Archaic Starship (Template)

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An archaic ship is one from a much earlier era of technology. Despite potentially having all the same basic technology as moder vessels (laser cannons, shields, hyperdrives, and so on), an archaic ship suffers some disadvantages when facing vessels from higher levels of technology. The archaic shhip template can also be used to represent a starship built by a culture whose technology is less developed than the galactic norm.
      Even extremely ancient starships can be sufficiently upgraded that they no longer suffer the disadvantages of the archaic template. This requires 1 week of work × the ship’s cost modifier and credits equal to 1/10 the ship’s original cost. For each week of work, you must succeed on a DC 25 Mechanics check, or that week’s effort is lost. If multiple characters work on upgrading an archaic ship, divide the total time required by the number of characters who succeed on the Mechanics check.

### Modifications

All the modifications for the archaic ship template apply only when the ship is in combat with modern starships. If two archaic ships engage in combat, ignore all changes made by this template.

**CL:** The CL of an archaic starship is 2/3 it normal value.

**Threshold:** Against modern weapons, an archaic ship has only half its normal damage threshold.

**SR:** Any time the SR value of an archaic ship’s shields is exceeded, there is a 50% chance they fail entirely. They may be recharged normally.

**Weapons:** The weapons of an archaic starship can’t score critical hits against nonarchaic vessels.
      All attack rolls made by archaic ships against modern vessels take a −2 penalty, since older scanners have difficulty tracking modern ships.

**Cost:** Archaic ships generally can be obtained on the black market for 50% of their original cost.

The following is an example of an archaic cruiser, created by adding the archaic template to a Dreadnaut.

#### Archaic Heavy Cruiser             (CL 12)

      *Starships of the Galaxy*, page 62.
Colossal (cruiser) capital ship

**Initiative:** −4; **Senses:** Perception +6

**Defenses:** Fort 53, Ref 13 (flat-footed 13) ; +13 armor, Vehicular Combat

**Hit Points:** 1,680; **DR:** 20; **SR:** 115 (50% failure chance if SR exceeded); **Damage Threshold:** 126

**Speed:** fly 1 squares (starship scale)

**Ranged:** 2 turbolaser batteries +11\* (see below) and
2 light quad turbolaser batteries +11\* (see below) and
2 light turbolasers +3\* (see below)

**Fighting Space:** 2×2 (starship scale); **Cover:** total

**Base Attack:** +2; **Grapple:** +65

**Abilities:** Con —, Dex 10, Int 16, Str 96

**Skills:** Initiative −4, Mechanics +6, Perception +6, Pilot −4, Use Computer +6

**Crew:** 16,210 (skilled); **Passengers:** 3,000

**Cargo:** 9,000 tons; **Consumables:** 2 years; **Carried Craft:** 12 starfighters

**Hyperdrive:** ×2 (backup ×18), navicomputer

**Availability:** Military; **Cost:** not available for sale (black market value 17,777,500 used)

*\* Apply a −20 penalty on attacks against targets smaller than Colossal size.*

**Turbolaser battery (5 gunners)
Attack:** +11 (−9 against targets smaller than Colossal), **Damage:** 7d10×5

**Light quad turbolaser battery (5 gunners)
Attack:** +11 (−9 against targets smaller than Colossal), **Damage:** 4d10×5

**Light turbolasers (gunner)
Attack:** +3 (−17 against targets smaller than Colossal), **Damage:** 2d10×5

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