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Exodus NDS Sourcebook

Openframe Ship Catalog

Modular Hulls of the Antaean League for Void Drifters

Eight ship lines and nineteen hulls from Antaean Openframe, the modular shipbuilder of the Antaean League, from a one-crew work pod to a container hauler. Every version of every line with validated stats, prices and license fees, two Classic older ships, eight components only Openframe builds, and the rules for buying, licensing and upgrading them.

14 chapters, about 16,500 words, free to read here in full. Written for Exodus NDS; the stat lines also drop into a Genesys RPG game.

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Contents

About This Book Eight ship lines and nineteen hulls, from a one-crew work pod to a container hauler two kilometers long, with every version of every line, the components only Openframe builds, and the rules for… 1. The House of Openframe The Antaean Openframe Consortium dominates commercial hull construction across the Antaean League. 2. Reading an Openframe Entry Chapters 5 to 8 give each Openframe line an entry: a heading for the line, a plate, a short description, one stat block for every version, version notes, Common Variants and a Version Table. 3. The Openframe Look An Openframe ship looks as though it has already been modified, because that is the point. Spacers read the maker from the silhouette before the transponder resolves. 4. Openframe Builder Rules Openframe's Signature benefits and Weak drawbacks, the Licensed-slot rule, and how an upgrade works. 5. Pods and Shuttles Openframe's small craft do the work around the big ships: lightering, towing, and carrying people between a ship and the ground. Both are open frames with something clamped on. 6. Light and Heavy Freighters The Model 20 is the ship most crews start with. The Model 40 is the one they grow into, if the paperwork allows. 7. Tenders and Bulk Freighters A tender takes the job to the ship; a bulk freighter takes the ship to the job. Both are mostly slots. 8. Fleet Tenders and Container Haulers The largest hulls Openframe sells. A fleet or a consortium holds the title, and the crew works for whoever holds the paper. 9. Signature Components Modules and systems that only Openframe builds. They are Native aboard an Openframe hull and Certified aboard a Crown Meridian, Kharos or Viridian hull, where they keep their effects. 10. Ownership, Licenses and Refit What an Openframe hull costs new and used, what the license costs each year, who audits it, and when to buy a newer version or upgrade the one you have. 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. 12. Master Tables Every Openframe hull in one table, the eight lines side by side, every hull by price, and every version upgrade. The tables are built from the same data as the stat blocks. 12. Licensing Only the Exodus NDS Core Rules are published under the ORC License. Everything else Kaosweaver, Inc. publishes, including this book, is copyright reserved.