Sci-Fi Ship System

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FTL Systems

FTL Drive Systems

Jump

Jump drive sends the ship to its destination by seemingly jumping the ship from its origin to its destination through the creation of a warped space bubble around the ship and then launching the bubble (and the ship) to the destination. While it is similar to Spin and Slip drive in how it accomplishes this it is fundamentally different in how the arrival, travel and departure appear to others in the vicinity.

Ships that are Jumping can only attack other ships that are jumping (though can use FTL Countermeasures as normal).

Jumping ships cannot as easily change their target destination (without suffering damage to their Jump drive).

Slip

Slip drive propels itself across space by emitting a special field that allows the ship to slip along creases in the fabric of reality and to manipulate those creases to go where they desire.

Tunnel

Tunnel drive bores into subspace and travels through subspace to its destination allowing it to arrive in advance of light. As a result a ship travelling using tunnel drive may not be attacked through conventional means. They also may not attack other ships as well.

Spin

Spin drive rotates around (or in a significant portion) of the ship when active to form and maintain a warped region of space around the ship allowing it to reach FTL speeds. Some more primitive Spin drive ships instead spin around a smaller, static portion of the ship.

Crush

A FTL drive system is propelled by drawing in the fabric of reality ahead of the ship, crushing it in the main drive system and expelling it as propellant to the aft.

It is the newest, most experimental drive system. It is also the most potentially dangerous as a result. The main key advantages are its ability to be used as an alternate sub-light drive system, its slight speed advantage and the fact that it also doubles as a Navigational Deflector system when in operation.

FTL Countermeasures

All FTL Countermeasures can only be used while the applicable drive system is not engaged on the attacking ship.

Anti-Departure Countermeasures

Anti-Departure Countermeasures delay a ship$apos;s ability to engage its FTL drive system to depart.

• Jump Mines
  • Mines that disrupt the formation of the Jump Warped-Space Bubble.
  • The Mines can be destroyed or the area exited at Sub-light to evade. They usually also eventually lose power and fail.
• Jump Disruptors
  • Disruptor blasts fired at a Jump Drive ship that disrupt the ship's ability to form the Jump Warped-Space Bubble.
  • The effect dissipates over time.
• Slip "Anchor" Pods
  • Pods that anchor a Slip Drive ship to its location by forming rigid creases blocking travel by slip drive.
  • The pods can be destroyed or the area exited at Sub-light to evade. They usually also eventually lose power and fail.
• Slip "Glue" Burst
• A Burst of energy that inhibits the ability of the Slip drive to build its main control field temporarily.
• The effect dissipates over time.
• Tunnel "Flood" Field Emitters
  • Small energy field emitters that strengthen the barrier between subspace and normal space.
  • The pods can be destroyed or the area exited at Sub-light to evade. They usually also eventually lose power and fail.
  • They also act as Anti-Arrival FTL Countermeasures.

Slowing Countermeasures

Slowing Countermeasures slow down the target ship.

• Slip "Sand" Burst Disruptors
  • Disruptor blasts that burst against the Creases in space, rendering them rougher and therefore harder to travel along.
• Tunnel "Quake" Disruptors
  • Disruptors that shake the barrier between subspace and normal space, causing dangerous turbulence for Tunneling ships
• Spin Coolant Mines
  • Mines that, when detonated, create a smoothing effect that causes the Spin drive to slow by deforming its Warped-Space Bubble
• Crush "Grit" Pods
  • Pods that are consumed by the Crush drive and temporarily decrease its efficiency.

Drop-Down Countermeasures

Drop Down Countermeasures force a ship to disengage their FTL Drive. They also tend to shock the FTL drive system so that immediate re-engagement is not viable.

• Jump Termination Burst Disruptors (Jump Wall)
  • Disruptor blasts that burst against Jump Warped-Space Bubbles causing them to slow and quickly fail. If Jump Drive is not safely disengaged in time then the ship may be destroyed.
• Tunnel "Excavator" Bombs
  • Bombs that rip open subspace and force the Tunneling ship to exit and stop.

Anti-Arrival Countermeasures

Anti-Arrival Countermeasures inhibit a ship's ability to disengage their FTL Drive.

• Counter-Spin Field Generator
  • A large pod that generates a strong field that interferes with engaged Spin drive's ability to reduce its speed. It visibly creates glowing, spinning bands of plasma around the pod.
  • The generator can be destroyed. It usually also eventually loses power and fails.
• Crush "Cream" Burst Pods
  • Pods that are triggered by the warping of space caused by the Crush drive and effectively lubricate it to force the Crush drive to not be able to slow.
  • The pods can be destroyed. They usually also eventually lose containment and burst without proper cause.

FTL Weapons

FTL Weapons can only be used against ships that are not tunneling. They also can only be used by ships that are travelling by slipping, spinning or crushing. Jumping ships can only use them against other jumping ships.

Reduced Wave Particulate Laser

A special kind of energy weapon that can be used whilst travelling in the Warped-Space Bubbles and other environments most FTL Drive systems use.

Phased Flak Mines

Mines that are able to phase into the Warped-Space Bubbles and other environments most FTL Drive systems use in order to deliver their payload.

Sub-light Weapons and Defensive Systems

Weapons

Simple Projectiles, Conventional Missiles, Advanced Torpedoes, Mines & Bombs

These all damage the target by impacting with the target or detonating near the target. The projectiles, missiles and torpedoes travel faster than the launching ship (able to strike targets ahead of the ship) while the mines and bombs are passively dropped. Projectiles head towards the targeted location along a pre-set path. Missiles and torpedoes both are able to dodge some counter attacks and follow their targets. Torpedoes deliver heavier payloads and are better able to pierce the defenses of some ships.

Unless re-targetted all such weapons will travel off the map should their target be destroyed. They will continue along their previous flight path.

Re-targetting Conventional Missiles and Advanced Torpedoes

If a ship is equipped with a $quot;Re-targetting Antennae Array$quot; then they may attempt to re-target one of their own launched and not yet detonated Missiles or Torpedoes. If the ship does not also have the $quot;Secure Re-targetting Protocols$quot; gift then their re-targetting can potentially be blocked by hostile parties.

To block an attempted re-targetting then the two players perform an opposed Processing roll. If the blocking player ties the roll then the re-targetting fails and the weapon's course is unaffected. If the blocking player wins the roll then the weapon in question detonates immediately and potentially damaging an adjacent ship as though it were a Mine.

Lasers and Phased Particulate Lasers

Lasers and Phased Particulate Lasers are both beam based energy weapons that dissipate over extreme distances but once a target lock is achieved are virtually impossible to dodge. Phased particulate lasers are better able to damage ships hulls and pierce advanced shielding.

Matter Disruptors

Matter Disruptors are short blast based energy weapons. They shred objects by working to disrupt the fundamental bonds holding it together. They can be very dangerous but are less able to bypass energy shielding and travel slightly slower than Lasers and Phased Particulate Lasers.

Defensive Systems

Armoured Hull

Simple and plain. Not very effective against Matter Disruptors and will need repairs from damage regularly.

Energized Hull

More effective than simply an Armoured hull against energy weapons.

Near-Frame Deflectors

Projected energy based force fields that deflect objects and blasts near the hull of the ship. Cheaper to operate while also provided a smaller buffer between any explosions and the hull itself.

Deflector Bubble

Projected energy based force fields that deflect objects and blasts at a greater range from the ship.

Projectile Countermeasures

Devices that either launch from the ship to fool and mislead guidance systems. They may also prove effective against simple projectiles by providing obstacles for the projectiles to impact with that are not the ship.

Guidance Jammers

More sophisticated guidance jamming systems to send missiles and some torpedoes off course.

Communication Systems

Sensors / Scanners

Standard Active Sensors

Sensors that scan the local area actively. The use of active sensors is easy to spot and can help others to pinpoint the location of the scanning ship.

Standard Passive Sensors

Lower power and accuracy sensors for scanning the local area. The use of these sensors does not generally bring attention to the scanning ship.

Long Range Sensors

Sensors able to peer well beyond the nearest star system and gather information from afar. Using the sensors makes one visible to any monitoring for that sort of activity.

The use of active sensors such as these is easy to spot and can help others to pinpoint the location of the scanning ship.

Internal Sensors

Sensors used to check the interior of the ship more easily than visual inspection or the use of handheld sensor sweeps by crewmembers.

Subspace Sensors

Sensors that pierce the barrier through to subspace to allow for easier scanning of subspace for various anomalies, easier detection of tunneling ships, attempted tracking of subspace radio transmitters and receivers or other events and entities in subspace.

Trans-phasic Sensors

Advanced sensors that facilitate the study of exotic locales or objects and can make it easier to spot cloaked ships.

Specialized Sensor Probes

Probes launched from the ship that carry specialized sensors for pre-selected purposes. They are able to enter into more dangerous areas and bring a more specialized approach to the scanning of events and entities.

Other Systems

Life Support

Maintains the living conditions on board the ship so that crew may move about without need of pressurized space suits.

Navigational Deflector

Mandatory system for any ship to engage in FTL travel or even fast Sub-light travel. It deflects small particulates and objects away from the ship to protect it and its crew.

Mechanical Grappling System

Simple mechanical system for attempting to tractor another ship. Attacks the ship as though it is as a projectile (without causing damage).

Tractor Beam

An advanced energy based system for attempting to tractor another ship. Attacks the ship as though it is a Phased Particulate Laser (without causing damage).

Teleporters

Quick and easy way to transport personnel and materials to and from the ship. Maximal range is within standard orbital distance from a Earth-like planet. Active Deflector Shields and engages FTL drive block teleporters.

Cloaking Device

Makes the ship invisible to the naked eye and most primitive sensor systems. May be pierced by focussed near-field scanning with "Long Range Scanners" and other techniques. Consumes too much power to allow weapons targeting systems and energized defensive systems to function. Also cannot be used when FTL drive is engaged.

Ship's Armouries

Facilities stocked with weapons and other arms for use by personnel. If they are not present then personnel will have to provide/bring their own weapons. Armouries are equipped differently depending on their rank.