3RD EDITION

Complete starfighter combat system for the Star Wars Galaxy, based
upon the Star Warriors and Star Wars: The Second Edition systems.

RULES OF PLAY

1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Standard Game
7.0 Fire/Action Phase
7.1 Firing/Action Order
7.2 Hitting the Target
7.3 Damaging the Target
7.4 Damage Code Summary
7.5 Explosions

8.0 Bookkeeping Phase

Advanced Rules

9.0 Capital Ships

9.1 Scales
9.2 Action Differences
9.3 Damaging Differences
Starship diagrams (Star Warriors)

10.0 Wings
10.1 Moving Wings
10.2 Wing Gunnery
10.3 Breaking Wing Formation

11.0 Advanced Actions

11.1 Anticipate Enemy
11.2 Deceive Enemy
11.3 Direct Forces

12.0 Basic Combat System

13.0 Astromech Droids

14.0 Turret Guns

15.0 Victory Points Values

15.1 Capital Starships
15.2 Starfighters
15.3 Crew Cost

16.0 Weapons Descriptions

16.1 Laser & Ion Weapons
16.2 Missile Weapons
16.3 Tractor Beams
16.4 Laser and Ion Weapon Economics
16.5 Missile Weapon Economics
16.6 Tractor Beam Economics

Master Rules Index

1.0 Introduction
 1.1 Prologue
1.2 Star Warriors: 3rd Edition

2.0 Terms & Setup

2.1 Star Warriors Expectations
2.2 Starship Systems
2.3 The Starship Template
2.4 Starship Skills
2.5 Master Weapons Table
2.6 Special Weapons
Imperial Navy fighters

3.0 Combat Sequence Overview

3.1 Declare Actions for the Turn
3.2 Roll Movement/Initiative
3.3 Roll Turn-length Actions
3.4 Movement Phases
3.5 Fire/Action Phase
3.6 Bookkeeping Phase

4.0 Declare Actions for the Turn

4.1 Using Force and Character Points
4.2 The Wild Die
4.3 Maneuver Actions
4.4 Starship Actions
Alliance Fleet fighters

5.0 Roll Movement/Initiative

5.1 Terrain Difficulty
5.2 Maneuver Actions Declared
5.3 Damage/Hazard Modifiers
5.4 The Piloting Skill Roll
5.5 The Hazard Table
5.6 Hazard Code Summary
5.7 Collisions

6.0 Movement Phases

6.1 Movement Order
6.2 Speed and Turn Number
6.3 Moving and Turning
6.4 Slips and 1/2 Loops
6.5 Choosing Ships and Tailing
6.6 Map Adjustment
6.7 Hasted Actions
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Prologue
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
... the fleets of the Rebel Alliance are locked in a
desperate struggle for freedom with the forces of the evil
Galactic Empire. A massive armada of Imperial TIE
fighters and interceptors draws ever nearer to the
Rebellion's hidden stronghold.
Matched against them is a meager handful of
superb Rebel fighters the swift A-wing, the sturdy Y and
B-wings, and that mainstay of the Rebel fleet, the T-65 X-
wing fighter.
But more important than the ships are the men
who fly them: Academy-trained Imperials and tough
Rebel pilots trained only by the rigors of survival on the
galactic frontier. In tiny, vulnerable craft these men
brave the dangers of space, desperately pushing their
ships to the utmost limits and beyond; for they know that
upon their skill, their weapons, and their cunning rests
the fate of the galaxy..."
STAR WARRIORS
1.2 Star Warriors: 3rd Edition (1996)
This combat system simulates combat between
spacecraft in the Star Wars galaxy. Using tools from the
second edition Star Wars Role Playing Game and Star
Warriors, its aim is to make for fast-paced play that is
integrated with both systems.
2.0 TERMS & SETUP
2.1 Star Warriors Expectations
In order to use this expansion to Star Warriors
and Star Wars Second Edition, an understanding of the
basic games is required. For the role playing game, things
like die codes, attributes (Strength, Dexterity, Mechanical,
etc.), the movement system, and skill codes (Blaster:
4D+1) are minimum requirements to understand in order
to use this system.
From Star Warriors, the damage charts, hazard
charts, ship arcs, movement procedure, slipping rules, and
hex-point facing rules are the most critical to understand
to use this system.
From this basic understanding, reading through
the rules should explain how to play this expanded
version. After reading through the rules, try playing a
simple scenario, gradually introducing you to key concepts
of the game and making it easier for you to grasp how it is
played.
2.2 Starship Systems
Every starship possesses similar components.
The items this system deal with are primarily related to
straight combat.
COMMUNICATIONS: This is an assumed segment of
starships. It is taken for granted in most scenarios that
pilots can freely talk to one another during the conflict.
ESCAPE: This is the pilot's last chance. If he is lucky,
he may even be picked up after a combat. Pilots and
crewmen have to use their survival skill and hope for the
best.
HULL: This is the starship's body, including any armor
and compartmentalization taken into account. It is
represented by a ship's HULL CODE.
HYPERDRIVE: This is the starship's faster-than-light
engine. While not used during combat, a ship can escape
by jumping into "lightspeed" or enter combat from it.
MANEUVERABILITY (LATERAL CONTROL): This
is the starship's handling indicator. It is represented by a
ship's MANEUVERABILITY CODE and adds to the
pilots skill.
LIFE SUPPORT: An assumed system that keeps the
crew alive. It could be something as complex as an
environmentally controlled cockpit or just a space suit.
SENSORS: The Star Wars: Second Edition created new
rules for this system, complete with die codes. For this
combat system, unless important for a specific scenario,
fighters are assumed to detect enemies within 40 hexes
around them and capital starships can within
approximately 80 hexes.
SHIELDS: In almost all cases, starships have particle
and ray shielding with which to protect themselves.
Starfighters have small generators that can usually only
protect a hemisphere of the craft, while capital starships
have massive arrays of generators broadcasting fully
encircling energy barriers. This is the ship's SHIELD
CODE and it adds to the ships HULL CODE when it is
damaged.
SUBLIGHT ENGINE: This is the propulsion system of a
starship. It is represented by two entries. The first is the
SUBLIGHT SPEED CODE, representing the power and
speed of a vessel. It also represents the ship's acceleration
rate. The second entry is a pair of "sublight unit" numbers.
These represent the number of hexes the ship can travel in
one round, maximum. One shows the normal maximum
speed, the other shows the ship's overspeed number.
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WEAPONRY: Covering the broad possibilities, from
blasters to turbolasers, ion cannons to proton torpedoes,
and even tractorbeams, a weapon is anything used to
affect another ship or target...to its disadvantage. Both a
WEAPON DAMAGE CODE (for destructive power) and
WEAPON FIRE CONTROL (for accuracy) are needed for
any weapon system.
2.3 The Starship Template
The starship template features specific
information about 1 to 4 ships. The features we are
primarily interested in are from section 2.2, although
more specific information is contained here as well.
The SPEED entry has a slot for its die code
followed by another line split by a slash. This second half
of the line with the slashes is used to show the normal
maximum speed (in Sublight Units, or SUs for short) and
the overspeed maximum.
Essentially the difference between normal and
overspeed maximum lies in the engine of the ship being
pushed beyond its capabilities. When a pilot performs an
overspeed action, he is beyond full throttle and his craft
has become much harder to control. For this he gets to
push his ship one or two SUs/turn faster than what is
sane. These numbers are calculated as shown below.
1D 2/3 2D+1 4/5 3D+2 6/7 5D 8/9
1D+1 2/4 2D+2 4/6 4D 6/8 5D+1 8/10
1D+2 3/4 3D 5/6 4D+1 7/8 5D+2 9/10
2D 3/5 3D+1 5/7 4D+2 7/9 6D 9/11
Immediately following the SPEED entry is the
Acceleration entry. Acceleration is a number based on the
SUBLIGHT SPEED CODE of the ship. It is calculated by
taking the rounded die code as a number entry. Simply
take the lead number of the die code number. In the case
of pips, round down if the pip is +1, round up if the pip is
+2 (e.g. 4D+1 = 4 Acceleration while 4D+2 = 5
Acceleration). This is the maximum number a ship can
speed up in a single turn.
Immediately to the right of the MANEUVER
entry is the Deceleration entry. This is calculated by
taking the rounded die code of the MANEUVERABILITY
shown just to its left. This is the maximum number a ship
can slow down in a single turn.
Below this is the turn number chart. This
shows the number of hexes (SUs) a ship must move
forward through before it can change its heading in a
single turn or special maneuver (such as 1/2 loop). The
concept is taken straight from Star Warriors, but the
calculation of the turn numbers for the chart is much
easier.
First, along the top line fill in the possible game-
turn speeds the ship could have, from 1 to its overspeed
maximum number. Separate the overspeed numbers with
a line to show that they require the overspeed action to
achieve. Here they have been italicized as well.
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Next, fill in the turn numbers under each speed
category. The formula used to calculate the ship's turn
numbers for each speed setting is:
CURRENT SPEED - MANEUVERABILITY (minimum of 1)
For instance: An X-wing with a Maneuverability Code of 3D.
SPEED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
TURN IN 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5
1 - 3 (3D) = -1 (minimum is one), thus: 1.
Note that Maneuverability Codes are rounded.
3D+1 is rounded to 3D, for a -3 turn number factor;
3D+2 is rounded to 4D, for a -4 turn number factor.
The weapons also get more specific information listed for
them. First, their full description is written after the
weapon # entry and their fire control following that.
Under these entries are range listings, from PB (Point
Blank) to E (Extreme) with base difficulty numbers listed
after each abbreviation (see section 2.5); these are the
starting difficulty numbers used to hit.
The parentheses entries are for the ranges (in
hexes) to be written in. The ranges are shown on the
Master Weapons Table (2.5).
Then using the modifiers shown on the Master
Weapons Table (2.5), apply them to the basic difficulties
shown over the ranges to get the To Hit entries for each
range category. Finally, damage is written in for each
bracket under the To Hit entries. This is the WEAPON
DAMAGE CODE modified for as follows:
For all laser-type or projectile weapons (not
missiles or torpedoes, nor ion cannons), give a +1 pip
modifier to the Point Blank damage category, and take
away 1D for Long range & 2D for Extreme range shots.
Thus, for a single, forward-mounted (fixed) laser
cannon with a Damage Code of 4D, the bottom two tracks
would appear as:
PB S M L E
To Hit: 4 11 16 22 29
Damage: 4D+1 4D 4D 3D 2D
The remaining information is specific for each
ship shown on the template. It can contain abbreviated
pilot and gunner actions and has boxes to easily mark off
damage as it is scored. Damage will be detailed in section
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2.4 Starship Skills 2.6 Special Weapons

For reference, this is a complete list of the skills
used by starship crew. Any of these can be boosted by a
Prepare action for the next round (as if they had an extra
D of skill). Note that for the second edition, Capital ship
weapons and piloting skills would replace these default
Mechanical and Technical skills as the case requires.
MECHANICAL:
Starship Piloting Starship Gunnery
Starship Shields Tractorbeam Operation
Sensors Astrogation
Communications
TECHNICAL: Starship Repair
PERCEPTION: Command
KNOWLEDGE:
Starfighter Tactics Survival

2.5 MASTER WEAPONS TABLE

TO-HIT DIFFICULTIES
TITLED RANGE : Pt Blank Short Medium Long Extreme
STARTING VALUE: 5 10 15 20 25
[ ]
Single Gun 0 +1 +1 +2 +3
Double Gun 0 0 +1 +1 +2
Triple Gun -1 0 0 +1 +1
Quad Gun -2 -1 0 0 +1
[ ]
Fixed Mount -1 0 0 0 +1
Swivel Mount -2 -1 0 +1 +2
Pivot Mount +2 +1 0 -1 -2
[ ]
Proton Torpedo 16 18 21 25 30
Conc. Missile 17 19 25 28 32
Conc. Bomb SAME HEX BOMBING : 20 (see 2.6 SPECIAL WEAPONS)

RANGE CATEGORIES BY WEAPON

STARFIGHTER WEAPONS
TITLED RANGE : Pt Blank Short Medium Long Extreme
Blasters 1 2 10 13 17
Missiles 1 2 7 10 15
LR Missiles 1 4 20 40 50
Laser Cannons 1 3 12 20 25
Ion Cannons 1 3 7 20 36
Proton Torpedoes 1 2 3 5 7
LR Torpedoes 1 3 15 30 35
Tractor Beams 1 3 7 11 15

CAPITAL SHIP WEAPONS

TITLED RANGE : Pt Blank Short Medium Long Extreme
Laser Cannons 1 4 15 24 30
Missiles 2 12 30 45 60
Turbolasers 3 15 35 50 75
Ion Cannons 1 10 25 35 50
Tractor Beams 1 5 15 22 30

DAMAGE MODIFIERS
Laser Damage Mod. +1 pip -- -- -1D -2D
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Laser weaponry is the primary armament in Star
Wars. However, there are special weapons which need to be
fleshed out further. Ion cannons, missiles, torpedoes, bombs,
and tractor beams have special rules.
ION CANNON: Firing high-energy ionized particles, the ion
cannon is the long range disabling weapon of space battles.
Ion weapons have the same range rules as lasers but differ in
the following ways...
Ion cannons are never affected by shields and ignore
Shield Codes.
An ion beam does not disperse like laser beams. Ion
cannons have the same damage code at all ranges. On
the other hand, they also do not receive the +1 bonus for
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When an ion cannon's damage is rolled on the Fire Table
(from Star Warriors, explained under damage later), do
not ignore the modified results of 2 or less. Ion cannons
can never inflict Hull damage. If one of the damage
results is "Body damage," the result is ignored.
MISSILE & TORPEDO: When these weapons explode,
they give off powerful concussive blasts that disrupt delicate
instruments and equipment, and cause shock and blast damage
to more durable targets.
Only the current speed of the target craft modifies the
difficulty number to hit, as the projectiles chase their targets.
This is described under hitting, see section 7.2.
The number of ports or tubes for projectile attacks can
allow multiple chances to hit. Firing all tubes is "firing
one weapon" for the purposes of rules. Separate gunnery
rolls are made for each tube but there is no reduction in
die codes for these multiple actions.
Missiles hit their targets and score damage
(simultaneously with other missiles) after all other shots
have been resolved, to help simulate their travel time.
A ship may not fire its projectile weapon from a hex if it
turns in that hex.
A near miss can occur when firing at large objects (one
hex in size or greater), such as turret guns, asteroids, and
capital starships. If the die-roll is within 3 of the difficulty
number, it's a near miss. The Damage rolls are reduced
by 1D for concussion missiles and 2D for proton
torpedoes but is still scored against the large target.
BOMB: Concussion bombs are much like their missile
counterparts, except that they can afford to be smaller not
requiring complex targeting and engine systems...
Concussion bombs can only be used to hit immobile
targets or very large targets (one hex or greater).
Bomb strikes are resolved with missiles.
A ship can fire bombs only at targets in its own hex.
TRACTOR BEAM: When caught in a tractorbeam, mass
rules. Similarly-scaled ships move each another around
as they move themselves...while a Star Destroyer would
hold an X-wing in place, not allowing it to do more than
turn as the X-wing tries to perform its maneuvers. It
can only be shot during the Fire Phase of the turn.
A successful hit does no damage but captures the
target in the beam.
The tractor beam can move its target one hex (SU) in
any direction within range for each action declared by
the operator.
For each action, the captured ship must make an
opposed Hull Code roll versus the tractor beams
Strength Code. Success allows the target to be moved
one hex, failure indicates the beam is broken in the
attempt and the target is free. If the target is freed,
another attack must be performed to recapture it.
TIE/In space superiority fighter. Equipped with dual
laser cannons and capable of incredible speeds, the TIE
fighter is the mainstay of the Imperial Navy. HULL: 2D;
MANEUVER: 3D (2D in atmosphere); SHIELDS: none;
SPEED: 5D; SENSORS: 20/0D; 40/1D, 60/2D, 3/3D;
WEAPONS: Dual Medium Fixed Laser Cannons (fire
control 2D, Damage 5D).
TIE/rc reconnaissance fighter. With extra-sensitive
sensors and long-range communications gear, the recon
TIE is a useful tool for fleets probing or patrolling an area.
HULL: 2D; MANEUVER: 2D+2 (2D in atmosphere);
SHIELDS: none; SPEED: 5D; SENSORS: 30/0D, 50/1D,
75/2D, 3/4D; WEAPONS: Single Medium Laser Cannon
(fire control 2D, Damage 2D+2).
TIE interceptor. Speed, agility, and firepower are the
principles of this finest superiority fighter. Used by the
elite ranks of the Imperial pilot corps, its design exploits
weaknesses in Rebel snub fighters. HULL: 3D;
MANEUVER: 3D+2; SHIELDS: none; SPEED: 5D+2;
SENSORS: 25/0D, 40/1D, 60/2D, 4/3D+2; WEAPONS:
Quad Light Fixed Laser Cannons (fire control 3D,
Damage 6D).
TIE interceptor (modified). This version of the
interceptor has added a miniature concussion missile
launcher, capable of holding up to 4 missiles. Stats are
identical to above except for the addition of a Dual
Missile Launcher armed with 4 slots open for
ammunition.
I-7 Howlrunner. The first design from Incom since its
reorganization by the Empire, the Howlrunner is a multi-
environment assault fighter with an expensive price tag to
match its record. Some inner Imperial governors and
Moffs have these at their disposal. HULL: 4D;
MANEUVER: 3D+1; SHIELDS: 1D+1; SPEED: 4D+2;
SENSORS: 20/0D, 40/1D, 55/2D, 3/3D; WEAPONS:
Dual Heavy Fixed Laser Cannons (fire control 3D,
Damage 5D+2). An upgraded version of this fighter
comes equipped with a Dual Missile Launcher, with a
capacity of 8 slots for ammunition.
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3.0 COMBAT SEQUENCE OVERVIEW
3.1 DECLARE ACTIONS FOR THE TURN
Players decide upon actions for their ships to
perform. As with the role playing game, this is only
limited by player judgment and multiple action penalties
for their characters. These actions are kept secret and
recorded on the ship templates.
Remember the basic rule of multiple action
penalties: for each additional action past the first
performed in a turn, apply a -1D to all skill rolls made.
Hence, if a pilot decides on the actions: (1)
accelerate, (2) bank, and (3) fire, there are two additional
actions being performed, so this pilot applies -2D to all
action rolls made this turn.
Once all actions have been determined, they can
be viewed openly by all players. Further details on
actions possible for declaration are in sections 4 and 11.
3.2 ROLL MOVEMENT / INITIATIVE
Each player determines their piloting difficulties
for the turn, according to the maneuvers they try to
perform and the terrain being crossed. Rolling their
Piloting skill codes with their Maneuverability codes and
modified by multiple action or injury penalties, they
attempt to meet or beat their difficulty numbers.
Success means that all declared actions can be
performed in the turn without penalty.
If the roll fails subtract it from the difficulty
number and the result indicates the number of hazards the
ship suffers: one hazard for every 5 points. For any
fraction of 5, it suffers one minor hazard as well. For
example, if a pilot misses his piloting roll by 14 then he
will roll two hazards and one minor hazard.
If the movement roll is missed by more than 10,
there is a potential collision. This is best determined by
the scenarios setting or with Game Master interaction.
For a game situated in perfectly open space and without
GM ruling, collisions are ignored results.
This rolled movement number also acts as the
ships initiative number, used for 3.4. Further details on
movement determination and hazards are in section 5.
3.3 ROLL TURN-LENGTH ACTIONS
This is a subset of 3.2: rolling actions that have
consequences at the end of the turn, or take place over the
entire turn. Once movement has been rolled, these actions
are rolled. These include astrogation,
coordinate/command, damage control, full evasion, jam
sensors, and sensor rolls.
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3.4 MOVEMENT PHASES
The player with the highest initiative ship
decides what ship moves first, choosing either one of his
own ships or one of his opponents. This ship is then
moved, and this is process is called a movement phase.
After that ship is moved, in accordance with the
movement rules, the other player then decides what ship
will move. These movement phases go back and forth
until all ships that are moving this turn are moved.
Haste fire (also called snap fire or gunner-fire)
can interrupt any movement phase. Once resolved, the
movement phase resumes.
The special case of tailing enemy ships can also
interrupt a movement phase with passing moves or
stealing moves, after which the next movement phase
begins normally. Full details on movement are covered by
section 6.
3.5 FIRE / ACTION PHASE
Once all ships have moved, the Fire and Action
Phase begins. During this phase, all non-hasted actions occur
and haste not applied yet still can be. Hasted actions receive
bonuses to their initiative rolls when a competition is called for
in the Fire Phase.
In any firing or special situation where order of
actions is needed (such as one ship firing on another
performing a combat evasion), a 1D competition is rolled
between contestants. To these initiative rolls, add the rounded
die code of the current skill ofhe action being performed. For
instance a pilot with starship gunnery at 4D+1 firing his laser
cannon would roll 1D+4 for initiative.
Here, free haste actions can be applied for a +1
initiative. Note that once haste has been paired with one
action, it is considered spent and cannot be applied again in
the turn.
Gunners are a special case in that they always receive
a +1 to the initiative on any shot fired and they also get one
free Haste action for the turn.
In the order given by initiative, actions take place. In
the case of ties, the actions are considered simultaneous. All
firing and damage results are recorded immediately. The
exception to this rule is missiles scoring damage. This is
always resolved after all other shots, and is considered
simultaneous in order to simulate their travel time. Full details
on the Fire Phase are in section 7.
3.6 BOOKKEEPING PHASE
Record damage control attempts. Replenish character
skills from multiple action penalties. Erase old hazard results
from the previous turn; write down the new hazard results for
the next turn. Results of astrogation attempts are announced
and ships can jump into hyperspace if applicable. Complete
synopsis of the Bookkeeping step are in section 8.
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4.0 DECLARE ACTIONS FOR THE actions that pilots, gunners, and crewmen can perform.
Exceptional situations may exist during play where other
TURN actions are needed; a GM is needed for these.
In secret, players must decide what actions they Actions only require an initiative test if opposing
want their characters and ships to perform. The forces are attempting to act at the same moment
abbreviations for these actions are noted down. (Movement Phase or Fire Phase) and if their actions have
a potential to affect each other.
4.1 Using Force and Character Points Example: During the Fire Phase, a TIE fighter
opens fire on Ben's Lawless freighter. Ben did not care to
Force points, when spent, will double all attribute declare a combat evasion action nor does he have a fire
and skill codes for a character throughout the turn. The action to compete with the TIEs shot, so he does not have
declaration of one's use is not an action (i.e. not -1D to any action with which to compete. So the attack is just
another action) but must be done now, not later in the turn. rolled normally by the TIE. But why doesn't Ben care?
Character points can be spent even after an Example part 2: We left out a key element.
attribute or skill roll is made. However, the points must Bens X-wing buddy Jethro is tailing the TIE fighter!
be spent before any other characters make any die rolls. While Ben had nothing to compete with the TIE over,
For each point spent, the player rolls another die and adds Jethro intends to shoot the TIE before Ben gets shot. So
it--on a 6, it behaves as a wild die. now these two competitors roll 1D initiative plus their
1) A character can spend up to 2 for any skill or attribute use. rounded skill codes. If Jethro wins, he could blow the TIE
2) A character can spend up to 5 on any evasion attempts. away before it even gets to squeeze of a shot at Bens
3) A character can spend up to 2 to increase damage on an Lawless freighter. So thats why he didnt care...
attack.
4) A character can spend up to 5 when using a skill REFERENCE LIST
specialization. The following is a quick reference list of the
NOTE: Character points and Force points starship actions. Beside each entry is the common
cannot be spent in the same round! abbreviation used on starship templates to record their
use. Once declared, actions cannot be retracted for the
4.2 The Wild Die turn. See section 11 for advanced actions.
The Star Wars: Second Edition wild die rules
ACTION NAME ABBREVIATION
mean that any die roll (except for Star Warriors tables)
has one wild die included. If it comes up as a 6, it is Accelerate (Acc n)
added and rolled over. Scale alters this slightly. If Angle shield (Ang)
Astrogation (Ast)
suffering from a die cap of 3 and the wild die comes up 6,
Bank (Bank)
the highest possible result (in this case a 3) is added to the Combat evasion (CE)
total and then the wild die is rerolled normally. Coordinate/Command (Com)
If the wild die comes up a 1, it and the highest Damage control (Dam)
other die are removed from the total.
Decelerate (Dec n)
Double slip (DbS)
4.3 Maneuver Actions Double-up shields (DbUp)
These actions are shown separate since they Escape (Esc)
directly influence the movement for the ship. Only one Fire weapon (Fire)
character can declare maneuver actions in a single game- Full evasion (FE)
Haste (H)
turn. The actions, the modifiers they apply to the
Jam sensors (Jam)
movement difficulty, and the appropriate Hazard table
used in case of failure are: One-half loop ( 1/2)
Overspeed (Ospd)
MANEUVER MOD. HAZARD TABLE Overturn (Otrn)
1/2 Loop +1D C Prepare (Prep)
Double slip +2D C Ram attack (Ram)
Full evasion +1D C Rotate (Ro)
Overturn +2D D Sensors use (Sen)
Bank +1D D Slip (Slip)
Slip +1D D Tractorbeam (Trac)
Accelerate +1D-1 E Accelerate: A ship can accelerate by its acceleration
Decelerate +1D-1 E number in hexes (Sublight Units) every turn up to its
Overspeed +1D E maximum speed. A number lower than the acceleration
4.4 Starship Actions number can also be chosen, at the players discretion, to
accelerate by. The ship can get up to its first Sublight
Starship crewmen have a wide variety of actions
Unit Number and hold its speed there, or can accelerate
to choose from. This is the complete glossary of standard
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and Overspeed to increase speed up to its second number.
Acceleration actions are not cumulative within a round.
Angle shield: For a starfighter, this action puts 1D of
available shield code into one of its two arcs (front or
rear). The 1D goes into the arc of the player's choice in
either the Fire Phase or during the ships Movement Phase
if Haste is applied to the action. Hence, a ship with 2D
shield code would need two actions to place its shields.
Capital-scaled ships are different; an angle shield action
raises all six hex-side shields 1D, assuming none are
damaged. This routine action requires no roll.
Astrogation: This action prepares a ship to jump into
lightspeed, or hyperspace. Astrogation attempts being
made during space combat, unless pre-planned, are
treated as hasty entries for an automatic doubling of the
difficulty number. Also, any action penalties in effect on
the turn of rolling the astrogation apply to the difficulty.
Finally, the hull condition of the ship has an effect on the
difficulty number. A ship at -1D Hull Code suffers +5 to
both duration and difficulty; if a ship is at one-half Hull
Code then it suffers +10 to both duration and difficulty.
If successfully rolled, the ship may jump into
lightspeed at the end of the turn.
Bank: This action banks the ship in order to make a very
tight turn. Its effect is to reduce all turn numbers on the
track by 1, with a minimum of 1/2. A 1/2 turn number
means a ship may turn two times for every hex it moves
forward (i.e. completely from one hex side to the
neighboring hex side in one turn).
Combat evasion: This is an action to make the ship
difficult to hit using quick evasive maneuvers. It normally
occurs during the Fire Phase, in the order established by
initiative rolls at the time. However, it can be initiated
before the Fire Phase with the use of a Haste action.
The procedure is to roll the pilot's current skill
code and the ship's Maneuverability code together.
Whatever is rolled replaces the original hit number
against the ship. If the difficulty number becomes less
than before, it cannot drop by more than 5.
So if the original difficulty of a shot is 20 and the
evader rolls a 10, the difficulty to hit stands at 15.
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Coordinate and command: This is a Command skill
action. Whether a starship captain or a wing leader, this
action is needed in order to control a large force in a
coordinated action. For each action that is coordinated
(combined), a Command action is needed. In accordance
with Star Wars: The Second Edition, the number of people
and their average skill level affects how difficult it will be
to command them. See page 69 of the rulebook for the
complete table on combining actions.
Damage control: This is an action where a character is
desperately attempting to jury-rig a damaged system in the
midst of battle. The fix-up is only temporarily, and still
needs real attention following the battle. The action is
written with details on which system is being fixed.
The systems that can be fixed by damage control
(and the skills required) are: GUNS (weapon repair),
BODY DAMAGE (ship repair), ENGINE DAMAGE
(ship repair), LATERAL CONTROL DAMAGE (ship
repair), POWER LOSS (shields), TURN NUMBER +'s
and STABILIZER DAMAGE (ship repair). The difficulty
number is 8 x the number of times/levels the
system has been damaged. If a Hull Code has been
reduced by 2D or damaged twice by 1D, the difficulty
number is 16.
Fixing the problem improves the system by one level
(1D). So in our example, the Hull Code is restored by 1D but
still has 1D damage to it. If it is reduced 1D again, then the
Damage control difficulty is 24, not 16. The restored 1D still
counts as an instance that the system was been damaged.
If the damage control attempt fails, the system is
considered permanently broken. So, if R2 failed to roll a 24 in
this example, the Hull of the ship will remain at -2D and cannot
be fixed until out of combat. R2 whines.
Decelerate: The counter to acceleration. A ship may
decrease its speed by up to its decelerate number.
Double slip: This action allows a ship to slide on a
diagonal course without interruption for the turn. A more
drastic use of lateral thrusters, it is more difficult than a
slip action. The ships turn number is increased by 1 for
the turn. A slip or double-slip can only be in one direction
in the turn. The double slip must continue for at least as
many hexes as the ships current turn number.
Double-up shields: This action doubles shield power into
one arc, fusing the connections out of another (damage
control can fix this). The arc to be doubled must already
have an angled shield present in order to be increased;
whatever the strength it has currently is doubled. Any die
of shield code can only be doubled-up once. 1D can be
taken up to 2D, but then not doubled again to 4D, etc. An
arc that is fused cannot have shield power put into it.
Difficulty: 2D + (2 x rounded Shield Code in arc)
Escape: When a ship is destroyed, any characters aboard
can only try to escape with their lives. This is a Survival
skill attempt. Success ejects the character safely. This
action can be performed without being declared, when the
ship is destroyed, but the skill check is made at a -1D.
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Difficulty: 3D (+ or - adjustments for escape systems)
Fire weapon: This is the straight-forward action of
shooting a starships weapon. Tractorbeam operation falls
under a separate action because of additional rules, but all
of the basics apply except one, tractorbeams can only be
fired during the Fire Phase. See Tractorbeam.
If an opponent chooses to evade the fire of an
opponent or wants to try to shoot first himself, then
initiative comes into play. Gunners automatically receive
a permanent +1 to all initiative rolls.
Firing takes place during the Fire Phase, but a
Haste action can allow a shot to occur during the ships
Movement Phase. A single Haste action must be allocated
to each shot to be performed in this snap-fire manner.
Gunners also automatically receive one free Haste action
per turn; so a sample gunner could fire one shot during
the Movement Phase for free with a +1 to initiative, or
could fire his one shot during the Fire Phase with a +2 to
initiative (+1 from the Haste action unspent earlier and
the other is automatically given to all gunner shots).
Gunners have special limitations to fire as well.
If the ship is forced into a roll (a damage/hazard result),
gunners are unable to fire that turn. Also, if the ship is
full evading, all gunners shots are resolved as though they
are one range category further away than is actually the case
(thus Extreme range shots are impossible).
Full evasion: This is an action performed throughout the
entire turn. The initial roll (Piloting Skill+Maneuverability)
is added to every to-hit difficulty of opponents shots. The
ships turn number is +1 penalty for the turn. All gunner
shots act as though one range level higher from the
complex and violent maneuvers. The pilot is also
incapable of any actions outside of the maneuver actions
(4.3). Crewmen performing any other actions within the
ship also have a +5 applied to any difficulties they have
(whether it be doubling-up shields or dealing with a
boarding party).
Haste: This action is a deliberate attempt to perform
actions before opponents, giving up accuracy in exchange.
It requires no roll by itself, but is paired with an action of
the players choice to provide that action with either a +1
to initiative during the Fire Phase or allow it to be done
during the ships Movement Phase. For defensive actions,
such as angle shields or combat evasion, Haste can allow
an action to occur reactively when attacked -- even before
the ships Movement Phase comes up.
For example, let us say that Erisson declares the following actions:
two haste actions, one fire action, and one combat evasion (for a total
of -3D actions penalty). Before Erisson even gets to move, a TIE
fighter snap fires at him during its Movement Phase. He responsively
declares the use of one of his haste actions with his combat evasion.
Assuming our bud succeeds in initiative and survives the TIEs blasts
(hes our hero, so we say he does), when his Movement Phase comes
up he has a choice. He could snap fire during his move also (using his
second haste action with his fire action) or he could wait until the Fire
Phase and get a +1 initiative. In any event, his combat evasion which
he rolled is already in effect for the rest of the turn.
Jam sensors: This action is the reverse of Sensors use,
and cannot be performed on the same turn. A character
jamming attempts to disrupt tracking and targeting
attempts of enemy scanners. A Sensor Operation skill roll
is made. This produces two effects: it makes focused
scans on and firing on a jamming starship more difficult.
Any attempts to focus scanners onto a jamming
ship will have the jammer's roll added to his initial
difficulty. Further, his jamming roll divided by 5
(rounded up) applies to any opponents hit difficulties for
the round if the attack is performed within the jamming
ships scan radius (see SENSORS). Missile attacks, like
proton torpedoes, whose guidances have to be disturbed
once they penetrate this "jamming zone" automatically
have this applied to their fire regardless of the firing
ships range and the jamming ships scan radius.
One-half loop: This is a special maneuver action that
reverses the ship's direction during its movement. Before
a ship can reverse its direction, it must move forward at
least as many hexes as its turn number in one turn, and
still have at least one more hex movement left for the
maneuver.
Once it meets this condition during its
movement, it alters its facing as though it were a hex of
movement by as much as 180 degrees. The ship can also
perform a regular turn afterwards. If the ship's turn
number is greater than its speed then a 1/2 loop is
impossible without turning maneuvers (like banking).
Overspeed: This action lets the ship travel up to its
second SU (Sublight Unit) number in speed for one
turn. This action must be performed every turn a ship
wishes to remain at overspeed velocity, and must initially
be performed in conjunction with an acceleration action to
both allow and to get up to the second SU number.
Overturn: This is a more intensive banking action. If
successful, it reduces the ship's turn numbers by its
rounded Maneuverability Code (e.g. -3 if its code is 3D+1),
with a minimum of 1/2. A 1/2 turn number means a ship
may turn two times for every hex it moves forward (i.e.
completely from one hex side to the neighboring hex side
in one turn).
Prepare: This action lets a character improve one Skill
Code by 1D for a single action in his next turn. During
the turn that he is preparing, he cannot be injured or
stunned, otherwise he will lose this bonus. The prepare
action cannot be done more than once in a turn towards
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one skill in order to get a higher bonus (more than 1D
added to a skill). However, if prepare actions are
performed toward one skill over multiple turns, the bonus
can be increased, 1D for each turn invested. The bonus
cannot exceed one-half the characters skill code (halve
the skills die code, pips remain unchanged; 1D halved
becomes +2, so 1D+1 halved becomes +3 pips which
becomes just 1D). Aside from the list of actions in the
RPG book that cannot be prepared for, neither form of
evasion can have prepare actions applied to them.
For example, if a protocol droid with 1D skill code
with starship shields spent an extra turn preparing to double-up
his shields, he would roll 1D+2 the next turn. This is because
the most a character can get from preparing is half his original
skill code. 1D halved is +2, so this is the best the droid can get.
Multiple turns of preparing will do him no good at all!
Ram attack: This is a very dangerous, likely suicidal
action. The attacking ship must enter the same hex as its
target. A Haste action is required to perform this during
the ships Movement. Otherwise, the ship must have
ended its move in the same hex and attempt to ram in the
Fire Phase. The pilot then rolls his Skill Code plus his
Maneuverability Code. If the target chooses to evade,
standard initiative rules apply.
Damage to each ship is their opponents Hull
Code plus 1D for each SU in speed comparison (explained
under weapons fire). Damage scored against the rammer
is at -1D. After damage has been taken care of, a Hazard
roll must be made for both ships. If capital ships were
involved, ignore Hazard results.
Rotate: This is the simple action of turning in place.
The ship must be at a speed of zero (at the beginning of
the turn). The ship can turn in place 30 o per rounded D
of Maneuverability Code (minimum of 1 turn possible).
Rotation can only go in one direction during the turn and
can be as little as a single point-to-side move or go as far
as the maximum will allow.
Sensors use: Characters can use their Sensors skills to
manipulate the sensors that their ship is equipped with
and interpret the data. The role playing game gives full
details on the ranges and sensor bonuses.
Slip: This maneuver action allows a ship to slide left, or
right, without changing direction. The ships turn number
is increased by 1 for the turn. A slip can only be in one
direction in the turn. It must continue for at least as many
hexes as the ships current turn number.
Tractorbeam: This is the action of attaching a
tractorbeam to a target. It can only be performed during
the Fire Phase. When caught in a tractorbeam, mass
rules. Similarly-scaled ships move each another around
as they move...while a Star Destroyer would hold an X-
wing in place, not allowing it to do more than turn as it
completes performs its maneuvers.
A successful hit does no damage but captures the
target in the beam. The tractor beam can move its target
one hex (SU) in any direction within range for each action
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declared by the operator. Hence, if Tirogs ship is five
hexes away, it will take five actions to reel his ship in.
For each action, the captured ship must make an opposed
Hull Code roll versus the tractor beams Strength Code.
Success allows the target to be moved one hex, failure
indicates the beam is broken in the attempt and the target
is free. Keep in mind scaling between beam strength and
the targets hull code as well. If the target is freed,
another attack must be performed to recapture it.
X-Wing starfighter. Since the Rebellion began, the X-
wing fighter has come to symbolize the Alliances military
philosophy: hit fast and hard, and take advantage of all
opportunities presented to you. HULL: 4D; MANEUVER:
3D; SHIELDS: 1D; SPEED: 4D; SENSORS: 25/0D,
50/1D, 75/2D, 3/4D; WEAPONS: Quad Medium Laser
Cannon (fire control 3D, Damage 6D). Dual Proton
Torpedo Launcher (fire control 2D, Damage 9D, ammo 6).
Y-Wing starfighter. The Y-wing was adopted at the
inception of the Rebel Alliance, and due to its versatility
remains popular despite its old, almost outdated, design.
HULL: 4D; MANEUVER: 2D; SHIELDS: 1D+2;
SPEED: 3D+2; SENSORS: 20/0D, 35/1D, 40/2D, 2/3D;
WEAPONS: Dual Medium Laser Cannon (fire control
2D, Damage 5D). Dual Proton Torpedo Launcher (fire
control 2D, Damage 9D, ammo 6). Dual Light Ion
Cannon Turret (fire control 3D --2D if fired by pilot--,
Damage 4D).
A-Wing starfighter. The fastest known fighter in the
galaxy, the A-wing acts as the Alliances quick strike and
interception weapon. Model one is equipped with a sensor
jammer to help give it an added survivability and model
two is equipped with a missile launcher system in its place.
HULL: 2D+2; MANEUVER: 4D; SHIELDS: 1D;
SPEED: 6D; SENSORS: 30/0D, 50/1D, 75/2D, 4/4D+1;
WEAPONS: Dual Medium Swivel Cannons [F/R arc
firing capability] (fire control 3D, Damage 5D). Sensor
jammer (-2D from enemy fire control with sensor use) or
Dual Missile Launcher (fire control 2D, Damage 8D,
ammo 6).
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5.0 ROLL MOVEMENT/INITIATIVE
With all actions determined for the turn, each
ships pilot must roll to see if it can successfully maneuver
over its terrain. Three potential variables affect this
critical difficulty: the default terrain difficulty, maneuver
actions declared, and any modifiers from damage or
hazard results. Once the complete number of dice is
determined, roll them and use the total for the difficulty
number to move over the terrain.
5.1 Terrain Difficulty
The terrain difficulty reflects the difficulty to
simply move through it. Terrain is given a difficulty
ranking, from Very Easy to Heroic, which is determined
by the GM or by the scenario. A single terrain roll is
made at the beginning of the turn for all valid ships. If
different terrain types exist in the scenario then multiple
rolls are made. If the ship is moving at less than or equal
to half its normal maximum speed this turn, then the
terrain difficulty level is decreased by one.
Very Easy: 1D is rolled for the terrain difficulty. If the ship is
going at half-speed or less through Very Easy terrain then
there is no base difficulty for terrain at all. Very Easy terrain
covers deep space. The area is clear and calm, not cluttered
with debris or subject to unusual gravitational or other
navigational hazards.
Easy: 2D is rolled for the terrain difficulty. Easy terrain is
flying through calm atmosphere or near a gravitational field in
space. Flying a starship in the vicinity of other starships, or
around minor obstacles in space, such as a small, dispersed
asteroid belt. If more than one of these conditions exist, the
difficulty is bumped up to Moderate.
Moderate: 3D-4D is rolled for the terrain difficulty.
Moderate terrain is choppy atmospheric conditions or a storm.
In space, this is flying through crowded space, or in an area
littered with a moderate amount of debris, with several other
starships in the area, or flying down an artificial canyon on a
space station. The Death Stars basic hemispherical trench
(minus those ridiculous cross-sections put in the arcade!)
would fall under this category. A major action between ships,
with little room to maneuver would fall in this category. If
more than one of these conditions exist, bump the difficulty
from 3D to 4D.
Difficult: 5D-6D is rolled for the terrain difficulty. This is
terrain clogged with fast-going asteroids or filled with fast-
moving starships. A violent storm equivalence could also
create Difficult terrain conditions. Natural canyons, with their
nearly-random formations suddenly appearing in front of you
(or that Rebel Assault 2 mine escape flight!) is another
example of difficult terrain. This is Return of the Jedi at some
points in the space battle, where starfighters were weaving
between capital ships at great speeds and risked running into
them and each other! If more than one of these conditions
exist, bump the difficulty from 5D to 6D.
Very Difficult: 7D-8D is rolled for the terrain difficulty.
Better say your prayers. Something really catastrophic is
going on, like fighting inside the gravitational effects of a
black hole or among violent explosions. Horrible
combinations of the terrains mentioned under Moderate and
Difficult terrains could be in the same place to make the terrain
Very Difficult. Going through a densely-packed asteroid field
or flying your starship into the heart of the Death Star through
small, winding tubes at top speed are Very Difficult. Combine
a couple of these conditions and
the difficulty bumps up to 8D (good luck).
Heroic: 9D+ is rolled for the ultimate terrain difficulty. If
pulled off, the pilot is a legend without question. If somehow
three or more of the terrain types listed above were in one
place, Heroic terrain would exist. Flying through the Death
Stars small, winding tubes at top speed while everything is
exploding behind and around the ship would be Heroic terrain.
Now you know how good Lando and Wedge really are!
5.2 Maneuver Actions Declared
If the pilot declared maneuver actions for the
turn then the terrain difficulty is modified cumulatively
according to the table below:
MANEUVER MOD. HAZARD TABLE
1/2 Loop +1D C
Double slip +2D C
Full evasion +1D C
Overturn +2D D
Bank +1D D
Slip +1D D
Accelerate +1D-1 E
Decelerate +1D-1 E
Overspeed +1D E
5.3 Damage/Hazard Modifiers
Some damage and hazard table results modify the
difficulty even further. If the ship has any of the following
penalties listed then apply the modifiers provided below.
ACTION PENALTIES: If this temporary penalty
(either +3 or +6) is in effect on this turn, add the
appropriate amount to the total difficulty roll.
FORCED ROLL: The ship is barrel-rolling and
assesses an additional +3 difficulty to maneuver this
turn.
STABILIZER DAMAGE: This permanent damage
equivalent to the Action Penalty applies a straight +5.
5.4 The Piloting Skill Roll
Once the total difficulty is calculated for the ship,
make a piloting + maneuverability skill roll for the ships
pilot. Do not forget to take into account multiple action
penalties, damage to the lateral controls, or injuries to the
pilot when rolling this skill check.
If the pilots die-roll is equal to or greater than
the total difficulty, the ship succeeds in all its actions.
If the die-roll is less than the total difficulty,
subtract the die-roll from the total difficulty. A ship
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suffers one hazard for every five points left over. If the
number left over isnt equally divisible by five, it suffers
one hazard for every five points, and one minor hazard for
the extra points.
5.5 The Hazard Table
Included with the Star Warriors game is the
Hazard Table, which is used once for each hazard or
minor hazard the ship suffers. Only the lines C, D, and E
are used in these third edition rules. Beside each
maneuver action it shows which Hazard Table line is
appropriate.
When a ship suffers a hazard, look at its
maneuver actions. Whatever the earliest letter in the
alphabet is that corresponds with an action performed is
the line to be rolled on for the first hazard.
If a ship suffers more than one hazard, each time
you refer to the Hazard Table, use the next hazard line,
alphabetically, for which the ship performed a maneuver
action. You go to the next line even if a ship has more
than one action planned with the same line. If you must
refer to the Hazard Table more times than a ship has
hazard codes, you recycle, starting over at the beginning
of the alphabet.
If a ship has no maneuver actions but does have
hazard results, then make all hazard rolls on line A of the
Hazard Table.
When a ship suffers a minor hazard, use only the
top damage code of the two you find on the Hazard Table.
Example: The movement difficulty is 26; the die-roll is
12. 26-12=14, so the ship suffers two hazards and one
minor hazard. The player will roll on the Hazard Table
three times.
The ship is 1/2 looping (line C), full evading
(line C), and accelerating (line E). So the first hazard is
rolled on line C, being first in alphabetical order. The
second hazard is rolled on line E, being the next available
in order. Finally, the minor hazard is rolled on line C
again.
STAR
L = Lateral Control Damage
The ships turn number for the current and all future game-
turns is increased by one. If the ship has already suffered from
a Hazard L result, then the penalty can become no worse than
+2 to all turn numbers. Further results are ignored.
LOSE = Lose One Action
You lose one of the actions planned for your ship -- it does not
perform the action, however you remain assessed the multiple
action penalty. You choose which action to lose. Any crew
member involved in the ships operation may be chosen from
to lose an action.
Roll = Forced Roll
The ship must perform a barrel roll on the next turn. +3 is
assessed to the terrain difficulty number at that time. Further,
no gunners can fire during the roll, and turn numbers are
increased +1.
SPD? = Random Speed Change
Roll a die. On a die-roll of 1-3, the ships speed decreases
by one. On a roll of 4-6, the ships speed increases by
one. The speed may increase above the maximum speed if
necessary, but may not exceed the maximum speed by
more than two. On SPD2? hazards, multiply by two.
Stb = Stabilizer Damage
Every game-turn after this one, +5 is added to the
movement check for the ship. A second result can make
this +10, but it cannot go higher than that.
T+1 or T+2 or T+3 = Turn Number Increase
The ships turn number is increased by the indicated
number for the current game-turn only.

5.6 Hazard Code Summary

A+3 or A+6 = Action Penalty
For this turn and the following turn, the ships difficulties are
increased by 3 or 6. This affects crew as well as pilot in all
actions for that time being. If a ship suffers two A+3 results,
the action penalty becomes 6. Anything past A+6 is ignored.
E = Engine Damage
The ships maximum speed is reduced by one. Referring to
the Ship Template, reduce the normal maximum speed by one.
If the ship is currently at the ships old maximum, or is
overspeeding, immediately move its speed down by one. If
this result is scored more than once in the same turn, the
overspeed maximum is dropped by one as well for each
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5.7 Collisions
While certain terrain types may not lend
themselves to collision (like open space) or may have
special rules to handle maneuvering through them
(asteroid fields), other terrains are simply easier to handle
by assessing a terrain difficulty and if the pilot fails his
roll by more than 10 points, considering the result a
collision.
This is determined by the scenario or the GM
during the game if the rules are not previously written.
Even an asteroid field could be simulated by just assessing
a terrain difficulty.
Where movement collisions are possible, and the
pilot fails his roll by more than 10, this basic system is
used. For special scenarios or terrains, other rules can
stand in place of these.
The damage from a collision depends upon how
fast the ship was going that turn. When resolving
collision damage with ships or objects of different scales,
dont forget to use appropriate damage die caps.
For each hex in velocity the ship has, it counts as 1D
damage. If the ship is overspeeding, there is a +1D to
this. For instance, a ship overspeeding at 8 would take
9D damage.
If the pilot failed his roll by 11-15, this is only a minor
collision and there is a -3D assessed to the damage total.
However, if the roll missed by 21 or more, this is a major
collision and scores +4D increased damage.
This damage is scored immediately before any
movement takes place. Refer to section 7 for damage
results.
5.8 Roll Turn-Length Actions
For those actions which consume an entire turn
or their results are critical to the end of the turn, roll their
success now.
Actions which fall into this category are:
Astrogation, Coordinate/Command, Damage Control, Full
Evasion, Jam Sensors, and Sensors use.
TIE Interceptors and bombers in attack formation.
(TIE FIGHTER, Lucas Arts)
6.0 MOVEMENT PHASES
Each ship that is moving in the current turn does
so individually until all movement is completed. While
being moved by the ships player, it is called the ships
Movement Phase. It must move its current speed and
perform any maneuver actions it has declared, obeying its
turn number. During the ships Movement Phase, its
movement can be interrupted by tailing situations, in
which moves can be passed or stolen, or it may intercede
with one of its own Hasted-actions. When all applicable
ships are moved, the Fire (Action) Phase begins.
6.1 Movement Order
Each side involved in the scenario had their ships
roll movement checks to cross the terrain. The highest
skill roll on each side counts as Initiative for that side.
Movement of ships alternates between vessels of each
players choosing, starting with the side that won
initiative. A player may choose his own ship or one of his
opponents, completely at his discretion. Then his
opponent(s) does the same.
If there are uneven sides (number of ships
moving on each side, counting a Wing (advanced rule) as
an individual ship, things get somewhat more complicated.
If one side has twice the number of ships as another, it
must move two ships at a time. If it has three times as
many, then it must move three ships at a time. And so on.
If the number of vessels do not divide up neatly, the extra
ships can be held back until their last move.
6.2 Speed and Turn Number
The first thing a player does when he begins to
move a ship is to determine its current speed and turn
number. The turn number, given on its movement chart
(see section 2.3) is the number of hexes (Sublight Units) a
ship must move forward before it can turn by 30 degrees
(i.e. change its facing from a hex side to an adjacent hex
point, or from one hex point to an adjacent hex side).
A ships turn number is modified by any damage
incurred. It is also modified by the actions it performs. A
summary of the actions effects upon turn numbers is
given below:
If a ship is slipping, its turn number is increased by 1.
If a ship is double-slipping, its turn number is
increased by 1.
If a ship is full evading, its turn number is increased
by 1.
Banking decreases the turn number by 1.
Overturning decreases the turn number by the ships
rounded maneuverability code (e.g. 1D+1 = -1).
Lateral control damage (hazard) increases the ships
turn number by one (up to a maximum of two) until
the damage is repaired.
If a ship is in a forced roll, its turn number is
increased by 1.
Lateral control damage (hit damage) decreases the
ships maneuverability code, thus raising its turn
numbers accordingly.
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A T+? damage result increases the turn number by
the number indicated.
All modifications listed are cumulative.
If a ships base turn number is reduced below 1,
the ship automatically has a turn number of 1/2. Turn
numbers can never be reduced below 1/2. With a turn
number of 1/2, a ship can turn 60 degrees for each hex
moved forward into, rather than the regular 30 degrees
with a turn number of 1.
6.3 Moving and Turning
Each ship must move as many hexes as its
current speed. A ship moves forward by moving into the
next hex in the direction it is facing. Any number of ships
can pass through or occupy the same hex during or after
movement is done.
A ship facing a hex point and moving forward
moves as follows: first, it enters the hex immediately in
front of it and off to the left (or right, movers choice).
Then it moves to the hex that is now in front of it and to
the right (or left -- whichever is the opposite of the way
just moved). Then it moves to the opposite hex again,
until movement is complete.
This alternating movement for hex points does
not carry over from game-turn to game-turn. Thus, a ship
which made its last forward move to the right could also
begin the next game-turn moving off to the right.
A ships turn number is the number of hexes it
must move forward in this manner before turning 30
degrees. After a ship has moved that number of hexes, the
player may, at his option, turn the ship counter so that it
now faces to the left or right point/side adjacent to its
previous facing. Turning does not cost movement points.
If a ships turn number is larger than its current
speed, it may not turn during its move. If a ships turn
number is small enough, it may turn several times during
the course of its move. If a ships turn number is 1/2, it
may turn 60 degrees for every hex it moves forward. A
stopped ship has a turn number of 0; it may not move, but
may make as many 30 degree turns as its move, as the
ship has rounded maneuverability code.
For turning purposes, each game-turn is a new
start. For example, a ship with a turn number of three
may not move forward two hexes at the end of one game-
turn, then move one hex in the next game-turn and
change facing. It would have to move three hexes in the
second game-turn before turning.
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6.4 Slips and 1/2 Loops
A ship which slips can move sideways without
turning (i.e. its facing remains the same).
When a ship slips, it alternates between moving
sideways and straight forward. For hex point
movement, a ship moves as if it were facing toward
one of the adjacent hex sides, without changing
facing -- in other words, it moves along the line of
hexes to its forward left or forward right.
When a ship double-slips, it moves diagonally ahead
for as long as it double-slips. For hex point
movement, it alternates as follows: first it moves to
the hex immediately to its right (or left); then it
moves to the hex thats forward and to the right (or
left); and so on.
A slip or double-slip can be to the right or to the left,
but not both.
A ship that slips or double-slips must do so for at least
part of its move -- but it is not required to do so
throughout its move. The maneuver must continue
for at least as many hexes as the ships turn number.
For turning purposes, a ship that is slipping or
double-slipping counts as moving forward.
The 1/2 loop action lets a ship reverse facing --
that is, turn three hex sides in a single hex, regardless its
current turn number. A ship with a declared 1/2 loop
action must attempt to 1/2 loop at some point during its
Movement Phase.
Before a ship performs a 1/2 loop, it must move
forward at least as many hexes as its turn number.
Then, it may (but is not required to) turn normally.
Then, it reverses its facing, turning 180 degrees (or
three hex sides or hex points). In doing so, it
expends one hex of movement, reducing the total
number of hexes it must move for the current game-
turn by one. Besides being caught in a tractor beam,
this is the only time that hexes of movement are
expended without actually moving on the game-map.
If a ships turn number is greater than its speed, it
may not perform 1/2 loops, even if the action was
declared for the ship.
6.5 Choosing Ships and Tailing
When it is your turn to choose a ship, you may
choose any ship that has not yet moved this game-turn.
The ship you choose immediately moves but in a situation
where a ship is tailing or being tailed by another, special
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One of your ships is tailing an enemy ship when:
Your ship is in the enemy ships rear center arc.
The enemy ship is in your ships front center arc.
The enemy ship is within medium range of one of
your weapon systems.
Passing a Move:
If one of your ships is tailing an enemy ship, and
your ship is chosen to move by the enemy, you may pass
your move to the enemy ship. That means that the enemy
ship must immediately complete its Movement Phase.
Immediately after it has done so, your ship completes its
Movement Phase.
Passing a move does not change the order of ship
choice. Once both ships have moved, it is your turn
to choose a ship, because the enemy player made the
last choice.
If your ship is tailing more than one enemy ship, you
can pass your move to only one of those ships -- then
you must move.
Stealing a Move:
If one of your ships is tailing an enemy ship, and
the enemy player chooses to move the ship youre tailing,
you may steal its move. That means you move your ship
first. Once youre done with your Movement Phase, the
enemy ship moves.
If more than one of your ships is tailing the enemy
ship, only one of your ships may steal its move.
You may pass or steal a move only when the
enemy player chooses a tailing or tailed ship. You may
not choose one of your own ships, then pass its move to a
ship you are tailing; nor may you choose an enemy ship
you are tailing and steal its move with your own ship.
When youre tailing an enemy ship, you are
never required to pass a move or steal a move from it; you
do so only if you wish.
6.6 Map Adjustment
The game-map represents an area of space and
while space doesnt have edges, the game-map does.
When a ship flies off the edge of the map, move all
counters on the map five hexes in a straight line, away
from the map-edge in question.
If the map cannot be adjusted without forcing a
ship off the edge, do not adjust the map. Instead, the
moving ship escapes; it is removed from play. Take note
that some scenarios may designate that the map is static
and cannot be adjusted. Thus, whenever a ship moves off
the edge in such a scenario it has automatically escaped.
6.7 Hasted Actions
Haste actions can be used in conjunction with
other declared actions to allow them to be performed
during the ships Movement Phase. An example of this is
applying a haste action to a fire action, allowing the pilot
to snap-fire while moving, before the Fire Phase.
For each action to be hasted before the Fire
Phase, a Haste action must be paired off with it. This
pairing off need not be done during the Declare Actions
step, but is done during the ships Movement Phase. Any
actions not given haste (unless they are turn-length
actions specified in section 5.8) take place during the
combined Fire Phase for all ships.
Haste for defense actions like combat evasions or
angling shields can be issued even before a ships actual
Movement Phase. If a ship is attacked before its
Movement Phase, the defending ships player may, at his
option, apply a Haste action to any one of his defensive
actions. Regular initiative determination then occurs as in
the Fire Phase (section 7). After the defensive action has
been rolled, it is accurate for the remainder of the turn.
Example: Bens Lawless freighter has yet to have its
Movement Phase for the turn but he does have two haste
actions, a combat evasion, and a fire action declared. A TIE
fighter moves into short range behind the Lawless on its
Movement Phase and fires at him. Ben decides to pair off one
of his haste actions with his combat evasion. Then he rolls
initiative with the TIE pilot to determine if he can dodge in
time. For all following attacks this turn, whether during the
Movement Phase or the Fire Phase, his combat evasion is
considered the difficulty number.
All other actions can be done during the ships
Movement Phase. The only restriction to hasted action
performance is:
Crewmen cannot perform their hasted actions from
the hex in which their ship begins or ends its
movement, unless the ships speed is two or less.
Any damage resulting from hasted actions or
terrain are taken immediately, before the Fire Phase
begins. For details on the firing and damage procedure
see section 7 (the Fire/Action Phase).
Remember that gunners have the unique
advantage of one free haste action to their fire actions
every turn. They do not pay the multiple action penalty
for it, nor do they have to use it if they choose not to. The
free haste action can be used like any other, to either allow
the gunner to fire during the ships Movement Phase, or to
allow a +1 bonus to initiative during the Fire Phase. In
addition, gunners receive a +1 to all their initiative
checks.
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7.0 FIRE / ACTION PHASE
Once all Movement Phases are concluded, the
main action phase of the turn takes place. Actions occur
roughly simultaneously, except in cases where competition
is involved (see the example in section 4.4). In such
cases, initiative must be rolled for all appropriate actions.
Each action in conflict has 1D + the owners
rounded skill code number. This initiative die counts as a
wild die. A 1 bombs out, or must go last. A 6 counts as a
6 and is re-rolled again. The total numbers give the
initiative order for actions.
Defense actions that went off during the
Movement Phases are considered still active and do not
need initiative rolls.
Any actions that are given a haste action get +1
applied to their initiative roll. These are cumulative.
Haste actions can be dispensed or not used, as the player
wishes. For example, if Erisson has two fire actions and
two haste actions to work with during the Fire Phase, he
has to roll twice for initiative -- once for each action. He
could apply both haste actions to one shot (for a +2 to that
shot) or he could split the haste actions, one per shot (for
+1s). Or he could choose to not use them at all.
Remember that gunners have a flat +1 modifier
to all shots fired. In addition, if they have not used their
free haste action, they can choose to apply it to one of
their shots as well.
7.1 Firing / Action Order
Attacks and actions are resolved sequentially,
with all damage from one attack taking effect before the
next ships weapon system is fired. Once defense actions
have been rolled, they stand for the remainder of the turn.
Only shots with higher initiative fire before the combat
evasion or angling of shields takes effect.
The only exception to this is when identical
initiative rolls occur. These actions then occur
simultaneously (i.e. damage is scored simultaneously).
After all actions and shots are complete, with
appropriate damage scored for each, the Fire/Action Phase
is done.
7.2 Hitting the Target
When a ship fires, you must determine its
difficulty number. Then, you make a gunnery skill roll
for the crewman firing the weapon. If the die-roll is equal
to or greater than the difficulty number, the ship hits its
target and you determine the damage the target suffers.
Otherwise, the shot misses. Take note of the special
weapons listed in section 2.6 for differences from the
normal rules listed here.
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Valid Targets. A ship may only fire upon targets that are
within the firing arc and range of a weapon system at the
time the shot attempt is made.
Range and Difficulty. Table 2.5 detailed the beginning
difficulties and modifiers for weapon types, as well as the
ranges applicable for each. This is the foundation for the
difficulty number. When a ship fires, count the number of
hexes from the firing ship to the target, including the
targets hex but no the firers. This is the range. NOTE:
Ships in the same hex may not fire at one another.
Modifying for Speed. The difficulty number is modified
for the relative speeds of the firer and target.
If the ships are facing in opposite directions (i.e.
toward each other), add both ships speeds to the
difficulty number.
If the ships are facing in the same direction, subtract
the slower ships speed from the faster, and add the
difference to the difficulty number.
If the ships are neither facing in the same direction
nor in opposite directions, just add the targets speed
to the difficulty number.
Modifying for Special Conditions. The difficulty
number may be increased by Action Penalties or Full
Evasion penalties on the firer. For instance, if the firing
ship is full evading, the gunner treats the range as though
one category higher. Even terrain conditions at the GMs
discretion could be added to the difficulty number.
Modifying for Evasion. If the firer wins initiative over
the defender, the difficulty number calculated is used to
determine hit success. Otherwise, the difficulty number
calculated can be added to for a targets Full Evasion or be
replaced by a targets Combat Evasion. In the case of a
Combat Evasion being lower than the original difficulty
number calculated, subtract no more than 5 away from the
original difficulty number towards the Combat Evasion
roll.
Damage Resolution. If the firing ship hits its target, then
damage must be resolved immediately as described below.
The one exception to this is in the case of missile
weapons, which score their damage simultaneously after
all other weapons have rolled their damage.
To-Hit Roll Modifier to Damage. Subtract the difficulty
number from the die-roll number. For every full 10 points
remaining, +1D damage is awarded the firer for damage-
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7.3 Damaging the Target L = Lateral Control Damage

Take the total Damage die code for the weapon,
applying any range modifiers, and any +D modifiers for a
10+ rolled success remainder. Contest this roll with the
applicable Hull die code and Shield die code if the
appropriate arc was hit. The Damage roll is called DR
and the Hull defense roll is called SR for the table below:
The ships Maneuverability Code is reduced by 1D. This
effects all future piloting checks and turn numbers. This is the
Damage version of L, not the Hazard version.
P = Power Loss
1D of shield power is lost. The die is lost from the quarter

CONTEST: Standard Weapon Ion Weapon

DR x 2 < SR = No effect No effect
DR < SR = Roll once at -1D Roll once
DR SR = Roll once Roll once at -1
DR SR+10 = Roll once at +1D Roll once at -1D
DR 2 x SR = Roll twice at +1D Roll twice at -1D
DR 3 x SR = Roll twice at +2D Roll twice at -2D
Do not apply Wild die to the following roll on the Star Warriors Fire Table.
that was hit. If no shields are angled to take the damage, roll
Apply the modifiers listed to the Star Warriors Fire Table 1D on this subtable. If, for some reason, the damage listed
and score damage results from that table. If the target was cant be taken, 1D Hull Damage occurs instead.
struck in the fore, rear, or side, use the appropriate sub- 1) Ship loses 1D from another available shield, even if
table given. its not angled up.
2) Disabled hyperdrives. The ships hyperdrives are
7.4 Damage Code Summary damaged and the ship cannot enter hyperspace until
the drives are fixed with damage control.
3) One random on-board weapon system is rendered
A+3 or A+6 = Action Penalty inoperative by a power failure until damage
For this turn and the following turn, the ships difficulties are controlled, in which case it returns back to the state it
increased by 3 or 6. This affects crew as well as pilot in all was in before this roll made it fail.
actions for that time being. If a ship suffers two A+3 results, 4) Cargo damaged by internal hit. GMs call on how
the action penalty becomes 6. Anything past A+6 is ignored. badly the cargo area is damaged.
5) An electrical fire breaks out inside the ship, doing 3D
Body or 2 Bdy, etc. = Body Damage damage to occupants in a random area until put out
with a damage control roll.
The ship suffers 1D of Hull Damage. Subtract 1D from 6) GM special if available or 1D Hull Damage results.
the Hull code for all future resistance checks. The number
indicates multiple dice taken away. If the total body Roll = Forced Roll
damage ever exceeds the total Hull code of a ship, the ship The ship must perform a barrel roll on the next turn. +3 is
is considered destroyed. assessed to terrain difficulty and turn numbers are increased by
1. Further, no gunners can fire during the barrel roll.
E = Engine Damage
SK-1 = Random Crewman Injured
The ships maximum speed is reduced by one. Referring to
the Ship Template, reduce the normal maximum speed by one. One random crewman is wounded (-1D to attributes and
If the ship is currently at the ships old maximum, or is skills). This reduction is permanent unless medical
overspeeding, immediately move its speed down by one. If attention can be given. A second wound result on the
this result is scored more than once in the same turn, the same individual incapacitates him.
overspeed maximum is dropped by one as well for each
additional E result.
Stb = Stabilizer Damage
Every game-turn after this one, +5 is added to the
movement check for the ship. A second result can make
G = Gun Damage this +10, but it cannot go higher than that.
A random weapon system on the ship is damaged. Roll
1D. On 1-2, the fire control of the system is reduced by T+1 or T+2 or T+3 = Turn Number Increase
1D to a minimum of 0. On a 3-4, the Damage code is The ships turn number is increased by the indicated
reduced by 1D to a minimum of 0. On a 5-6, both are. number for the current game-turn only.
7.5 Explosions
When a ship is destroyed it explodes, potentially
causing damage to those around. Explosions are of the
same scale as the ship destroyed. Starfighters roll half
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their original Hull code which damages anything in the
same hex. Capital ships roll their original Hull code
which damages anything in the same hex(es). Half the
Hull code is rolled for victims in all adjacent hexes.

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8.0 BOOKKEEPING PHASE one die of damage. One angle shields action raises
the forward shield by two pips and reduces all the
Record damage control attempts. Replenish others by one pip.
character skills from multiple action penalties. Erase old Coordinate and command actions are issued by set
hazard results from the previous turn; write down the new officers (gunnery chiefs) and routines are formally
hazard results for the next turn. Results of astrogation established to target multiple gunnery emplacements
attempts are announced and ships can jump into on single targets. Assuming all guns are fully
hyperspace if applicable. manned and operational, capital ships may
automatically perform combined actions without
ADVANCED RULES command difficulty being calculated and rolled. This
bonus applies to hit and damage rolls.
Damage control is attempted by damage control
9.0 CAPITAL SHIPS parties on board most capital ships. Assuming there
Although Star Warriors is mainly a game of is more than a skeleton crew on board the ship,
fighter combat, it includes rules for capital starships, like actions can be combined to repair systems.
Star Destroyers and Mon Calamari cruisers. Capital ships Double slip actions cannot be performed by capital
can occupy multiple hexes and range is counted from the ships larger in size than one hex.
nearest hexes of target and firer. Fire weapon -- note that on most capital ships, all
weapons are fired by gunners. So they all get +1
9.1 Scales initiative and one free haste action.
The two scales to be dealt with are Starfighter Full evasion actions cannot be performed by capital
and Capital. There are three kinds of scale charts that ships larger in size than one hex.
need to be used: To Hit, To Damage, and Dodge. Find the One-half loop actions cannot be performed by capital
scale of the thing that is doing the shooting along the left ships larger in size than one hex.
hand row. Find the scale of the target on the column Overturn actions cannot be performed by capital ships
across the top. Find where the row and column cross and larger in size than one hex.
that is the die cap. Ram attack actions score -1D damage to the capital
When the dice are rolled to hit the target, any ship per hex size over one.
which come up as higher than the die cap count as if they
had rolled the die cap number. All +s on a die code Combined Action Bonus Table
count normally.
Number of People
Being Coordinated Bonus
TO HIT: 2 +1D
Starfighter Capital 4 +2D
Starfighter 6 6 6 +3D
Capital 3 6 10 +4D
15 +5D
TO DAMAGE: 25 +6D
Starfighter Capital 40 +7D
Starfighter 6 3 60 +8D
Capital 6 6 100 +9D
150 +10D
DODGE: 250 +11D
Starfighter Capital 400 +12D
Starfighter 6 6 600 +13D
Capital 2 6

9.2 Action Differences

The actions described in section 4 are identically
declared for capital ships with the following exceptions.
Note that with skeleton crews all difficulties are raised by
the amount specified for the ship.

Angle shields raises 1D shields to all six arcs, or if

one shield has taken one full die of damage, this
action can reduce the damage amount to one pip but
it is distributed among all six shields. For example, a
Corellian corvettes forward center shield has taken
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9.3 Damaging Differences
Capital ships do not take damage the same way
starfighter-scaled ships do. Their damage (and their repairs) are
scored in pips, where 3 pips equals 1D. A capital ships hull of
3D, for instance, has 9 pips. Damage would be scored off 9
times before the capital ship would be considered dead in space.
On the other hand, repairs done are only accomplished in pips
as well. Note too that capital ships always resist damage with
their original, full Hull code; damage does not affect their Hull
rolls.
Capital ships that are only one hex in size (less that
500 meters in length) take damage off of the Star Warriors fire
table just as described in 7.3, with all the same effects except that
damage is scored off in pips. For larger capital ships...
Capital Ship Damage Summary Chart
DR vs. SR Beam & Missile Ion
2xDR< SR no effect no effect
DR < SR 1 shield pip no effect
DR>=SR 1 hull pip -1D
DR>=2xSR 2 hull pips -2D
DR>=3xSR 3 hull pips -3D etc.
If a shield pip cannot be taken from the hit shield, it
counts as a hull pip. Vital locations can also be targeted on all
capital ships, in fact this is the only way to score special
damage past just shields and hull pips for large capital ships.
Targeting Explanations
Sublight Engines: The sublight engines are damaged by
the effects of this attack, reducing the die code of the
ships sublight speed by pips as though hull code.
Maneuver: If the shield arc shot through is down, a
successful maneuver attack receives +1D to its damage.
This attack is designed to cause shock damage to
maneuver control centers, and attacks reduce the
maneuver code.
Fire Control: If the shield arc shot through is down, a
successful fire control attack receives +2D to its damage.
The attacks are aimed at disrupting the central fire control
circuits; pips of damage reduce the fire control of all
weapons.
Weapons: Counter battery fire destroys the weapons of
the opponent. When targeting weapons, the firer must
specify which weapons are being targeted and how many
are being fired at. Multiply the damage pips by the
number of guns firing for a damage total. This total is
distributed as evenly as possible among the target
weapons. One damage point counts as Gun damage,
making it fire with 1D less fire control. Two damage
points reduce its damage by 1D. Three damage points
incapacitate the weapon, rendering it useless until
repaired. Missile tubes are simpler and better protected
than beam weapons; damage dice are reduced by 1D when
firing at missile bays.
Hull: A normal attack. Use the regular rules for damage
-- 7.3 for small capital ships & 9.3 for large ships.
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Shield Generators: If the shield arc shot through is
down, a successful shield attack receives +1D to its
damage. The attacks are aimed at knocking out the shield
projection system for the ship, and attacks reduce all arcs
by the indicated amount of hull pip damage. DR<SR
results in only the hit arc losing a pip.
Vital Location: A vital location hit reduces the hull roll
of the target vessel by 1D. Vital location attacks can be
made cumulatively; a triple vital location attack would
reduce the attack by 6D and, if successful, reduce the hull
roll of the defender by 3D. Vital location targeting can
also be combined with other targeting attacks. For
example, a vital location attack on the sublight engines
would have a hit modifier of -4D, and would reduce the
hull roll by 1D while doing damage exclusively to the
sublight engines.
Vital locations are plot driven normally. If you just
rescued Walex Blissex, designer of the Victory Star Destroyer,
then he can tell you the weak spots of that VSD off the port bow.
In other situations, a specific knowledge skill of a particular
class of ship will allow you to make a roll to find vital locations,
one roll for each location type. Finally, a vital location could
have special conditions set to it. Perhaps the firer has to be at
point blank range (maneuvering down a trench) from a certain
angle or something. The GM can set conditions for a vital
location to be hit to make it more interesting or realistic than
simply we target his maneuver controls and fire.
Advanced Targeting Chart
Target Hit Modifier Damage Modifier
Hull 0 0
Sublight Engines -2D 0
Maneuver -3D +1D*
Fire Control -4D +2D*
Weapon (Beam) -3D 0
Weapon (Missile) -2D -1D
Shield Generators -2D +1D*
Vital Location -2D -1D**
* Only if attack was through down shield.
** Reduce hull roll of target vessel by 1D.
Ion Damage to Capital Ships
Ionization damage is not allocated in pips but in
dice. The number of dice shown on the damage table
indicates the penalty that all systems on the capital ship
suffers on the turn hit. This affects all actions from
piloting to weapons fire. On the Bookkeeping Phase, the
ionization penalty is reduced by 1D. Ionization damage is
not cumulative, however. If a star destroyer is suffering
from -3D ionization and is struck for a -2D damage effect,
the two do not combine for -5D. The -3D effect holds in
effect until the Bookkeeping Phase.
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10.0 WINGS
When large battles are fought, it is impractical to
plan actions for every ship independently. For this reason,
ships are grouped into wings for large battles.
All ships in a particular wing must be of the
same ship type but can contain any number of ships.
Rebels prefer groups of three and the Empire prefers
groups of four. It is advisable to keep each wing the same
size to avoid confusion.
In essence, for all rules written, treat a wing as a
single ship for purposes of movement, fire, etc. They act
completely as a team.
10.1 Moving Wings
When any ship in a wing is chosen as the next to
move, all ships in the wing move. First move the
designated wing leader. The other ships must end
movement within three hexes of the wing leader (or of
another ship in the wing) or suffer penalties.
If one or more ships in the wing is tailing an
enemy ship, they are all considered to tail it for the
purposes of stealing or passing moves.
10.2 Wing Gunnery
The wing leader can coordinate the shots of his
wingmen in accordance with the rules given on page 69
and when using complete wing formation rules given
here, his difficulty level is reduced by one level. However,
ships in a wing can fire separately and at different targets
if they choose to.
10.3 Breaking Wing Formation
If a ship in a wing is not within three hexes of
the wing leader or of another ship in the wing (which is in
turn within three hexes of the wing leader), it may not
make any attack actions. Either the player has to get it
back into wing formation or have it run away.
If the wing leaders ship is destroyed or
removed (see below), then the next best pilot in the
wing becomes the wing leader.
If one ship in a wing is damaged or suffers a
hazard result, the owning player must make a decision.
He can either:
Record the damage/effect and have it effect all ships
in the wing, not just the damaged one; or
Remove any one ship from the wing and ignore the
damage (Ive lost my rear stabilizer! Get clear, Actions step.
Wedge -- you cant do any good back there.
Sorry.)
11.0 ADVANCED ACTIONS
These actions can be declared by the pilot or
commander of a ship or wing leader. The benefits given
for successfully completing these actions (they are rolled
immediately during the Declare Actions step) are granted
to the commanders crew or wingmates only if the
commander also performs a single Command/Coordinate
action (for one or all of them).
11.1 Anticipate Enemy
Starfighter tactics is rolled by the commander if
his opponents are composed of starfighters, capital ship
tactics if they are not. If there is a mixture, then two
actions are needed, one for each skill check. Failure of
either roll, makes the action a failure.
If the roll is successful, his crew or wing all
receives one free haste action (cumulative) to use.
Multiple sides to a conflict can successfully anticipate.
Difficulty: 3D + number of opposing ships of starfighter
or capital ship scale (depending upon skill)
11.2 Deceive Enemy
Starfighter tactics is rolled by the commander if
his opponents are composed of starfighters, capital ship
tactics if they are not. If there is a mixture, then two
actions are needed, one for each skill check. Failure of
either roll, makes the action a failure.
If the roll is successful, the commanders crew
can redeclare actions after hearing what the opponent has
declared. If both sides successfully perform this action,
the side with the highest roll is granted success and not
the opponent.
Difficulty: 4D + number of opposing ships of starfighter
or capital ship scale (depending upon skill)
11.3 Direct Forces
To be performed by commanders of fleets, this is
a tactics skill action, similar to the two above, which
replaces the highest movement check made by the
commanders side. If his forces are composed of
starfighters, he uses Starfighter tactics. If his forces are
composed of capital ships, he uses capital ship tactics. If
there is a mixture of forces, he must make two actions,
one for each skill roll, and take the lower of the two.
This action is rolled when other turn-length
actions are rolled (see section 5.8), not during the Declare
This resultant roll, at the commanders
discretion, replaces his highest ships movement/initiative
roll as the initiative number for his side.
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12.0 BASIC COMBAT SYSTEM
The TIE fighters swarmed about their Rebel prey,
dual laser cannons picking away at the transports' hulls.
X-wings spewed forth from the slower cruisers, wielding
their own swift death in a desperate struggle to defend the
convoy...
A common Star Wars theme: the blackness of
space being filled with masses of TIE fighters and huge
clashes of fighters. But how is a referee going to handle
something so huge and complex without fifty sheets of
paperwork and three days of constant playtime? For this,
or for just speeding up battles, these BASIC COMBAT
techniques will help. Combined with wing rules (section
10), mass combat will take no time at all!
There is no need for multiple stat sheets on
starships, just one for each type of vessel used. Damage
will be handled in a very simplistic manner, actions will
be recorded by using Star Warriors' Action counters, and
many ships will just have assumed actions and speeds.
TIE fighters routinely move at 7 speed, with a turn
number of 4. They attack in groups and are blown up a
lot. They normally perform two actions in a turn, one
normally being a declared fire. The other can be haste or
a combat evasion.
TIE interceptors cruise at 9 speed, with a turn number of
4 (simulating a bank). They normally perform two
actions a turn, one usually being a declared fire. It is not
uncommon to find an ace doing something special
"anticipating" or "deceiving" opponents.
BASIC DAMAGE SYSTEM
One of the most time-consuming aspects of this
system is the acute detail paid to damaged starships.
Instead, make a few "goons" who get shot blow up with
the following damage table.
DR vs. SR Beam & Missile Ion
DR < SR No effect No effect
DR => SR DAMAGED IONIZED -1D
DR >2xSR DESTROYED DEAD CONTROLS
When a ship is DAMAGED, flip its marker over onto
its striped side. Its pilot and gunner suffer a -1D
penalty to any actions unless "Damage Controlled."
If a damaged ship is hit and DAMAGED again, it is
considered DESTROYED.
When a ship is IONIZED -1D, place an AUX CON
marker on the ship for one round. During that round,
actions are at -1D. Further results of IONIZED while
currently IONIZED results in DEAD CONTROLS.
When a ship is DESTROYED it is out of the game
and is removed from the starmap.
When a ship has DEAD CONTROLS it can do nothing
except fly straight ahead at its speed for one full turn.
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This is signified by an AUX CON marker and red
ACTION marker on the ship. After that round, its
condition becomes IONIZED -1D for another turn.
13.0 ASTROMECH DROIDS
Astromech (R2) droids provide a crutch for
pilots. They can perform actions like characters
independently. The astromech is linked with its fighter
and is always performing minor actions which aid the
pilot (supplementing smaller computers), but it also can
perform actions.
Example: Erisson orders his R2 to fix the
stabilizer damage and compute a hyperspace jump
(astrogation). While Erisson performs his actions, his
droid will perform those two actions at -1D. It is
essentially like having a copilot, freeing Erisson of those
two actions.
Astromech droids can perform maneuver actions
but never on the same turn that the pilot is doing
maneuver actions. Only one person can steer at a time.
Finally, an astromech droid can act as a one-time
shield. If the shields of a starfighter-scaled ship are
penetrated and the P damage result occurs, the player may
opt to wound the astromech instead of rolling 1D on the
table (see section 7.3). R2 whines.
Standard R2 astromech droids have the following
relevant stats: Astrogation: 5D, Starfighter piloting: 3D,
Space transports: 3D, Computer program/repair: 4D,
Starfighter repair: 5D. Exceptional astrodroids exist just
as pilots do, however, and may have higher stats.
Standard R3 astromech droids have the following
stats: Astrogation: 4D, Capital starship piloting: 4D,
Space transports: 3D, Capital starship repair: 6D, Capital
Starship weapon repair: 6D, Computer programming/repair:
5D, Security: 5D.
Standard R5 astromech droids have the following
stats: Computer programming/repair: 4D, Space
transports repair: 4D.
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14.0 TURRET GUNS
Some scenarios may require turbolaser towers
(turret guns); large, fixed gun emplacements normally
found on surface structures. These units cannot move,
other than rotating in place. These are massive weapons,
used on garrisons and large military space stations.
SCALE
Turrets are Capital ship scale. They are designed
to hit large targets, but can attempt smaller ones. Each
requires three or more crewmen to properly operate,
although only one man fires the weapon.
FIRING AND MOVEMENT
They can have a fire control anywhere from 0 to
4D, depending on size and accuracy. Turret guns can turn
one hex-side (60 degrees), once, at any time during the
turn. This can be during any players Movement Phase.
Turret guns are all pivot mounted weapons for
range difficulties, and the number of barrels vary
according to the turret. A turret gun can only fire at
targets within its forward center arc. Turrets obviously
cannot perform any maneuver actions listed, like evasion.
Preparation, haste, and firing are all possible. A turret
gun may use haste to combine with a shot at any time
during the Movement Phases, since there is no applicable
Movement Phase for turret guns.
If the turret gun lies in the target's front center or
rear center arc, do not modify the difficulty number for
target speed. If the gun lies in any other arc, add the
target's speed to the difficulty number only.
Note that turret guns are manned by gunners. So
they receive one free haste action per turn and always get
+1 initiative for any shots.
ATTACKING TURRETS
Ships firing upon a turret gun add their speed to
the difficulty number to hit. Turrets have, in capital ship
scale, 2D BODY. Use the "Front Quarter" line of the Fire
Table if the firing ship is in any one of the gun's three
front arcs; and the "Rear Quarter" line if the ship is in any
of the three rear arcs.
A "G" damage code destroys a single turret gun,
but reduces the stats of a multiple barrel weapon
according to the rules.
A turret gun must take 6 BODY damage
(equivalent to 6 pips) before being eliminated. P damage
counts automatically as BODY, unless shields are in place
over a turret gun. All other damage results are ignored for
a turret gun.
If destroyed, turrets explode according to capital
ship rules.
DAMAGE AND SKILL CODES
Turbolaser towers do anywhere from 2D to 5D
damage. The firing crew member can have anywhere
between 4D to 6D skill.
VICTORY POINT COST
Turrets cost 3 points each, plus their firing
crewman's cost.
15.0 VICTORY POINTS VALUES
Victory points help make for fair fights and
provide a basis for determining true victors. The two
primary scales are evaluated according to two mainstays
of the Star Wars universe: the X-wing starfighter and the
Star Destroyer capital ship.
15.1 Capital Starships
The Star Destroyer's 100 victory points are
equivalent to the destroyer's 5845 Dice Maximum.
Simply put, the Dice Maximum is found by taking every
die code's maximum value, plus multiple weapon
considerations. By finding the Dice Maximum of other
capital ships and comparing to the destroyer's 5845
standard, then multiplying this comparison by the ship's
100 point value, the capital ship's cost is found.
For instance, an Assault Frigate is only 34 points
by comparison after calculating its Dice Maximum and
dividing it by the Destroyer's 5845. Then, multiplying
this fraction by the 100 point standard shows a rounded
34 point value.
While starfighters pay for their crew members in
individual amounts, payment of crews on capital ships is
paid for the entire crew. Just take the standard starfighter
crew costs and multiply the cost by two.
For instance, a ship with veteran crew would cost
16 points more.
15.2 Starfighters
Starfighters are based upon the 5 victory point
X-wing fighter. These 5 points translate into a 246 Dice
Maximum. Calculations are performed identically to the
capital ship's.
For instance, buying a B-wing will cost 6 victory
point (279 DM). 3D+2 Hull translated to 20 (3D=18 + 2
= 20). 1D+1 Maneuverability became 7. 3D Speed = 18.
2D Shields = 12. The Laser Cannon's 1D Fire Control is
6, and its 7D Damage is 42. Ion Cannon's 4D Fire
Control and 4D Damage becomes 48. A Proton Torpedo
does 9D damage, and since two can be launched
simultaneously, it becomes 108 (not 54). Add them
together = 279.
279 / 246 = 1.134. This is multiplied by 5 (the
X-wing standard) to become 5.67. This is rounded off to
6 Victory Points.
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15.3 Crew Cost at the higher range. They are expensive and illegal except
on military ships or those with special permits.
Pilots/Gunners/Crew are paid for as follows:
Ion guns do not have blaster equivalencies, but
Trainee (1 die) -- 1 point
are designed along the same lines as lasers. They simply
Poor (2 dice) -- 2 points
send high-energy ionized particles to wreak havoc with
Average (3 dice) -- 4 points
the sophisticated electronics and controls of starships.
Veteran (4 dice) -- 8 points
The different mount-types are also important
Hot-shot (5 dice) -- 16 points
distinctions. A fixed weapon is locked into its firing arc
These dice are what you roll on the Star Warriors skill
facing. A minimal amount of barrel control or
table, reproduced below for convenience. Roll for each
maneuvering allows any deviation from straight ahead.
skill needed by the pilot, gunner, crewman.
Swivel mountings have very quick servomotors, which
rotate the gun at precision speeds--useful for close
PILOT SKILL TABLE quarters but overcompensating at long range. Finally,
Die-roll Skill pivot mounts are slower to react but make long range
1 2D In addition to the ships targeting easier.
2 2D+1 victory point value, the Added barrels on weapons allow greater rapidity
3 2D+2 crew counts as victory of fire. While a single unit requires a cooling time of
4 3D points to determine the approximately one second, a second unit can fire in a
5 3D+1 victor of a scenario. staggered manner. This is represented by an increased
6 3D+2 damage code determined by the rapidity of the system.
7 4D If destroyed, the enemy gets
8 4D+1 the number of victory points 16.2 Missile Weapons
9 4D+2 listed above for the quality Proton torpedoes carry a proton-scattering energy
10 5D of the crew. A retreating warhead. Concussion weapons carry an armor-piercing
11 5D+1 ship is only worth half the warhead containing a compact energy pack. When they
12 5D+2 points of the ship and crew. explode, such weapons give off powerful concussive
13 6D A captured ship is worth blasts.
14 6D+1 double the listed points. The basic launchers are single port affairs with
15 6D+2 minimal ammunition capacity (called spaces). Additional
16 7D ports and more space can be added. Varieties of
17 7D+1 ammunition are also available, types that carry massive
18 7D+2 warheads and others that sacrifice warhead power for
19 8D range and superior targeting capability (called LR models).
20 8D+1
21 8D+2
22 9D 16.3 Tractor Beams
...and so on... Over the millenia, the tractor beam has been
altered from a commercial cargo-moving tool to an
offensive weapon, allowing the arrest of smaller ships.
16.0 WEAPONS DESCRIPTIONS They make it easier to lock onto fast-moving targets by
Starfighters have a wide selection of weapons stopping them cold and cutting their equivalent
from which to choose. This section describes the facts maneuverability to nil.
behind the different types of weapons. Afterwards, their
variables and economics are given. Capital ships
weapons are much too different to address here. Possibly
they will be discussed in a future supplement.

16.1 Laser & Ion Weapons

Light laser weapons (referred to as blasters) are
the cheapest weapons available. Blaster cannons are
usually mounted on licensed commercial craft. They are
capable of rapid fire but their power output simply does
not allow them to reach distances as significant as heavier
laser cannons. A blaster cannon cannot be any bigger
than light weapon class, and any bonuses given to damage
for multiple barrels can only be the absolute minimum
possible. The weapon is then termed a blaster and has the
reduced range effects.
A medium laser cannon is standard on military
ships. A heavy laser is rare, commonly called a turbolaser
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16.4 LASER AND ION WEAPON ECONOMICS
WEAPON CLASS LIGHT MEDIUM HEAVY
STANDARD VALUE 2D 3D 5D
DAMAGE RANGE 1D - 2D+1 2D+2 - 3D+2 4D - 7D
BASE COST 100 Cr/+pip 200 Cr/+pip 300 Cr/+pip
BASE WEIGHT 1 ton 2 tons 4 tons

BARRELS SINGLE DOUBLE TRIPLE QUAD

STANDARD DAMAGE ADDED +0 +1D +2D +3D
DAMAGE RANGE +0 +(upto 1D+2) +(upto 2D+2) +(upto 3D+2)
ADDED COST +0 +100 Cr/+pip +150 Cr/+pip +200 Cr/+pip
ADDED WEIGHT +0 +1 ton +1.5 tons +2 tons
MOUNTING FIXED SWIVEL PIVOT
ADDED COST +0 Cr +100 Cr per arc +100 Cr per arc
ADDED WEIGHT +0 tons +.25 tons per arc +.25 tons per arc
FIRE CONTROL COST: +150 Cr/pip (maximum of 4D)
ION GUN MULTIPLIER: If weapon is ion then increase cost 25%, decrease tonnage 50%.

16.5 MISSILE WEAPON ECONOMICS

PROTON TORPEDO LAUNCHER: 1000 Cr and 1 ton for the basic single port 4 space model.
+250 Cr for dual port. +100 Cr and +.25 tons/2 slots added [12 space maximum]
& FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM: +200 Cr/pip (maximum of 3D)
PROTON TORPEDO I. Damage: 8D, Cost: 700 each, one space each, no weight.
PROTON TORPEDO II. Damage: 9D, Cost: 800 each, two spaces each, no weight.
LR PROTON TORPEDO Damage: 4D+2, Fire control: +1D, Cost: 800 each, two spaces each, no weight.

CONCUSSION MISSILE LAUNCHER: 2000 Cr and 2 tons for the basic single port 4 space model.
+200 Cr for dual port. +50 Cr and .25 tons/2 slots added [14 spaces maximum]
& FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM: +250 Cr/pip (maximum of 3D)
CONCUSSION BOMB Damage: 9D, Cost: 250 each, two spaces each, no weight.
LIGHT MISSILE Damage: 6D, Cost: 300 each, one space each, no weight.
MEDIUM MISSILE Damage: 7D, Cost: 400 each, two spaces each, no weight.
HEAVY MISSILE Damage: 8D, Cost: 500 each, three spaces each, no weight.
LR MISSILE Damage: 3D+2, Fire control: +1D+1, Cost: 400 each, two spaces each, no weight.

CONCUSSION BOMB LAUNCHER: If bomb launcher only, halve cost & tonnage, 100 space maximum.

16.6 TRACTOR BEAM ECONOMICS

COST: 1,200 Cr/pip Damage; 200 Cr/pip Fire Control (max Damage = 4D, max Fire Control = 3D)
TONNAGE: 5 tons/pip Damage

Example: Ben wants a brand-spanking new laser cannon for the Lawless freighter. Hell make it a medium laser weapon
which does 3D damage. This costs (3D x 3 pips in each D x 200 Cr) 1800 Cr and weighs 2 tons. He decides on a triple
barrel (good for accuracy and damage) to add 2D damage. This costs (2D x 3 pips each x 150 Cr) 900 Cr and weighs an
additional 1.5 tons. He wants it to be on a swivel mount, covering the three forward arcs. This costs an additional 300 Cr
and adds .75 tons to the weapon. Finally, he wants an accurate 3D fire control, which costs (3D x 3 pips each x 150 Cr)
1350 Cr. Bens total weapon cost is 4050 Cr and weighs in at 4.25 tons. Not too shabby. On a lark, he takes a look at
how it would look as a 5D damage, 3D fire control ion cannon...multiplying the cost by 1.25 and the tonnage by .5 he gets
5063 Cr and 2.13 tons. Tempting, but he goes for the swivel laser cannon option he had at first.

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MASTER RULES INDEX
Actions 06
Advanced actions 21
Astromech droids 22
Basic combat system 22
Capital starships 17
Character points 06
Collisions 12
Combat sequence 05
Combining fire 17
Concussion bombs 04
Concussion missiles 04
Damage table and explanations 16
Diagrams 19
Double slips 07, 13
Explosions 16
Fire/Action Phase 15
Force points 06
Gunners 05
Hasted actions 14
Hazard tables explanations 11
Hitting and damaging the target 15
Imperial fighters 04
Ion gun 03
Maneuver actions 10
Map adjustment 14
Master Weapons Table 03
Movement Phases 12
One-half loops 08, 13
Proton torpedoes 04
R2 units 22
Rebel fighters 09
Range categories 03
Rolling movement/initiative 10
Scale charts 17
Slips 09, 13
Special weapons 03
Starship skills 03
Starship systems 01
Starship template 02
Sublight speed 02
Targeting capital ship systems 18
Terrain difficulty 10
Tractor beam 04
Turn numbers 02
Turret guns 23
Victory points 23
Weapon descriptions 24
Weapon economics 25
Weapon ranges 03
Wild die 06
Wings 21

TESTED AND REVISED: 22 DECEMBER, 1995

Kenneth Johnson

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