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6.2.3: Vehicular Systems and Equipment

Table of Contents [Hide/Show] Armor       Basic Armor       Reflective Armor Engines       Engine Accessories Shields       Basic Shield       Nebula-Resistant Shields Weapons    Beam Weapons       Flamethrower       Laser Cannon       Tachyon Cannon    Projectile Weapons       Slugthrower       Basic (Dumb-Fire) Missile       Plasma Cannon

A vehicle’s systems are what defines one vehicle from another, even within the same chassis, chassis weight and user type. Vehicles in SFRPG are designed to be relatively easy to build and customize, and so there are only a few main systems that need to be installed for the vehicle to function. A vehicle’s equipment affects it in many of the same ways a character’s equipment affects the character, defining how hard it is to damage the vehicle and what abilities the vehicle has.

Vehicles may have several main systems aboard. These systems include:

• Armor: Some vehicles have armor plates attached to the vehicle's outer surface. Armor is designed for several functions, including passenger safety and mitigation of damage to the chassis in the event of an accident. Armor is also effective at reducing the amount of damage a vehicle receives due to incoming weapons fire.
• Engines: Vehicles derive their power from a single main reactor system, which channels its energy into whatever propulsive system the vehicle uses, be it wheels, repulsors, or other types of engines. Regardless of the vehicle type, the engine will determine how fast the vehicle will move and how fuel efficient the vehicle is.
• Shields: Shields perform many of the same jobs as armor. Shields have two advantages over armor: they can be added without an HD penalty, and they regenerate over time. On the other hand, shields can be knocked out of commission, they're more expensive, they count against the vehicle's accessory count, and are only available to Starfaring Age craft. Shields aboard vehicles are typically small, one piece combination emitter/charger arrays.
• Weapons: Commercial, Industrial, and (of course) Military Vehicles may incorporate one or more weapons systems aboard. These weapons are included when a vehicle needs an offensive arm for one reason or another, be it to fend off pirates, to provide extra cutting power, or to kick butt when needed. Vehicle weapons come in two varieties: beams (lasers, flamethrowers, etc.) and projectiles (slugthrowers, missiles, etc.).
• Accessories: Accessories are additional systems included in a vehicle to help it perform specific tasks. Some of these tasks include terraforming duties, cargo hauling, passenger ferrying, and weapons delivery systems. Most vehicles can hold only one or two accessory systems, though some can hold as many as thirty-five or more.
  

In addition to these main systems and depending on a vehicle’s chassis, a vehicle may have one or more internal systems, such as sensors or communications arrays. These systems tend to be hardwired into the chassis (meaning they can't be removed or modified), and are included in the cost of the chassis. These systems can usually be augmented through the addition of accessories. The vehicle's speed governor is considered an internal system, and can be removed from a vehicle during the course of game play (see Chapter 6.2).

The following is an overview of these systems, what they can do, and how much they may cost to add to a vehicle. A list of example equipment is included with each section. GMs who are interested in creating their own equipment to be installed on vehicles are more than welcome to create their own (for instructions on how to create equipment, see Chapter 10.2.4.)

Armor¶

A vehicle’s armor consists of several plates of additional hull material that are attached to the outer hull of a vehicle in order to give it extra protection. Armor is not a required system for vehicles to have but many users are still glad to have it, despite the additional cost. Vehicles are limited in the type of armor they can utilize in the same manner that they are limited in the kinds of hulls they may use. Armor falls under the category of Defenses.

Basic Armor¶

• Type: Armor
• Availability: Metal Age
• Regeneration: None
• Nebula HPR: None
• Beam DR: None
• Projectile DR: None
• Effects: -2 HD/BHD/FHD per Class
  

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Basic Armor

	Basic Cost	Armor Hit Points (Design Minimum)
Class Zero (Design Only)	.5	1
Class One	1.5	50
Class Two	3.1	75
Class Three	6.2	100
Class Four	12.5	125
Class Five	25	150
Class Six	50	175
Class Seven	100	200
Class Eight	200	225
Class Nine	400	250
Class Ten	8
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Reflective Armor¶

• Type: Armor
• Availability: Starfaring Age
• Regeneration: None
• Nebula HPR: None
• Beam DR: 1/2 All Damage
• Projectile DR: None
• Effects: -3 HD/BHD/FHD per Class
  

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Reflective Armor

	Basic Cost	Armor Hit Points (Design Minimum)
Class Zero (Design Only)	.5	1
Class One	3	50
Class Two	6.2	75
Class Three	12.4	100
Class Four	25	125
Class Five	50	150
Class Six	100	175
Class Seven	200	200
Class Eight	400	225
Class Nine	800	250
Class Ten	1
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Engines¶

Engines provide electrical and propulsive power to a vehicle. They directly determine how fast a vehicle may go during travel, as well as the number of "spaces" the vehicle may move during combat. Higher classes of engine, in addition to being capable of propelling a vehicle faster, are also more fuel efficient than lower engine classes (see Chapter 8.1). If character-scale equipment is installed on a vehicle, the engine provides a constant power source for that equipment (negating the need for batteries).

Engines come in too many different shapes, sizes and forms to provide a comprehensive list for all technological development ages and vehicle types. The following is a generic engine listing. It can be adapted for more specific environments by adjusting some of the basic engine stats, as presented below.

Engine¶

• Availability: Variable (Class One only, metal Age. Class Five maximum, industrial age).
• HD Effect: +2 HD/BHD per class level
• Speed Effect: Double base chassis speed per level
  

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Engines

	Basic Cost	Initiative	Combat Movement	Base Fuel Efficiency
Class One	1	1	2	5%
Class Two	8	2	3	10%
Class Three	20	3	4	15%
Class Four	40	4	5	20%
Class Five	100	5	6	25%
Class Six	200	6	7	30%
Class Seven	400	7	8	35%
Class Eight	800	8	9	40%
Class Nine	1,600	9	10	45%
Class Ten	3
10	11	50%

Accessories¶

Accessories are additional systems that can be added to a vehicle’s chassis for additional effects. These really diversify what a particular vehicle is capable of performing. There is no limit to the types of modules that can be added to a vehicle’s chassis, though the number of additional systems is limited by the chassis and user. Each accessory has five basic statistics:

• Name: This is what the equipment is called.
• Availability: This lists at what level of technological development a species must achieve to be able to use the accessory.
• Restriction: This lists any restrictions on the types of vehicles that can use the accessory.
• Cost: This lists the cost of the equipment in basic cost points.
• Effect: This indicates what the equipment does. Any additional notes on the equipment are included here.
  

ndustrial Age

Vehicle-Specific Accessories

Name	Availability	Restriction	Cost	Effect
Cargo Module	Stone Age	None	10*size	Vehicle can carry up to 5*size in cubic meters of cargo.
Crop Duster Module	Industrial Age	Land and Air Only	10	Vehicle carries enough chemicals to spray an area of up to 2*size in square hectometers. Chemicals must be non-lethal to sentient life.
Industrial Lifter Module	Industrial Age	Land and Sea Only	15*size	Vehicle may lift objects from ground level to a height of 10 *size meters.
Industrial Dozer Module	Industrial Age	Land and Sea Only	15*size	Vehicle may move up to 10*size cubic meters of a planetary surface at a time.
EAD/Terraform Module	Starfaring Age	None	50*size	Vehicle may transform 1 square kilometer of a planet’s surface per hour into a habitable zone, or eliminates pollution in that area, or fixes other ecological problems.
Scout Module	Metal Age	None	20	Vehicle receives a +5 bonus to all Sensor Use Checks, or a +5 bonus to all Perception Checks if no sensor system is installed.
Active Sonar	Industrial Age	Sea and Air Only	100	Vehicle receives a +5 bonus to all Sensor Use Checks when used against sea vehicles and removes HD bonus to submarines when used. Sea vehicles that use this accessory take a -10 penalty to all HD ratings for ten rounds.
Passive Sonar	Industrial Age	Sea and Air Only	150	Vehicle receives a +5 bonus to all Sensor Use Checks when used against sea vehicles and removes HD bonus to submarines when used.
AAA/SAM Module	Industrial Age	Land and Sea Only	15*size	Vehicle can shoot projectile weaponry at air vehicles. Ignore the penalty for cross-combat range if combat movement is Initiative-based, and double the weapon's range if combat movement is Speed-based. Requires Class Six weaponry or better. Against air vehicles, the weaponry does damage equal to five Classes lower than the main weapon class, and can be fired a number of times per round equal to the equivalent Class plus one.
Apprehension Module	Metal Age	None	20*size	Holds up to 5*size prisoners for maximum security transport.
Fire Suppression Module	Metal Age	None	40*size	Provides 30*size minutes worth of fire retardant material (either foam or water). Can be shot to a distance of 300 meters from the vehicle.
Hospital Module	Industrial Age	None	50*size	Holds 2*size patients (injured characters). For purposes of healing characters, vehicle provides Minor Surgery service (see Chapter 5.4).
Industrial Manipulator Module	Industrial Age	None	15*size	Vehicle may perform any industrial duty other than lifting or bulldozing. GM should specify function of the module.
Waste Disposal Module	Metal Age	None	75	Tank holds up to 5*size cubic meters of non-hazardous waste material
Refrigeration/Stasis Module	Industrial Age	None	100	Specialized tank holds up to 2*size cubic meters of material at temperatures below 0 C.
High Temp Storage Module	Industrial Age	None	110	Specialized tank holds up to 2*size cubic meters of material at temperatures above 100 C.
Bio-Hazard Storage Module	Industrial Age	None	150	Specialized tank holds up to 5*size cubic meters of hazardous waste material.
Bulk Cargo Module	Industrial Age	None	200*size	Vehicle contains a volume of space up to the minimum safe bounding box amount six size classes smaller than the vehicle itself devoted to cargo hauling in addition to its normal cargo capacity. A vehicle may have one Bulk Cargo Module installed without penalty; subsequent modules reduce the Accommodation space of the vehicle by 20% of its full amount and induce a -10 HD/BHD/FHD penalty (these penalties are cumulative and are also inflicted if the Bulk Cargo Module is installed along with any type of Hangar Bay Module). A vehicle may never have more than five Bulk Cargo Modules installed.
Amphibious Landing Module	Industrial Age	Land and Sea Only	40	Vehicle can translate from land to sea surface and back, can move at top speed on either surface.
Repulsor Sled	Starfaring Age	Land and Sea Only	150	Vehicle can move up to 900 kph regardless of chassis limit, like a Skimmer chassis vehicle. Requires a Class Three engine or better to operate.
Burst Engine	Industrial Age	None	25*size*x	Vehicle may travel at x times its normal maximum speed. While traveling at burst speeds, vehicle's fuel efficiency is reduced one level (minimum 5%) and terrain difficulty is increased by one level. If the vehicle exceeds the maximum speed for its chassis, it will sustain hull damage as normal.
Automation Module	Industrial Age	None	25*size	Vehicle can operate without a crew.
Remote Control Module	Industrial Age	None	(.5+x)*size	Vehicle can be operated remotely. Vehicle can only be a certain distance away from an operator or other radio control source before losing control. This distance is x, where x is a distance in tens of kilometers.
Character-Scale Weapons Adapter	Stone Age	None	50	Vehicle can carry mounted character-scale weapons. These weapons draw power from the vehicle's engines instead of any required batteries. Add the cost of added character-scale weapons to the final cost of the vehicle.
Standard Cloaking Device	Starfaring Age	None	500*size	Vehicle gains a +25 HD/FHD bonus.
Auxiliary Reactor Mount	Industrial Age	Space Only	100*size	Can add backup engines to vehicle like a starship pod (does not count against accessory count). Must be of equal or lesser class than the main engine. Add one to Initiative rating for each backup engine installed. If Engine destroyed, backup takes its place; lose Initiative bonus and use backup's Initiative rating; top Speed drops by 1/2.
Maneuvering Thrusters	Industrial Age	Land, Sea and Air Only	5*size	Increases maneuverability. Vehicle does can make snap turns with an engine normally only suitable for the equivalent normal turn.
Eco-Safe Module	Starfaring Age	None	10	Ecologically friendly reaction system. Reduces vehicle’s overall cost by half. Reduce Initiative by one.
ECM Module	Industrial Age	None	20*size	+20 to all Stealth Checks. Adds +20 to pilot's Evasive Maneuvers score while vehicle is in use.
AWACS/SWACS Module	Industrial Age	Air and Space Only	30*size	+30 to all Sensor Use checks. Doubles vehicle's scanner range.
Tachyon Radar	Starfaring Age	Air and Space Only	35*size	Projectile HD range penalty becomes +5 HD for every two range increments.
Airborne Delivery Module	Industrial Age	Air and Space Only	50*size	Can jettison cargo/passengers for safe airdrops to surface. Space Vehicles must be in atmosphere to use this accessory safely.
Orbital Insertion Module	Starfaring Age	Space Only	200*size	Can jettison cargo/passengers for safe drops from orbit to a planetary surface. Does not include provision for retrieval.
Artillery Module	Industrial Age	Land and Sea Only	100*size	Projectile weapons now have a blast radius, cause half-damage at Range One from impact point and quarter-damage at Range Two. Use BHD for hit roll on all targets.
WMD Delivery System	Industrial Age	Military User Only	1000*size	Vehicle may carry a single biological, chemical, radiological or nuclear tipped missile (specify which, and specific game effects with the vehicle).
Non-Lethal Weapons Delivery System	Industrial Age	None	50*size	Vehicle weapons may be used to cause an equal amount of Non-Lethal damage instead of Lethal Damage to a target.
Repair Bay Module	Metal Age	None	100*size	Allows vehicle to repair other vehicles up to the same size class as the parent vehicle. Can repair buildings if vehicle is at Size Class 6 or higher.
Backup Shield Generator	Starfaring Age	None	25*size	Can add backup shield to vehicle, does count against accessory count. Must be of equal or lesser class than main shield rating. Add shield hit point rating of all generators together.
Sublight Engine	Starfaring Age	Space Only	500	Allows space vehicles to move between planets. Requires a Class Seven engine to operate. A Class Seven engine functions as a Class One starship Engine for purposes of transit (transits an orbital every 100 minutes), with ten minutes less per higher engine Class.
Superphotonic Engine	Starfaring Age	Space Only	1000	Allows FTL flight. Requires a Class Ten Engine to operate. Functions as a Class One starship engine.
Low-Friction Surface Traction Inducer	Starfaring Age	Land Only	30*size	Improves terrain difficulty by one level if the terrain difficulty is at least Difficult (for more on terrain difficulties, see Chapter 8.2).
Reactor Intake Air Filter	Industrial Age	Land, Sea and Air Only	10*size	Increases fuel efficiency by 5% (or 10% if base efficiency is 50% or greater; maximum efficiency in all cases is 100%) and top speed by ten percent (limited by chassis maximum speed).
Modified Chassis	Metal Age	None	100 per added accessory	Allows extra accessories to be mounted to the vehicle’s chassis to a maximum of 35 (total) accessories.
Reinforced Chassis	Metal Age	None	100*size per level	Allows vehicle to mount armor above the normal maximum for the chassis. -5 HD/BHD/FHD to the vehicle.
Starship Systems Adapter	Starfaring Age	None	1000*size	Allows vehicle to mount starship-scale engines, defenses or weapons (but not accessories) at cost (add the equipment cost after figuring up the cost for the rest of the vehicle). Starship engines only add +1 HD / BHD per level, but include both a Sublight and a Superphotonic Engine. If placing a starship engine on a vehicle, add ten to the class to get the effective class.
Ejection Seat	Industrial Age	Air, Fightercraft and Capsules Only	10	Crew and passengers can safely disembark from the vehicle while the vehicle is still in mid-flight. Can be used as the vehicle is being destroyed to take 10d10 Non-Lethal Damage instead of Lethal Damage.
Collapsible Sections	Industrial Age	Air and Space Only	100	Reduces vehicle's Size Class by two levels when the vehicle is not in operation.
Vehicle Rack	Metal Age	None	0.5	Vehicle may hold any other Size Class One vehicle.
External Docking Port	Industrial Age	Space Vehicles Only	10	Vehicle may dock with any other vehicle carrying an External Docking Port.
Hangar Bay Module	Industrial Age	None	50*size	Vehicle contains a volume of space up to the minimum safe bounding box amount six size classes smaller than the vehicle itself devoted to sheltering "child" vehicles. Parent vehicle must not be actively moving in order to deploy other vehicles (unless Carrier Systems also installed). A vehicle may have one Hangar Bay Module installed without penalty; subsequent modules reduce the Accommodation and Cargo space of the vehicle by 20% of their full amounts and induce a -10 HD/BHD/FHD penalty (these penalties are cumulative and are also inflicted if the Hangar Bay Module is installed along with smaller Hangar Bay Module types). A vehicle may never have more than five Hangar Bay Modules installed.
Half Hangar Bay Module	Industrial Age	None	40*size	Vehicle contains a volume of space up to the minimum safe bounding box amount seven size classes smaller than the vehicle itself devoted to sheltering "child" vehicles. Parent vehicle must not be actively moving in order to deploy other vehicles (unless Carrier Systems also installed). A vehicle may have one Half Hangar Bay Module installed without penalty; subsequent modules reduce the Accommodation and Cargo space of the vehicle by 10% of their full amounts and induce a -8 HD/BHD/FHD penalty (these penalties are cumulative and are also inflicted if the Half Hangar Bay Module is installed along with smaller Hangar Bay Module types. A vehicle may never have more than five Half Hangar Bay Modules installed.
Quarter Hangar Bay Module	Industrial Age	None	30*size	Vehicle contains a volume of space up to the minimum safe bounding box amount eight size classes smaller than the vehicle itself devoted to sheltering "child" vehicles. Parent vehicle must not be actively moving in order to deploy other vehicles (unless Carrier Systems also installed). A vehicle may have one Quarter Hangar Bay Module installed without penalty; subsequent modules reduce the Accommodation and Cargo space of the vehicle by 5% of their full amounts and induce a -6 HD/BHD/FHD penalty (these penalties are cumulative and are also inflicted if the Quarter Hangar Bay Module is installed along with smaller Hangar Bay Module types). A vehicle may never have more than five Quarter Hangar Bay Modules installed.
Eighth Hangar Bay Module	Industrial Age	None	20*size	Vehicle contains a volume of space up to the minimum safe bounding box amount nine size classes smaller than the vehicle itself devoted to sheltering "child" vehicles. Parent vehicle must not be actively moving in order to deploy other vehicles (unless Carrier Systems also installed). A vehicle may have one Eighth Hangar Bay Module installed without penalty; subsequent modules reduce the Accommodation and Cargo space of the vehicle by 3% of their full amounts and induce a -4 HD/BHD/FHD penalty (these penalties are cumulative and are also inflicted if the Eighth Hangar Bay Module is installed along with Vehicle Shelter Modules). A vehicle may never have more than five Eighth Hangar Bay Modules installed.
Vehicle Shelter Module	Industrial Age	None	10*size	Vehicle contains a volume of space up to the minimum safe bounding box amount ten size classes smaller than the vehicle itself devoted to sheltering "child" vehicles. Parent vehicle must not be actively moving in order to deploy other vehicles (unless Carrier Systems also installed). A vehicle may have one Vehicle Shelter Module installed without penalty; subsequent modules reduce the Accommodation and Cargo space of the vehicle by 1% of their full amounts (cumulative) and induce a -2 HD/BHD/FHD penalty (also cumulative). A vehicle may never have more than five Vehicle Shelter Modules installed.
Carrier Systems	Industrial Age	Sea and Space Only	50	Vehicle may deploy up to four "child" vehicles and recover one child vehicle simultaneously while vehicle is in active motion.
Countermeasure Pod Dispenser	Industrial Age	None	10 + 1 per use	Players may elect to launch countermeasures to evade missiles. Add +5 to pilot's Evasive Maneuvers Score per pod used; bonus is only good for the round in which the pods are used. Cannot refill while vehicle is in operation.
Beam Weapon Rack	Starfaring Age	None	20 per mount	Allows one beam weapon to be mounted on the vehicle. Covers one firing arc. The weapon must be bought separately, but does not count as an additional accessory.
Projectile Weapon Rack	Metal Age	None	25 per mount	Allows one projectile weapon to be mounted on the vehicle. Covers one firing arc. The weapon must be bought separately, but does not count as an additional accessory.
Beam Weapon Single Turret	Starfaring Age	None	50 per mount	Allows one beam weapon to be mounted on the vehicle such that it covers all firing arcs. The weapon must be bought separately, but does not count as an additional accessory.
Projectile Weapon Single Turret	Industrial Age	None	100 per mount	Allows one projectile weapon to be mounted on the vehicle such that it covers all firing arcs. The weapon must be bought separately, but does not count as an additional accessory.
Beam Weapon Dual Turret	Starfaring Age	None	75 per mount	Allows two beam weapons of the same type to be mounted into the same turret. The weapons may be fired singly or linked; if linked, they must fire into the same arc at the same target.
Projectile Weapon Dual Turret	Industrial Age	None	150 per mount	Allows two projectile weapons of the same type to be mounted into the same turret. The weapons may be fired singly or linked; if linked, they must fire into the same arc at the same target.
Beam Weapon Triple Turret	Starfaring Age	None	100 per mount	Allows three beam weapons of the same type to be mounted into the same turret. The weapons may be fired singly, in pairs or triple-linked. If multiple weapons are fired, they must fire into the same arc at the same target.
Projectile Weapon Triple Turret	Industrial Age	None	200 per mount	Allows three projectile weapons of the same type to be mounted into the same turret. The weapons may be fired singly, in pairs or triple-linked. If multiple weapons are fired, they must fire into the same arc at the same target.
Beam Weapon Quad Turret	Starfaring Age	None	125 per mount	Allows four beam weapons of the same type to be mounted into the same turret. The weapons may be fired singly, in pairs or quad-linked. If multiple weapons are fired, they must fire into the same arc at the same target.
Projectile Weapon Quad Turret	I
None	250 per mount	Allows four projectile weapons of the same type to be mounted into the same turret. The weapons may be fired singly, in pairs or triple-linked. If multiple weapons are fired, they must fire into the same arc at the same target.

Shields¶

Shield emitters are small, external arrays that generate a protective barrier around the outer hull of a vehicle, in essence adding an extra layer of armor to the outer skin of the vehicle. Vehicle shield emitters are small enough to include all the equipment they’ll need in one tiny package, which limits the cost of shielding systems aboard vehicles. Naturally, this miniaturization also limits the effectiveness of vehicle shielding, though it is usually enough to protect the vehicle and its occupants from multiple hits. A vehicle may only have one shield system installed unless a "Backup Shield Generator" mount is installed on the vehicle (the generator and the extra shield are counted as separate accessories). Shields fall under the category of Defenses.

Basic Shield¶

• Type: Shield
• Availability: Starfaring Age
• Regeneration: 10% total SHP (1d10 for Class Zero shields), plus Engineer's Applied Relativity sub-Discipline score per minute (ten rounds).
• Nebula HPR: Non-functional below Class Six. Minus five Classes effectiveness at Class Six or higher.
• Beam DR: None
• Projectile DR: None
• Effects: None
  

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Basic Shields

	Basic Cost	Shield Hit Points (Design Minimum)
Class Zero (Design Only)	.5	1
Class One	4	50
Class Two	12	100
Class Three	32	150
Class Four	70	200
Class Five	125	250
Class Six	250	300
Class Seven	500	350
Class Eight	1,000	400
Class Nine	2,000	450
Class Ten	4
500

Nebula-Resistant Shields¶

• Type: Shield
• Availability: Starfaring Age
• Regeneration: 10% total SHP (1d10 for Class Zero shields), plus Engineer's Applied Relativity sub-Discipline score per minute (ten rounds).
• Nebula HPR: None
• Beam DR: None
• Projectile DR: None
• Effects: +1 HD per Shield Class if ship is located in a nebula
  

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Nebula Resistant Shields

	Basic Cost	Shield Hit Points (Design Minimum)
Class Zero (Design Only)	.5	1
Class One	6	40
Class Two	18	80
Class Three	48	120
Class Four	105	160
Class Five	187.5	200
Class Six	375	240
Class Seven	750	280
Class Eight	1,500	320
Class Nine	3,000	360
Class Ten	6
400

Weapons¶

Some vehicles can carry and utilize various forms of weapons systems. The use of weapons aboard vehicles is covered more in depth in Chapter 9. Weapons come in two main varieties: beam weapons (which fire in constant streams) and projectile weapons (where a physical object is shot at the target). The following generic weapons are available for use on vehicles.
Each has the following statistics:

• Name: What the weapon is called.
• Availability: At what level of technological development the weapon is available for use.
• Type: The general kind of weapon being described (either a beam, projectile, or "melee" weapon. No melee weapons are included for vehicles at this time).
• Recharge: The amount of time that must pass before the weapon can be used again once used. Weapons with a recharge of 1 turn may be used again on the next combat round.
• Range: The maximum distance a target may be from the firing vehicle in order for the weapon to be effective.
• Falloff: The amount of damage lost or hit difficulty increased by each range increment the firing vehicle is away from its target.
• Effects: Various asundry effects the weapon may have or cause (for a list of general examples of weapons effects, see Chapter 10.2.4.
• Class: This lists a specific Class of the weapon in question.
• Basic Cost: This is the amount the weapon adds to the vehicle's overall cost, before the vehicle's cost multiplier is applied.
• Damage: This lists the amount of basic damage the weapon applies to a target upon a successful hit.
• Options: This is a list of features that may be added to the weapon, which change one or more basic characteristics of the weapon. A weapon may only have one of the options listed below the weapon, if any are selected at all.
  

A "pure" Starflight game will tend to use only the Laser Cannon and Basic Missile weapons systems without options, at least for starfaring races (for non-starfaring races, the "Slugthrower" is the recommended weapon to place on a vehicle). These other weapons, as well as the options that go with them, are meant merely as examples of what a creative GM might decide to implement in the game, and as a means of adding a little variety to the game itself.

Beam Weapons¶

Flamethrower¶

• Availability: Metal Age
• Type: Beam
• Recharge: 2 turns
• Range: 5 (Metal Age), 10 (Industrial Age), 15 (Starfaring Age)
• Falloff: +5 HD per range increment
• Effects: Causes Fire Damage to all targets hit. Cannot be used in space or underwater.
  

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Flamethrower

	Basic Cost	Damage
Class One	2	3
Class Two	5	7
Class Three	13.5	12
Class Four	22.5	17
Class Five	37.5	22
Class Six	75	23
Class Seven	150	25
Class Eight	300	27
Class Nine	600	30
Class Ten	1
33

Laser Cannon¶

• Availability: Industrial Age
• Type: Beam
• Recharge: 1 turn
• Range: Unlimited
• Falloff: -10 Damage per range increment (minimum 9)
• Effects: None
  

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Laser Cannon

	Basic Cost	Damage
Class One	8	9
Class Two	20	21
Class Three	54	36
Class Four	90	51
Class Five	150	66
Class Six	300	70
Class Seven	600	75
Class Eight	1,200	80
Class Nine	2,400	90
Class Ten	4
100

Tachyon Cannon¶

• Availability: Starfaring Age
• Type: Beam
• Recharge: 1 turn
• Range: Unlimited
• Falloff: -15 Damage per range increment (minimum 10)
• Effects: None
  

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Tachyon Cannon

	Basic Cost	Damage
Class One	10	10
Class Two	25	23
Class Three	67.5	40
Class Four	112.5	55
Class Five	187.5	73
Class Six	375	77
Class Seven	750	83
Class Eight	1,500	88
Class Nine	3,000	99
Class Ten	6
110

Projectile Weapons¶

Slugthrower¶

• Availability: Metal Age
• Type: Projectile
• Recharge: 2 turns
• Range: 3 (Metal Age), 9 (Industrial Age), 15 (Starfaring Age)
• Magazine: 10
• Falloff: +10 HD per range increment
• Effects: None
  

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Slugthrower

	Basic Cost	Damage
Class One	9.6	15
Class Two	22.4	30
Class Three	48	55
Class Four	96	75
Class Five	160	115
Class Six	320	120
Class Seven	640	130
Class Eight	1,280	135
Class Nine	2,560	140
Class Ten	5
150

Basic (Dumb-Fire) Missile¶

• Availability: Industrial Age
• Type: Projectile
• Recharge: 1 turn
• Range: 15
• Magazine: 1
• Falloff: +5 HD per range increment
• Effects: None
  

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Basic Missile

	Basic Cost	Damage
Class One	12	20
Class Two	28	40
Class Three	60	70
Class Four	120	100
Class Five	200	150
Class Six	400	160
Class Seven	800	170
Class Eight	1,600	180
Class Nine	3,200	190
Class Ten	6
200

Plasma Cannon¶

• Availability: Starfaring Age
• Type: Projectile
• Recharge: 3 turns
• Range: 15
• Magazine: 1
• Falloff: +5 HD per range increment
• Effects: Cannot be used in planetary atmosphere
  

6,000

Plasma Cannon

	Basic Cost	Damage
Class One	30	40
Class Two	70	80
Class Three	150	140
Class Four	300	200
Class Five	500	300
Class Six	1,000	320
Class Seven	2,000	340
Class Eight	4,000	360
Class Nine	8,000	380
Class Ten	1
400

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