Game Rules

[LordSunhawk]

Advanced Maneuvering stores extra engine energy in order to improve agility.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
7	(AM1)	10% E	--	+1 Agility
11	(AM2)	15% E	--	+2 Agility
15k	(AM3)	20% E	--	+3 Agility
19	(AM4)	24% E	--	+4 Agility
23k	(AM5)	28% E	--	+5 Agility
27	(AM6)	32% E	--	+6 Agility
31k	(AM7)	34% E	--	+7 Agility
35	(AM8)	38% E	--	+8 Agility
39k	(AM9)	42% E	--	+9 Agility
43k	(AM10)	46% E	--	+10 Agility
47k	(AM11)	50% E	--	+11 Agility

 

[LordSunhawk]

The Inertia Capacitor (CAP) provides +1 Agility to ships, stacking with all other agility boosting effects.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
14hk	(CAP1)	30/HS	10% E
19	(CAP2)	55/HS	6.66% E
25k	(CAP3)	125/HS	3.33% E

 

[LordSunhawk]

The drive-field stabilizer is a device that smooths out the power input and feedback to/from a military drive-field. By placing less stress on the engines, they are, as a group, better able to safely maintain a higher cruising speed.

NOTE – DFS and It CAN operate at the same time, any unit that suffers an engine burnout also burns out the DFS, Safe Cruise speed may never exceed maximum speed

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
6	(DFS1)	30	33% E	+1 Safe Cruise
10	(DFS2)	40	28% E	+1 Safe Cruise
15k	(DFS3)	50	33% E	+1.5 Safe Cruise
20	(DFS4)	60	28% E	+1.5 Safe Cruise
25k	(DFS5)	70	33% E	+2 Safe Cruise
30	(DFS6)	80	28% E	+2 Safe Cruise
35k	(DFS7)	90	33% E	+2.5 Safe Cruise
40	(DFS8)	100	28% E	+2.5 Safe Cruise
45k	(DFS9)	110	33% E	+3 Safe Cruise
50	(DFS10)	120	28% E	+3 Safe Cruise

 

[LordSunhawk]

Engine Tuners are a brute force method of increasing speed, at the cost of increased radiation that kills crews after a short period. Engine Tuners may only operate ONCE per encounter, and each usage has a 10% chance to cause a -5% Global Combat Modifier due to loss of personnel and reduced morale.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
9	(It1)	40	40% E	+1 Speed
12	(It2)	60	25% E	+1 Speed
18k	(It3)	100	50% E	+2 Speed
24	(It4)	150	30% E	+2 Speed
30	(It5)	180	70% E	+3 Speed
36	(It6)	240	40% E	+3 Speed
42k	(It7)	280	100% E	+4 Speed
48	(It8)	420	60% E	+4 Speed

 

[LordSunhawk]

Stealth Tuners are one method for stealth. For each effective Combat Sensor SL below the Stealth Tuner SL there is a cumulative 20% chance to remain undetected until firing weapons. Stealth is regained 1 combat round after losing it. For each engagement range bracket closer than Pre-Engagement there is a cumulative +1 bonus to effective Combat Sensor SL. Capital Sensors have a +3 bonus to effective Combat Sensor SL. Recon Drones provide a +1 bonus to effective Combat Sensor SL. St cannot be combined with any other form of stealth. St cannot be activated simultaneously with any other form of tuner (It, DFS) or while de-tuning drives. St cannot be used on any form of small craft, including drones and fighters.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
5hk	(St1)	50 per HS	ERx1	-1 Effective Combat Sensor SL, only functions at pre-engagement range
10	(St2)	60 per HS	ERx1.5	-1 Effective Combat Sensor SL, only functions at LRW or pre-engagement range
16hk	(St3)	75 per HS	ERx2	-2 Effective Combat Sensor SL, only functions at LRW or pre-engagement range
22	(St4)	100 per HS	ERx2.5	-3 Effective Combat Sensor SL, only functions at LRW or pre-engagement range
30hk	(St5)	135 per HS	ERx3	-3 Effective Combat Sensor SL, works at all ranges
40	(St6)	175 per HS	ERx3.5	-4 Effective Combat Sensor SL, works at all ranges
50	(St7)	250 per HS	ERx4	-5 Effective Combat Sensor SL, works at all ranges

 

[LordSunhawk]

Boosters appear at SL 14 in the Regular Missile, Torpedo, and Kinetic trees and allows them to function as both LRW and SRW weapons. Boosters are an Empire wide software upgrade and cost a flat 400 MC to develop (special) once available. Boosters allow 50% of the LRW rating of a ship to be applied to SRW rating.

Spoiler: Saved for Future Use, not implemented

HARM Guidance appears at SL17 in the Regular Missile and Torpedo trees. HARM Guidance specifically permits LRW weapons to target units making use of datalink jammers (JAM). Units possessing HARM guidance kits on Regular Missile or Torpedo weapons will prioritize targeting units making use of JAM. HARM Guidance is an empire wide software upgrade and cost a flat 400 MC to develop (special) once available.

 

[LordSunhawk]

HAWK (Homing All the Way Killer) allows any missile or torpedo system to be guided into the launching units blindspot by a datalinked group member that can see the enemy in the blindspot. HAWK increases datalinked vessels LRW and SRW ratings as noted in the table. HAWK is an empire wide software upgrade, development cost is 100 MC per generation of HAWK (special). HAWK cannot be applied to Kinetic.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
9(h)	HAWK1	---	---	+5%
18	HAWK2	---	---	+10%
27	HAWK3	---	---	+15%
36	HAWK4	---	---	+20%

 

[LordSunhawk]

LRW Engine Modulation boosts LRW versus point defense, permitting more of a given LRW volley to get through. Each generation of LRW EM gives a cumulative -5% penalty to enemy vessels Active Defense at LRW ranges. Kinetic weapons are at -2 generation of LRW EM due to the static nature of their drive fields. LRM EW is an empire wide software upgrade, development cost is 100 MC per generation of LRM EM (special).

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
9	LRW EM1	---	---	Requires EMS1, D1 and SL 9 in any LRW
16	LRW EM2	---	---	Requires EMS2, D2, and SL 16 in any LRW
21	LRW EM3	---	---	Requires EMS3, D2, and SL 21 in any LRW
27	LRW EM4	---	---	Requires EMS3, D2, and SL 27 in any LRW
33	LRW EM5	---	---	Requires EMS3, D2, and SL 33 in any LRW
39	LRW EM6	---	---	Requires EMS3, D2, and SL 39 in any LRW
45	LRW EM7	---	---	Requires EMS3, D2, and SL 45 in any LRW

 

[LordSunhawk]

Armor is not just metal plating, but a system of internal dampeners, absorbers, and outer hull strengthening. Internally armor can be placed anywhere, and represents bulkheads that are designed to contain damage between sections.

Armor must be placed after shields but is otherwise unrestricted in placement. When special types of armor are available only one type of armor may be placed on any given ship.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
0	A	2	1
4k	A1	3	2/3
8k	A2	4	½
12k	A3	5	1/3
14k	Armor Protection Layer
16k	A4	5.5	¼
17k	Dense Armor
20k	A5	6	1/5
24k	A6	6.5	1/6
29k	A7	7	1/7
35k	A8	7.5	1/8
40k	A9	8	1/9
45k	A10	8.5	1/10

Armor Protection Layer is a process where the armor plates are split in two and sandwiched around an energy absorbing material. This increases the size of the armor but improves defense against penetrating and armor skipping weapons. Ap armor functions as 2 armor vs skipping weapons but is destroyed by 1 point of damage as normal. You must research the equivalent tier regular armor before researching Ap of that tier (for example, you must have A4 before you can research Ap4)

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
1	Ap	4	1 ¼
5	Ap1	6	1
9	Ap2	8	2/3
13	Ap3	10	½
17	Ap4	11	1/3
21	Ap5	12	¼
25	Ap6	13	1/5
30	Ap7	14	1/6
36	Ap8	15	1/7
41	Ap9	16	1/8
46	Ap10	17	1/10

Dense armor is significantly denser and stronger than regular armor, at the cost of greater expense and bulk. Dense armor functions as 4 armor versus skipping weapons and 3 armor versus regular weapons. You must research the equivalent tier regular armor before researching Ad of that tier (for example, you must have A5 before you can research Ad5)

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
1hk	Ad	10	2
5hk	Ad1	15	4/3
9hk	Ad2	20	1
13hk	Ad3	25	2/3
17hk	Ad4	27	½
21hk	Ad5	31	2/5
25hk	Ad6	34	1/3
30hk	Ad7	37	2/7
36hk	Ad8	40	¼
41hk	Ad9	43	2/9
46hk	Ad10	46	1/5

 

[LordSunhawk]

The Anti Drive Missile (ADM) is a specialized LRW that uses a unique warhead designed to amplify the ADMs drive-field on impact, attempting to damage the targets drive-field in the same manner as ramming does. ADMs are unique in that they can only be launched from external ordinance racks. Thus any unit equipped with ADMs will have one volley available. ADMs have the combat ratings of ordinary missiles of a lower tier, but if they hit a unit without shields they have a chance to disable the ships drive, thus seriously impacting active and passive defense ratings. Each tier of ADM has a 5% cumulative chance to disable a shield-down target, setting said targets maneuver rating to 0. ADMs are opposed by Engine Surge Protectors (ESP).

ADMs only target a unit’s shields or engines and do no other damage.

In order to research ADM one must first research the equivalent R.

NOTE – in the following table ‘Space’ will refer to the number of XO slots required for the ADM. Under notes will be listed the equivalent R (Regular Missile)

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
7t	ADM1	---	4	R1
11k	ADM2	---	3	R2
15t	ADM3	---	5	R3
19t	ADM4	---	4	R4
23k	ADM5	---	5	R5
27t	ADM6	---	5	R6
33t	ADM7	---	4	R7
38k	ADM8	---	5	R8
43t	ADM9	---	4	R9
48k	ADM10	---	3	R10

 

[LordSunhawk]

The Advanced Targeting Computer is a sophisticated fire control system that significantly improves the accuracy of direct fire (non-guided) weapons fire. The bonus applies to kinetic, laser, cutting beam, x-ray laser, energy beam, needle beam, force beam, primary beam, and plasma gun.

ATC can control a number of weapons (LRW and SRW) equal to its rating. Multiple ATC do not stack, but do increase the number of weapons.

In addition, ATC improves accuracy by effectively raising the generation of Combat Sensors (Y) by the same value as its rating.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
10	(ATC1)	100	1	Rating=3
15k	(ATC2)	125	1	Rating=4
20	(ATC3)	150	1	Rating=5
25k	(ATC4)	175	1	Rating=6
30	(ATC5)	200	1	Rating=7
35k	(ATC6)	225	1	Rating=8
40	(ATC7)	250	1	Rating=9
45k	(ATC8)	275	1	Rating=10

 

[LordSunhawk]

The cutting beam fires a pulse of gravitons at the target. This pulse is very effective against non-armor based matter causing double damage, however it is relatively ineffective against energy-based defenses (shields) and armor causing half damage.

NOTE: Weapon trees have special unlock conditions.

Cutting Beam

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
12	C1	70	5
16k	C2	85	5
18	Capital Cutting Beam
20	C3	105	5
24k	C4	120	5
28	C5	135	5
32k	C6	150	5
36	C7	170	5
40k	C8	185	5
44	C9	200	5
48k	C10	210	5

Cutting Beam Rapid Fire

NOTE – to unlock the rapid fire version requires first researching and developing the regular version

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
16	Cr1	145	8.5	ROF=2
20	Cr2	175	8.75	ROF=2
24	Cr3	205	9	ROF=2
28	Cr4	235	9	ROF=2
32	Cr5	270	9	ROF=2
36	Cr6	300	9	ROF=2
40	Cr7	330	9.5	ROF=2
44	Cr8	365	9.5	ROF=2
48	Cr9	395	9.5	ROF=2
52	Cr10	415	9.5	ROF=2

Capital Cutting Beam

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
18	Cc1	145	8
22k	Cc2	170	8
25	Heavy Cutting Beam
26	Cc3	195	8
30k	Cc4	220	8
34	Cc5	245	8
38k	Cc6	270	8
42	Cc7	295	8
46k	Cc8	320	8
50	Cc9	345	8

Capital Cutting Beam Rapid Fire

NOTE – to unlock the rapid fire version requires first researching and developing the regular capital version

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
22	Ccr1	295	14	ROF=2
26	Ccr2	340	14	ROF=2
30	Ccr3	395	14.5	ROF=2
34	Ccr4	440	14.5	ROF=2
38	Ccr5	485	15	ROF=2
42	Ccr6	535	15	ROF=2
46	Ccr7	580	15	ROF=2
50	Ccr8	630	15	ROF=2
54	Ccr9	675	15	ROF=2

Heavy Cutting Beam

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
25	Ch1	255	11
29k	Ch2	290	11
33	Ch3	325	11
37k	Ch4	355	11
41k	Ch5	385	11
45k	Ch6	425	11
49	Ch7	450	11

Heavy Cutting Beam Rapid Fire

NOTE – to unlock the rapid fire version requires first researching and developing the regular heavy version

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
29	Chr1	510	20	ROF=2
33	Chr2	575	20	ROF=2
37	Chr3	640	20.5	ROF=2
41	Chr4	705	20.5	ROF=2
45	Chr5	760	20.5	ROF=2
49	Chr6	830	21	ROF=2
53	Chr7	880	21	ROF=2

 

[LordSunhawk]

Cloaking is a sophisticated stealth system which is the apogee of all stealth. CLK requires that engines be operating. Shields and sensors do not affect stealth while under CLK so long as movement is limited to CLK maximum. CLK does not generate movement on its own nor does it change or negate any other speed limits.

For each effective SL of combat sensor below the SL of the CLK there is a cumulative 25% chance of remaining undetected. At the SRW range bracket there is a +1 SL bonus to combat sensors. Recon Drones provide a +1 SL bonus at SRW range.

Units under CLK can fire freely at a 10% LRW or SRW penalty, however doing so alerts the enemy to the general location of the firing unit. LRW fire against a unit under CLK for 2 rounds after firing can occur at -50% LRW rating. SRW fire against a unit under SLK for 2 rounds after firing can occur at -50% SRW rating.

Only Fast hulls can mount CLK

The largest hull that can mount CLK is BC (Battlecruiser)

Carriers may not use CLK during launch and recovery operations.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
8hk	Tree start – no tech item
10hk	(CLK1)	100	6	Safe+1. -3 SL
14hk	(CLK2)	125	6	Safe+1, -4 SL
18hk	(CLK3)	150	5	Safe+2, -5 SL
22hk	(CLK4)	175	4	Safe+2, -6 SL
27hk	(CLK5)	200	6	Safe+3, -4 SL
32hk	(CLK6)	225	6	Safe+3, -5 SL
36hk	(CLK7)	250	5	Safe+4, -5 SL
40hk	(CLK8)	275	4	Safe+4, -6 SL
45hk	(CLK9)	300	6	Safe+5, -5 SL
50hk	(CLK10)	325	6	Safe+5, -6 SL

 

[LordSunhawk]

Construction tech is purely based off of EL, not SL. Hull generation improvements cannot be retrofitted to existing ships. Hull enhancements (dense and thick) cannot be retrofitted to existing ships.

• SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION RULES
  • Mobile Bases
    • May only mount commercial engines, engine power is the same as a ship of the same maximum size but the maximum speed is 1.
    • Cost +1 MCr per HS over regular bases
    • While in mobile mode do not get base bonuses.

Generic Construction Items (Holds, Shipyards, troop quarters)

EL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
0	(SY)	400	80
0	(SYM)	150	25
0	H	1(3)	1	500 csp
0	Hs	1(2)	½	200 csp
0	Hb	2(4)	1
0	Qt	1	--
0	Qtc	1	--
3	(MS)	100	25
3	Ht	1(2)	1/3	130 csp

NOTE – The numbers in parenthesis are for non-freighter hulls
NOTE – Hs and Ht may only be mounted alone with no other H, these modules are generally intended for exploration vessels
NOTE – 1 csp = 1 HS for logistics purposes

EL	Hulls & Generation & Enhancements
0	SS
1	EX, ES, CT, FG, DD, EXf, CTf, FGf, BS0, BS1, BS2, BS0g, BS1g
2	CL, DDf
3	CA, CLf, BS3, BS2g
4	CAf
4	Hull Generation 2
4	Unlock Mobile Bases (BSg)
5	BC, BS4, BS3g
6	BB, BCf
7	DN, BBf, BS5, BS4g
8	DNf
9	SD, BS6
9	Hull Generation 3
10	SDf
11	MT, BS5g
11	Hull Improvement: Thick Hulls
12	MTf, BS7
13	HM, BS6g
13	Hull Generation 4
14	HMf, BS8
15	SM
16	SMf, BS9
17	BS7g
18	BS10, BS8g
18	Hull Generation 5
19	Hull Improvement: Dense Hulls
20	BS11
22	BS9g, BS10g
23	BS12
27	BS11g, BS12g
28	BS13
34	BS14
40	BS13g
41	BS15
48	BS14g
49	BS16

Thick Hulls – cost +2 MC per HS to build, Fast Thick Hull costs +4 MC per HS to build, multiples HP by 1.5
Dense Hulls – cost +4 MC per HS to build, Fast Dense Hull costs +6 MC per HS to build, multiplies HP by 2

 

[LordSunhawk]

Advanced Damage Control is a relatively bulky system that controls hundreds of repair bots ranging from miniscule to massive. When activated this system is capable of repairing most ship systems given enough time. A ship that is in supply and is equipped with this system will activate it upon taking HP damage and will receive an HP heal per turn until back to full. This system cannot repair external armor. At the conclusion of battle there will be a charge of 10 MC per 10 HP healed (FRD) to finalize repairs and replace repair bots and materials. Until this charge is paid any unit which had used DAM is considered non-combat capable and out of supply until such time as they either return to an SY equipped base or the charge is paid.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
20	(DAM1)	100	5	Heals 10 HP/turn maximum 100 HP
25k	(DAM2)	125	5	Heals 20 HP/turn maximum 200 HP
30k	(DAM3)	150	6	Heals 30 HP/turn maximum 300 HP
35k	(DAM4)	200	6	Heals 40 HP/turn maximum 400 HP
40k	(DAM5)	250	7	Heals 50 HP/turn maximum 500 HP
45k	(DAM6)	300	7	Heals 60 HP/turn maximum 600 HP
50k	(DAM7)	350	8	Heals 70 HP/turn maximum 700 HP

 

[LordSunhawk]

Point defenses are clusters of beam weapons and small counter-missiles designed to destroy incoming objects before they can damage the defending unit. They can engage small craft and automated platforms.

All point defense systems have a rating which ties directly to LRW Defense. In addition, point defense systems add 10% of their rating to active defenses.

Regular point defense systems are at 50% effectiveness against capital LRW and 25% effectiveness against heavy LRW.

Capital point defense systems are at full effectiveness against capital LRW and 50% effectiveness against heavy LRW

Datalink Point Defense is a specialized module adding 1 HS and 10 Mc to the cost of the underlying PD module. Datalink Point Defense modules can add 50% of their LRW Defense rating to the fleet LRW Defense pool. Datalink Capital Point Defense modules can add 100% of their LRW Defense rating to the fleet LRW Defense pool.

Dual Mode Enhancement (dme) is an empire wide software and hardware upgrade that permits PD modules to engage incoming fire and small craft at the same time.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
3	D1	15	2	Rating=10
5	Datalink Point Defense Module
6	D2	20	2	Rating=15
6	Dme	---	---
7	Capital Point Defense
10k	D3	45	2	Rating=20
14	D4	60	2	Rating=25
18k	D5	75	2	Rating=30
22	D6	90	2	Rating=35
26k	D7	100	2	Rating=40
30	D8	110	2	Rating=45
34k	D9	120	2	Rating=50
38	D10	135	2	Rating=55
42k	D11	150	2	Rating=60
46	D12	170	2	Rating=65
50k	D13	190	2	Rating=70

Capital Point Defense

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
7	Dc1	30	3	Rating=10
11	Dc2	60	3	Rating=15
15k	Dc3`	80	3	Rating=20
19	DC4	100	3	Rating=25
23k	DC5	120	3	Rating=30
27	DC6	140	3	Rating=35
31k	DC7	160	3	Rating=40
35	DC8	180	3	Rating=45
39k	DC9	200	3	Rating=50
43	DC10	220	3	Rating=55
47k	DC11	240	3	Rating=60

 

[LordSunhawk]

The X-Ray Laser is powered by a nuclear detonation directed by the Detonation Chamber through lasing rods. However, this power comes at a price as each time the ship fires it risks getting seriously damaged or destroyed.

The Detonation Chambers contain the nuclear explosion and directs the power through magnetic conduits to Laser Ejectors. When using fewer Laser Ejectors (Lj) than allowed, a smaller explosion is ued to help prevent overloading the system

A Detonation Chamber may only power up to the laser type listed beside it, and only up to the number listed.

Each time any Lj fires, a d100 is rolled on the following table. Lj1 is special as it has no detonation chamber, any results of 01-30 simply results in the destruction of the weapon and no further effect. For every Lj under the maximum capacity of the (DEC) add 4 to the roll.

1d100	Result
01-07	Ship is destroyed
08-25	(DEC) and LJ are destroyed, 1d100 HP damage to ship
26-30	System Safety Activated, does not fire until repaired
31+	System works just within tolerance limits

Ammunition – Lj1 and all (DEC) store 10 rounds of ammo internally. Ammunition takes up 1 MSP and is coded as LWH.

All Lj are rated for their shield penetration. This rating is the percentage decrease in opponents Active Defense versus the Lj shot.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
0	Lj1	30	7	Rating=5
3	(DEC1)	30	5	2 Lj2
3	Lj2	25	4	Rating 10
5	(DEC2)	40	3	2 Lj3
7	Lj3	30	3.25	Rating 15
10	(DEC3)	90	5	3 Lj4
12	Lj4	35	3	Rating 20
14	(DEC4)	105	4	3 Lj5
16	Lj5	40	2.75	Rating 25
18	(DEC5)	400	19	ROF=2 4 Lj6
20	Lj6	50	3	Rating 30
22	(DEC6)	480	19	ROF=2 4 Lj7
24	Lj7	60	3.25	Rating 35
26	(DEC7)	700	22	ROF=2 5 Lj8
28	Lj8	70	3.5	Rating 40
30	(DEC8)	775	22	ROF=2 5 Lj9
32	Lj9	80	4	Rating 45
34	(DEC9)	1080	26	ROF=2 6 Lj10
36	Lj10	90	4	Rating 50
38	(DEC10)	1140	26	ROF=2 6 Lj11
40	Lj11	110	4	Rating 55
42	(DEC11)	1435	30	ROF=2 7 Lj12
44	Lj12	130	4	Rating 60
46	(DEC12)	1435	30	ROF=2 7 LJ13
48	Lj13	140	4	Rating 65
50	(DEC13)	1880	35	ROF=2 8 Lj13

 

[LordSunhawk]

The Electronics tree holds all of the electronics and computer based advances that are the underpinning of other technologies. Advancements in electronics are the fundamental key to improving targeting, weapons control, fleet command, and many other tech branches.

Communications Centers (CC) carry specialized communications gear and reusable courier drones for short-range communications through warp points. An active CC network ensures that reports reach the capital in a timely manner and can prevent some negative events.

Maser Nebula Emitter’s allow a ship to ignore 1 point of damage per turn from a Maser Nebula or other space emitting anomaly.

There are two types of Combat Coordination Centers. The Combat Information Center (CIC) and Command Network Center (CNC).

The Combat Information Center is designed for fleet command and has been optimized for the gathering, presentation, and utilization of data from each unit of the fleet, sensor inputs, computer coordination, etc. This results in a command center that enables fleet commanders to more quickly and effectively analyze information and issue orders to the units of the fleet.

• The (CIC) provides a fleet-wide initiative bonus when mounted in a flagship
• The (CIC) provides bonus sensor generations for the purposes of overcoming stealth
• The (CIC) improves the bonuses granted by Graded Admirals
• Multiple (CIC) bonuses do not stack

The Command Network Center is a specialized battle bridge designed to provide a datagroup leader with more precise control over the coordinated abilities of the datagroup. While a (CNC) is less capable of fleet-wide information flow and command, it makes a datagroup more capable. Bonuses from a CNC do not stack with CIC unless the CNC is mounted on the same unit as the CIC.

• (CNC) provides an initiative bonus to the datagroup it is in
• (CNC) provides bonus sensor generations for the purposes of overcoming stealth
• (CNC) has the equivalent of a Z system of the highest generation Z developed by the empire or the Z rating of the (CNC), whichever is lower.
  • When Zc becomes available, (CNC) can act as the datagroup leader with a Zc of the highest generation available or the Z rating of the (CNC), whichever is lower
  • The ship with (CNC) must choose between Zc or Z, it cannot do both simultaneously
• (CNC) also acts as a multiplex system, which can stack with other multiplex systems
• Multiple (CNC) bonuses do not stack

Multiplex Systems permit ships to target more than one ship per round. In practice, this permits overflow damage from each attack phase to potentially destroy up to the Multiplex Rating. Each Multiplex System is a prerequisite for the next.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
0	(CIC1)	75	10	+1 I, +0 Y, +1 A
0	M1	10	1	+1
1	(MNE)	10	1.5
2	(CIC2)	125	11	+1 I +0 Y, +2 A
2	(CNC1)	50	4	+0 I, +1 Y, Z1, +1 M
2	M2	25	1	+2
2	Datalink
3k	(CC)	20	4
3k	M3	40	1	+3
4	M4	55	1	+4
4	Linked Weapon Targeting
4	Network Multi-Targeting
5k	(CIC3)	190	12	+2 I +0 Y, +3 A
5k	(CNC2)	75	5	+0 I +1 Y, Z2, +1 M
5k	M5	70	1	+5
5k	Engine Modulation
6	M6	85	1	+6
6	Counter-Engine Modulation
7	(CIC4)	275	15	+2 I +0 Y +4 A
7	(CNC3)	110	6	+0 I +1 Y Z3 or Zc1 +2 M
7	M7	100	1	+7
8	M8	115	1	+8
9	M9	130	1	+9
10	M10	145	1	+10
10	Advanced Targeting Computer
10	Deception ECM
12	(CIC5)	375	18	+2 I +0 Y +5 A
12	(CNC4)	150	7	+0 I +1 Y Z4 or Zc2 +2 M
15	(CIC6)	450	20	+2 I +1 Y +6 A
15	(CNC5)	180	8	+1 I +1 Y Z5 or Zc3 +3 M
19k	(CIC7)	525	22	+2 I +1 Y +7 A
19k	(CNC6)	210	9	+1 I +2 Y Z6 or Zc4 +3 M
23	(CIC8)	600	25	+3 I +1 Y +8 A
23	(CNC7)	240	10	+1 I +2 Y Z7 or Zc5 +4 M
27	(CIC9)	675	28	+3 I +1 Y +9 A
27	(CNC8)	270	11	+1 I +2 Y Z8 or Zc6 +4 M
31	(CIC10)	750	32	+3 I +1 I +10 A
31	(CNC9)	300	12	+1 I +2 Y Z9 or Zc7 +5 M
35	(CIC11)	825	36	+3 I +2 Y +11 A
35	(CNC10)	330	14	+2 I +2 Y Z10 or Zc8 +5 M
39	(CIC12)	900	40	+3 I +2 Y +12 A
39	(CNC11)	360	16	+2 I +2 Y Z11 or Zc9 +6 M
43k	(CIC13)	1000	45	+3 I +2 Y +13 A
44	(CNC12)	400	18	+2 I +3 Y Z12 or Zc10 +6 M
47	(CIC14)	1100	50	+4 I +2 Y +14 A
49	(CNC13)	440	20	+2 I +3 Y Z13 or Zc11 +7 M

 

[LordSunhawk]

he Enhanced Decoy Missile (EDM) circles a ship at a fairly rapid pace while generating a DF signature that is nearly identical to the ships own DF signature. This confuses the guidance systems on homing weapons and can cause them to miss by detonating too early, too late, or just colliding with the targets DF (causing no damage).

When a ship with EDM is targeted by LRW fire or Sprint Missiles roll 1d10, on a 1 or 2 the entire inbound volley is intercepted before any LRW Defense is checked. Launching additional EDM modified the interception value by +1 per EDM, limited by EDM generation. Add +1 to the target number if used against Pt family weapons.

EDM may only be carried and launched from XO racks.

EDM may be fired from escorting vessels to protect other ships. This must be specified in standing orders.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
6	EDM1	---	4 MSP	1
10	EDM2	---	4 MSP	2
14k	EDM3	---	3 MSP	2
18	EDM4	---	3 MSP	3
22k	EDM5	---	2 MSP	2
26k	EDM6	---	2 MSP	3

 

[LordSunhawk]

Energy Beams fire streams of exotic matter particles that can survive transiting the DF boundary by decaying into ionizing radiation that damages and destroys computers, electrical systems, power systems, and interferes with energy fields. E-Beam damage bypasses part of the passive defense of a target, but is heavily affected by active defenses (shields).

Active Defense is doubled versus normal E, multiplied by 1.5 versus capital E, and by 1.25 versus Heavy E.

Passive Defense is reduced by a percentage equal to the E rating.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
0	E1	35	6	Rating=5
4	E2	35	5	Rating=10
5	Needle Beam
6	Capital Energy Beam
8k	E3	50	4.5	Rating=15
12	E4	60	4	Rating=20
16k	E5	70	4	Rating=50
20	E6	85	4	Rating=55
24k	E7	95	4	Rating=70
28	E8	110	4	Rating=70
32k	E9	125	4	Rating=80
36	E10	135	4	Rating=85
40k	E11	145	4	Rating=90
44	E12	160	4	Rating=95
48k	E13	170	4	Rating=95

Energy Beam Rapid Fire

NOTE – to unlock the rapid fire version requires first researching and developing the regular version

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
4	Er1	60	8	ROF=2 Rating=5
8	Er2	80	7.5	ROF=2 Rating=10
12	Er3	100	7.5	ROF=2 Rating=15
16	Er4	115	7	ROF=2 Rating=20
20	Er5	140	7	ROF=2 Rating=50
24	Er6	165	7.25	ROF=2 Rating=55
28	Er7	190	7.25	ROF=2 Rating=70
32	Er8	220	7.25	ROF=2 Rating=70
36	Er9	245	7.5	ROF=2 Rating=80
40	Er10	265	7.5	ROF=2 Rating=85
44	Er11	285	7.5	ROF=2 Rating=90
48	Er12	310	7.5	ROF=2 Rating=95
52	Er13	335	7.5	ROF=2 Rating=95

Capital Energy Beam

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
6	Ec1	70	8	Rating=10
10	Ec2	95	8	Rating=15
14k	Ec3	120	8	Rating=20
14k	Heavy Energy Beams
18	Ec4	145	8	Rating=30
22k	Ec5	175	8	Rating=35
26	Ec6	195	8	Rating=40
30k	Ec7	220	8	Rating=50
34	Ec8	245	8	Rating=55
38k	Ec9	270	8	Rating=55
42	Ec10	300	8	Rating=60
46k	Ec11	325	8	Rating=65
50	Ec12	345	8	Rating=65

Capital Energy Beam Rapid Fire

NOTE – to unlock the rapid fire version requires first researching and developing the regular capital version

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
10	Ecr1	150	13	ROF=2 Rating=10
14	Ecr2	195	13.5	ROF=2 Rating=15
18	Ecr3	245	14	ROF=2 Rating=20
22	Ecr4	295	14.5	ROF=2 Rating=30
26	Ecr5	345	14.5	ROF=2 Rating=35
30	Ecr6	390	14.5	ROF=2 Rating=40
34	Ecr7	440	14.5	ROF=2 Rating=50
38	Ecr8	485	14.5	ROF=2 Rating=55
42	Ecr9	555	15	ROF=2 Rating=55
46	Ecr10	585	15	ROF=2 Rating=60
50	Ecr11	640	15	ROF=2 Rating=65
54	Ecr12	680	15	ROF=2 Rating=65

Heavy Energy Beam

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
14	Eh1	180	12	Rating=10
18	Eh2	215	12	Rating=15
22k	Eh3	250	12	Rating=20
26	Eh4	290	12	Rating=25
30k	Eh5	330	12	Rating=30
34	Eh6	360	12	Rating=35
38k	Eh7	395	12	Rating=40
42	Eh8	435	12	Rating=45
46k	Eh9	460	12	Rating=50
50	Eh10	505	12	Rating=55

Heavy Energy Beam Rapid Fire

NOTE – to unlock the rapid fire version requires first researching and developing the regular heavy version

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
18	Ehr1	385	23	ROF=2 Rating=10
22	Ehr2	430	21	ROF=2 Rating=15
26	Ehr3	500	21.5	ROF=2 Rating=20
30	Ehr4	575	22	ROF=2 Rating=25
34	Ehr5	645	22.5	ROF=2 Rating=30
38	Ehr6	715	22	ROF=2 Rating=35
42	Ehr7	785	22	ROF=2 Rating=40
46	Ehr8	860	22.5	ROF=2 Rating=45
50	Ehr9	910	22	ROF=2 Rating=50
54	Ehr10	990	22.5	ROF=2 Rating=55

The Needle Beam is a highly focused and concentrated version of the Energy Beam. Unlike the E-Beam it does full damage to shields, however it does less damage overall and does not bypass armor. The Needle Beam however has one quirk that makes it valuable. If it manages to fully penetrate shields it has a chance to disable datalink systems. Regular needle beams have a 10% chance, capital needle beams a 20% chance, and heavy needle beams a 40% chance to disable any Z system. Halve these percentages for Zc.

Penalties for lack of Z occur immediately for all affected units.

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
5	Ep1	45	6
7	Ep2	55	5
9	Capital Needle Beam
11k	Ep3	60	4.5
15	Ep4	65	4
19k	Ep5	80	4
23	Ep6	95	4
27k	Ep7	105	4
31	Ep8	120	4
35k	Ep9	135	4
39	Ep10	145	4
43k	Ep11	160	4
47k	Ep12	170	4

Needle Beam Rapid Fire

NOTE – to unlock the rapid fire version requires first researching and developing the regular version

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
9	Epr1	100	9.25	ROF=2
12	Epr2	110	8.25	ROF=2
15	Epr3	120	7.5	ROF=2
19	Epr4	135	7	ROF=2
23	Epr5	160	7.25	ROF=2
27	Epr6	185	7.25	ROF=2
31	Epr7	210	7.25	ROF=2
35	Epr8	235	7.5	ROF=2
39	Epr9	260	7.5	ROF=2
43	Epr10	280	7.5	ROF=2
47	Epr11	310	7.5	ROF=2
51	Epr12	335	7.5	ROF=2

Capital Needle Beam

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
9	Epc1	70	6
13	Epc2	90	6
16	Heavy Needle Beam
17k	Epc3	110	6
21	Epc4	130	6
25k	Epc5	145	6
29	Epc6	165	6
33k	Epc7	185	6
37	Epc8	200	6
41k	Epc9	220	6
45	Epc10	240	6
49k	Epc11	255	6

Capital Needle Beam Rapid Fire

NOTE – to unlock the rapid fire version requires first researching and developing the regular capital version

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
13	Epcr1	140	10	ROF=2
17	Epcr2	180	10	ROF=2
21	Epcr3	220	10.5	ROF=2
25	Epcr4	255	11	ROF=2
29	Epcr5	285	11	ROF=2
33	Epcr6	325	11	ROF=2
37	Epcr7	365	11	ROF=2
41	Epcr8	395	11	ROF=2
45	Epcr9	435	11	ROF=2
49	Epcr10	465	11	ROF=2
53	Epcr11	505	11.5	ROF=2

Heavy Needle Beam

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
16	Eph1	150	9
20	Eph2	180	9
24k	Eph3	205	9
28	Eph4	235	9
32k	Eph5	260	9
36	Eph6	290	9
40k	Eph7	315	9
44	Eph8	345	9
48k	Eph9	370	9

Heavy Needle Beam Rapid Fire

NOTE – to unlock the rapid fire version requires first researching and developing the regular heavy version

SL	Code	Cost	Space	Notes
20	Ephr1	300	16	ROF=2
24	Ephr2	355	16	ROF=2
28	Ephr3	415	16	ROF=2
32	Ephr4	465	17	ROF=2
36	Ephr5	520	17	ROF=2
40	Ephr6	570	17	ROF=2
44	Ephr7	620	18	ROF=2
48	Ephr8	675	18	ROF=2
52	Ephr9	750	18	ROF=2