Part of a series about the Stellar Alliance.
Note: These rules are a work in progress.
The following rules supplement or supersede those of Mini-Six and/or Warp Ships.
For detailed statistics of various ships, see “Ships of Alliance Space”.
Weapons in Warp
Firing Weapons
For each target the Gunner makes a skill check against the Pilot’s static Defense:
| Gunner rolls … | vs. Pilot’s Defense from … | |
|---|---|---|
| Evasive Manuevers | Gunnery + Target Scale - Weapon Scale | Pilot + MNV |
| No Evasive Maneuvers | Gunnery + Target Scale - Weapon Scale | 20 |
If the Gunner hits, they roll damage.
If the target is a missile, the Gunner rolls against the missile’s defense:
| Gunner rolls … | vs. … |
|---|---|
| Gunnery + Target Scale - Weapon Scale | Agility |
If the weapon hits the missile, the missile is destroyed. Otherwise the missile strikes the ship and does its stated damage.
Damage to Warp Vessels
To use the Mini-Six Vehicle system instead of the Quantum Warp Ship system, replace the “Damage to Warp Vessels” rules with the following.
Damage vs. Body
If a Gunner or missile hits, the weapon inflicts damage, which the stricken ship’s engineer or technical staff compare to a Body roll.
| Gunner rolls … | Engineer rolls … |
|---|---|
| Weapon Damage + Weapon Scale - Ship Scale | Body |
The engineer then looks up the results on the Vehicle Damage Table, reproduced here for convenience:
| Damage Rolled ≥ | Effect |
|---|---|
| Body Roll | Temporary (one round) |
| 2 × Body Roll | Permanent (repair required) |
| 3 × Body Roll | Permanent (part destroyed) |
Warp Ship Damage
The engineer or GM roll on the following table to see the effects of damage, also reproduced here.
| Roll 1D | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lose 1D from Maneuverability (MNV) |
| 2, 3 | Random System Damaged (see next table) |
| 4 - 6 | Structural Damage (go to next level) |
Random System Table:
| Roll 2D6 | System | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Coffee Maker | No fresh coffee |
| 3 | Food Fabricators | No food |
| 4 | Communications | Cannot communicate with outside world |
| 5 | Sensors | Cannot get sensor locks or long-range data |
| 6 | Weapon | Lose one weapon or Exo-Beam array, determined randomly. |
| 7 | Control Systems | -1 to all skill rolls, cumulative: -1, -2, -1D, -1D-1, etc. |
| 8 | Missile Launcher | Jammed, cannot fire missiles |
| 9 | Main Life support | Only 3D6 hours of air left unless Aux gone |
| 10 | Aux. Life support | Only 1D6 hours of air left if Main gone |
| 11 | Warp Generators1 | No warp bubble or warp drive, thrusters only |
| 12 | Zero Point Reactors | No power of any kind, all systems dead |
Structural Damage Levels:
| Structural Damage | Effect |
|---|---|
| Damaged | Hull needs major repairs |
| Badly Damaged | Hull and superstructure need overhaul |
| Critically Damaged | Ship barely holding together |
| Fatally Damaged | Ship inoperable, time to abandon ship |
| Destroyed | Ship breaks apart or explodes |
Once the engineer assesses damage, they can make one skill check to fix one damaged system. The GM will set the difficulty. Use the Repair skill for all repairs.
If a starship’s Warp drive breaks, the ship will have to call for a Warp Tug, since maneuver thrusters will take forever even to make the next planet in the system.
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Non-warp ships lose (heads) main engines or (tails) FTL drive. ↩︎