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CHARACTERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHARACTERS 3

NEW ALLEGIANCES 3

OPERATIONS EXPERT 4

STARSHIP GUNNER 5

STARSHIP MARINE 6

STARSHIP NAVIGATOR 7

SKILLS 9

FEATS 10

ADVANCED TRAINING 13

RANK 14

STARSHIP COMBAT 17

CREW 17

ORDERS 17

CREW TYPES 18

SMALL UNIT COMBAT 19

UNIT COMBAT 20

TERRAIN 21

GRAVITY WELLS 21

ACCRETION DISK, SMALL 22

ACCRETION DISK, LARGE 23

ACCRETION DISK, GIANT 23

ASTEROID FIELD 24

BLACK HOLE 24

COMET 25

COSMIC SUPER STRING 25

ELECTROMAGNETIC STORM 25

HYPERDRIVE SHADOW 25

HYPERSPACE RIFT 26

HYPERSPACE STORM 26

MOONS, GENERAL RULES 26

NEBULA, PLANETARY 26

NEBULA, SUPERNOVA 26

NEBULA, GIANT CLOUD 27

NOVA 27

NOVA, SUPER 27

PLANETS, GENERAL RULES 27

PLANETOID

INTRODUCTION

the marines who hump through the muck of a desolate

world. Next look for Blood and Space’s signature

setting, Prometheus Rising to return with an even

bolder vision of a dark, gritty future as wondrous and

mysterious as it is terrifying. Next we’ll return to

the toolkits with Merchants, Smugglers and Pirates

focusing on… well… merchants, smugglers and

pirates. Finally we’ll continue with the third toolkit in

the series, the Starship Construction Manual.

Welcome to the ﬁrst installment of the second edition

of RPGObjects’ highly acclaimed Blood and Space

supplement. This book and the others that follow in

the series will endeavor to add new options and spice

to d20 Future games revolving around starships and

space combat.

This installment, High Flyers and Ground Pounders

focuses on the ﬁghters who soar through space and

Admiral Antilles held tight onto the

arms of his command chair as the Repulse bucked from

the impact of another torpedo. Several crewmembers

standing at tactical consoles were tossed to the ﬂoor by

the force of the weapon, even though it had in fact missed

the massive System Defense Craft. Over his shoulder he

could barely hear his First Ofﬁcer yelling over the din of

the automated ﬁre suppression system, “Proximity Torps?

How the hell did they get their hands on those? Those

things are supposed to be manufactured for military use

only?!?”

Antilles didn’t answer, eyes scanning the various

consoles around the wreck that used to be his bridge,

noting the positions of the various ﬁghters swarming

around their two mistresses like gnats around elephants

in the summer sun. Suddenly, a grim smile split his

weathered face. He knew.

“Helm! Hard about! Engines, emergency power to the

thrusters!”

Another crewman went ﬂying across the smoking

bridge, uniform brieﬂy catching ﬁre as the enormous craft

turned on a dime. It wasn’t the ﬁrst time an enemy had

mistaken the size of the Repulse to mean it was clumsy.

There on the viewscreen as the craft pitched about was

the pirate carrier slinking up behind for a shot on their

engines. Three small Executioner-class ﬁghters ﬂying in

front to keep the Repulse’s complement of ﬁghters at bay.

“Full Speed Ahead.”

The massive ship lurched forward, the viewscreen

going black in a shower of sparks as the Repulse simply

ran right through the ﬁghters, destroying all three

outright, the tiny craft breaking apart like ﬂies hitting the

windshield of a speeding car.

Antilles looked down, referring to the ship’s radar

screen to mark the relative positions of his craft and the

enormous Gallows-class pirate carrier across from it.

“Wait… wait…. ﬁre main antiproton batteries… NOW!

Helm! Hard about, lateral yaw! Give us some distance!”

Suddenly, the ship lurched again, a terrible rending

sound, then the bucking of an explosion. They had nicked

the massive pirate ship, and been too close as its main

engines blew. The massive craft was listing on its side,

ﬂoating gently through the void.

Around the two craft, one, the Repulse damaged

almost beyond repair, and one a wreck of molten metal

and charred humanity, in the silence of space, the battle

raged on, as the Repulse’s ﬁghter squadrons made sure

the pirate’s ﬁghters wouldn’t be able to ﬁnish what their

mother ship had started.

At the helm now, the Admiral righted the huge vessel.

The tactical display showed the enemy ﬁghters break into

a full retreat when they saw that the massive carrier was

not destroyed as theirs had been.

Speaking into the helm’s comm. system the Admiral’s

voice radiated conﬁdence and authority “Damage

control crews: the main engine, the bridge and the lateral

thrusters are your top priority. Captain Armstrong recall

the ﬁghters but tell them they all have to put in to launch

bays 2 and 3, number 1 launch bay still has some hot ﬁres

and I don’t want any ﬁghter fuel added to them.”

Then softly over his shoulder, so that only the two

senior ofﬁcers could hear, “And Captain… we are going

to ﬁnd out where those scum got those proximity fuses.”

SOLAR FLARE

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CHARACTERS

CHAPTER 1: CHARACTERS

Characters are the heart of any role playing game.

This chapter provides new allegiances, classes and

feats to make space combat more interesting and

exciting in your futuristic d20 games.

Damage Control chief Sarita Zeleznik

picked her way through the corridor, stepping over fallen

support beams, even the occasional body, as she made

her way to the Admiral’s Mess, where she had been told

Admiral Antilles had retired to collect his thoughts after

the battle. Along the way she gave direction to the crews

she encountered, not breaking stride as she hurried to

this unexpected summons. This was only her third tour

on the Repulse, and she felt she was still ﬁnding her

way, learning her personnel and the intricacies of one

of the largest, most advanced ships in the United Earth

Government’s Fleet. She tried to quiet the butterﬂies in

her stomach as she knocked. She hadn’t done anything

wrong that she was aware of, but the repairs were

taking…

“Come in Lieutenant.”

Sarita opened the door, managing not to cough at the

thick pipe smoke ﬁlling the small, nicely decorated mess

where the Admiral and his senior staff took their meals.

She had only been here once before, for her ‘Welcome’

dinner to the crew. Looking over reports on his data pad,

the Admiral gestured to the silver pot in the center of the

table, “Have some coffee Lieutenant, it’s going to be a

long night for all of us”.

Sarita hesitated for just a moment, and then decided

it wasn’t a request and made herself a cup. Secretly,

she just wanted to get this over with. Whatever she had

done wrong, he could put the reprimand in her folder,

transfer her, whatever it was he did in these situations,

and she would be on her way. But apparently, he was the

“diplomatic” sort.

Sitting down, the young woman sipped her coffee.

She hated coffee.

Finally, the Admiral signed whatever order was on his

data pad and tucked the light pen back into his uniform

jacket, took a deep breath, and looked up, “Lieutenant

Zeleznik, I regret to inform you that Chief Engineer

Trineer did not survive the battle”.

Sarita almost choked on her coffee. Casualties were

slowly being announced to the crew by the medical staff,

but the Chief hadn’t been on the last list….

“We didn’t want to announce anything to the crew until

a decision had been made on his replacement.”

Sarita frowned, that wasn’t standard procedure at all,

“Replacement?”, she asked, brow furrowing, trying to

wrap her mind around this unexpected turn of events.

The Admiral nodded, “We’re not going back to

headquarters. Colonel Breslin is questioning the captured

pilots even as we speak. As soon as these repairs are

done, we’re heading for their base. We’re going to end

this ragtag group of thugs once and for all.”

Sarita nodded, still not comfortable with this violation

of protocol. The regulations clearly stated a ship was to

put in after any engagement where a senior ofﬁcer was

killed and…

“Ensign Carstares is going to head the repair teams.

You will report to the engine room and see to it that

the main Quicksilver drive is ready in no more than six

hours.”

Sarita frowned again, “Ensign Carstares is on his ﬁrst

tour, he can’t handle the…”

“This isn’t a discussion Lieutenant. You are hereby

promoted to Lieutenant Commander and appointed acting

Chief Engineer. Now get down there and get my engines

working! We had a temporal spike during the battle. Find

it and ﬁx it.”

Sarita opened her mouth to say something several

times, but no sound ever came out.

“Dismissed, Commander.”

Sarita got up and left. Pausing outside the door, she

braced herself against the bulkhead, numb. She was

going to throw up.

“Chief Engineer?”

Exhaling a breath she had been holding since the

Admiral said those words, she shook her head and started

off at a dead run for the engine room, her mind racing,

“A temporal spike could only mean one thing, the lateral

slipstream…”

NEW ALLEGIANCES

ACTIVE DUTY

Prerequisite: Military starting Occupation or Basic

Training feat

You are an active duty member of a branch of the

armed forces. This grants you the ability to make

promotion checks and requisition checks from your

branch of service (see Rank for more information).

You may also add the feats from the Advanced

Training section to the bonus feat list for any class you

take levels in (in other words whenever a class allows

you to take a bonus feat you may either take a feat

listed with that class or a feat of your choice from the

Advanced Training section).

However, with the beneﬁts of this allegiance come

responsibilities. You may be reassigned to a different

job (forcing you to take a feat you might not want to)

and may be shipped out to any part of the galaxy and

dropped into a combat zone with little or no warning.

Since the potential for characters with this

allegiance to be displaced you must receive the game

master’s permission to take this allegiance. In many

cases if one character has this allegiance everyone

must have it.

Note: Depending on the nature of the campaign

almost any type of force could be designated as

“military” by the game master. This allegiance could

be used to allow employees of MegaCorporations,

members of a rebel alliance or even members of large

pirate cartels to take military feats and talents. Consult

with your GM about what types of organizations have

the necessary level of military sophistication and

advanced equipment to qualify for the active duty

allegiance.

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CHARACTERS

RESERVE DUTY

Prerequisite: Military starting Occupation or Basic

Training feat

You are a member of a reserve military force such

as a planetary defense force or an ofﬁcer-training

program. This allegiance allows your character

access to military training while still allowing him

to have a normal life. You may make Promotion

checks as described under rank but your level is one-

half for promotion purposes. While you are given

military equipment for training purposes you may

not effectively requisition equipment unless you are

elevated to active duty (see below). Therefore you

may not make requisition checks. You may also add

the feats from the Advanced Training section to the

bonus feat list for any class you take levels in (in other

words whenever a class allows you to take a bonus

feat you may either take a feat listed with that class

or a feat of your choice from the Advanced Training

section).

If the area you live in comes under attack you are

required to report to your superiors and ﬁght in the

area’s defense. Also in times of crises your character

can be activated to service, requiring you to exchange

this allegiance for the active duty allegiance.

You are also required to take a certain amount of

time for drills and training (typically no more than

one month a year). This training will not normally

interfere with a character’s work or “hobbies” (such as

adventuring) but occasionally during the course of the

campaign it will inconvenience him. This allegiance

still requires the GM’s permission but is much easier

for a single character to take without disrupting a non-

military campaign.

Note: Depending on the nature of the campaign

almost any type of force could be designated as

“military” by the game master. This allegiance could

be used to allow employees of MegaCorporations,

member of rebel alliances or even members of large

pirate cartels to take military feats and talents. Consult

with your GM about what types of organizations have

the necessary level of military sophistication and

advanced equipment to qualify for the reserve duty

allegiance.

hand in hand with the engineering staff to ensure the

ship always runs at peak performance.

REQUIREMENTS

To qualify to become an Operations Expert a character

must meet the following criteria (the quickest path

into this class is through the Smart hero basic class).

Skills: Craft (electronics) 6 ranks, Craft

(mechanical) 6 ranks, Craft (structural) 6 ranks,

Repair 6 ranks

CLASS INFORMATION

The following information pertains to the operations

expert advanced class.

Hit Die: 1d6

Action Points: 6+ one-half character level, rounded

down, every time the character gains a new level in

this class.

Class Skills: The Operations Expert’s class skills

(and the ability for each skill) are: Computer Use

(Int), Craft (electronic, mechanical, structural) (Int),

Disable Device (Int), Knowledge (physical sciences,

technology) (Int), Pilot (Dex) and Repair (Int).

Skill points at each level: 7 + Int. modiﬁer (6 + Int.

modiﬁer for nonhumans)

NEW CLASSES

OPERATIONS EXPERT

The Operations ofﬁcer (often called Ops) on a starship

specializes in maximizing the power of the ship’s

engines during battle and the maintenance and repair

of the ship. During battle he can divert power away

from less vital ship functions to ensure the ship lives

to see another day. He also directs the ship’s damage

control efforts to keep the hull intact. On smaller

ships the Operations Expert also serves as the ship’s

engineer but on larger vessels these characters work

CLASS INFORMATION

The following information pertains to the operations

expert advanced class.

Emergency Power: By funneling power from

nonessential systems an operations expert may

transfer power to the following areas as needed in

combat: weapons, sensors or engines. The effects of

transferring emergency power to each of these systems

are detailed below. Use of this ability is always an

attack action on the part of the operations expert.

However another character can use the system in the

same round if he has an action of the appropriate type

available. For example an operations ofﬁcer could

divert emergency power to weapons in the same round

that a weapons ofﬁcer ﬁres the weapon.

Reputation

Bonus

1st +0 +1 +1 +0 Emergency Power +1 +0 +0

2nd +1 +2 +2 +0 Damage Control Coordination +1 +1 +0

3rd +2 +2 +2 +1 Bonus Feat +1 +1

4th +3 +2 +2 +1 Emergency Power +2 +1 +1

5th +3 +3 +3 +1 Damage Control Coordination +2 +2 +1

6th +4 +3 +3 +2 Bonus Feat +2 +2

7th +5 +4 +4 +2 Reinforce Structural Integrity +2 +2

8th +6 +4 +4 +2 Emergency Power +3 +3 +2

9th +6 +4 +4 +3 Bonus Feat +3 +3

10th +7 +5 +5 +3 Damage Control Coordination +2 +3 +3

Ref

Save

Will

Save

Special

Defense

Bonus

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TABLE 1-1: THE OPERATIONS EXPERT

Level Base Attack

Bonus

Fort

Save

CHARACTERS

Weapons: Ships that use energy weapons can divert

extra power to increase the damage potential of those

weapons. With an attack action, the operations expert

can add a number of extra dice to one ship’s weapon

for its next attack.

Sensors: Diverting power to sensors can either grant

the ship a bonus to all ranged attack rolls equal the

operations expert’s emergency power bonus or twice

the emergency power bonus as a bonus on all sensor-

related Computer Use skill checks for the next round.

Engines: Diverting power to engines grants a ship

either a movement bonus equal to 500 feet times

the operations expert’s emergency power bonus or a

bonus to all Pilot checks equal to twice the operations

expert’s emergency power bonus.

Damage Control Coordination: By making

damage control operations more efﬁcient an

operations expert can improve Repair skill checks and

damage control rolls by the amount listed on the class

table.

Reinforce Structural Integrity: The operations

expert becomes so skilled at damage control that at

7 th level he can instantly negate a critical hit suffered

by his ship in starship combat. This ability requires

the operations expert to spend an action

point.

Bonus Feats: At 3 rd , 6 th , and 9 th

levels the operations expert may select

a feat from the following list: Armor

Proﬁciency (light), Armor Proﬁciency

(medium), Builder, Educated, Gearhead,

Personal Firearms Proﬁciency,

Mastercrafter, Zero-G Training. The

operations expert must meet all the

prerequisites for that feat.

criteria (the quickest path into this class is through the

Strong hero basic class).

Base Attack Bonus: +3

Skills: Knowledge (tactics) 3 ranks

Feats: Starship Gunnery, Teamwork (Weapons

Crew)

CLASS INFORMATION

The following information pertains to the starship

gunner advanced class.

Hit Die: 1d8

Action Points: 6+ one-half character level, rounded

down, every time the character gains a new level in

this class.

Class Skills: The Starship Gunner’s class skills

(and the ability for each skill) are: Computer Use (Int),

Demolitions (Int), Disable Device (Int), Intimidate

(Cha), Knowledge (current events, history, tactics)

(Int), Pilot (Dex), Repair (Int) and Spot (Wis)

Skill points at each level: 3+Int. modiﬁer (2+ Int.

modiﬁer for nonhumans)

CLASS FEATURES

The following features pertain to the starship gunner

advanced class.

Weapon Focus: The Starship Gunner gains the

Weapon Focus feat for all starship weapons at 1 st

level.

Weapon Specialization: At 2 nd level the starship

gunner gains a +2 bonus to damage with all starship

weapons.

Far Shot: At 4 th level the starship gunner gains the

Far Shot feat for all starship weapons.

Disabling Shot: As he gains experience the starship

gunner learns how to damage vital ship’s systems to

reduce the ability of an enemy ship to harm his own

or even to escape. The starship gunner must declare

that he is attempting a disabling shot and which ship’s

system he is targeting before he makes his attack roll.

Only one attack per round can be a Disabling Shot

no matter how many attacks the starship gunner is

entitled to.

STARSHIP GUNNER

A marksman who likes the biggest guns

he can ﬁnd, the starship gunner has

gravitated to the guns so big they need

a starship to carry them. He likes the

variety of point and click that ends with

an explosion. Starship gunners are found

serving starships in many capacities.

Some like their combat up close and

personal and serve in two-man ﬁghters,

while scores of these experts can be

found in the large capital ships of the

ﬂeets of space.

REQUIREMENTS

To qualify to become a Starship Gunner

a character must meet the following

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