Mass Craft
Strafing Run (Battlefield Trick): Win or lose, destroy one enemy unit of your choice with the Capital The following traits apply to Mass Craft warships. trait and Force 3 or less. This unit’s force is set to 0 Capital: This unit may carry 1 shuttle per unit of for the remainder of the battle. You may use this Force, and may launch 1 shuttle per round. trick once per battle. Fighters: These small units are launched from units with the Capital and Launch Bay traits, and cannot move between Systems on their own. FTL Drive: This unit may use Mass Relays to move between Clusters. FTL Uplink: Once per round, this unit may benefit from a feat possessed by a single allied character who currently occupies a unit with this trait in this or any neighboring Cluster. Frigate GARDIAN: Once per battle, this unit may Small, fast vessels that often operate in wolf packs ignore the effects of the Bombing Run or Strafing of three or more, frigates are the largest vessel that Run tricks. can land on planetary surfaces. Kinetic Barriers: Once per battle, this unit may ignore the effects of the Fire Main Gun trick. Landing Thrusters: This unit may land on a planetary body or take off once per round. Launch Bay: This unit may carry 1 unit with the Fighters trait per unit of Force, and may launch 1 such unit per round.
Warship Traits
Ship Upgrades
46 Interceptor Squadron Interceptors are built for dogfighting. Their job is to destroy any enemy bombers or fighters that attack their fleet’s capital vessels. Interceptor Squadrons gain a trick. Intercept (Battlefield Trick): Win or lose, destroy one enemy unit of your choice with the Fighters trait and Force 0. This unit’s force is set to 0 for the remainder of the battle. You may use this trick once per battle.
Not all warships are created alike, and shrewd (or wealthy) commanders often upgrade the vessels under their command to give their enemies a nasty surprise. You may purchase as many upgrades as you like for your warships, but no unit may have more upgrades fitted than twice its Force rating, unless indicated otherwise. Ablative Armor: The first time in any battle when this unit is either destroyed or dispersed, it may ignore either of these effects. Disruptor Warheads: You may ignore the effects of the Kinetic Barriers trait once per round. This upgrade’s cost is reduced by half when applied to a unit with the Fighters trait. FTL Array: This unit gains the FTL Uplink trait. GARDIAN Array: This unit gains the GARDIAN trait. Multicore Shielding: This unit gains the Kinetic Barriers trait. QEC (Quantum Entanglement Communication) Array: Once per battle, this unit may benefit from a feat possessed by a single allied character who currently occupies a unit with this trait in any Cluster in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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