# Signature Components

*Viridian Ship Catalog, Refined Hulls of the Shoiyan Concord for Void Drifters. Source: https://exodusnds.com/sourcebooks/viridian/signature-components*

Modules and systems that only Viridian builds. They are Native aboard a Viridian hull and Certified aboard an Openframe hull. Aboard a Crown Meridian hull they are Adapted, and aboard a Kharos or Safa hull they are Forced (Chapter 12).

## Reading a Component

**Slots** and **Minimum Scale** work as in the module catalog. **Cost** is a multiplier on the standard module price (Vehicles Manual, Chapter 12). **Acquisition** is who may own it. A component that needs another module says so. A component's benefit applies in a Viridian or Openframe hull; in any other hull it works as a Standard system. The Weak drawbacks follow the hull (Chapter 4).

| Component | Slots | Min Scale | Cost | Acquisition |
|:--|:-:|:-:|:-:|:--|
| Lattice Diagnostic Spine | 1 | 3 | ×1.5 | Licensed |
| Triage Lattice | 1 | 3 | ×1.8 | Licensed |
| Continuity Escrow Vault | 1 | 4 | ×2.0 | Restricted |
| Environmental Matrix | 2 | 4 | ×1.6 | Licensed |
| Sealed Salon Screen | 1 | 4 | ×1.5 | Restricted |
| Quiet Shell Plating | 1 | 2 | ×1.8 | Licensed |
| Survey Lattice Array | 1 | 5 | ×2.4 | Licensed |
| Service Seal Terminal | System | 2 | ×0.5 | Open |

*Costs and rules here are first proposals and need table testing.*

**Lattice Diagnostic Spine.** The system that knows what is wrong. The crew learns the hull's Maintenance Clock and every Maintenance Fault without a check, and Craft checks to diagnose a fault remove 1 Bane Die <span class="dice sm bane d6"></span>. It reads the fault; it does not mend it, and the Field Repair drawback still applies to the repair.

**Triage Lattice.** A Medical Bay add-on that sorts casualties for the medical AI. Needs a Medical Bay or an Expanded Medical Ward. The medical AI assists 2 Medicine checks per round instead of 1, without using an Active Channel. The VN-45 builds this function into its hull (Casualty Intake).

**Continuity Escrow Vault.** A Stack-Preservation Vault with a Concord lock and a custody log. Needs a Stack-Preservation Vault. Tampering with the vault adds 1 Bane Die to the Severe Electronics check, and the log gives the ship a custody record that Concord authorities accept (Chapter 9, Restoration Aboard a VN-73). Restricted outside Concord space.

**Environmental Matrix.** Splits one deck into up to four sealed biospheres with their own atmosphere, temperature and gravity. Species with incompatible needs share the deck, and a life-support fault or breach in one biosphere does not spread to the others. Checks to survive an environmental hazard aboard remove 1 Bane Die.

**Sealed Salon Screen.** Counter-eavesdropping for a salon beyond what a Diplomatic Suite gives. Needs a Diplomatic Suite, Executive Quarters or the VN-43's Sealed Salon. Intercepting communications from the salon takes a Severe Electronics check, and a failed attempt tells the crew.

**Quiet Shell Plating.** A signature-reducing shell and radiator sheath. Signature Management checks aboard remove 1 Bane Die <span class="dice sm bane d6"></span>. The sheath holds heat in: Heat Dissipation is 1 lower while it is fitted. The VN-33C1 has it built in as the Quiet Shell trait, at no loss of Dissipation, because its smooth shell has no extra radiator surface to give up.

**Survey Lattice Array.** A long-baseline sensor array for survey and archive work. Needs Extended or Military sensors. Active Scan checks to read a body, a wreck or a system's contents at Long range or farther add 1 Boon Die <span class="dice sm boon d6"></span>. The array adds 1 Power Load while it scans. It does not stack with a Survey Module's die on the same check.

**Service Seal Terminal.** Records the Service Seal, warns the crew when the annual overhaul is within a month, files the certified yard's visit and shows the seal's state to a dockhand by status glow. It is a system, not a module: every Viridian hull ships with one, and a replacement costs its multiplier on the module price. Its record is proof of service at inspection: a crew whose seal is current removes 1 Bane Die <span class="dice sm bane d6"></span> from checks to clear Concord customs. Fitted aboard another maker's hull it records a service history and does nothing else.