The Starship Armory · Chapter 8

Guided Ordnance

Missiles, torpedoes, rockets, bombs, and mines. Their damage type is Blast.

Strength	The most damage for the mount. Long reach. Almost no Heat or Power
Weakness	Every round costs money. Most need a lock. Most can be shot down
Stopped by	Point defence, countermeasures, and running out of rounds

The rules for Lock-On, Tracking, Interceptable, and Salvo are in Chapter 3.

Payloads

Ordnance with the Payload quality carries one of these warheads, chosen when the round is loaded.

Payload	Effect	Avail	Price of the round
Standard	The listed damage	Common	x1
Armor-Piercing	+2 Hull, and Pierce 2	Restricted	x1.5
Fragmentation	+2 Hull against targets of Scale 1 to 3; gains Blast 3	Common	x1
Breaching	3 less Hull, and 5 System Damage	Military	x2
EMP	No Hull damage, and 8 System Damage. Ion	Military	x2
Incendiary	The listed damage, and Scorch 2	Restricted	x1.5
Interdiction	No damage. The target cannot jump for 1 to 3 rounds	Military	x5
Boarding	Torpedoes only. No damage. Delivers four boarders or a drone at Engaged	Military	x3

Price of a Round

Weapon	One standard round
Rocket Pod	150
Micro-Missile Pod	400
Light Missile Rack	1500
Bomb Rack	800
Salvo Missile System	1200
Torpedo Launcher	8000
Capital Torpedo Battery	60000
Mine Dispenser	2500
Boarding Pod Launcher	5000
Breaching Charge Array	500
Drone Rack	6000

Rocket Pod

Unguided rockets, strafing pod, ground-attack pod

A cluster of unguided rockets under a wing or on a hull bracket. They need no lock and cannot be decoyed, and they miss a great deal. Against buildings, parked ships, and ground columns they are the cheapest damage in the book.

Micro-Missile Pod

Swarm pod, dogfight missiles, hornets

Small guided missiles for small craft. Each does 3 Hull, and a Salvo 2 launch sends two at once on one lock. It is the only guided weapon that fits a Light mount.

Light Missile Rack

Missile rack, anti-ship missile, standard rack

Six guided missiles on a rail or in a box launcher. This is the weapon a patrol boat and a pirate both carry. Payload: each missile may carry any warhead from the table in this chapter.

Bomb Rack

Bomb bay, gravity bombs, drop ordnance

Unpowered bombs released over a target. The attacker must pass over it: the range is Engaged, and the target must be on the ground, landed, or not moving. Nothing else at this price does 9 Hull.

Salvo Missile System

Swarm launcher, saturation rack, ripple launcher

Fires two to four missiles on one lock, each resolved as its own attack at 5 Hull. Its purpose is to give point defence more targets than it can handle. Saturation: three or more hits from one salvo add 1 System Damage.

Torpedo Launcher

Anti-ship torpedo, heavy tube, ship-killer

A large self-propelled weapon with its own drive and seeker. It crosses a battle in one round and does more damage than any other Heavy weapon. It is big enough that point defence must roll to stop it. Slow-Firing 1 is the reload.

Capital Torpedo Battery

Fleet torpedo, dreadnought tubes

The heaviest conventional weapon in the book. Capital Killer adds 3 damage against a target of Scale 6 or more. Breaking its lock takes a Hard check. Using one is an act of war, and every navy in range will know who fired it.

Mine Dispenser

Minelayer, scatter mines, denial charges

Lays one mine as an action, behind the ship or in a chosen spot within Short range. A mine attacks the first vehicle of Scale 2 or more to come within Short range of it, with a pool of 3 Ability Dice against Average difficulty. Finding a mine before that is a Hard sensor check, and Average for a ship moving at Speed 1.