Appendix C - Combat Damage

When a craft takes a hit in a non Star Cruiser combat situation, the following rules may be used to resolve the effects in preference to the Director's Guide Vehicle Combat System. Star Cruiser is still used for "pure" Starship combat situations.

• Step 1 - Determine Hit Location(s)
  Roll on the following table to determine the hit location. If the location is not present or destroyed, roll again. If a choice of locations is offered or if there is more than one such location, choose one. Weapons with an EP rating and explosives may roll once on this table for each point of EP. ( Hence EP 4 grants 4 rolls on the table ). Note that EP is diminished as usual for range.
  Note : Breaching charges are treated as a special case. Use the normal rules for such charges.
  

  2d10	Location
  2	Chassis / Hull
  3	Chassis / Hull
  4	Chassis / Hull
  5	Chassis / Hull
  6	Mobility
  7	Mobility
  8	Mobility
  9	Communications / Sensor Array
  10	Communications / Sensor Array
  11	Weapon / Manipulator
  12	Weapon / Manipulator
  13	Cargo Storage
  14	Crew / Passenger
  15	Fuel Storage
  16	Fuel Storage
  17	Power Plant
  18	Power Plant
  19	Computer
  20	Computer



• Step 2 - Determine Effective DPV(s)
  Effective DPV is the amount of damage that penetrates armour. To calculate Effective DPV subtract the armour rating of the location from the DPV of the weapon. For most locations, this will be the same armour rating as the chassis / hull. If the Effective DPV is zero or less then the armour has successfully taken the impact and there is no further damage.
• Step 3 - Determine Damage Effects
  For each hit location, roll once on the following table, cross referencing with the current damage level of the component. ( You will need to keep a track of the damage level of each vehicle component to use this system ). If the location is "Crew / Passenger" then randomly determine one individual aboard the craft and apply half the effective DPV as a hit on that individual.

  	Current Damage Level Of Component
  1d10	None	Superficial	Minor	Major
  < Effective DPV x 10	Minor	Major	Destroyed	Destroyed
  = Effective DPV x 10	Superficial	Minor	Major	Destroyed
  > Effective DPV x 10	None	Superficial	Minor	Major

  The black cells in the above table show damage levels where the component is no longer functional. In general, components function at 50% capacity at the Minor damage level and 90% capacity at the Superficial damage level. Some components may still function at 10% capacity at the Major damage level.
  
  Certain hit locations have other effects -
  
  

  Chassis / Hull
  

  • Superficial hit reduces a region of armour to 90% protective value. In pressurised environments a hull breach occurs on a roll of 10 on 1d10
  • Minor hit reduces a region of armour to 50% protective value. In pressurised environments a hull breach occurs on 6+ on 1d10.
  • Major hit reduces a region of armour to 10% protective value. In pressurised environments a hull breach occurs on 2+ on 1d10.
  • Destroyed reduces a region of armour to 0% protective value. In pressurised environments a hull breach always occurs.

  Mobility
  

  • Superficial hit reduces movement to 90% of normal values. A Routine task is required to regain control of the craft. Further movement is otherwise unimpeded.
  • Minor hit reduces movement to 50% of normal values. A Difficult task is required to regain control of the craft. Further movement is one difficulty level harder than normal.
  • Major hit reduces movement to 10% of normal values. A Formidable task is required to regain control of the craft. Further movement is two difficulty levels harder than normal.
  • Destroyed hit prevents further movement.

  Fuel Storage
  Every hit on fuel storage has an associated risk of explosion. Roll 10 on 1d10 at the Superficial level, 6+ at the Minor level, 2+ at the Major level and explosion is automatic at the Destroyed level. Note that non-volatile fuels do not explode ( this includes radioactive material - a critical mass is required for a nuclear explosion ).
  In addition, a hit on fuel storage at the Superficial level or higher causes a leak in such storage. The entire fuel tank which has been hit will lose ( 1% per Effective DPV ) of its contents ( based on its full capacity ) per combat round until patched. This leak rate is cumulative, so that if two hits are taken with an effective DPV of 0.1 each, then 0.2% of the fuel is lost per combat round. Leaking fuel is a hazard in itself, especially in the case of liquid or super-cooled gases such as Hydrogen.
  

  Power Production
  A power plant functions at 90% efficiency at the Superficial damage level, 50% efficiency at the Minor damage level, 10% efficiency at the Major level and is completely dysfunctional at the Destroyed level.
  

  Computer
  

  • A Superficial hit on a computer system increases all tasks involving the computer by one difficulty level. 10% of the computer storage is also lost in such a hit, determined randomly.
  • A Minor hit on a computer system increases all tasks involving the computer by two difficulty levels. 50% of the computer storage is also lost in such a hit, determined randomly.
  • A Major or better hit on a computer system disables the computer.

• These Damage Levels correspond to those in the Damage and Repair Table on page 43 of the Director's Guide. Note that Step 3 can also be applied to cyberware if desired.

Example

A weapon with a DPV of 0.8 hits a vehicle in location 11, Weapon / Manipulator. The vehicle has an armour value of 0.4 in this location, so the Effective DPV is 0.8 - 0.4 = 0.4. The table in Step 3 is consulted - the component was previously undamaged and the d10 die roll is 1, meaning that the component has taken damage to the "Minor" level.

This page was last updated on the 10^th July 1997.

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