🚀 Ship Building, Estari

🛠 Ship Builder

Ship Name

Frame

Ship Level

Power Core

Thrusters

Armor

Systems

Fuel Source

Add Weapon

Expansion Bays

Notes / Crew

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🔧 How the System Works

Ships in this system are level-scaled items built from components, each with their own item level and credit cost. The party's ship level advances alongside the party, at each level, the crew can upgrade or replace components using the standard Craft action (Tech Crafting feat, UPBs or credits).

Core Currency: Credits (cr): Ship components cost credits (equivalent to UPBs). Each ship level has a total build budget for a newly acquired ship. Upgrades use the standard crafting economy: pay half the new component's price, work down the rest over downtime days.

No Build Points

Replaced by credit costs at appropriate item levels.

PF2e Attack Rolls

Gunnery uses crew Ranged Attack + computer bonus vs ship AC.

Single AC Stat

One AC value (no separate TL). Tracking weapons use Evasion DC instead.

PF2e Skills

Crew roles use Crafting, Piloting, Computers, Diplomacy, and Ranged Attack.

📊 Ship Level & Credit Budget

The Ship Level equals the party's Average Party Level (APL). When a new ship is acquired at a given level, this is the total credits available to build it from scratch. Existing ships can be upgraded piecemeal using downtime crafting.

Level	Build Budget	Level	Build Budget	Level	Build Budget	Level	Build Budget
1	2,000 cr	6	25,000 cr	11	275,000 cr	16	3,000,000 cr
2	3,500 cr	7	42,000 cr	12	450,000 cr	17	4,800,000 cr
3	5,500 cr	8	65,000 cr	13	720,000 cr	18	7,700,000 cr
4	9,000 cr	9	100,000 cr	14	1,150,000 cr	19	12,500,000 cr
5	15,000 cr	10	165,000 cr	15	1,850,000 cr	20	20,000,000 cr

Components must be at or below the ship's current level. You can use underleveled components (cheaper, weaker) or save up for upgrades during downtime.

⚙ Building Step by Step

Determine Ship Level & Budget

Equal to APL. Consult the budget table. This is the total credits available for all components on a fresh build.

Choose a Frame

Defines size, base HP, weapon mount arcs, expansion bay slots, and min/max crew. Must be at or below ship level. Sets the PCU constraint.

Install a Power Core

Provides the PCU budget for all other systems. Total PCU consumed cannot exceed the core's output. Larger ships support multiple cores (each extra core uses one expansion bay slot).

Install Thrusters

Must match ship size. Sets combat Speed (hexes/round) and applies a circumstance modifier to Piloting checks. Costs PCU.

Install Defense Systems

Armor adds to AC (but reduces Reflex saves at high marks). Countermeasures raise the Evasion DC (vs tracking weapons). Shields provide a SP buffer that absorbs damage before HP and regenerates each round. A critical hit ignores that buffer entirely.

Mount Weapons

Each frame provides weapon mounts in fixed arcs. Turret mounts fire into any arc. Kinetic and energy weapons use Ranged Attack vs AC; tracking weapons lock on vs Evasion DC then auto-damage.

Install Support Systems

Computer (item bonus to crew skill checks, nodes = simultaneous crew), Sensors (range + modifier for Science Officer), Drift Engine (required for interstellar travel).

Fill Expansion Bays

Optional: cargo holds, hangar bays, medical bays, labs, workshops, escape pods, recreation suites, smuggler compartments, and more.

Security, Quarters, Finishing

Crew quarters (Common / Good / Luxurious), security systems, biometric locks, antipersonnel weapons, self-destruct.

📐 Ship Statistics (PF2e/SF2e)

Core Stat Formulas

Armor Class (AC)

10 + Ship Level + Size Mod + Armor Mark bonus

All attacks (energy, kinetic) roll vs this single AC value.

Evasion DC

10 + Ship Level + Size Mod + CM grade bonus

Tracking weapons must beat this on a lock-on roll before auto-hitting next phase.

Fortitude Save

+2 × Ship Level (base) + frame grade mod

Structural integrity. Used vs explosions, ramming, gravity hazards.

Reflex Save

Pilot's Piloting check − 10

Evasive maneuvers. The pilot makes the actual check; this is the resulting save modifier.

Hit Points (HP)

Frame base HP + (HP Increment × Ship Level)

Reduced by damage after shields are depleted, and by critical hits regardless of shields.

Critical Threshold (CT)

Max HP ÷ 5 (round down)

Every time HP loss reaches a multiple of CT, one system takes a critical hit effect.

Size Modifiers (applied to AC and Evasion DC)

Size	AC / Evasion Mod	Hardness	Notes
Tiny	+4	·	Fighters, interceptors, easy to hit, easy to evade
Small	+2	·	Shuttles, light freighters
Medium	+0	·	Explorers, transports, baseline
Large	–2	·	Destroyers, heavy freighters
Huge	–4	5	Bulk freighters, cruisers. Damage ≤ Hardness is ignored.
Garg.	–6	10	Carriers, battleships. Capital weapons available.
Colossal	–10	20	Dreadnoughts. Hardness applies before shields.

Hardness: Huge and larger ships have Hardness like a construct. Any attack dealing damage equal to or less than the Hardness value deals no HP damage (absorbed entirely). Hardness is applied after the attack hits but before shields absorb remaining damage.

Gunnery, Attack Roll Outcomes

Attack Roll: Gunner's Ranged Attack modifier + Computer tier item bonus. Multiple Attack Penalty applies (−5 second attack, −10 third). Targets the enemy ship's AC.

CRIT
S

Critical Success (exceed AC by 10+)

Damage is not doubled. Roll it as normal, then apply it past the shields, directly to HP, whatever the quadrant still holds. Hardness applies first, as always. Then apply the weapon's critical specialization effect (Kinetic: 1d6 persistent hull breach; Energy: persistent fire 1d6; Explosive: splash half-damage to adjacent shields).

Success (beat AC)

Full weapon damage. Reduce shields in the hit quadrant first; overflow reduces HP.

Failure (miss)

No damage. The shot goes wide.

CRIT
F

Critical Failure (miss by 10+)

No damage. If the weapon is Tracking type, the lock is lost and must be re-acquired.

🛸 Frames

HP formula: Base HP + (HP Increment × ship level). Frame item level = minimum ship level required to install it.

Frame	Size	Item Lvl	Cost	Base HP (Increment)	Agility	Weapon Mounts	Exp. Bays	Crew
Racer	Tiny	1	400	15 (+5)	Perfect (turn 0)	Fwd 1L, Aft 1L	0	1/1
Interceptor	Tiny	1	600	20 (+5)	Perfect (turn 0)	Fwd 2L	0	1/1
Fighter	Tiny	1	800	25 (+5)	Good (turn 1)	Fwd 2L (1 track.), Aft 1L	0	1/2
Shuttle	Small	2	700	25 (+6)	Perfect (turn 0)	Fwd 1L	3	1/4
Light Freighter	Small	3	1,500	30 (+8)	Good (turn 1)	Fwd 2L, Port 1L, Stbd 1L	3	1/6
Explorer	Medium	4	2,500	40 (+10)	Good (turn 1)	Fwd 1L, Port 1L, Stbd 1L, Turret 1L	4	1/6
Transport	Medium	5	4,000	55 (+12)	Average (turn 2)	Fwd 1H+1L, Aft 1L, Turret 2L	5	1/6
Destroyer	Large	7	10,000	100 (+18)	Average (turn 2)	Fwd 2H, Port 1L, Stbd 1L, Aft 1L, Turret 1L	4	6/20
Heavy Freighter	Large	7	12,000	90 (+18)	Average (turn 2)	Fwd 1H+2L, Port 1H, Stbd 1H	8	6/20
Bulk Freighter	Huge	9	25,000	120 (+24)	Poor (turn 3)	Fwd 1H, Aft 1H, Turret 2L	10	20/50
Cruiser	Huge	9	28,000	140 (+26)	Average (turn 2)	Fwd 1C, Port 1L, Stbd 1L, Turret 1H	6	20/100
Carrier	Garg.	12	110,000	180 (+36)	Poor (turn 3)	Fwd 1C, Port 3H, Stbd 3H, Turret 2L	10+	75/200
Battleship	Garg.	12	140,000	200 (+40)	Average (turn 2)	Fwd 1C+2H, Port 2H+1L, Stbd 2H+1L, Aft 1L, Turret 2H	8	100/300
Dreadnought	Colossal	15	500,000	300 (+55)	Clumsy (turn 4)	Fwd 2C+2H, Port 1C+3H, Stbd 1C+3H, Turret 4L	20	125/500

Agility / turn number: How many hexes the ship must move forward before it can turn. Perfect = 0, Good = 1, Average = 2, Poor = 3, Clumsy = 4. Each extra turn (from heavy armor) adds to this. The Pilot's Piloting check can temporarily improve agility once per round as a 2-action activity. Weapon Mount codes: L = Light · H = Heavy · C = Capital (Garg/Colossal only) · Turret = any arc.

⚡ Power Cores

Total PCU consumed by all installed systems cannot exceed the core's output. Each additional core beyond the first uses one expansion bay slot.

Core	Item Level	PCU Output	Compatible Sizes	Cost
Drifter	1	50	T	400
Coalwright	2	70	T	700
Hearthwright	3	80	T	1,100
Covenant Spark	3	90	T S	1,400
Covenant Ember	4	120	T S	2,200
Covenant Flare	5	140	T S	3,500
Covenant Arc	6	200	T S M	5,500
Covenant Surge	8	250	S M L	14,000
Covenant Cascade	9	300	S M L	22,000
Yalos Standard	7	150	M L H	8,500
Yalos Forgeheart	9	200	M L H	22,000
Yalos Forgeheart Prime	11	300	M L H	80,000
Greyvein Core	10	300	L H G	50,000
Greyvein Deep	13	400	L H G	200,000
Archon Worldheart	15	500	H G C	700,000

⛽ Fuel Sources

All ships require a fuel source to operate. The source determines which ship ranks it can support, how long it runs before requiring service or replacement, and what crew capabilities or resources are needed to maintain it. Seven classifications are recognized in the 9th Era, ordered below from most capable to least.

Rank ceiling: A fuel source's maximum rank is a hard cap, a ship cannot exceed that rank regardless of its other components. Running a higher-rank ship on a weaker source than its minimum imposes a −2 circumstance penalty to all Piloting and Engineering checks made aboard.

Tier 8

Sehar

6th Era

Rank RangeNo ceiling

DurationIndefinite

Known Units<40 confirmed

MaintenanceNone required

A velath housing containing a sehar sphere, a 6th Era eternal engine of unknown manufacture. The sehar outputs power without fuel, degradation, or measurable mechanism. No 9th Era engineer has reproduced one. Ships that carry a sehar are uncommon enough to be named in records. The Mechwright Covenant documents every confirmed sighting.

Cannot be purchased. Acquisition requires recovery, inheritance, or negotiation with a faction that controls one. The Deep Vault at Mourne holds three documented examples for study and does not sell access.

Tier 7

Starfire

Stellar Extraction

Rank Range9–17

Duration10–16 months

RequirementStellar containment housing

Cost620,000–1,200,000 cr

Raw plasma drawn directly from Sol through a licensed stellar extraction operation and sealed into purpose-built velath-lined containment housings rated for stellar temperatures. Output exceeds anything 9th Era engineering can otherwise produce. The containment is finite, three ships have been lost to housing failure in the current era. The Mechwright Covenant developed the extraction protocol and holds a monopoly on certified housing manufacture. Refueling requires return to a licensed extraction facility; standard ports cannot service starfire vessels.

Produces a continuous heat signature that cannot be masked, Stealth checks made aboard a starfire-powered ship take a −4 circumstance penalty. Cannot be operated within 2 AU of a populated orbital zone without Port Authority clearance. Containment breach: treat as a hull-level explosion affecting all quadrants simultaneously.

Tier 6

Resonance Stack

Yalos · 9th Era

Rank Range10–15

Duration18–24 months

RequirementArcane engineer

Cost340,000 cr+

The closest the 9th Era has come to reproducing 6th Era output. Engineered in the Deep Forge facilities on Yalos, a resonance stack amplifies and recycles arcane energy through layered crystal matrices. Each stack has a rated service life; the matrix degrades after sustained operation and must be replaced. Requires a crew member with the Arcane Spellcasting trait to calibrate the resonance cycle monthly.

Available through Yalos shipwright contracts or the secondary market. Export restrictions apply to rank 14+ stacks. The Mechwright Covenant is an authorized reseller for civilian applications.

Tier 5

Greyvein Lattice

Mourne · 9th Era

Rank Range7–11

Duration8–14 months

RequirementExport authorization

Cost85,000–180,000 cr

Greyvein is a mineral unique to Mourne that amplifies arcane throughput when structured into a lattice frame. The lattice draws on ambient magic and converts it through the greyvein to usable ship power. Output is steady and clean. Duration varies by lattice density and the ambient arcane saturation of the space the ship passes through, Mourne-adjacent routes run longer; low-magic void sectors deplete faster.

Export governed by Mourne's Archive Principal. Available through the Mechwright Covenant's trading offices on Solveth. Counterfeit greyvein lattices have been documented; the Covenant can authenticate on request.

Tier 4

Space Sail

Universal · 9th Era Standard

Rank Range4–10

DurationIndefinite (active)

RequirementArcane practitioner

Cost12,000–60,000 cr

The standard propulsion system for 9th Era vessels in the mid-range. A set of resonant sails captures and converts ambient arcane flux into thrust. The sails must be trimmed by a crew member with active arcane casting ability; the practitioner makes an Arcana check each day of travel to optimize efficiency. A ship with space sails but no qualified trimmer travels at half speed.

Escort-rated configurations appear in ship records as "space sails (escort)" or "twin space sails." The rating refers to sail count and surface area, not a separate fuel classification.

HOUSING

Velathi

6th Era · Component

Required ForSehar (Tier 8)

Known Units38 confirmed

AcquisitionRecovery / inheritance

Without VelathiRank cap 17, reduced output

A 6th Era arcane housing of unknown design, the only structure that can mount a sehar sphere and draw its full output. A sehar installed without a velathi housing is functional but constrained: rank ceiling drops to 17 and total power output is roughly half of a properly housed unit. No 9th Era craftwork has replicated the housing's interior geometry. Velathi are not manufactured; they are found.

The Mechwright Covenant's registry lists 38 confirmed velathi housings across known space. Twelve are currently paired with active sehar. Unhoused velathi are rarer than unhoused sehar; demand among collectors and faction agents is consistent.

Tier 3

Alchemical Burn

Universal · 9th Era

Rank Range3–7

DurationPer fuel load

RequirementFuel supply (no magic)

Fuel Cost400–1,200 cr/month

Chemical combustion engines using refined alchemical compounds, no magic required, no specialist crew beyond a basic Engineer. Fuel is purchased in port and consumed continuously. Supply disruption is the primary risk; alchemical burn ships are common in low-magic systems and among operators who mistrust arcane infrastructure. The engines are loud, hot, and reliable.

A ship can carry up to 6 months of fuel in cargo. Fuel is available at any major port. Running out leaves the ship adrift until resupplied.

Tier 2

Tide-Catch

Universal · Navigation

Rank Range2–5

DurationIndefinite (route-bound)

RequirementDriftborn charts

CostLow (chart licensing)

Void current navigation, the ship uses extended sail arrays to catch natural tidal flows between systems rather than generating its own thrust. Free to operate but completely dependent on current routes and the navigator's knowledge of them. A Driftborn pilot or current-surveyor chart is required; without one, the ship cannot use tide-catch propulsion at all. Journey times are unpredictable.

Cannot transit against a current or off established routes without switching to a secondary propulsion source. Common among Driftborn vessels and low-budget haulers on well-mapped trade lanes.

Tier 1

Spell Drive

Emergency · Baseline

Rank Range1–3

DurationPer spell slot

RequirementAny spellcaster

Cost3,000–9,000 cr (drive)

A direct-feed housing that accepts spell slots as fuel. Any spellcaster can power it by expending slots into the drive as a 2-action activity. One slot of any rank provides 6 hours of standard travel; rank 3 provides 1 day; rank 5 provides 3 days. The drive imposes no other requirements and functions as long as someone aboard has spells remaining.

The baseline of ship propulsion. Standard equipment recommendation for any long-transit vessel as a backup regardless of primary source.

🧭 Void Navigation

Base Transit Speed

Out-of-combat interworld travel is measured in rim-units per day. Transit speed derives directly from the ship's combat thruster speed: thruster speed (hex/round) × 0.2 = rim-units per day. Fuel type determines range and consumption, not raw speed.

Physics basis: 1 hex = 1 km, 1 round = 6 seconds; engines sustain only one-tenth of their combat rating over interworld transit → 1,440 km/day per point of thruster speed. Scale: 1 rim-unit = 7,200 km, so rim/day = thruster × 0.2.

Thruster (hex/round)	km/day	rim/day	+Void Lane	Solveth→The Mouth
Speed 4	5,760	0.8	1.2	~510 days
Speed 6	8,640	1.2	1.6	~340 days
Speed 8	11,520	1.6	2	~255 days
Speed 10	14,400	2	2.4	~204 days
Speed 12	17,280	2.4	2.8	~170 days
Speed 14	20,160	2.8	3.2	~146 days

Fadali and Yalos share Rim 4 in synchronous orbit, always on opposite sides of the Fragment. Direct crossing is non-standard; most traffic routes through Mourne (Rim 11) rather than attempting the orbital arc.

Void Engines

A void engine does not raise the ship's speed. It steps the hull into the Void, which is compressed space, so the same thruster covers the same rim-units across less real distance. Speed stays a property of the thruster; distance becomes a property of the engine. Effective distance is the true separation divided by the engine's distance divisor, and travel days follow from that at the hull's ordinary rim/day.

A hull with no void engine divides by 1 and crosses the true orbital separation, which is why an undriven ship lives or dies by the trade season. Engines do nothing in combat; hex/round speed is set by the thruster alone. Drift engines carry void exposure per day spent inside the Void, and it falls as rating rises. A cheap engine is not merely slow, it is dangerous. Rift engines tear an opening rather than entering, so they carry none.

Void Lanes

The Coldwalk maintains Void Lanes: surveyed, cleared, and periodically patrolled corridors between the major worlds. Travel on an established Lane adds +0.4 rim-units per day to base transit speed. The Coldwalk does not charge transit fees on its primary Lanes, but passage is recorded.

Eight primary Lanes are active in the 9th Era:

Yalos ↔ Solveth (Rim 4–71)
Solveth ↔ Gadar (Rim 71–34, inward arc)
Solveth ↔ Tafe (Rim 71–19, inward arc)
Tafe ↔ Mourne (Rim 19–11)
Gadar ↔ Caruun's Wake (Rim 34–88)
Caruun's Wake ↔ Disilix (Rim 88–113)
Fadali ↔ Orthuun (Rim 4–47, orbital offset route)
Disilix ↔ Threnull (Rim 113–138)

Travel to The Mouth (Rim 489) and Ulveroth (Rim 155) has no maintained Lane. Ships travelling those routes navigate independently and do not receive the speed bonus.

Fuel Range & Consumption

Starfire is a condensed liquid plasma, finite and consumed during transit. Burn rate scales with thruster speed: 1 unit/day at thruster speed 4–6, 1.5 units/day at speed 8–10, and 2 units/day at speed 12–14. A standard Starfire tank holds 90 units, giving roughly 90, 60, or 45 days of travel at those speeds respectively. Resupply is available only through the Keepers of the Light's licensed channels or documented secondary stockpiles.

Starfire's advantage is power density: it supports sustained high-output operation that non-Starfire fuels cannot match at equivalent thruster speeds, even accounting for its finite supply.

Other fuel source practical ranges:

Resonance Stack / Greyvein Lattice: Indefinite on inner routes (Rim 4–138). Deep void sectors (beyond Rim 155) deplete faster; add 20% to consumption per 50 rim-units past Rim 155.
Space Sail: Indefinite range but dependent on ambient arcane flux. Void sectors beyond Rim 200 drop speed to half unless a trimmer makes DC 25 Arcana daily.
Alchemical Burn: Requires resupply every 30 days regardless of rank.
Spell Drive / Tide-Catch: Unsuitable beyond Rim 150 without secondary propulsion.

🔥 Thrusters

Thrusters must match ship size. Speed = hexes per round in combat. The Piloting Mod is a circumstance bonus or penalty applied to the Pilot's Piloting checks.

Size	Thruster	Item Lvl	Speed	Piloting Mod	PCU	Cost
Tiny	T6	1	6	+1	20	300
	T8	2	8	·	25	550
	T10	3	10	·	30	850
	T14	5	14	–2	40	2,000
Small	S6	2	6	+1	30	500
	S8	3	8	·	40	900
	S10	5	10	·	50	2,000
Medium	M4	2	4	+2	40	600
	M6	3	6	+1	50	1,000
	M10	6	10	·	70	3,500
	M12	8	12	–1	80	9,500
Large	L4	4	4	+2	60	2,000
	L6	6	6	+1	80	5,500
	L10	9	10	·	120	25,000
Huge	H6	8	6	+1	120	14,000
Huge	H8	11	8	·	140	70,000
Garg.	G4	10	4	+2	120	42,000
Garg.	G6	12	6	+1	180	130,000
Colossal	C4	13	4	+2	200	270,000
Colossal	C6	15	6	+1	300	750,000

🛡 Armor & Countermeasures

Armor adds to AC. Cost shown is for a Medium ship, multiply by the size factor (Small ×2, Large ×4, Huge ×8, Garg ×16, Colossal ×32). High marks impose a penalty to Reflex saves and may increase Agility turn number.

Mark	Lvl	+AC	Penalty	Cost (Med)
Mk 1	1	+1	·	500
Mk 2	2	+2	·	1,000
Mk 3	3	+3	·	2,000
Mk 5	5	+5	–1 Reflex	5,500
Mk 7	8	+7	–1 Reflex	18,000
Mk 9	10	+9	–2 Reflex, +1 turn	45,000
Mk 12	14	+12	–3 Reflex, +2 turn	160,000
Mk 15	17	+15	–4 Reflex, +3 turn	550,000

Countermeasures add to Evasion DC (vs tracking weapons). Cost is for Medium; same size multiplier applies.

Mark	Lvl	+Evasion DC	PCU	Cost (Med)
Mk 1	1	+1	1	200
Mk 3	3	+3	2	600
Mk 5	5	+5	4	1,800
Mk 7	8	+7	7	9,000
Mk 10	12	+10	13	70,000
Mk 15	17	+15	45	500,000

🔮 Shields

Shields distribute SP across four quadrants (Forward, Port, Starboard, Aft). Damage hits the struck quadrant's shields first; overflow reduces HP. SP regenerates at the start of each round.

Shield	Lvl	Total SP	Regen/Rd	PCU	Cost
Basic 10	1	10	1	5	300
Basic 30	3	30	1	15	900
Light 50	4	50	2	20	1,800
Light 80	6	80	2	30	5,500
Medium 100	7	100	4	30	9,000
Medium 160	9	160	8	45	25,000
Heavy 280	11	280	16	60	80,000
Heavy 480	14	480	32	110	300,000
Superior 600	17	600	64	160	900,000

The Engineer can use a 2-action activity (Divert Power) to immediately restore 2× normal regen to one shield quadrant. Spending 3 actions can rebalance SP across all quadrants evenly.

🔫 Weapons

Ship weapons are items with their own levels. Light weapons fit any ship. Heavy weapons require Large or larger frames. Capital weapons require Gargantuan or larger. Weapon damage scales with item level.

Attack Roll: Gunner's Ranged Attack modifier + computer tier item bonus (from the installed computer system).
Tracking Lock-On Roll: Computers modifier + computer tier bonus vs target's Evasion DC. On success, the weapon auto-hits at the start of the next round for full damage. On critical success it hits immediately and crits on the attack.

Light Weapons

Weapon	Type	Item Lvl	Damage	Range	PCU	Cost	Special
Light Laser Cannon	Energy	1	1d6+1	5 hex	5	250	·
Coilgun	Kinetic	2	2d4+2	6 hex	10	500	·
Gyrolaser	Energy	3	1d6+4	Broad Arc	10	700	Broad Arc
Micromissile Battery	Tracking	3	2d6+2	8 hex	10	800	Array, Limited 5
Light Torpedo Launcher	Tracking	4	3d6+3	8 hex	5	1,400	Limited 5
Light Plasma Cannon	Energy	5	4d6+2	5 hex	10	2,800	·
HE Missile Launcher	Tracking	6	4d8+4	8 hex	10	4,000	Limited 5
Chain Cannon	Kinetic	7	5d6+5	5 hex	15	6,500	Ripper (bleed crit)
Light Particle Beam	Energy	8	5d8+4	6 hex	10	11,000	·
Nuclear Missile Launcher	Tracking	9	6d8+5	10 hex	10	18,000	Irradiate (low), Ltd 5

Heavy Weapons, Large+ Ships

Weapon	Type	Item Lvl	Damage	Range	PCU	Cost	Special
Heavy Laser Cannon	Energy	5	4d8+4	6 hex	10	3,500	·
Railgun	Kinetic	6	5d8+5	8 hex	20	5,500	·
Particle Beam	Energy	8	7d10+5	6 hex	25	12,000	·
Plasma Cannon	Energy	9	8d10+6	5 hex	30	20,000	·
Twin Laser	Energy	10	9d8+6	6 hex	15	32,000	·
Heavy Torpedo Launcher	Tracking	10	9d8+6	10 hex	10	30,000	Limited 5
Graser	Energy	12	11d10+8	6 hex	40	90,000	Irradiate (medium)
Persistent Particle Beam	Energy	13	13d10+8	5 hex	40	150,000	·
Heavy Antimatter Launcher	Tracking	14	14d10+9	10 hex	15	220,000	Limited 5

Capital Weapons, Gargantuan+ Ships Only

Weapon	Type	Item Lvl	Damage	Range	PCU	Cost	Special
Mass Driver	Kinetic	10	10d12+8	8 hex	25	55,000	·
Particle Beam Cannon	Energy	12	13d12+10	7 hex	30	140,000	·
Super Plasma Cannon	Energy	14	16d12+12	6 hex	45	430,000	·
Antimatter Mega-Missile	Tracking	15	18d12+13	12 hex	15	650,000	Limited 5
Supergraser	Energy	16	20d12+14	7 hex	50	1,200,000	Irradiate (high)
Vortex Cannon	Energy	18	25d12+16	5 hex	55	4,500,000	Vortex

Broad Arc: Fires into all arcs simultaneously. Limited: Can fire that many times per combat before reloading. Array: Fires in a broad cone, may hit multiple targets. Irradiate: Persistent radiation inside the hull on crit. Vortex: Pulls struck ship one hex per round. Ripper: On crit, deals ongoing hull damage (persistent bleed effect).

💻 Computers & Sensors

Computers provide an item bonus to all crew skill checks (Engineering/Crafting for repairs, Computers for Science Officer, Diplomacy/Intimidation for Captain). Nodes = number of different crew members that can benefit simultaneously per round.

Computer	Lvl	Item Bonus	Nodes	PCU	Cost
Mk 1 Mononode	1	+1	1	10	150
Mk 1 Tetranode	1	+1	4	10	600
Mk 2 Duonode	4	+2	2	15	2,000
Mk 3 Mononode	5	+3	1	20	2,500
Mk 5 Mononode	9	+5	1	30	16,000
Mk 7 Mononode	12	+7	1	40	90,000
Mk 10 Duonode	16	+10	2	55	900,000

Sensors determine the Science Officer's range and check modifier for scanning, jamming, and identifying targets.

Sensor	Lvl	Range	Bonus	Cost
Budget Short-range	1	Short	+0	250
Basic Short-range	2	Short	+2	500
Advanced Short-range	4	Short	+4	1,200
Basic Medium-range	5	Medium	+2	1,800
Advanced Medium-range	7	Medium	+4	5,000
Basic Long-range	9	Long	+2	12,000
Advanced Long-range	11	Long	+4	40,000

🌀 Void Engines & Expansion Bays

Required for interstellar travel. A void engine does not make the ship faster. It makes the crossing shorter, dividing the real distance by the engine's rating. Cost = base cost × size (T=1, S=2, M=3, L=4, H=5, G=6, C=7).

Expansion Bays (select options)

Bay	PCU	Cost
Arcane Laboratory	1	200
Cargo Hold	0	free
Escape Pods	2	150
Hangar Bay	30	5,000
Medical Bay	4	3,500
Power Core Housing	0	4,000
Science Lab	2	300
Shuttle Bay	10	1,500
Smuggler Compartment	4	700
Synthesis Bay	2	400
Tech Workshop	3	500
Recreation Suite	1–3	200–500

👥 Crew Roles (PF2e/SF2e Skills)

Each crew role uses a specific PF2e skill (or attack roll) during starship combat. The computer's item bonus applies to skill checks for crew members with a node available.

🎯 Gunner

Ranged Attack roll + computer tier item bonus vs enemy AC.

Not a skill. Uses the character's ranged attack modifier (Level + DEX + proficiency rank). MAP (–5/–10) applies for multiple shots. One active gunner per weapon mount per round.

🚀 Pilot

Piloting (DEX) + thruster circumstance bonus.

Determines initiative order. 2-action maneuver activity can improve agility by 1 step for one round (e.g., Average → Good). Pilot's check result − 10 becomes the ship's Reflex save modifier.

⚙ Engineer

Crafting (INT) + computer item bonus.

Repair systems (2 actions, Crafting check vs DC = 10 + damage taken), divert power to shields (2 actions, restore 2× regen to one quadrant), or rebalance shields (3 actions). Also uses Crafting for all downtime ship repairs.

🔬 Science Officer

Computers (INT) + sensor grade bonus + computer item bonus.

Scan target ships (Recall Knowledge), attempt ECM (electronic countermeasures vs Computers DC), and perform the Targeting Lock action to assist gunners (+1 to hit on next attack). Lock-on roll for tracking weapons.

👑 Captain

Diplomacy, Intimidation, or Deception (CHA)

Inspire the crew (grant a crew member a +1 circumstance bonus to their next check), demoralize the enemy captain (impose –1 on one enemy crew check), or feint (force enemy pilot to forfeit their maneuver action on a success).

✦ Magic Officer

Arcana / Occultism / Religion / Nature (INT/WIS)

Operates arcane or divine ship systems (Arcane Laboratory expansion bay, ritual weapon arrays, ward-anchor systems). Can Recall Knowledge about enemy ships using magical senses. Required only on ships with arcane components.

🎬 SF2e Cinematic Combat Integration

The stats on this page fully integrate with SF2e Cinematic Starship Combat: the current published system. For Cinematic encounters, the GM uses the ship's AC, HP, shields, saves, and crew bonuses from the components above. The crew uses their PF2e-standard 3-action turns.

Initiative

Pilot rolls Piloting (+ thruster mod). All other crew use this result.

Actions per Turn

Each crew member gets 3 actions. Most ship actions cost 2 actions, leaving 1 for personal activities.

Disable, Not Destroy

Ship HP reaching 0 disables it. Crew survival is handled narratively (escape pods, crash landing).

No Range Increments

Distance is assumed to be several hundred feet in cinematic mode unless the pilot changes it.