Thousand Suns Starships -- Chapter 2 Cheat Sheet

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CHAPTER TWO:OPERATIONS CHEAT SHEET

TRAVEL FORMULAS

The following formulas can be used to determine distance traveled, theamount of time it took to travel that distance or the acceleration used tocover that distance in that amount of time if two of the three variables areknown.

D=distance (in meters)T= time (in seconds)A=acceleration (in meters/second/second)

D=AT2/4

T=2(D/A)A=4D/T2


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SYSTEM SCALE SENSOR RANGES

The ranges listed below are for detecting a ship-sized object and aresuggestions only.

Sensor/Application Range

Passive EM/detect 3 light hours

Passive EM/identify 2 light seconds

Radar or ladar/detect 8 light seconds

Radar/identify 4 light seconds

Ladar/identify 5 light seconds

Mass detector 3 light seconds

Mass detector/ID drive signature 5 light seconds

Quantum trap 1 light hour

RANGE MODIFIERSShortMediumLong

0-2-4


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DETECTING ACTIVE SENSORS

ACTIVE SENSOR MEANS OF DETECTION

Radar Military grade passive EM sensor, radar, EM smartjammer

Ladar Passive EM sensor, EM smart jammer

SENSOR VS.SMARTJAMMER

Radar/Ladar Jammer Result(s)

Fail Fail Ship is undetected/contact with ship is lost

Pass Fail Ship is detected/contact with ship ismaintained

Pass Pass Winner is the one with the most degrees of success; tie goes to the defender

Fail Pass Ship is undetected/contact with ship is lost/false information provided

STARSHIP CREW BREAKDOWNS*

Category Command Operations Engineering Gunnery

Ultralight 20 - 25% 10 - 25% 35 - 50% 10 - 20%

Light 20% 15 - 20% 40 - 50% 10 - 15%Medium 10% 20% 55% 15%

Heavy+ 5% 25% 60% 10%

* The information shown applies equally to military and civilian ships. Crew which are responsible for the wellbeing of passengers are considered part of the operations division.


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RANDOM SYSTEM SELECTION

1: Life support

2: Power plant3: Gravity drive

4: D-Drive

5: Central information system

6: Weapons

7: Communications

8: Sensors/electronic warfare

9 12: General maintenance*

* General maintenance is a catch term all for any problem that doesnt fall into one of the other categories.


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SITUATIONAL MODIFIERS FOR SHIPBOARD WEAPONS

Situation Modifier

Ship and target both in

atmosphere, all weapons

None

Ship in orbit, target inatmosphere, projectile weapon

-3 (See notes below)

Ship in orbit, target inatmosphere, energy weapon

-2

Ship in orbit, target inatmosphere, missile

None

Ship on surface, target in orbit,projectile weapon

Not allowed

Ship on surface, target in orbit,energy weapon

-2

Ship on surface, target in orbit,missile

-1

Planet has thin atmosphere +2

Planet has hazardous atmosphere -2 (or GMs call)

Notes:

1. Projectile weapons include gauss guns, mass cannon, needle drivers, rail cannon; munitions dropped from

orbit are included in this category.

2. Smart munitions dropped from orbit use a TN-1 modifier instead of the -3 listed in the table.

3. Ignore modifiers when dealing with a planet with no atmosphere.


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EQUIPMENT

Type Cost

Body Bag, standard 800$Body Bag, large 1000$

Cutting charge 100$/AV 5 of ship armor (round down)/meter

Cutting charge detonator 10$

Cutting torch 5000$

Fire extinguisher 400$

Portable airlock 1000$

Reentry pack, basic 1000$

Reentry pack, sport 2000$

Reentry pack, military 3500$

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