Fanon Tactics: Spaceships

Fanon Tactics: Spaceships is a fan-made, streamlined system for Spaceships using the tropes of space opera.
== The Basics ==
* Ships act as characters with ranged attacks
* Ranges are more general -- short, moderate, long
* Regular crews have average stats, and PCs can use their high skills to sway a battle
* "Plot armor" for main characters is necessary, as it's not fun to not be part of combat
* Side characters may be affected normally by the rules, leading to a lot of real tension regarding supporting cast.
== Dogfights in Space ==
* Electronic Countermeasures and Counter-Countermeasures are definitely PC skills for tripping up enemies like a cinematic hacker/space wizard.
** Spoofing radar acts like cloaking (disappearing) or illusion (making a false image).
** This doesn't work with pure optical sensors, but camouflage/chameleon skin does!
* Smaller craft should be more agile, with higher Dodge skills.
* Larger craft can dodge, albeit much slower, and may have to overexert their engines for a dodge!
** Dodge a shot and damage the engine, or tank the hit?
== The Bones of the Ship ==
=== Pressure Doors ===
* Strike craft (SM+4, some SM+5) have no airlocks/pressure doors. Pilots often wear vacc suits, and can enter/exit appropriate cargo holds and hangar bays by passing through air-shields of a cruiser or large frigate.
** Air shields keep in the air. Just roll with it.
* Frigates (SM+7 and up) have pressure doors that separate each hull section. Damage to one section (front, mid, rear) can "evac" that whole section!
** Larger frigates (SM+8 and up) have air-shields. After a system is Disabled, the shields can re-seal and re-pressurize the area, if need be. If it is destroyed, nearby systems must seal themselves! 
* Cruisers (SM+10 and up) have pressure doors for each system, allowing them to retain air in 
== New Parts ==
* Wings can be Space Wings, which allow superior maneuverability in space
* Cheap Space Wings actually penalize maneuverability in atmosphere!
** This can lead to a lot of crashes
* Control stations can be Cheap, giving a tank-gunner-like, narrow field of view to the operator.
Category:Spaceships