Starship Combat

The rules for starship combat are based on the rules for character combat. Like character-scale combat, starship battles unfold on a square grid, with each starship occupying one or more squares on the grid. As with character-scale combat, starship battles play out in rounds.

The starship combat system presented here strikes a balance between realism and ease of play. The system can be made more realistic by adapting bits and pieces of the vehicle movement and combat rules to the 500-feet-per-square starship scale.

These basic starship combat rules also assume that all starships involved in the battle are crewed by nonheroic characters. What happens when heroes take the controls is discussed later.

• Starship Types and Subtypes
• Starship Fighting Space
• Starship Combat Sequence
• Combat Statistics
• Attack Roll
• Defense
• Crew
• Damage
• Hit Points
• Starship Evacuation
• Starship Condition Summary
• Speed
• Initiative
• Starship Actions
• The Combat Round
• Action Types
• Attack Actions
• Move Actions
• Full-Round Actions
• Free Actions
• Cover and Concealment
• Special Initiative Actions
• Avoiding Hazards
• Moving Through Occupied Squares
• Attacks of Opportunity