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LOOKOUT-CLASS

INTRODUCTION

A BOUT THE A UTHOR

Philip Reed has been working professionally in

the roleplaying game industry since 1995. In that

time he has worked for such companies as Atlas

Games, Privateer Press, and Scrye magazine. Today

Philip spends his days at home running Ronin Arts,

writing and designing new games, and watching

DVDs. To learn more about Philip Reed – and

Ronin Arts – please visit www.roninarts.com and

www.philipjreed.com.

Welcome to Ronin Arts’ Future: Starship 14 –

Lookout-Class , the latest in a series of PDFs for use

with futuristic D20 System campaigns. This series

makes some assumptions about your campaign; the

starship designs in this series will be most useful in

campaigns in which the following statements 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.

• Starships are not rare or unusual. All of the

starships 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 char-

acters as a plane ride is for people of our reality.

• Space combat is not uncommon. It’s just

another exciting adventure when the player charac-

ters 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 real-

ly be?

E -F UTURE T ILES

The ship design in this PDF is based on the free

SkeletonKey Games tile set available now at

www.starbaseprime.com. While this PDF can be

easily used on its own you will get a lot more use

out of it in your game sessions if you construct the

ship – at miniatures scale – using the printable tiles.

To learn more about SkeletonKey Games please

visit their website at www.skeletonkeygames.com .

GAME STATISTICS

P ICKET S HIP (PL 6)

Type: Ultralight

Subtype: Picket Ship

Defense: 7

Flat-footed Defense: 5

Autopilot Defense: 5

Hardness: 20

Hit Dice: 12d20 (240 hp)

Initiative Modifier: +4

Pilot’s Class Bonus: +2

Pilot’s Dex Modifier: +2

Gunner’s Attack Bonus: +2

Size: Colossal (–8 size)

Tactical Speed: 3,000 ft. (6 sq.)

Length: 105 feet

Weight: 900 tons

Targeting System Bonus: +3

Crew: 8 (trained +4)

Passenger Capacity: 0

Cargo Capacity: 10 tons

Grapple Modifier: None

Base Purchase DC: 52

Restriction: Military (+3)

Attack:

2 fire-linked heavy neutron guns –3 ranged

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

(9d12)

Attack of Opportunity: None.

STANDARD PL 6 DESIGN SPECS

Engines: Fusion torch, thrusters

Armor: Polymeric

Defense Systems: Sensor jammer, chaff

launcher, decoy drone launcher, magnetic field

Sensors: Class III sensor array, targeting sys-

tem

LOOKOUT-CLASS

Communications:

Laser transceiver, radio

Grapple Modifier: +16

Base Purchase DC: 53

Restriction: Military (+3)

Attack:

2 fire-linked heavy neutron guns –3 ranged

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

(9d12)

Attack of Opportunity: Point-defense system

+3 ranged (1d12x10)

transceiver

Weapons: 2 fire-linked heavy neutron guns

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

(range incr. 2,000 ft.)

Grappling Systems: None.

L OOKOUT -C LASS

T EMPLATE (PL 6)

The Lookout -class template is applied to any PL

6 ultralight escort or picket ship. The starship’s

design specs should be adjusted as follows.

Hit Dice: Increase by +3d20.

Engine Upgrade: Ion engine.

Armor Upgrade: Vanadium.

Defense System Upgrade: Point-defense sys-

tem.

Grappling System Upgrade: Grapplers.

STANDARD PL 6 DESIGN SPECS

Engines: Fusion torch, thrusters

Armor: Polymeric

Defense Systems: Sensor jammer, chaff launch-

er, decoy drone launcher, magnetic field, point-

defense system

Sensors: Class III sensor array, targeting system

Communications:

Laser transceiver, radio

transceiver

Weapons: 2 fire-linked heavy neutron guns

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

(range incr. 2,000 ft.)

Grappling Systems: Grapplers.

LOOKOUT-CLASS

PICKET SHIP (PL 6)

The Lookout -class picket ship is more durable

and has a greater range than standard picket ships.

Even with the greater range, the Lookout -class still

remains close to whichever convoy it is assigned to

– few Lookout -class picket ships are adapted to soli-

tary action because they lack the necessary crew

quarters needed for extended missions.

Type: Ultralight

Subtype: Picket Ship

Defense: 7

Flat-footed Defense: 5

Autopilot Defense: 5

Hardness: 30

Hit Dice: 15d20 (300 hp)

Initiative Modifier: +4

Pilot’s Class Bonus: +2

Pilot’s Dex Modifier: +2

Gunner’s Attack Bonus: +2

Size: Colossal (–8 size)

Tactical Speed: 3,000 ft. (6 sq.)

Length: 105 feet

Weight: 900 tons

Targeting System Bonus: +3

Crew: 8 (trained +4)

Passenger Capacity: 0

Cargo Capacity: 10 tons

W ATCHER -C LASS

T EMPLATE (PL 7)

The Watcher -class template is applied to any PL

6 or PL 7 ultralight escort or picket ship. The star-

ship’s design specs should be adjusted as follows.

Hit Dice: Increase by +6d20.

Engine Upgrade: Particle impulse engine.

Armor Upgrade: Neutonite.

Sensors Upgrade:

Class V

sensor array,

improved targeting system.

Defense System Upgrade: Point-defense sys-

tem, particle field.

Weapons Upgrade: 2 sets of 2 fire-linked quan-

tum cannons (24d8 damage, range incr. 6,000 ft.;

replaces 2 sets of 2 PL 6 fire-linked weapon sys-

tems).

Grappling System Upgrade: Grapplers.

WATCHER-CLASS

PICKET SHIP (PL 7)

This faster, more powerful picket ship is the

replacement for the standard picket ship found pro-

tecting convoys.

LOOKOUT-CLASS

Type: Ultralight

Subtype: Picket Ship

Defense: 7

Flat-footed Defense: 5

Autopilot Defense: 5

Hardness: 40

Hit Dice: 18d20 (360 hp)

Initiative Modifier: +4

Pilot’s Class Bonus: +2

Pilot’s Dex Modifier: +2

Gunner’s Attack Bonus: +2

Size: Colossal (–8 size)

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

Length: 105 feet

Weight: 900 tons

Targeting System Bonus: +5

Crew: 8 (trained +4)

Passenger Capacity: 0

Cargo Capacity: 10 tons

Grapple Modifier: +16

Base Purchase DC: 54

Restriction: Military (+3)

Attack:

2 sets of 2 quantum cannons +1 ranged (24d8)

Attack of Opportunity: Point-defense system

+3 ranged (1d12x10)

STANDARD PL 7 DESIGN SPECS

Engines: Particle impulse engine

Armor: Neutronite

Defense Systems: Sensor jammer, chaff launch-

er, decoy drone launcher, point-defense system,

particle field

Sensors: Class V sensor array, improved target-

ing system

Communications:

Laser transceiver, radio

transceiver

Weapons: 2 sets of 2 fire-linked quantum can-

nons (range incr. 6,000 ft.)

Grappling Systems: Grapplers.

STARSHIP KEY

1. Cockpit – The typical picket ship is small

enough to require only a single pilot. The cockpit is

tight but not quite as cramped as retrofitted ultra-

light combat vessels or escorts. In an emergency

backup controls in the cockpit give the pilot limit-

ed access to the ship’s sensor systems that are typi-

cally handled in the communications and tech cen-

ter (see area 3).

2. Datacenter – A picket ship carries an

immense library of starship schematics in order to

give the crew the ability to correctly identify tar-

gets. There is only a 5% chance that an encountered

starship will not be found in the ship’s datacenter. It

requires three rounds of sensor contact for crew at

this station to uncover the technical specifications

of a target and once properly identified the picket

ship receives a +2 equipment bonus to all attack

rolls against the identified target.

The airlock in this area is the only entrance/exit

onboard the ship.

3. Communications and Tech Center – This is

the most important room onboard a picket ship. The

standard Lookout-class carries four techs. In com-

bat the ship’s weapon systems are fired from one of

the stations in this area.

4. Storage – The lockers in this area contain a

number of survival suits (at least one per crew

member) and other gear potentially necessary if the

ship is forced down or separated from her fleet.

5. Engineering – Direct access to the ship’s

engines allow for fast and easy maintenance and

repairs. This station is typically not in use – no crew

are assigned to the engineering station when the

ship is on patrol or forced into a combat situation.

FOR MORE STARSHIPS AND

RELATED PDFS, PLEASE VISIT

WWW.RONINARTS.COM.

FOR STARSHIP TILE SETS

PLEASE VISIT

WWW.SKELETONKEYGAMES.COM.

LOOKOUT-CLASS

L OOKOUT -C LASS

PICKET SHIP

COMMAND

DECK

1. Cockpit

2. Datacenter

3. Communications

and Tech Center

4. Storage

5. Engineering

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