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Player > Starships > Frames
Each starship has a base frame that determines its size,
maneuverability, starting weapon mounts, hull strength, room
for expansion, and other capacities. Although two ships that
use the same frame might look radically different, they both
have some of these base statistics in common. The frame
of a starship includes all life support and artificial gravity
systems necessary to keep the crew (and any passengers)
alive and comfortable. The starship’s frame is also built with a
transponder that is essentially the ship’s “address” for standard
system-wide and unlimited-range communications (see page
430); this transponder can be turned off, during which time the
starship can’t send or receive messages, but neither can it be
tracked down by conventional means.
The base frames below are organized by size (from smallest
to largest) and cost in Build Points (with less expensive frames
coming first within a size). In general, the size and expansion
bay capacities of a base frame can’t be changed without a great
deal of time and money (and the GM’s permission), so it can
be more effective to just start over with a different base frame
when upgrading those aspects of a starship.
Name | Size | HP | DT | CT | Mounts | Expansion Bays | Crew | Cost | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Racer | Tiny | 20 (5) | 0 | 4 | forward (1L), aft (1L) | — | 1 (1) | 4 | CRB p.295 |
Statikete Frame | Tiny | 25 (5) | 0 | 5 | forward (1L) | — | 1 (1) | 5 | A!01 p.57 |
Interceptor | Tiny | 30 (5) | 0 | 6 | forward (2L) | — | 1 (1) | 6 | CRB p.295 |
Fighter | Tiny | 35 (5) | 0 | 7 | forward (2L ), aft (1L) | — | 1 (2) | 8 | CRB p.295 |
Shuttle | Small | 35 (5) | 0 | 7 | forward (1L) | 3* | 1 (4) | 6 | CRB p.295 |
Light Freighter | Small | 40 (10) | 0 | 8 | forward (2L), port (1L), starboard (1L) | 3 | 1 (6) | 10 | CRB p.295 |
Explorer | Medium | 55 (10) | 0 | 11 | forward (1L), port (1L), starboard (1L), turret (1L) | 4 | 1 (6) | 12 | CRB p.295 |
Transport | Medium | 70 (15) | 0 | 14 | forward (1H, 1L), aft (1L), turret (2L) | 5 | 1 (6) | 15 | CRB p.295 |
Oma | Medium | 85 (15) | 0 | 17 | forward (1H, 1L), port (1L), starboard (1L), aft (1L) | 6 | 1 (6) | 20 | AA1 p.89 |
Destroyer | Large | 150 (20) | 0 | 30 | forward (2H), port (1L), starboard (1L), aft (1L), turret (1L) | 4 | 6 (20) | 30 | CRB p.295 |
Heavy Freighter | Large | 120 (20) | 0 | 24 | forward (1H, 2L), port (1H), starboard (1H) | 8 | 6 (20) | 40 | CRB p.295 |
Vermelith | Large | 130 (20) | 0 | 26 | forward (1H, 1L), port (1L), starboard (1L), aft (1L), turret (1L) | 7 | 6 (20) | 45 | AA2 p.131 |
Bulk Freighter | Huge | 160 (20) | 5 | 32 | forward (1H), aft (1H), turret (2L) | 10 | 20 (50) | 55 | CRB p.295 |
Cruiser | Huge | 180 (25) | 5 | 36 | forward (1C), port (1L), starboard (1L), turret (1H) | 6 | 20 (100) | 60 | CRB p.295 |
Carrier | Gargantuan | 240 (30) | 10 | 48 | forward (1C), port (3H), starboard (3H), turret (2L) | 10* | 75 (200) | 120 | CRB p.296 |
Battleship | Gargantuan | 280 (40) | 10 | 56 | forward (1C, 2H), port (2H, 1L), starboard (2H, 1L), aft (1L), turret (2H) | 8 | 100 (300) | 150 | CRB p.296 |
Dreadnought | Colossal | 400 (50) | 15 | 80 | forward (2C, 2H), port (1C, 3H), starboard (1C, 3H), turret (4L) | 20 | 125 (500) | 200 | CRB p.296 |
Base Ship | Supercolossal | 450 (75) | 15 | 90 | forward (4H), port (4H), starboard (4H), turret (2C) | unlimited* | 150 (100000) | 250 | DS06 p.45 |
Ultranought | Supercolossal | 550 (100) | 20 | 110 | forward (2C, 2H, 1S), port (2C, 3H), starboard (2C, 3H), turret (1C, 2H) | unlimited* | 250 (5000) | 350 | DS06 p.45 |
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