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INTRODUCTION

W HAT ’ S R EQUIRED TO

U SE THIS PDF?

In order to use Future: Starship 16 – Celestial

Defender you will need the modern and future

SRDs, available free online, and e-Future Tiles:

Starships (available at www.skeleton-

keygames.com ). No other Ronin Arts products

are required to use this PDF.

Welcome to Future: Starship 16 – Celestial ,

the latest installment in Ronin Arts’ ongoing series

of PDFs for use with futuristic d20 campaigns. This

series makes some assumptions about your cam-

paign; the starship designs in this series will be most

useful in campaigns in which the following state-

ments are true:

The campaign is not a “hard” science setting.

Campaigns that are more space opera/adventure

movie are the intended target for this series.

A BOUT THE A UTHOR

Philip Reed has been working professionally in

the roleplaying game industry for over a decade. 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 run-

ning 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.roni-

narts.com . The approved Ronin Arts fan forum can be

found at www.raforums.com .

Starships are not rare or unusual. All of the star-

ships in this series assume that space travel is a

standard and common occurrence – individuals

either fly their own ships or ride on passenger

ships. Starships and space travel are as common

for characters as a plane ride is for people of our

reality.

Space combat is not uncommon. It’s just another

exciting adventure when the player characters

have to engage the enemy while fleeing from

some world or other.

The campaign is packed with action. If things

aren’t exploding, how much fun can the game

really be?

NEW RULES AND IDEAS

N EW S TARSHIP A CTIONS

ANALYZE BATTLE SITUATION

This full-round action may only be performed

from a crew station equipped with a tactical analysis

computer (see box). As a full-round action, a starship

crewman may make a Computer Use check (DC equal

to 10 + the number of opposing starships on the tac-

tical map). On a successful check the crewman has

successfully analyzed the current situation and all

crewmembers onboard the starship gain a +2

insight bonus to attack and saving throws for 1d4

rounds. If the check fails the crewman has made a

NEW RULES AND IDEAS

T ACTICAL A NALYSIS C OMPUTER (PL 7)

A tactical analysis computer is used to track and predict the actions of enemy starships during com-

bat. Only a starship equipped with this system may perform an analyze battle situation action (see

above).

The purchase DC of the tactical analysis computer depends on the size of the ship.

Purchase DC: 18 (Huge), 23 (Gargantuan), or 28 (Colossal).

Restriction: Military (+3).

ELECTRO-GRAVITIC SHIELDS (PL 7)

First seen during the Gravity Age, starship shields

bathe a starship in a field of energy specifically

designed to absorb incoming attacks. Shields have a

Capacity Rating and can wear down over time – elec-

tro-gravitic shields have a Capacity Rating of 80,

which means that the shields can absorb a total of 80

points of damage before they’re completely worn

down – once worn down the shields provide the ship

with no protection until they recharge.

Each round that a starship equipped with electro-

gravitic shields is not damaged the shield capacity

recharges by 5 – it takes 16 rounds for an electro-

gravitic shield to recharge to its maximum Capacity

Rating.

major error in his calculations and all crewmembers

onboard the starship suffer a –2 penalty for 1d4

rounds. A starship may only attempt this action once

every five rounds.

OVERCHARGE ENGINES

This full-round action may only be performed

from a crew station that allows direct access to a star-

ship’s engines. By making a successful Repair check

(DC 25), a crewmember may alter the engine’s per-

formance, boosting the ship’s tactical speed by 2

squares for a number of rounds equal to one-half the

crewmember’s total Repair skill bonus. At the end of

this time the engines are strained and the ship’s

speed is decreased by 1 square until after one-hour of

maintenance has been performed (a successful DC 10

Repair check required).

If the check to overcharge the engines fails then

the engines go off-line for 1d4+1 rounds.

Example: A starship equipped with electro-gravitic

shields is hit by a heavy mass cannon (65 damage),

leaving the shields at Capacity Rating 15. On the next

round the ship does not suffer any damage so the

shields recharge to 20. On the third round, though, the

ship is hit by a heavy neutron gun (45 damage). Since

the ship’s shields are currently at 20, 25 points of dam-

age penetrate the shields and damage the ship. The

shields are now at 0 until they recharge.

N EW S TARSHIP D EVICES

The following new devices are installed in the

Celestial Defender as described herein. For even more

starship devices see Ronin Arts’ Future: 13 Starship

Devices and Future: 13 More Starship Devices.

DUAL-PURPOSE SENSOR PACKAGE (PL 7)

This compact system melds any two PL 5 or PL 6

sensor systems into a single, PL 7 component – the

two sensor systems must be purchased separately in

addition to this device. With this device installed a

starship may effectively carry more sensor devices,

though the extra sensor devices are limited to the

earlier progress levels noted above.

Purchase DC: 22.

Restriction: Restricted (+2).

Shields do not count toward the total number of

defense systems that a starship may carry though

any ship may carry only a single shield system.

Purchase DC: 10 + one-half the base purchase

DC of the starship.

Restriction: Military (+3).

GRAV-SHIELDED CREW STATIONS (PL 7)

A starship equipped with grav-shielded crew sta-

tions better protects its crew during combat, reduc-

ing the chance that the crew will be tossed around

during a fight. At any time that a crewmember –

BASIC INFORMATION

seated in a grav-shielded crew station – must make

a save to avoid being dazed, shaken, or stunned the

crewmember gains a +6 equipment bonus to the

check.

Note: Passenger compartments may also be

equipped with grav-shielded couches for the same

price as a grav-shielded crew station.

Purchase DC: 10 +3 per crew station.

BASIC INFORMATION

Originally in military service as the light frigate

Nexus-9b, the Celestial Defender was decommis-

sioned and sold as scrap during the early years of

the Gravity Age. Purchased by the rulers of Drexas

IV, an outer system world known primarily for its

status as an intergalactic junk yard, the frigate was

stripped down and rebuilt with the sole purpose of

patrolling the system’s shipping lanes, boarding

ships with questionable documentation and taking

and illegal cargo that such ships may carry.

Unfortunately for the people of Drexas IV, the

Celestial Defender’s first combat action ended in

near-defeat – the ship was unsuited to its intend-

ed role, the designers having short-changed their

clients during the rebuilding process. With 7 of the

ship’s 10 crew killed in the engagement, and the

Celestial Defender reduced to a smoking, failing

hulk, the people of Drexas IV found themselves in a

terrible situation.

Salvation came from an unexpected direction,

as the Black Hole Syndicate signed a contract with

Drexas IV. The criminal organization was given con-

trol of the ship, which they immediately repaired

and improved, and tasked with protecting the sys-

tem. Why the Syndicate entered into such an

unusual contract is unknown, but the people of

Drexas IV are just waiting for the dreaded day in

which the Syndicate’s true purpose in-system is

revealed.

While the Celestial Defender typically operates

alone, it isn’t at all uncommon for two or three

wings of ultralight fighters, all owned by the

Syndicate, to fly cover for the frigate. Recently the

Syndicate started construction of a small station

just on the edge of the Drexas IV system, adjacent

to the primary shipping lane.What the station is for

is unknown by all but the highest ranked members

of the Syndicate.

GAME STATISTICS

C ELESTIAL D EFENDER (PL 7)

Type: Ultralight

Subtype: Light Frigate

Defense: 7

Flat-footed Defense: 5

Autopilot Defense: 5

Hardness: 30

Hit Dice: 20d20 (400 hp)

Initiative Modifier: +4

Pilot’s Class Bonus: +3

Pilot’s Dex Modifier: +2

GAME STATISTICS

STANDARD PL 7 DESIGN SPECS:

Engines: Ion engine, thrusters

Armor: Vanadium

Defense Systems: Damage control system

(1d10), magnetic field, point-defense system, radi-

ation shielding,

Gunner ’s Attack Bonus: +2

Size: Colossal (–8 size)

Tactical Speed: 3,500 ft. (7 sq.)

Length: 180 feet

Weight: 900 tons

Targeting System Bonus: +3

Crew: 8 (trained +4)

Passenger Capacity: 24

Cargo Capacity: 30 tons

Grapple Modifier: +16

Base Purchase DC: 52

Restriction: Military (+3)

sensor jammer,

electro-gravitic

shields

Sensors: Dual-Purpose Sensor Package (Class

III sensor array and targeting system),

tactical

analysis computer

Communications:

Laser transceiver,

radio

transceiver

Weapons: 2 fire-linked heavy neutron guns

(range incr. 6,000 ft.), 2 fire-linked rail cannons

(range incr. 3,000 ft.), 1 CHE missile launcher (8

missiles)

Grappling Systems: Grapplers

Miscellaneous Systems:

Attack: 2 fire-linked heavy neutron guns –3

ranged (15d8) and 2 fire-linked rail cannons –8

ranged (9d12) and CHE missile –8 ranged

(6d12/19–20)

Attack of Opportunity: Point-defense system

+3 ranged (1d12x10)

Grav-Shield Crew

Stations

STARSHIP KEY

Unless noted otherwise in the descriptions

below, the following characteristics are common to

all areas in the Celestial Defender .

Doors: Doors within the starship are automatic

and open as soon as someone steps into a space

adjacent to the door. 2” thick steel, hardness 12; hp

30; AC 5; break DC 30.

Walls: The walls in the starship are dull gray in

color. 1 ft. thick steel walls, hardness 25; hp 200; AC

10.

the cockpit, fire control, and engineering stations

can be used to access the ship’s weapons.

Restrooms: The Celestial Defender’s designers

stripped out the two restrooms (originally located

in what are now the maintenance stations) and

replaced them with retractable facilities at each

crew station (a crewmember simply plugs his suit’s

umbilical attachment into a port in a chair – the

systems cleanse the suit’s small storage tanks

when the suit and chair are linked). There are no

shower facilities onboard the ship since it is intend-

ed solely for short (2-3 hour) flights. In the event of

a longer flight the crew can make use of chemical

refreshers mounted in the maintenance stations

but these are neither relaxing nor completely

effective (each is a scrubber device that emits a

cleansing alcohol substance that dries quickly

without need of towels or hot air). The Celestial

Defender is definitely not a luxury ship.

Computer Terminals: Each computer system

is tied into the starship’s central database and can

be used to transmit and receive messages,

research, watch vids (including those broadcast

from other ships or stations), and a number of

other non-essential duties. Only the computers in

the starship’s cockpit, tactical station, sensor con-

trol, and maintenance stations can be used to

access the ship’s sensors and only the computers in

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