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Player > Starships > Other > Systems > Algal shielding
Starfinder Adventure Path #20: The Last Refuge (Attack of the Swarm! 2 of 6) p.47
PCU: 0
COST (In BP): 5 + 2 x size category
The hull of a vessel with algal shielding has a layer made of water-filled valved chambers that circulate blue-green algae through the ship, interfacing with the life-support system and most living parts of the ship. This supplemental circulatory system has two functions. First, the algae act as a radiation buffer. When a biomechanical starship with algal shielding takes damage from a weapon with the irradiate property, the ship takes fewer critical damage effects from the radiation. In addition, the algal shielding grants a +2 circumstance bonus to saving throws against radiation and other poisons introduced to the ship's internal atmosphere. Algae from this system also functions as one hydroponic garden. If a critical damage effect causes a vessel's life-support to become malfunctioning or wrecked, the algal shielding provides no benefit until the condition of life support is improved to glitching or normal.
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