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13 Starship

Gadgets and Devices

F utuRe : 13 t hiRteens

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Personal gear described in the future SRD includes

the gadget concept and plenty of examples. Third-

party supplements, including some that I have written,

include gadgets for mecha. Well, it’s time starships also

gain the beneit of the gadget concept.

As with the basic gadget system, using starship

gadgets is a simple matter of mixing and matching

various elements of a starship device until it its what

is needed.

First, pick a base item to be modiied (this PDF

includes engine and weapon gadgets only). Select

a gadget of the appropriate type and modify the

Purchase DC of the base item according to the

gadget’s instructions, and then purchase the gadget-

modiied item as normal.

In addition to the new gadgets in this PDF (9 in

total), I’ve also included four new special systems for

starships. These are all very basic devices, but they

should prove quite useful in the design of dedicated

starship platforms (including passenger ships and

medical ships).

o Pen G ame C ontent

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game content. While this means absolutely nothing

to your campaign it does give other publishers

permission to use this material as long as they follow

the open game license (see the end of this PDF).

a bout the a uthoR

Philip Reed has been working professionally in

the roleplaying game industry since 1995. In that

time he has worked for such companies as West End

Games, Privateer Press, and Steve Jackson Games.

Today Philip spends his days at home running Ronin

Arts, writing and designing new games, and reading

whatever books interest him at the time. To learn

more about Philip Reed – and Ronin Arts – please visit

www.philipjreed.com and www.roninarts.com .

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Devices you will need the modern and future SRDs,

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starship options, you may wish to consider Future: 13

Starship Devices, Future: 13 More Starship Devices ,

and Future: Another 13 Starship Devices.

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Future: 13 Starship Devices and Gadgets

Engine Gadgets

a uxiliaRy e nGine

The engine features secondary, backup

components that effectively make it its own

backup drive system. In any instance that the

engine is disabled it automatically comes back

online, as a free action, in 1d4-1 rounds (minimum

of 1).

A starship may be equipped with this

gadget multiple times, each time increasing the

total number of times that the engine can be

reactivated after it would normally be damaged

or destroyed by 1.

For each auxiliary engine gadget a starship

engine is equipped with the DC to repairs is

increased by +2.

Restrictions: Starship engines only.

Purchase DC: +2.

number of battles or interplanetary lights the

ship may undertake before refueling is increased

by 50% (round up).

Restrictions: Starship engines that must be

refueled only.

Purchase DC: +3.

i mPRoved t hRust

Computer system and machinery changes to

the engine core grant the starship more power,

enabling it to propel the starship at an increased

rate of speed. The starship gains a +500 ft. bonus

to speed.

NOTE: A starship may be equipped with

multiple improved thrust gadgets, with each

increase past the irst granting an additional +250

ft. bonus to speed. (Tactical speed, in squares, is

rounded down to the nearest 500 ft. increment.)

Restrictions: Starship engines only.

Purchase DC: +2.

F uel e ConomizeR

Engine advances make the engine more

economical in terms of fuel expenditure. The

Weapon Gadgets

a CCuRaCy e nhanCement

A combination of calibrated mechanical

systems, advanced targeting software, and overall

superior engineering combine to increase the

weapon’s accuracy. This gadget grants the modiied

weapon a +2 equipment bonus to attack rolls.

Restrictions: Starship non-missile weapons

only.

Purchase DC: +3.

a utoFiRe s ystem

Some starship weapons are capable of iring

in singleshot or semiautomatic forms only. The

autoire system gadget allows these weapons to

be ired on autoire.

Future: 13 Starship Devices and Gadgets

m iniatuRized

By eliminating wasted space and using

microscopic components, some engineers are

capable of producing weapons vastly smaller

than normal. Any weapon that makes use of the

miniaturized gadget is counted as one-half a

weapon of its type for purposes of the starship’s

weapon limits.

Restrictions:

Starship

weapons

without

autoire only.

Purchase DC Modiier: +4.

e xPanded R anGe

Adjustments and improvements to the

weapon’s power and related components

signiicantly increase its range increment. The

range increment of a weapon modiied with the

expanded range gadget is doubled.

NOTE: A starship equipped with range

extension software (see Future: Another 13

Starship Devices ) applies the range bonus

from the device irst, and this gadget’s range

modiication second.

Restrictions: Starship weapons only.

Purchase DC Modiier: +3.

Example: A heavy starship is limited to a single

beam, projectile, or missile system for every 50

Hit Dice of its size. The starship could mount two

miniaturized beam, projectile, or missile systems for

every 50 Hit Dice of its size.

Restrictions: Starship weapons only.

Purchase DC Modiier: +8.

m aximum F iRePoWeR

The modiied weapon is improved, either

through expanded explosives embedded in a

modiied missile, increased power regulators

in an energy weapon, or through some other

adjustment appropriate to the weapon affected

by this gadget. The weapon’s damage is increased

by one die of the same type as the unmodiied

weapon.

v oiCe R eCoGnition s ystem

A countermeasure commonly built into

starship weapons is the voice recognition system

gadget. It requires any user to speak a command

word to unlock the weapon before it can be used.

Any weapon with the voice recognition system

gadget will not ire or activate unless the owner

(or designated group) gives the command word

to the weapon.

Restrictions: None.

Purchase DC Modiier: +2.

Example: A plasma cannon equipped with the

maximum irepower gadget inlicts 15d8 points of

damage (base 14d8 increased by 1).

Restrictions: Starship weapons only.

Purchase DC: +4.

Future: 13 Starship Devices and Gadgets

Special Systems

While defensive, weapon, armor, engine, and

various other types of starship systems are easily

classiied there are a selection of items that do not

it neatly into an existing category. For simplicity,

unusual systems that defy categorization in the

existing areas are presented here, as special

systems.

To build a special system from scratch, a

character must succeed at a Craft (electronic)

check (DC 30) and a Craft (mechanical) check after

investing 60 hours in its assembly. A character

without an electrical or mechanical tool kit takes

a –4 penalty on the appropriate skill check. The

character must also make a Wealth check against

the system’s purchase DC.

Installing a special system requires a successful

Craft (mechanical) check (DC 30) after investing

30 hours. A character without a mechanical tool

kit takes a –4 penalty on the skill check.

Different types of special systems are detailed

below.

Minimum Ship Size: The minimum size

the starship must be to use this type of special

system.

Purchase DC: The purchase DC of the

system.

Restriction: The level of license required to

purchase the system legally.

Example: A corvette modiied with this system

reduces its cargo capacity to 75 tons and increases

its passenger capacity to 128.

Minimum Ship Size : Light.

Purchase DC: 10 + one-quarter the base

purchase DC of the starship.

Restriction: None.

m ediCal s tation (Pl 5)

A dedicated medical suite, complete with

operating theater and capacity for six medium-

sized patients, the medical station is typically

included on military starships and luxury

passenger ships. Though extremely rare, it may

also be encountered on small, private starships.

Due to the equipment and medical supplies

found in this area, Treat Injury checks made in the

medical station gain a +2 equipment bonus.

Minimum Ship Size : Light.

Purchase DC: 14.

Restriction: Licensed (+1).

v ehiCle G aRaGe (Pl 6)

This specialized garage is equipped with all

of the tools, diagnostic systems, and spare parts

necessary to keep almost any ground vehicle

functioning at peak eficiency. A vehicle garage is

situated adjacent to the starship’s outer hull and

a single bay door (locked, DC 35) allows vehicles

entrance into the starship.

Repairs, upgrades, and maintenance

performed to vehicles in a vehicle garage gain

a +5 equipment bonus to Craft and Repair skill

checks.

d ediCated P assenGeR

h old (Pl 5)

While many starships are designed to carry

passengers, a ship equipped with this special

system includes a large section designed

speciically for passengers; the starship is turned

into an effective, and comfortable, people mover.

The modiied starship sacriices one-half its cargo

capacity and quadruples its passenger capacity.

Future: 13 Starship Devices and Gadgets

s taRshiP C lass t emPlate

APOCALYPSE-CLASS FAST-ATTACK TEMPLATE (PL 8)

Built during the later days of the Anmephis War, the Apocalypse-class fast-attack ighter sacriiced

defensive capabilities for increased irepower and speed. Designed for hit-and-fade tactics, the

Apocalypse-class proved less effective than its creators intended. Still, due to internal politics and

substantial bribes all problems with the ighter were concealed and the project pushed through.

The Apocalypse-class template can be applied to any PL 6 or PL 7 ighter or assault ighter. The

starship’s design specs should be adjusted as follows.

Hit Dice: Decrease by 1d20.

Engine Upgrade: Inertial lux engine (tactical speed +1,500).

Armor Downgrade: Eliminate existing armor, replace with polymeric.

Defense System Downgrade: Eliminate all existing defense systems; add displacer.

Weapons Upgrade: 2 ire-linked maser cannons (18d8 damage; range incr. 6,000 ft.; added to

existing weapon systems).

A single vehicle garage has enough space for

six medium-sized vehicles, or three large-sized

vehicles, or one huge-sized vehicle.

Minimum Ship Size: Light.

Purchase DC: 32.

Restriction: None.

Due to the dedicated systems, including

advanced monitoring computers and medical

equipment, patients undergoing genetic

modiication in a gene therapy lab gain a +2

equipment bonus to Fortitude checks made

during the treatment. Additionally, each lab

is custom designed for a single gene therapy

template (chosen during the lab’s installation in

a starship) and all Fortitude saves made while

undergoing treatment for the chosen gene

therapy template gain a +6 circumstance bonus.

Minimum Ship Size: Light.

Purchase DC: 45.

Restriction: Military (+3).

G ene t heRaPy l ab (Pl 8)

Though available during earlier ages, the

Energy Age sees the development of such

signiicant advances in genetic engineering

that the equipment is reduced to a size that it

can be installed in a dedicated genetics station

onboard starships. A starship equipped with

a gene therapy lab is capable of performing

genetic manipulation to up to a dozen subjects

at a time.

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