
The Design Process ................................................................................................................................... 103
1. The Hull ........................................................................................................................................... 104
Configuration .................................................................................................................................... 104
Standard Hulls ............................................................................................................................... 104
Streamlined Hulls .......................................................................................................................... 105
Distributed hulls ............................................................................................................................ 105
Hull and Structure ............................................................................................................................. 105
Armour .............................................................................................................................................. 106
Small Craft Armour Options .......................................................................................................... 106

2. Drives .............................................................................................................................................. 107
Military Grade Drives ........................................................................................................................ 107
Maneuver Drives ............................................................................................................................... 109
Gravitic drive ................................................................................................................................. 109
Reaction Drive ............................................................................................................................... 109
Solar Sail ........................................................................................................................................ 109
Power ................................................................................................................................................ 109
Chemical Plants ............................................................................................................................. 109
Chemical batteries ........................................................................................................................ 110
Solar Panels ................................................................................................................................... 110
Higher Technology Drives ............................................................................................................. 111
Fuel .................................................................................................................................................... 111
Reaction Drives ............................................................................................................................. 112
Small Craft Operational Fuel Requirements ................................................................................. 112
Reaction Drive Spacecraft Components ........................................................................................... 112
Small Craft Magnetic Shielding ..................................................................................................... 112
Hull Type Limitations..................................................................................................................... 113
VTOL/STOL .................................................................................................................................... 113
Atmospheric Speed ....................................................................................................................... 113
3. The Main Compartment ................................................................................................................. 115
Cockpit or Control Cabin ................................................................................................................... 115
Cabin Space ....................................................................................................................................... 115
Internal Components ........................................................................................................................ 116
Airlock ........................................................................................................................................... 116
Small Craft Stateroom ................................................................................................................... 116
Heads ............................................................................................................................................ 116
Fuel Processors ............................................................................................................................. 116
4. Armament ....................................................................................................................................... 117
5. Crew ................................................................................................................................................ 118
Small Craft Design Example ‐ Ship’s Boat ........................................................................................... 119
Drones ................................................................................................................................................. 120
Capital Ship Space Combat ...................................................................................................................... 121

Capital Ship Section Allocation ........................................................................................................... 121
Capital Ship Space Combat Initiative .................................................................................................. 121
Resolving Attacks ................................................................................................................................ 121
Range .................................................................................................................................................. 121
Datalink Network ................................................................................................................................ 122
Barrages .............................................................................................................................................. 123
Configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 123
Barrage Attacks ................................................................................................................................... 124
Armour ................................................................................................................................................ 124
Barrage Defenses ................................................................................................................................ 124
Electronic Defenses ........................................................................................................................... 125
Sand................................................................................................................................................... 125
Screens .............................................................................................................................................. 125
Configuration .................................................................................................................................... 125
Point Defense Weapons ..................................................................................................................... 126
Point Defense Lasers ......................................................................................................................... 126
Point Defense Missiles ...................................................................................................................... 126
Point Defense Railguns ..................................................................................................................... 127
Point Defense Cannon (PDC)............................................................................................................. 127
Splitting Barrages ................................................................................................................................ 127
Barrage Damage ................................................................................................................................. 128
Spinal Weapon Attacks ....................................................................................................................... 128
Meson Guns ...................................................................................................................................... 129
Singularity Projectors ........................................................................................................................ 130
Disintegrators .................................................................................................................................... 130
Particle Beams ................................................................................................................................... 130
Particle Beam, Meson Gun and Singularity Projector Radiation Damage ........................................ 131
Railguns ............................................................................................................................................. 131
Capital Ship Damage ........................................................................................................................... 132
Location ............................................................................................................................................. 133
Apply Damage ................................................................................................................................... 133
System Damage ................................................................................................................................. 133

Turrets ........................................................................................................................................... 133
Barbettes ....................................................................................................................................... 134
Bays ............................................................................................................................................... 134
Spinal Weapon .............................................................................................................................. 134
Hull ................................................................................................................................................ 134
Structure ....................................................................................................................................... 134
Armour .......................................................................................................................................... 134
Screens .......................................................................................................................................... 134
Jump Drive .................................................................................................................................... 134
Manoeuvre Drive .......................................................................................................................... 134
Power Plant ................................................................................................................................... 134
Fuel ................................................................................................................................................ 135
Sensors .......................................................................................................................................... 135
Computer ...................................................................................................................................... 135
Bridge ............................................................................................................................................ 135
Crew .............................................................................................................................................. 135
Critical Hit .......................................................................................................................................... 135
Radiation Attacks .............................................................................................................................. 135
Repairing Damage ............................................................................................................................. 136
Crew Hits ........................................................................................................................................... 137
Fighter Flights .................................................................................................................................... 137
Attacks by Flights .......................................................................................................................... 137
Attacks on Flights .......................................................................................................................... 137
Orders ............................................................................................................................................... 138
Order Name .................................................................................................................................. 138
Emergency Orders ......................................................................................................................... 138
Repeatable Orders ........................................................................................................................ 138
Table: Capital Ship Barrage Attack Characteristics (Weapons) .......................................................... 143
Table: Capital Ship Barrage Attack Characteristics (Ordinance) ........................................................ 144
Sample Spacecraft .................................................................................................................................... 145
Equine Class Reaction Drive Corvette (TL 10) ..................................................................................... 145
Cargo Transport (TL 12) ...................................................................................................................... 146

Perseus Class Heavy Cruiser (TL 15) ................................................................................................... 148
Sword Class Patrol Frigate (TL 21) ...................................................................................................... 150

Introduction
Ranging from tiny ten ton work pods to kilometer long heavily armoured warships displacing a megaton,
the space ships of known space are as varied as the crews that operate them.

This book provides the tools for a naval architect to design small craft to huge in‐system ships, traders or
massive capital ships. They can install the latest technology to allow the ship to jump interstellar
distances, use inertialess drives that bend gravity to the will of the ship, move by falling towards
microscopic black holes or “ride fire“ on a ship that uses a fusion plasma drive and spin gravity to
provide for crew comfort. They can also design low technology missile armed warships or capital ships
bristling with high energy weapons and capital ship killing torpedoes.


The Design Process
Spacecraft are constructed on the foundation of a hull, into which are fitted the jump and maneuver
drives, the power plant, the fuel tanks, accommodation for the crew, computers, controls and sensors.

Optionally, other components such as armaments, defensive systems, and other fittings can be added to
adapt the ship to its intended function. The total tonnage of the installed fittings cannot exceed the
tonnage of the hull.

Before commencing design, determine the role intended for the ship and any associated specialization
that role might require.

1. The Hull
a. Choose Hull size and configuration.
b. Install armour and any hull options.

2. The Engineering Section
a. Choose drives and power plant. If designing a reaction drive vessel, then refer to module 2
for drive type selection.
i. Decide what the maximum acceleration for the ship should be, and cross‐reference
it with the ship’s tonnage on the Performance by Hull Volume Table to determine
the Maneuver Drive required.
ii. Optionally, select a Jump Drive by cross‐referencing it with the ship’s tonnage on
the Jump Drive Letter Table to determine the Jump Drive required. The result can
then be cross‐referenced with the Drive Costs Table.
iii. Choose a Power Plant, ensuring that it can provide enough power for the Jump and
Maneuver Drives.
iv. For reaction drive vessels, determine spin gravity requirements and allocate space
for that type.
b. Fuel
i. Calculate fuel requirements and allocate space for fuel (reaction drive vessels also
require reaction mass).

3. The Main Compartment
a. Install a bridge.
b. Install a computer.
i. Install computer software. If a Jump Drive has been installed, then the ship needs
Jump Drive software.
c. Install sensors.
d. Install internal components such as staterooms, berths, low berths, medical bays,
workshops or recreation facilities.
e. Install external components such as aerofins, docking clamps, grappling arms


4. Armament
a. Determine hard points and if required, install any PD and standard turrets, barbettes or
bays.
i. Optionally install spinal weapon if ship is a large enough in‐system capital ship.
ii. Ensure one ton of fire control per turret, barbette or bay.
b. Install weapons.
c. Missile launchers, mine launchers, torpedo launchers, mass drivers, railguns and sandcasters
require ammunition and magazine space must be allocated.
d. Install screens if required.

5. Small Craft, Vehicles, Drones and Cargo Holds
a. Install drones if required.
b. Determine hangar requirement for vehicles and small craft if required.
c. Allocate cargo space and cargo hold type (type).

6. Crew
a. Determine crew required to operate the ship effectively and adjust the allocated
accommodation if necessary.
b. Passengers.

Note that any remaining space can be added or removed from allocated cargo space to ensure the
design balances and does not exceed the selected hull displacement.

For capital ship section hit tables and crew strength characteristics refer to pages 98 – 99.

Design example
Having received a design order for a small commercial vessel from a client, the naval architect determines that a
200 ton hull would be a suitable choice. This would allow enough room for an economical drive selection, crew,
passengers and good cargo capacity for the ship’s displacement.

Spacecraft Design
Spacecraft are constructed and sold at shipyards throughout known space. Any A‐class starport has a
shipyard which can build any kind of ship, including a starship with Jump drives; any B‐class starport can
build small craft and ships which do not have Jump drives. The military procures spaceships through
these yards, corporations buy their commercial craft from these shipyards, and private individuals can
purchase ships that they have designed through them as well. The major restriction on the purchase of
ships is money.

Definitions
A spacecraft is defined as an interplanetary or interstellar vehicle which can travel through space under
its own power.

Spacecraft are further defined by the criteria that a ship is any vessel of one hundred tons or more. A
starship has a Jump drive and can travel on interstellar voyages from star system to star system and an
in‐system ship (which navies often call a boat or, if very large, a monitor) which has no Jump Drive and is
thus confined to a single star system.

Small craft are any vessel under one hundred tons and are incapable of being able to jump. For small
craft design, see page 102.

Size is measured in ‘displacement tons’ or dT: a hundred ton ship displaces a volume equal to one
hundred tons of liquid hydrogen (one ton equals roughly 14 cubic meters). Tons or dT in this supplement
are interchangeable.

Standard Designs vs. New Designs
There are many ship designs that can be purchased “off the shelf” or used as a basis for custom
modifications. Plans for such spacecraft are available in most shipyards and components are
standardized across all the shipyards that can construct that particular vessel, which will reduce the cost
of the ship’s construction by 10%. This reduced cost does not include ammunition for weapons or fuel,
which must be bought separately. If a buyer needs a new, custom type, then they must employ a naval
architect to design it, which will take about two months per 100 tons of hull size. An architect typically
charges a flat fee of 1% of the final cost of the vessel.

Construction Times
It is often difficult to determine construction times as they can vary wildly. Times are dependent on size,
complexity of the spacecraft and the construction capabilities of the shipyard. Larger shipyards will be
able to construct vessels more quickly. See the Construction Time section on page 92 for indicative
times.

Adventure Class Ships
Spacecraft that fall within the hull ranges of 100 – 5000 tons are traditionally known as Adventure Class
Ships. Larger spacecraft, which are far more costly to maintain and operate, tend to either be used by
system defense forces, navies or large mercantile and shipping corporations.


Commercial Class and Capital Ships
Nonmilitary vessels over 5000 tons are collectively referred to as Commercial Class Ships. Military
vessels are known as Capital Ships. Though for design purposes both use the same design guidelines. To
confuse the issue further, navies also classify larger warships such as battleships and carriers as Capital
Ships.

Naval Capital Ships have differing design criteria to Commercial Class vessels of similar displacement.
Drives for example, tend to be more massive allowing for greater thrust and providing more power
output for offensive and defensive armament and combat maneuvering.

In this book vessels of over 5000 tons will be referred to as Capital Ships for ease of description.

1. The Hull

Hulls are identified by their displacement, expressed in tons (dT).

All spacecraft are designated by the appropriate Hull Code. A Hull Code includes all hull values between
it and the next lowest hull code (so a 12,000 ton bulk freighter will have a Hull Code of CF).

Table: Ship Hull by Displacement
Hull (dT) Hull Code Price (MCr)
100 1 2
200 2 8
300 3 12
400 4 16
500 5 32
600 6 48
700 7 64
800 8 80
900 9 90
1000 A 100
1200 C 120
1400 E 140
1600 G 160
1800 J 180
2000 L 200
3000 M 300
4000 N 400
5000 P 500


Table: Capital Ship Hull by Displacement
Hull (dT) Hull Code Price (MCr) Hull (dT) Hull Code Price (MCr)
6000 CA 600 80,000 CO 8000
7000 CB 700 90,000 CP 9000
8000 CC 800 100,000 CQ 10,000
9000 CD 900 200,000 CR 20,000
10,000 CE 1000 300,000 CS 30,000
15,000 CF 1500 400,000 CT 40,000
20,000 CG 2000 500,000 CU 50,000
25,000 CH 2500 600,000 CV 60,000
30,000 CJ 3000 700,000 CW 70,000
40,000 CK 4000 800,000 CX 80,000
50,000 CL 5000 900,000 CY 90,000
60,000 CM 6000 1,000,000 CZ 100,000
70,000 CN 7000
Base cost of a capital ship hull is MCr 0.1 per ton plus the hull configuration modifier.

Planetoid and Buffered Planetoids selected to be hulls will require transport from an in‐system asteroid
belt and hollowing out at a cost of 5000Cr per ton. For such types, a planetoid hull has a useable volume
of 80% while a buffered planetoid has a useable volume of 65%.

Depending on tonnage, commercial class and capital ships are compartmented in up to six sections. Any
attacks on a ship will hit one section or another. During the design process the section should be named
when components are allocated to it, see page 98 on how to assign components to each section. The
Capital Ship Table below provides standard section names for convenience.

Table: Capital Ship Hull Section Table
Hull Code Number of Sections Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6
CA to CE 2 Engineering Forward
CF to CK 3 Engineering Main Forward
CL to CQ 4 Engineering Amidships Main Forward
CR to CV 5 Engineering Aft Amidships Main Forward
CW to CZ 6 Engineering Aft Upper Amidships Lower Amidships Main Forward

Configuration
There are four main types of hull configuration available for a spacecraft.
 Standard (a cone, sphere or cylinder)
 Streamlined (a needle/wedge, wing, disk or lifting body)
 Distributed (made up of several distinct sub‐sections)
 Asteroid (a planetoid or buffered planetoid)

If the spacecraft is to be a reaction drive vessel then there are further hull configuration constraints that
affect their performance within planetary atmospheres. See page 40.

Standard Hulls
Spacecraft of this hull type can land and leave a planet with an atmosphere but cannot maneuver within
that atmosphere. A ship with a standard hull can have scoops installed for gathering fuel from a gas
giant but the process will be much more complex and time consuming. Larger ships with this
configuration will use specialized small craft such as a modular cutter to skim gas giants for fuel, from
orbit or out‐system refueling facilities or, if military, refuel from a fleet tanker. For any Atmospheric
Operations undertaken spacecraft with standard hulls will suffer a ‐2 DM.

Streamlined Hulls
Spacecraft of this hull type are able to land, leave and maneuver in any atmosphere or even planetary
oceans. Streamlining includes fuel scoops which allow the skimming of unrefined fuel from gas giants or
the gathering of water from open lakes or oceans. Streamlining must be included at the time of
construction and increases the cost of a hull by 10%.

Distributed Hulls
Ships of this hull type cannot land on any planetary surface or enter any atmosphere type. They are
unable to mount fuel scoops.

There are two distributed hull sub‐types;

 Close Structure hulls have a closely connected arrangement of sub sections arranged around the
main hull. Though it is possible to land a ship with this hull configuration, it is a very risky and
time consuming task to undertake. However a ship with a close structure can land on planets
with thin atmospheres. Landing on planetary surfaces or manoeuvring within denser
atmospheres will incur a ‐4 DM with any failed check inflicting 2D6 damage to the ship. Selecting
this hull configuration reduces the cost of the hull by 10%.

 Dispersed Structure hulls are an open type with hull sections connected by closed or open
framework. Selecting this hull configuration reduces the cost of the hull by 50%. Dispersed
Structure hulled vessels cannot land on any planetary surface.

Asteroid Hulls
Using large nickel‐iron asteroids, hollowed out to fit drives, accommodation, weapons and other
components asteroid ships can be a much cheaper alternative to constructing an artificial hull of similar
size.

There are two Asteroid Hull types;

 Planetoid hulls allow for a maximum of 80% of the hull volume as available space. The
remaining 20% provides the planetoid’s structural integrity and armour. Planetoid hulls have a
base armour of 2.

 Buffered Planetoid hulls have a greater ability to withstand damage from combat by reducing
the amount of available interior space to 65% of the overall tonnage thereby increasing the
planetoids “skin” that acts as the vessels armour. Buffered Planetoid hulls have a base armour of
4.

For naval vessels, hull configuration is an important consideration as it affects both the number of
weapons than can be bought to bear on a given target and whether installation of a spinal weapon is
possible.


Table: Capital Ship Hull Configuration Table
Configuration Hull Shape Spinal Weapons Bearing (%) Cost Modifier
Standard Cone Yes 80 x1.0
Cylinder Yes 80 x1.0
Sphere Yes 70 x1.0
Streamlined Flattened Cone Yes 80 x1.1
Needle Yes 80 x1.1
Wedge Yes 80 x1.1
Distributed Close Structure Yes 60 x0.9
Dispersed Structure No 60 x0.5
Asteroid Planetoid Yes 50 Special
Buffered Planetoid Yes 50 Special

Hull and Structure
Hull and Structure points are determined by a ship’s hull displacement. During combat any damage
suffered by a ship will be reflected by losses to those point values. Initially, damage is applied to the Hull
and once the Hull is breached further damage is applied to the ship’s Structure. If all Structure Points are
lost then the ship is considered completely destroyed. However the likely outcome is that most
spacecraft will surrender, be disabled or be destroyed by secondary effects before their Structure is
completely eliminated. A ship has one Hull Point and one Structure Point per 50 tons of displacement.

A capital ship’s internal structure and hull is arranged differently so as to reduce the damage caused by
combat. Each section has its own allocation of Structure and Hull points.

Table: Capital Ship Hull Section Points Table
Tons Hull Sections Total Per Section
(dT) Code Hull Structure Hull Structure
6000 CA 2 120 120 60 60
7000 CB 2 140 140 70 70
8000 CC 3 160 160 53 53
9000 CD 3 180 180 60 60
10,000 CE 3 200 200 66 66
15,000 CF 3 300 300 100 100
20,000 CG 3 400 400 133 133
25,000 CH 3 500 500 166 166
30,000 CJ 3 600 600 200 200
40,000 CK 3 800 800 266 266
50,000 CL 4 1000 1000 250 250
60,000 CM 4 1200 1200 300 300
70,000 CN 4 1400 1400 350 350
80,000 CO 4 1600 1600 400 400
90,000 CP 4 1800 1800 450 450
100,000 CQ 4 2000 2000 500 500
200,000 CR 5 4000 4000 800 800
300,000 CS 5 6000 6000 1200 1200
400,000 CT 5 8000 8000 1600 1600
500,000 CU 5 10,000 10,000 2000 2000
600,000 CV 5 12,000 12,000 2400 2400
700,000 CW 6 14,000 14,000 2333 2333
800,000 CX 6 16,000 16,000 2666 2666
900,000 CY 6 18,000 18,000 3000 3000
1,000,000 CZ 6 20,000 20,000 3333 3333


The following design options alter the basic framework of the ship, but will require considerably more
time in a shipyard to install.

Reinforced Structure
By reinforcing the structure of a ship and adding armoured protection to that, a ship can withstand
more damage structurally. For every 5% of the ship’s total tonnage allocated to reinforced structure, the
ship gains extra structure points. Reinforcing a ship’s structure costs 0.2MCr per ton.

Reinforced Hull
Reinforcing the external hull of a ship is cheaper and easier than reinforcing the internal structure. For
every 10% of the ship’s total tonnage allocated to reinforced hull, the ship gains extra hull points.
Reinforcing a ship’s hull costs 0.1MCr per ton.

Table: Reinforced Hull
Hull Size Reinforced Structure per 5% Reinforced Hull per 10%
10‐90 1 3
100‐1000 2 5
1000‐3000 4 10
3000‐20,000 8 20
20,000+ 16 40

Armoured Bulkheads
Providing additional armour by adding armoured bulkheads will provide additional protection to any
internal components to which they are added. This will require tonnage equal to 10% of the tonnage of
the protected system, but will negate the first hit on that system.

For example, if a ship has a 30 ton power plant, then adding armoured bulkheads to protect the reactor
costs 3 tons, but means the first hit on the power plant is ignored. Adding armoured bulkheads to a ship
costs 0.2MCr per ton.

Modular Hull
Up to 75% of a ship’s internal tonnage may be designated as modular, allowing it to be swapped out
easily. This tonnage may not include the bridge, power plant, drives or any structural or armour options.
Different modules can be installed for different tasks. Making a modular hull increases the cost of the
overall hull by the percentage designated to be modular.

Example: A 100 ton hull normally costs 2.0MCr If 30% of the ship’s hull is going to be made modular,
then the cost of the hull is increased to 2.6MCr which is 130% of the original cost. This means that 30
tons of the ship’s components could easily be swapped out from mission to mission. When hauling
passengers, the ship could install a module with six staterooms and 6 tons of cargo space (totaling 30
tons). When going into combat, the ship could install a module with a triple turret and a fighter hangar
totaling 30 tons.


Armour
The basic hull provides some protection from anti‐ship weapons fire, but it is possible to add heavier
armour to the hull for added defense. Naval vessels will always add armour, the amount depending on
the role and size of the vessel.

An armoured ship automatically decreases radiation exposure from space phenomena by 400 rads. (This
does not apply to meson attacks, x‐ray lasers and nuclear missiles, which bypass the armour or breach
the hull to deliver their radiation hits.)

Any selected armour options must be added during the installation of the ship’s armour, and cannot be
easily retrofitted without extensive refurbishment in a spacedock.

The amount of armour that can be added to a spacecraft is determined by the technological level of the
type of armour added. This is defined by the table below.

Table: Ship Armour by Type
Armour Type TL Protection Cost Maximum Armour
Titanium Steel 7 2 per 5% 5% of base hull TL or 9 whichever is less
Crystaliron 10 4 per 5% 20% of base hull TL or 12, whichever is less
Bonded Superdense 14 6 per 5% 50% of base hull TL or 16, whichever is less
Nanoflux 18 8 per 5% 70% of base hull TL

Nanoflux armour consists of a thick layer of gel‐like nanite infused fluid sandwiched in bands of Bonded
Superdense armour structure. This armour is essentially a reactive “smart armour” as it concentrates at
the point of impact to absorb physical impacts and flows around heat sources to dissipate energy. It is
available at TL18.

There is no requirement to add armour in 5% elements, but it must be added in whole armour point
values.

For example, the minimum element which can be added for Titanium Steel is 2.5%, which is a single point
of armour.

For a naval capital ship, armour can be allocated differently per section. If this is required, the cost is
determined by treating each section as a separate hull of the appropriate size. Again, armour does not
need to be allocated in 5% allocations however it must be added in whole armour point values.

Adding additional armour to asteroid hull vessels is allowed but the natural armour of either type must
be included into the total hull armour value allowable by TL or the selected armour limits.
Ship Armour Options

Heat Shielding
Heat shielding protects the ship against the heat of re‐entry or other heat sources such as proximity to a
star. A ship without a functioning gravitic drive attempting re‐entry without heat shielding or
atmospheric thrusters will burn up during the attempt. If equipped with undamaged heat shielding, re‐
entry is successful on easy (+4) Pilot, 10 ‐ 60 minutes skill check, with failure resulting in burn up (this
task is often undertaken more slowly). Damage to the ship from proximity to a star in the absence of

heat shielding will be severe. Heat shielding does not provide protection against starship combat
weapons; even fusion weapons. Heat shielding costs 0.1 MCr per ton of hull.
Radiation Shielding
Radiation shielding improves the ship’s protection so that it is shielded against artificial radiation
sources (such as nuclear missile detonations and meson gun impacts) and against radiation from natural
sources (such as solar flares, system bodies and pulsars). A ship with radiation shielding decreases the
amount of rads absorbed by all crew by 1000, treats the bridge as if it is hardened and provides 6 extra
armour points against radiation damage from nuclear weapons, particle beams and fusion guns.
Radiation shielding costs 0.25MCr per ton of hull.

Self-Sealing
A self‐sealing hull automatically repairs minor breaches such as micrometeoroid impacts, and prevents
hull hits from leading to explosive decompression. It costs 0.01MCr per ton of hull.

Electrified
An electrified hull is a defensive system that charges the hull with high voltage current directly tapped
from the ships power plant. The inside of the vessel is insulated. Designed to discourage dangerous life
forms and intruders attempting to gain access to the vessel, the charge level can be varied from 1‐ 6d6
damage. Referees may judge that armour and some suits can reduce or nullify this damage. It costs
0.2MCr per ton of hull, requires a working power plant to function and has no benefit or effect in space
combat.

Reflec
Reflective coating on the hull increases the ship’s armour against lasers by 3. Adding Reflec costs 0.1MCr
per ton of hull and can only be added once.

Stealth
A stealth coating absorbs radar and lidar beams, and also disguises heat emissions. This gives a ‐4 DM on
any Sensors rolls to detect or lock onto the ship. Adding Stealth costs 0.1MCr per ton of hull, and can
only be added once.

Improved Stealth
An improved stealth coating provides more efficient absorption of radar and lidar scans, masks neural
scans, and also improves the disguising of the vessel’s heat emissions. This gives a ‐5 DM on any Sensors
rolls to detect or lock onto the ship. Adding Improved Stealth costs 0.2MCr per ton of hull and can only
be added once.

Table: Ship Armour Options
Hull Option TL Cost (MCr) per Hull dT
Heat Shielding 7 0.1
Radiation Shielding 8 0.25
Self‐Sealing 9 0.1
Electrified 9 0.2
Reflec 10 0.1
Stealth 11 0.1
Improved stealth 14 0.2

2. The Engineering Section

Hulls vary in their requirements for drives and power plants based on tonnage. Any specific drive will be
thus be less efficient as the tonnage it must create thrust for increases. The drive performance table lists
24 standard maneuver drives, power plant types and jump drive types; identified by drive codes A
through Z (omitting I and O to avoid confusion). Also listed are various standard hull tonnages. If any odd
sized, custom hull tonnages are required then those should be read at the next higher hull tonnage
level. Correlating hull size with drive letter indicates drive performance. If a hyphen (‐) is listed, then that
combination of drive and hull is not allowable.

It is important to note that all drive calculations and tables in this book are for commercial grade drives
only.

For maneuver drives, the performance listed is the Thrust number which is the number of G’s
acceleration available for that drive type.

Jump Drives use the same table with the performance listed being the maximum number of parsecs that
drive type can cross in a single operation.

The table below lists the drive rating and technological levels of both maneuver drives and jump drives.
M‐Drive column lists thrust and J‐Drive lists maximum number of parsecs. There are exceptions, one
being that chemical rockets that can create high thrust for very short periods of time. New M‐Drive
technologies will also affect maximum thrust rating of a drive.

Table: Drive Tech Levels
Technology Level
Drive Rating M‐Drive J‐Drive
0 6 ‐
1 7 9
2 7 10
3 8 12
4 8 13
5 8 14
6 9 15

The power plant rating (A‐ZC) must be at least a rating of 1 and must be equal to or larger than the jump
drive or maneuver drive, whichever is greater.

For example, a 500 ton ship outfitted with a jump drive G and a maneuver drive N would have a Thrust of
5. As the jump drive is rated at 2, it would thus require a power plant N to operate, equal to the higher
rating of the two drives.

Civilian ships and often, smaller naval vessels, use "off the shelf" commercial drive components. These
provide enough power and thrust for the task at hand.

Spacecraft over 5000 tons must have their drive components sized and costed according to the size of
the hull. These drives will provide enough power and capability for the spacecraft to operate efficiently
and safely.


Military Grade Drives
Naval spacecraft on the other hand are more heavily armed, armoured and full of redundant systems,
requiring more powerful purpose built drives to provide everything needed with power and still to be
able to maneuver in combat.

Further, military grade drives are more resistant to damage, negating the first damage hit caused by
combat or other causes. Military Grade jump drives are automatically able to rapid cycle (see page 33).

If installed as part of a design, military grade drives will cost 25% more and are 10% bigger than
equivalent civilian grade drives.

Table: Drive Costs
J‐Drive M‐Drive P‐Plant
Drive Code Tons MCr Tons MCr Tons MCr
A 10 10 2 4 4 8
B 15 20 3 8 7 16
C 20 30 5 12 10 24
D 25 40 7 16 13 32
E 30 50 9 20 16 40
F 35 60 11 24 19 48
G 40 70 13 28 22 56
H 45 80 15 32 25 64
J 50 90 17 36 28 72
K 65 100 19 40 31 80
L 60 110 21 44 34 88
M 65 120 23 48 37 96
N 70 130 25 52 40 104
P 75 140 27 56 43 112
Q 80 150 29 60 46 120
R 85 160 31 64 49 128
S 90 170 33 58 52 136
T 95 180 35 72 55 144
U 100 190 37 76 58 152
V 102 200 39 80 61 160
W 110 210 41 84 64 168
X 115 220 43 88 67 176
Y 120 230 45 92 70 182
Z 125 240 47 96 73 192
ZA 150 280 70 125 110 230
ZB 240 400 120 210 180 360
ZC 340 580 160 270 250 410


Table: Drive Performance Table by Hull Volumes – Smaller Hulls
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
A 2 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
B 4 2 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
C 6 3 2 1 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
D ‐ 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 ‐ ‐
E ‐ 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
F ‐ 6 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
G ‐ ‐ 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
H ‐ ‐ 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2
J ‐ ‐ 6 4 3 3 2 2 2 2
K ‐ ‐ ‐ 5 4 3 3 3 2 2
L ‐ ‐ ‐ 5 4 3 3 3 3 3
M ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 4 4 3 3 3 3
N ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 5 4 4 4 3 3
P ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 5 4 4 4 4 4
Q ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 5 4 4 4 4
R ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 5 5 5 4 4
S ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 5 5 5 5 5
T ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 5 5 5 5
U ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 6 5 5 5
V ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 6 6 5 5
W ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 6 6 5
X ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 6 6 6
Y ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 6 6 6
Z ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 6 6 6

Table: Drive Performance Table by Hull Volumes – Larger Hulls
1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 3000 4000 5000
A ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
B ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
C ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
D ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
E ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
F 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
G 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
H 1 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
J 2 1 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
K 2 2 1 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐
L 2 2 2 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐
M 3 2 2 2 1 ‐ ‐ ‐
N 3 3 2 2 2 ‐ ‐ ‐
P 3 3 3 2 2 ‐ ‐ ‐
Q 4 3 3 3 2 1 ‐ ‐
R 4 4 3 3 3 1 ‐ ‐
S 4 4 4 3 3 1 ‐ ‐
T 5 4 4 4 3 2 ‐ ‐
U 5 4 4 4 4 2 ‐ ‐
V 5 5 4 4 4 2 1 ‐
W 5 5 4 4 4 3 1 1
X 5 5 5 4 4 3 1 1
Y 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 1
Z 6 5 5 5 4 4 2 2
ZA ‐ 6 6 5 5 5 4 4
ZB ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 6 5 5 5
ZC ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 6 6

Maneuver Drive

The gravitic drive (TL 9) is the standard normal space drive for spacecraft throughout known space and
combines efficiency with moderately high thrust, requiring only the power generated by a power plant
to function.

Due to structural limitations spacecraft that mass over 70 tons are limited to 6G thrust. At TL 18
however, more advanced construction technologies, materials and drives allow that limit to be
increased to 8G.

Lower Technology Drives
Two other drives are also used as a lower technology option.

 Reaction drives or rockets can provide greater thrust, but require prohibitively large amounts of
reaction mass.
 Solar sails, by contrast, require no power or reaction mass, but generate extremely low thrust so
as to be useless to anything other than solar sail enthusiasts.

Reaction Drive
A reaction drive operates by simply ejecting matter rearwards of the space ship at high velocity.
Different types of drives do this in different ways, but all require on‐board supplies of reaction mass to
be used to propel the spacecraft.

Table: Reaction Drive Table
Modifiers* Fuel Use Maximum Minimum Tech
Drive Type
Size Cost % (Fc) 1 Thrust (g) 2 Drive Size Level
Liquid Chemical Fuel Rockets x1 x1 40 6 F 5
Solid Chemical Fuel Rockets x1 x1 35 6 F 5
Fusion Plasma x1 x1 2 3 A 8
Advanced Fusion Plasma x1.5 x1.5 1.5 4 M 10
* Apply these modifiers to values in the drive cost table or to calculated drive values, pages 27‐33
1 Fuel use multiplier percentage. See page 35 for fuel requirement calculation.
2 This is the maximum thrust the selected reaction drive is capable of attaining.

When designing Reaction Drive spacecraft, it is important to note that they will require additional
components. These are described on page 38, along with other options such as spin gravity generation
components.

Solar Sail
A deployed solar sail covers an area dozens of kilometers across. It is made of a flexible synthetic fabric
that has limited self‐repair capabilities. Particles emitted by the sun (the ‘solar wind’) catch the sail and
provide a minuscule amount of thrust. A ship using a solar sail as its primary method of propulsion has
an effective thrust of 0 and requires several days or weeks to change its course or speed.

A solar sail costs 0.01MCr per ton of ship, and takes up 5% of the ship’s total tonnage when stowed. It
cannot be used during combat or when a Jump Drive is engaged.


Higher Technology Drives
Beginning at TL 18 the gravitic drive is gradually replaced by the singularity drive, which combines a
gravitic drive with projected microscopic artificial singularities that pull the spacecraft towards it at
much higher acceleration. The generated micro‐singularity is constantly adjusted around the spacecraft
to provide normal space maneuverability. The singularity drive requires 1.5 times the space, is 1.5 times
the cost and provides an additional 2G thrust than the equivalent rated gravitic drive. Power plant
selection criteria for this drive do not change.

Capital Ship Maneuver Drive Selection
Capital ships have different drive selection criteria which will depend on the tonnage size of the hull.
Any one drive will be less efficient as the tonnage it must drive increases resulting in a lower maximum
thrust value.

To determine the tonnage of the drive required, refer to the Capital Ship Maneuver Drive Performance
Table which will provide the percentage of the ship’s tonnage that must be applied to a drive to provide
the desired thrust. Capital Ship maneuver drives cost 0.5MCr per ton.

Table: Capital Ship Maneuver Drive Performance
Thrust (G) 1 2 3 4 5 6
% of displacement 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2.5 3.25

Military Power
Military grade maneuver drives are designed to provide an additional thrust output 25% over their rated
thrust. Running on military power for a length of time exceeding eight hours will incur an automatic two
hits to the maneuver drive.

Power Plants

The standard power plant for spacecraft is the fusion reactor. Compact, efficient and powerful, it
provides more than adequate power for all ship’s systems.

Variable Output
All spaceship drives are capable of variable output so as to extend the length of the designed
operational duration of the vessel. Reducing or “dialing back” power plant output reduces the fuel
expenditure but also reduces the number of ship systems on operational readiness or standby. A power
plant output may be reduced to provide a vessel with a maximum of five extra operational days while
still allowing enough power for life support, basic controls and a thrust capability of 1G.

Each 10% of power plant reduction increases duration by one day, but at the cost of powering one ship
system such as turret power, maneuver drive thrust power, Jump Drive, sensors etc.

For example, the captain of a free trader who is low on fuel and with a damaged jump drive dials back
the power plant output by twenty percent to conserve what fuel is remaining as she heads in‐system. She
elects to drop the maneuver drive thrust to 1G and shuts power down to the two weapon turrets. This
gives her the extra two days needed for the journey.


Emergency Power
The ability for a vessel to keep functioning after main power has been disabled or knocked offline can be
provided by an emergency power system. Such a system offers a more inexpensive option than installing
a second backup power plant. In combat, if the power plant is hit for a third time, the emergency power
system activates, and allows the ship to function normally for 30 minutes (1.8 space combat turns),
providing full ship wide operations. If the power plant is hit again, then the emergency system will fail.
An emergency power system requires an allocation of 10% of the power plant and costs 10% of the cost
of the main power plant.

Chemical Power Plants
Much larger and much less fuel efficient than a fusion or fission power plant, the chemical power plant
is 40% bigger than its fusion equivalent, costs 1.25MCr per ton and requires 15 times the amount of fuel
for the same period of operation.

Fission Power Plants
Fission plants first become available at TL 7 and provide the same power as a fusion power plant and can
provide any power performance level. They are however twice the size and price of a fusion power plant
of the same rating. Fission power plants use the same fuel per year that a fusion power plant uses in two
weeks. Each ton costing 1MCr.

Solar Panel
Designed to allow a vessel to extend range and endurance, extendible solar panels provide backup
power for a vessel’s power plants. If the ship is engaged in minimal maneuvering only, then the ship will
consume power plant fuel at 25% of the main power plants fuel consumption rate. If the ship remains
on station, does not use active sensors or engages in fuel refining then no power plant fuel will be used.
If solar panels are fitted to a ship as the main power plant, then assume the solar panels provide a
performance rating of 1. A ship cannot make a jump when the panels are deployed.

Solar Panels required to power a ship are 10% the size of the main power plant but cannot be less than
0.5 tons. Cost is 0.1MCr per ton.

Chemical Batteries
A chemical battery the same size as a fusion power plant of the same tech level provides a performance
rating of 1 and 1000 hours of use assuming the vessel is not maneuvering, using active sensors, refining
fuel, making significant use of long range communicators or energy using weapons (such as lasers, rail
guns, meson guns, fusion guns and particle beams). Alternatively, the same sized battery will give 1 hour
(3.6 space combat turns) of performance without these restrictions. A battery can be scaled in size to
give any endurance and costs 4 times the equivalent fusion power plant. A TL 7 battery is the same size
as a TL 8 battery.

For example, a TL 7 B–rated battery with 2000 hours of endurance will require (7 x 2000/1000) 14dT and
cost (16 x 2000/1000 x 4) 108MCr.

The time to recharge a battery is equivalent to the battery endurance used (in low power setting)
divided by 1000 then multiplied by 2. If using solar panels to recharge the battery, the “power plant
rating” is 0.1.

For example the battery described above has been used for 1600 hours. To recharge it with solar panels
will require (1600 /1000/0.1 x2) 32 hours.

Antimatter
Otherwise identical in size and cost to advanced fusion power plants, antimatter power plants create
power by the controlled mutual annihilation of small amounts of hydrogen and anti‐hydrogen.
Antimatter power plants require refueling once per month at a cost of 5000Cr per ton of drive. No fuel
tonnage is required.

Quantum Tap
First available at TL 17, the Quantum Tap harnesses zero point energy to generate power, providing
double the power rating of an equivalent advanced fusion power plant. A Quantum Tap power plant is
50% more than the cost and requires 50% more additional space than an equivalent rated advanced
fusion power plant. They are only available for installation into spacecraft over 5000 tons.

Capital Ship Power Plant Selection
For Capital Ship power plant selection, the tonnage required will depend on the required power plant
number, further modified by type. The cost of the power plant will also be modified by the type to be
installed.

Table: Capital Ship Power Plants
Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6
% of displacement 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 5
Quantum Tap Power Plants are 50% larger but provide double the power rating.

Table: Capital Ship Power Plant Cost and Size Modifiers
Power Plant Type TL Size Modifier Cost/dT (MCr)
Chemical 5 1.4 1.25
Fission 7 2 1
Fusion 8‐10 1.25 2
Improved Fusion 11‐14 1.25 2.5
Advanced Fusion 15 0.75 2.5
Antimatter 16 1 2.5
Quantum Tap 17 Special Special

For example, a 15,000 ton heavy cruiser constructed at TL 15 has a military grade advanced fusion power
plant rating of 5. Size of the drive is 600 tons type which is modified by type (advanced fusion 0.75) x 600
= 450 tons and type cost 450 x 2.5 = 1125MCr. These values are further modified for military grade
(+10%) = 495 tons and cost (+25%) = 1406MCr.

The power plant rating must be at least equal to either the maneuver drive or the Jump Drive rating. The
power plant rating will also determine the number of weapons of each type can be installed. It also
determines the maximum number of defensive screen generators per group per type that can be
installed.

For example a 2,500 ton destroyer constructed at TL 12 with a power plant rating of 3 may have up to 7
standard bay weapons 3 x 2500/1000 = 7.5 rounded down to 7. It can have up to 3 screen generators per
screen group.

There is no limitation to the number of redundant (back up) screen generators installed.


Because of their large size and high power requirements, heavy bays require a minimum power plant
rating of 3 and can only be installed once per 1000 tons. Total number of bays then available to be
installed per 1000 tons is reduced by 3.

For example, a naval architect intending to install a power plant with a rating of 5 as part of a heavy
cruiser design can elect to install five standard bays or one 500 ton heavy bay and one standard bay per
1000 tons of hull.

Table: Capital Ship Armament Power
P‐plant Turret Bay Spinal Screens
rating Weapons Weapons weapons
1 Unlimited 1 per No 1
by Power 1000dT
2 Unlimited 2 per Yes 2
by Power 1000dT
by Power 1000dT
by Power 1000dT
by Power 1000dT
by Power 1000dT
Jump Drive

To determine jump drive characteristics, consult the Drive Performance and Drive Costs Table on pages
27‐28. Jump drives cannot be installed on vessels smaller than 100 tons and cannot operate within a one
hundred diameter radius of any planetary body.

For starships with hull sizes greater than 5000 tons, a jump drive will require a percentage of the hull
size depending on the selected jump drive’s performance. Capital Ship jump drives cost 2MCr per ton.

Table: Capital Ship Jump Drives
Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6
% of displacement 2 3 4 5 6 7
Jump TL 9 11 12 13 14 15

Rapid Cycle Jump Drives
A normal jump drive requires the drive to be undertake preparation before jump and the ship’s jump
capacitors have re‐charged. This procedure takes at least one hour but usually takes up to sixteen hours
if all pre‐jump checks are undertaken. A rapid cycle drive can charge considerably quicker not normally
require preparation. After a jump, roll 2d6. On a 3+, the drive does not need a preparation roll and can
jump again immediately. However, the time period between jumps does raise the chance of a misjump.
A rapid cycle jump drive costs 10% more than a standard jump drive.
Table: Rapid Cycle Jump Drive Misjumps

Time Between Jumps Misjump DM
One minute or less 1.25
One minute to thirty minutes 1
30 minutes to one hour 2

Rapid cycle jump drives are also able to micro‐jump, allowing near instantaneous movement for a short
distance measured in astronomical units rather than parsecs. Refer to the micro‐jump distances table
below.

Table: Micro-Jump Distances
Jump mJump distance (AU)
Drive Rating Min. Max.
1 6 10
2 5 20
3 4 30
4 3 40
5 2 50
6 1 60

Stealthed Jump Drive
Normally, a ship that emerges into real space will be automatically detected if it emerges within the
“minimal” detail range of the sensor. A Stealthed jump drive minimises the detectable burst of radiation
caused by the transition from jump space into real space.

Detecting a ship equipped with a stealthed drive as it emerges into real space requires a Comms
(sensors), Intelligence or Education, Difficult (‐2 DM) skill check if within “limited” detail range of the
sensor or a Very Difficult (‐4 DM) skill check if within “Minimal” detail range of the sensor. A stealth
drive takes up no extra tonnage but costs ten times the amount of a standard jump drive.
Alternatives to Jump Drives

Spindle Drive
So named by the cone shaped normal space entry and exit effects tapering to a thread only photons
wide, the Spindle Drive allows a starship to travel between one and six parsecs per day depending on
drive rating, the spindle drive is two times the tonnage and 50% more costly than an equivalent rated
jump drive. Spindle Drives can only be fitted into vessels one hundred tons or larger.
Slipstream Drive
Capable of allowing starships to cross up to six parsecs in a single transit instantly, slipstream drives can
be fitted into vessels one hundred tons or larger. A slipstream drive cannot operate within a two
hundred diameter radius of any planetary body.

Slipstream drives consume no fuel, are three times the tonnage and are 10% more than the cost of an
equivalent rated jump drive.

Table: Alternative Jump Drives
Size Cost Fuel Use
Drive Name Multiplier Multiplier Multiplier
Spindle Drive x2 x1.5 x1
Slipstream Drive X2 x1.1 No Fuel

For additional alternatives to jump drives, please refer to CE: SRD, page 97.


System Redundancy
The same component can be installed multiple times – a ship can carry a backup computer, a backup
power plant and so forth. Only one such system can be used at any time, with the exception of
armaments. Backup systems come online automatically when the primary system is disabled. Once all
backup systems have been disabled, further hits start destroying systems, starting with the primary
system.

Fuel
Total fuel storage for a ship must be shown on the design worksheet. Providing fuel tankage has no cost
but the capacity of fuel tankage will determine how frequently a ship is required to refuel.

Both standard power plants and jump drives use hydrogen as a fuel but will use that fuel at differing
rates.

Jump Drives
The fuel used by a jump drive for a standard single parsec transition can be calculated by the following
formula.

F = 0.1 x J x H

F = Fuel required in tons (dT)
J = Jump Drive number
H = Tonnage of hull (dT)

For example, a 200 ton ship with a Jump‐2 drive would require 0.1 x 2 x 200 = 40 tons Fuel

A starship can undertake a series of smaller jump distances with the total not exceeding the maximum
jump rating of the installed drive before refueling is required.

For example, a 200 ton ship with a Jump‐3 drive could make a single jump‐3, 3x Jump‐1 or a Jump‐2,
Jump‐1 combination before needing to refuel.

Maneuver Drives
Maneuver (gravitic) drives require no fuel to provide thrust, drawing power directly from the vessel’s
power plant to operate.


Reaction Drives
While maneuver (gravitic) drives require no fuel to provide thrust, a reaction drive requires reaction
mass to operate.

F = Fc(ship displacement) x maximum thrust x hours of maximum thrust required

Fc = Fuel Use Multiplier Percentage (see Reaction Drive table)

For example, A 2500 ton hauler with a TL 8 Fusion Plasma Drive with a 3G rating, providing constant
maximum thrust for a period of two hours.
2/100(2500)3 x 2 = 300 tons reaction mass required
So the hauler can accelerate continuously for a maximum of two hours at 3G. If it did that though, it
would run out of reaction mass at the end of that time.

Most ships with reaction drives either accelerate at a lower thrust or accelerate and coast, conserving
reaction mass.

Reaction mass fuel must be allocated separately from jump drive fuel and power plant fuel as it is not
hydrogen. For instance, chemical rockets use liquid oxygen while fusion plasma drives use deuterium‐
tritium or preferably deuterium‐helium3.

Reaction drive ships cannot dive for fuel within gas giant atmospheres or planetary water bodies.
However, those ships equipped with on‐board fuel processors can extract fuel from supplied water or
gathered ice. For reaction drive ships on extended duration missions, an accompanying tanker is an
automatic consideration.

Manoeuvring in space combat will require the vessel’s drive to constantly accelerate, though that rate of
thrust will vary. Space combat turns are 1000 seconds long so each hour of fuel provides 3.6 turns of
operational maximum thrust of the drive. For combat purposes the total amount of the vessel’s reaction
mass available to be used at maximum thrust at the beginning of any space combat determines the
length of any engagement time with an enemy vessel.

Maximum Space Combat duration = Thrust duration at start of combat x 3.6 turns (rounded down)

For Example, a 5000 ton reaction drive destroyer with a fusion plasma drive has a maximum thrust of 3G
and reaction mass available to allow that thrust value for four hours. The destroyer can thus combat
manoeuvre for 4 x 3.6 = 14 turns.

Space combat will continue each turn until there is no more duration available for further manoeuvring
or if combat is resolved.

For example, the destroyer has been engaged in combat with an enemy corvette for nine space combat
turns and has 14 ‐ 9 = 5 more turns remaining before it will be unable to maintain thrust.

A vessel can reduce thrust thereby increasing the number of space combat turns it can remain able to
manoeuvre. If this option is chosen, then recalculating the new thrust duration with the remaining
reaction mass must be undertaken (see page 35). Once the new duration is known, the maximum space
combat duration for the adjusted thrust value can be determined.

Power Plants
The amount of fuel required by the power plant is determined by the rating of the power plant and the
length of the spaceship’s operation.

Fuel requirements for any chosen fusion power plant is calculated as being one third of the power plant
tonnage per week rounded down to the nearest ton.

The Power Plant Fuel Requirements table below conveniently lists the amount of fuel needed to power
the vessel for two weeks, which is the bare minimum for a jump capable spacecraft. One week duration
values have also been provided in calculating additional fuel storage as desired.

Table: Power Plant Fuel Requirements
Drive P‐Plant Fuel/Wk Min. Fuel
Code (tons) (tons) Volume
A 4 1 2
B 7 2 4
C 10 3 6
D 13 4 8
E 16 5 10
F 19 6 12
G 22 7 14
H 25 8 16
J 28 9 18
K 31 10 20
L 34 11 22
M 37 12 24
N 40 13 26
P 43 14 28
Q 46 15 30
R 49 16 32
S 52 17 34
T 55 18 36
U 58 19 38
V 61 20 40
W 64 21 42
X 67 22 44
Y 70 23 46
Z 73 24 48
ZA 110 36 72
ZB 180 59 118
ZC 250 83 166

Capital Ship Power Plants
Capital ship power plant fuel is calculated in the same way as smaller naval or comparable civilian
vessels. For a standard fusion power plant, the fuel required to power the ship for two weeks of
operations is two thirds of the power plant tonnage.

For example, the 200 ton power plant of a naval corvette will require 134 tons of fuel for two weeks of
operations.

The Quantum Tap (TL 17) requires half the amount of fuel that a standard fusion power plant of the
same rating consumes.

Pre Gravitic Drive Artificial Gravity Generation

From the very beginning of space flight it was known that long term exposure to zero gravity (micro
gravity) causes debilitating physical conditions such as bone density loss and muscle loss. Practical
experience and tests conducted in those early days when space travel was limited to orbital flights
revealed that there needed to be some form of artificial gravity coupled with stringent exercise regimes
and supplementary medical treatment during long term space missions. It is also essential on
psychological grounds also, allowing a ship's crew to eat, sleep and perform a myriad of daily functions
in relative comfort and ease.

For every four week period of continuous micro gravity exposure there will be a one point strength and
endurance characteristic loss that will require 1d6 weeks of recovery in a one standard gravity
environment.

The two main methods of producing artificial gravity are:

Thrust
Producing "rear is down" gravity
A spacecraft under acceleration will produce thrust gravity. In this instance the vessel's internal layout is
required to be perpendicular to the axis of the spacecraft or ninety degrees to the line of flight. Thrust
gravity is the most common form of artificial gravity used by smaller spacecraft or larger commercial
haulers.

Centrifugal rotation
Producing "out is down" gravity
For any type of method using centrifugal rotation to produce gravity, the spacecraft’s internal layout
must be aligned so that decks face inward towards to center of the rotation arc.

Larger spacecraft tend to use both methods of producing gravity with deck arrangements to suit zero
gravity, thrust gravity and gravity produced by centrifugal rotation. The preferred and most practical
artificial gravity arrangements for spacecraft that are not under thrust are paired spin habitat pods. By
allowing the pods to rotate to an appropriate angle when the spacecraft is under thrust, complicated
internal deck rotations can be avoided. The longer the rotational arms, the greater the gravity generated
without the need for faster rotation. Most spacecraft set spin gravity generation to produce 0.5g to 0.7g
balancing more practical rotational speeds and rotational arm lengths. Additional spin pod arrays can be
added if required. The twin arrays will contra‐rotate to balance centrifugal forces.

A spacecraft cannot use any type of spin gravity under thrust as the resulting combined forces of linear
acceleration and centrifugal rotation will cause the vessel to tumble, often with catastrophic results.
Further, two differing directions of non‐equal force acting on crew or passengers in a rotating hab while
the ship is under thrust would cause other issues. Pre‐gravitic drive spacecraft big enough to use spin
gravity tend to be pure spacecraft, relying on small craft for ferrying cargo, passengers and crew.


Design of a Spin Habitat
To design a spin habitat, first sum up all the sizes of all the components required to be under gravity.
Then calculate the cost and size of the spin habitat machinery (which includes flywheel contra‐rotation
machinery and rotational arms) for that tonnage. The space required is 40% of the summed components
at a cost of 0.4Mcr per ton.
Calculation Example
Allocating 300dT of hull (2 x150dT) as a spin habitat array requires spin machinery to be;
0.4 x 300 = 150dT machinery at a cost of 0.4 x 150dT = 48MCr.
An extendable spin habitat is able to rotate and fold down against the main hull for protection and to
improve streamlining. The space required is 60% of the summed components at a cost of 0.6MCr per
ton.
Reaction Drive Spacecraft Components
Reaction Drive Heat Dissipation

Ejecting plasma at star temperatures rearwards to provide thrust creates large amounts of waste heat
that needs to be dissipated in order to avoid damage to the ships drives, structure and crew.
Fortunately, the very nature of space provides a nearly perfect insulator. Hull mounted radiators can
allow further dissipation of waste heat from the reaction drives quickly and efficiently.
Unlike gravitic drive ships, reaction drive ships must install radiators. A radiator array requires 10% of
the combined total of drive and power plant displacement at a cost of 80,000Cr per ton of radiator
array.
Reaction Mass Tanks and Shielding

Reaction mass tanks can provide a cheap and effective method of shielding the crew from harmful
cosmic radiation and particles of matter that could otherwise puncture the habitat sections of the ship.
Rotating habitat sections can be sited behind, in the “shadow” of the reaction mass tank. It is quite
common to see large and small reaction drive ships with large bow “mushroom cap” reaction mass
tanks. For a warship, the reaction mass tanks located in the bow also provide an excellent shield against
incoming enemy fire.
Magnetic Shielding
Normally a spacecraft’s hull equipped with radiation shielding (see page 25) will provide very good
protection from the hazards of space travel, but there still can be some risks to both crew and
passengers depending on the zone of space through which the ship is traveling.
At a sufficiently high technology, reaction drive spacecraft crew and passenger areas can be protected
by a shaped magnetic field of sufficient strength projected outside the hull that is designed to deflect
harmful cosmic radiation and particles of matter.
Starting at TL 10, a magnetic field generator costs 1MCr per 10 tons of space it is to protect. The
generator will take up 0.25 tons of the total space protected.

Improved Acceleration Protection
For spacecraft undertaking high continuous thrust for any length of time, it is essential to ensure the
crew and passengers are protected from G‐forces for the duration of the high acceleration. For
spacecraft and small craft that can exceed 1.5G, installation of some form of acceleration protection is
mandatory.
There are a number of methods to provide such protection, but the simplest is to provide acceleration
couches. These are considered part of the cost of a spacecraft and add 5% to the cost of any bridge type
and stateroom.
Hull Type Limitations

The following design criteria must be noted for any of the hull types selected during design of any
reaction drive craft.
 Distributed hulls
o Cannot land on any planetary surface or enter any atmosphere type.
 Standard Hulls
o Spacecraft of this hull type can land and leave a planet with an atmosphere but cannot
maneuver within that atmosphere. These vessels can have spin gravity. See page 38 for
further details.
 Streamlined Hulls
o Space craft of this hull type are able to land, leave and maneuver in any atmosphere.
The only type of spin habitat available for this hull type are extendable spin pods.
Design example – The Engineering Section

Selecting a maneuver drive type B and a power plant manoeuvre drive type B from the Drive Cost table gives the
trader an operational thrust of 2G. A 200dT hull requires a Jump Drive type A.
Drives:
Maneuver drive type B = 3dT costing 8MCr.
Power Plant type B = 7dT costing 16MCr.
Jump Drive type A = 10dT costing 10MCr.
Fuel requirements for the trader:
Jump Drive = (0.1 x hull size) x 1 = 0.1 x 200 x 1 = 20dT
Power Plant Fuel table specifies 4dT of fuel required for 2 weeks operations
Engineering Section summary: Allocation = 76dT, Cost = 44MCr


The ship’s main compartment contains all non‐engineering features of the ship, including the bridge,
ship’s computer, sensors, accommodation, armament, small craft hangars, the cargo hold and other
items.

Bridge

All ships must have a bridge containing basic controls, communications equipment, avionics, scanners,
detectors, sensors, and other equipment for proper operation of the ship. The size of the bridge varies
depending on the size and the role of the ship.

Table: Bridge Size
Ship Size (dT) Standard Bridge Size
200 or less 10
300 ‐ 1000 20
1001 ‐ 2000 40
2001 ‐ 5000 60
5001 ‐ 10,000 80
10,001 – 25,000 90
Greater than 25,000 100

The cost for a bridge is 0.5MCr per 100 tons of ship.

The bridge is the nerve center of the ship, and is vital to on‐board operations. Bridge layout will vary
from ship type to ship type and how much space allocation is required. Typically a military vessel places
the captain in the middle with all bridge work stations surrounding that position to maximize tactical
and command flexibility. Free trader vessels might even have the accommodation areas sharing the
same space as the bridge to maximize cargo capacity.

The allocation for a bridge also can be used to provide a day cabin for the Captain, bridge crew fresher
and, for military vessels, a secondary bridge or CIC (Command Information Center).

Secondary Bridge – Command Information Center
The secondary bridge is a fully functional but more compact bridge that is primarily designed to provide
a backup for a warship’s bridge in the event that the bridge has been damaged or destroyed during
combat operations. Further, the secondary bridge will act as a communication and information hub
when in combat and is the warship’s executive officer’s station during alert periods and during combat.
Space for the secondary bridge is taken from standard bridge allocation and cannot exceed 25% of that
allocation. They cannot be installed into warships with hull sizes less than 2000 tons.

Command Bridge
Warships that will be coordinating the efforts of a squadron of other vessels require a command bridge.
Command bridges incorporate large scale holographic display of fleet actions, enhanced
communications and control electronics, and space for more command staff in a larger bridge space that
incorporates both the ship’s bridge and flag bridge. The two sections of the command bridge may be
separated and placed in different areas of the ship, but for command efficiencies both tend to be
adjacent to each other. A spacecraft command bridge doubles a normal bridge allocation and costs 50%

more than a standard bridge for the given tonnage, but gives a +1 DM to Tactics (naval) checks. A
command bridge replaces the standard ship’s bridge.

Compact Bridge
A compact bridge crams as much equipment and control stations into as small a place as possible.
Compact bridges take up 25% less tonnage than a standard bridge of the same type and costs 10% more
than a standard bridge of the same type. However, all skill checks performed on the bridge suffer a –1
DM due to the un‐ergonomic design.

Hardened Bridge
A hardened bridge is shielded against the effects of nuclear missile detonations and meson gun impacts.
The ship’s computer systems are immune to EMP and the number of rads absorbed by the bridge crew
is reduced by 1000. Hardening a bridge adds 25% to the cost of the bridge. If a ship has radiation
shielding installed, it is assumed to be hardened.

Holographic Controls
This bridge design incorporates advanced interactive holographic displays which reconfigure to adapt to
the current situation. Indeed, more sophisticated systems available for both civilian and military use
include the ability for the ship’s computer to assume a holographic avatar in order to interact with the
ship’s captain and bridge crew (additionally requires Intellect software). A bridge with holographic
controls is always optimized, and gives a +2 bonus when rolling for Initiative. A holographic bridge adds
25% to the cost of the bridge.

For Avatar Interface selection criteria and requirements, refer to page 89.

Table: Bridge Types
Type Requirements
Secondary (CIC) From standard bridge allocation. No greater than 25%
Command 100% size increase/50% cost increase, +1 DM Tactics (Naval)
Compact 25% size reduction/10% cost increase ‐1 DM skill checks
Hardened 25% cost increase, 1000 rad reduction to crew. EMP immune
Holographic Controls 25% cost increase, +2 initiative, ship’s avatar (requires Intellect)


Computers

All spacecraft need some form of computer which is usually installed adjacent to the bridge. A computer
is identified by its model number and the computer table below indicates details of price, capacity, and
tech level at which the first model becomes available. A larger computer will be more advantageous in
combat situations which for a civilian vessel fall outside of normal ship operations. Ship’s software
options can be found on pages 87‐88.

Table: Ship computer Models
Computer TL Rating Cost
Model 1 7 5 30,000Cr
Model 2 9 10 160,000Cr
Model 3 11 15 2MCr
Model 4 12 20 5MCr
Model 5 12 25 10MCr
Model 6 13 30 20MCr
Model 7 14 35 30MCr
Model 8 15 40 40MCr
Model 9 16 55 50MCr
Model 10 17 80 60MCr
Model 11 18 100 70MCr
Model 12 19 120 80MCr
Model 13 20 140 90MCr
Model 14 21 160 100MCr
Jump Control Specialization (bis)

A computer’s rating can be increased by 5 for the purposes of running Jump Control programs only. This
increases the computer’s cost by 50%.

Hardened Systems (fib)
A computer and its connections can be hardened against attack by electromagnetic pulse weapons. A
hardened system is immune to EMP but costs 50% more.

Both options can be applied to the same computer by doubling its cost (+100%).

Capital Ship Computers
Capital ships have multiple distributed computer networks, but always include a central computer core
that not only controls the jump drive but also the ship’s essential systems. The rating of this central core
depends on the size of the ship. Capital ship computers are assumed to have their tonnage included in
the bridge allocation of the ship.

Regardless of whether a vessel is jump capable or simply an in‐system vessel, the rating for the ship’s
computer system is in addition to the Jump Control programs software and hardware processing power
and speed, allowing other essential ship’s system software to be installed. For a capital ship capable of
jumps, Jump Control software is included in the price of the computer system.


Table: Capital Ship Computers
Computer Ship Size Minimum Max. TL Rating Cost
Model (dT) Jump (MCr)
Core/3 5000 ‐ 10,000 2 9 40 12
Core/4 10,001 ‐ 20,000 3 10 50 20
Core/5 20,001 – 50,000 4 11 60 30
Core/6 50,001 – 100,000 5 12 70 40
Core/7 100,000+ 6 13 80 50
Core/8 100,000+ 6 14 90 70
Core/9 100,000+ 6 15 100 130
Core/10 100,000+ 6 16 140 160
Core/11 100,000+ 6 17 200 180
Core/12 100,000+ 6 18 250 200
Core/13 100,000+ 6 19 280 220
Core/14 100,000+ 6 20 300 260
Core/15 100,000+ 6 21 320 280
Select the core computer based on the ship size or jump requirements, whichever is higher.

Sensors and Communications

A ship will come with a basic communications, sensor and emissions control electronics suite, but, if
required, more advanced systems can be installed. The Dice Modifier applies to jamming and counter
jamming attempts.

Table: Ship’s Sensors and Communications
System TL DM Includes Tons Cost (MCr)
Standard 8 –4 Radar, Lidar Included Included
in bridge in bridge
Basic Civilian 9 –2 Radar, Lidar 1 0.05
Basic Military 10 +0 Radar, Lidar, Jammers 2 1
Advanced 11 +1 Radar, Lidar, Densitometer, Jammers 3 2
Very Advanced 12 +2 Radar, Lidar, Densitometer, Jammers, 5 4
Neural Activity Sensor
Mail Services Array 10 5 15
Improved Signal 11 +2 1 4
Processing
Distributed Arrays 11 Triples tonnage and cost of sensor x3 x3
suite it is applied to (see description)
Extended Arrays 11 As above x3 x3
Improved Signal 11 +2 1 4
Processing
Minerology Suite 11 Can be added to any suite with a 5
densitometer
Lifeform Scanner 12 1 2
Survey Sensors 12 Equivalent to Advanced Sensors 10 10
Enhanced Signal 13 +4 2 8
Processing
Countermeasures 13 +4 7 6
Military 15 +6 20 25
Countermeasures
Rapid Deployment Triples tonnage and 5x cost of sensor x3 x5
Extended Arrays suite it is applied to

Survey Sensors
Survey sensors integrate a suite of probe drones and deployable satellites into the sensor system and
are optimized for scanning large areas at great speed. Survey sensors are an equivalent replacement for
Advanced Sensors but reduce the time taken to scan a planetary surface by one step.

Countermeasures
A countermeasures suite is specifically designed for the purpose of jamming of enemy transmissions.
Functionally equivalent to an advanced sensor suite but with a higher +4 DM for countermeasures.
Meson communications cannot be blocked.

Military Countermeasures Suite
A much enhanced and more powerful countermeasure suite with a +6 DM for countermeasures.

Sensor Upgrades
Any sensor suite may be upgraded with a range of options to improve likelihood and quality of
information and the range at which objects may be detected.

Improved Signal Processing
Signal processing consists of extremely specialized computers and software to improve the quality and
likelihood of detection. Improved signal processing provides a +2 DM to sensor tasks and improves of
range band of “full” and “limited” by 1 for radar, lidar and densitometer as well as thermal and visual
sensors. However, this comes at a cost of increased vulnerability to jamming, with all jamming DMs
doubled.

Enhanced Signal Processing
An upgraded version of improved signal processing providing a +4 DM, an increase of the range band by
2 and removal of the any jamming susceptibility.

Distributed Arrays
By using multiple hull mounted arrays in an integrated computer controlled arrangement, it is possible
to increase the effective sensor antenna size and increase the longest range of the sensor (all increased
range performance is at “minimal” level of detail). Visual and Thermal sensors can now detect at Very
Distant Range (from 150,000 to 300,000km), EM and active radar/lidar to Distant range (50,000–
150,000km) and passive radar/lidar to Long range. This modification cannot be added to standard
sensors and can only be added to ships of 5,000dT displacement or more. Due to their surface area
requirements only one sensor suite per craft can be fitted with distributed or extended arrays.

Extended Arrays
An extended array is identical to a distributed array, but because the arrays are extended well beyond
the hull of the ship on retractable arms, there is no limit on the size of the ship. However, with the arms
extended the ship can be detected at a +2 DM by all sensors bar NAS and it may not use its maneuver or
Jump drive.

Design plans for ships will often allocate reserve tonnage to allow for future sensor upgrades or other
uses such as in installing fire control for weapons.

Rapid Deployment Extended Arrays
This system works in the same way as an extended array but it can be deployed and retracted within a
few seconds, allowing a ship to use its manoeuvre and jump drives within the same combat round.
Rapid deployment extended arrays triple the tonnage and multiply the cost of the sensor suite they are
attached to by five.

Lifeform Scanner
Specifically designed to detecting signs of life and also being able to determine what that particular life
form is. A lifeform scanner can identify sentient lifeforms or different groups of animals as small as
insects. Typically used by survey and exploration vessels once in high orbit above a newly discovered
world the scanner can identify and quantify population densities, possible life types (sapient, sentient,
non‐sapient etc), and other ecosystems within 24 hours.

A Sensors check is required to successfully use a lifeform scanner and to then interpret the scan results.
It is not 100% accurate and typically has an accuracy of between 70% and 85% which provides a
sufficiently detailed enough initial bio‐survey prior to more detailed surveys.

Mineralogy Suite
Any sensor system that has a densitometer may be upgraded with this suite so as to determine types of
minerals present and their quantities.

Mail Services Array

Dealing with electronic mail data loads is beyond the capability of standard ship communication system
due to the high data load requirements. To overcome this shortcoming specialised mail couriers and
similar ships will mount a specialised communications array specifically for handling those data streams.

Design example – The Main Compartment – Bridge, Computer and Sensors
A standard bridge along with a Model 2bis computer will be installed, the bis upgrade providing space for the Jump
Drive software. For the trader, a basic civilian sensor suite will be installed.
Bridge (standard) = 10dT costing 0.5MCr per 100dT hull size = 0.5 x 200/100 = 1MCr
Computer Model 2bis = 0.16Mcr + 50% computer cost = 0.16Mcr. + 0.08Mcr. = 0.24MCr
Sensors (Basic Civilian) = 1dT costing 0.05MCr

Main Compartment – Bridge, Computer and Sensors: Allocation = 11dT, Cost = 1.29MCr

Accommodation
Standard Staterooms
Quarters for the crew and passengers are provided in the form of staterooms containing sleeping and
living facilities. Each stateroom is sufficient for one person, displaces 4 tons, and costs 0.5MCr.
Staterooms are designed to be able to be double occupied and cannot contain more than two persons
due to the strain it would place on the ship’s life support equipment. The tonnage and cost of the
staterooms includes the life support systems needed to keep the crew alive.

Typically a standard stateroom is reduces to a displacement of 3 tons, with the remaining 1 ton
providing space for corridors and recreation facilities.

A stateroom can be designed to a minimum size of 2 tons, providing an additional 2 tons space for
corridors and recreation facilities. When a stateroom is reduced to this size, no fresher facilities are
provided within the stateroom and occupants must use external head facilities. This arrangement is very
common on naval vessels.

High Class Staterooms
For those that can afford luxury travel on specialized star liners, then appropriate accommodation of
appropriate standard needs to be available. High class staterooms contain full bath facilities, separate
sleeping rooms, a living room, connecting corridors and other common spaces. They can accommodate
four passengers in high class comfort. High class staterooms displace 8 tons and cost 1MCr. Life support
cost for a high class stateroom is 5000Cr per month.

Crew Berthing
Unlike civilian vessels that provide accommodation for crew and passengers alike in standard
staterooms, enlisted crews for naval vessels are accommodated in berths. A typical berth
accommodates up to eight crew members, displaces 6 tons and costs 0.5MCr. The tonnage and cost of
the berth includes life support but does not contain fresher facilities.

Barracks
Similar to Crew Berths, barracks can be provided for ships that carry a large number of troops intended
for boarding or assault operations. A barracks displaces 2 tons per marine at a cost of 0.1MCr each. A
barracks can also be used in ships that carry colonists or prisoners.
Heads
For naval vessels and even some civilian vessels, the head is a standard fitting. These are self‐contained
fresher facilities located outside berths or staterooms. There are two types:

 Toilet facilities only, displacing 1 ton and costing 0.05MCr
 Toilet and shower facilities, displacing 1.5 tons and costing 0.1MCr

A ship’s head is often combined into larger facilities of two, three or even single units. The number of
heads required for a ship is typically one head per four crew members but up to a maximum of eight
crew can be allowed for.


Third Class
Rather than using low berths, the cheapest means of accommodation for passengers on space vessels is
third class. Commonly found on very low cost transport vessels it is quite often a converted cargo hold
or a converted space towards the stern of a ship, third class is very cramped providing little privacy.
Within many star systems steerage accommodation is considered in breach of various transport
regulations and health and safety guidelines.

Third class accommodation can be either large open dormitory spaces similar to barracks, same space
with some form of partition wall erected to form very small staterooms providing some privacy for the
occupants (usually families) or a combination of both.

Each third class passenger requires 1 ton at a cost of 0.05MCr each regardless of petitioned or open
steerage accommodation. Partitioned steerage spaces are no greater than 2 tons in displacement
containing two double bunks and limited locker space. Third class life support costs 2000Cr monthly for
every 20 tons of space allocated. Head facilities and some form of common and galley space must be
provided.

Third class accommodation should never be used for standard crew or carried troop accommodation;
however, it is certainly not unknown for some system governments to use it to transport a greater
number of troops than would normally be carried by more appropriate accommodation.

Low Passage Berths
A low berth is a cold sleep transportation unit for carrying passengers and is commonly installed on
vessels as a very low cost form of travel. Low berths also serve well in emergencies in that they can
provide suspended animation facilities for characters when medical care, rescue, or assistance is not
immediately available.
There are two types of low berth facilities available:

 A Standard low berth carries one low passenger, displaces 0.5 tons and costs 0.05MCr.
 Emergency low berths do not carry passengers, but can be used for survival, displaces 1 ton and
costs 0.1MCr. Each emergency low berth can hold up to four persons.

Internal Components

There are a variety of options available for a designer to further customise a ship. These options range
from crew and passenger facilities to additional safety and security features.

Additional Airlock
Airlocks are sealed systems consisting of two heavy‐duty doors or iris hatches, with atmospheric
pumping equipment, allowing transit to and from a spacecraft in a vacuum or hostile atmosphere. A ship
may have one airlock for every 100 tons or part of. A standard airlock is capable of cycling two humans
per minute exiting or entering the ship.

Additional airlocks of any size may be added to a ship. It typically takes a minute for an airlock to fully
cycle. Airlocks require a minimum displacement of one ton and cost 0.1MCr per ton.


Armoury
Far more specialized than a ships locker and generally installed in naval vessels only, a ships armoury
contains a wide variety of weapons which can only be accessed by those with the correct codes (usually
the ship’s senior officers, security team or the marine officers). In game terms, an armoury has enough
snub pistols for the crew, enough long arms for any marines, and a selection of other military equipment
like grenades, combat drug packs, combat armour and communications equipment. An armoury
displaces 2 tons and costs 0.5MCr.

For a navy vessel, the number of armouries to be included in the ship’s design is based on the crew and
marine complement. One armoury is installed for every 50 crew members, or every 10 marines, in order
to provide adequate storage for equipment, weapons and ammunition.

AutoDoc
The autodoc is a compact but more expensive alternative to a medical center that can be installed on
smaller vessels or to increase medical facility flexibility on bigger vessels. The effectiveness of an
autodoc depends on the tech level and displaces 0.5 tons at a cost of 0.5MCr.

At TL 10, the autodoc has a medical skill of 1, which increases by 1 at TL 12. For diagnostic purposes the
autodoc has an effective EDU of 10, while effective DEX for surgical treatment is 9.

Briefing Room
A more specialized component, not generally required on adventure class ships, the briefing room is a
useful addition to a mercenary vessel to be used by tactical or business teams to discuss operational
plans or meet with clients. All military vessels will have at least one briefing room with additional
briefing rooms determined by the size and class of the ship. Capital ships require one briefing room per
section of ship and one briefing room per 20 fighter or bomber small craft. Ships with command bridges
and fighter squadrons require additional briefing rooms and facilities.

They should not be confused with a theater which can also be used for larger scale briefings. A briefing
room gives a +1 DM to Tactics (Military or Naval) checks made when planning missions on board ship.
Briefing rooms require a space of 4 tons at a cost of 0.5MCr.

Chapel
There are a multitude of cultures and belief systems throughout colonized space and it is useful for a
starship designer to provide space for crew members or passengers to practice their religious beliefs or
even to simply seek a quiet place to be alone with their thoughts. The chapel can be configured as
required by the user(s) to suit their particular belief system. A chapel displaces 2‐4 tons at a cost of
0.2MCr per displacement ton used.

Crew Recreation/Officer’s Lounge
Providing facilities for the crew to relax and socialize away from the more noisy mess or wardroom areas
is essential for vessels with more than ten crew or passengers that are away for periods of longer than
three weeks. These facilities require a space of 0.2 ton per person and cost 0.2MCr per ton.

Fuel Scoops
Whereas streamlined ships have fuel scoops included in the hull cost, unstreamlined ships require fuel
scoops added to the design so as to be able to gather unrefined fuel from a gas giant. Adding scoops
does not require tonnage and cost 1MCr.

Fuel Processors
Fuel processors convert unrefined fuel into refined fuel. A one ton fuel processor unit which costs
0.05MCr can convert 20 tons of unrefined hydrogen into refined fuel per day.

Galley
A galley is an area set aside for the preparation of food and beverages. On smaller vessels this area
tends to be a small open space adjacent to the ships common room. For larger ships carrying passengers
or for navy vessels, a galley is a separate area though still adjacent to the officer’s wardroom, crew mess
or passenger lounge. A galley requires 0.25 tons per crew member and costs 0.25Mcr per ton.

Gardens
Hydroponic gardens and recreational gardens provide for different purposes but essentially have the
same considerations for size and cost.

A Hydroponic garden provides fresh produce for crew and passengers to supplement or even entirely
replace the shipboard victuals normally supplied when a vessel replenishes. A hydroponic garden
requires a specialist crew member with Farming skill for every 4 tons of space allocated.

Recreational gardens provide scenic park land for recreation and relaxation. A recreation garden on a
space station or outpost can even be large enough to provide for sporting facilities and lakes. As for a
hydroponics garden, a recreational garden will require a specialist crew member with appropriate skill
for every 4 tons of space allocated. Gardens cost 0.25MCr per ton allocated with a minimum size
requirement of 4 tons.

Gymnasiums
Gymnasiums can be found in many vessels. Most often they are impromptu areas set aside as part of
the crew recreation area, however a formal area can be set aside as part of the design. Gymnasiums
allow the crew and passengers to pursue exercise regimes to maintain fitness and health. A fully
equipped gymnasium usually displaces 4 tons at a cost of 1MCr. However, if space aboard ship is tight, 2
tons can be re‐allocated to general recreation. Cost remains the same.
High Class Dining

High class dining provides a true fine dining restaurant facility varying in size depending on the number
of patrons it is designed to serve. Each provided seat in a high class dining room displaces 0.25 tons at a
cost of 0.25MCr and a steward is required per every ten diners. Size and cost provide for dining area,
kitchen area, bar facilities and sometimes even a dance floor and entertainment stage. Supplies for a
high class dining area will cost 10,000Cr per month.

Library
Even though all ships have on‐board libraries of some degree having a dedicated on‐board library is
useful for both research and passing time in jump space. A library contains computer files, display
screens, holotanks and sometimes even printed books. For its size a library is very expensive but often
the benefits to crew and passengers will outweigh the initial cost of having one installed. A library
displaces 4 tons and costs 4MCr.

Laboratory
Space allocated to laboratories can be used for research and experimentation. An allocation of 4 tons of
lab space allows for one scientist to perform research onboard ship. Cost for a laboratory will vary

depending on the type of research being undertaken and the equipment required for that research, but
will average out to 1MCr per 4 tons of space allocated.

Luxuries
Luxuries cost 100,000Cr per ton, and make life on board ship more pleasant for passengers and crew.
Each ton of luxuries counts as one level of the Steward skill for the purposes of carrying passengers, and
therefore allows a ship to carry middle and high passage passengers without the necessity of having a
trained steward as part of the crew.

Medical Facilities
Larger vessels and all naval vessels will have medical bays. These will vary in size depending on available
space or the specific role of the vessel. Most civilian ships will usually make do with an autodoc (see
above). Medical bays are rated on the number of beds they hold. Each bed has full diagnostic,
monitoring and surgical equipment included.

Medical bays with less than four beds will require a crew member with medical skill while medical bays
with more than five beds require a qualified doctor and a medically trained assistant. A single bed
medical bay requires a space of 2 tons. Additional beds require a space requirement of one ton per bed.
A medical bay costs 0.5MCr per bed.

If the total amount of medical beds on a vessel exceeds nine beds, then a medical ward must be
installed. A medical ward requires one medical specialist per five beds, one additional senior medical
specialist per ward and one qualified doctor per ward. For every one hundred beds a senior doctor must
be appointed to manage the wards. Medical ward space and cost requirements are identical to medical
bays and a single ward cannot exceed fifty beds.

Provision of isolation medical bays and medical wards will increase the cost per ton by 50%. A more
specialised facility, the Operating Theatre requires 2 tons and costs 1.5MCr. A qualified surgical doctor
and two medical specialists must be provided for this facility.

Mini Galley
Mini galleys can be installed as required. Essentially a small space with a beverage and food dispensing
facilities, a mini galley displaces one ton at a cost of 0.02MCr.

Office
On most naval vessels offices can be provided for the captain and the executive officer. If the crew of
the ship is large enough then offices are also provided for department heads. Civilian ships will
sometimes provide an office for the captain only. For a navy vessel, the number of offices is determined
by crew size and the number of personnel per department.

 For a crew size greater than 10, then an office must be provided for the Captain.
 For a crew size greater than 30, then an office must be provided for the Captain and XO.
 If a department’s crew size is greater than 5, then an office must be provided for that
department’s head.

Typically, an office displaces 2 tons and costs 0.2MCr.


Sometimes a large office is not required and all that is needed is a small “nook” or alcove tucked away
adjoining a stateroom or close to other workspaces. Just big enough to provide suitable space for a
workstation and chair, small offices take much less room so space can always be found. A small office
requires 1 ton at a cost of 0.05MCr. These offices can be assembled together in a modular format to
provide administration areas. Allow for an additional 1 ton per four small offices for access space.

Mineral Refineries
In order to reduces costs and increase productivity some larger mining vessels are also specialised
refineries allowing raw materials mined from asteroids to be processed (including smelting) into more
refined materials. For such vessels cargo space must also be provided to store any refined metals,
precious metals and other materials until they can be transported to orbital facilities.

Table: Mineral Refineries
TL Production (tons) Cost (MCr) Crew
7 0.5 0.5 per ton 1 per 10 tons
10 1 1 per ton 1 per 15 tons
18 2 3 per ton AI Controlled
21 3 4 per ton AI Controlled

Ship’s Brig
Rarely seen on civilian vessels but common on law enforcement and naval vessels, a ships brig provides
a secure location for crew members undertaking disciplinary proceedings or holding prisoners under
arrest. A brig cell displaces 1.5 tons and costs 0.25MCr.

Ship’s Locker
Every civilian ship has a ship’s locker, which can be loosely defined as a storeroom with just about
everything but the kitchen sink in it. Typical equipment stored within a ships locker includes protective
clothing, vacc suits, weapons ammunition (both personally owned and general issue), compasses and
survival aids, and portable shelters. The ship’s locker is usually protected by a biometric lock keyed to
the ship’s officers, requires no allocated space and costs 0.1MCr.

The contents of the locker should be defined by the player whose character owns the ship but at the
very least will always contain vacc suits and other useful items.

Swimming Pools and Spas
Considered the ultimate luxury, swimming pools can be found on some starships (almost always star
liners) and most large stations. The space requirement and cost includes the equipment required to
contain and filter the water. Pools and spas facilities require 0.5 tons per user at a cost of 0.5Mcr per
ton.

Theatres
Theatres are used for larger meetings and for entertainment. Each provided seat in a theatre displaces
0.25 tons at a cost of 0.25MCr. Size and cost provisions factor in required equipment for the function of
the theatre.


Training Facilities
Navy vessels that carry larger detachments of marines or ships’ troops are at a disadvantage compared
to troops not stationed in space vessels. To maintain peak combat readiness ships such as assault
carriers provide training facilities into their design. Such facilities, available at TL 10, include thicker
bulkhead walls around firing ranges to stop stray live rounds, multiple gyms and preparation rooms.
Training facilities require 2 ton per simultaneous user and cost 0.2MCr per ton.

UNREP (Underway Replenishment) System
A system originally developed when the only navies were those serving on the seas of Earth, the UNREP
system was adapted for use in space. An UNREP system allows for replenishment and resupply of
warships while in motion and is essential to the function of squadrons on deployment. UNREP includes
fuel hoses, cargo transfer tubes and other gear to allow transfer of ordnance, freight and fuel between
two ships. Only one ship is required to have the UNREP system.

For every ton assigned to UNREP a ship can transfer 20 tons of fuel, cargo or ordnance every hour. An
UNREP system costs 0.5MCr per ton.

Vault
A vault is a special armoured citadel in the heart of a spacecraft, designed to survive attacks that would
destroy the rest of the ship. The vault has an additional four Hull and Structure points that only protect
the vault if the ship housing the vault is destroyed. A vault can contain cargo, staterooms or any other
internal components equivalent up to 6 tons. A vault requires 12 tons of space and costs 6Mcr and is
additionally heat and radiation shielded.
Workshop
Every vessel requires some allocation of space for engineering crew to be able to repair equipment and
ship systems or fabricate new components. It includes work space, tools and an industrial 3D printer to
manufacture new parts and other equipment as needed. A workshop displaces 4 tons at a cost of 1MCr.


Table: Internal Components
Component Tons MCr
Stateroom 4 0.5
High Class Stateroom 8 1
Crew Berthing 6 0.5
Barracks (per marine) 2 0.1
Heads
 Toilet only 1 0.05
 Toilet and Shower 1.5 0.1
Low Passage 0.5 0.05
Emergency Low 1 0.1
Airlock (per dT). Min 1dT 1 0.1
Armoury 2 0.5
AutoDoc 0.5 0.5
Briefing Room 4 0.5
Chapel (per dT) 2‐4 0.2
Crew Recreation/Officers Lounge 0.2 0.2
Fuel Scoops 1
Fuel Processors 1 0.05
Gardens 1 0.25
Galley (per crew/per dT) 0.25 0.25
Gymnasium 4 1
High Class Dining (per seat) 0.25 0.25
Library 4 4
Laboratory 4 1
Medical Facilities (per bed)* 1 0.5
Mini galley 1 0.02
Office 2 0.2
Ship’s Brig 1.5 0.25
Ship’s Locker 0 0.1
Swimming Pools and Spas (per dT) 0.5 0.5
Theatres (per seat) 0.25 0.25
Training Facility (per dT) 2 0.2
UNREP System (per dT) 1 0.5
Vault 12 6
Workshop 4 1
*A single bed medical bay is 2dT with 1dT per additional bed.


External Components

Exterior components are mounted on the exterior of the hull of a spacecraft.

Aerofins
Extendible aerofins improve a spacecraft’s maneuverability within planetary atmospheres, giving a +2
DM to all Piloting checks made in an atmosphere and DMs for any atmospheric operations (CE: SRD,
page 79) still apply. Aerofins take up 5% of the ship’s tonnage, and cost 0.1 MCr per ton.

Breaching Tube
All airlocks include flexible plastic docking tubes that allow passengers to cross from one ship to another
by floating through the air–filled tube. A breaching tube is a military version of the common docking
tube. Instead of a thin Mylar, the breaching tube is made of a combination of ballistic cloth and reflec
armour. The breaching tube does not end in a docking collar, but in a magnetic clamp with a ring of
plasma torches that can burn through the hull of an enemy vessel when attached.

A breaching tube takes up three tons of space and costs 3MCr. To use the breaching tube, the craft must
be adjacent to the target vessel and then succeed in a docking action (See page 111 of the CE: SRD). As
the vessel does not have to line up with an airlock, this maneuver is easier than using a normal docking
tube and receives a +1 DM if the boarding vessel does not want to enter via the airlock.

If access is acquired via an airlock the plasma torches quickly burn through the airlock and boarding can
begin immediately. If trying to get through the hull, the plasma torches will take 1 full turn to cut
through, increasing by 1 turn for each 2 points of armour (round down).

Each breaching tube provides 5 armour points against personal and vehicle weapons and 10 armour
points against lasers. A hit from a starship weapon will destroy the breaching tube if a successful Point
Defense roll is made (See page 113 of the CE: SRD).

Docking Clamp
A docking clamp allows a spacecraft to carry a small craft or other vessel on the outside of the hull and
allows access between both vessels while they are docked. Recalculate the ship’s Thrust Number by
adding the tonnage of the spacecraft and the docked craft together, round up to the nearest hull size
and then compare that to the thrust by drive volume table. If performance is reduced to the point that it
has no rating, then treat the ship as if it has the equivalent of a solar sail. A jump drive must be sized to
accommodate the combined displacement of both vessels.

For example, a 200 ton transport has a dorsal docking clamp. Attached to the clamp is a 50 ton cutter.
Together, the vessels have a displacement tonnage of 250, which is rounded up to 300. The 200 ton ship
has M–Drive B, which gives the combined spacecraft a Thrust of 1G. When the cutter disconnects from
the clamp, the 200 ton transport will be able to use its normal thrust of 2G.

The size of the vessel that can be docked depends on the size of the docking clamp and allows access
between the two vessels.


Table: Docking Clamp Tonnage Table
Clamp Tonnage Attached Ship Maximum Cost (MCr)
1 10 ‐ 30 0.5
5 40 ‐ 90 1
10 100 ‐ 300 2
20 400 ‐ 2000 4
50 2000 + 8

Grappling Arm
A grappling arm is a remote control device for picking up or manipulating objects in space. The arm is a
flexible tentacle of thousands of telescoping segments, capable of reaching out up to 250 meters and
allowing objects of up to two tons to be manipulated. The arm ends in a set of cameras and
manipulators/grippers of varying sizes, from large claws to tiny micro–manipulators. It also carries a
toolkit which can be customized for a particular task. A grappling arm takes up two tons of space and
costs 1MCr.
Heavy Grappling Arm

A larger version of the grappling arm, the heavy grappling arm is designed for heavy duty work. Objects
of up to 10 tons can be manipulated, and multiple grappling arms can be combined to manipulate larger
objects. A heavy grappling arm requires 6 tons and costs 3MCr.
Table: External Components

Component Tons Requirement Cost (MCr)
Aerofins 5% hull tonnage 0.1/dT
Docking Clamp See Docking Clamp Tonnage Table
Grappling Arm 2 1
Heavy Grappling Arm 6 3

Design example – The Main Compartment – Internal and External Components
Apart for accommodation calculated later, the only internal component items added are a single fuel processor, a
galley each for crew and passengers, some recreation space and a one bed medical bay. There are no external
components.
Galley Space = 6 crew and 8 passengers = 0.25dT per person = 4dT costing 0.25MCr/dT = 1MCr.
Recreation Space = 0.2dT per person = 2dT costing 0.2MCr/dT = 0.4MCr.
Fuel Processor = 1dT (processing 20dT of unrefined hydrogen fuel per day) costing 0.05MCr.
Medical Bay (one bed) = 2dT costing 0.5MCr.


4. Armament

Weapons for spacecraft fall into several basic categories.

 Turret and Barbette weapons
 Bay weapons
 Spinal mounts

The number of turrets, barbettes or bays that may be installed is limited by the tonnage of the
spacecraft. A ship has one hardpoint per 100 tons and each weapon system will use one hardpoint
unless specified. A weapon system may include multiple weapons – for example, a triple turret might
contain three lasers, missile launchers, sandcasters or some combination of three weapons.

Turrets
Turrets are small gun mountings on the outer hull of the ship that are capable of independently
targeting and tracking enemy ships or acting in the point defense role so to protect the ship. Though
turrets can be fired manually under local control (indeed, some civilian vessels will employ this method)
it is standard practice to control the vessel’s turret armament from a centralised gunnery station either
on the bridge or elsewhere inside the vessel.

One turret may be attached to each hardpoint on the ship. If a turret is installed, then one ton of space
must be allocated to fire control systems (included in the following table):

Table: Turret Displacement and Cost
Weapon TL Tons Cost (MCr)
Single Turret 7 1 0.2
Double Turret 8 1 0.5
Triple Turret 9 1 1
Quad Mount 12 1 2
Pop‐Up Turret 10 2 +1
Single Pop‐up PDC Turret 10 1 0.5
Fixed Mounting ‐ 0 x0.5
Pop Up Fixed Mounting ‐ 0.5 x0.5

Turrets are rated by the number of weapons they can hold. So a triple turret can hold three weapons,
while a single turret can hold only one weapon.

If a weapon mounted in a turret requires ammunition, provision must be made for a magazine which is
usually adjacent. See page 69.

Fixed Mounting
Fixed Mounting weapons cannot move, are limited to firing in one direction (normally straight ahead),
and are found mainly on fighters and other small craft. A fixed mounting costs half as much as a turret of
the same type, so a single fixed mounting costs 0.1MCr, a double fixed mounting costs 0.25MCr, a triple
fixed mounting costs 0.5MCr and a quad fixed mounting costs 1MCr.


Pop-Up Turrets and Pop-Fixed Mounts
Pop‐Up Turrets and Pop‐Up Fixed Mounts Pop‐Up is a function that can be applied to any type of turret
and Fixed Mount – both are concealed in a pod or recess on the hull, and is detectable only when
deployed. A ship with all its weapons in pop‐up turrets or fixed mounts looks unarmed to a casual sensor
scan.

Point Defense Turrets
During design up to 25% of a spacecraft’s non sandcaster turret weapons can be assigned to the point
defense role. Once so designated, these turrets cannot be used as part of the vessel’s offensive
armament. The armament types mounted in point defense turrets can only be lasers, missiles, railguns
or dedicated PD weapons.

Specialist point defense software must be installed in order to allow point defense turrets to operate
autonomously to defend the vessel. More expensive and more capable point defense software is
available at higher tech levels which provide additional DM’s to hit. The software follows the same rules
as a turret laser firing on a missile, using its rating as a gunnery skill modifier. The point defense turret
network is activated by the ship’s gunner as required.

Table: Turret Weapons
Weapon TL Optimum Range Damage Cost (MCr)
Missile Rack 6 Special Depends on Missile 0.75
Pulse Laser 7 Short 2d6 0.5
Mining Laser 7 Adjacent 2d6 0.5
Sandcaster 7 Special Special 0.25
Particle Beam 8 Long 3d6 + 1 radiation hit 4
Railgun 9 Special Special 1.2
Autocannon PDC 9 Close 1d6 per burst (25) 0.1
Beam Laser 9 Medium 1d6 1
Plasma Gun 11 Medium 2d6+4 2.5
Gatling Laser 12 Short 2d6 1.5
Gauss PDC 12 Close 1d6+2 per burst (25) 0.2
X‐ray Laser 13 Short 3d6 + 1 radiation hit 3
Fusion Gun 13 Medium 3d6 3
Particle Beam 15 Long 4d6 + 1 radiation hit 4
Beam Laser 16 Long 2d6 2
Fusion Gun 17 Long 3d6+3 3
X‐ray Laser 17 Medium 3d6 + 1 radiation hit 3
Positron Lance 21 Medium 4d6 5

Lasers
 Pulse lasers fire short bursts of energy at targets and have a DM ‐2 to hit.
 Beam lasers fire continuous beams of energy at targets.
 Mining Lasers are more tool than weapon, used by belters for mining asteroids and salvagers for
cutting into ship hulls. At a pinch though a mining laser makes for a very short range but powerful
weapon, though with a ‐4 DM to an attack roll.
 X‐Ray lasers are powerful short range lasers generated by the energy of a contained detonation of
a small nuclear charge which is then directed through a laser emitter without destroying the turret
and the ship around it. Each hit on a target will also inflict an automatic radiation crew hit. An X‐Ray
laser can be mounted singly within a triple turret or two in a quad turret. The weapons power
feeds, shielding, containment and cooling equipment required will use the space provided by the
remaining vacant mount within the turret. X‐ray lasers are not available for use on civilian vessels.

Gatling Lasers are multiple emitter rapid fire pulse lasers. They are often used by naval warships as
point defense weapons.

Autocannon PDC
Firing 20mm solid projectiles, the rapid fire auto point defense cannon is primarily used as a point
defense weapon firing in 25 round bursts. These are usually mounted in a single pop‐up point defense
turret. There are 18,000 rounds of ammunition in a ton, costing 800Cr per ton.
Gauss PDC
Firing 15mm solid projectiles, the rapid fire gauss point defense cannon is primarily used as a point
defense weapon firing in 25 round bursts. These are usually mounted in a single pop‐up point defense
turret. There are 20,000 rounds of ammunition in one ton costing 1,500Cr per ton.

Missile Racks
Missile racks are launchers for small anti‐ship missiles. The damage of a missile depends on the type of
missile used. Missile racks need ammunition – twelve missiles take up one ton of space.

Missiles are capable of thrust 10 but have a limited endurance of 60 minutes (3.6 turns) before they run
out of fuel.

Table: Missile Launch Range
Range Turns to Impact
Adjacent ‐
Close ‐
Short 1
Medium 1
Long 1
Very Long 2
Distant 2

Table: Missile Types
Cost per 12
Missile Type TL Damage missiles (Cr)
Standard 6 1d6 15,000
Nuclear 6 3d6 + 1 radiation hit 45,000
Ortillery 7 4d6 25,000
Shockwave 7 special 35,000
Fragmentation 7 2d6 20,000
Smart (standard military) 8 3d6 30,000
Multi‐Warhead 8 2d6 x 1d6 60,000
Decoy 9 2d6 35,000
Long Range 9 2d6‐2 35,000
Advanced Smart 13 3d6+3 75,000
Antimatter 21 6d6 120,000

Standard missile
Standard missiles get to make a single attack. This type of missile is freely available to civilian vessels to
use for defense. Standard missiles are a sensor guided missile controlled by the ship's fire control and
are considerably cheaper and much less accurate than the more sophisticated standard military missile
incurring a ‐4DM over at ranges greater than Long range.


Nuclear missile
Nuclear missiles make a single attack as basic missiles but also can inflict a radiation crew hit as well as a
normal hit. Civilian ownership of nuclear weapons is strictly prohibited by various long standing
agreements by all civilized nations and independent planetary systems but that still does not stop them
being used. The Radiation hit suffers a –DM equal to ship’s armour rating or by a Nuclear Damper
screen.

Ortillery Missile
Ortillery missiles are specially designed for planetary bombardment. They are too slow to be used as
anti‐ship weapons except at Close or Adjacent range. Attacks made with an Ortillery Missile have a ‐
2DM to hit, and Point Defense attacks against the torpedo have a +2DM.

Shockwave Missile
These missiles carry a special magnetic pulse warhead. The blast is harmless to spacecraft, but it scatters
and polarizes sand clouds, making them useless. A ship struck by a shockwave missile cannot use sand
for the rest of this turn.
Fragmentation Missile
Designed to defend a vessel against small craft such as fighters or even clusters of incoming missiles, the
fragmentation missile can actively seek incoming fighters or fighter formations exploding just prior to
interception sending out a cone of high velocity shrapnel. Especially effective when fired in mass
barrages, fragmentation missiles are capable of crippling attacking bombers formations or dispersing
fighter screens. Upon reaching a target, the missile will make an attack roll against that target and up to
three others within Adjacent range.

Smart (standard military) missile
Smart missiles will keep making attacks each turn with an attack roll of 8+ until they hit or are
destroyed, jammed or run out of propellant. This type of missile is used by naval vessels and civilian
vessel owners or captains will be prosecuted if they are found to be using them.

Multi–warhead Missile (MWM)
Multi–warhead missiles carry a payload of six warheads. The downside is that the larger payload slows
the missile, so it takes longer to reach its target.

Table: MWM Launch Range
Adjacent ‐
Close ‐
Short 1
Medium 1
Long 2
Very Long 2
Distant 3

Decoy Missile
Armed with a single warhead smaller than those on a standard military missile, decoy missiles also have
a pair of small pods equipped with powerful transmitters and jammers. The pods are pre‐programmed
to detach from the missile before impact confusing point defense systems. All anti‐missile fire directed
at this missile suffers ‐2DM.

Long Range Missile (LRM)
Long range missiles have a smaller warhead to allow them to carry larger drives and so travel faster. The
long–range missile range table is below.

Table: LRM Launch Range
Adjacent ‐
Close ‐
Short ‐
Medium ‐
Long 1
Very Long 1
Distant 2

Advanced Smart (standard military) Missile (AdSM)
Advanced Smart missiles will keep making attacks each turn with an attack roll of 7+ until they hit or are
destroyed, jammed or run out of propellant. This uprated and smarter version of the standard military
smart missile is capable of thrust 12 and has a larger more capable warhead.

Table: AdSM Launch Range
Adjacent ‐
Close ‐
Short ‐
Medium ‐
Long 1
Very Long 1
Distant 2

Antimatter Missile
The antimatter torpedo uses mutual annihilation of hydrogen and anti‐hydrogen atoms within a
warhead to create a very powerful explosion. Range as per a Standard Military Missile.

Particle Beam
Particle weapons fire a stream of accelerated subatomic particles. They inflict an automatic radiation
crew hit in addition to any other damage. A particle beam weapon can only be mounted singly in a triple
turret or two within a quad turret due to the bigger size of the weapon.

Railguns
A less powerful version of the much larger barbette mount, turret mount railguns are rapid fire short
range weapons using a coil of electromagnets to accelerate ferrous projectiles to great speed. Apart
from being able to be used with great effect as an offensive weapon, railguns are also superb point
defense weapons. Turret mount railguns are also able to be fired in five round bursts causing an
additional 3 points of damage per successful hit. See rail gun barbette mounts for more details regarding
projectile types.
Table: Railgun Projectile Types

Projectile Type TL Damage* Number of projectiles/dT Cost per reload (Cr)
Basic Kinetic Kill 9 1d6 30 5,000
Canister 9 1d6 20 8,000
Penetrator 10 2d6 15 15,000
* For five round burst fire +3 damage

Plasma Guns
Fed directly by the ship’s fusion power plant, these weapons fire bolts of star hot plasma at their target
causing both thermal and kinetic damage if a hit is successful. Plasma guns are not available for use on
civilian vessels.

A plasma gun can be mounted singly within a double turret, a pair in a triple turret or three in a quad
turret. The weapons power feeds and cooling equipment required will use the space provided by the
remaining vacant mount within the turret.
Sandcasters
Sandcasters are primarily anti‐laser defensive weapons as they dispense small particles which
counteract the strength of lasers and protect the ship. A sandcaster reduces the damage from a beam
weapon by 1d6. They are remarkably flexible weapons and are capable of carrying different payloads.
Sandcasters require ammunition.

Sandcasters are as effective as lasers used for point defense as long as the missile it is defending against
is fired from at least medium range.

Twenty standard sandcaster barrels or canisters take up 1 ton of space, and cost 10,000Cr.

Table: Canister Types
Cost per 20
Canister Type TL Damage canisters (MCr)
Sand 7 ‐ 0.01
Pebbles 7 1d31 0.20
Chaff 8 ‐ 0.25
Sandcutter 8 ‐ 0.35
1 See Pebbles description below.

Pebbles
Pebble canisters are designed as basic offensive rounds for a sandcaster. Pebble round canisters allow
the sandcaster to deal 1d3 kinetic energy damage when used as an attack. They do not provide
protection against laser fire.

Chaff
A Sandcaster chaff canister disrupts sensors and communications within the chaff cloud. All Comms,
Sensors, Remote Operations or missile attack rolls within a chaff cloud suffer a ‐1 DM and can be fired at
any target within Close range. They do not provide protection against laser fire.

Sandcutter
Essentially an anti‐sandcaster round, a sandcutter round fires a hail of electromagnets into the midst of
an enemy sand cloud. These magnets cause the sand to clump together so reducing effective protection
and a successful use of a sandcutter shot halves the protection offered by a sand cloud. Typically a
Sandcutter round will be fired in coordination with a laser beam attack. They do not provide protection
against laser fire.

Positron Lance
Firing a beam of positrons or antielectrons (antiparticle or antimatter counterpart of the electron) the
lance can deliver considerable damage to a target.

Barbettes
A barbette is essentially a heavy turret, able to mount larger, more powerful weapons or more weapons
than a standard turret can mount. A barbette takes up a turret hardpoint, but also uses 5 tons of space
inside the ship; as the larger weapons mounted in a barbette need room for capacitors, targeting
mechanisms, ammo feeds, ready use ammunition and other components. Barbettes require Gunner
(turrets) skill.

Table: Barbette Weapons
Weapon TL Optimum Shots per Damage Cost Internal Ammo Ammo Ammo Cost
Range Round (MCr) Loadout per dT (Cr)
Missile 7 Special 1 By Missile 4 24 12/dT Special
Mine Launcher 8 Special By Mine 2 6 6/dT Special
Particle Beam 8 Long 1 4d6 8 ‐ ‐ ‐
Railgun 9 Short 1 By Projectile 4 By Projectile 20/dT Special
Torpedo* 9 Special 1 By Torpedo 3 2 2/5dT Special
Plasma 11 Medium 1 4d6 5 ‐ ‐ ‐
X‐ray Laser 11 Medium 1 3d6+1 + 1 3 ‐ ‐ ‐
radiation Hit
Meson Gun 16 Long 5d6 + 10 ‐ ‐ ‐
radiation hit
Positron Lance 19 Medium 1 5d6 8 ‐ ‐ ‐
* Note that a torpedo barbette only fires light torpedoes.
Retractable Barbette Turret

A barbette turret can be made retractable allowing it to be protected during atmospheric manoeuvring
or to be hidden by direct observation and casual scans. The ability to hide a barbette turret allows
heavier armament to be installed on Q‐ships providing a nasty surprise for any attacking vessel thinking
the target is lightly armed and then facing a ship with a more powerful barbette weapon. Turret
retraction equipment adds 2 tons and an additional cost of 3MCr.

Railguns
Railguns are huge gauss weapons, using a coil of electromagnets to accelerate ferrous projectiles to
great speed. Railguns are not as effective in starship combat as directed energy weapons and missiles,
but do have some tactical advantages as it is very difficult for a ship’s point defense weapons to counter
an incoming very high velocity metal projectile. Railguns are superb heavy point defense weapons and
railgun armed escort vessels are considered highly effective. Railguns can only be used at short range or
less. A railgun barbette takes up five tons of space and includes space for one reload of projectiles.

Railgun ammunition types are listed in the table below.

Table: Railgun Projectile Types
Projectile Type TL Damage Number of projectiles/dT Cost per reload (Cr)
Basic Kinetic Kill 9 3d6 16 5000
Canister 9 3d6 16 8,000

Basic
A kinetic kill weapon, the basic rail gun projectile is a solid metal dart that relies on kinetic energy to
damage the intended target. These are often used to attack orbital defenses and other targets on
predictable trajectories.

Canister
Also known as scattershot and primarily used for point defense, the canister projectile comes apart at a
pre‐determined distance from the firing ship sending thousands of balls at very high velocity directly
into the path of incoming missiles, torpedoes, fighters or assault craft. It can also be used to degrade the
energy shielding of an enemy vessel creating weak spots that could be targeted by other weapons.

Penetrator
A solid crystalion core sheathed in hardened alloy, the penetrator is designed to penetrate thick hull
armour or into facilities deeply buried in asteroids. The very high kinetic impact energy causes heavy
damage to the intended target. Penetrators are larger than the size of other rail gun projectiles, but only
slightly less slow.

X-ray Laser
Bomb pumped laser warheads for both mines and torpedoes are available well before the technical
problems of non‐destructive generation and direction of a created x‐ray beam are solved. Essentially a
directed x‐ray laser weapon requires the detonation of a small nuclear charge within the ship itself then
directing that energy through the laser emitter without catastrophic results. X‐ray lasers are more
powerful than standard beam lasers, have less range and will cause a radiation hit to targeted ship’s
crew.

Mine Launcher
Mine launchers are used to deploy mines into space such as commonly used in‐system routes or other
strategic locations. A mine dispenser holds six mines.

A very simple device, a mine is made up of a warhead, processor and a low powered thruster pack. They
are deployed in a small area where they remain dormant until a suitable target is detected. Once this is
the case they will activate their thrusters and manoeuvre into contact or proximity, before exploding. A
nuclear mine will do an automatic radiation crew hit in addition to damage listed.

Mines are pre‐configured with a given set of perimeters defining a viable target before being deployed.
This might be a particular transponder signal, lack of a particular transponder signal or lack of correct
IFF. They can also be set to attack a target over a given tonnage, within a tonnage range or detonate
after a time delay once a target has been verified, in order to trap more targeted vessels within the field.
A mine will attack target ships when they move to within Adjacent or Close range.

Mines are treated like any weapon system requiring ammunition. There are six mines in 1 ton.

Table: Mine Types
Mine Type TL Damage Cost per reload (MCr)
Standard 8 3d6 0.02
Nuclear 8 4d6 0.25
Bomb‐Pumped Laser 9 5d6 0.75
Antimatter 21 8d6 1.1
Standard Mine
The standard mine contains a high explosive warhead with a proximity fuse and can deal 3d6 damage to
a target.

Nuclear Mine
Containing a small nuclear warhead with a proximity fuse a nuclear mine deals 4d6 damage, as well as
an automatic radiation crew hit unless the target has an active screen. See page 72.

Bomb-Pumped Laser Mine
A very powerful mine, the bomb pumped laser mine contains a small nuclear device that is detonated
prior to impact to charge a laser generating a powerful x‐ray laser burst. The bomb–pumped laser is a
normal laser attack, but deals 5d6 damage. If the target has deployed sand prior to the mine attacking
then it can be defended against as a laser.

Antimatter Mine
The antimatter mine uses mutual annihilation of hydrogen and anti‐hydrogen atoms within a warhead
to create a very powerful explosion.

Torpedoes
Considered to be true ship killers with the ability to inflict tremendous destructive force against an
enemy combatant, torpedoes are heavy anti–ship missiles with a thrust of 10. Like smart missiles, they
can be defended against using standard anti‐missile countermeasures.

Light Torpedoes are 2.5 tons and are purchased in two‐shot loads of five tons each.
Heavy torpedoes are 10 tons and are purchased in two‐shot loads of twenty tons each.

With the exception of the ortillery version, torpedoes cannot be used in atmosphere.

Table: Light Torpedo Types
Torpedo Type TL Damage Cost per Torpedo (MCr)
Basic 7 4d6 0.005
Nuclear 7 6d6 0.15
Ortillery 8 8d6 0.12
Bomb Pumped 9 7d6 0.18

Table: Heavy Torpedo Types
Torpedo Type TL Damage Cost per Torpedo (MCr)
Basic 7 6d6 0.025
Nuclear 7 9d6 0.4
Ortillery 8 12d6 0.3
Bomb Pumped 9 10d6 0.5
Basic Torpedo
Effectively a kinetic kill weapon, the basic torpedo consists of a small but powerful engine, guidance
computers, and a fragmentation device. It deals 4d6 damage on a successful hit.
Nuclear Torpedo
A nuclear torpedo will deal 6d6 damage, as well as an automatic radiation crew hit.
Bomb–Pumped Laser Torpedo

The primary anti‐ship torpedo, the bomb‐pumped laser torpedo is a one‐shot laser weapon. The
torpedo contains a small nuclear device that is detonated prior to impact to charge a laser. The

explosion destroys the torpedo, but also generates a powerful x‐ray laser burst. The bomb–pumped
laser is a normal laser attack, but deals 7d6 damage. The basic roll to hit is as a missile, but is defended
against as a laser. Point defense can be used to attempt to kill the torpedo before it detonates, but
suffers a ‐2DM due to the fact the bomb–pumped laser can be used in a stand‐off role.
Ortillery Torpedo
Heavy ortillery torpedoes are used for bombing fortified positions. They deal 8d6 damage, but are much
too slow to be effective in space combat. They move at the same speed as a multi‐warhead missile.
Attacks made with an Ortillery Torpedo have a ‐2DM to hit, and Point Defense attacks against the
torpedo have a +2DM.

Antimatter Torpedo
The antimatter torpedo uses mutual annihilation of hydrogen and anti‐hydrogen atoms within a
warhead to create a very powerful explosion.

Bays
Bay weapons are much larger than turrets and are able to mount larger weapons or multiple smaller
weapons and are generally found only on larger naval vessels and capital ships. The number of bays that
a capital ship can mount is limited by the ship’s power plant (see power plant section) and by the
number of hardpoints.

Standard Bays are 50 tons or 100 tons, use one hardpoint and 1 ton of fire control while heavy bays are
500 tons. Heavy bays provide a much larger warship (such as battlecruisers or battleships) with a
significant increase in firepower. A heavy bay uses five hardpoints, 1 ton of fire control and is first
available at TL 11.

Bays are effective at engaging much larger targets but they do have issues when engaging lighter
combatants, suffering a ‐2DM when attacking targets from 200 to 1000 tons and a ‐4DM when attacking
targets of 100 tons or less. Heavy bays however have a +4DM when attacking targets of over 5000 tons
due to the much greater amount of weaponry they hold. The exception to this is railgun bays firing
canister projectiles.


Table: Bay Weapons
50 Ton
Weapon TL Range Damage Cost (MCr)
Missile 6 Special Flight of 12 missiles 12
Mine Launcher 8 Special By Mine Type 5
Particle Beam 8 Long 6d6 + radiation hit 20
Torpedo 9 Special Flight of 3 torpedoes 12
Rail Gun 9 Short 3d6 x 4 30
Repulsors 10 Short Special 8
Meson Gun 11 Long 5d6 + radiation hit 50
Fusion Gun 12 Medium 5d6 + radiation hit 8
Disintegrator 18 Medium 8d6 60
Standard
Tractors 20 Short Special 35

100 Ton
Missile 6 Special Flight of 24 missiles 24
Particle Beam 8 Long 9d6 + radiation hit 40
Light Torpedo 9 Special Flight of 6 torpedoes 24
Heavy Torpedo 9 Special Flight of 2 torpedoes 30
Rail Gun 9 Short 3d6 x 6 60
Repulsors 10 Short Special 15
Meson Gun 11 Long 8d6 + radiation hit 100
Fusion Gun 12 Medium 8d6 + radiation hit 16
Tractors 16 Short Special 40
Singularity Projector 21 Medium 13d6 + special 160

500 Ton
Particle Beam 8 Long 12d6+4 + radiation hit 100
Heavy
Heavy Torpedo 9 Special Flight of 8 torpedoes 90

Heavy Rail Gun 9 Medium 5d6 x6 140
Meson Gun 11 Long 11d6+4 + radiation hit 220
Fusion Gun 12 Medium 11d6+4 + radiation hit 130
Singularity Projector 20 Medium 16d6 + special 250
Jump Damper 21 Short Special 250
Jump Projector 21 Short Special 280

Disintegrators
Disintegrators nullifies the strong molecular attraction that holds all matter together, causing an object’s
atoms to fly apart.

Fusion Gun
Fusion guns fire a directed beam of fusing hydrogen at targets.

Jump Damper
A jump damper will inhibit a starship being able to enter jumpspace. It can also be used to reduce the
chance of a successful hit from a jump projector by allowing a ‐4 DM.

Jump Projector
An unusual weapon that projects a jump field around the target causing it to undertake an uncontrolled
jump (misjump), the jump projector is only effectively countered by a jump damper.

Meson Gun
Using dual particle accelerator technology, meson guns fire destructive beams that ignore all armour
and radiation shielding, producing intense radiation effects inside a target. Mesons have an extremely
short half‐life, and are calculated to decay while within the enemy ship. Meson weapons are therefore
unaffected by armour, as the blast only becomes harmful after it has already passed through the hull.
Meson guns inflict an automatic radiation hit on the crew of any target struck in addition to normal
damage.

Missile
Taking advantage of a bays increased size, a missile bay can unleash much larger salvos of missiles at a
target, overwhelming its active point defenses. For any given round a 50 ton small bay fires 12 missiles
at a time and a 100 ton medium bay fires 24 missiles. Each bay holds enough missiles for 12 full salvos.
In per missile terms this equates to 144 missiles in a small bay and 288 missiles in a medium bay.

Particle Beam
Particle beams are larger versions of the turret and barbette mounted weapon.

Railgun
Railgun bays consist of multiple linked railguns that fire in full auto mode with each round inflicting
damage per successful hit depending on the projectile fired. The Bay weapons table lists the number of
rounds the railgun bay is able to fire. A 50 ton bay includes space for 200 projectiles, 100 ton bay 400
projectiles and a 500 ton bay 500 heavy projectiles.

Table: Heavy Railgun Projectile Types
Projectile Type TL Damage Number of projectiles/dT Cost per reload (Cr)
Basic Kinetic Kill 9 5d6 10 8,000
Canister 9 5d6 10 12,000

Ortillery Railgun
This variation on the standard 50 ton railgun bay is also known as a mass driver. It fires larger projectiles
at slower speeds that are optimized for smashing planetary targets. The bay includes space for 10 shots
of ammunition. A single hit from an ortillery railgun is like a tactical nuclear strike, but attacks against
mobile ground targets with an ortillery railgun suffer a ‐4 DM. Each ton of ortillery railgun contains two
shots.
Repulsors and Tractors

Acting as point defense the repulsor projects a gravitational field that if aimed at incoming missiles,
torpedoes and railgun projectiles can cause them to deflect from their target.

A Tractor is identical in type to the repulsor but acts in reverse by holding the target, reducing its ability
to manoeuvre and allowing it to be easily targeted or the tractor bay can move the held target in any
direction at a thrust of 1.

The pilot of the held spacecraft can attempt to break lock with a pilot skill check opposed by the bay
operators Gunnery (Bay Weapons) skill check. Each tractor bay that has achieved a hit on the target
adds an additional ‐2 DM on the pilot check.


Tractor bays can lock onto and hold a spacecraft two times the size of the bay with each increase in TL of
the bay doubling that hold limit. No spacecraft equipped with tractors can lock on or hold tonnages
bigger than itself.

Singularity Projector
Firing a microscopic singularity or black hole, the singularity projector can be a devastating weapon
when fired. A target that is struck by the fired singularity will literally be consumed by it, either in part or
completely. At the end of each turn after the target has been struck, roll to hit again with a ‐3 DM. If the
hit is successful, then the target receives half the initial damage. This continues with the damage from
the previous turn reducing by half again until the target has been totally consumed by the singularity or
the damage reduces to 1. If the attack roll fails then the singularity will not affect the target further.

Torpedo
Apart from bigger torpedo salvos, a torpedo bay performs as a normal torpedo launcher. Each bay
regardless of torpedo type holds enough torpedoes for 2 full salvoes. For bigger load‐outs a magazine
adjacent to the bay must be considered.

Bays on Non Capital Ships
Commercial Class Ships can carry bays with the maximum number limited by hull displacement/1000,
multiplied by the power plant rating number (rounded down, but not less than one). Small craft can only
carry one bay.

For example, a 2,000 ton ship with a type N power plant (rating of 2) would be able to support a
maximum of 4 bays.

Ammunition Magazines
All turrets, barbettes and bays will require adjacent allocated space if the weapons mounted require any
reloads beyond what is loaded within the hardpoint mount. Magazines link to the hardpoint via
autoloader feeds that automatically reload once the ammunition inside the hardpoint mount is used.
Civilian ships will almost never allocate additional magazine space for reloads due to the impact that will
have on cargo and passenger space. Ammunition magazines cost 0.1MCr per allocated ton.


Spinal Weapons

Spinal weapons are weapons that run down the axial length of a capital ship. A single shot from a spinal
weapon can cut a lesser vessel in two or simply vaporize it. Major combatants such as system monitors,
battlecruisers and battleships are armed with spinal weapons.

The damage of a spinal weapon depends on the size and type of weapon. On the table below, spinal
weapon damage is measured in capital ship damage terms but for damage to spacecraft under 5000
tons, the damage is the barrage value in d6 if indeed one made the assumption that vessel was to
survive. Spinal mounts use a number of hardpoints equivalent to their tonnage divided by 100. All
weapons have long range. A ship may only have one spinal mount.

Meson Gun and Particle Beam

Table: Spinal Energy Weapons
Particle Meson
Type TL Tons Damage Cost (MCr) Type TL Tons Damage Cost (MC.)
A 8 5,500 200 3,500 A 11 5,000 200 5000
B 9 5,000 300 3,500 B 11 8,000 250 8000
C 10 4,500 300 3,500 C 12 10,000 350 10,000
D 11 4,000 300 3,000 D 13 14,000 400 14,000
E 12 3,500 400 2,800 E 14 10,000 350 12,000
F 12 1,500 300 3,500 F 14 18,000 450 16,000
G 13 3,500 400 2,500 G 15 5,000 300 10,000
H 14 3,000 400 2,000 H 15 14,000 450 18,000
J 15 2,500 400 1,500 J 16 12,000 450 15,000
K 15 1,000 300 2,500 K 17 10,000 450 15,000

Meson Gun Spinal Mount Penetration is graded on the amount of damage they inflict in accordance
with the following table:

Damage Penetration
200 ‐ 259 I
260 ‐ 309 II
310 ‐ 359 III
360 ‐ 400 IV
401 ‐ 450 V

Railguns
The railgun spinal mount fires far larger railgun projectiles at near relativistic speeds that smash through
reinforced armour and cause extensive damage to internal components. Five 20 ton rounds are included
within the railgun tonnage. Additional rounds cost 0.2MCr each.

Table: Spinal Railguns
Type TL Tons Damage Cost (MCr)
A 9 4,000 130 3,000
B 10 5,000 250 3,500
C 11 4,500 300 4,900
D 11 2,000 200 4,200
E 12 4,000 300 5,400
F 12 1,500 200 5,000
G 13 4,000 400 4,500

Railgun spinal mounts are less effective at hitting more mobile targets at longer ranges than meson or
particle spinal mounts due to the sublight speed of the projectile. However, for targets that are in
predictable trajectories) or non‐moving ground targets such as fortifications) they are exceedingly
effective. Any mobile target over medium range suffers a ‐1 DM to achieve a hit and if that target is
over long range that penalty increases to ‐2 DM. Any small target to‐hit penalties also apply.

For a stationary or predictable path target (such as orbital facilities) there is a +1 DM over medium
range. Predicable path targets can have their trajectories or course analysed by the firing vessel with a
high degree of accuracy and the projectile fired to intercept the target. Railgun Spinal Mount
Penetration is graded on the amount of damage they inflict in accordance with the following table:
Damage Penetration
100‐199 I
200‐299 II
300‐399 III
400+ IV
Railgun spinal mounts ignore armour equal to three times its penetration rating (see penetration table
above) with any residual armour reducing the damage inflicted on a successful hit by twenty times per
point of armour remaining.

For example, a 250 damage type II railgun spinal mount is fired at a light cruiser with 8 points of
crystaliron armour within optimum range. As a type II penetration weapon, it ignores six armour points
leaving 2 points. Damage to a single section of the light cruiser is calculated to be 250‐(2x20) = 210
damage.

Disintegrators
Disintegrators nullify the strong molecular attraction that holds all matter together, causing an object’s
atoms to fly apart.

Table: Spinal Mount Disintegrators
A 17 3,000 300 4,000
B 18 3,500 350 4,500
C 19 2,000 300 4,500
D 20 3,000 400 5,000
E 21 3,500 450 4,800

Disintegrator Spinal Mounts must be able to overwhelm any passive defensives such as armour and
screens. Penetration is graded on the amount of damage they inflict in accordance with the following
table:

Damage Penetration
300 ‐ 359 I
360 ‐ 409 II
410+ III


Singularity Projector
Firing a tiny singularity or black hole, the singularity projector can be a devastating weapon. A target
that is struck by the fired singularity will literally be consumed by it, either in part or completely. At the
end of each turn after the target has been struck, roll to hit again with a ‐3 DM. If the hit is successful
then the target receives half the initial damage. This continues with the damage from the previous turn
reducing by half again until the target has been totally consumed by the singularity or the damage
reduces to 1. If the attack roll fails then the singularity will not affect the target further.
Table: Spinal Mount Singularity Projector

A 20 4,500 450 6,000
B 21 4,000 550 5,500

Technology Improvements
Improvements in technology allow older spinal mounts to improve their damage output while
decreasing in cost and size. For each Tech Level increase over the base tech Level of the weapon rating
damage increases by 5% while size and cost decreases by 10%.

Rapid Fire
A rapid fire spinal weapon is equipped with capacitors and redundant reaction chambers. It can be fired
twice in a round instead of once, but only if it does not fire at all in the following turn while the
capacitors recharge. Making a spinal weapon to be rapid fire increases the tonnage and the cost of the
weapon by 10%.

Defensive Screens

Defensive screens become available when the technology is sufficiently high enough to be able to
translate theory to practical working devices. Spacecraft power plants must be sufficiently large enough
to be able to support use of defensive screens (see page 33). Each screen requires a screen generator.
Small craft cannot have screens installed.

For spacecraft under 5000 tons the power plant rating must be 4 or greater. The maximum number of
allowable screens for the ship is limited to the power plant rating divided by 4, rounded up. Only one
active screen group is allowed.

The number of active screen types a spacecraft over 5000 tons can support is limited to the power plant
rating divided by 2, rounded up. To ensure efficient use of the total number of screens installed, screens
are installed into screen groups with the largest group being primary and the other groups secondary.
The number of screens in each screen group is also further limited by the rating of the power plant (see
page 33).
For example a naval architect is designing a spacecraft that has a power plant rating of 4 with 3 nuclear
dampers and 2 black globe generators. Due to the size of the power plant the maximum number of
screens in each group is 2 (4 divided by 2 = 2). The naval architect chooses to split the nuclear dampers
into groups of 2 (which is the primary screen) and 1 (redundant). The primary nuclear damper reduces
fusion gun and nuclear missile damage by 4d6 and removes the automatic crew hit from these weapons.
The black globes are in a single group of 2, enabling a flicker rate of 20% to be maintained.

Further, Tech Level also determines the maximum number of screen generators per type that may be
installed to provide a backup or create a stronger screen. The Defense Screen Tech Level Limits table
below provides the maximum number of same type screen generators allowed for a given Tech Level.

Table: Defensive Screen Tech Level Limits
Nuclear Meson Gravitic Black Proton White
TL Damper Screen Deflector Globe Screen Globe
12 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
13 2 2 1 ‐ ‐ ‐
14 4 4 2 ‐ ‐ ‐
15 6 6 4 3 ‐ ‐
16 6 6 5 3 ‐ ‐
17 6 6 6 3 ‐ ‐
18 6 6 6 4 ‐ ‐
19 6 6 6 4 1 ‐
20 6 6 6 5 2 1
21 6 6 6 6 4 2
For example a 40,000 ton TL 15 warship design has a powerplant rating of 5. Each of its screen groups
are initially capped at 5, so it can potentially have up to 5 meson screens, 5 nuclear dampers and 5 black
globe generators. The power plant rating of 5 further limits how many active screens there can be within
each group (5/2 = 2.5 rounded up to 3. Further, a Tech Level 15 design allows for a limit of 6 nuclear
damper generators, 6 meson screen generators and 3 black globe generators. So the final design creates
three groups of defensive screens; 3 nuclear damper screens, 3 meson screens and 3 black globe
generators (flicker rate of 30%). The design could also add redundant generators as backups.
Defensive Screen Determination Procedure

1. Determine potential maximum number of screens per screen group from the Capital Ship
Armament Power Table, page 33.
2. Determine maximum number of active screens in each group by dividing the P‐Plant rating by 2,
rounding up.
3. Determine Tech Level limit of generators per type from the Defensive Screen Tech Level Limits
table, page 73.
4. Note final screen groups and numbers of screen generators within each screen group. Note
redundant (backup) generators.

Nuclear Damper
Nuclear dampers project a series of nodes and anti‐nodes where the strong nuclear force is enhanced or
degraded, rendering nuclear warheads ineffective. A nuclear damper reduces the damage from fusion
weapons, disintegrator weapons and nuclear devices and removes the automatic radiation hit to the
crew. Installation of a single screen generator reduces damage from such weapons by 2d6. Each
additional generator installed provides a further 2d6 damage reduction.

Meson Screen
A Meson Screen while energized will block attacks from meson weapons by preventing meson decay.
Each generator added creates an additional protective screen layer. Radiation hits from these weapons
suffer a ‐ DM equal to twice the active number of screens.


Gravitic Deflectors
By expanding and greatly strengthening the relatively weak gravitic field generated by a ships drive a
gravitic deflector screen provides defense by creating intense bands of gravity surrounding the vessel.
The screen can deflect incoming railgun projectiles and bend high energy beams away from the hull.
Installation of a single screen generator reduces damage from such weapons by 2d6 with each generator
added creating an additional screen layer providing a further 1d6 damage reduction.

A warship with the screen active can "flicker" (switching the screen off when firing) the screen whilst
firing its own weapons and manoeuvring. This type of flicker is similar to the higher technology black
globe.
Black Globe
First available at TL 15 Black Globe generators project an energy absorbing barrier which shunts any
energy it absorbs into the vessel’s onboard energy storage capacitors irrespective of its type. Any vessel
using a Black Globe generator cannot manoeuvre, dodge, jump, use weapons or use sensors whilst the
globe is active.

A spacecraft using a Black Globe is unable to move or even see out so the device has considerable
limitations which are offset by the capability to “flicker” the black globe. Flickering is the percentage of
full absorption and must be determined at the start of each space combat turn. This provides the ship
intermittent protection whilst allowing manoeuvring, sensor use and offensive/defensive actions to take
place in the very brief periods when the black globe is cycled down. Each 10% of flicker acts as additional
2 points of armour against all weapons.

Because a black globe generator absorbs all energy when fully active and not flickering it is thus unable
to be detected by any sensors. This is only a fleeting advantage if the location of the ship is already
known and its course plotted, providing an enemy vessel a +6 DM when the generator is switched off
and the field is down.

Adding additional generators improves the flicker level of the field. This means that the maximum
percentage of time that the field is actively protecting the vessel increases.

Table: Black Globe Flicker Rate
Active Generators Maximum Flicker Rate%
1 10%
2 20%
3 30%
4 40%
5 50%
6 60%
7 70%
8 80%
9 90%
10 100% (No Flickering)
Flickering is the percentage of full absorption.

For example a vessel with six active generators allows a field flicker rate to be 60%. This means the black
globe is fully active for 60% of any turn and absorbing 60% of the energy impacted on it. If successfully
hit by enemy fire 40% of the damage is passed through.


A ship’s ability to use its manoeuvre drive is also affected by the use of a black globe. Reduce the
maximum thrust available by the flicker rating (round to nearest whole number with 0.5 rounded down).
Similarly for each 20% flicker rate there will be a ‐1 DM applied to sensor rolls.

For example a battlecruiser has a maximum thrust of 4. While operating a black globe with a flicker rate
of 40% it is changing course to engage a pair of heavy cruisers. The battlecruiser’s maximum thrust is
reduced by 4 x 40/100 = 1.6, rounded to 2. Thus maximum thrust is now 2.

As the black globe generator shunts absorbed energy into onboard capacitors a vessel must have
sufficient capacitor capacity to avoid overload and cause a catastrophic internal explosion. If the vessel
is a starship with a jump drive, then considerable capacitor capacity is available before the need to add
any additional capacitors.

Jump drives have internal capacitors equal to 20% of drive size in tons. Additional capacitors can be
purchased at a cost of 2MCr per ton. Each ton of capacitor can absorb 36 damage points.

In combat and while the globe is in flicker mode a proportion of the energy equal to the flicker rate is
shunted to the onboard capacitors. In capital ship barrage combat the amount of energy transferred to
the black globe is based on the damage inflicted before the vessel’s armour is taken in account. Refer to
the Weapon Type Energy table for the amount of energy a particular weapon transfers.

For example, the 30,000 ton battlecruiser is jump 4 ship with 4,000 tons of capacitors (3,000 tons
integral to the jump drive along with 1,000 tons of additional capacitors) providing 144,000 points of
energy storage and has a black globe operating at 30% flicker. It is fired on by 200 nuclear missiles. The
adjusted dice roll (with the black globe taken into account) is 2 resulting in no hits. The adjusted dice roll
(without the black globe taken into account) is 6 (125%). Hence the energy value of the missiles hitting
the black globe is (200 x 1.25 x 50) = 125,000, leaving only space for 19,000 more points of energy until
overload occurs.


Table: Weapon Type Energy Value
Weapon Type Energy Value
50 ton Disintegrator Bay 80 per bay
Fusion Gun 2 per weapon
50 ton Fusion Gun Bay 50 per bay
Gatling Laser 1 per weapon
Laser 1 per weapon
Meson Gun Barbette 25 per barbette
50 ton Meson Gun Bay 50 per bay
Mines 2 per mine
Particle Beam 2 per weapon
Particle Beam Barbette 4 per barbette
50 ton Particle Beam Bay 15 per bay
Plasma Gun 2 per weapon
Plasma Gun Barbette 4 per barbette
Railgun 2 per weapon
Railgun Barbette 4 per barbette
50 ton Railgun Bay 15 per bay
100 ton Singularity Projector Bay 200 per bay
500 ton Singularity Projector Bay 400 per bay
Missile or Torpedo (basic) 2 each
Missile or Torpedo (nuclear) 50 each
Torpedo (bomb pumped) 80 each
Torpedo (antimatter) 100 each
X‐ray laser 2 per weapon
X‐ray laser barbette 4 per barbette
Positron Lance 5 per weapon
Positron Lance Barbette 10 per barbette
Spinal Mount 10x Mount Damage

If a black globe generator absorbs more energy (damage) than the vessel’s onboard capacitors can
handle then the resulting explosion will destroy the vessel as all that energy is liberated at once. To
avoid this outcome the capacitors are required to be discharged. For each space combat turn the
capacitors will discharge stored energy (damage) as heat equal to 1% of the hull size multiplied by the
power plant rating minus the flicker rate percentage of the black globe.

For example the battlecruiser has a 30,000 ton hull with a power plant rating of 5 and a current 20%
flicker rate of its black globe. Each turn it can discharge (0.01 x 30,000 x 5 x 0.8) = 1,200 energy points
per turn.

The energy stored in the capacitors can also be used by the vessel’s high energy release energy weapons
such as spinal mounts and bays, providing the appropriate power cables and feeds are installed during
the vessel’s construction. If this design option is chosen, then the available onboard capacitor capacity

is increased by 25%. Further, capacitors can allow the ship to have fully charged jump drives without the
need to use hydrogen fuel.

Proton Screen
A proton screen is specifically used to block the effects of antimatter warheads. Installation of a single
screen generator reduces damage from such weapons by 2d6. Each additional generator installed
provides a further 2d6 damage reduction.
White Globe
The White Globe further refines black globes by creating a unidirectional field that is able to reflect
much of the absorbed energy away from the vessel it is protecting. It is this energy reflection glow that
gives the generator its name. White globes can eventually discharge all the damage energy they absorb,
given enough time and providing that the portion of energy shunted to the onboard capacitors does not
overload them, with the consequence of destroying the vessel as all that energy is liberated at once. As
white globe generators produce a unidirectional field, the vessel it protects is free to use its sensors,
manoeuvre freely and fire weapons. There is no need for the field to flicker.

Onboard capacitor capacity can be calculated using the same requirements as a black globe. As white
globes are continuously discharging each ton of capacitor can thus absorb 60 damage points.

Capacitors for white globes can be discharged in a similar manner to the capacitors of a black globe. For
each space combat turn the white globe generator is powered down the capacitors will discharge stored
energy (damage) equal to 5% of the hull size multiplied by 10% of the power plant tonnage as radiated
heat.

Note for both Black and White Globes
Because both black and white globes operate by absorbing energy, a catastrophic overload caused by
the intersection of a large body over 50 tons and the field will immediately overload and destroy the
generator as the field attempts to resolve all the kinetic energy of the intersecting mass. The resulting
catastrophic detonation of the capacitors will cause 3d6 critical hits.

Table: Screen Types
Hull Code A ‐ P
Screen TL Effect Tons MCr
Nuclear Damper 12 Reduces fusion gun, nuclear warheads and 20 30
disintegrator damage by 2d6. Removes automatic
crew hit from radiation.
Meson Screen 12 Protects against meson weapon damage, reducing 20 60
damage by 2d6
Gravitic Deflectors 13 Protects against all high energy and projectile 30 80
weapons, reducing damage by 2d6. It does not
provide protection from meson weapons, nuclear
weapons, disintegrators and singularity projectors.
Black Globe 15 Black Globes restrict all damage effects from hitting 30 100
the vessel
Proton Screen 19 Protects against antimatter warheads, reducing 30 50
damage by 2d6
White Globe 20 White Globes restrict all damage effects from hitting 30 250
the vessel while allowing the ship to use sensors and
manoeuvre without restriction.

Defensive screens scale with the size of the ship so a capital ship will need larger screen generators to
protect itself.

Table: Capital Ship Defensive Screen Generator Size
Nuclear Meson Gravitic Black Proton White
Hull Code Damper Screen Deflector Globe Screen Globe
dT MCr dT MCr dT MCr dT MCr dT MCr dT MCr
CA to CE 20 30 50 70 30 60 10 100 20 40 10 150
CF to CK 30 40 60 80 40 70 15 150 30 50 20 200
CL to CQ 40 50 70 90 50 80 20 200 40 60 30 250
CR to CV 50 60 80 100 60 90 25 250 50 70 40 350
CW to CZ 60 70 90 110 70 100 30 300 60 80 50 450

Design example – The Main Compartment – Armament
A 200 ton hull allows for two available hard points. To keep purchase costs down, only one hardpoint will be fitted
with a double turret and only the fire control allocated for the other. A space of 2dT is allocated for reloads.
Providing a mix of weapons for the single double turret allows for a layered defense.
Fire control for empty hardpoint = 1 x 1dT = 1dT
Double Turret = 1dT (with fire control included) costing 0.5MCr.
Magazine for both turrets = 2dT costing 0.1MCr per ton = 0.2MCr.
Weapons in turret:

1 x beam laser = 1MCr and 1 x Sandcaster = 0.25Mcr = 1.25MCr.

Main Compartment – Armament: Allocation = 4dT, Cost = 1.95MCr.

5. Small Craft, Vehicles, Drones and Cargo Holds
Spacecraft can carry a number of small craft, vehicles and drones depending on the spacecraft’s size and
intended role. Small Craft are either docked within a hangar or docked externally, while vehicles tend to
be stored within vehicle bays. During design any allocation made for any small craft or vehicles must
indicate if that small craft or vehicle is to be either carried on the outer hull or in a hangar on board.
Drones will have their own allocations depending on type.

Mining Drones
Belters use mining drones to mine asteroids. Each set of mining drones requires an allocation of 10 tons,
and allows the ship to process 1d6 x 10 tons of asteroid materials per working day. Included within the
tonnage allocated is the ore handling machinery which allows the ship to take on ore and transfer it to
the cargo hold.

Repair Drones
The inclusion of repair drones allows a ship to make general maintenance and urgent battlefield repairs
with Expert Mechanics software or when managed by a crewmember with Mechanic or Engineer skills.
Repair drones have the same statistics as repair robots (CE: SRD, page 51) but without an Intellect
program.

Probe Drones
Probe drones are used for surveying planetary surfaces, surveying orbiting satellites, derelicts and other
space debris and act as communication relays. When surveying planetary surfaces, a probe drone is
launched from orbit in disposable entry shells and must be recovered manually after mission end. There
are 5 probe drones per 1 ton allocation. Refer to CE: SRD, page 51 for probe drone data.

Escape Pods
Escape pods (rescue bubble) can be provided for the use of both crew and passengers in the case of
emergencies requiring the need to abandon the ship. Standard single person rescue bubble data can be
found in the CE: SRD, page 53. Standard double occupant rescue bubbles are simply larger versions of
the single occupant type.

Re-entry Capsule
The TL 8 Re‐entry capsule allows an occupant of a spacecraft to quickly exit and descend to the surface
of any planet it is orbiting. Featuring heavy heat‐shielding they can provide a rocky, though relatively
safe, descent through the atmosphere. Each capsule holds a single person and is generally used as an
emergency escape facility to save lives when a ship is in danger of being destroyed. Each installed re‐
entry capsule requires 0.5 tons and costs 20,000Cr.

Re-entry Pod
Larger than a re‐entry capsule a TL 9 re‐entry pod serves a similar purpose to a capsule but has a gliding
surface and computer guidance, This provides the two occupants with more control of the descent in
order to avoid potentially dangerous terrain so to arrive safely to the planet’s surface. Full manual
control of a descent is available if one of the occupants has the Aircraft (Winged Aircraft) skill. Each
installed re‐entry pod requires 1 ton and costs 150,000Cr.


Life Boat, Ship’s Boat, Shuttle, Pinnace, Cutter
These are all small craft, either within internal hangars or attached to the outside hull of the ship. Data
for these can be found in the vehicles section of the CE: SRD, pages 106 ‐ 107.

Air/Raft, ATV
These are vehicles, usually stored in a standard vehicle hangar inside the vessel. Costs and data for these
and other vehicles can be found in the vehicles section of the CE: SRD, page 55 or CE Vehicle Design
System (CE:VDS).

Table: Small Craft, Vehicles and Drones
Vehicle Tons (dT) Cost (MCr.)
Air/Raft 4 1
ATV/AFV 10 2.6
Cutter 50 24.3
Escape Pod (single) 0.5/stateroom, 8/berth 0.1 each
Escape Pod (double) 1/stateroom, 4/berth 0.2 each
Life Boat/Launch 20 4.8
Mining Drones 10 2
Pinnace 40 18.6
Probe Drones (5) 1 0.5 per ton
Re‐entry Capsule 0.5 0.2 each
Re‐entry Pod 1 0.4 each
Repair Drones 0.01 tonnage of ship 0.2 per ton
Ship’s Boat 30 16.7
Shuttle 95 25.6

Hangars

Standard
Normally, when a small craft is included in the design of a vessel, it is installed into a form fitting
enclosure in the hull of the mother vessel with just enough room for passengers to enter and exit the
small craft. Due to the form fitting nature of the standard hangar, almost all repair and maintenance
tasks require the small craft to be launched first. A standard hangar requires 110% of the stored craft’s
tonnage and costs 0.2MCr per ton. Round fractions to the nearest whole ton.

Full
If space permits, then the preferred option for storage of small craft on military vessels is the full
hangar. A full hangar allows for repair and maintenance of small craft when they are back on the ship.
The hangar includes storage for spare parts and specialized testing and repair equipment for the stored
craft. A hangar requires 130% of the stored craft’s tonnage and costs 0.2MCr per ton.

For example, carrying a modular cutter in a standard hangar normally takes up 55 tons of space. If the
cutter is given a full hangar, then it requires 65 tons of space instead.


Launch Tubes and Flight Decks

To facilitate rapid launching of small craft such as fighters, carriers will often use launch tubes or flight
decks to deploy fighters quickly using electromagnetic technology similar to that used by railguns.
Though both the internally mounted launch tube and externally mounted flight deck are similar in
function, a launch tube can only launch small craft while the flight deck can both launch and recover
small craft. Normal launch and recover operations for a small craft from a larger vessel can take over 30
minutes or approximately two space combat turns for one craft, however utilizing a launch tube or a
flight deck will take only one round to prepare a small craft for launch and a subsequent single combat
round to launch it. Both the ship launching the small craft and the small craft itself can expend thrust
and make attack rolls during this round. A flight deck or launch tube can only launch one craft at a time.
A flight deck can only recover one craft at a time.

For both the launch tube and the flight deck, the length of the launch system allows for a small craft to
achieve an 8G "push" to accelerate the small craft away from the launching ship. Subsequent
maneuvering other than the launch direction reverts the small craft to its own thrust capability.

Launch tubes and flight deck launching and recovering multiple small craft (most notably fighters)
simultaneously can be installed on larger vessels with the space to accommodate them.

Launch Tube
The size requirement of a launch tube is twenty five times the tonnage of the largest craft that will be
deployed in this manner, costing 0.5MCr per ton. The minimum length of the launch tube in metres is
four times the tonnage of the small craft intended to be launched. Allocation for a launch tube includes
the launch tube, launch machinery and the dispersal area outside the launch tube itself. Additionally any
ship using a launch tube must have a full hangar allocation. This hangar space is usually adjacent to the
dispersal area outside the launch tube itself. A launch tube must also be provided a recovery deck in
order to allow small craft to be recovered back into the mothership.

Flight Deck
Combining a launch and recovery system, the external flight deck is connected via small craft lifts to the
main hangar deck below. Small craft are raised to the flight deck dispersal area and launched via
electromagnetic acceleration rails.

The size requirement of a flight deck is twenty five times the tonnage of the largest craft that will be
deployed in this manner, and they cost 0.5MCr per ton. The minimum length of a flight deck in metres is
five times the tonnage of the largest small craft intended to be launched. Allocation for a flight deck
includes the launch/recovery machinery, deck gravity plates and lifts. As the actual flight deck and the
dispersal area are external of the ship, no further allocation is required. Additionally any ship using a
flight deck must also have a full hangar allocation. This hangar space is usually below the dispersal area
to the rear of the flight deck itself.

Recovery Deck
A recovery deck allows for the rapid recovery of small craft only. For example, allowing a carrier to
rapidly recover fighters just prior to making a transition or to recover them quickly in order to re‐arm
and prepare for re‐launch via their hangars or a launch tube. Recovery decks usually include arresting
equipment that slows or stops the motion of any small craft that enter it too quickly. Recovery decks

may be used to store small craft on board a ship however it cannot function as a full hangar as they are
open to vacuum. A recovery deck is required for vessels using one or multiple launch tubes.

A recovery deck requires tonnage equal to ten times the tonnage of the craft to be recovered at a cost
of 0.5MCr per ton. The minimum length of a recovery deck in metres is twice the tonnage of the small
craft intended to be launched. It is designed to recover one craft every round and multiple recovery
decks can be combined into larger recovery decks, each capable of recovering more than one craft at a
time.

Design example – The Main Compartment – Hangar and Vehicles
Having a vehicle for the crew while on planetary surfaces is useful, so a standard hangar is provided allowing for
the inclusion of an air/raft.
Air/Raft details = 4dT costing 1MCr.
Vehicle Hangar (standard) = air/raft allocation + 10% = 4 + 0.4 = 4.4 rounded up to 5dT costing 1MCr.

Main Compartment – Hangar and Vehicles: Allocation = 5dT, Cost = 2MCr.

Cargo Hold
A ship’s design must include any cargo capacity allocated to the ship, no matter how small that
allocation is to be and any space left over after all systems have been installed may be allocated to cargo
space. This represents a basic hold with some fittings such as winches, bay doors, etc. Any allocated
space for Cargo Holds is free. Cargo carried may not exceed cargo capacity.

However, it is possible to upgrade the basic cargo hold to a more specialist type. Cargo holds can be
divided into a maximum of three differing cargo hold types if the basic hold space allocated is over 15dT.
With the exception of the superior and armoured hold, hold types can be interchanged as required. This
will be a total cost of the current hold cost plus the new hold cost.

Table: Cargo Hold Types
Type Description Cost per ton (Cr)
Superior Faster offloading and unloading 10,000
Armoured Difficult task DM ‐4 to break in. 100,000
5% of allocated cargo space
Liquid Cargo 8000
Livestock See table below
Freezer See table below, life support 9000
halved, cost doubled
Concealed Compartment Checks DM ‐2 Electronics 20,000
(Sensors), DM ‐4 Investigate
External Cargo Mount 1000

Superior Cargo Hold
This represents a better type of hold over the basic type allowing for faster loading and offloading of
cargo. Installation includes small cranes and lifters for the cargo and better cargo ramps ‐ often with a
moving surface. Superior Cargo Holds cost 10,000 Cr per ton.

Armoured Cargo Hold
A reinforced and armoured hold is designed to withstand external damage and make intrusion more
difficult. These are ideal for cargo that needs that extra level of protection, especially if it is valuable. The

bay is lined with armour plating, braced walls and extra compartmentalization and every access point
into the hold has superior security. Breaking into an armoured hold is a very difficult task (‐4) and any
cargo damage hit rolled is halved. An armoured hold requires 5% of the space allocated to the cargo and
costs 0.1Mcr per ton.

Liquid Cargo Hold
Normal liquid cargo will be carried in tanks that are stored in the hold. This option converts the entire
hold into liquid storage. It can be pressurized or not. This means that there is no need for separate tanks
that have to be loaded individually. The contents of the hold have to pump in or out via attachments on
the hull of the vessel. This can be used to keep aquatic life forms in as well, either as accommodation or
for captive tanks on hunting vessels for example. Liquid Cargo Holds cost 8,000 Cr per ton.

Livestock Hold
Designed for carrying live animals of various sizes, a livestock hold includes life support, feeding systems
and sanitation. Cost and weight required is based on the size of the animals carried. Aquatic animals can
be carried in Liquid cargo holds, just add the life support cost based on the size of animal.

Table: Livestock Hold Costs
Animal size Example dT per Animal Cost per Animal Life Support Cost per Month (Cr)
Tiny Rabbit 0.1 0.01 10
Small Dog 0.3 0.05 10
Medium Sheep 0.5 0.1 10
Large Cow 1.0 0.2 10
Huge Elephant 3.0 0.5 10

Livestock Low Berth Hold
Designed for carrying live animals of various sizes but utilizing low berth equipment. Uses the same table
as livestock holds, but two animals can be carried instead of one. Cost is doubled and life support cost is
halved. For example, a small livestock hold designed to carry 8 sheep sized animals displaces 4 tons,
costs 0.8MCr and 320Cr per month live support costs. If the same hold is a Low Berth Hold, it can carry
16 animals, for 0.160MCr and 160Cr per month in life support costs. Aquatic animals can also be carried
in low berths, for the same cost and tonnage as a land or air based equivalent sized animal.

Freezer Cargo Hold
Cold cargo is normally stored in containers that have freezer units. With this option the entire hold is a
freezer, ideal for large cargo that will not fit in a container and adding a backup for containers that have
freezer units if they fail. This is not a replacement for low berths and will not act like one.
Freezer Cargo Holds cost 9,000 Cr per ton.

Concealed Compartment
An essential addition to a smuggler's vessel, concealed compartments are designed to be hidden from
visual searches and shielded from sensors. This enables contraband and other less legal items to be
transported within.

Space allocation towards concealed compartments cannot exceed 5% of a ships tonnage, forcing a ‐2
DM Comms (Sensors) checks and ‐4 DM to any Investigate check if a search is made. Concealed
compartments cost 20,000Cr per ton.


External Cargo Mount
Rather than carrying cargo internally, cargo mounts allow cargo containers to be carrier externally of the
ship. Cargo mounts are external racks or attachment framework allowing for a smaller hull to be used,
reducing transportation and ship operation costs. Neither streamlined nor distributed hulls can use
external cargo mounts.

A ship that is being designed to carry cargo externally must consider the total combined tonnage of both
the ship and the cargo it carries and this will mean a manoeuvre drive with a lower thrust.

Any cargo carried externally can only be accessed from the outside of the ship EVA or a ship’s small
craft. Only certain types of cargo can be carried externally. More fragile cargo still needs to be carried in
internal cargo holds or by more expensive, specialist cargo containers that provide greater levels of
protection for the cargo within.

Landing a ship with external cargo mounts is a more risky procedure incur a ‐1 DM for all Pilot tasks
made for landing such a ship), so these ships often have difficulties trading at worlds without a cargo
shuttle fleet or an orbital.

External cargo containers can be jettisoned remotely as each mount is equipped with explosive bolts,
allowing specific cargo to be released if necessary.

The cost of an external cargo mount is 1000Cr for each ton of externally carried cargo.

Design example – The Main Compartment – Cargo
Once all the allocation for the hull, engineering and the internal components is determined, the remaining
tonnage is allocated to cargo. The trader has a standard cargo hold.
Cargo hold (standard) = 60dT

Main Compartment – Cargo: Allocation = 60dT

6. Ship’s Crew

The number of crew on a ship varies depending on its level of automation and complexity. It is possible
to run a ship with a very small crew ‐ a single scout can run a hundred‐ton scout ship, running from
position to position ‐ but if disaster strikes, a lightly crewed ship has a much slower response time than a
fully crewed spacecraft. Independent traders and scouts tend to run with as small a crew as possible
while corporate vessels will have an average‐sized crew.

Table: Civilian Ship Crews
Position Minimum Average Full
Command None Captain, Executive Officer, one Captain, Executive Officer, three administrative
administrative personnel personnel (for vessels over 1000 tons)
Pilot Pilot Three pilots (one per eight hour Three pilots, plus backups
shift)
Navigator Optional with One navigator One navigator, plus backups
computer software
Engineer One engineer One engineer per 50 tons of One engineer per 35 tons of jump drive, power
drives plant and maneuver drive
Medic None One per 120 passengers One per 120 passengers
Gunner None One per turret*, barbette or bay Two per turret*, barbette or bay
Steward None One steward skill per four high or One steward skill per two high or five middle
ten middle passengers passengers
Security None One Two
Officer
Ship’s None One per 20 crew One per 10 crew
Officers
Flight None Small craft/vehicle crew Small craft/vehicle crew and one maintenance
Crew crew per three small craft or vehicles
General None One per 1000 tons One per 500 tons
Crew
* Alternatively a non‐military vessel can assign one gunner to a maximum of ten turrets, centralising
gunnery control to bridge gunnery stations.

Naval Ship Crews
The crew of a naval spacecraft must provide enough personnel to operate all machinery and man all
weaponry. The actual number of crew personnel required for the ship must be computed based on the
drives, weaponry, and other equipment carried by the ship.

Command
The ship should have a commanding officer, an executive officer, a helm officer, a computer officer, up
to two navigation officers, a communications/sensors officer and at least two junior officers. Command
provides bridge and command support personnel and must include enlisted spacers and petty officers
equal to 50% of the total officers in the section. Additionally, on larger vessels over 20,000 tons
command section personnel should be 5 per 10,000 tons of vessel and there must be a minimum of 1
officer assigned per 20 personnel.

Engineering
The ship needs one engineering crew member for each 35 tons of drives installed. This should include a
knowledgeable chief engineer, a second engineer, and several petty officers. If the warship has a hull
size more than 500 tons, then the Chief Engineer must be an officer. For every 15 engineering crew an
additional junior officer must be assigned.

Flight Operations
If the ship has any launched craft, it should have a flight control officer, flight crew for each craft, and at
least 1 maintenance person per craft. Small craft pilots, co‐pilots and weapons officers should be
officers. If the ship is large enough to have a launch tube then that ship would need a crew of at least
10, which will include a flight supervision officer and a preponderance of petty officers. Pilots must be
officers and maintenance personnel are generally ratings.

In addition, if the ship has more than 3 vehicles (air/rafts, ATVs, and so on), the flight section should
include vehicle drivers and maintenance personnel for them as well (at least 1 per 3 vehicles).
Gunnery
The ship should have a chief gunnery officer and at least 1 petty officer for each type of weapon aboard.
The gunnery department should have 10% officers and 30% petty officers. If a weapons section type has
more than 15 crew it will require a junior officer and a petty officer. For every additional 15 crew
another officer must be assigned.

 Turret and barbette weapons
Should have a crew of at least 1 per turret or turret type.
 Standard Bay weapons
Should have a crew of at least 2.
 Heavy Bay weapons
 Spinal mount
Should have a crew of 1 per 100 tons of weapon
 Screen device (nuclear damper, meson screen etc)
 Each operational fighter or drone
Requires at least 1 crew member

Marines (Ship's Troops)
Most naval vessels over 500 tons have a marine (or military) contingent aboard which ranges in size
from a squad to a regiment varying from 3 per 100 tons to 3 per 1000 tons depending on the role of the
vessel. Ship's troops often fill the role of security forces aboard the ship, and are used for planetside and
in‐space operations by the commander where necessary. Ship's troops are also used for damage control
parties, manning of some weapons, and boarding actions. Marine contingents must have appropriate
levels of commissioned and noncommissioned officers assigned.

Medical
This department provides medical support for crew during day to day operations and during combat
operations. The size of the department is entirely dependent on the size of the ship’s medical bay. On
warships with more than five beds the department head will be a qualified naval doctor, though
sometimes a naval doctor will be assigned to a ship with a medical bay that has only four beds. For
vessels over 10,000 tons additional medical personnel of 2 per 10,000 tons are required.

Service Crew
The ship itself may have a requirement for other sections which provide basic services, including shops
and storage, security (especially if there are no ship's troops aboard), maintenance, food service, and
other operations. Allow 4 per 1000 tons if there are no ship's troops. This can be reduced to as low as 3

crew per 1000 tons of ship by replacing service crew with ship’s troops for security duties. If the service
crew department consists of more than 20 personnel then an officer must be assigned to command it.
For every additional 25 personnel, then another junior officer must be added.
Flag
If the warship has dedicated capability to function as a flagship then accommodation allowances must
be made for the flag officer and his staff. Assume the flag officer, his aide and up to three ratings.

Table: Naval Ship Crews
Department Base Crew
Command 16 + 5/10,000 tons of ship
Flag 5
Engineering 1/35 tons of drive
Gunnery 2‐5/bay weapon, 1/turret or barbette, 4/screen, 1/100 tons of spinal weapon
Flight Crew of craft, +1 mechanic per craft
Medical 1 per 2 beds, over 5 beds also requires a doctor (officer). See page 51 for
additional crew requirements. Ships over 10,000dT, 2/10,000 additionally
required
Marines Varies
Service 4/3 per 1000 tons

Naval Crew Accommodation

Officers
Officers, depending on rank, will either share a stateroom with another officer or if sufficiently senior,
be provided with their own stateroom. The captain of the ship must be provided with an individual
stateroom, as must the executive officer, department heads and the commander of any ship's troops.
Junior officers will share a stateroom with another junior officer.

Enlisted
Enlisted personnel are accommodated in eight bed crew berths. On some smaller naval vessels that
have more conventional stateroom accommodation, two spacers will bunk in one stateroom.

Design example – The Main Compartment – Crew, Passengers and Accommodation
Now that all the drives and components are added a crew size and the correct accommodation allocation can be
determined. Checking the Civilian Ship Crew table will provide crew requirements based on the ship design. For
the best crew size a captain, navigator, engineer, medic, gunner and steward are needed. However if crew can
double up on positions then that number could shrink to four. Up to ten middle class and ten low passage
passengers can be carried.
Crew = 4 x standard staterooms (double rated) = 4 x 4dT = 16dT costing 2MCr.
Middle Passengers = 4 x standard staterooms (double rated) = 4 x 4dT =32dT costing 2MCr.
Low Passengers = 8 x Low berths = 8 x 0.5dT = 4dT costing 8 x 0.05MCr. = 0.4MCr.


Ship Software

Ship software operates in exactly the same way as normal computer software but will have a much
higher rating. Ship computers are fully capable of running normal software as well and it is quite
common for the ship’s server to contain infotainment files, games and learning programs for the ship’s
crew. A computer must have a rating capacity equal to or greater than the rating of the software
intended to be run on it.

Table: Ship software List
Program TL Rating Cost (MCr) Description
Maneuver 8 0 Included Allows basic control of the spacecraft.
Library 8 0 Included Contains a wealth of data on numerous subjects.
Intellect 11 10 1 Allows a ship to understand and obey verbal commands.
Improved Intellect 14 20 15 A much refined version of the basic intellect software allowing more
flexibility and intuition. Provides +1 DM for ship handling tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Type 1 16 45 30 Basic artificial intelligence providing effective and independent
support for ship functions. It has INT 10 and EDU 10 with the ability to
learn two ship orientated skills to level 2.
Artificial Intelligence Type 2 17 25 20 Intermediate artificial intelligence providing effective and independent
learn three ship skills and one social orientated skill to level 3.
Artificial Intelligence Type 3 18 15 12 Advanced artificial intelligence providing effective and independent
learn four ship skills and two social orientated skill to level 4.
Jump Control 9 1/Jn 0.1/Jn Allows Jump distances appropriate to the drives maximum rating.
Incorporates astrogation software and jump drive management. TL is
the same as the TL required by the jump rating of the drive.
Example. For a jump‐4 drive the software required is Jump Control/4
costing 0.4MCr with a rating of 4.
Evade/1 9 10 1 The computer reacts automatically to incoming fire, applying a
Evade/2 11 15 2 negative DM each round equal to the listed number.
Evade/3 13 25 3
Fire Control/1 9 5 2 Allows the computer to fire a number of weapons per round equal to
Fire Control/2 10 10 4 the listed number. Alternatively, it can give a positive DM to an attack
Fire Control/3 11 15 6 equal to the listed number, or any combination of the two. For
Fire Control/4 12 20 8 example, a ship with Fire Control/3 could make three attacks, or give a
Fire Control/5 13 25 10 +3 DM to an attack, or make one attack with a +2 DM.
Advanced Fire Control/1 10 15 12 The standard fire control package installed on most ships are perfectly
Advanced Fire Control/2 12 25 15 suitable for control of several turrets but are inadequate in capability
Advanced Fire Control/3 15 30 20 on larger vessels with multiple weapon systems. Advanced Fire Control
Advanced Fire Control/4 17 35 25 software utilizes the more powerful computer processing capability of
Advanced Fire Control/5 09 40 30 capital ships to increase the efficiency of the gunnery crews on those
vessels allowing a DM to their attack roll equal to the listed number.
Note that Advanced Fire Control does not allow a ship’s computer to
fire any weapons itself, merely increasing the accuracy of those
operating the weapons.
Point Defense/1 9 10 8 The computer reacts automatically to incoming fire, applying the
Point Defense/2 12 12 15 software rating as a positive gunnery DM to defend the ship against
Point Defense/3 15 15 20 incoming missiles. Requires point defense turrets.
Defensive Screen/1 10 10 5 Automatically controls the defensive screen mounted on a vessel,
Defensive Screen/2 14 15 10 configuring it in response to incoming attacks. Acts as a Gunnery
Defensive Screen/3 15 20 15 (screens) skill action with listed number as +DM/2 (rounded down)
Defensive Screen/4 18 25 22
Defensive Screen/5 20 30 24
Auto Gunner/0 9 5 1 Replaces a living gunnery crew though requiring +1 rating per ten
Auto Gunner/1 12 10 5 gunners or part of. Acts with a skill level equal to the listed number
and can use modifiers such as Advanced Fire Control.
Launch Solution/1 8 5 10 Designed to ensure maximum impact to missile and torpedo attacks.
Launch Solution/2 10 10 12 All missile and torpedo salvos fired by the ship gain a DM to their
Launch Solution/3 12 15 16 attack rolls equal to the software rating.


Table: Ship software List (continued)
Program TL Rating Cost (MCr) Description
Battlespace System/1 9 5 18 Designed to provide tactical level assistance for flagships, the Battle
Battlespace System/2 12 10 24 System software is an advanced suite of programs that interact with
Battlespace System/3 14 15 30 each other and ship systems to create a tactical view of fleet actions.
Battlespace System/4 16 20 36 Able to analyses and run simulations it can offer predictions so to
Battlespace System/5 19 25 42 advise officers as to the correct course of action. A Battle System
provides a DM to Tactics (naval) checks equal to the Battle System
Software rating (so, Battle System/2 grants +2 DM to the check).
Electronic Warfare/1 10 10 15 Utilising the ship’s sensor suites, this software provides sensor
Electronic Warfare/2 12 15 18 operators the means to locate and disrupt electronic systems on
Electronic Warfare/3 14 20 20 opposing forces vessels, missiles and torpedoes. Electronic warfare
Electronic Warfare/4 16 25 22 actions (see CE: SRD, page 112) against vessels using this software gain
Electronic Warfare/5 18 30 24 a DM to a Sensors check equal to the software rating. For missile and
torpedo launches, a single Electronic Warfare action with +0 DM is
automatically performed against all enemy salvoes launched within
long range.
Auto‐Repair/1 10 10 5 Allows the computer to make a number of repair attempts per round
Auto‐Repair/2 12 20 10 equal to the listed number. Alternatively, it can give a positive DM to a
Auto‐Repair/3 15 25 15 repair attempt equal to the listed number, or any combination of the
Auto‐Repair/4 18 30 20 two. Requires the ship to carry repair drones.
Internal Security/1 10 2 6 Monitoring airlocks and external hatches, secure area access and ship
Internal Security/2 11 5 8 software systems, the software will respond automatically to any
Internal Security/3 12 10 10 attempts to hack ship systems or unauthorised access. Any skill check
in an attempt to access the ship’s computer or restricted areas suffers
a negative DM based on the Internal Security software rating.

For non‐essential software and to memory load software not actively running, all computers have an
additional virtual memory stack capacity double its rating that can be used, however programs will incur
a ‐1 DM for the first turn of use or on first application while being swapped from virtual memory to
active memory.
Avatar Interface
Avatar interfaces form highly effective Human‐Computer‐Interfaces (HCI) allowing visual and audio
sensory interaction with the ship's computer. To enable use of an Avatar, bridge holographic controls
and ship’s computer Intellect or Artificial Intelligence software is required.

Evolving from primitive holographic displays used in commercial use, Avatars developed further as
technology advanced to provide an effective means for crew to communicate and interact with their
ship. By TL 16 the development of true artificial intelligence has further enhanced the Avatar interface
allowing downloadable, artificial and biological Avatars that could leave ships with fellow crew and
provide enhanced access to ship's computing and knowledge resources.

Common practice on military vessels is to maintain a standard shape and personality fitting with the
polities cultural and service regulations while civilian vessels can often be found to have a creative range
of customized Avatars including fantasy, historical, and futuristic characters. Early Avatar's personalities
can be tuned to fit a range of human emotions, while more advanced Avatars reflect the unique and real
persona of the ship’s artificial intelligence. Contrary to popular horror fiction across known space, there
have been no recorded Avatars suffering mental illness or attempting to cause harm to their crews.

Early Avatars are enhanced with Expert, Agent, and Intellect modules (CE: SRD page 48) and can be used
as an adjunct to Intelligent Interfaces on starships. In addition, an Avatar can be programmed to take
the form or shape of any human, with further packages available to customize the persona, clothing,

size and shape. Beginning at TL 16, Avatars can also use learned skills and truly reflect the true
emotions, thought, social interplays and deduction of the artificial intelligence housed within.

The model number of the ship's computer dictates the maximum number of 'individual' Avatar
personality interfaces that may be running on the ship at any one time. For example, a Model 4
Computer allows 4 distinct Avatars to be operating and on larger vessels these may be delegated to
different responsibilities such as Bridge, Engineering, Service and Support, or Medical. This limitation
does not restrict crew from accessing the same Avatar at the same time, so on a ship with a Model 1
Computer, multiple crew members may access the same Avatar from different locations of the ship.

With the advent of full artificial intelligence and a ships AI downloading itself to an independent physical
Avatar body, the number of Avatars for the ship is restricted to one regardless of computer model
number.

Table: Avatar Interface Type
Type TL Description Cost (Cr)
1 11 Basic ‐ limited to bridge and control points 6,000
2 12 Advanced ‐ anywhere throughout a ship 80,000
3 13 Intelligent ‐ as above with high levels of AI and awareness 400,000
4 14 Intelligent ‐ as above with high levels of AI and awareness 500,000
5 16 Fully Aware ‐ able to use and express learned skills, downloadable to device 750,000
6 17 Fully Aware – as above, downloadable to artificial body 1,100,000
8 18 Fully Aware – as above, downloadable to artificial/biological body 3,000,000

Personality and appearance modules for a Type 1 – 5 Avatar cost 500Cr.
For Types 6‐ 8 the cost includes the Avatar’s body.

Design example – The Main Compartment – Software
A computer needs software to run ships systems, plot astrogation, gunnery targeting and compute jumps. A basic
suite of programs are included with the computer and the following support programs are also chosen from the Ship
Software table.
Maneuver and Library (included)
Jump Control/2 = 0.2Mcr.
Fire Control/1 = 2Mcr.
Intellect = 1MCr.

Main Compartment – Software: Allocation = 3.2MCr.

Costs and Maintenance

The owner of a spacecraft faces a multitude of costs per month. For further information, refer to CE:
SRD page 77.

Table: Monthly Spacecraft Costs
Item Monthly Cost (Cr)
Mortgage or Debts Varies
Life Support 2,000 for each 20 tons for third class
2,000 per stateroom
3,000 for crew berths, barracks and double occupancy staterooms
5000 per high class stateroom
10,000 high class dining expenses
100 per low berth
Fuel 500 per ton of refined fuel
100 per ton of unrefined fuel
Maintenance 1/12 of 0.1% of ship’s purchase price/month

Table: Crew Salaries
Position Monthly Salary (Cr)
Ship’s Master Varies
Ship’s Purser Varies or 3,000
Pilot 6,000
Navigator 5,000
Engineer 4,000
Steward 3,000
Medic 2,000 or qualified doctor 4,000
Security 2,000
Gunner 1,000
Marine 1,000
Other Crew 1,000

Mortgage or Debts
If the crew are paying off debts on their spacecraft, then these debts must be paid each month. The
standard terms for a ship mortgage are paying 1/240th of the cash price each month for 480 months (40
years). In effect, interest and bank financing cost a simple 120% of the final cost of the ship, and the
total financed price equals 220% of the cash purchase price. Ship shares are treated as reducing the cash
price of the ship, and so reduce the monthly cash payments.

Life Support and Supplies
Each stateroom, crew berth, barracks and low berth on a ship requires the fee listed in the above table
paid per month, occupied or not. This cost covers supplies for the life support system along with food
and water, although meals at this level will be rather spartan.

The above information is provided for quick monthly and maintenance calculations as part of ship
design. For further details about starship operations refer to CE: SRD page 77.

Design example – Monthly costs
Now the ship is designed monthly costs must be determined. Referring to the Costs and Maintenance Table, the monthly
repayments for the ship loan and the approximate costs per month to run the ship can be calculated.
Maintenance Cost = 0.005MCr (4941Cr)
Life Support Cost = 0.024MCr (24,800Cr)
Ship Loan = 0.222MCr (222,338Cr)

Construction Time

While the accepted time calculation for civilian spacecraft construction is one week per 5MCr of ship
cost, construction times for custom and naval designs is based on their displacement and is repeated
below.

The first number is for a custom spacecraft design or a class lead of a new class built in that yard and the
second number is for further sister ships belonging to that class.

Table: Construction Time by Displacement
Hull (dT) Construction Time (Weeks)
50 or less 24/15
60 to 80 32/19
90 to 100 40/24
200 to 300 48/29
400 to 500 64/38
600 to 700 96/58
800 to 900 112/67
1000 to 4000 120/72
5000 to 7000 144/86
8000 to 9000 152/90
10,000 to 15,000 160/96
15,000 to 20,000 170/100
20,000 to 30,000 180/110
30,000 to 50,000 192,115
50,000 to 75,000 200,120
100,000 to 200,000 210/130
200,000 to 400,000 224/134
500,000 to 900,000 232/139
1,000,000 240/144

Shipyards will naturally fast track any build providing that a fee is paid for the fast tracking to occur.
Normally a yard charges 2.5% of the total cost of the ship construction.

During time of armed conflict shipyards are required to fast track naval construction, prioritizing naval
hulls over any other projects.

Fast tracking allows a ship to be completed in 75% of the normal construction time.


Redecoration

A ship can have its interior redecorated at any shipyard. This will cost 0.25MCr for a standard finish or
0.5MCr for a luxury finish per ton of area to be redecorated.

Exterior hull re‐painting will cost 0.1MCr per ton of hull.
Refit and Refurbishment

Often a ship will require more extensive maintenance than what is provided during regular monthly or
annual maintenance cycles. This can often be a necessity, extending the life of the ship or to replace a
major ship’s system that has either failed or become faulty. Sometimes a new owner will modify the
internal layout of the ship, adding more accommodation or increasing cargo capacity by reducing
passenger accommodation.

It is at this time that upgrades can be undertaken to a ships systems or components. These can be major
such as upgrading a ship’s manoeuvre drive or relatively minor such as replacing a computer core. A ship
must have enough space available to install any additional or replacement system.

Such work can be undertaken at any shipyard depending on the complexity or scope of the work being
undertaken. All large shipyards will be able to undertake any refit or refurbishment work

Refit
More a Navy term rather than used by the civilian sector, a refit ensures a warship is at the peak of
operational efficiency by extensive maintenance of all ship systems. Refits are undertaken when a ship
returns to base after deployment and can take between four to six standard weeks to complete.

Refits cost four times the monthly maintenance cost of the ship that is undergoing that process.

Refurbishment
A Refurbishment ensures a ship’s extension of life by replacement or upgrade of major and minor ship
systems and sometimes reconfiguration of the ship (both internally and externally) to suit a different
role.

Navy vessels undertake refurbishment as required. This can be as part of the life cycle of the ship in
question or can be a major process that replaces older ship’s systems with newer, more modern
systems. For all navies refurbishment is a critical part of maintaining fleet strength.

It is important to note that if newer drive systems are to be installed they may require a larger power
plant to operate and this must be taken into consideration when upgrading those systems.

Installation of a turret onto a hardpoint and mounting of weapons into that turret does not incur
additional costs. Turret weapon upgrades also do not incur additional costs, however upgrade of a
hardpoint to a different weapon type will incur additional costs due to the amount of work required to
undertake that task.

Refurbishment costs are outlined below.
Table: Refurbishment Costs
Item Procedure Cost Time Requirement
Armour Additional 2x cost 1 day/5 tons
Additional armour cannot exceed 50% of the original
armour value installed.
One armour point maximum if no armour
was originally fitted
Drives Removal and installation 1.5x cost of new drive required 1 week/10 tons
Power Plant Removal and installation 1.5x cost of new power plant required 1 week/10 tons
Life Support Removal and installation 0.25MCr/crewed space allocation 1 week/15 tons
Computer Upgrade 1.5x cost of new computer required 1 week
Sensors Upgrade 1.25x cost of new sensor suite required 1 week
Internal Components Additional or rearranged 1.1x cost of component 1 week/10 tons
External Components New 1.1x cost of component 1 week/10 tons
Hangar New or expanded 0.3MCr per ton of installation 1 week/10 tons
Launch Facilities New or expanded 2x cost per ton of installation 2 weeks/10 tons
Cargo New or expanded 0.05MCr per ton of installation 1 week/10 tons
Armament Installation or change Conversion to Point Defense Turret 1x cost 2 days/turret
Turret 1x cost 1 week
Upgrade Barbette 1.5x cost 3 weeks
Bay 50 ton 2x cost 5 weeks
Bay 100 ton 2.5x cost 8 weeks
Bay 500 ton 6x cost 12 weeks
Ammunition Magazine New or expanded 0.015MCr per ton of installation 1 week/10 tons
Screens Installation 2x cost. Military use only 2 weeks/10 tons

If the refurbishment upgrades or replaces a system that is in good working order, the shipyard will
usually reimburse the owner 20% of the old systems cost. The cumulative costs of reimbursement will
be deducted from the cost of the refurbishment. Less scrupulous (or perhaps even less legal) shipyards
will certainly try and declare a system not worth reimbursement and on‐sell it to another customer.

Replacement or upgrades do not have to be new. There is a thriving second hand ship parts market in
almost every settled system. The quality of these second hand dealers ranges from very shady (not very
legal) to extremely reputable and so prices and product quality will vary.

Reputable shipyards will offer reconditioned systems and components at 75% of the cost of new and
this includes a warranty period of twelve months if the installed system or component fails.

As a general guide the cheaper the price of a system or component the more likely it will fail. If the
purchased system or component is less than 50% of the cost of a new one, then roll an additional 2d6
per month with a +2 DM as per page 77 of the CE: SRD. If 8+ is rolled then the system is damaged and
needs to be repaired.

It is important to consider that local conditions will always affect a shipyards yard time and costs. A large
shipyard will generally be faster and cheaper than a smaller shipyard if the same quality materials and
parts are used.


Technology Adjustments

Shipyards throughout known space construct hundreds of spacecraft per year. Almost all of these,
including military purchases, use off the shelf standardised components to ensure that the spacecraft is
constructed for a competitive price and can be maintained easily at any shipyard. Complicated licensing
agreements will allow for a design to be constructed at several of the larger shipyards as well, so even
more modern, newer designs are familiar. The ubiquitous Rucker‐class merchant vessel for example can
be built and maintained at most shipyards large or small.

Sometimes though, major shipyards or private ship design companies will construct demonstrator
models featuring the latest technologies and advanced materials in the hope that it may be of eventual
interest to either civilian or military sectors or to test those technologies. Governments or corporations
may also commission the construction of such advanced spacecraft, either by interest in the
demonstrators or by directly commissioning a ship yard to design and construct such a vessel.
Conversely, prototypes of new technologies can be installed on ships several years or decades before
those technologies are refined enough for more common use.

Technological Level Adjustments
To reflect the refinement of components due to increasing technology or the use of more advanced
prototype technologies the technological level, price and tonnage of components can be adjusted during
the design process. Components will also have advantages and disadvantages applied to reflect the
effect the use of higher or lower technologies. Each component and system listed in the Spacecraft
Design Guide SRD has a minimum technological level that determines when it first becomes available for
use. In practice though a component or system can appear at lower tech levels but they would be less
capable, less efficient and often larger. Once that technology matures, improvements are then made
available as technology progresses.

There is a 5% discount (maximum 20%) per Tech Level for older technology components or systems
purchased new at source and purchase of second‐hand outdated technology can be had for a fraction of
the price (10% to 75% depending on condition or usability).

Hulls
Lower technology hulls have lower hull and structure values. Hulls constructed at higher technology
levels use more advanced materials and improved construction techniques, which makes them stronger
and more resilient.

Table: Hull Tech Level Adjustment
TL 7 ‐ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16+
Cost 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 110% 125% 150% 200%
Hull per 80 50 50 50 50 45 40 35 25

Drives
The Standard TL for manoeuvre drives is given in the Manoeuvre Drive TL Table.

Table: M-Drive Tech Level Adjustment
1 2 3 4 5 6
Manoeuvre 7 7 8 8 8 9


The jump drive becomes commonly available at TL 9. No prototypes for a jump drive are available for
purchase.

Table: J-Drive Tech Level Adjustment
TL‐1 TL +0 TL +1 TL +2 TL +3
Tonnage 200% 100% 95% 90% 75%
Cost 150% 100% 110% 125% 200%

There can be no improvements beyond TL +3

Power Plants
Fusion Power is the standard for power generation for any spacefaring civilisation. Space vessels will
always use the latest technology power plants, but it is possible to use older technology power plants if
necessary or the ship is being constructed in a system with lower technology facilities and no economic
means to procure better power plants.

Fuel requirements for capital ships are calculated after any tonnage reductions are applied.

Table: P-Plant Tech Level Adjustment
TL 8‐10 TL 11‐12
Tonnage 125% 100%
Cost 100% 100%

Armaments and Screens
Becoming available as prototypes one tech level before becoming commonly available, weapons and
screens remain available for three tech levels before becoming outmoded or further progression
becomes un‐economical. Outmoded does not mean useless however and such weapons are still used as
armament on both military and civilian space vessels.

Table: Armament Tech Level Adjustment
TL‐1 TL +0 TL +1 TL +2 TL +3
Tonnage 200% 100% 90% 75% 60%
Cost 150% 100% 110% 125% 200%

For reference, the following table lists the tech level availability of common weapons. For other
weapons, refer to the Armaments section starting on page 57.

Table: Armament Tech Level
Weapon TL Weapon TL
Pulse Laser 7 Sandcaster 7
Beam Laser 9 Mine Layer 8
Mining Laser 7 Missile 6
Particle Beam 8 Torpedo 9
Plasma Gun 11 Railgun 9
Fusion Gun 12
Meson Gun 11

It is important to note that even though a launcher might appear at a certain tech level the tech level of
the ordnance to be used will determine any size or cost reduction factors. If the ordnance is over one

tech level higher than an earlier model launcher chosen, that ordnance type cannot be used in that
launcher.
Instead of reducing tonnage of a weapon system or screen a designer can elect to select to upgrade.
This reflects advancements in technology in the same way as reducing size. One upgrade may be chosen
per tech level increase. Upgrades can be combined with size reduction if desired. If an upgrade/size
combination is chosen, then tonnage reduction is reduced by one TL increase per upgrade chosen.

For example, a TL 12 railgun bay could have a size reduction to 60%, or have three upgrades only, or
have one upgrade and size reduction to 75% or two upgrades and size reduction to 90%.

Accurate (double Upgrade) weapons have a +1 DM to all attack rolls.
Easy to Repair armaments have a +1 DM to all repair attempts during combat.
High Yield allows a modifier whereby any ‘1’s rolled are counted as ‘2’s.
Long Range increases a weapons optimal by one band.
Resilient (Double Upgrade) allows the first hit on a weapon to be ignored. Only Capital ship weapons
can be Resilient.
Variable Range (Double Upgrade) increases a weapons optimum range by one band in either direction.
Very High Yield (Double Upgrade) provides a possible increase when rolling damage, any ‘1’s and ‘2’s
rolled are counted as ‘3’s.


Capital Ship Section Hit Tables

Once design of a capital ship has been completed, the Section Hit table distributing both internal and
external components must be laid out.

Table: Section Hit Distribution
Roll Engineering Forward Other
2d6 External Internal External Internal External Internal
2 Hull Crew Hull Crew Hull Crew
3 C J‐Drive C C C C
4 M‐Drive P‐Plant B B B B
5 A A A A A A
6 Hull Structure Hull Structure Hull Structure
7 Armour Hold Armour Hold Armour Hold
9 A A A A A A
10 M‐Drive J‐Drive B B B B
11 C P‐Plant C C C C
12 Hull Critical Hull Critical Hull Critical
The table must be fully completed and contain no empty slots. Table entries marked Type A, Type B or
Type C may contain one of the components as per the Component Table below.

Excess Type A components can be placed into unused Type B slots and if there are not enough Type B
slots then use unused Type C slots.

If all the ship’s components are unable to be placed on the Section Hit table, then list the largest
tonnage components.

If, after all components are placed into the Section Hit table there are empty slots then those internal
and external slots are to be populated with structure and hull respectively.
Table: Component Table

Type A Type B Type C
External Internal External Internal External Internal
Turret1 Bay1 Sensors Spinal Weapon4 External Special Component5 Screen
Barbette1 Fuel Craft2 Hangar2 Internal Special Component5
Hold Launch Facilities Power Plant3 Command
M-Drive3 Jump Drive3
Spinal Weapon4 Computer

1
Multiple weapon types of this mount (such as laser turrets and missile turrets) must be listed separately.
2
Multiple types of this component (such as cutters and ship’s launches) must be listed separately
3
The engineering section will normally contain all the ship’s drives, however if any drive exceeds 10% of the ship’s
hull tonnage, it is to be placed in one extra section adjacent to the engineering section.
4
As a spinal weapon runs down the length of the ship it must be placed in the Internal Section Hit table for all
sections apart from the engineering section.
5
Any component, such as a docking clamp, that exceeds 1% of the ship’s hull tonnage then it is to be placed on the
section Hit table.

Any component that has a role in ship to ship combat must be placed into one slot of the Section Hit
table. These components include all weapons, sensors, small craft, launch facilities, computers,
defensive screens and bridges.

Naval Capital Ship Crews
Crew Strength
A ship’s crew size is measured on the Crew Strength Table

The size of the crew relative to the ship’s required crew is measured on the Crew Strength table.
Understrength crew may still be able to operate the ship, even with high levels of automation, but will
have penalties to skill rolls or carry out tasks such as damage control more slowly. Overstrength crews
will provide no bonuses but will be able to absorb more battle casualties. Such crews do however; have
a defense bonus during boarding actions.
Table: Crew Strength

Crew Strength % of full crew Skill DM
Dead 0% N/A Cannot act
Survivors 1% to 10% ‐4 May only fire once
every five turns
Skeleton 11% to 25% ‐2 May only fire once
every three turns
Half 65 to 50% ‐1 May only fire once
every two turns
Weakened 51% to 75% +0
Full 76% to 90% +0
Battle 91% to 120% +0
Overstrength 125% to 150% +0
Massively 151% + +0
Overstrength
Crew Skill Level

Starship crews are assumed to have average to good characteristics and have high specialist skill levels.
It is common for individual spacers and officers to have lower or higher skill levels than the skill average
for the ship but the crew average is used for all crew skill checks.

Table: Crew Skill
Crew Skill Skill DM
Green +0
Average +1
Experienced +2
Elite +3
Legendary +4
If a crew has a particularly skilled commanding officer or department head (skill level of 4) then they will
provide an additional +1 DM to one skill roll per turn. A skill roll can only benefit from one officer bonus
only.

The gunnery officer on a patrol cruiser is a highly experienced officer with Gunner (Turrets) 4. “Guns”
can then provide a +1 DM to one gunner check per turn.

Capital Ship Endurance
Both commercial class ships and naval capital ships are able to operate for one month without needing
to go into a starport or the nearest naval facility for maintenance, assuming an adequate supply of fuel.
This is increased by one month for every 1% of total tonnage dedicated to cargo. For a naval vessel if

there are fleet support vessels in attendance, then another three months can be added before
maintenance is required.


Design Example - The Free Trader
The two hundred ton free trader is a tried and tested design commonly found plying trade between
settled systems throughout colonized space. It has been designed with a streamlined hull to allow for
safe and economical movement to and from a planetary surface. The Free trader has crystaliron hull
armour and can mount two turrets. Normally if purchased new there will only be one double turret
fitted to one of the ship’s two hard points, generally a beam laser and a sandcaster. Space for any
ammunition and fire control for the unfitted turret is included in the design.

There is enough fuel tankage for the free trader to make a single one parsec jump and an operational
duration of two weeks. Fuel scoops and on‐board fuel processors are included allowing for quick
refueling of empty tanks to full tanks of refined fuel should the need arise, though most free trader
captains simply prefer to buy refined fuel in each system they stop to trade in. The free trader operates
with six crew when operating at full complement and can carry ten passengers in middle class comfort.
All staterooms are designed for double occupancy and a further ten low berth passengers can be
carried.

A typical standard mortgage for the Free Trader is 0.222MCr/month for 40 years (480 months)

Type Tons Price (MCr)
Hull 200 tons Code 2 Hull 4 200 8.8
Streamlined Structure 4
Armour Crystaliron 4 points 10 1.6
Jump Drive Type A 1 Parsec Range 10 10.0
Manoeuvre Drive Type B Thrust 2 3 8.0
Power Plant Type B Rating 2 7 16.0
Bridge Standard 10 1.0
Computer Model 2bis Rating 10 (+5 Jump software) 0.2
Electronics Basic Civilian DM‐2 1 0.05
Weapons Hardpoint 1 Double turret mixed 1 1.75
(beam laser/sandcaster)
Hardpoint 2 None fitted 1
Ammunition Turret Magazines One ton per turret 2 0.2
Fuel 1 parsec jump and 2 weeks operation 45
Cargo 60 tons 60
Crew 6 Staterooms 4x 16 2.0
Passengers 8 Staterooms (Middle Class) 4x 16 2.0
Internal Components Ships Locker
Galley 2x 4 1.0
Recreation Space 2 0.4
Vehicle Hangar Standard 5 1.0
Air/Raft 1.0
Fuel Scoops Included
Fuel Processor 1 0.1
Low Berths 8x 4 0.4
Medical Bay one diagnostic bed 2 0.7
Software Intellect 1.0
Fire Control/1 2.0
Library
Manoeuvre
Jump Control/1 0.1
Maintenance Cost (Monthly) 0.005
Life Support Cost (Monthly) 0.025
Total Tonnage and Cost 200 59.3

Small Craft Design
Definitions
A small craft is defined as any space vessel from 10 to 99 tons.

They are not ships as per the accepted definition used by both naval and mercantile organizations and
are incapable of being able to enter jump space. Data for the more common types outlined in this
publication can be found in the CE: SRD, page 106 onwards.

A 100 ton spaceship design can be either a small craft OR a starship, it cannot be both. This must be
specified by the designer before design commencement.

Size is measured in ‘displacement tons’ or dT: a hundred ton ship displaces a volume equal to one
hundred tons of liquid hydrogen (one dT equals roughly 14 cubic meters). Tons or dT in this supplement
are interchangeable.

Fighter
Fighters are small, fast combat vessels with short range, normally displacing less than fifty tons. A fighter
can be equally at home in space or a planetary atmosphere depending on the role it is designed to
undertake.

Bomber
Bombers are heavier combat vessels usually with longer range and equipped with weapons that are
capable of damaging a capital ship.

The Boat
Boat is the collective term for auxiliary small craft ranging from 20 to 50 tons. They are long–range craft,
designed for independent operations.

Lander
These larger small craft are used by the military to deploy troops and vehicles to planetary surfaces and
orbitals. Heavily armed and armoured, they are able to absorb damage and retaliate in kind.

Shuttle
A shuttle is a large transport, usually used to transfer cargo or passengers from orbit to surface.


The Design Process
Small craft are constructed on the foundation of a hull, into which are fitted the maneuver drives, the
power plant, the fuel tanks, accommodation or seating for crew and passengers, control sensors and
cargo space.

Optionally, other components such as armaments, defensive systems, and other fittings can be added to
adapt the small craft to its intended function. The total tonnage of the installed fittings cannot exceed
the tonnage of the hull.

Before commencing design, determine the role intended for the small craft and any associated
specialization that role might require.

1. The Hull
a. Choose Hull size and configuration.
b. Install armour and any hull options.

2. Drives
a. Choose drives and power plant. If designing a reaction drive vessel then refer to the small
craft section in module 2 – reaction drive for drive type selection.
i. Decide what the maximum acceleration for the ship should be, and cross‐reference
it with the ship’s tonnage on the Performance by Hull Volume Table to determine
the Maneuver Drive required.
ii. Choose a Power Plant, ensuring that it can provide enough power for the Maneuver
Drive.
b. Fuel
i. Calculate fuel requirements and allocate space for fuel (reaction drive vessels also
require reaction mass).

a. Install a control cabin or cockpit.
b. Install a computer.
c. Install computer software.
d. Install sensors.
e. Install cabin internal components such as staterooms, heads, airlock, passenger seating type
and number (cabin space or acceleration couches) and fuel processors.

4. Armament
a. Determine number of ship‐weapons and anti‐personnel weapons allowed for the hull size.
Note restrictions on weapon types.
b. Ensure one ton of fire control per turret, barbette or bay.
c. Install weapons.
i. Missile launchers, torpedo mounts, railguns and sandcasters require ammunition.
ii. Install anti‐personnel weapons if required
iii. Anti‐personnel missile types to be noted along with any ammunition needed for
other anti‐personnel weapons.


5. Crew and Cargo Space
a. Determine crew required to operate the small craft effectively.
b. Any remaining space can be allocated to cargo
Design example
Having received a design order for a custom small craft from a client, the naval architect, on discussion with the
client determines that a 30 ton (dT) hull would be a suitable choice. This would allow enough room for the
requested high thrust drive, the crew, passengers and a small cargo capacity for the small craft’s displacement.

1. The Hull

Hulls are identified by their displacement, expressed in tons (dT).

Table: Hull Costs
Hull (dT) Hull Code Price (MCr) Construction Time (weeks)
10 s1 1 28
15 s2 1.15 29
20 s3 1.2 29
25 s4 1.25 30
30 s5 1.3 30
35 s6 1.35 30
40 s7 1.4 31
Small Craft
45 s8 1.45 31

50 s9 1.5 32
55 sA 1.55 32
60 sB 1.6 32
65 sC 1.65 33
70 sD 1.7 33
75 sE 1.75 34
80 sF 1.8 34
85 sG 1.85 34
90 sH 1.9 35
95 sJ 1.95 35
100 SK 2.0 36

Configuration
There are three main types of hull configuration available for a small craft which are identical to ship hull
configurations:

 Standard (a cone, sphere or cylinder)
 Streamlined (a needle/wedge, wing, disk or lifting body)
 Distributed (made up of several distinct sub‐sections)

Standard Hulls
Spacecraft of this hull type can land and leave a planet with an atmosphere but cannot maneuver within
that atmosphere, gaining no assisted lift from the atmosphere.


Streamlined Hulls
Spacecraft of this hull type are able to land, leave and maneuver in any atmosphere. Streamlining must
be included at the time of construction and increases the cost of a hull by 10%. All aerospace fighters
will be streamlined. Fuel scoops are a free option but must be nominated during design.

Distributed hulls
Close Structure Hull configured small craft struggle within any atmosphere type and tend to be used in
space only. Selecting this hull configuration reduces the cost of the hull by 10%.

Small craft with a Dispersed Structure hull cannot land on any planetary surface or enter any
atmosphere type and craft of this configuration are used in space only. Selecting this hull configuration
reduces the cost of the hull by 50%.

Reaction drive small craft have further hull configuration options that affect their performance within
planetary atmospheres due to the lack of the “lift” ability of a gravitic drive. See page 107.

Hull and Structure

Hull and Structure points are determined by a small craft’s hull displacement. During combat any
damage suffered by a small craft will be reflected by losses to those point values. Initially, damage is
applied to the Hull and once the Hull is breached further damage is applied to the small craft’s Structure.
If all Structure Points are lost then the small craft is considered completely destroyed.

Table: Hull and Structure Table
Tons Personal Scale Ship Scale
(dT) Hull Structure Hull Structure
10 10 30 0 1
15 15 32 0 1
20 20 35 0 1
25 25 37 0 1
30 30 40 0 1
35 35 42 0 1
40 40 45 1 1
45 45 47 1 1
50 50 50 1 1
55 55 55 1 1
60 60 60 1 1
65 65 65 1 1
70 70 70 1 1
75 75 75 1 1
80 80 80 1 1
85 85 85 1 1
90 90 90 1 1
95 95 95 1 1
100 100 100 2 2

Armour

The basic hull provides some protection from anti‐ship weapons fire, but it is possible to add heavier
armour to the hull for added defense. Navy small craft will always have added armour, the amount
depending on the role and size of the vessel. For example, an assault lander would have heavy armour
to ensure it survives ground fire.

The amount of armour that can be added to a small craft is determined by the technological level of the
type of armour added. This is defined by the table below.

Armour Type TL Protection Cost Maximum Armour
Titanium Steel 7 2 per 5%1 5% of base hull TL or 9 whichever is less
Crystaliron 10 4 per 5%1 20% of base hull TL or 12, whichever is less
Bonded Superdense 14 6 per 5% 50% of base hull TL or 16, whichever is less
Nanoflux 18 8 per 5% 70% of base hull TL
1 Or one ton, whichever is greater

There is no requirement to add armour in 5% elements, but it must be added in whole armour point
values.

For example, the minimum element which can be added for Titanium Steel is 2.5%, which is a single point
of armour.

Any selected armour options must be added during the installation of the ship’s armour, and cannot be
easily retrofitted.

Small Craft Armour Options
Small craft may have any of the hull options available to spacecraft.
Design example – The Hull

Deciding on a standard ships boat 30dT hull, the designer adds streamlining as the small craft would need to be able
to enter atmosphere. This adds 10% to the hull cost. They then add 4 points of crystaliron armour to further protect
the ship.
Hull Cost table = Hull Code s5, 30dT costs 1.3MCr.
Streamlined configuration = 10% x hull cost = 0.13MCr.
Hull Points = from table = 0
Structure Points = from table = 1
Armour = Crystaliron 5% x hull tonnage at 20% x hull cost = 1.5dT for 0.3MCr.

Hull summary: Allocation = 1.5dT, Cost = 1.7MCr.

2. Drives
Small craft hulls vary in their requirements for drives and power plants based on tonnage. Any specific
drive will be thus be less efficient as the tonnage it must create thrust for increases. The drive
performance table lists 22 standard maneuver drives and power plant types; identified by drive codes sA
through sX (omitting I and O to avoid confusion). Also listed are various standard hull tonnages. If any
odd sized, custom hull tonnages are required then those should be read at the next higher hull tonnage
level. Correlating hull size with drive letter indicates drive performance. If a hyphen (‐) is listed, then that
combination of drive and hull is not allowable.

It is important to note that all drive calculations and tables in this book are for commercial grade drives
only.

The performance listed for the manoeuvre drive is the Thrust number which is the number of G’s
acceleration available for that drive type.

The table below lists the drive rating and technological levels of maneuver drives including thrust values
(in G’s). There are exceptions, one being that chemical rockets that can create high thrust for very short
periods of time. New M‐Drive technologies will also affect maximum thrust rating of a drive.

Table: Small Craft Drive Tech Levels
Technology Level
Drive Rating M‐Drive
0 6
1 7
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 9
6 9
7 10
8 10

Military Grade Drives
Naval small craft are more heavily armed, armoured and full of redundant systems, requiring more
powerful purpose built drives to provide everything needed with power and still to be able to maneuver
in combat. Further, military grade drives are more resistant to damage, negating the first damage hit
caused by combat or other causes.

If installed as part of a design, military grade drives will cost 25% more and are 10% bigger than
equivalent civilian grade drives.

The power plant rating (sA‐sZ) must be at least a rating of 1 and must be equal to or larger than the
maneuver drive.


Table: Small Craft Drive Costs
Gravitic M‐Drive Fusion P‐Plant Chemical P‐Plant
Drive Code Tons MCr Tons MCr Tons MCr
sA 0.5 1 1.2 3 2 1
sB 1 2 1.5 3.5 2.5 1.25
sC 1.5 3 1.8 4 3 1.5
sD 2 3.5 2.1 4.5 3.5 1.75
sE 2.5 4 2.4 5 4 2
sF 3 6 2.7 5.5 4.5 2.25
sG 3.5 8 3 6 5 2.5
sH 4 9 3.3 6.5 5.5 2.75
sJ 4.5 10 3.6 7 6 3
sK 5 11 3.9 7.5 6.5 3.25
sL 6 12 4.5 8 7 3.5
sM 7 14 5.1 9 7.5 3.75
sN 8 16 5.7 10 8 4
sP 9 18 6.3 12 8.5 4.25
sQ 10 20 6.9 14 9 4.5
sR 11 22 7.5 16 10 5
sS 12 24 8.1 18 11 5.5
sT 13 26 8.7 20 12 6
sU 14 28 9.3 22 13 6.5
sV 15 30 9.9 24 14 7
sW 16 32 10.5 26 15 7.5
sX 17 34 11.1 28 16 8

Table: Small Craft Performance by Hull Volume
10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
sA 2 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
sB 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
sC 6 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
sD 8 5 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
sE ‐ 6 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
sF ‐ 8 7 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
sG ‐ ‐ 8 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
sH ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2
sJ ‐ ‐ ‐ 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2
sK ‐ ‐ ‐ 8 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
sL ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3
sM ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 8 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3
sN ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
sP ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
sQ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
sR ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
sS ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 8 8 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 5
sT ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
sU ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 5
sV ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 8 6 ‐ ‐ 6 6 5
sW ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 5
sX ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 6

Note that small craft under 70 tons can achieve thrust ratings greater than 6. This is not possible on
larger hulled vessels due to hull stress limitations.

Maneuver Drives
A small craft cannot be equipped with a jump drive. It can be equipped with a Gravitic or Reaction
maneuver drive or, for solar boat enthusiasts, a solar sail.

Gravitic drive
Small craft gravitic drives are smaller versions of the drive plates used by larger spacecraft and propel
the craft using artificial gravity. Unlike ships, small craft drives can achieve much higher thrust ratings.

Reaction Drive
A reaction drive operates by simply ejecting matter rearwards of the space ship at high velocity.
Different types of drives do this in different ways, but all require on‐board supplies of reaction mass to
be used to propel the spacecraft.

Table: Small Craft Reaction Drive Table
Modifiers* Fuel Use Maximum Minimum Tech
Drive Type
Size Cost % (Fc) 1 Thrust (g)2 Drive Size Level
Liquid Chemical Fuel Rockets x1 x1 40 6 sR 5
Aerorocket x0.8 x0.8 4 4 sA 8
Scrampulse x0.8 x1 3 6 sA 9
* Apply these modifiers to values in the drive cost table or to calculated drive values, page 108
1 Fuel use multiplier percentage. See page 112 for fuel requirement calculation.
2 This is the maximum thrust the selected reaction drive is capable of attaining.

Small craft intended for use in atmosphere use either Aerorocket or Scrampulse drives. Both are hybrid
drives that provide for atmospheric and space movement. When designing Reaction Drive small craft it
is important to note that they will require additional components. These are described on page 112.

Solar Sail
Solar Sails are large and can be up to several kilometers across. Made of a flexible synthetic fabric that
has limited self‐repair capabilities, the sail is designed to catch particles emitted by the sun (the ‘solar
wind’) which provides an extremely small amount of thrust. Any ship using a solar sail as its primary
method of propulsion has a thrust of 0, requiring several days or weeks to change its course or speed. A
solar sail costs 0.01MCr per ton of ship, and requires an allocation of 5% of the ship’s total tonnage
when stowed.

Power
Just like larger spacecraft, a small craft must have a power source. The standard power plant for any
spacecraft is the fusion reactor. Compact, efficient and powerful, it will provide more than adequate
power for all systems. There are alternative sources of power for a small craft available listed below.

Chemical Plants
Chemical plants use petrochemical or synthetic fuels chemical plant fuel cannot be skimmed from gas
giants or taken from water sources and cannot be used by reaction drives. These are very low
technology power plants.

When not using active sensors, weapons or more than occasional use of very long communication, craft
with chemical power plants halve their fuel consumption. For example, normally a 90 ton shuttle with a
chemical power plant (rating sE), would require 25 tons of fuel for 2 weeks endurance. However, as it

does not need active sensors except when docking, will rarely use weapons or very long range
communicators, 12.5 tons will be sufficient for 2 weeks endurance.

If you are reducing power plant fuel to a number of hours, endurance will be important, so multiply the
number of hours of fuel by 10 to give the number of turns of operation at full power.
Chemical batteries
Storing electrical energy, chemical batteries provide power for the ships maneuver drive and ship
systems. They will need to be recharged after use. These can be perfect for a backup system, providing
power for emergency situations.

The sizes of chemical batteries are based on the power plant required to deliver a performance rating of
1. A chemical battery the same size as a fusion power plant of the same Tech Level will provide 1000
hours of use assuming the vessel is not maneuvering, using active sensors, refining fuel, making
significant use of long range communicators or energy using weapons (such as lasers, rail guns, and
particle beams). Alternatively, the same sized battery will give 1 hour of performance without these
restrictions.

A battery can be scaled in size to give any endurance and costs 4 times the equivalent fusion power
plant. A TL 7 battery is the same size as a TL 8 battery.

For example, a sB battery with 2000 hours of endurance will require (1 x 2000/1000) = 2 tons and cost (2
x 2000/1000 x 4) = 16MCr.

The time to recharge a battery is equivalent to the battery endurance used (in low power setting)
divided by 1000 divided by the power plant rating multiplied by 2. If using solar panels to recharge the
battery, the “power plant rating” is 0.1.

For example the battery described above has been used for 1600 hours. To recharge it with solar panels
will require (1600 /1000/0.1 x2) 32 hours.

Solar Panels
Solar panels are extendable panels that provide power as a backup to a chemical or fusion plant, as a
recharging source for chemical batteries or if the power requirement is very low, as an independent
power source.

The size of solar panels required to power a ship is 1/10th that of the main power plant. A craft
equipped with auxiliary solar panels consumes power plant fuel at one‐quarter the normal rate as long
as it is only engaged in minimal maneuvering activity only. Minimal maneuvering does not include long
periods at full thrust. No power plant fuel is consumed, and endurance is considered as infinite, if the
ship is not maneuvering, using active sensors or refining fuel for use.

If the panels are fitted to a ship without a chemical or fusion power plant, then assume that the solar
panels are equivalent to a fusion main power plant sized to deliver a performance rating of 1. Solar
panels cost 0.1MCr per ton.


Higher Technology Drives
Beginning at TL 18 the gravitic drive is gradually replaced by the singularity drive, which combines a
gravitic drive with projected microscopic artificial singularities that pull the small craft towards it at
much higher acceleration. The generated micro‐singularity is constantly adjusted around the spacecraft
to provide normal space maneuverability. The singularity drive requires 1.5 times the space, is 1.5 times
the cost and provides an additional 2G thrust than the equivalent rated gravitic drive. Small craft under
50 tons cannot use singularity drives.

Fuel

Total fuel storage for a small craft must be shown on the design plans. Providing fuel tankage has no
cost but the capacity of fuel tankage will determine how frequently that craft is required to refuel.

Gravitic maneuver drives do not require fuel. However, a reaction drive requires reaction mass to
provide thrust. See below for reaction drive reaction mass requirements.

Table: Small Craft Power Plant Fuel Requirements
Fusion P‐Plant Chemical P‐Plant
Drive Tons Fuel/Wk Tonnage Fuel/Wk
Code (tons) (tons)
sA 1.2 0.4 2 2.5
sB 1.5 0.5 2.5 5
sC 1.8 0.6 3 7.5
sD 2.1 0.7 3.5 10
sE 2.4 0.8 4 12.5
sF 2.7 0.9 4.5 15
sG 3 1 5 17.5
sH 3.3 1.1 5.5 20
sJ 3.6 1.2 6 22.5
sK 3.9 1.3 6.5 25
sL 4.5 1.5 7 27.5
sM 5.1 1.7 7.5 30
sN 5.7 1.9 8 32.5
sP 6.3 2.1 8.5 35
sQ 6.9 2.3 9 37.5
sR 7.5 2.5 10 40
sS 8.1 2.7 11 42.5
sT 8.7 2.9 12 45
sU 9.3 3.1 13 47.5
sV 9.9 3.3 14 50
sW 10.5 3.5 15 52.5
sX 11.1 3.7 16 55


Reaction Drives
While maneuver (gravitic) drives require no fuel to provide thrust, a reaction drive requires reaction
mass to operate.

F = Fc(small craft displacement) x maximum thrust x hours of maximum thrust required

Fc = Fuel Use Multiplier Percentage (see Small Craft Reaction Drive table)

For example, A 90 ton transfer shuttle with a TL 9 Scrampulse Drive with a 6G rating, providing constant
maximum thrust for a period of one hour.

3/100(90)6 x 1 = 16 tons reaction mass required

So the shuttle can accelerate continuously for a maximum of one hour at 6G. If it did that though, it
would run out of reaction mass at the end of that time.

Most small craft with reaction drives either accelerate at a lower thrust or accelerate and coast,
conserving reaction mass.

Small Craft Operational Fuel Requirements
Small craft often do not need to function for one week of independent operations. A surface to orbit
shuttle or a fighter might only need to carry enough fuel for a few hours of flight.

Table: Small Craft Operational fuel Requirements
% of Base
Operation Time
Requirements
Three hours (surface to orbit) 1
Six hours (dogfighter) 2
12 Hours (surface to orbit round trip 5
and maneuvering, or an aerospace fighter)
One day (Standard vehicle operations) 10
Three days 25

For example, an auxiliary boat with a type sK power plant requires 1.3 tons of fuel for one week of
operation. If it only requires three days of operation, then it requires only 0.3 tons of fuel.

A fighter with a sG power plant requires 1 ton of fuel for one week of operation. However, the fighter
needs only to operate for one day before refueling, so it only needs 10% of this fuel, or 0.1 tons of fuel.

Reaction Drive Spacecraft Components

Small Craft Magnetic Shielding
In a similar fashion to larger spacecraft, a reaction drive small craft crew and passenger areas can be
protected by a shaped magnetic field of sufficient strength projected outside the hull that is designed to
deflect harmful cosmic radiation and particles of matter.

Starting at TL 10, a magnetic field generator costs 0.5MCr per 10 tons of space it is to protect. The
generator will take up 0.25 tons of the total space protected.

Hull Type Limitations
The following design criteria must be noted for any of the hull types selected during design of any
reaction drive craft.

 Standard
o This is the standard aircraft design with hull and lift generating wings that can be fixed
or variable incidence (swept wings).
 Lifting Body
o These have no wings and generate lift by the shape of the hull. Lifting body designs are
more resilient but are far less maneuverable in atmospheres.
 Blended Lift Body
o Using the best features of the standard and lifting body hull types, a blended lift body
hull is very efficient but the most expensive.
 Non Streamlined
o Small craft designed to operate only in space do not require streamlining. They usually
have a simple chemical drive for thrust and the ability to land on airless bodies with very
low gravity such as moons or asteroids. Many types of non‐streamlined small craft are a
simple arrangement of control cabin, mission and thruster modules.

VTOL/STOL
Small craft designed to fly within atmospheres can either land like a conventional aircraft or use
VTOL/STOL technologies. For a small craft to be able to take off and land vertically or to reduce landing
and take‐off lengths, the drives need to be modified to provide the ability.

This modification is most commonly provided by tilt nozzles or variable nacelles venting turbojet exhaust
gases or plasma reaction mass.

Table: VTOL/STOL Drive Modifiers
Drive Modifiers
Type
Size Cost
VTOL x1 x1.1
STOL x1.5 x1.3

Atmospheric Speed
The operational atmospheric speed of a standard hull small craft is rated at 1100km per 1G of rated
thrust. Other hull types further modify that conversion as per the table below.

As a guide a standard hull small craft cannot exceed 5500kph within atmosphere while a lifting body
type hull cannot exceed 3000kph. A blended lifting body hull form, being more efficient, has a top
allowable speed of 6500kph.

Table: Reaction Drive Small Craft Hull Type Modifiers
Hull Type Fuel Consumption Hull Cost Atmospheric
Modifier Modifier Speed Modifier
Standard x1 x1.1 x1
Lifting Body x1.2 x1.3 x1.6
Blended Lifting Body x0.8 x1.6 x0.7
Non‐Streamlined x1 x0.9 n/a

Design example – Drives
Selecting a manoeuvre drive type sJ and a power plant type sJ from the Drive Cost table gives the ship’s boat an
operational thrust of 6G.
Drives:
Manoeuvre drive type sJ = 4.5dT costing 10MCr.
Power Plant type sJ = 3.6dT costing 7MCr.
Fuel requirements for the ship’s boat:
Power Plant Fuel table specifies 2.4dT of fuel required for 2 weeks operations
Engineering Section summary: Allocation = 10.1dT, Cost = 17MCr.


The small craft’s main compartment contains all non‐engineering features of the craft, including the
control cabin, computer, sensors, passenger accommodation, armament, cargo hold and other items.

Cockpit or Control Cabin
All craft must have either a cockpit or a control cabin containing basic controls, communications
equipment, avionics, scanners, detectors, sensors, and other equipment for proper operation of the
ship. A cockpit is much more cramped and uncomfortable, but takes up less tonnage. No extra
passengers can be carried in a cockpit; a control cabin allows for half as many passengers as crew to be
carried. The cost for a cabin or cockpit is the same ‐ 0.1MCr per 20 tons of ship.

A cockpit takes up 1.5 tons per crewmember and a cabin takes up three tons per crewmember. The
cockpit or control cabin includes a standard electronics suite. More advanced electronics suites can be
installed (as per the rules for starship electronic suites).

Cabin Space
Adding cabin space gives the crew more space to move around and to access other components of the
ship, such as the engines or cargo bay. Every 1.5 tons of cabin space allows the craft to carry another
passenger in moderate comfort. Designating a section as cabin space costs 0.05MCr per ton.

Alternatively, a small craft may have acceleration couches or seats for short duration passengers (such
as for surface‐to‐orbit voyages) or for deploying troops. Couches are not comfortable but are a safe
means of transporting larger numbers of passengers. Each couch is heavily padded with integral safety
harnesses to prevent passenger injury in case of internal gravity failure or a rough descent through a
planetary atmosphere.

Normally designed to fold down from walls or pull up from floors so as to grant more useable space
when not in use. Acceleration couches seat six passengers, take up one ton and cost 10,000Cr each.

Acceleration Seats are more comfortable than acceleration benches but are less space efficient. These
take up 0.5 tons, cost MCr 0.03MCr and seat one passenger.

Table: Small Craft Cockpits and Control Cabins
Small Craft Size Size (tons) Crew
1‐Man Cockpit 1.5 1
2‐Man Cockpit 3 2
1‐Man Control Cabin 3 1
2‐Man Control Cabin 6 2 crew, 1 passenger
Additional Cabin Space 1.5 tons per passenger 1 additional passenger


Internal Components

The cabin space of a small craft can be customized for the role it is intended to undertake. Many designs
like the ubiquitous modular cutter can be customized by utilizing swap out modules for a variety of roles
as required. Other small craft rely on adjustable interior bulkheads and fittings to shift from cargo,
passenger or combined roles. Larger small craft intended for long duration journeys or missions will
have full staterooms, recreation and galley areas for crew and passengers.

Airlock
Unlike starships, a small craft does not have an airlock by default. If a craft does not have an airlock,
then the crew cannot leave the craft except when it is landed or in a pressurized landing bay without
opening the ship up to vacuum.
 Standard
o A standard airlock provides enough room for two people at any one time. Airlocks take
up one ton each and cost 0.2MCr.
 Boarding Airlock
o A boarding airlock allows troops to enter a vessel being boarded more quickly. Boarding
airlocks take up two tons each and cost 0.4MCr.

Small Craft Stateroom
Similar to the standard stateroom on bigger space vessels, the small craft stateroom requires two tons
and costs 0.25MCr.

Heads
These are self‐contained fresher facilities located within small craft cabin space and used by crew and
passengers. There are two types:

 Toilet facilities only, displacing 1 ton and costing 0.05MCr
 Toilet and shower facilities, displacing 1.5 tons and costing 0.1MCr

Fuel Processors
Small craft with fuel scoops and using a fusion power plant can have fuel processors installed to extend
operational time. Small craft fuel processors can process 2 tons of fuel per day at a cost of 0.1MCr per
0.5 tons installed.

Small craft may have any of the internal components allowed to larger vessels.

Design example – The Main Compartment – Control Cabin and Cabin Space
A control cabin along with a Model 1 computer will be installed. For the ship’s boat, a standard sensor suite is all
that is required.
Control Cabin = 6dT = 2 crew positions 1.5dT costing 0.1MCr per 20dT hull size = 0.1 x 30/20 = 0.15MCr.
Computer Model 1 = 0.03Mcr.
Computer Software = Library, Manoeuvre
Sensors (Standard) = Included in control cabin cost.
Airlock (Standard) = 1dT costing 0.2MCr.
Control Cabin:
Passenger Seating = 12 passengers at 0.5dT 12 x 0.5 = 6dT, costing 0.03MCr each seat = 12 x 0.03 = 0.36MCr.
Internal Components:
None

Main Compartment – Control Cabin, Computer, Sensors and Cabin Space: Allocation = 14dT, Cost = 0.74MCr.

4. Armament

The number of weapons allowable depends on the size of the craft. Weapons are divided into two
categories ‐ ship weapons and anti–personnel weapons. Anti‐personnel weapons like man portable
fusion guns or rocket launchers are too short ranged and low powered to be of use against spacecraft.

One ton of fire control equipment must be installed for each turret or fixed mount (see page 57). Anti‐
personnel weapons do not need to be placed in turrets – instead, they are mounted on the external
surface of the craft in pop‐up mounts or weapon bays similar to atmospheric fighters. One turret is
required per three weapons carried.

Table: Maximum Weapons Allowance
Small Ship Anti‐Personnel
Craft Size Weapons Weapons
10 1 2
15 1 2
20 1 3
25 1 3
30 1 4
35 1 4
40 2 5
45 2 5
50 2 6
55 2 6
60 2 6
65 2 7
70 3 7
75 3 7
80 3 8
85 4 8
90 4 9
95 5 10
100 5 10

For anti‐personnel class weapons refer to CE: SRD or CE: VDS. Anti‐personnel, anti‐armour and anti‐air
missiles must be installed into enclosed bays to protect the missiles from the heat of re‐entry.

Selection of anti‐personnel weapons is limited to those with space requirements of one ton (CE: VDS,
one ton = 12 spaces), including all gauss cannon and rail guns. However light versions of heavier
weapons can be included. Meson gun, particle beam, fusion gun or torpedo bays cannot be fitted. Refer
to pages 66‐69 for missile or railgun bay requirements and details.

The selection of available ship weapon types that can be installed on a small craft is restricted. Barbette
Particle beams can be fitted but use the equivalent of two ship weapons, either in a turret or two fixed
mountings. A maximum of two particle beam weapons can be installed depending on the size of the
small craft. Torpedo barbettes cannot be fitted but individual light torpedoes can be carried using a ship
weapon slot for each carried.

Meson, particle beam and fusion bays cannot be fitted.


The armaments allowed to small craft are further restricted by its power plant type. It may only equip
up to the number of ship‐scale energy weapons (such as lasers and particle weapons) that are allowed
by the following table. The number of missile launchers or projectile weapons is not limited by the
power plant letter.

Table: Maximum Energy Weapons by Power Plant
Power Plant Code Energy Weapons
sA ‐ sF 0
sG ‐ sK 1
sL ‐ sR 2
sS ‐ sW 3
Particle beam barbettes are the equivalent of 2 energy weapons each.

For example, a 70 ton lander has a Class sH power plant. It may install up to three ship weapons, but a
maximum of only one of these can be energy weapons.

5. Crew

The minimum number of crew for a small craft depends on its size.

Table: Small Craft Crew
Tonnage Minimum Crew
10 ‐ 50 1
60 ‐100 2

A small craft may carry extra crewmen such as sensor operators, cargo masters, navigators or stewards
depending on its role or as required. If more than one ship‐weapon is installed in a small craft, then a
gunner will be required. In addition, if the small craft has more than two anti‐personnel weapons
installed an additional gunner will be required for those weapons.

Design example – Armament, Crew and Cargo
A 30 ton hull allows for one ship weapon and four anti‐personnel mounts. The client has requested a single ship‐
weapon class beam laser and no anti‐personnel weapons.
Fire control for the single fixed mount = 1 x 1dT = 1dT costing 1.1MCr.
Weapons:
1 x beam laser = 1MCr.

Crew: 2

Cargo: 4dT

Armament, Crew and Cargo: Allocation = 4dT, Cost = 2.1MCr.


Small Craft Design Example - Ship’s Boat
The thirty ton ship’s boat is configured primarily for the utility role. Interior cabin space has been
configured to allow transport of up to fourteen passengers and has space for 4 tons of cargo, externally
accessible via a large cargo door.

A single fixed mount beam laser provides the boat with offensive or defensive capability as required and
can be removed from its mount by small craft maintenance crew so to free up an additional one ton for
two extra passengers.

Hull 30 tons Hull 0 30.0 1.4
Streamlined (flattened cylinder) Structure 1
Armour Crystaliron x1 4 points 1.5 0.3
Maneuver Drive sJ Thrust 6 4.5 10.0
Power Plant sJ Rating 6 3.6 7.0
Bridge Control Cabin 6.0 0.2
Computer Model 1 Rating 5
Electronics Standard DM ‐4
Weapons Fixed Mount Beam Laser 1.0 1.1
Fuel 2 weeks of operation 2.4
Cargo 4 tons 4.0
Crew 2
Internal Components Airlock 1.0 0.2
Software Maneuver/0
Library
Passengers 12 passengers (max 14) 6.0 0.4
Total Tonnage
and Cost 30.0 20.1


Drones

It is possible to equip small craft as drones. At lower technology levels this is little more than making the
craft remote control. However, at higher technology levels it is possible to provide the drone with a true
autonomous capability. Such autonomous craft are typically not as skilled as their flesh and blood
equivalents but they do provide smaller navies with the option of deploying more combat small craft.
Remote operation mode is sensitive to electronic warfare and if within short range of a vessel, that
vessel may use electronic warfare (see CE: SRD page 112) as if the drone was a smart missile to
temporarily jam transmission between the mother ship and the drone.

A drone command unit takes up 1.5 tons per required crew equivalent and includes a basic electronics
suite.
Table: Drone Functionality
TL Functionality Cost (MCr)
8 Remote Operation (non – combat) only 0.5
9 Remote Operation 2
10 Autonomous Mode (non‐combat only) or remote operation 5
11 Low Autonomous Mode with Characteristic 5, skill level 1 or remote operation 7
12 Low Autonomous Mode with Characteristic 7, skill level 2 or remote operation 10
13 High Autonomous Mode with Characteristic 9, skill level 3 or remote operation 15
17 High (true AI) Autonomous Mode with Characteristic 10, skill level 4 or remote operation 30

Small craft drones operating in autonomous mode are effectively robots with a range of specialist
intellect and expert programs (see CE: SRD page 48). The characteristics and skills of an autonomous
mode drone will depend on its tech level, noting that all skills requiring physical characteristics used
Intelligence instead. By TL 13 the drone has the capability of running Intelligent Interface providing
rudimentary artificial intelligence and by TL 17 true though restricted artificial intelligence.

Table: Drone Characteristics
TL Characteristics Skills
11 Intelligence 7 (+0) Education 9 (+1) Intelligent Interface/1, Intellect/2, Expert Pilot/2 and 2 Expert/2 (from
navigation, comms, comms (sensors), mechanic, electronics)
12 Intelligence 8 (+0) Education 10 (+1) Intelligent Interface/1, Intellect/3 Expert Pilot/3, 1 Expert/3 and 2
Expert/2 (from navigation, comms, mechanic, electronics, comms
(sensors) and gunnery)


Capital Ship Space Combat
While the standard space combat rules are used for adventure class ships, naval capital class ships
require additional rules to reflect the greater firepower, heavier weapons, highly trained crews and the
bigger sizes of the vessels involved.

Capital Ship Section Allocation
Capital Ships hulls are subdivided into two or more sections with hull and structure points spread evenly
across each section. The number of hull sections is determined by the size of the ship.

A capital ship design will have a Section Hit Table created which distributes all major internal external
components, weapons, drives, hull points and fuel. This customised table is the Hit Location table for
that particular capital ship. For further details on how to create the Section Hit Locate tables for capital
ship designs refer to page 94.
Capital Ship Space Combat Initiative

Advanced space combat uses the same initiative roll of 2d6 as per standard space combat eschewing the
additional DM’s for faster Thrust and ship’s pilot skill.

Capital ships add their Crew Skill (see page 98) and the captain’s Tactics skill level as DM’s to their total
Initiative. If it is to be a fleet engagement (more than one ship) then the senior officer, squadron or fleet
commander can use their Tactics skill level as a DM to the initiative roll rather than individual ship
captain’s skill level.

Resolving Attacks
Instead of tracking and resolving all the individual attacks from any one ship at once, capital ships will
exchange barrage fire (see below) or engage in other actions such as manoeuvring or initiating boarding.
Each ship engaged in combat makes one attack in descending order of initiative, then repeating from
highest initiative once all ships have completed their action. This process continues until the combat is
resolved or all combat actions have ceased.

Range
The range of a weapon plays a critical part in that weapons accuracy and in the vast reaches of space
such massive distances will affect targeting accuracy, cause damage attenuation of energy weapons and
require highly accurate firing solutions for projectile weapons, missiles and torpedoes.

For a missile to hit a target, roll for accuracy applying Gunnery where appropriate. Further modification
to the result is determined by the Weapon Range table below.


Table: Weapon Ranges
Weapon or Range
Optimum Adjacent (small Adjacent Close Short Medium Long Very Long Distant Very Distant
Range craft shooting)
Missile* ‐2 N/A N/A ‐1 +0 +0 +0 ‐2 ‐
Torpedo ‐2 ‐3 ‐2 ‐1 +0 +0 +0 ‐2 ‐
Heavy Torpedo ‐2 ‐3 ‐2 ‐1 +0 +0 +0 ‐2 ‐
Short 0 ‐1 +0 +0 ‐4 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
Medium ‐1 ‐2 ‐1 +0 +0 ‐2 ‐4 ‐ ‐
Long ‐1 ‐3 ‐1 +0 +0 +0 ‐2 ‐4 ‐
Very Long ‐1 ‐3 ‐1 +0 +0 +0 +0 ‐2 ‐
*Missile accuracy is not dependent on range except at very high distances. Missiles cannot be used at Adjacent and Close
ranges simply because the missile’s drive cannot obtain high enough thrust values to be effective.

Next, check the Missile Hit table below to determine the dice roll the gunner must obtain using 2d6.
Apply appropriate Gunnery skill type as well to determine if the missile finds its target.

Table: Missile Hit
Gunnery Missile to Gunnery Missile to
Accuracy Check Hit Roll Accuracy Check Hit Roll
Failed with Effect ‐6 11+ Succeeded with 8+
or less Effect 0
Failed with Effect ‐2 to 10+ Succeeded with 7+
‐5 Effect 1 ‐ 5
Failed with Effect ‐1 9+ Succeeded with 6+
Effect 6+

Refer to the Capital Ship Barrage Attack Characteristics table on page 143 ‐ 144 for the ranges of all
available weapons. Spinal mounts will have an additional ‐1 DM penalty engaging a target at adjacent or
close range

Datalink Network
When there are two or more ships in a squadron a datalink network can be established to provide a
greater defense umbrella. Destroyers and other escort vessels are generally used in this role in order to
protect larger capital ships (such as battleships and carriers) and support vessels. Additional ships will
further improve the barrage defense DM and any ship losses will reduce the DM.

Table: Datalink Network Modifiers
Ship numbers in Net Modifier
2‐3 +1
4‐5 +2
5+ +3

Enemy vessels can attempt to disrupt a datalink network making it less effective. This is a required
formidable task (‐6 DM) with the only modifier being an electronic warfare software suite. If EW
software is used for that purpose then it cannot be used to defend against missile or torpedo attacks for
that turn. If the task roll is successful then the datalink network is disrupted and the datalink network
DM is reduced by one step for that turn. Note that the DM cannot fall below +0.

Barrages
While basic combat between adventure class ships allows for easy tracking of each individual energy
weapon, sandcaster canister or missile and thus allowing for attack rolls to be tracked singly, capital
ships are another matter.

A capital ship has a far greater amount of turrets, barbettes and bays and while it is possible to assess
broadsides individually, it can be a long and time consuming process.

To assist in tracking large numbers of weapons firing simultaneously, weapons of similar type are
grouped into barrages. This barrage attack is a considered a single attack on the same target. The
strength of the barrage is determined by the number of dice involved, so the greater the group weapon
number, the more devastating the barrage.

For example a single standard military missile deals 3D6 damage so a barrage of sixty missiles would be
a one hundred and eighty dice barrage.

The following notation for a barrage is as follows.
(Number of Dice) – (Weapon Type) – Range – (Individual Weapon Damage in dice)
For example the barrage of standard military missiles described above would be described as
180 – missile (mil standard) – long – 3.
No fewer than ten weapons of the same type can be included in a barrage or all of the weapons of that
type mounted on the ship if the number is less than ten.
For example a heavy Cruiser mounts eight fifty ton meson gun bays. As that number is less than ten, all
eight must be fired in one barrage. So the barrage is noted as 40 – meson – long – 5.
Further examples. A capital ship is armed with eight fifty ton missile bays, so these must be fired in one
barrage. So a standard missile barrage at long range is noted as 96 – missile (mil standard) – long – 3.
(Fifty ton bays fire 12 missiles each) If that ship fired multiple warhead missiles then the barrage would
read 96*1D6 missile (multi) – long – 2.

Configuration
The hull configuration of a capital ship will determine what percentage of its weapons can bear on a
target. Check the Capital Ship Hull Configuration Table for the appropriate percentage. Any barrage
aimed at a target is capped by that percentage bearing value.

The heavy cruiser has a streamlined hull configuration so she can only fire eighty percent of any barrage.
If she fired a military standard missile barrage at long range towards an enemy ship then the barrage
notation would change from 180 – missile (mil standard) – long – 3 to
144 – missile (mil standard) – long – 3.
Instead of 60 missiles only 48 missiles can be fired at the target.


Barrage Attacks
Overall a barrage will not really hit nor miss as even an inaccurate barrage will usually score one or two
hits. The more accurate a barrage is, the more damage it will cause.

Attacking with a barrage roll is made by rolling 2D6 with dice modifiers applied for target range, fire
control software, evasive manoeuvring (dodging), gunner skill and the target’s defenses. All but the
target defenses are as per basic ship combat, with the modifiers for ship defenses worked out below.
The dice modifiers for Line Up the Shot (CE: SRD, page 112) and missile to‐hit by skill check (CE: SRD,
page 115) are not used in capital ship combat.
Barrage Net Score = Barrage Attack – Barrage Defense
For example a heavy cruiser launches a flight of sixty standard missiles at an incoming enemy target at
long range. Each missile is capable of dealing 3D6 damage if it hits its intended target so the barrage is
defined as 180 – missile (mil standard) – long – 3. The gunnery crew of the heavy cruiser have a skill
rating of 3, operating fire control/4 and Launch Solution/3 software. Detecting the incoming missile
barrage the crew of the enemy ship successfully dodge the incoming fire.
The barrage attack score is calculated as follows;
Range = Long = +0
Crew skill level = +3
Fire Control/4 = +4
Launch Solution/3 = +3
Attack score is (+0) + (+3) + (+4) + (+3) = 10
Target successfully dodges incoming fire = ‐2
The heavy cruiser rolls a barrage attack of 8 on two dice = +8
Barrage attack score is = 10 ‐ (‐2) + (+8) = 16 and is further modified by the base armour DM below
If a barrage attack roll is 8+then it may inflict system damage (See Capital Ship damage on page 132)
Armour
Armour forms the main passive defense of almost all capital ships, preventing or reducing damage to
internal ship’s systems and crew (the exception being meson attacks). (It is important to note that
armour is therefore more effective against barrage attacks than individual weapon attacks).

The base armour DM is calculated as the Individual Weapon Damage (IWD) minus the armour value of
the targeted ship and is applied to the barrage attack score. More powerful weapons will smash through
more lightly armoured ships causing major internal damage and crew casualties.
For example the target fired upon by the heavy cruiser’s missile barrage has an armour rating of 8 and
the IWD is 3 so base armour DM = 3 – 8 = ‐5.

Barrage attack score – target’s base armour DM = 16 + (‐5) = 11

Barrage Defenses
Unlike basic ship combat, barrage attacks are affected by ship defenses differently (the exception being
defensive screens which will reduce damage directly as well as providing defense DM’s). Instead of
reducing damage directly, electronic defenses, armour and sand provide a DM to the attack roll which
can be determined by summing up the protection provided by the defenses.

Electronic Defenses
A targeted ship with an electronic warfare software suite can add that software’s rating DM to any
defense against incoming missiles or torpedoes.
Sand
Sand will protect a ship against incoming laser or missile attacks fired from medium or longer ranges. To
determine the defensive effectiveness of a sand cloud, roll 1d6 modified by the table below. If the
resultant number is zero or less, then the sand protection modifier to a missile, torpedo or laser barrage
defense is zero.
Table: Sandcaster Protection Modifiers

Ratio Protection
Number of sandcasters is 110% or more than +2
the number of lasers or missiles
Number of sandcasters is within 10% of the
number of lasers or missiles +0
Number of sandcasters is 90% or less than
the number of lasers or missiles ‐2
Incoming attacks are high energy lasers from
bomb pumped torpedoes or mines ‐2
Gunner skill 3+ +1
Screens
A screen will only defend against the weapon type it was designed to resist. Meson screens only defend
against meson weapons, proton screens against anti‐matter, nuclear dampers against nuclear missiles,
torpedoes, fusion beam and disintegrators and gravitic deflectors against projectiles and high energy
beams. All screens offer 2 points of protection per screen layer (generator) in normal strength and if
chosen as an action, 3 points per screen when at maximum strength.

Configuration
Some hull configurations will offer protection against meson attacks due to their compact nature
reducing the possibility of meson decay occurring within the ship.
Table: Hull Configuration Modifier

Configuration Hull Shape Protection
Standard Cone +2
Cylinder +2
Sphere +0
Streamlined Flattened Cone +2
Needle +2
Wedge +2
Distributed Close Structure +0
Dispersed Structure +4
Planetoid +2
Buffered Planetoid +4


Point Defense Weapons

A ship can either use her main offensive turrets to defend against incoming missiles or torpedoes, the
point defense turrets or a combination of both. If the offensive turrets are used, they cannot be again
for that turn.

Point defense turrets are turrets permanently allocated for that role when a ship is designed (see page
58). They provide effective defense against missiles and torpedoes up to medium range, freeing up the
remainder of the vessel’s turrets to engage an enemy rather than defend against it. Instead of using a
gunner’s gunnery skill as a DM, Point defense turrets use point defense software.

Point Defense Lasers
Laser weapons assigned to point defense mode will only protect against missiles or torpedoes. To
determine the defensive effectiveness of point defense lasers roll 1d6, modified by the table below. If
the resultant number is zero or less, then the laser protection modifier to a missile or torpedo barrage
defense is zero.
Table: PD Laser Protection Modifiers

Ratio Protection
Number of lasers is 110% or more than +2
the number of missiles or non‐bomb pumped torpedoes
Number of sandcasters is within 10% of the
number of missiles or torpedoes +0
Number of lasers is 90% or less than
the number of missiles or non‐bomb pumped torpedoes ‐1
Barrage consists of bombed pumped torpedoes ‐2
Gunnery skill 3+ +1
Point Defense software/2+ +1
Point Defense Missiles

Fragmentation missiles can be used in the point defense role by attempting to home in and proximity
detonate sending expanding clouds of high velocity shrapnel at high velocity into the path on the
attacking missiles. To determine the defensive effectiveness of point defense fragmentation missiles roll
1d6, modified by the table below. If the resultant number is zero or less, then the missile protection
modifier to a missile or torpedo barrage defense is zero.
Table: PD Missile Protection Modifiers

Ratio Protection
Number of missiles is 130% or more than +2
Number of missiles is within 10% of the
Number of missiles is 80% or less than
Gunnery skill 3+ +1

Point Defense Railguns
Used for point defense, the railgun canister projectile comes apart at a pre‐determined distance from
the firing ship sending thousands of balls at very high velocity directly into the path of incoming missiles
and torpedoes. To determine the defensive effectiveness of point defense railgun canisters roll 1d6,
modified by the table below. If the resultant number is zero or less, then the missile protection modifier
to a missile or torpedo barrage defense is zero.

Point Defense Cannon (PDC)
Dedicated point defense weapons, PDC’s are rapid fire projectile weapons that fire bursts of solid
projectiles at very high velocity directly into the path of incoming missiles and torpedoes. To determine
the defensive effectiveness of a PDC’s defensive fire roll 1d6‐1, modified by the table below. If the
resultant number is zero or less, then the missile protection modifier to a missile or torpedo barrage
defense is zero.

Table: PD Railgun and PDC Protection Modifiers
Ratio Protection
Number of railguns is 130% or more than +2
Number of railguns is within 10% of the
Number of railguns is 80% or less than
Gunnery skill 3+ +1

For example the heavy cruiser has a net attack of 15 before her target’s defenses come into play. The
enemy vessel has no active ECM, eight points of armour and no screen. Her captain has elected to use all
her sixty lasers and thirty sandcasters for point defense. Her crew has a skill level of two.

The Barrage Defense score is calculated as follows;
PD Lasers Roll 1D6 = 2 (60 lasers = more than 110% of incoming missiles*) +2 = +4
Sand Roll 1D6 = 3 (fifteen sandcasters = 90% or less of incoming missiles**) ‐2 = +1
Crew skill level = +2
Barrage defense score is (+4) + (+1) + (+2) = 7
*60 lasers/48 missiles = 1.25 x 100% = 125%
**30 sandcasters/48 missiles = 0.625 x 100% = 62.5%

With all the calculations for barrage attack and barrage defense completed, the barrage net score can be
calculated.
Barrage Net Score = Barrage Attack – Barrage Defense = 11 – 7 = 4
Splitting Barrages
If a ship is armed with enough weapons of a particular type then it can fire at multiple targets. For
instance if a light cruiser is armed with ten triple laser turrets providing a total of thirty lasers grouped
into two barrages of twenty and ten respectively. Along with its main armament of four fifty ton meson
gun bays it can elect to engage one target with twenty lasers, another with the four meson guns and a
third with the remaining ten lasers. All barrages of the same type fired at the same target must be
combined.

Barrage Damage
Damage from a barrage is calculated from the Barrage Damage table below using the Barrage Net Score,
rounding any barrage damage down. If the target is a small craft or adventure class vessel less than five
hundred tons, then the calculated damage is multiplied by three. When the damage is greater than the
combined current hull and structure points of the target it has been destroyed.

Barrage damage on capital ships is calculated differently and is covered under the Capital Ship Damage
section on page 132.

For example the heavy cruiser has launched a flight of forty eight military standard missiles at an enemy
ship with a Barrage Net Score of 4. From the Barrage Damage table, this means only 25% of the barrage
or 12 missiles hit the target for 144 x 25% = 36 points of damage.
Table: Barrage Damage Table

Barrage Net Score % Barrage 5‐Dice 10‐Dice 12‐Dice 20‐Dice 50‐Dice
Damage Barrage Barrage barrage Barrage Barrage
2 or less 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 10% 0 1 2 2 5
4 25% 2 3 3 5 10
5 50% 3 5 6 10 30
6 75% 4 8 9 16 40
7 100% 5 10 12 20 50
8 125% 6 13 15 26 60
9 150% 7 15 18 30 70
10 175% 8 18 21 36 80
11 200% 9 20 24 40 100
12 225% 10 23 27 46 120
13 250% 12 25 30 50 130
14 275% 14 28 33 56 140
15 300% 15 20 36 60 150
16 400% 20 40 48 80 200
17 or more 500% 25 50 60 100 250
Spinal Weapon Attacks

Massive weapons that run along the spine of many larger warships such as battleships, spinal mounts
can cause massive damage to any target they hit. The drawback is that the battleship has to align with
the target, determine range and predict trajectory before it can even fire. This is a required formidable
task (‐6 DM) with the following allowed modifiers being fire control software, gunnery crew skill, range,
dodge incoming fire and target size. All spinal mounts have optimal range of Long.
Table: Target Size Modifier

Target Hull Tonnage Modifier
Under 10,000 ‐1
Under 1000 ‐2
Under 100 ‐4
A battlecruiser fires at an enemy destroyer. The DM’s that will be applied to the 2d6 to hit roll are:
Task (formidable) ‐6, fire control/4 +4, crew skill +2, enemy vessel is dodging under fire ‐2, target is 5000
tons ‐1. So the net DM to hit is (‐6) + (+4) + (+2) + (‐2) + (‐1) = ‐3. To hit her target the Battlecruiser
requires a roll of 11+.


Spinal Mount weapons generally have their penetration rating determined by the amount of damage
they inflict. These tables can be found on pages 70 ‐ 72.

Meson Guns
Even though a meson gun spinal mount might hit the target, it first must penetrate an active meson
screen to ensure meson decay within the ship. The target’s hull configuration can also prevent meson
decay from occurring.

Cross check the penetration rating of the meson gun against the configuration of the targeted ship and
the number of screen points being generated (2 points per installed screen or 3 points if the Screens to
Maximum action is being optionally used) and then roll the number indicated on 2d6 to see if the shot
penetrates the ship’s defenses.

Table: Meson Screen Protection
Meson Gun Penetration Rating
Hull Configuration Screen Points I II III IV
Close Structure or Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic
0
Sphere Penetration Penetration Penetration Penetration
Automatic Automatic
Up to 4 6 4
Penetration Penetration
Automatic
6 7 5 3
Penetration
Automatic
8 ‐9 8 6 4
Penetration
Automatic
10 9 6 4
Penetration
12 10 8 6 4
15 11 9 7 5
18 12 10 8 6
Streamlined or Automatic Automatic Automatic
0 4
Standard Penetration Penetration Penetration
Automatic Automatic
Up to 4 6 4
Automatic
6 7 5 3
Penetration
Automatic
8 ‐9 9 6 4
Penetration
Automatic
10 9 7 5
Penetration
12 9 8 6 4
15 11 9 7 5
18 12 10 8 6
Dispersed 0 8 6 5 4
Up to 4 8 7 5 4
6 9 7 5 4
8 ‐ 10 10 8 6 4
12 11 9 6 4
15 11 9 7 5
18 12 11 8 6


Singularity Projectors
A target that is struck by the fired singularity will literally be consumed by it, either in part or
completely. At the end of each turn after the target has been struck, roll to hit again with a ‐3 DM. If the
hit is successful then the target receives half the initial damage. This continues with the damage from
the previous turn reducing by half again until the target has been totally consumed by the singularity or
the damage reduces to 1. If the attack roll fails then the singularity will not affect the target further.

Apart from Black or White Globes, there is not a great deal that can protect a target against the impact
of a near C singularity impact. However the gravitic deflector screen does offer some protection by
offering a strong gravity barrier. Installation of a single screen generator reduces damage by 2d6 x 10
points with each generator added creating an additional screen layer providing a further 1d6 x 10
damage reduction.
Disintegrators
Even if a disintegrator spinal mount successfully hits a target it must first penetrate any active nuclear
dampers protecting that target.

Cross check the penetration rating of the disintegrator against the generated screen strength of the
targeted ship (2 points per installed screen or 3 points if the Screens to Maximum action is being
optionally used) and then roll the number indicated on 2d6 to see if the shot penetrates the ship’s
defenses.

Table: Disintegrator Screen Protection
Nuclear Damper Disintegrator Penetration Rating
Screen Points I II III
Automatic Automatic Automatic
0
Penetration Penetration Penetration
Automatic
Up to 4 4 4
Penetration
6 6 5 3
8 ‐9 7 7 4
10 8 7 5
12 10 8 7
15 11 9 8
18 12 10 9
Particle Beams
Gravitic deflector screens provide additional protection against particle beam attacks by attempting to
deflect the beam away from the vessel. On the Particle Beam Screen Protection table below cross check
the penetration rating of particle beam spinal mount and the number of screen points being generated
(2 points per installed screen or 3 points if the Screens to Maximum action is being optionally used) and
then roll the number indicated on 2d6 to see if the beam penetrates the ship’s screen defenses.


Table: Particle Beam Screen Protection
Gravitic Deflector Particle Beam Penetration Rating
Screen Points I II III IV
Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic
0
Penetration Penetration Penetration Penetration
Automatic Automatic
Up to 4 4 4
Automatic
6 6 5 3
Penetration
8 ‐9 7 6 4 3
10 8 7 5 4
12 10 7 6 4
15 11 8 7 5
18 12 9 8 6
Particle beam spinal mount damage is reduced by 30 damage points for every 1 armour point, to a
minimum of 0 damage points.

Residual damage still occurs with a particle beam spinal mount hit. Divide the damage value absorbed
by the target ship’s armour by 10. Apply this as a standard barrage to a single section, even if the spinal
mount did no damage otherwise. This hit cannot be a system hit.
Example one, a Type A particle beam spinal mount capable of inflicting 200 points of damage
successfully hits a ship with 4 points of armour. So 120 points of damage (4 x 30) is absorbed by the
armour and the remaining 80 points is treated as spinal weapon damage and (4 x 30 x 10%) = 12 points
is treated as a barrage hit on the section hit by the spinal mount.

Example two, the Type A particle beam spinal mount hits a ship with 8 points of amour. The armour
absorption is calculated as [200 – (8 x 30)], so 0 damage is treated as spinal weapon damage. In this case
the spinal mount damage is absorbed entirely by the armour so (200 x 10%) = 20 damage is thus treated
as a barrage hit on the section hit by the spinal mount.

Particle Beam, Meson Gun and Singularity Projector Radiation Damage
Particle beam, meson and singularity projector spinal mounts will inflict radiation damage. To determine
this, divide the damage inflicted on the ship by the spinal mount (including any residual damage from
particle beam hits) by 6 (rounding own) to find the radiation damage inflicted. If the ship has radiation
shielding divide the result further by 2. If the ship has an active screen able to defend against that
weapon type then all radiation damage is negated.

Using example one above, the particle beam caused a total of (80 spinal damage + 12 residual damage)
= 92 points of damage. The radiation hits inflicted are (92/6) = 15.

Railguns
Railgun spinal mounts are less effective at hitting more mobile targets at longer ranges than meson or
particle spinal mounts due to the sublight speed of the projectile. However for targets that are in
predictable trajectories) or non‐moving ground targets such as fortifications) they are exceedingly
effective.

Any mobile target over medium range suffers a ‐1 DM to achieve a hit and if that target is over long
range that penalty increases to ‐2 DM. Any small target to‐hit penalties also apply.

For a stationary or predictable path target (such as orbital facilities) there is a +1 DM over medium
range. Predicable path targets can have their trajectories or course analysed by the firing vessel with a
high degree of accuracy and the projectile fired to intercept the target.

Gravitic deflector screens provide additional protection against railgun attacks by attempting to deflect
the projectile away from the vessel. On the Railgun Screen Protection table below cross check the
penetration rating of railgun spinal mount and the number of screen points being generated (2 points
per installed screen or 3 points if the Screens to Maximum action is being optionally used) and then roll
the number indicated on 2d6 to see if the shot penetrates the ship’s screen defenses.

Table: Railgun Screen Protection
Gravitic Deflector Railgun Penetration Rating
Screen Points I II III IV
Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic
0
Penetration Penetration Penetration Penetration
Automatic Automatic
Up to 4 4 4
Automatic
6 6 5 3
Penetration
8 ‐9 7 6 4 3
10 8 7 5 4
12 10 8 6 4
15 11 9 7 5
18 12 10 8 6
Railgun spinal mounts ignore armour equal to three times its penetration rating with any residual
armour reducing the damage inflicted on a successful hit by twenty times per point of armour
remaining.

For example a 250 damage type II railgun spinal mount is fired at a light cruiser with 8 points of
crystaliron armour within optimum range. As a type II penetration weapon it ignores six armour points
leaving 2 points. Damage to a single section of the light cruiser is calculated to be 250‐(2x20) = 210
damage.

Spinal weapon damage is then resolved as below.
Capital Ship Damage
Capital ships are large and complex, with a full maintenance crew, damage control teams and repair
drones working continuously to repair or restore damaged systems. Because of their size and
complexity, there are too many turrets and components to track damage individually.

The basic combat damage rules can be used when a small craft (such as a fighter) or an adventure class
ship is attacking a capital ship. However a third hit on drives, power plants, sensors or a bridge system
on a capital ship is impossible.

Follow the sequence below to determine damage results caused by barrage and spinal weapon attacks.


Location
Determine the location of the attack on the target by rolling to determine which section is hit. Once that
section has been determined any barrage attack will split its damage equally between the section hit
and any one adjacent section chosen by the attacking ship. Spinal weapons however will inflict damage
only on the section determined by the location roll.

On a CK code hull, the forward section is adjacent to the main section and the engineering is adjacent to
main. In turn the main section is adjacent to both.
Apply Damage
Apply any damage from the attack from the hull points of the section hit. If hull points for that section
are reduced to zero, then remaining damage is applied to the structure points of that section. If hull
points are already at zero, then damage is fully applied to the structure points of that section.

Meson weapons ignore any hull points and damage the ship’s structure itself.

If a section is reduced to zero structure points then that section is destroyed and the ship is crippled or
destroyed.

Table: Damage Location
Hull Code
Roll CA to CE CF to CK CL to CQ CR to CV CW to CZ
1 Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering
2 Engineering Engineering Amidships Aft Aft
3 Engineering Main Amidships Amidships Lower Amidships
4 Forward Main Main Main Upper Amidships
5 Forward Forward Main Main Main
6 Forward Forward Forward Forward Forward

System Damage
If the Barrage Attack roll was 8+ then a barrage may have inflicted some system damage. Using the
ship’s section hit table (see page 98), roll 1d6 to determine what system is damaged within that section.

If the damaged section has remaining hull points then roll on that sections external column. If there are
no remaining hull points then roll on the internal column. Meson weapons will only roll on the internal
column.

Spinal weapons will roll once on the section hit table per 50 points of inflicted damage. This excludes
any residual particle beam weapon damage.
Turrets
First Hit: Any hit on a turret will incur a ‐1d6 DM to all barrages of that turret type. This DM is to be re‐
rolled for each barrage until the damaged turret is repaired.
Second Hit: DM is increased to ‐1d6+1.
Third Hit: The turret cannot continue to fire.


Barbettes
First Hit: Any hit on a barbette will incur a ‐1d6 DM to all barrages of that barbette type. This DM is to be
re‐rolled for each barrage until the damaged barbette is repaired.
Third Hit: The barbette cannot continue to fire

Bays
First Hit: Any hit on a bay will incur a ‐1d6 DM to all barrages of that bay type. This DM is to be re‐rolled
for each barrage until the damaged bay is repaired.
Third Hit: The bay cannot continue to fire.

Spinal Weapon
First Hit: If a spinal weapon is hit then there will be a ‐2DM when it is
Second Hit: The spinal weapon cannot continue to fire.

Hull
The hull is further damaged by an explosion on the hull surface. This inflicts additional damage equal to
half the damage inflicted by the barrage.
Structure
A hit on the structure of the ship indicates an external explosion strong enough to damage the section
structure or an internal structure failure. This inflicts additional damage equal to half the damage
inflicted by the barrage. Once the structure of a section is reduced to 0 it is considered destroyed and
the ship is crippled.

Armour
An armour hit will reduce the armour of that section by 1.
Screens
Any damage to a screen generator or emitters reduces protection offered by the screen by 2 until
repairs are completed.
Jump Drive
First Hit: The first hit on a jump drive requires a ‐1d6 DM to all jump attempts until the drive is repaired.
Second Hit: The jump drive is disabled.
Third hit: The jump drive is destroyed
Manoeuvre Drive
Each hit on a Manoeuvre drive reduces the ship’s thrust by 1 until the damage is repaired. If further
additional damage reduces the drive’s thrust to 0 it is disabled with the next hit destroying the drive.

Power Plant
First Hit: Any damage to a power plant will reduce a capital ship’s ability to use energy weapons, to
manoeuvre or even use its Jump drive. Reduce the power plant rating by 1.
Second Hit: Reduce the power plant rating by 2
Third Hit: The power plant is disabled and the ship has no power unless there is an emergency backup.

Fuel
1d6 x 5% of fuel tankage is lost.

Sensors
First Hit: Damaged sensors reduce the ability for the ship to “see” around it. Apply a ‐1d6 DM to all
Sensors checks made using the sensors in that section. This DM is rolled once and that value used until
the damaged sensors are repaired.
Second Hit: Sensors in that section are disabled.

Computer
First Hit: Any rolls made by the capital ship will have a ‐1DM
Second Hit: All rolls made by the capital ship will have a – 1d6 DM re‐rolled for each action made.
Third Hit: The computer is disabled and the ship cannot transit or able to fire weapons at targets beyond
Close range.
Bridge
First Hit: A bridge hit will prevent the ship from manoeuvring being able to transit in the next turn.
Second Hit: The bridge is destroyed and command will automatically transfer to the CIC or secondary
Bridge. The ship’s Initiative is halved for two turns.

Crew
A crew hit reduces the capital ship’s Crew Strength by one step.

Critical Hit
If a critical hit occurs on a section then a major event has occurred. To determine exactly what the
critical hit entails, roll 1d6 and consult the Critical Hit table.
Table: Critical Hits

Roll (1d6) Critical Type Description
1 Power Failure The section loses power for one turn. All weapons and components within
that section cannot be used until the next turn.
2 Structural An entire ship section shears away. Reduce the remaining hull by 50%. If
Failure no hull remains, then reduce the remaining structure by 50%.
3 Hull breach As damage control crews need to repair the hull breach, no other repairs
to this section can be made for one turn. If the hull is self‐sealing, repair is
automatic and damage control can continue other repair work.
4 Internal An explosion will cause 6D6 damage to the structure and cause another
Explosion section hit.
5 Cascade Failure Multiple systems fail. Roll twice on the Section Hit table.
6 Internal Fire Internal fire suppression system fails and fire rages through the section.
The officer in charge of the damage control crews must roll Leadership 8+
to put the fire out next turn or face a +1 DM to the target roll per turn.
Once the roll becomes 12+ the fire spreads to another section and starting
at 8+ there.
Radiation Attacks
Weapons such as nuclear weapons, particle beams, fusion guns and meson guns will cause radiation hits
and the more radiation, the more chance that the ship will suffer crew, computer or sensor hits.
Radiation shielding and ships with armour ratings above 8 will prevent radiation damage from all nuclear
weapons, fusion guns and particle beams, but not meson weapons. Certain defensive screens will
negate radiation damage from all weapons.

Barrage weapons that inflict radiation damage do so on the basis of the Barrage Net Scores percentage
lookup on the Barrage Damage table. The resulting damage amount is then placed within a damage
band on the Radiation Damage table. The damage band can be reduced by the armour of the ship for all
weapons except for meson guns. If the band reduces to 0 then there is so radiation damage. The
number within the revised damage band will be the 2d6 dice roll needed to determine if there is a hit to
crew, computer or sensors.

Computer and Sensor hits are treated as per the systems damage list above.
Table: Radiation Damage

Radiation Damage Damage Band Crew Hits Computer Hits Sensors Hits
1-10 1 6+ 0 0
11-15 2 5+ 0 0
16-20 3 4+ 6+ 0
21-30 4 3+ 5+ 0
31-40 5 2+ 4+ 6+
41-50 6 Auto 3+ 5+
51-60 7 Auto 2+ 4+
61-80 8 Auto Auto 3+
81-100 9 Auto Auto 2+
101+ 10 Auto Auto Auto
A barrage of 24 nuclear missiles has a Barrage Net Score of 8. Checking the Barrage Damage table,
indicating a 125% Barrage Damage result, so the radiation damage is calculated is (24 x 125%) 30. On
the radiation Damage table this is damage band 4. The target has armour 2, so the revised damage band
is 2.

A cruiser fires a barrage of eight fifty ton meson gun bays with a Barrage Net Score of 9. This is 150% on
the Barrage Damage table, so the radiation damage is calculated as (8 x 150%) 12. Consultation of the
Radiation Damage table places this damage within damage band 2. The target has a meson screen 1.
The revised damage band is 1.
Repairing Damage
During the Combat and Ship Action phase a capital ship damage control crew may repair one system per
section as per the space combat rules in CE: SRD. If the damaged system extends through additional
sections, then one attempt per section may be made to repair it.


Crew Hits
Each time a crew hit occurs it will reduce the crew strength by one step, so from full to weakened,
weakened to half etc. Reduction in crew strength reduces the ships ability to fight and operate the ship,
even with the high levels of automation that ships have.
Table: Crew Hits

Crew Strength Skill DM
Dead N/A Cannot act
Survivors -4 May only fire once every
five turns
Skeleton -2 May only fire once every
three turns
Half -1 May only fire once every
two turns
Weakened +0
Full +0
Battle +0
Overstrength +0
Fighter Flights
Groups of similar fighters or small craft can be organised into flights or as larger squadrons, allowing
them to act as a single unit similar to a barrage. Flight skill level is the average skill level of the craft in
the flight and the thrust of the flight is determined by the craft with the lowest thrust so ensuring the
flight remains together during the combat engagement. Point defense weapons from capital ships will
treat the flight as a single target for barrages.
Attacks by Flights
A flight can combine their weapons into a barrage as per the barrage rules.

Attacks on Flights
A capital ship or enemy flight can attack individual craft within a flight as normal or use barrage attacks
with a ‐4 DM. This large DM reflects the difficulty hitting multiple small targets flying individual evasive
courses.

Small craft such as fighters or attack boats will have defenses of their own including armour so the
normal barrage resolution process is followed. The damage a barrage will cause to a flight is equal to the
barrage net score of that barrage.

A flight will lose a number of craft calculated by dividing the sum of the hull and structure points into the
barrage damage total determined from the Barrage Damage table (page 128). The number of small craft
the flight will lose is further modified by the number of mounts (for example a turret) or the number of
available gunners (whatever is lower) for the weapon system firing the barrage.
A flight of 24 twenty ton fighters (Hull 0, Structure 1) is hit by a 30 point barrage. Rolling for the barrage
attack score, the attacker rolls 9 on 2d6 with ‐4 DM for targeting a flight for a modified roll of 5. The
twenty ton fighters have two points of armour so the barrage attack score is further modified as per the
armour rule on page 124. So 2 ‐ 2 = +0 thus the net barrage attack score is 5 + (+0) = 5. This result as
determined by the barrage damage table results in 50% of the flight being destroyed. However the
weapon system comprising the barrage only totals five turrets so the number of fighters destroyed is
reduced to five.

Orders
The following section provides a set of optional space combat rules where the captain of a spacecraft
can issue one or more orders to their crew for each turn. Each order issued will reduce the number of
reactions by the amount determined by each order which in turn reduces the number of reactions the
ship will be able to make.

A ship’s captain can issue any number of orders as long as the sum of those orders does not reduce the
ship’s initiative below zero (0). Each order can only be issued once per turn unless otherwise noted.

Table: Initiative
Initiative Reactions
0-4 1
5-8 2
9-12 3
13+ 4
Each ship captain will secretly write down orders which are then revealed simultaneously at the start of
each turn.
Orders follow the format below:
Order Name
Initiative Cost: Cost per turn for a selected order.
Type: An order is assigned a type depending on when the order is executed. Combat Orders are
executed in the Combat Action phase, Ship Orders are executed in the Combat and Ship Action phase
and Special Orders are executed as outlined in the order description.
Requirements: Orders may be subject to a specific requirement, such as a certain skill level. Without the
nominated requirement for that order, it cannot be issued.

Emergency Orders
Orders that are followed by an exclamation mark (!) are emergency orders which can be issued as a
reaction to an attack instead of during the order phase. Only one emergency order can be issued by a
ship per turn.

Repeatable Orders
Orders that are followed by an asterisk (*) are repeatable orders which can be issued as a multiple times
in one turn as long as the ship has sufficient initiative to issue it.
All Hands to Abandon Ship!

Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: None
If the ship is destroyed this turn, then all the surviving crew make it to the ships small craft, lifeboats or
escape pods, if any.

All Hands to Repel Boarders!
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: None
If the ship is boarded this turn, the crew and ship troops have a +1 DM to rolls on the Boarding Action
table (CE: SRD page 111).

Away All Boarders!
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: None

Brace for Incoming Fire!
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: None
If damage is sustained during this turn and suffers one or more crew hits then roll 1D6 for each crew hit.
If the roll is 4+, then ignore the crew hit.

Close Up Defenses
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Combat
Requirements: None
The ship places itself in a position to present the smallest possible target to enemy fire. This reduces the
percentages of weapons available for a barrage by 20% but imposes a ‐2 DM on any attacks on the ship.

Combat Air Patrol
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: Only undertaken by small craft
As per the Layered Defense order but performed by a small craft (fighter) flight. This special order also
prevents the Fast Strafing Run special order being used.

Concentrate Fire
Initiative Cost: 6
Type: Combat
Requirements: None
All the ship’s guns focus on a single target. This provides a +1 DM to the attack but only on that one
target for the turn.

Damn the Torpedoes!
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: Crew Skill 2+
The ship closes with the enemy and into concentrated enemy fire. All attacks on it gain a +1 DM and the
ship also has a +1 DM on all its attacks.


Evasive Action*
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: None
For this turn the ship is able to use and extra point of thrust to dodge enemy fire. This does not count as
a reaction.

Fast Strafing Run
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: Only undertaken by small craft
If an attacking small craft flight is within close range of a target, it can manoeuvre and undertake an in‐
close strafing run under the point defense weapons on the target vessel. Point defense has a ‐2 DM to
hit the flight and the flight receives +2 DM to attack.

Fire At Will!
Initiative Cost: 8
Type: Combat
Requirements: None
The ship can fire all its energy weapon barrages as a single action this turn.

Full Military Power
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Combat
Requirements: None
All power is allocated to the ships manoeuvre drives allowing an increase in thrust by 1. However only
half the ships turrets, barbettes and bays (round total down) can fire during that turn.

Get the Spine Lined Up!
Initiative Cost: 2
Type: Combat
Requirements: Ship fitted with spinal mount
For monitors, lining up the spinal mount with a smaller evading target some tens of thousands of
kilometres away is a formidable task which requires adroit ship handling.

The spinal mount cannot be fired without this special order.

Attack the Launch Bays!
Initiative Cost: 2
Type: Combat
Weapons fire is concentrated on a selected ship’s enemy launch bays, launch decks and hangars. Any
small craft launched from that vessel during this turn may not dodge an attack.


Just Give Me One More Shot*
Initiative Cost: 2
Type: Special
One damaged weapon system is restored to full functionality for one turn after which it ceases to
function.
Datalink Defense
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Combat
Requirements: None
A friendly ship within close range can be selected and attacks on that ship can be defended against using
the ship’s sandcasters and other defensive weapons.
Make Like a Hole in Space

Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: None
Shutting down all non–essential systems and minimising electromagnetic emissions, a ship may not
move or fire this turn, or use any active sensor systems. Any attempts to detect the ship using sensors
will have a –2 DM.

Optimise for Maximum Firepower
Initiative Cost: 2
Type: Combat
The ship is positioned to provide maximum firepower increasing the percentage of weapons made
available for combining into a barrage by 10%.

Prepare To Jump!
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: None
If the ship can jump, then it can attempt to. This order provides all Engineering or Navigation checks
with a +2 DM.

Ready the Ship for Action
Initiative Cost: 8
Type: Ship
Requirements: None
Confident in the ability of the crew, the captain prepares the ship for action. Any skill check other than
Gunner checks has a +1 DM for this turn.


Roll The Ship!
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Combat
The ship rolls, making it harder to target specific sections of its hull which gives a –2 DM to any attacks
using the Target That Section order.
Screens to Maximum!
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
Requirements: None
Full power is allocated to the ship’s screens. The screens now provide three points of protection per
screen layer instead of two.

Target That Section*
Initiative Cost: 4
Type: Special
The ship can target a specific section of an enemy vessel with one of its attacks.

Wait For The Opportunity!
Initiative Cost: 6
Type: Combat
Requirements: None
The ship may wait until all other ships have completed attacks and then make all of its own allowed
attacks. If other ships declare to Wait For the Opportunity, the highest initiative goes first.

We need those Drives*
Initiative Cost: 6
Type: Ship
Engineering repair crews can make two extra repair rolls in the engineering section this turn.


Table: Capital Ship Barrage Attack Characteristics (Weapons)
Mount Weapon Type Range Damage per weapon Attack Roll DM's
Turrets Pulse Laser Short 2 -2
Beam Laser Medium 1
Beam Laser-16 Long 2
Particle Beam Long 3 + radiation hit
Particle Beam-15 Long 4 + radiation hit
Sandcaster Close 1 per 4 sandcasters fired
Mining Laser Adjacent 2 -4
X-ray Laser Short 3 + radiation hit
X-ray Laser-17 Medium 3 + radiation hit
Gatling Laser Short 2
Plasma Gun Medium 2
Fusion Gun Medium 3
Fusion Gun-17 Long 3
Railgun Special By Projectile
Positron Lance Medium 5
Barbettes Mine launcher Special By Mine
Particle Beam Long 4
Plasma Medium 4
Railgun Short By Projectile
X-ray Laser Short 3 + radiation hit
Meson Gun Long 5 + radiation hit
Positron Lance Medium 5
Torpedo Special Fires one torpedo
50 Ton Bays Missile Special Flight of 12 missiles
Torpedo Special Flight of six torpedoes
Fusion Gun Medium 5 + radiation hit
Railgun Short By Projectile x4
Disintegrator Short 8
100 Ton Bays Missile Special Flight of 24 missiles
Light Torpedo Special Flight of twelve torpedoes
Heavy Torpedo Special Flight of two torpedoes
Railgun Short By Projectile x6
Singularity Projector Medium 13 + special
500 Ton Bays Particle Beam Long 12 + radiation hit
Heavy Torpedo Special Flight of eight torpedoes
Heavy Railgun Short By Projectile x6
Singularity Projector Medium 16 + special


Table: Capital Ship Barrage Attack Characteristics (Ordinance)
Mount Weapon Type Range Damage per weapon Attack Roll DM's
Missiles Basic Special 1 per missile
Decoy Special Anti-missile fire -2 DM
Fragmentation Special 2 per missile
Long Range Special 2 per missile
Multi-Warhead Special 3 per missile
Nuclear Special 3 per missile
Ortillery Adjacent 4 per missile
Shockwave Special Negate use of sandcasters
if at least 5% damage
inflicted
Standard Military Special 3 per missile
(smart)
Advanced Smart Special 3 per missile
Antimatter Special 6 per missile
Antimatter Special 6 per missile
Light Torpedoes Basic Special 4 per torpedo
6 per torpedo + radiation
Nuclear Special hit
Bomb Pumped Special 7 per torpedo -2 for point defenses
Ortillery Special 8 per torpedo -2, additional +1 for
point defenses
Antimatter Special 9 per torpedo
Heavy Torpedoes Basic Special 6 per torpedo
Nuclear Special 9 per torpedo + radiation
hit
Bomb Pumped Special 10 per torpedo -2 for point defenses
Ortillery Special 12 per torpedo -2, additional +1 for
point defenses
Antimatter Special 12 per torpedo
Sandcasters Chaff Close Disrupts comms, sensors Additional +1 for point
and missile attacks defenses
Pebbles Close 1 per 2 pebbles fired
Sand Close 1 per 4 sandcasters fired
Sandcutter Close Halves protection of
defensive sand clouds
Railguns Basic Kinetic Kill Short 3 per projectile
Canister Short 3 per projectile
Penetrator Short 4 per projectile
Mines Bomb Pumped Special 5 per mine
Nuclear Adjacent 4 per mine + radiation hit
Standard Adjacent 3 per mine
Antimatter Adjacent 8 per mine
PDC Autocannon Close 1 per burst
Gauss Close 1 per burst


Sample Spacecraft
Equine Class Reaction Drive Corvette (TL 10)
A small warship designed for escort and torpedo bomber roles, the Equine class Corvette is fast, long
legged and well‐armed. Her main offensive armament is a single torpedo barbette, three double railgun
turrets and two double missile launchers, all with enough magazine storage for a protracted
engagement at almost any range. There is enough reaction mass tankage for a sustained thrust of 4G for
eight hours. Power plant fuel tankage provides for a duration of two weeks.

Hull 600 tons Code 6 Hull 12 600 48.00
Standard Structure (Reinforced) 14 30 6.00
Armour Crystaliron x1 4 points 30 10.56
Radiation Shielding ‐1000 rads, +6 armour against radiation 150.00
Manoeuvre Drive Type M Adv. Fusion Plasma Thrust 4 34.5 72.00
Power Plant Fusion Type M Rating 4 37 96.00
Bridge Standard Hardened 20 3.75
Computer 2fib Rating 10 0.24
Electronics Basic Military DM +0 2 1.00
Weapons Hardpoint 1 Torpedo barbette 5 3.00
Hardpoints 2‐4 Double turret railgun 3 5.80
Hardpoints 4‐6 Double turret missile rack 2 4.00
Ammunition Missiles 48x 4
Torpedoes 1x reload per barbette 5
Railgun Projectiles 1380x 46
Fuel Reaction Mass 4G for 8 hours 278
Power Plant 2 weeks duration 24
Cargo 10 tons 10
Crew 23 5 officers, 12 enlisted, 6 marines
Accommodation Officers Staterooms 4x 16 2.00
Enlisted Berths 2x 12 1.00
Enlisted Heads 2x 3 0.20
Marines Berth 1x 6 0.50
Marine Heads 1x 1.5 0.10
Galley 2x 7 1.75
Internal Components Armoury 1x 2 0.50
Briefing Room 1x 4 0.50
Office 1x 2 0.20
Medical Bay 2x diagnostic beds 3 1.00
Ships Brig 2x cells 3 0.50
Repair Drones 6 1.20
Improved Accel Protection +5% cost to accommodation and bridge 2.7
Emergency Low Berths 1x 1 0.10
Software Evade/1 1.00
Internal Security/1 6.0
Fire Control/2 4.00
Library / Manoeuvre
Life Support Cost(Monthly) 0.017
Total Tonnage and Cost 600 416.94

Cargo Transport (TL 12)
Hull 10,000 tons Code CE Hull 200 (66 per section) 10,000 1000.00
Standard (Cylinder) Structure 200 (66 per section)
Sections 3 (Engineering, Main, Forward)
Armour Crystaliron x1 4 points 500 200.00
Jump Drive 1 Parsec Range 200 400.00
Manoeuvre Drive Thrust 2 125 62.50
Power Plant Fusion Rating 2 200 400.00
Bridge Standard 80 50.00
Computer Core/3 Rating 40 12.00
Electronics Basic Civilian DM ‐2 1 0.05
Weapons Hardpoint 1‐10 Single turret beam laser 10 12.00
Hardpoints 11‐20 Single turret missile rack 10 9.50
Hardpoints 21‐30 Single turret sandcaster 10 4.50
Hardpoints 31‐100 70
Ammunition Missiles 120x 10 1.00
Sandcaster Canisters 200x 10 1.00
Vacant 70 7.00
Fuel 1x 1 parsec jump and 1,034
2 weeks operation
Cargo 7,280 tons 7,280
Crew 82 10 officers, 72 enlisted
Galley 2x 21 5.10
Workshop 2x 8 2.00
Internal Components Ship's Locker 1x
Office 5x 10 1.00
Small Craft Full 104 20.80
Ship's Boat (30 tons) 16.7
Cutter (50 tons) 24.3
Vehicles Standard Garage 12 2.40
Air/raft 2x 2.00
Software Intellect 1.00
Avatar Type 2 0.08
Fire Control/2 4.00
Library
Manoeuvre
Jump Control/1 0.10
Total Tonnage and Cost 9,998 2280.98

Table: Cargo Transport Section Hit Distribution
Forward Main Engineering
Hull 66 66 66
Structure 66 66 66
Roll External Internal External Internal External Internal
2 Hull Crew Hull Crew Hull Crew
3 Armour Fuel Bridge Fuel Armour J‐Drive
4 Sensors Hangar Hold Hold M‐Drive P‐Plant
5 5x Beam Laser Turrets Fuel 5x Missile Turrets Fuel 5x Missile Turrets Fuel
7 Armour Hold Armour Hold Armour Hold
9 5x Sandcaster Turrets Hold 5 Sandcaster Turrets Fuel 5x Beam Laser turrets P‐Plant
10 Sensors Hold Hold Hold M‐Drive J‐Drive
11 Armour Hold Armour Hold Armour P‐Plant
12 Hull Critical Hull Critical Hull Critical


Perseus Class Heavy Cruiser (TL 15)
Hull 50,000 tons Code CL Hull 1000 (250 per section) 50,000 5,500.00
Streamlined(Wedge) Structure 1000 (250 per section)
Sections 4 (Eng, Amidships, Main, Fwd)
Armour Bonded Superdense 2x 12 points 5,000 10,000.00
Armoured Bulkheads Drives 660 132.00
Spinal Mount 500 100.00
Bays 212 42.44
Turrets 43 8.56
Magazines 202 40.44
Screens 66 13.20
Bridge 100 20.00
Jump Drive Military Grade 4 Parsec Range 2,750 6,875.00
Manoeuvre Drive Military Grade Thrust 6 1,788 1,117.50
Power Plant Military Grade Adv. Fusion Rating 6 2,063 6,445.31
Bridge Command Hardened, Holographic 250 500.00
Secondary (CIC) Hardened, Holographic 25
Computer Core/5(fib) x3 Rating 180, Hardened against EMP 135.00
Electronics Military Countermeasures 4x Enhanced Signal Processing 264 660.00
Rapid Deployment Ext. Sensor Array
Weapons Hardpoint 1‐50 Meson Gun Type G spinal mount 5,000 10,000.00
Hardpoints 51‐60 10x Meson Gun bays (100 ton) 1,010 1,000.00
Hardpoints 61‐70 10x Missile bays (100 tons) 1,010 240.00
Hardpoints 71‐72 2x Repulsor bays (50 tons) 102 16.00
Hardpoints 73‐172 100x dual mount particle beam (TL 15) 100 1,000.00
in quad turrets
Hardpoints 173‐272 100x triple turret fusion gun 100 400.00
Hardpoints 273‐337 65x triple turret beam laser 65 260.00
Hardpoints 338‐400 63x triple turret sandcaster 63 110.25
Point Defenses Hardpoints 401‐450 50x triple beam laser PD turrets 50 200.00
Hardpoints 451‐500 50x triple gatling laser PD turrets 50 275.00
Defensive Screens Meson screen (Primary) 6x screen layers 420 540.00
Nuclear Damper (Secondary) 6x screen layers 240 300.00
Ammunition Missiles 17,460x 1,455 145.50
Sandcaster Canisters 11,340x 567 56.70
Fuel 1x 4 parsec jump maximum and 22,200
4 weeks operation
Cargo 340 tons 340
Crew 1,030 52 officers, 878 enlisted, 100 marines
Accommodation Officers Staterooms 36x double occupancy 144 18.00
Marine Enlisted Berths 12x 48 6.00
Marine Enlisted Heads 14x 21 1.40
Galley 8x 256 64.00
Gymnasium 4x 16 4.0
Internal Components Training Facility up to 25 simultaneous 50 10.0
Workshop 4x 16 4.00
Armoury 25x 50 12.50
Briefing Theatre Seats 20 5 5.00
Office 20x 40 4.00
Probe Drones 10x 2 1.00
Escape Pods 512x (two man) 512 102.40
Fuel Scoops Included
Fuel Purifiers 60x (1200 tons per day) 60 3.00
Ship's Launch 4x 19.20
Ship's Boat (30 tons) 2x 33.40

Cutter (50 tons) 2x 24.30
Cutter Module Storage 2x passenger (30 tons each)
Vehicles Standard Garage 63 12.60
Air/raft 2x 2.00
Grav IFV 4x 10.40
Software Advanced Fire Control/3 20.00
Avatar Type 4 0.50
Battlespace/3 40.00
Defensive Screen/3 15.00
Electronic Warfare/2 18.00
Evade/3 3.00
Jump Control/4 0.40
Improved Intellect 15.00
Launch Solution/3 16.00
Library/Manoeuvre
Point defense/3 20.00
Life Support Cost
(Monthly) 0.475
Total Tonnage
and Cost 50,000 46,952.66

Engineering Amidships Main Forward
Hull 250 250 250 250
Structure 250 250 250 250
Roll External Internal External Internal External Internal External Internal
2 Hull Crew Hull Crew Hull Crew Hull Crew
15x Sandcaster 25x Particle 18x Sandcaster Meson 15x Sandcaster
3 J‐Drive Computer Bridge
turrets Beam Turrets Turrets Screen Turrets
25x Gatling
25x Beam Laser Spinal 20x Beam Laser Spinal
4 M‐Drive P‐Plant Spinal Mount Laser PD
Turrets Mount Turrets Mount
Turrets
25x Gatling
25x Fusion Gun 5x Meson 25x Fusion Gun 5x Meson 25x Particle 5x Missile
5 Fuel Laser PD
turrets Bays turrets Bays Beam Turrets Bays
Turrets
6 Hull Structure Hull Structure Hull Structure Hull Structure
7 Armour Hold Armour Hold Armour Hold Armour Hold
8 Hull Structure Hull Structure Hull Structure Hull Structure
25x Particle 25x Fusion Gun 5x Missile 25x Particle 1x Repulsor 25x Fusion Gun
9 Fuel Fuel
Beam Turrets turrets Bays Beam Turrets Bay turrets
25x Beam Laser 1x Repulsor
10 M‐Drive J‐Drive Hull Hangar Fuel Sensors
PD Turrets Bay
25x Beam Laser 15x Sandcaster Nuclear Command 20x Beam Laser
11 P‐Plant Fuel Structure
PD Turrets Turrets Damper Bridge Turrets
12 Hull Critical Hull Critical Hull Critical Hull Critical

Crew Strength Crew Crew Damage Track
Command 51 Dead (‐)
Engineering 189 Survivors (‐4)
Gunnery 499 Skeleton (‐2)
Flight 23 Half (‐1)
Medical 6 Weakened
Service 156 Full
Marines 100 Battle
Total 1024 Overstrength – starting Position


Sword Class Patrol Frigate (TL 21)
Hull 1,000 tons Code A Hull 20 1,000 100.00
Streamlined Structure 20 30 6.00
Armour Nanoflux x2 16 points 100 140.00
Armoured Bulkheads Drives 31 6.20
Bays 10.2 2.04
Turrets 0.8 0.16
Screens 6 1.20
Bridge 2 0.40
Jump Drive Type P Slipstream Drive 4 Parsec Range 165 192.50
Manoeuvre Drive Type X Singularity Drive Thrust 6 (8) 71 165.00
Power Plant Type X Antimatter Rating 6 74 220.00
Bridge Standard Hardened, Holographic 20 7.50
Computer Model 11fib Rating 100 70.00
Electronics Military Countermeasures DM +6 20 25.00
Weapons Hardpoint 1‐2 2x Disintegrator Bays (50 tons) 102 120.00
Hardpoints 3‐4 2x quad turret positron lance 2 44.00
Hardpoints 5‐6 2x quad turret x‐ray laser 2 28.00
Hardpoints 7‐8 2x quad turret missile rack 2 10.00
Point Defenses Hardpoints 9‐10 2x quad beam laser‐16 PD turrets 2 20.00
Defensive Screens White Globe 1x 30 250.00
Additional capacitors 20dT (1200 points) 20 40.00
Ammunition Missiles 480x 40
Fuel None Required
Cargo 13 tons 13
Crew 43 9 officers, 34 enlisted, 6 marines
Enlisted Staterooms 17x double occupancy 68 8.50
Marines Staterooms 3x double occupancy 12 1.50
Galley 3x 11 2.69
Internal Components Armoury 2x 4 1.00
Office 2x 4 0.40
Workshop 1x 4 1.00
Probe Drones 10x 2 1.00
Escape Pods 22x (two man) 22 4.40
Ship's Launch 1x 4.80
Ship's Boat (30 tons) 1x 16.70
Software Artificial Intelligence Type 3 12.00
Avatar fully aware biological 3.00
Auto Repair/4 20.00
Defensive Screen/3 15.00
Electronic Warfare/4 24.00
Evade/2 2.00
Fire Control/2 4.00
Jump Control/4 0.40
Launch Solution/3 16.00
Library/ Manoeuvre
Point Defense/3 20.00
Total Tonnage and Cost 1,000 1637.71

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