Kharos Ship Catalog ยท Chapter 11
Compatibility
A mechanic can force almost any system into almost any hull. The difficulty depends on the relationship between the hull's builder and the system's builder. This chapter gives Kharos's relationships and what each one costs. The one integration table for every builder is in the Vehicles Manual, Chapter Five, Builder Integration; the installation rules are in its Chapter Ten.
Kharos's Relationships
| Builder | Relationship | Status on the Ship Sheet |
|---|---|---|
| Kharos Forge | House | Native |
| Antaean Openframe | Partner | Certified |
| Crown Meridian | Open | Adapted |
| Viridian Lattice | Rival | Forced |
| Safa Celestial Arsenal | Rival | Forced |
| Salvaged military hardware without certification | Forbidden | Forbidden |
The Openframe partnership runs both ways: Openframe lists Kharos as a Partner. A specific yard, treaty or black-market specialist can change a relationship for one installation; the GM states the new relationship before the check.
Installation Modifiers
Apply the modifier to the base installation difficulty (Vehicles Manual, Chapter Ten, Installing a Module). The same modifier applies to Craft checks to repair that system (Vehicles Manual, Chapter Eleven).
| Relationship | Modifier |
|---|---|
| House (Kharos system, Kharos hull) | None |
| Partner (Openframe) | Add 1 Bane Die |
| Open (Crown Meridian) | Add 2 Bane Dice |
| Rival, or any system installed damaged, rebuilt past its specification, or heavily modified (Forced) | Upgrade 1 Trial Die to a Crisis Die and add 2 Bane Dice |
| Forbidden | Upgrade 1 or 2 Trial Dice to Crisis Dice (GM's choice by severity) and add 2 Bane Dice |
A non-Kharos AI Core adds the Refined AI Integration drawback (2 Bane Dice , Chapter 4) on top of the relationship modifier.
A successful installation does not always leave a clean system. When an installation fails or produces a complication, use the Vehicles Manual, Chapter Ten, Mixed-Builder and Military Failure Modes.
Mixed Ships
Kharos systems in other hulls. A Kharos system in an Openframe hull is a Certified install, and it keeps its Kharos Signature benefit, because benefits follow the component into a Partner's hull. In a Crown Meridian hull it is Adapted and works as a Standard system. Either way the ship loses Integrated Architecture once more than 2 of its 12 core systems come from another builder (Vehicles Manual, Chapter Five, Integrated Architecture).
Other systems in Kharos hulls. A Kharos hull takes whatever the crew can bolt on, and customs notices. An Openframe system in a Kharos hull is Certified and keeps its Openframe benefit. A Viridian or Safa system is Forced. Kharos's Weak drawbacks belong to the hull and apply whoever built the installed system.
Rebuild marks. A system fitted during a rebuild keeps its own builder's relationship; the rebuild certificate (Chapter 10) records it. An uncertified system is an undeclared modification, and outside Funtari space an inspection that finds it raises Authority Heat.
Salvaged military hardware. Military systems pulled from a wreck without certification are Forbidden aboard any hull. A Kharos ship that carries one raises Authority Heat at once.
Which Builder for the Hole in the Fleet
| If the crew needs | Look at |
|---|---|
| A hull with room and licenses that clear | Openframe, Kharos's Partner |
| A hull that can fight | Crown Meridian, an Open relationship with a price in integration |
| A ship that reads its own damage | Viridian, Kharos's Rival |
| A hull that outruns and outshoots | Safa, Kharos's Rival |