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Player > Starships > Manufacturers > Terminator
Starfinder Starship Operations Manual p.75
Winners At Any Cost
Manufacturing Centers: Verces (Skyhook)
Specialties: Racers, high-performance personal transports
Famous Models: Slingshot, Sprint, Star Drake
Terminator is a newcomer to the Verces shipbuilding scene.
The company was founded only about 40 years ago by Jacen
Wither, an augmented Vercite sent away by her parents to be
educated at an elite Castrovel academy; after graduation, she
vanished for a decade, and it is widely believed she traveled the
galaxy under a pseudonym, perhaps even spending time as a
pirate among the Free Captains. Regardless, once she emerged,
she had enough wealth to found her own company—purportedly
bearing her crime syndicate nickname—and wielded total
control over it until recently, when she began to groom her
children and grandchildren to inherit the business. Terminator
arose with the explicit purpose of blazing a new trail for Vercite
ship construction, away from the aethership aesthetic that has
dominated the field since Vercites first took to space. Wither
has succeeded in this goal, building a vibrant, successful, and
highly competitive firm that makes some of the most popular
starships in the Pact Worlds.
In particular, Terminator has become a household name after
the success of its Star Drake, which has won every Absalom
Run for the last decade and shattered the dominance of Redshift
Revolution (page 73), whose starships had consistently won
the race for generations. Redshift manages to compete with
Terminator, but Redshift’s old-fashioned style hasn’t been able
to keep up with Wither’s cutthroat tactics and business savvy.
Terminator does more than just sell racers to elite teams and
thrill-seeking dilettantes, though. It provides fighters, warships,
and fast cargo haulers to clients throughout the Pact Worlds
and Near Space. When conflict breaks out in Near Space—such
as the recent hostilities between the Gideron Authority and the
Marixah Republic—Terminator sells to both sides. Its single most
important contract, however, is with the Stewards, and both
parties take pains to keep that arrangement secret.
Jacen Wither is nearing retirement, and rumors suggest her
cybernetic parts have finally started to break down. Tension
among her offspring ensures that any transfer of leadership will
be ugly and brutal. None of her children are likely to improve
the ethical stance of the company, which is focused on making
money and crushing the competition, though some family
members are more subtle about their vicious predilections
than others. Some of Terminator’s clients have quietly begun
looking elsewhere, anticipating the company’s meltdown upon
Jacen’s death. If the Stewards should decide not to renew their
contract, that might be the spark that sets Terminator’s family
squabbles aflame.
Manufacturer Perk: Terminator Drift engines are very efficient. Reduce the Minimum PCU for each to the following values: Signal Basic to 50, Signal Booster to 70, Signal Major to 100, Signal Superior to 150, and Signal Ultra to 175.
Name | Tier | Type | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Terminator Star Drake | 1/4 | Tiny racer | PWD p.160 |
Terminator Slingshot | 7 | Large heavy freighter | SOM p.97 |
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