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Welcome to Ronin Arts’ Future: Starship 14 –Lookout-Class, the latest in a series of PDFs for usewith futuristic D20 System campaigns. This seriesmakes some assumptions about your campaign; thestarship designs in this series will be most useful incampaigns in which the following statements aretrue:

• The campaign is not a “hard” science setting.Campaigns that are more space opera/adventuremovie are the intended target for this series.

• Starships are not rare or unusual. All of thestarships in this series assume that space travel is astandard and common occurrence – individualseither fly their own ships or ride on passenger ships.Starships and space travel are as common for char-acters as a plane ride is for people of our reality.

• Space combat is not uncommon. It’s justanother exciting adventure when the player charac-ters have to engage the enemy while fleeing fromsome world or other.

• The campaign is packed with action. If thingsaren’t exploding, how much fun can the game real-ly be?

ABOUT THE AUTHORPhilip Reed has been working professionally in

the roleplaying game industry since 1995. In thattime he has worked for such companies as AtlasGames, Privateer Press, and Scrye magazine. TodayPhilip spends his days at home running Ronin Arts,writing and designing new games, and watchingDVDs. To learn more about Philip Reed – andRonin Arts – please visit www.roninarts.com andwww.philipjreed.com.

E-FUTURE TILESThe ship design in this PDF is based on the free

SkeletonKey Games tile set available now atwww.starbaseprime.com. While this PDF can beeasily used on its own you will get a lot more useout of it in your game sessions if you construct theship – at miniatures scale – using the printable tiles.

To learn more about SkeletonKey Games pleasevisit their website at www.skeletonkeygames.com.

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Introduction

game statisticsPICKET SHIP (PL 6)

Type: Ultralight Subtype: Picket ShipDefense: 7Flat-footed Defense: 5 Autopilot Defense: 5 Hardness: 20 Hit Dice: 12d20 (240 hp) Initiative Modifier: +4Pilot’s Class Bonus: +2 Pilot’s Dex Modifier: +2 Gunner’s Attack Bonus: +2 Size: Colossal (–8 size) Tactical Speed: 3,000 ft. (6 sq.) Length: 105 feet Weight: 900 tons Targeting System Bonus: +3

Crew: 8 (trained +4) Passenger Capacity: 0 Cargo Capacity: 10 tons Grapple Modifier: NoneBase Purchase DC: 52Restriction: Military (+3)Attack:2 fire-linked heavy neutron guns –3 ranged

(15d8) and 2 fire-linked rail cannons –8 ranged(9d12)

Attack of Opportunity: None.

Standard PL 6 Design SpecsEngines: Fusion torch, thrustersArmor: PolymericDefense Systems: Sensor jammer, chaff

launcher, decoy drone launcher, magnetic fieldSensors: Class III sensor array, targeting sys-

tem

Communications: Laser transceiver, radiotransceiver

Weapons: 2 fire-linked heavy neutron guns(range incr. 6,000 ft.) and 2 fire-linked rail cannons(range incr. 2,000 ft.)

Grappling Systems: None.

LOOKOUT-CLASSTEMPLATE (PL 6)

The Lookout-class template is applied to any PL6 ultralight escort or picket ship. The starship’sdesign specs should be adjusted as follows.

Hit Dice: Increase by +3d20.Engine Upgrade: Ion engine.Armor Upgrade: Vanadium.Defense System Upgrade: Point-defense sys-

tem.Grappling System Upgrade: Grapplers.

Lookout-Class Picket Ship (PL 6)

The Lookout-class picket ship is more durableand has a greater range than standard picket ships.Even with the greater range, the Lookout-class stillremains close to whichever convoy it is assigned to– few Lookout-class picket ships are adapted to soli-tary action because they lack the necessary crewquarters needed for extended missions.

Type: Ultralight Subtype: Picket ShipDefense: 7Flat-footed Defense: 5 Autopilot Defense: 5 Hardness: 30 Hit Dice: 15d20 (300 hp) Initiative Modifier: +4Pilot’s Class Bonus: +2 Pilot’s Dex Modifier: +2 Gunner’s Attack Bonus: +2 Size: Colossal (–8 size) Tactical Speed: 3,000 ft. (6 sq.) Length: 105 feet Weight: 900 tons Targeting System Bonus: +3 Crew: 8 (trained +4) Passenger Capacity: 0 Cargo Capacity: 10 tons

Grapple Modifier: +16Base Purchase DC: 53Restriction: Military (+3)Attack:2 fire-linked heavy neutron guns –3 ranged

(15d8) and 2 fire-linked rail cannons –8 ranged(9d12)

Attack of Opportunity: Point-defense system+3 ranged (1d12x10)

Standard PL 6 Design SpecsEngines: Fusion torch, thrustersArmor: PolymericDefense Systems: Sensor jammer, chaff launch-

er, decoy drone launcher, magnetic field, point-defense system

Sensors: Class III sensor array, targeting systemCommunications: Laser transceiver, radio

transceiverWeapons: 2 fire-linked heavy neutron guns

(range incr. 6,000 ft.) and 2 fire-linked rail cannons(range incr. 2,000 ft.)

Grappling Systems: Grapplers.

WATCHER-CLASSTEMPLATE (PL 7)

The Watcher-class template is applied to any PL6 or PL 7 ultralight escort or picket ship. The star-ship’s design specs should be adjusted as follows.

Hit Dice: Increase by +6d20.Engine Upgrade: Particle impulse engine.Armor Upgrade: Neutonite.Sensors Upgrade: Class V sensor array,

improved targeting system.Defense System Upgrade: Point-defense sys-

tem, particle field.Weapons Upgrade: 2 sets of 2 fire-linked quan-

tum cannons (24d8 damage, range incr. 6,000 ft.;replaces 2 sets of 2 PL 6 fire-linked weapon sys-tems).

Grappling System Upgrade: Grapplers.

Watcher-Class Picket Ship (PL 7)

This faster, more powerful picket ship is thereplacement for the standard picket ship found pro-tecting convoys.

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Type: Ultralight Subtype: Picket ShipDefense: 7Flat-footed Defense: 5 Autopilot Defense: 5 Hardness: 40 Hit Dice: 18d20 (360 hp) Initiative Modifier: +4Pilot’s Class Bonus: +2 Pilot’s Dex Modifier: +2 Gunner’s Attack Bonus: +2 Size: Colossal (–8 size) Tactical Speed: 3,500 ft. (7 sq.) Length: 105 feet Weight: 900 tons Targeting System Bonus: +5 Crew: 8 (trained +4) Passenger Capacity: 0 Cargo Capacity: 10 tons Grapple Modifier: +16

Base Purchase DC: 54Restriction: Military (+3)Attack:2 sets of 2 quantum cannons +1 ranged (24d8)Attack of Opportunity: Point-defense system

+3 ranged (1d12x10)

Standard PL 7 Design SpecsEngines: Particle impulse engineArmor: NeutroniteDefense Systems: Sensor jammer, chaff launch-

er, decoy drone launcher, point-defense system,particle field

Sensors: Class V sensor array, improved target-ing system

Communications: Laser transceiver, radiotransceiver

Weapons: 2 sets of 2 fire-linked quantum can-nons (range incr. 6,000 ft.)

Grappling Systems: Grapplers.

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starship key1. Cockpit – The typical picket ship is small

enough to require only a single pilot. The cockpit istight but not quite as cramped as retrofitted ultra-light combat vessels or escorts. In an emergencybackup controls in the cockpit give the pilot limit-ed access to the ship’s sensor systems that are typi-cally handled in the communications and tech cen-ter (see area 3).

2. Datacenter – A picket ship carries animmense library of starship schematics in order togive the crew the ability to correctly identify tar-gets. There is only a 5% chance that an encounteredstarship will not be found in the ship’s datacenter. Itrequires three rounds of sensor contact for crew atthis station to uncover the technical specificationsof a target and once properly identified the picketship receives a +2 equipment bonus to all attackrolls against the identified target.

The airlock in this area is the only entrance/exitonboard the ship.

3. Communications and Tech Center – This isthe most important room onboard a picket ship. Thestandard Lookout-class carries four techs. In com-bat the ship’s weapon systems are fired from one ofthe stations in this area.

4. Storage – The lockers in this area contain anumber of survival suits (at least one per crewmember) and other gear potentially necessary if theship is forced down or separated from her fleet.

5. Engineering – Direct access to the ship’sengines allow for fast and easy maintenance andrepairs. This station is typically not in use – no creware assigned to the engineering station when theship is on patrol or forced into a combat situation.

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LOOKOUT-CLASSPicket Ship

1. Cockpit2. Datacenter3. Communications

and Tech Center4. Storage5. Engineering

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