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STAR WARS
Source Book
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Date Finished 93-08-14
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This Source Book was complied from several different people who
play the game. Most of the information was obtained over Internet via
rec.arts.sf.starwars (r.a.s.s.). Some of the entries have internet
e-mail addresses. These people said it was allright to be e-mailed in
case anyone has questions on what they have created.
I have tried to keep the creator's intent intact by keeping the
descriptions, stats, etc as they have sent them to me. Because of
this, you may find that the 'Source Book' reads differently depending
on who sent the information to me. Also because of the large number of
items sent by a few people I did not repeat there name for multiply
entries on one topic. So if the idea has no creater above the name
then it was created by the same person who sent me the idea above.

A special thanks goes to, Eric Benson, Jeffrey A. Larsen and
Steven Cavanagh for without their ideas we wouldn't have this Source
Book.

Daniel Thiel
dthiel@plains.nodak.edu

Note: all stats are for Second Edition Star Wars RPG.

Th'Ta Manufacturing, Inc. TA-11
(Riot Gun)

Eric Benson
Fountain@brahms.udel.edu

This is a powerful cut down weapon intended to subdue large
numbers of people at a time. There are 2 versions, a long and a short
barrel version. The long barrel has a 15 degree fire arc (+-7.5
degrees around boresight), while the short barrel is cut down and has
a 30 degree arc of fire (+-15).  Anything in the arc must dodge or
take damage.  They are great for taking out a bar.  Just fire a couple
of shots into the bar and watch everybody turn to ash.

Vibrowhip

Monowhip

Stun Whip

The idea for the whip series comes from Shadowrun and their monowhip.
These whips have the same problem as the Shadowrun whips -- if you do
not exceed the difficulty with your to hit roll, you got hit by it and
you get to take the damage.  Why would anyone use one?  Well, they are
really easily concealled (after all, who would suspect that your belt
was a deadly weapon?) and they can do some large amounts of damage.

A whip can be used for a parry, but rather than trying to
block the weapon, you try to snatch the weapon away or out of
position.  A vibrawhip can be used to try to cut metal, the difficulty
is based on the metal's strength.

Light Dagger

Basically a smaller version of the lightsaber.  Used typically to help
train or for other sundry purposes.

Steven Cavangh

The Force Lash
This weapon was relatively uncommon during the heyday of the Old
Republic.  In the days of the Star Wars movies, it is extremely rare.
Force lashes were used by Jedi-in-training, although some favored it
over the light- saber.  The force lash looks much the same as a
lightsaber handle, perhaps slightly longer and thinner. When the
button is pressed, metal telescopes out from the handle like a car
aerial for about 80cm and is encompassed in a glowing cylinder of
energy. The metal (and hence the energy around it) has some
flexibility, though not enough to wrap around something. The result is
basically a less powerful, floppy lightsaber (4D + Special).

Astromech Sunsatt
A recent innovation, this is a fusion radiator that can be placed in
planetary orbit to provide light to sunless planets or night-light
for any number of commercial production or military applications.
A typical Sunsatt will provide light for one standard month, though
some of the better ones can provide both light and heat for almost
a year.
The Sunsatt can also be turned on/off via transmitter

Quadfecta Fighter series

Eric Benson
Fountain@brahms.udel.edu

These are a series of fighters similar in concept to the B wing.
There is an offset piloting pod which flies along on a roughly
straight course while the remainder of the ship rotates around (a
cross between a B wing and the ship from the Last Starfighter).  Very
maneuverable, but relatively difficult to keep in service due to the
avionics.
                            o
                            |
                            | /<engine pod
                      o-----O-----o <wing tip mounted laser
                            |\
                            | O  Crew module
                            o

(Poor Ansi version, but I hope you get the point)

Th'Ta Incorporated
A small, limited production starship company headquartered on
the planet Lebensa' [a human amazon women from the moon planet]. 
It is run by one Obuinia Mercoit, one of the planet's ruling family.
All of their products are designed with standard sized, normal
atmosphere humans, although changes can be made as required.
They currently make 2 ships, each available in a number of
permutations.  The KF99 is a simple, but advanced single seat
atmospheric fighter intended to go up against or to replace the Z95
Headhunter.  The TT31 is a 2 seat space superiority fighter with a
healthy front arment and a linked turbolaser and ion canon mounted in
a patented SnapFire turrent.

KF 99
The KF99 is a new design, externally similar to the Z95's that
it replaces.  It was designed with sturdiness and reliability in mind,
with sturdy fixed rear landing skids, an armored cockpit, a heads up
display, a 33 degree fighting chair and a bubble top perspex glass.
There are five varients: AS.1 (air superiority), RCN.2 (recon), HS.3
(heavy strike), GP.4 (general pupose) and COIN.5 (Counterinsurgency).

Weapons:
1.  AS (Space superiorety)
Twin Laser: Hull mounted, forward facing.  2D fire control, 5D damage
2.  RCN (Recognisance)
Blaster:  A single forward facing blaster.  Speeder scale. 1D fire control, 4D damage (scaled).
3.  HS (Heavy Strike)
Twin Turbo laser:  Twin SubSoro DZ-33 turbolasers linked to provide
one imensly powerful burst of energy every other turn.  The turn that they
are fired, the pilot looses 1D of speed due to the energy draw. 
2D fire control, 9D damage (starship scale).
Proton Torpedo bay:
4 torpedoes in an internal bay.  1D fire control, 9D damage.
4 wing pylons: See bottom of file (hopefully!)
4.  GP (General Propose)
Twin Laser: Hull mounted, forward firing.  2D fire control, 5D damage.
4 wing pylons.
5.  COIN (Counterinsurgency)
Quad slugthrowing machine cannon:  This mount is four seperate hull
mounted forward facing rapid fire weapons.  2D fire control, 2D damage
versus armor, 6D versus unarmored or character scale targets.

TT31
The TT31 was designed in response to the Incom X wing.
The TT31 has it's patented SnapFire turrent which mounts a paired
turbolaser and an ion cannon linked for maximum effectiveness.  Both
the X wing and the TT31 have some slight advantages and disadvantages
when compared to each other, but they are closely matched.  In a long
fight (or flight) the TT31 has the advantage with it's two person crew
taking some of the duties.  The Rebellion has one squadron of TT31.
AS fighters, originally purchased for comparison and possible
procurement, which has racked up some pretty impressive scores in
terms of destroyed TIE fighters.  The Rebellion decided not to use
what assets they had to support the TT31 for two reasons.  The
Rebellion is short of crew anyway and adding another person simply
adds to their logistical nightmares.  The Rebellion command also
disliked the turbolasers power cycle time and prefered the
instentaneous effect of the X wings lasers.
There are four versions of the TT31, the AS.1 (space
superiority), HS (heavy strike), COIN (counterinsurgency) and INT
(interceptor).  The interceptor takes the AS version and attempts to
improve the ship by adding upgraded manuevering foils, increased
thrust engines, and addittional laser cannons in favor of decreasing
the size of the hyperdrive modulators.

6.  AS (Space superiorety)
SnapFire:  This turrent system combines a powerful SubSoro DZ-33
turbolaser (alternating fire every other turn) with a Type II ion cannon.
The ion cannon is used to stun and power through shields while the
turbolaser is powering up.  Turbolaser:  1D fire control, 7D damage.  Ion
cannon: 1D fire control, 4D ION damage.
Twin laser:  Forward facing, hull mounted twin laser cannons.  2D fire
control, 5D damage.
7.  HS (Heavy strike)
Turrented twin laser:  2D fire control, 5D damage
Hull twin laser:  forward facing.  2D fire control, 5D damage.
8 wing pylons
Proton torpedo bay:  Mounts 4 proton topedoes, 2D fire control, 9D damage.
Concussion missle bay:  Mounts 4 missles, 2D fire control, 8D damage.
8.  INT (Interceptor)
Quad laser:  hull mounted, forward facing.  2D + 1 fire control, 7D
damage.
Turbolaser:  single, hull mounted SubSoro DZ-33 turbolaser.  Alternate
firing every other round, 2D fire control, 7D damage.
9.  COIN (Counterinsurgency)
Quad slugthrower:  Mounted in what would have been the SnapFire
turrent on the normal varient, the four rapid fire cannons serve to make
mincemeat out of unarmed people. 2D fire control, 2D damage to armor, 6D
damage to unarmored or character scale.
Quad hull mounted slughtrower:  Same weapon as turrent moounted.
10 wing pylons

Wing Pylon:
An underwing mount which allows weapons to be carried and used in atmosphere.

+1p/gun means that each addittional gun adds +1 pip to the fire control.

For example, a Bakkan Forth, a former Imperial gunner and his buddy
Neopt Farnlh are reading their TT31.HS for a strike at an Imperial
facility.  He decides to take 2 turbolaser pods and 2 blaster pods.
When Bakkan decides to use his pod turbolasers (which combine the
effect of the pod weapons), He gets +2D fire control and a damage of
9D.  If Bakkan uses his front lasers (combined with the pod blasters),
he gets 2D + 2 fire control and 5D + 6 damage.

Now, Bakkan knows he's going to break up a riot and takes slugthrower
pods and CBU (cluster bomb units) instead. 1 CBU and 7 slugthrower
pods... CBU is -1D fire control and 10 dice area effect against
people.  The pods will be gunner skill +7 pips to hit and 3D + 24
damage.  Hmm.  Somebody is going to get trashed.  In my campaign, I
would use the damage as area effect for the slugthrowers, too, after
all, it's hard to dodge 7 .50 cal Brownings firij'Yat your rear.

Starfighter designs
1993-07-13
Jeffrey A. Larsen

After looking at all of the literature and comments on the Clone Wars,
it would seem that the clone wars had to be 30-60 years in the past
based on apparent character ages and comments in books like Zahn's
(who might have some official sort of writer's guides).  Even today
combat aircraft can serve that long, especially some with low
complexity and large production runs (such as P-51's or B-17's).  It
stands to reason that large numbers of clone-war vintage starfighters
exist in the galaxy.  Lend-Lease type ventures, sales of obsolete
craft to third world nations, and lost caches(such as the Alderaan War
Frigate from Graveyard of Alderaan), would ensure that many clone war
combatants could still be in operation.  I admit that my interests in
WWII warbirds inspired this contribution, and because my players
(hopefully NOT reading this) are about to stumble onto a clone-war
vintage battlecruiser in my post-empire campaign (good, original, plot
lines are hard to come by sometimes) and in a clone-wars era
adventure/campaign I am thinking about.  In this text I include some
contributions of Star Wars fighters of a pre-Z-95 kind of flavor.
They are unabashedly copied from WWII counterparts.  Change them any
way you like.  Sorry, these were designed under the first edition
rules and have not been converted.  I leave this exercise to the
reader.  I guess since I can picture the craft in my head I never
really bothered with physical descriptions either.

NOTE:  Undoubtably, some of these craft have been upgraded since they
were introduced.  Plausible modifications of course would be very
limited, due to limitations of the spaceframe.  These starfighters
appear with their original (clone wars stats, with standard upgrades
in parentheses).

Observe!
None of the crafts mentioned here have hyperdrives or shields.
In my galaxy it would not have been feasible to mount them on craft
that small in that era.

Consumables:  Unless otherwise noted, 12 hours.  Modern Versions
could hold up to 2 Days.

New Republic (Alderaan) Designs

W-class Starfighter. 
Short, Stubby, generally an all-around performer for the era. 
Suffered greatly from a lack of maneuverability but made up
for it with durability and firepower.

D-Class Bomber: 
Plays the role that the Y-Wing currently does. Ground Support,
2nd Line Fighter defense.  This was an older design even then,
but had the respect of its crews, who were the main reason
for the success of the class.  It's rugged design inspired the Y-Wing.

T-Class Torpedo (Anti-Capital Ship) Craft 
First attempt at using a starfighter scale craft against capital ships with
the (untried at the time) proton torpedo.  Slow, easy targets for starfighters
but too small to be effectively opposed by most capital ship weapons
at the time.

Clone Master Craft

A note about the design philosophy. 
The clones typically were of initially low proficiency but experienced
clones were frighteningly adept at combat.  Initially in the clone wars,
this experience resulted in the slaughter of Old Republic forces in
several battles. Unfortunately for the clonemasters, they could not
keep up the levels experienced clones lost with comparable
replacements and so despite adequate ship construction levels,
their fighting forces became easy targets for the growing
Old Republic Forces at the end.  Most all of these craft were thought
destroyed, except for those initially sold to independent worlds to
gain capital and for those allied worlds that ended thier alliance when
things began to look bad.  A trickle of these craft ended up in the
fringe for up to 10 years after the end of the clone wars and showed
evidence of recent construction. This prompted many to believe
some of the Clone Masters had escaped and prompted a fruitless
search.  When the flow abruptly stopped, it became widely believed
that it had simply been a cache that was discovered by some independent.

Class 4 Starfighter (Wi) 
Designed to capitalize on the skill of the initial clones, these craft attained
heretofore unheard of performance levels at the cost of being unable to
withstand a hit.  To the Clone Masters' way of thinking, this was acceptable. 
The designers of the TIE would have been pleased with this design philosophy. 
The success of this craft purely reflected the skills of the pilot.

Class 2 Bomber (Firewind)
Used in capital ship combat or as a pacifier on invaded worlds.
Versatile in its applications, this craft depended on good fighter
cover to operate. Later used as a suicide bomber with fair
success with some less-skilled clones. The nuclear capability of
this craft caused such a distaste for such weapons that even
the Empire does not openly advertise its possession of them today.

Clone-War Vintage Shuttles
In current use due to the timelessness and durability of the design. 
Used to ferry troops from assault ships to hostile planet surfaces,
cargo runs, and the like.  This accounts for the high amount of
cargo space available.  There were so many in use and so many
to get rid of at the end of the war, that it is still hard to find a
major starport in use that does not have a few tucked in somewhere.

Z-98 Renegade
Steven Cavanagh

This starfighter is one of the early successors of the popular Z-95 Headhunter.
Designed in the twilight days of the Old Republic, only a few were built and
fewer actually saw action before the extermination of the Jedi and the rise
of the Empire. The Z-98 is somewhat similar to the Z-95 but has three
small additional wings (one dorsal, two more under the main wings) for
enhanced atmospheric performance, two more triple blasters mounted in the
nose, and an improved engine thrust rating. The S-Foil wings fold up to the
dorsal wing when landing and landed.

A poor ASCII picture is available in the source.txt file

Jeffrey A. Larsen
93-08-07

Disclaimer
Some of these skills are NOT the kind of skills that are
intended when playing the game in the "Star Wars" spirit.  I knew that
when I created them.  They undoubtedly exist somewhere in the galaxy
however, and while trying to come up with other advanced skills
besides the SINGLE advanced skill of medicine, these came to mind.
Keep in mind that of these skills have limited practical use for your
run-of-the-mill-vanilla-flavored-galaxy-saving SWRPG character; just
use them when you want to add a little spice to your game.
I did not have my rulebook handy while designing them, so some
tweaking might be necessary.  My only caveats in giving them for free
distribution is that because I am sure you might not like some of the
implementations, I would ask that you change them in whateverway you
like before using them.  However, please don't waste time and space by
telling me.  Just use what you think is usable and throw the rest
away. On the other hand I would be excited and interested in hearing
from you if you have developed some advanced skills of your own
different in nature from the ones I have described here.

Format:
Skill (Attribute used, prerequisite skills): (Time for use) Description.

Skills

Armor Weapons:
(DEX, Blaster 5D): (1rnd)
Without this advanced skill all armor weapons rolls are at -2D due to
the difficult of predicting the aiming characteristics of weapons used
from suits. Armor weapons allows the use of any Blaster/Missile type
weapon which can be mounted on a given suit of armor or powersuit
(By GM ruling of course). Armor weapons adds to the base skill roll
of any weapons fired from a suit (i.e. blaster, grenade, firearms, etc)
regardless of the level of the skills normally used.  (In other words,
you only need the initial 5D in blaster to represent the level of skill
needed to learn how to fire any weapon in a suit).  Other prereqs are
possible with GM approval (such as firearms in an industrial tech level).

Master Level Art, _________:
(As judged by the GM, Plausible related skill 4D):
(Base time 1 Week) Allows the character to make a professional living
as an artisan.  The skill roll represents the quality of any work
created by the character and the appreciation of the work felt by
others.  In general, a character must spend a month creating a
workplace and money equal to 20cr X (Skill roll in related skill) in
order to get set up.  Before starting a project after that, materials
much be purchased at a cost of 5cr X (Skill roll in Master Level Art)
for each project.  A bonus of +1 to the final roll is to be given for
every factor of 2 by which the purchased material exceeds the starting
cost.  A time for completion of the project must be stated,with a bonus
to the final skill roll of +1 is given, not to exceed +10, for each
additional 2 weeks taken.  The quality of the final work is a number
equal to:

Quality = Master Level Art Roll + Materials bonus + Time Bonus

The work can be sold for a base cost of (quality X 50cr) to any patron
the artisan can find.  To sell the work, an opposed roll must be made
between the artisan an patron.  The skills that can be used in the roll
are bargain or "Art connoisseur" (A KNO based skill).  If the artist
fails to beat the patron, no sale is made as the artisan did not
inspire the patron.  Otherwise, the work is sold for a cost as if the
artist made a successful bargain. If the artist makes 10 Very Difficult
rolls, the artist has gained respect in the field and may charge double
the base price.  If the artist makes 10 Heroic rolls, then they are a
master of the field and may charge 10 times the base price.  For these
rules, any art form including music can be judged.

Linguistics (KNO, Language 5D):
(1 rnd normal use, 1 day for advanced use).
The character has made a study in how languages are structured and
the universal foundations of communications.  Anyone with this skill
need only make 5 Very difficult rolls to become fluent in a language.
This skill adds to any language roll made in everyday usage.  In
addition, the character can use the Linguistics skill (by itself)
to translate a normally untranslatable language (whether it is just
an unused version of a familiar language, a totally new language, or
a totally bizarre method of communication (song or light for example).
Some protocol droids might have been programmed with this skill by
traders and scouts in the far reaches, but most never reach a fair
level of competence in this skill due to the amount of creativity
involved.  There is still a good demand for Linguists in the galaxy.

Academic, ________:
(KNO, preq KNO > 3D): (variable)
This skill allows advanced knowledge in the specified discipline which
makes possible research or communication on the professional level. 
While a KNO skill might give someone an intuitive feel for how the
subject works (Physics -- If I fall off of a cliff I will drop in a uniform
gravity field), the advanced skill allows more precise understanding
(Physics -- d=0.5gt^2 describes the motion as I fall).  The owner of
this skill will be able to easily digest scholarly texts and journals on
the subject and can research problems of interest to the field. Exact
difficulty and time for each use is variable and depends on the GM.

Galactography
(KNO, Planetary Systems > 5D): (variable) 
This skill implies a high degree of knowledge regarding the known
galaxy as a whole.  This Advanced skill can be added to any skill
roll that encompasses the galaxy as a whole, be it in economics,
politics, history, military strategy, science, or any other skill. As a
direct bonus, the Galactography skill adds directly to any
astrogation roll (showing the applied knowledge of the character
regarding the effects of the galaxy's structure on travel).

Acrobat
(DEX, Climbing/Jumping 5D): (1rnd)
This skill gives the character an extremely fine sense of balance, 
The character gets +1D to any DEX or DEX based roll involving
balance or control of the body's motion. In addition, one cannot
perform acrobatic maneuvers or tight-rope walking without this
skill (unless it is a darned big rope).

Magician
(PER, Con > 5D and DEX > 3D+2): (variable) 
This skill implies that the character trained for a career as a stage
magician at some time in the past.  This advanced skill adds to
any con roll in which the character needs to distract someone's
attention.  In addition, it adds to any hide roll in which some
component of illusion can be used. It adds to sneak rolls and any
attempts to palm or secret small items from lockpicks to
hold-out blasters.

Martial Arts
(STR/DEX, Brawling Parry or Brawling at 5D): (1 rnd) 
First, a qualifier on the specialization rules for the prerequisite skills.
Specialization is a type of attack that gains a +1D bonus to attacking
an opponent who has not specialized in that form of attack or defense,
due to the opponent's ignorance of standard counters to the attacks.
Having Martial Arts skill allows a character to specialize in all forms
of unarmed combat so the opponents never gain the +1D bonus,
no matter what the form of the attack.  In addition, based on the
level of the prerequisite skill, other advantages are available.

The +1D bonus against unskilled opponents is lost when taking
martial arts as an advanced skill.  This is because the 1st dice taken in
martial arts is that skill, with a little more flexibility in its use.

Brawling at 5D: Martial Arts can be split on a die by die basis between
the attack roll and the damage roll. (example:  a character with 2D in
martial arts can either add both dice to either the to-hit or the
damage roll OR add 1D to each).

Brawling Parry at 5D: Martial Arts skill can be split between Brawling
parry, Melee Parry (even without a weapon) or Dodge (2D maximum).

Both at 5D:  Dice can be split at will between all skills.

Lightsaber Design/Repair
(FORCE SKILL, all skills 3D + a master or special see below): (Variable) 
This skill allows the design, repair,
or refurbishing of Star Wars's favorite weapon, the lightsaber.  It
is essentially an art skill and requires materials for setup as
Master Level Art, _____.  It requires all materials listed in the
sourcebook (although they might be obtained separately, eliminating
the need to buy materials to begin the project).  The minimum time
needed to build a lightsaber is 8D - (Skill Roll) Days. These are
complete uninterrupted work days although the character can leave
the project and any point but come back to it later with no
penalty [ just the thing to while away those long hours in hyperspace]
Taking additional time adds a bonus on a second roll for the
quality of the saber (described below).  The quality roll gives the
lightsaber its individual attributes through the following table:

This skill could normally be learned by anyone, but the Jedi Knights
guarded the secret and so the skill has been lost to the galaxy for
the most part.  The 3D and a master prerequisite represents tutelage
under a Jedi Knight who taught the skill once the student developed
certain minimum requirements.  The skill can be self taught if the
student can do a successful postcognition at a Jedi Training Site
to see how it was done.  The modifiers on the roll are hidden from the
player, and the GM is free to make the task easier or harder, after all
such is the way of the force in letting creatures uncover its secrets.

Design
(KNO, KNO > 3D): (Variable) 
A character with such a skill is
adept at designing the bit of technology specified.  Possible subjects
for this skill include: starships (type/scale), weapon (except
lightsaber),  Integrated Ship Systems (the Imperial "modular design"
approach), device, or any other specific technology or group of
technologies.  After listening to the player describe the device that
is to be designed, the GM assigns a difficulty and a rough estimate of
the design time (which can be modified up or down later).  If the
character's KNO + design roll is more than 10 below the difficulty,
the device cannot be built as far as they can tell.  If the roll is
less than 6 below the difficulty, they can design and build it but will
find later that major bugs exist in the system which may or may
not be correctable. Success means that a set of plans can be formulated
and can be built by someone with the corresponding repair skill using
the same rules as the Master Level Art Skill for time.  Cost is
determined by the eventual market value of the device and usually costs
10 times the eventual market value for a prototype.  [NOTE:  Star Wars
is NOT a gadget design game, as was mentioned in the rulebook.  It is
about characters that use but do not create new technologies.  As
such, difficulty numbers should be NO LESS than heroic for even the
simplest ship or weapon designs, as it usually takes large teams of
engineers and lots of money to make even the smallest advances.  This
skill is included more for completeness than utility.]

Stunt Driving
(MECH, Vehicle Piloting of 5D in one type of vehicle): (1 round)
Character has formal training in stunt driving.  This training would
be extremely beneficial to any Star Wars driver or pilot since stunt
maneuvers are a necessity during combat.  This skill has two ways in
which it can be used:

1.  It adds to any vehicle piloting rolls in any tricky maneuver which
reasonably can be described in terms of a stunt (which is nearly
every situation).  It adds to any vehicle ops roll (even if it is
not the one used as a prerequisite.

2.  It allows (as a free action) free maneuvers in a round of value
up to a difficulty equal to the roll in Stunt Driving.

Proper Living
(STR, stamina > 5D): (adds to attribute checks, 1rnd) 
This skill represents the benefits the character will have from following a
regimen of diet, exercise, and mind techniques to become healthier.
They must keep away from all replicated food and must dedicate on an
almost religious basis 1-3 hours a day in exercise and meditation.
Sounds rough, but there are good points too:

1) Lifespan increases 10% per die in this skill (not to exceed 40%)

2) The skill adds to all attribute checks pertaining to stamina,
poison, disease, radiation, or aging.

3) Character uses only 1/2 the consumables normally needed to function.
However the consumables must be of a very select type.  Water
must be purified, fresh food is a must.  A maximum of 1 replicator
meal a week can be taken under normal circumstances.

If the character is not able to follow the outlined regimen for more
than 75% of the time in a given month, all benefits (except 1.) are
lost for a period of time equal to twice the period of laxity.

Beast Taming (MECH, Beast Riding > 5D): (1 week)  
Character can break the spirit of an animal and prepare it for domestic
use. Opposed roll versus the beast's orneryness. The character must
exceed the beast's roll by a factor of 2 to truly break it. Otherwise,
if the character beats the animal by 5 points it breaks but can revert to
wild.  One roll per week is allowed, but if the beast beats the character
by 5 points, it will never be broken by any character of the same skill
level or less.  Once the beast is broken, training can begin.  The
character must beat the beast in three opposed rolls in a row, each one
taking a week.  If any roll fails, the character must start over in getting
the three rolls in a row.  Once this training begins, the character can
teach the beast tricks.  Each trick is assigned a difficulty by the GM as
a bonus to the Orneryness roll and the character must beat the beast
twice in a row to teach the trick. Failure on one roll means that the
character can start over again, but if the character fails again, the trick
cannot be taught to this beast.

Speed-Draw
(Perception Skill)                Creator: Steven Cavanagh.
This skill is only suitable for a gun-based character- the Outlaw,
Bounty hunter or Smuggler. In the first round of an encounter the
Speed-Draw roll is made and counted as THAT CHARACTER's initiative
roll. It can only be used that round, and the normal -1D penalty
to hit for weapon drawing still applies.

Mvromow
Ron
v088r52m@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu

Mvromow are catlike humanoids from the planet Mvrom.   They have fur
that ranges from white to black, with most specimens in the dark gray
range. Well known for their curiosity about the galaxy, they are
organized into a nation of tribal states on their homeworld.  These
states are slowly losing power as more and more Mvromow venture into
the galaxy, leaving Mvrom behind.

 

Lnomix

Lnomix are hive minds from a distant planet in the Unknown Regions.
They are tall, furry anthropoids averaging 1.9 meters in height. A
unit of the hermaph- roditic Lnomix (typically three), when they mate,
increase their brain capacity exponentially, merging minds,
personalities, and feelings into one composite.  Lnomix units are
smart enough to be termed "Living Computers", as they can solve most
mathematical problems in seconds, on a par with the Givin. Little is
known about their society.

AGOST
Steven Cavangh

Agost is a remote world in an in an uninteresting outer sector. Its
surface is flat with little tectonic movement, and almost completely
covered in grasses (many species ranging from knee-high to sugarcane
height). Most of the moisture on the surface is subsoil, though a
few small lakes exist.
Much of the population is located on farms, though two cities
exist on the planet: Stoessel and Mol Danta. It is here that the
world's only spaceports are located and carefully monitored by the
Empire.
Two species of interest have been studied at length on the
grassworld:

Eguale
[ee-gwa-lay]
These are horse-sized insectoids resembling a praying mantis.
They have six limbs, four used for mobility and two "arms".
One of these is larger and sickle-like, used for cutting grass.
The other arm scoops food toward its mouth with pincers.
grass. The other arm scoops food toward its mouth with pincers.
Eguale have a hard, chintous shell. They have many uses
ranging from transport to beasts of burden to food. Eguale farmers
use six-foot shock prods (with additional grass-cutting blades)
to drive the insectoids. These instruments have been mistaken for
force pikes.

Tower grubs
These are squat grubs three meters in length and one meter in diameter.
They burrow into the ground and during their life span secrete a mucous
substance behind them, that over the years becomes a tower that is hard
and woody. Some towers have been known to exceed five meters in height.