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 CONTENTS
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CORE RULES............................
RULES ............................ 1
Characters.................................................1
Dice...........................................................1
Scenes......................................................1
Truths.......................................................2
Attributes, Skills,
and Focuses.. ............................. 3
Attributes..................................................3
Skills.........................................................3
Focuses.....................................................4
Talents......................................................4
Tests...........................................
Tests ........................................... 4
Attempting a Test......................................4
Setting Test Difficulty..........................................5
Difficulty Zero Tests.............................................5
Complications............................................6
Success at Cost...................................................6
Assistance.................................................7
Opposed Tests...........................................7
Momentum, Thr eat
and For tune . . ............................. 8
Momentum................................................8
Spending Momentum..........................................8
Saving Momentum...............................................9
Threat.......................................................9
Fortune ................................................... 11
Spending Fortune...............................................11
Definining Aspects.. ............... 12
Defining Aspects and Fortune .................. 12
Challenging a Defining Aspect ................. 12
COMBAT & ACTION..............
ACTION .............. 13
Action Scenes ....................... 13
Range & Distance..................................... 13
Zones..................................................................13
Distances............................................................13
Action Order............................................ 13
Major Actions.....................................................14
Minor Actions.....................................................14
Making an Attack..................................... 15
Stress, Injury, & Recovery......................... 15
Stress..................................................................16
Armor..................................................................16
Injuries................................................................16
Recovery.............................................................17
Avoiding Injury...................................................18
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Combat Momentum Spends.............................18
Social Conflict.........................
Conflict ......................... 19
Social Tools............................................. 19
Deception...........................................................19
Evidence.............................................................20
Intimidation............................................. 21
Negotiation.............................................. 22
SHIP COMBAT . . ..................... 24
Ship St atistics.......................
atistics ....................... 24
Ship Attributes......................................... 24
Ship Actions.......................................................24
Scale....................................................... 24
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Hull Points............................................... 25
Breach.................................................................25
Fuel......................................................... 25
Operating a Ship.. .................. 25
Other Minor Actions...........................................25
Commanding Officer Actions.................... 25
Helm Actions........................................... 25
Sensor Techician Actions......................... 26
Tactical Actions....................................... 27
Communications Actions.......................... 27
Other Actions........................................... 27
Ship Weapons.
Weapons . . ...................... 28
Weapon Stress Rating.............................. 28
Range...................................................... 28
Kinetic Weapons...................................... 28
Projectile Cannon...............................................28
Ship Combat . . ......................... 29
Environment and Zones............................ 29
Distances................................................ 29
Distances and Sensors......................................29
Rounds and Turns.................................... 30
Making an Attack..................................... 30
Breaches................................................. 30
Damaged Systems.............................................30
Destroyed Systems............................................30
Destroying Whole Vessels.................................31
Repairing Damage.................................... 31
Removing Breaches...........................................31
Ship Combat Momentum Spends.............. 31
WEAPONS AND
EQUIPMENT . . ......................... 32
Weapons.. . ............................... 32
Weapons
Anatomy of a Weapon............................... 32
Weapon Types and Range......................... 32
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 Melee..................................................................32
Ranged................................................................32
Ammunition........................................................32
Effects..................................................... 33
Qualities.................................................. 33
Weapons of Homeworld......
Homeworld ...... 33
Weapons and Cultures.............................. 33
Kushan................................................................34
Melee...................................................... 34
Ranged.................................................... 34
Equipment and Gear . . ........... 35
Anatomy of Equipment and Gear............... 35
Standard Equipment ................................ 35
Other Equipment...................................... 36
Adventure Synopsis................................. 37
Background............................................. 37
Running this Adventure............................ 37
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ADVENTURE.. ........................ 37
Adventure Synopsis................................. 37
Background............................................. 37
Running this Adventure............................ 37
Scene 1: A Der elict,
Der elict.. .................................. 38
Approaching the Khar-toba....................... 38
Scene 2: A Descent into
the Past..................................
Past .................................. 41
Entering the Khar-toba............................. 41
Sealed and Abandoned Door Entrances...........42
Breaches in the Superstructure........................43
Guarded Entrances............................................43
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Scene 3: A Labyrinth
of Steel and Stone.
Stone . . .............. 44
Living Quarters ....................................... 45
Investigating the Living Quarters......................46
Engines................................................... 47
Temple Plaza........................................... 47
Armed Guard........................................... 47
Patrol 1: The Watchers......................................47
Patrol 2: The Archeologists...............................48
Patrol 3: The Breach Team................................48
Securing the Observatory Temple............. 48
Scene 4: Destiny
Manifested.............................
Manifested ............................. 50
Condensers........................................................53
Protective Outer Stone Pillar.............................53
Floor Channels...................................................54
Carvings on the Back Wall.................................54
Recovering the Guidestone....................... 55
Recovery ............................................................55
Restoring Water Flow .......................................55
Lifting the Stone Pillar.......................................55
Removing the Guidestone.................................56
Scene 5: A Flight
Towar ds Fr eedom.
eedom . . ............... 57
Escape.................................................... 58
Epilogue: A New
Beginning . . ............................... 60
Gaalsien Soldiers..................................... 61
Gaalsien Scouts....................................... 61
Gaalsien Scientists.................................. 62
Gaalsien Captain...................................... 62
Mevath Sagald......................................... 63
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The following section covers the core rules of Homeworld: Revelations, which will be used in this
quickstart guide. Every player should have a basic understanding of these concepts during play.
Characters
There are two types of character in
Homeworld, player characters who are
controlled by the players, also referred to as
PCs, and non-player characters controlled by
the gamemaster, referred to as NPCs.
Dice
Homeworld uses two types of dice. The first
is a twenty-sided die, called a d20, used to
decide the outcome of a character’s action.
In most circumstances, more than one d20
will be rolled at once. This is known as the
dice pool.
The d20s are used for resolving tests, often,
two or more will be required. This is noted as
Xd20, where X is the number of dice to be
rolled. So, 2d20 means that two twenty-sided
dice should be rolled.
D6 Result Challenge
Dice Result
1 1
2 2
3 0
4 0
5 1, plus effect
6 1, plus effect
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The second type is a d6, or six-sided die. When
these dice are called for, they are referred to
as Challenge Dice and are noted as X in
the text, where X is the number of Challenge
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Dice you must roll. If you do not have access
to these specially marked Challenge Dice, you
can use regular d6s and consult the table
below for the results.
Scenes
Just like the events of a TV show or movie,
gameplay in Homeworld is structured in
scenes. Each scene covers a period of time,
during which you attempt to achieve a goal,
overcome a problem, or engage in some sig-
nificant activities.
Some scenes contain more structure than oth-
ers: an example of this would be action scenes,
where the scene is split into rounds and
turns and you can perform a limited number
of actions in a set order.
Scenes are the interesting parts of the story,
and tend to skip past the less interesting
parts. Different groups may feel differently
about what is or isn’t interesting, so it’s up to
you and your group to decide what to play out
and what to skip.
The gamemaster is the one responsible for
setting the scene and reacting to what the
players choose to do within it. When the
scene has concluded, or nothing else can be
done in that place, the gamemaster moves
on to the next one.
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 Truths
Truths describe something significant about a
scene, person, place, environment, or object.
You don’t have to think of them in too much
detail as a player, but it’s good to be aware of
how they affect the game.
Truths don’t have any specific duration; they
remain in play until they are no longer true,
either because the scene changes or you find
a way to overcome them. Truths are important
because they help the gamemaster determine
what is and what isn’t possible.
Truths are described as:
An advantage. The truth is beneficial. Ad-
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vantages can make an activity possible
that wasn’t possible before, reduce the
difficulty of a test (see Tests p.4), or
cancel out a complication (p.6).
A complication. The truth is problemat-
ic. Complications can make previously
possible tests impossible, increase the
difficulty of a test, or cancel out an ad-
vantage.
A Threatening circumstance. The truth
adds Threat to the Threat pool to rep-
resent something or someone within a
scene that poses a risk beyond normal
situations.
There are numerous ways that advantages
and complications can be added or
created in a scene by players and the
gamemaster.
Characters also have truths,
and these can act a s
either advantages
or complications
depending on circum-
stance.
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Example:
When describing the scene, the game-
master tells the players they are standing
in a darkened corridor of a wrecked ship. There
appears to be water leaking from somewhere
overhead and electrical cables are sparking
in the pools of water on the floor. In this
description, the darkness and the electri-
cal cables in the water are truths in the
form of a complication and threatening
circumstance. The darkness acts as a
complication, increasing the difficulty
of the test to navigate the corridor by 2.
The sparking electrical cables in the wa-
ter increase the danger in the area for the
players far outside the normal hazards
they might encounter on a wrecked ship,
enough to add 2 points of Threat to the
pool and acting as a threatening circum-
stance.
One of the players then decides to boost
the brightness on their wrist computer to
use as a makeshift flashlight. The small
amount of light is only enough to benefit
them trying to navigate the area, but
this acts as an advantage for the player,
reducing the difficulty of their test to
navigate the hallway by 1.
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and Focuses
Attributes, skills and focuses are the main three aspects of a character that you will use to make
tests in Homeworld.
Attributes
Your character has six attributes—Agility,
Brawn, Coordination, Insight, Reason, and
Will—which encompass their innate capabili-
ties. These attributes have scores that range
from 7 to 12.
Agility is your character’s speed, balance,
and movement. Agile characters are
quick and can move with precision.
Brawn is your character’s physical for-
titude and endurance, as well as their
ability to be forceful. It also encompasses
their health and physical conditioning.
Brawny characters are strong and hardy.
Coordination is your character’s fine mo-
tor skills, accuracy, and sense of time and
rhythm. Coordinated characters are good
shots and excel at sleight of hand and
other delicate, precise tasks.
Insight is your character’s perception,
instincts, and ability to comprehend the
world around them. Insightful characters
are observant and shrewd, and are often
said to be wise.
Reason is your character’s ability to apply
logic, intellect, and learned facts to a
situation. Reasoned characters tend to be
rational or contemplative, and are often
driven by a need to learn or understand.
Will is your character’s sense of self,
their mental strength, and their self-dis-
cipline. Strong-willed characters tend to
be single-minded, even stubborn, and
have forceful personalities.
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Skills
Your character also has six skills—Combat,
Command, Engineering, Exploration, Flight, and
Medical—which cover their training and expertise.
These skills have scores that range from 1 to 5.
Combat is your character’s skill in hand-
to-hand combat and their ability to use
weapons, both melee and ranged. It also
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covers tactical knowledge and the prac-
tice and understanding of ship combat.
Command is your character’s skill in in-
terpersonal interactions including lead-
ership, negotiation, and motivating and
coordinating others. It also helps them to
resist coercion and can help others resist
fear or panic.
Engineering is your character’s skill in
using, repairing, or building technology.
This covers the understanding of
systems and build of ships, weapons, and
other small devices and non-electrical
mechanical items.
Exploration is your character’s skill in
scientific research and study as well as
history, archaeology, and their ability as
an explorer.
Flight is your character’s skill at piloting
and using the systems of a ship.
Medical is your character’s skill at
diagnosing and treating those who are
ill or injured. It covers the knowledge of
trauma and treatments both mental and
physical.
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Focuses
Your character also has a number of focuses.
These represent specialist training, practical
experience, or knowledge of specific fields.
Focuses do not have a rating of their own,
but can be applied to relevant skill tests to
improve the chances of success.
Talents
Talents represent training or an enhanced
skill in a particular area.
Each talent has a circumstance, which
details when the talent can be applied, and
an effect, which is the benefit that the talent
gives you.
Tests
There are situations when your character
will attempt to do something and their
success would be in doubt, or failure and
complications would be interesting.
Tests are usually called for by the gamemaster,
either to decide whether your character succeeds
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or fails at what they want to do, to avoid a hazard,
or just to see how well they do something. Each
test has a number of possible outcomes that can
affect the scene or the characters.
Attempting a Test
A test involves your character’s attributes and
skills, and requires you to roll two or more d20s.
How to attempt a test is described as follows:
1. The gamemaster chooses which
attribute and skill are appropriate for
the test being attempted. Add together
your character’s attribute and skill. This
is the target number for the test. The
target number is the number you must
roll equal to or under with each d20.
2. The gamemaster then sets the difficulty
of the test. This is a number from 0 (easy)
to 5 (almost impossible). The difficulty is
the number of successes the player must
roll on their d20s to pass the test.
3. You take two d20s, and may choose to
purchase extra d20s (see Momentum
and Threat p.8). Once additional dice
 have been purchased—if any—you roll your
dice pool.
4. Each d20 that rolls equal to or less than
the target number scores 1 success.
a. If there is an applicable focus, each
die that rolls under the value of the skill
scores 2 successes.
b. Each die that rolls a 1 scores 2 successes.
c. Each die that rolls a 20 causes a
complication — something in the
situation that might make things harder
for the character (see Complications,
p.6).
5. If the number of successes is equal to or
exceeds the difficulty of the test, then the
test has been passed and the character
has achieved what they wanted to do.
a. They might be able to do even
better. Any extra successes beyond
the difficulty threshold generate
Momentum (see Momentum, p.8).
6. The gamemaster describes the outcome
of the test, based on it being passed or
failed, and players may use Momentum
spends if they wish. Complications from
rolling any 20s are then resolved.
Note that you may never roll more than
5d20 on any test, regardless of where
the additional dice come from, such as
Momentum spends or talents.
The combination of attributes and skills used
for the test are normally decided by the gam-
emaster. Sometimes the rules will call for a
specific pairing, and you can suggest combi-
nations, but the gamemaster has the final say.
Setting Test Difficulty
When the gamemaster asks for a test to be
made, they set a difficulty for the test. Most tests
will have a base difficulty of 1, though harder
tests can go as high as 5 or more. On top of the
base difficulty, the gamemaster should take into
account any other factors such as truths which
may increase or decrease difficulty.
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Example:
Diana’s character Kaiia wants to try to fix
a broken keypad which opens the doors
to a ship’s engine room. The gamemaster
decides that to do this Dianna will need to
make a difficulty 3 test using Coordination
+ Engineering. Kaiia’s Coordination has
a score of 10, and her Engineering has
a score of 4, giving her a target number
of 14. Kaiia also has a focus called “Ship
Repairs” representing her expertise in the
repair and upkeep of ships.
Dianna decides not to purchase any
additional dice and then rolls 2d20. The
first die scores an 8 and the second
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scores a 3. The first die is under the target
number, so scores one success. The
second die is under the target number, but
it is also under the value of the skill Dianna
used on the test. As a focus that applies,
this die scores 2 successes instead of 1.
With 3 successes, Dianna has met the
difficulty of the test, which means she’s
passed and Kaiia manages to repair the
broken keypad.
The gamemaster will always tell you the diffi-
culty of the tests you attempt—your character
is able to evaluate how difficult an activity is.
This allows you to determine what you need to
do to have the best chance of success.
Difficulty Zero Tests
Certain circumstances can reduce the diffi-
culty of a test to as low as 0. Sometimes a
test may be so simple that it does not require
dice to be rolled in order to succeed. These
are difficulty zero tests. If a test is difficulty
0, it can be passed automatically. However,
because no roll is made, it generates no
Momentum—even bonus Momentum from
talents, particularly advantageous situations,
etc.—and the character cannot spend any
Momentum on the test either.
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difficulty zero test; this is only done when it
is important how well your character does
something that they cannot fail at. When the
gamemaster asks for a difficulty zero test in
this instance, the test automatically succeeds
and any dice which roll under the target num-
ber generate momentum. When doing this,
complications from rolling a 20 can still occur.
Example:
Ashad’s character Miir wants to try to
search through fleet intelligence files
to look for information on a person he’s
investigating. The gamemaster decides
that as Miir has access to these files, the
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test would be difficulty 0, meaning no
roll is needed. However, the gamemaster
wants to see how much information Miir
can find in the time that he has, and so
asks Ashad to roll for the difficulty 0 test.
Ashad rolls 3 successes, and because
the difficulty is 0 this generates 3 points
of Momentum. The gamemaster decides
that 3 successes mean that Miir manages
to find all of the information available
on the person he’s investigating within
the time he has, and he even has some
Momentum that can be used later on
when looking through it all.
Complications
When attempting a test, each d20 that rolls a
20 creates a complication, which comes into
play once the test has been resolved. Each 20
rolled can only produce a single complication.
Complications are truths that have a negative
effect. You can pass a test and still suffer a
complication, as they represent inconvenient
problems your character has to now deal
with. The normal effect of a complication is to
increase the difficulty of related tests by 1, or to
make it so that a test that is normally possible
cannot be attempted.
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If you don’t want your character to suffer a
complication, or the gamemaster doesn’t
want to put one into play, it can be paid off by
adding 2 points of Threat to the Threat pool
(see, Threat p.9).
Success at Cost
Some tests can’t be failed outright but there
is a chance that problems will occur. In a
situation like this, the gamemaster can allow
you to succeed at cost, either telling you this
before you attempt the test or providing this
option after a failed test. When you succeed
at cost, a failed test results in a successful
outcome but your character suffers an
immediate complication—this is in addition
to any complications from rolling a 20 (if any
dice were rolled for the test). Although the
test has been successful, no Momentum can
be spent to improve its outcome.
In some cases, the “cost” you have to face
can be greater, causing your character to suf-
fer multiple complications when succeeding
at cost, though this should be made clear
when the option to succeed at cost is given.
Example:
Nita and Jerome’s characters are trying
to jury-rig the engine of their salvage
corvette, needing to escape a Taiidan
base before they are found in the docking
bay. They fail the test to do so, but the
gamemaster offers to let them succeed
at cost. The gamemaster tells them they
can turn their failure into a success by
suffering a complication. The engine of
the ship will only be able to run so long
on the jury-rigged repairs they have made
and is likely to fail not long after they
leave the base. Deciding that escaping the
base and trying to get help is better than
being caught, Nita and Jerome accept
the complication, and the gamemaster
describes how they manage to succeed
on the test.
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Odds
Homeworld provides several ways
for you to improve your chances
of success, by buying up to 3 extra
d20s to roll on a test. Extra dice allow
you to score more successes to hit
higher difficulties or to generate more
Momentum.
Momentum. Spending points allows
you to buy additional dice.
Threat. You can buy d20s by adding to
the gamemaster’s Threat pool (p.9)
instead of spending Momentum. The
cost is the same as if you were spending
Momentum.
Fortune. When acting in line with
your character’s truths, you can
spend Fortune to re-roll dice,
introduce a new element to the
scene, or buy a critical success.
Talents. Some talents grant bonus
d20s or other ways to improve your
chances in specific circumstances.
Dice gained this way count towards
the number of bonus d20s that can be
purchased, and count as the first d20
bought when calculating cost.
When buying bonus d20s for non-
player characters, there are fewer
options—the gamemaster may only
spend points of Threat to buy d20s.
Assistance
Characters can work together when trying to
pass a skill test. Whoever is making the test
is the leader and the others involved are assis-
tants. The gamemaster has the final say on
how many, if any, players are allowed to assist
depending on the circumstances.
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Example:
The player characters, Feiiah, Taureaan,
and Riian, are trying to wire a piece
of advanced ancient technology into
their ship’s computer system. Riian, the
engineer, is making the test to install
the technology, making a Coordination +
Engineering test at difficulty 4. Feiiah and
Taureaan can assist on this test. Feiiah
is the pilot and knows the ship’s systems
well, so is assisting using Reason + Flight,
and Taureaan is a researcher specializing
in ancient technology and so uses Reason
+ Exploration to assist. As long as Riian’s
player rolls at least one success, any
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successes that the assisting players roll
will be added to Riian’s. Riaan’s player
rolls 2d20 and gets 2 successes. Feiiah
and Taureaan’s players each roll 1d20
and both get 1 success. With 4 successes
in total, the crew manage to attach the
ancient technology to their ship.
The leader makes the test as normal and each
assistant rolls 1d20 using their character’s
attribute + skill combination. As long as the
leader scores at least one success, the suc-
cesses of the assistants are added toward
passing the test. Any complications rolled by
the assistants also come into play.
When you assist you do not have to use the
same attribute and skill combination as the
leader, but you should describe what your
character is doing to help. You cannot roll
more than 1d20 or spend Momentum to
improve your roll when assisting. In combat,
assisting takes up your character’s turn.
Opposed Tests
On occasion, your character is likely to find
themselves trying to beat an opponent or some
other active resistance. These situations call for
an opposed test. In an opposed test, an active
character is attempting to do something, and a
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 reactive character is trying to resist or avoid the
active character’s attempts.
Both characters attempt a test normally, with
a base difficulty of 1, which may be adjusted
based on circumstance. This means
characters may have a different difficulty for
their respective tests. The outcome of the
opposed test depends on both characters’
results. The character who is successful
performs the action they were attempting.
If both characters succeed. Compare
the amount of Momentum generated on
each roll. The side with more Momen-
tum passes the opposing test and gets
the result they wanted. The losing side
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does not keep any Momentum they gen-
erate.
If there is a tie. The active character
breaks the tie and passes the test.
If both characters fail. Neither side
achieves their goal.
Momentum, Threat
and Fortune
Momentum, Threat and Fortune are ways
to increase the odds of success, change the
scene and use your character’s beliefs to
influence your roleplaying.
Momentum
Momentum is generated any time you score
more successes than needed to pass a test.
Each extra success generates 1 point of
Momentum. You never start an adventure
with Momentum; it only comes from action,
but it can be saved between scenes or ses-
sions. Momentum can be spent immedi-
ately when you earn it, or saved for later in a
Momentum pool.
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Example:
Niaah is in a struggle with a Turanic raider who
has boarded her ship to try to steal a weapon
she has been working on. The raider has
grabbed the weapon but Niaah also grabbed
it and is attempting to pull it out of their hands.
Niaah is the active character here, and is
making a test with Brawn + Combat at
difficulty 1 to try to take back the weapon.
The Turanic raider is trying to resist Niaah
by making an opposed Brawn + Combat
test at difficulty 1. Niaah rolls 3 successes
and the Turanic raider rolls 2 successes.
Both characters pass their tests but
Niaah has more success than the raider,
meaning she wins the opposed test. As
Niaah rolled more successes than she
needed, she generates 2 Momentum.
Some situations or talents grant bonus
Momentum on specific tests or in certain
circumstances. This is added to any
Momentum generated on a successful
test. Sometimes it is specified that bonus
Momentum can only be spent in a specific
way. Bonus Momentum cannot be saved—it
must be used or it is lost.
Spending Momentum
Momentum is spent to improve the outcome of
a successful test, or improve the odds of a test
before you roll.
Most uses for Momentum can only be spent
once on any given test, or once in any given
round in combat, but some spends (such
as Ask A Question) can be used as often
as you like. Gamemasters should use their
discretion to decide what spends can be
repeated on a test. Gamemasters should
encourage players to be creative in how they
spend Momentum, allowing them to develop
the narrative outcomes of successful skill
tests. The following options are always
available.
Purchase d20s. Get up to 3 extra d20s
before rolling the dice pool. The first d20
costs 1 Momentum, the second costs 2,
and the third costs 3.
Create Truth. After a successful skill test,
you can spend 2 points of Momentum to
introduce an advantage or complication
to the scene. This must relate to the test
you made and is subject to gamemaster
approval. A truth created in this way can
never increase or decrease the difficulty
of a skill test by more than 1.
Ask a Question. For 1 point of Momentum
you can ask the gamemaster a question
related to the current scene or the test
you just made. The gamemaster must
answer truthfully, but can be as vague as
they wish.
Inflict Extra Stress. Spend up to 3
Momentum to inflict extra stress af-
ter a successful attack. Each point of
Momentum spent inflicts one stress.
Additional Minor Actions. For 1 point of
Momentum your character can take an
additional minor action in combat.
Additional Skill Test. By spending 3
points of Momentum, you can immedi-
ately attempt a second skill test, or take
a second major action in your turn. The
difficulty of the test is increased by 1.
Talent. Some talents require you to pay
for their effects with Momentum.
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Keep the Initiative. In combat you can
spend 2 Momentum after your turn ends
to pass the next turn on to a character
you are allied with, instead of handing
play over to the enemy.
Saving Momentum
You can save Momentum if you don’t want to
spend it immediately. This saved Momentum
is called the Momentum pool. It can never
contain more than 6 Momentum and can be
added to and spent by any player.
You can use Momentum from the pool any
time it is required. Momentum from the pool
can be combined with Momentum from
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a successful test to pay for Momentum
spends. Momentum does not have to be
spent all at once. It can never be wasted, nor
can it be used on a failed test.
At the end of each scene, one point of
Momentum is lost from the pool; it cannot
be saved forever.
Threat
The gamemaster makes use of Threat to present
challenges for you. This can be through effects
like changing something in a scene or spending
it like Momentum for non-player characters. You
can, in some circumstances, give the gamemas-
ter Threat instead of spending Momentum.
The gamemaster starts each session with 2
points of Threat per player. This collection of
Threat is called the Threat pool, and the growing
and diminishing of this pool mimics the rise and
fall of tension. There is no cap to the Threat pool.
Threat, like Momentum, can be spent and gained
in a number of ways depending on what the
gamemaster deems appropriate. Anything you
can do with Momentum, a gamemaster can do
with the equivalent amount of Threat. Game-
masters should be creative in how they spend
Threat, and in what they allow you to pay for with
Threat, but the following options for spending
and generating Threat are always available:
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Momentum spend, you can choose to
give the gamemaster Threat in place of
spending Momentum, or a combination
of the two. For abstract uses not detailed
in the rules, gamemasters must decide if
Threat can be paid to accomplish what
you wish to do.
Complications. When your character
suffers a complication on a test, it can be
avoided by adding 2 Threat to the pool. A
non-player character must spend 2 Threat
to avoid a complication. Gamemasters
can also spend 2 Threat to introduce a
complication.
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Threatening Circumstances. Some
environments, non-player characters,
or objects introduce the threatening
circumstance truth (see p.2).
Non-Player Character Momentum. Each
extra success an NPC rolls generates
Threat for the gamemaster and is added
to the Threat pool. Gamemasters can
spend Threat for their NPCs in the same
way you spend Momentum.
Reinforcements. The gamemaster
may bring in additional NPCs during
a scene. Minor NPCs cost 1 Threat,
while Notable NPCs cost 2. Notes for
bringing in reinforcements are noted
in the quickstart adventure for the
gamemaster’s ease.
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Why Should I Give
the GM Threat?
You might be wondering, why do I
want to give my gamemaster Threat?
Isn’t that something they use to help
the bad guys or cause terrible things
to happen to my character? The short
answer to this is kind of. Threat is a way
for the gamemaster to create difficult
situations, introduce new perils, and
sometimes help NPCs who aren’t
on your side. However, it is also the
way that your gamemaster keeps the
game interesting and exciting. Without
Threat, they can’t raise the tension in
the game as effectively and they can’t
make things challenging in an exciting
way to push your characters to their
full potential.
Think of it this way: as the player
you have control of how exciting an
adventure you have when playing
Homeworld. When you give your
gamemaster Threat, and the more
willingly you give it, the more thrilling
and interesting the game becomes as
they challenge you and your character.
Remember, the gamemaster is not
your adversary. They are there to
create an interesting story for you to
develop and explore.
Fortune
Your character starts a session with 1 For-
tune point. You can never have more than 3
Fortune points at any time and you can only
spend 1 Fortune point per scene.
Fortune is used along side your character’s
defining aspects. These are a few key state-
ments that define your characters personality,
physicality, thoughts, and feelings towards the
world.
Fortune can be gained in three ways:
Accepting a Complication. One of your
character’s defining aspects may have
the potential to cause a significant com-
plication in the scene for you or another
Spending Fortune
Fortune points can be spent whenever one of
your character’s defining aspects might help
in a situation. You invoke the defining aspect,
explaining how it might help you, and then
you can choose one of the following Fortune
spends:
Buy a Critical Success. A Fortune point
may be spent during a test to set a single
d20 in a pool to a result of 1 (generating
2 successes). This option must be
selected before you roll any dice on that
skill test, but can be after the purchase
of d20s using Momentum.
Re-roll a Dice Pool. A Fortune point may

character. The gamemaster may offer
you a point of Fortune in exchange for
having your defining aspect cause this
complication.
Challenging a Defining Aspect. When
you challenge a defining aspect, you im-
mediately gain a Fortune point but must
cross off the defining aspect, making it
unusable in the future. At the end of the
session, you should create a new defining
aspect, showing how your character’s
ideals or thoughts have changed.
Good Roleplaying. The gamemaster
can choose to award Fortune to you for
good roleplaying, a clever or inventive
idea, or as a reward for doing something
extraordinary in the game.
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be spent to re-roll any number of d20s in
your character’s dice pool. This option
may be selected after the dice have been
rolled.
Make It Happen. You immediately cre-
ate a truth that applies to the current
scene or introduce a new story element.
It must relate to the test you have made,
or the defining aspect you invoke, though
it may represent something happening
in a flashback, or it may be assumed to
have always been true but only now be-
come relevant. This may be used before
or after you make a test.

Example:
Eleanor’s character, Illia, has the defining aspect “I’ve already lost too many friends to this war.”
During a combat scene, a good friend of Illia’s is shot by a Taiidan officer while they are boarding
a Taiidan ship. Illia wants to attempt to stabilize her friend to prevent her from dying. Eleanor
decides to invoke her character’s defining aspect, saying that it represents her character’s
determination to save her friend after already losing so many others. The gamemaster agrees
that the defining aspect makes sense for the situation and allows Eleanor to spend a point of
Fortune. Eleanor decides to use the Buy a Critical Success Fortune spend, which buys her one
die that has already rolled a 1. With two successes already from her Fortune spend, Eleanor
makes the test to stabilize the dying character, generating another success. With 3 successes,
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 Definining
Aspects
Defining aspects are similar to truths, but
are described separately as they are usually
gained when your character experiences a
life-changing or traumatic defining event, or
when you roll a complication when trying to
treat an injury.
Defining Aspects
and Fortune
Defining aspects are used to gain and spend
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Fortune points. When your defining aspect
would help with a situation or a skill test,
once per scene you can choose to invoke it
to spend a point of Fortune. This can be used
to buy a critical success, re-roll a dice pool,
or introduce an advantage or story element
to the scene. Likewise, because a defining
aspect can be both good and bad, it may also
have the potential to cause a problem for
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your character in a scene. In this case, the
gamemaster can offer you a point of Fortune
for your defining aspect to cause this com-
plication. This might be through asking your
character to act or react in a certain way to
the situation, or it might be to introduce a
truth to the scene that causes a complica-
tion. If you refuse to stick by your defining
aspect then you challenge that aspect.
Challenging a
Defining Aspect
When you have a defining aspect that might
cause you a complication or a negative
consequence, you can choose to challenge
that value by acting against it if the situation
is appropriate. If you ever refuse Fortune
from the GM for acting in accordance with
your defining aspect, you must challenge
that aspect. You immediately gain a Fortune
point but must cross off the defining aspect,
making it unusable in the future. At the end of
the session, you should create a new defining
aspect, showing how your character’s ideals
or thoughts have changed.
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This section focuses on how physical combat and social conflict is played out and resolved in
Homeworld: Revelations.
Action
Scenes
These are scenes in which your characters
are under pressure or in conflict. Sometimes
a scene will become an action scene through
the decisions of the characters in your group,
and other times an action scene can become
a regular scene for the same reasons. There’s
no need to state when a scene is an action
scene or not—it is only used to determine
when your character’s actions need to be
presented in a structured order with rounds
and turns.
Range & Distance
Zones
In battle, knowing where you are is important.
Rather than track everything in precise dis-
tances, Homeworld resolves this using zones.
Zones are the way in which the location of
a scene is divided, and they determine how
close or far away things or people are from the
characters present in the scene. Zones have
no fixed size, and the gamemaster decides
how many zones a location has. For example,
the length of a corridor might consist of two
zones, each of the small crew bunk rooms off
it a zone each, while the atrium at the end of
the corridor is separated into three zones.
Gamemasters who desire concrete values
rather than abstract ranges can choose to
set specific sizes and shapes for individual
zones, essentially using them as a large grid.
Individual zones can have truths defined
when the gamemaster first describes them.
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This may be as simple as providing cover, or
imposing difficult terrain, but the gamemas-
ter can devise objects that can be interacted
with, hazards to overcome, or even terrain
that changes under specific circumstances,
such as when spending Threat.
Distances
Movement and ranged attacks rely on know-
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ing the distance you are from your target. In
combat, the placement of zones determines
this distance. To keep things simple, range is
measured in four categories and one state:
The state of Reach is when an object or
character is within arm’s length. When
you are in Reach you can attack in close
combat or perform actions where you
need to touch a target or subject of your
action. When in Close range you can
freely move into and out of reach of a
character or object.
Close range is defined as the zone a
subject is within at the time.
Medium range is defined as any zone
adjacent to the subject’s current zone.
Medium range is a distance of 1 zone.
Long range is a distance of 2 zones.
Extreme range is a distance of 3 or more
zones
Action Order
In action scenes the characters’ actions and
decisions are split into rounds and turns.
During a round, each character in the scene
takes a single turn. During a turn, a character
can take a minor action and a major action.
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determines a single character to take the first
turn. This depends on which character is most
likely to act first, though it is usually a player
character. In a situation where an NPC would
not normally act first, the gamemaster can
allow them to by spending 1 point of Threat.
After a character has completed their turn,
the player hands the action to the opposing
side, who will choose a character to act next.
No character may take more than one turn in
a round. This continues until everyone in the
scene has taken their turns, and then a new
round starts. Sometimes one side’s characters
will have all taken their turns while the other still
has characters who are waiting to act. In this
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case, all remaining characters who have not yet
acted take their turn before the round ends.
Major Actions
You can take a single major action each turn.
Under some circumstances you can attempt
a second test, but you can never attempt
more than two tests in a round.
The following major actions are common to
conflicts.
Assist. You aid another character with
their test (see Assistance p.7).
Attack. You make an attack (see Making
an Attack p.15).
Pass. You choose not to attempt a test.
If you take no minor actions this turn,
then you do not count as having taken
a turn, and may act later in the round
instead.
Ready. You declare that you are waiting
for a specific situation or event to occur
before attempting a test. Once this
triggering event or situation occurs, you
interrupt play and make your test. You
must declare the triggering event when
you choose this action. You can still
perform minor actions during your turn
as normal.
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Sprint. You make an Agility + Combat
test with a difficulty of 2. If you succeed,
you move anywhere within Long range (2
zones). Sprint can be taken while within
Reach of an enemy.
Stabilize. You attempt to stabilize an
injured character within Reach. This is a
Reason + Medical test; success means
that the injured character is stabilized
and will not die at the end of the scene,
but they remain incapacitated (see
Stress, Injury, and Recovery p.15).
Skill Test. You attempt some other
action that requires a skill test, such as
using equipment, attempting to create a
truth, or moving through difficult terrain.
Minor Actions
Minor actions are activities you can undertake
that do not count as a test, and do not require
dice to be rolled. You can take one minor action
per turn, and a second minor action at the cost
of 1 Momentum. There are many different
things you can do as a minor action; gam-
emasters can judge what can or cannot be
done, but the following are the most common:
Aim. You may re-roll a single d20 when
making an attack before the start of your
next turn.
Draw Item. You may pick up an item with-
in Reach, or draw a weapon or other item
carried on your person or stowed in your
gear. If the item does not require a test to
use, it can be used immediately, allowing
you to draw and use the item with a single
minor action.
Move. You move to any point within Medi-
um range (1 zone), as long as it does not
require a test to be made. If there are one
or more enemies within Reach of you, this
minor action cannot be performed.
Prepare. You prepare for, or spend time
setting up, a major action. Some tests
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fore the test can be attempted.
Making an Attack
The process for making an attack is as follows:
1. Choose the weapon you want to attack
with, and a target within range.
2. Make a skill test, determined by the type
of attack:
a. Melee: Opposed Brawn + Combat
test, with a difficulty of 1. ‘
b. Ranged: Coordination + Combat
test, difficulty 2. The difficulty
increases by +1 for each zone out-
side of the weapon’s range, nearer
or farther. The complication range
of the attack increases by +1 for
each creature within Reach of your
target; a complication causes one
of those other creatures to be hit
by the attack instead.
3. If the attack is successful, then you inflict
stress, rolling Challenge Dice equal to the
weapon’s stress rating plus your charac-
ters Combat skill.
4. A number of stress is subtracted equal to
your target’s armor rating, before stress
is applied to the target. If after subtract-
ing stress equal to your target’s armor
any of the following occur, the target
receives an injury:
a. 5 or more stress is inflicted in one
attack.
b. The attack inflicts enough
stress to bring the target to their
maximum stress.
c. Your target is already at their
maximum stress and suffers
further stress.
d. A combination of these conditions
can occur from a single attack,
resulting in multiple injuries.
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Movement & Terrain
If the area or zone that you are moving
through is free from obstructions
or hazards, then usually no test is
required to move.
Zones or areas that have hazards,
dangers, or difficult terrain may require
a test in order to pass through them. In
combat, this would use your major action
to attempt the test. Examples include:
corridors blocked with debris, narrow
pathways with a risk of falling, unstable
surfaces, and moving in zero gravity.
Sometimes, failure on a test to move
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through hazardous or difficult terrain
can inflict stress on your character.
Example:
Jasmin’s character, Kalana, is attempting
to attack a Taiidan officer. She decides
to use her blade, meeting him in melee
combat. Jasmin must make a Brawn +
Combat test with a difficulty of 1, opposed
by the Taiidan officer’s Brawn + Combat,
also with a difficulty of 1. Jasmin rolls a
success and the Taiidan officer fails his
test, meaning Kalana passes the opposed
test.
Stress,
Injury, & Recovery
When successful in making an attack or
when suffering the effects of a hazard,
Challenge Dice are rolled equal to the weapon
or hazard’s stress rating. If a character is the
one inflicting stress, you also add additional
Challenge Dice equal their Combat skill. You
add up all the results of the Challenge Dice to
determine how much stress is inflicted. If an
effect is rolled and the weapon has a combat
effect listed in its description, that effect is
triggered.
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Challenge Dice, you can use regular d6s and
consult the table below for the results.
D6 Result Challenge
Dice Result
1 1
2 2
3 0
4 0
5 1, plus effect
6 1, plus effect
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Stress
Your character has a maximum stress,
equal to their Brawn + Combat. Each time
your character suffers stress it brings them
closer to this maximum. Your character loses
all their stress at the start of a new scene,
providing they have had time to catch their
breath or rest.
Armor
Some items and objects can give you resis-
tance to stress. Items such as body armor do
this by having an armor rating. Each point of
armor rating reduces any stress inflicted by
1. For example, if you are wearing body armor
with a rating of 2, you reduce any stress you
take by 2.
Example:
Kalana’s blade has a stress rating of 2
and she has a Combat skill of 3, mean-
ing she rolls a total of 5 . Rolling a total
of 5 points of stress, and with the
Taiidan officer not wearing any armor,
Kalana inflicts all 5 points of stress, which
is enough to cause an injury.
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Cover
Ducking behind some form of cover can
make you harder to hit. It’s up to the
gamemaster how much the difficulty of
an attack increases from a piece of cover,
based on the material and how much of
it obscures you from an enemy’s line of
sight. Hiding behind a console gives you
a good amount of cover, but might still
leave you partially exposed, increasing
the difficulty to attack by 1.
In some cases, gamemasters may allow
cover to increase your armor. Carrying
a dislodged metal panel in front of you
like a shield for example, might increase
your armor by 1 instead of making you
harder to hit. Your opponent might still
throw a grenade in your direction, but
the panel will help take some of the
stress from the attack.
The gamemaster as the final decision
on if cover makes you harder to hit or
increases your armor.
Injuries
If your character suffers too much stress,
they receive an injury, as shown below. You
can receive more than one injury at once if
two or more of the conditions are met.
The ways in which you can receive an injury
are as follows:
If after subtracting stress equal to your
target’s armor any of the following occur,
the target receives an injury.
5 or more stress is inflicted in one attack.
The attack inflicts enough stress to
bring the target to their maximum
stress.
Your target is already at their maximum
stress and suffers further stress.
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Injuries have the potential to take you out of
the action, putting your character in a critical
condition.
If your character receives two injuries,
they are incapacitated and can no lon-
ger act in the scene but will recover at
the end of it.
If your character receives a third injury,
they are in a critical condition: if they are
not stabilized they will die at the end of the
scene. They will also die if they receive any
further stress.
Some environmental effects also come with
a risk of inflicting stress and injury, such as
falling from great heights, being set on fire,
exposure to hostile environments, engineer-
ing accidents, and a range of other hazards.
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Recovery
Injuries are much harder to treat than stress.
They don’t go away at the start of a new
scene; instead, they require a test to treat
and cannot be treated during combat. If you
attempt to treat an injury you must make a
Reason + Medical test with a difficulty of 2. If
the character being treated is in critical con-
dition add 1 to the difficulty. This difficulty
can be increased or decreased, depending
on the situation your character is in or equip-
ment they have available to them.
If you roll a complication when trying to treat
an injury, the gamemaster might ask you to
create a defining aspect reflecting some last-
ing damage or effect the injury has. The gam-
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emaster will only call for this if the effects
of the injury or the circumstances around
how it was received would be interesting or
important. See p.12 for more information
on defining aspects.
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Example:
Alvin’s character, Maatia, is trying to treat
an injury he received when he fell from
a height while exploring some ancient
Hiigaran ruins. He makes a Reason +
Medical test, with a difficulty of 2. Alvin
rolls 2 successes and a complication. He
manages to heal the injury, but because
of the complication the gamemaster also
asks Alvin to create a defining aspect
relating to the injury, thinking that as the
group are still exploring the ruins this
would be interesting. Alvin creates the
defining aspect “I have a newfound fear
of heights,” representing how the injury
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brought on a phobia of heights for Maatia,
possibly something that will affect him as
he explores more of the ruins.
Avoiding Injury
Once per scene your character can avoid tak-
ing an injury. They still suffer stress and any
other effects the attack inflicts, but the injury is
avoided. You can do this by paying 2 Momen-
tum or Threat, or by taking a complication.
Either you or the gamemaster should narrate
how your character avoids the injury, especially
if you choose to suffer a complication.
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Combat
Momentum Spends
Momentum can be especially key in conflicts
and combat. Listed below are some of the most
common spends used in action scenes. You are
encouraged as a player to be creative in how
you spend Momentum, and the gamemaster
should feel empowered to allow Momentum to
be spent in ways other than listed below if they
feel it is reasonable.
Purchase d20s. Purchase up to 3 extra
d20s before rolling the dice pool. The first
d20 costs 1 Momentum, the second costs
2, and the third costs 3.
Inflict Extra Stress. Spend up to 3
Momentum to inflict extra stress after
a successful attack. Each point of
Momentum spent inflicts one stress. (See
Stress, Injury, and Recovery p.15.)
Additional Minor Actions. For 1 point of
Momentum your character can take an
additional minor action in combat.
Additional Skill Test. By spending 3
points of Momentum, you can immedi-
ately attempt a second skill test, or take
a second major action in your turn. The
difficulty of the test is increased by 1.
Keep the Initiative. In combat you can
spend 2 Momentum after your turn ends
to pass the next turn on to a character you
are allied with, instead of handing play over
to the enemy.
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Conflict
Not all conflict is physical in nature. Some
fights are fought and won with words alone.
At the heart of social conflict is a desire or
objective, which takes the form of a request:
one side wants something that the other side
can help them obtain. At its simplest, it comes
down to one character asking another a ques-
tion, or a character presenting another with a
choice or consequence.
The tests made for social conflict are the
same as any other test: it has a difficulty,
can be opposed, and can be affected by
circumstances and truths. If a test is failed
your character does not get the outcome
they want, and they are prevented from trying
again without some change of circumstances
or altering the request. If the test succeeds,
then your character receives the outcome
they desire. Like all tests the attribute +
skill combination is driven by context. The
combination used and what is and is not
possible changes in each situation. It may be
useful to break up a goal into smaller, more
reasonable objectives, each with their own
distinct test, rather than making a single test
to achieve your goal.
Social Tools
Social tools are the methods by which
your character can alter the context and
circumstances of a social conflict. The main
way of doing this is by using truths.
During a social conflict, each side may have
different goals, meaning that each side will
engage in their own tests to further those
goals. Even in something as seemingly
one-directional as an interrogation, the
interrogator will be trying to get information,
while the interrogated party may have a goal
all of their own, such as trying to prove their
innocence.
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Deception
Effective deception requires skill, cunning, and
an understanding of who is being lied to. It
can be used by itself to make a request seem
more reasonable, or to attempt to lie about
someone or something to your benefit. Used
in conjunction with other tools, it can create
an even more significant impact, such as
using it with evidence to present false proof of
someone’s guilt, with intimidation to make a
threat and hide that you don’t have the means
to back it up, or with bribes to turn a negotiation
to your benefit.
When deceiving someone, you attempt
to convince them of some fact or facts
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that are untrue. If you succeed in a test
to deceive someone, that person gains
a truth representing the lie they now
believe to be true. Deception is always
an opposed test, with your difficulty
based on how believable the lie is to the
target, and the target’s difficulty being
determined by their suspicion of the lie
or your character.
If the target discovers that they were deceived,
they will hesitate to trust your character in the
future, and may even seek recompense or retri-
bution. Complications suffered while lying may
reveal flaws in a deception, making the target
suspicious.
Example Attribute + Skill Combinations:
• Lying about your scientific knowledge: Will
+ Exploration
• Pretending not to know about something:
Reason + Command
• Discern if someone is lying about the con-
dition of a ship: Reason + Flight
• Work out if someone is lying about their
combat capabilities: Insight + Combat
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Example:
Dariuus is trying to convince a Turanic
raider captain that he has defected from
the Kushan fleet. This a ruse in order to
infiltrate the raider’s ship, and so requires
Dariuus to deceive the raider. Dariuus
makes a Will + Command test with a
difficulty of 4, opposed by the Turanic
raider making an Insight + Command
test with a difficulty of 1. The raider’s
test is easier, as they are suspicious of
the “defecting” Kushan character. Dariuus
passes his test with 5 successes, and
the Turanic raider passes with only 1
success. Using the rules for resolving
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opposed tests, Daruis is the winner,
convincing the raider that he is honest in
what he says. The raider gains the truth
“Cautiously Believes the Kushan Defector,”
representing her believing Dariuus.
Evidence
Evidence gives proof of (or credibility to)
your claims. Providing evidence is usually a
straightforward affair, but convincing some-
one that the evidence is legitimate may be
difficult, particularly if that person expects
deception, which may increase the difficulty
of the test.
Evidence may come in the form of physical
proof, such as letters, notes, objects, etc, or
it may come in the form of testimony from
a witness, or the recreation of an event or
phenomenon that can be shown to someone.
Each piece of evidence acts as a truth,
raising or lowering the difficulty of the
associated test. Some evidence might
be crucial enough to lower or raise the
difficulty by 2 or more, where as evi-
dence that can be easily disputed or
is less trustworthy in nature may only
raise or lower the difficulty by 1.
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Evidence can be used in conjunction with any
of the other social tools; providing proof of
your ability to carry out a threat can be vital
when intimidating, giving evidence of your
ability to pay during negotiations can smooth
things along, and even deception can bene-
fit from the right forged documentation if it
helps make the lie more believable.
Examples of Evidence:
• W itness testimony
• L etter or log with incriminating or exoner-
ating information
• Forensic proof that someone was present
in an area
• Forged documents and fake IDs
Example:
Dariuus, now aboard the Turanic raider
ship, is taken to a questioning room. While
the Turanic raider captain believes the
story of his defection, she is still a little
suspicious and is looking for some proof
or evidence to back up his claim. During
questioning, Dariuus presents a data log
with information on the Kushan fleet’s
movements. The data is false, with the
intention of helping Dariuus gain enough
trust to access to the Turanic raider’s
ship systems, but still acts as evidence
to the captain who is unaware that it is
not genuine. During the conversation
to further convince the captain of his
honesty, Dariuus must succeed on another
opposed Will + Command test; however,
the falsified data log acting as evidence,
the difficulty of the test is reduced from 4
to 3 The captain is opposing with Insight
+ Reason with the difficulty increased
from 1 to 2, because of her “Cautiously
Believes the Kushan Defector” truth. Both
make their tests and Dariuus wins the
opposed test. The gamemaster changes
the captain’s truth to “Trusts the Kushan
Defector,” representing the effect the
evidence had in proving his claim.
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Social Conflict
in Combat
Social conflict and combat are not
mutually exclusive: as long as you
can communicate, you can engage
in social conflict. The most natural
uses for social conflict in combat
are to convince the other side to stop
fighting or to surrender, or to try and
influence the way the enemy will act.
In these instances, it’s worth
remembering that communication
doesn’t have to mean speech, text,
or anything complex. Actions can
convey ideas as effectively as words.
A shot from a weapon can be a threat,
while conveying a false appearance—
such as a feigned retreat—can be an
effective deception. Using these non-
verbal cues, as well as more precise
forms of communication, can be an
effective way of ending a fight.
Intimidation
Intimidation is when you use threats to com-
pel action, often by convincing others that
their non-compliance will be met with severe
consequences.
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Intimidating someone is an opposed
test, with the difficulty of each
side being based on the opponent’s
perceived strength and ability to carry
out the threat made. If successful,
intimidation imposes a truth on the
intimidated character representing
their fear of the threat. Failing to
intimidate someone makes further
attempts to intimidate them in that
scene more difficult, often requiring
even greater threats to compensate
for this.
The drawback of intimidation is that it is
inherently hostile, which can cause problems
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of its own. Employing it creates a tension
between the two sides, which can worsen
other forms of interactions, cause linger-
ing resentment, or even provoke a target to
aggression.
Example Attribute + Skill Combinations:
• T rying to be physically threatening: Brawn
+ Combat
• U
sing intellect or knowledge to threaten
someone: Reason + Exploration
esisting threats of physical violence: Will
• R
+ Combat
• R
esisting intimidation by trying to work out
if a threat is credible: Reason + Command
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 Example:
Now aboard the Turanic raider ship and
having gained the trust of the captain,
Dariuus sets to work trying to access their
systems and gather information on them
for Fleet Intelligence. Over a few days he
begins to get to know the crew and slowly
gains enough trust to be allowed to use
their ship’s systems. During a data file
download, however, he gets caught by
one of the crew. Dariuus’ only option is to
try to intimidate the crew member into not
revealing what he’s been doing.
Dariuus threatens the crew member,
saying that he’s been able to gain the
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trust of the captain to the point of being
allowed to be armed on the ship. If the
crew member doesn’t agree to keep quiet
about what they’ve seen, he’ll attack them
and then claim to the captain that the
crew member is really the one trying to
pass information on to the Kushan forces,
manipulating the ship’s logs to prove it.
Dariuus must make a Reason + Flight
test to carry out his threat, as he’s using
logic and his obvious knowledge of the
ship’s systems to prove he can carry out
the threat. The crew member will oppose
him with Will + Command to avoid
being threatened into keeping quiet. The
gamemaster sets both tests at difficulty
3, as there is reasonable evidence to
suggest Dariuus can carry out his threat,
but the crew member is also loyal to his
captain. Dariuus only rolls 2 successes,
meaning he fails the test, while the crew
member rolls 3 successes, meaning the
threat fails, and any attempt Dariuus
makes to continue to threaten them is
made more difficult.
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Negotiation
Negotiation involves the offering of compen-
sation in exchange for granting a request.
This compensation can take many forms,
with different people and different circum-
stances susceptible to different offers.
Negotiation means creating a truth
that is an advantage that represents a
favorable position created by the offer,
and a truth that is a complication that
represents the cost of that offer. Each
new offer is considered a new change
of circumstances for any tests that
need to be made.
Negotiations may involve position shifting
from both sides, as they make and retract
offers, or discover that the other party
doesn’t have what they want.
The drawback to negotiation is that you can
end up offering more than you wanted to give
up, or find out that what you obtained was
worth far less than the price you paid for it.
Failing to provide what was offered can also
produce serious problems, especially if the
negotiations were based on a lie.
It’s worth remembering that few people will
be amenable to trade or negotiate with those
they’ve been threatened by, and such trades
may have a steeper cost because of previous
hostilities.
Examples of Negotiation:
• Y
ou want aid from someone who is usu-
ally your enemy. Advantage: Owing them
a favour. Complication: Favour to be called
on at any time.
• Y
ou want someone to share information
you desperately need. Advantage: Large
sum of resources in payment. Complica-
tion: Overpaid to get the information.
• Y
ou want to free a prisoner from an enemy
vessel. Advantage: Something the enemy
wants. Complication: Freeing an enemy
prisoner.
• Y
ou want access to a place normally
restricted. Advantage: Promise of access
to an equally restricted place in exchange.
Complication: Possibility of secrets being
stolen.

Example:
With his threat failing to frighten the crew member, Dariuus is captured and placed in the ship’s
brig. The Turanic raider captain decides to try to ransom their new prisoner back to the Kushan
fleet. Ayana’s character is placed in charge of the hostage negotiations.
Ayana’s character Ashaara makes the first offer of the negotiation, creating the advantage
“Something the Turanic Raiders Need” by offering a large number of resources in exchange for
Dariuus’ return, which also introduces the complication “Loss of Resources for the Kushan.” An
opposed test is made for Ashaara to convince the captain, but it is unsuccessful.
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as each side makes and retracts offers. Some offers might lower or raise the difficulty of any
tests made, depending on how favorable they are. Some might make a test impossible if one
party outright declines the offer.
Eventually Ashaara offers a ship in exchange for Dariuus, deciding that the information he
might know is more critical to the fleet than a single ship. This creates the advantage “A
Very Generous Offer” as it gives the Turanic raiders access to Kushan technology, and the
complication “Loss of A Ship” representing the cost of the trade. Where the previous tests to
negotiate were at a high difficulty, this offer is favorable enough to the captain to lower the
difficulty significantly, giving Ashaara a good chance at succeeding in getting Dariuus back.
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Ship
Statistics
Just like characters, ships are represented
using a series of statistics; however these
work slightly differently than they do for
characters.
Ship Attributes
• Communications encompasses the
transmission, encryption, decryption, and
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retrieval of subspace signals on a range
of frequencies, as well as a variety of
other forms of signals transmission and
reception, measuring spatial variations
present within a region, and plotting a
course using that data, using the ship’s
library and records.
• Computers represents the ship’s library
and operational computer systems.
• Engines covers the propulsion and power
generation systems of the vessel, and its
ability to move and maneuver through
space. Ships without an Engines score
can’t move.
• Sensors covers the vessel’s sensor suites
and probes—which allow it to scan and
monitor its surroundings—as well as the
scientific systems that interpret that data.
• Structure covers the physical construction
of the vessel, from its hull and superstruc-
ture, to its thermal and radiation shielding,
basic infrastructure, life support systems,
and artificial gravity.
• Weapons covers the tactical and offensive
systems of the vessel. Ships without a
Weapons score can’t make attacks.
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Ship Actions
When you are using the ship as a tool to
attempt a skill test, you resolve the test by
using the ship’s attribute + your skill for a
target number. So, instead of using your own
Agility + Flight scores when flying the ship in
an attack formation, you would use the ship’s
Engines + your own Flight to make the target
number.
When using non-player character ships,
rather than having six skills for the crew,
you assign them a static value to add to the
ship attributes, representing how competent
the overall crew is. The table for this can be
found on p.28.
Scale
Vessels come in a wide range of sizes, from
small strike craft to grand battleships. A
ship’s scale is a representation of its size,
and it influences several other ratings a ship
will use. Scale is a number, from scale 1 for
fighters to scale 6 for motherships. These
rules for the quickstart adventure only focus
on scale 1 ships.
Ship Example
Scale
Class Ship
1 Strike Craft Attack Craft
A ship’s scale is used to determine a number
of other things, including its damage output
and how much stress it takes to impair,
disable, or destroy specific systems.
Hull Points
Each ship has a hull points score, a maxi-
mum amount of stress a vessel can suffer,
equal to its structure + scale. This score
represents the integrity of the hull, and how
much damage it can take before things get
critical. If an attack inflicts enough stress to
reach the ship’s hull point maximum, inflicts
5 stress in one attack, or inflicts any stress
when a ship is at its hull point maximum, it
causes a breach.
Breach
Breaches represent serious damage to the
ship or its systems. Each of the ship’s attri-
butes can endure a number of breaches
equal to the ship’s scale before that system
Operating a Ship
Ship operations are a straightforward matter,
in game terms. Characters will spend a lot of
time aboard ship, and they will want to take
full advantage of the systems, facilities, and
personnel on board. Actions involving a ship
are split into two broad categories: actions
taken on board a ship, and actions taken with
the ship.
• Actions Aboard Ship: If the ship is a loca-
tion for an action, not the tool used to
complete the actions, then the skill test is
resolved normally, using your attribute +
skill combination for a target number.
• Ship Actions: If the activity is making use
of the ship’s systems—like using its com-
puters or flying it to a location—then you
resolve the test by the ship’s attribute +
your skill for a target number.
Other Minor Actions
Characters can accomplish other minor
actions during combat, just like they can in
normal combat—move from a position in the
cockpit or bridge of a ship to another point
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is damaged. If a ship’s attribute suffers
breaches equal to the scale, that system is
destroyed.
Fuel
Any ship of scale 1 or 2 has a fuel rating
which represents the fuel capacity of the
vessel. Sometimes fuel must be spent to sup-
port actions taken with the ship, and fuel can
be lost because of complications, hazards, or
breaches.
The basic operation of the ship—life sup-
port, communications, computers, and basic
maneuvering—does not cost fuel points, but
some actions, like attack patterns or evasive
maneuvers, require you to spend fuel points
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to perform the action.
on the ship, prepare actions, or interact with
the environment. The GM has the final say on
what you can accomplish with a minor action
during your turn.
Commanding
Officer Actions
If you are in command of a larger vessel,
such as a frigate or capital ship, you can
coordinate the actions of the crew.
• Direct: Choose one other crewmember
currently on the bridge; that officer takes
a single major action, determined by the
commanding officer. You assist their skill
test, using the Command skill.
• Rally: You attempt a Will + Command test
with a difficulty of 0; this test is used to
generate Momentum, either to use straight
away or to save in the group pool.
Helm Actions
When you’re in the pilot seat, you can make
the following actions. During combat, these
are all major actions. Where the action
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names a class of ship, the action can only be
done with those classes. A ship without an
Engines score cannot move.
• Maneuver: The pilot moves the ship to
anywhere within Medium range.
• Full Throttle (Strike Craft): The pilot
spends 1 fuel point to move to anywhere
within Long range.
• Evasive Action (Capital-Class and below):
The pilot moves swiftly and unpredictably,
attempting to foil enemy targeting. The
pilot attempts an Engines + Flight test
with a difficulty of 1. If successful, attacks
against the ship by ships of equal or lower
scale increase in difficulty by 1. However,
attacks made by the ship also increase in
difficulty by 1. This effect lasts until the
pilot’s next turn and has a fuel requirement
of 1.
• Attack Pattern (Capital-Class and below):
The pilot flies a steady course making it
easier to target the enemy, attempting a
Weapons + Flight test with a difficulty of
1. If successful, attacks made by the ship
decrease in difficulty by 1 (to a minimum
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of 1). However, attacks made targeting the
ship also decrease in difficulty by 1. This
effect lasts until the pilot’s next turn and
has a fuel requirement of 1.
• Ramming Speed: Choose a single enemy
vessel within Long range and move
toward it at full throttle. Upon contact
make an attack using Engines + Flight
with a difficulty of 2. If successful, the
attack inflicts a number of of stress
equal to 2 + the ramming ship’s scale,
with the Breaching and Vicious effects.
The ramming ship also suffers a number
of of stress equal to 2 + the target’s
scale, with the Breaching and Vicious
effects. If the ramming ship is scale 1 or 2,
this action costs 1 fuel.
Sensor Techician
Actions
• Chart Hazard: Using navigational sensors,
you can mark hazards in the vicinity
of the vessel and its planned course
and determine the safest route around,
past, or through them. This is a Sensors
+ Flight test with a difficulty of 2. If
 successful, nominate a single hazard or
other dangerous phenomenon nearby;
the difficulty of any test to avoid that
hazard is reduced by 2. You can nominate
one additional hazard or dangerous
phenomenon for every two Momentum
spent.
• Scan: You use the ship’s sensors to locate
objects or phenomena in space. This is a
Sensors + Exploration test with a difficulty
of 0. Interference, ambient conditions, or
particularly unusual or unfamiliar phenom-
ena increase this difficulty. Momentum
spent on this action is normally to Ask a
Question about the objects being scanned.
• Scan for Weakness: You scan an enemy
vessel, looking for vulnerabilities. Target-
ing an enemy ship, attempt a Sensors +
Combat test with a difficulty of 2. If suc-
cessful the next attack against the enemy
ship gains the Piercing 2 quality.
Tactical Actions
• Fire Weapon: Nominate a single active
weapon system on board the ship, and a
viable target for that weapon, and make
an attack. This is a Weapons + Combat
test. The base difficulty of this attack
is 1, modified by scale, truths, or other
circumstances (enemy actions, spatial
conditions, etc.).
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Communications
Actions
• Send/Receive Transmission: You
attempt to establish a communications
link with another ship. This requires a
Communications + Engineering test with
a difficulty of 0. The difficulty increases
based on interference and other factors
that would impede communications
systems. Success means that a channel
has been opened and a message can be
sent or received.
• Intercept: You try to pick up and
decipher the transmissions of others.
Select a single ship within Long range to
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intercept communications from. This is a
Communications + Engineering test with
the difficulty set by the gamemaster based
on the level of encryption.
• Signal Jamming: You transmit signals
to interfere with the target’s attempts
to communicate. Choose a single ship
within Medium range to jam. This is a
Communications + Combat test, with a
difficulty of 1, 2, or 3, chosen by you before
you roll. Success means that the target
increases the difficulty of Send/Receive
Transmission (above) by an amount equal
to the difficulty you chose.
Other Actions
• Override: You can attempt an action
normally performed at a different station
than the one you are at. The difficulty
of any test made using this action is
increased by 1.
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Gamemasters don’t need to take into account the abilities of individual crew on the
ships they control. Instead, NPC ships have both attribute and skill values for their
target numbers.
Because individual NPC crew are not being tracked, each NPC ship takes a number
of turns in a round equal to its scale. If an NPC ship takes the same action more than
once in a turn, the difficulty increases by 1 each time.
Instead of using one of six skill values to add to a non-player character ship, you
instead decide the quality of the crew. The
crew quality provides a single skill score to
use in place of individual skill scores when Crew Quality Skill Score
making a test using the ship’s attributes. Basic 1
A basic crew quality might indicate a ship
that is undermanned, or a crew who are Proficient 2
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inexperienced, whereas an exceptional Talented 3

crew quality might indicate a highly trained
or extremely efficient crew. Exceptional 4

Ship Weapons
Weapon Stress
Rating
Each weapon mounted on a ship has a stress
rating, showing the number of challenge
dice ( ) that are rolled to inflict stress on
a target (see Making an Attack, p.15).
Some weapons list scale as their stress
rating, which means you roll a number of
equal to the ship’s scale. For example,
a corvette firing its small projectile cannon
has a scale of 2, so you will roll 2 for that
attack’s stress. The rules for this Quickstart
adventure only focus on Small Projectile
Cannons.
Range
Each weapon has a range, which is the
maximum range it can be fired at.
Kinetic Weapons
Projectile Cannon
Projectile cannons magnetically accelerate a
projectile to high velocities in order to punch
through the hulls of other ships. They’re
common on small assault craft.

Stress Rating
Weapon Category Range Effects

Small Projectile
Kinetic Close Scale Versatile 2
Cannon

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Ship Combat
Being familiar with how character combat
works is useful for understanding how ship
combat is managed, as they use the same
basic mechanics with a few changes.
Environment and
Zones
The environment is divided into zones based
on features of the area. Ship combat zones
are also defined in three dimensions, with
zones “above” and “below” one another, and
with empty zones to provide sizeable gaps
between objects and phenomena.
Zones have no fixed size but GMs who desire
concrete values rather than abstract ranges
are encouraged to set specific sizes and
shapes for individual zones, using them as
a grid.
Individual zones may have effects attached
to them, providing some concealment or
interference, hindered movement, or hazards.
Zones help players visualize their vessel’s
place in an encounter, and its relative
distance to other objects or enemies.
As zones are defined by the bodies and
environemnt around them, tracking a vessel
can be a matter of simple description. This
has the advantage of relying on natural
language and intuitive concepts, rather than
specific game terms, and avoids the tracking
of specific distances which can become
fiddly where there are many vessels present.
If you want to have a more concrete
understanding of the locations of ships, you
can use maps with zones and features drawn
on them, along with models or tokens to
represent moveable objects.
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Distances
Movement and ranged attacks are measured
in ranges. In combat, the relative placement
of zones determines this distance.
• Contact is when an object or another ship
is touching the vessel, like when a reckless
pilot makes a desperate ramming speed
attack. Contact isn’t a specific range, but
rather is a state that a vessel can enter
when it moves—at the moment a ship
moves into or within a zone, the pilot may
freely declare that the vessel is moving
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into or out of Contact with an object or
another vessel.
• Close range is defined as the zone the ship
is within at the time; a distance of 0 zones.
• Medium range is defined as any zone
adjacent to the vessel’s current zone; a
distance of 1 zone.
• Long range is defined as two zones away
from a vessel’s current zone; a distance of
2 zones.
• Extreme range is beyond Long range; a
distance of three or more zones.
Distances and Sensors
A ship can scan and detect objects, vessels,
and phenomena over a certain distance
in every direction. A ship’s sensor range is
Medium unless it has a special function that
alters that range.
Allied ships that have maintained a
connection to Fleet Command allow you to
see what they see on their sensors, allowing
you to target ships within your weapon’s
range even if they are outside your own
sensor range.
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 Rounds and Turns
Ship combat is broken up into rounds and
turns, just like combat at the personal
scale. Players each take a turn, taking minor
and major actions, alternating with their
opponents until every PC crew member and
NPC ship has taken a turn. NPC ships take a
number of turns equal to their scale.
Making an Attack
The process for making an attack with a ship
is as follows.
1. Choose a target and a weapon: Pick a
target in range, and select which ship-
mounted weapon you want to attack with.
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2. Make a Weapons + Combat test: The
base difficulty of the attack is 1, but can
be adjusted due to ship scale, truths,
or other circumstances. If you target a
specific system, the difficulty increases
by 1. If you don’t target a specific system,
roll randomly on the Random System Hit
table.
3. Inflict stress: If the attack is successful,
roll equal to the weapon’s stress
rating and total the results.
a. The target subtracts stress equal to
the armor it has.
b. The remaining stress is applied to the
target.
4. Check for Breaches: If after armor is
subtracted the follow conditions occur,
you cause a breach.
a. You inflict 5 stress in one attack.
b. The attack inflicts enough stress
to bring the target to their hull point
maximum.
c. Your target is already at their hull point
maximum and suffers further stress.
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Random System Hit Table
D20 Roll System Hit
1 Communications
2 Computers
3-6 Engines
7-9 Sensors
10-17 Structure
18-20 Weapons
Breaches
Breaches are a measure of the damage to a
system on the ship—with enough breaches
a system will become damaged or even
destroyed. Each system has a breach track
equal to its scale.
Damaged Systems
When a system has suffered a number of
breaches equal to half the ship’s scale, that
system is damaged. Tests made using that
system have their difficulty increased by 1,
and they may suffer a specific effect based
on the system.
• Computers: The complication range for
any test made using any other ship’s
system is increased to 18-20.
• Engines: If the ship has a fuel track, 1 point
of fuel is lost at the end of each round of
combat.
• Structure: A random player character
aboard the ship takes an injury from a hull
breach, falling debris, or other ship-based
damage.
Destroyed Systems
When a system’s breach track is full, having
breaches equal to its scale, that system
is destroyed and can no longer be used:
tests using that system are impossible,
and actions relating to that system cannot
be done (for example, if the engines are
destroyed, the ship cannot Maneuver, go Full
Throttle, take Evasive Maneuvers, or make an
Attack Pattern).
Destroying Whole Vessels
If the Structure system of a ship is destroyed,
the ship breaks up and is entirely destroyed—
all aboard are killed and it can no longer be
used.
Repairing Damage
If a ship has been damaged, you can attempt
makeshift repairs in order to mitigate the
damage from breaches, but breaches can’t
be removed by the crew. To remove the
breach’s effect you’ll need to be at the right
location on the ship to be able to repair the
damage, and attempt a Coordination +
Engineering test with a difficulty equal to the
number of breaches the system has. If you
succeed, you remove any negative effects of
the system’s damage, but do not remove any
breaches from the breach track.
If that system suffers more breaches, it may
be damaged again or destroyed if it suffers
enough.
During battle or other challenges, the ship
may also suffer complications that relate to
the condition or function of the ship. These
can also be removed by Engineering tests,
which represent making on-the-fly repairs to
hold things together until the ship can visit
a repair vessel or a mothership. The base
difficulty of these repair tests is 2.
Removing Breaches
Breaches can only be removed and properly
repaired by docking with a vessel or station
that has the Repair special function. The
docking bays on facilities like this have
teams of engineers and resources enough to
patch up a ship to full working order.
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Ship Combat
Momentum
Spends
Ship combat is affected by Momentum as
much as any other part of the game, with
combat Momentum spends affecting ship-
based attacks, and other spends affecting
other tests.
• Purchase d20s: Purchase up to 3 extra
d20s before rolling the dice pool. The first
d20 costs 1 Momentum, the second costs
2, and the third costs 3 (for a maximum
total of 6).
• Create Truth: After a successful skill test,
you can spend 2 points of Momentum to
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introduce an advantage or complication
to the scene. This must relate to the test
you made and is subject to gamemaster
approval. A truth created in this way can
never increase or decrease the difficulty of
a skill test by more than 1.
• Ask a Question: For 1 point of Momentum
you can ask the gamemaster a question
related to the current scene or the test you
just made. The gamemaster must answer
truthfully, but can be as vague as they
wish.
• Inflict Extra Stress: Spend up to 3 Momen-
tum to inflict extra stress after a success-
ful attack. Each point of Momentum spent
inflicts one stress.
• Additional Minor Actions: For 1 point of
Momentum your character can take an
additional minor action in combat.
• Additional Skill Test: By spending 3
points of Momentum, you can immediately
attempt a second skill test, or take a sec-
ond major action in your turn. The difficulty
of the test is increased by 1.
• Keep the Initiative: In combat you can
spend 2 Momentum after your turn ends
to pass the next turn on to a character you
are allied with, instead of handing play over
to the enemy.
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 WEAPONS AND
EQUIPMENT
This section provides the rules and descriptions of a range of weapons and equipment used in
this quickstart adventure. A full range of weapons, common items and equipment can be found
in the Homeworld: Revelations core rulebook.
Weapons
Homeworld has a number of weapons
available for use by both the player characters
and NPCs. Often, weapons aren’t just useful
for battles and fights, but can also show a lot
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about the way of life and technology level of
those who wield them. This chapter focuses
on player character weapons and equipment.
Anatomy of a
Weapon
All weapons have a few defining key points:
• Type. Melee or ranged, determining
how the weapon is used.
• Range. Reach (for melee), Close/
Medium/Long (for ranged).
• Stress Rating. The number of chal-
lenge dice rolled when making a suc-
cessful attack, not including addition-
al challenge dice from your characters
Combat skill.
• Effects. Some weapons also have
extra effects with a successful attack.
• Qualities. These are additional
restrictions or benefits that apply to
the weapon’s use.
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Weapon Types
and Range
In Homeworld weapons are categorized as
either melee or ranged. The difficulty of a test
increases by 1 for each range category closer
or further away the target is from the range
of a weapon.
Melee
Melee weapons are usually either blunt,
pointed or edged–such as batons, spears or
swords– and are used when you are within
Reach of your target. They are good for close
combat situations but are difficult or impos-
sible to use at range. Some melee weapons,
such as knives, can be thrown, but test to
attack will suffer from a difficulty increase.
Ranged
Ranged weapons are best used when you
are not within Reach of your target and work
best when your target is within the weapons
range. Kinetic weapons fire conventional
projectiles, such as lead tipped or hollow
point ammunition at high speed to cause
injury or damage to their targets. These are
the most common kind of ranged weapon.
Ammunition
All ranged kinetic weapons, unless otherwise
noted, use standard lead tipped ammunition
and this is accounted for in the weapons
stress rating. In Homeworld ammunition
is not tracked individually by bullet or clip,
instead it is assumed that a character gains
enough for their weapon when it is acquired.
If a complication is rolled on a test to
use a weapon that requires ammunition,
the gamemaster can choose that the
complication represents you firing the last
of your bullets. You must then find a way
to obtain more before being able to fire the
weapon again.
• Lead Tip. Standard ammunition for all
firearms.
• Hollow Point. This ammunition is
intended to penetrate shallower than
standard lead tipped ammunition but
has far more stopping power. When
used against live targets, bullets tend
to lodge in the body causing further
damage. Add 2 to the weapons
stress rating, the weapon gains the
Debilitating quality and the Vicious 1
effect.
Effects
Some weapons have effects which are trig-
gered when you roll Effects on a Challenge
Die. Sometimes only a single Effect needs
to be rolled for these to be triggered, other
times the number of Effects you roll will
improve the effects outcome.
Weapons of Homeworld
This section gives you information on weap-
ons found in Homeworld: Revelations quick-
start, but these are guidelines rather than
rules.
Weapons and
Cultures
Weapons are not only good for combat in
Homeworld but are also useful for indicating
the technological and sometimes political or
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• Area. The attack affects a wider area,
and can affect several targets at once.
The attack automatically affects any
character or damageable object
within Reach of the initial target plus
one additional target per Momentum
spent.
• Knockdown. The target is knocked
prone. The target may resist this
effect by spending 2 Momentum.
• Piercing X. The attack ignores X
points of the target’s total armor.
• Vicious X. The attack inflicts X points
of additional stress for each effect
rolled.
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Qualities
The following additional qualities alter the
way a weapon functions, some in positive
ways, others by applying restrictions.
• Debilitating. Medical tests to perform
first aid on characters injured by this
weapon, or to heal injuries caused by
this weapon, increase in difficulty by 1.
• Inaccurate. The difficulty of ranged
attacks made with this weapon
increase by 1 and characters gain
no bonus from using the Aim minor
action.
cultural stance of a faction. High tech weap-
onry indicates a faction that is militaristic
or well-funded; weapons that are second
hand, jury-rigged or made from scrap mate-
rial might suggest a culture which recycles
heavily, or has limited resources, where as a
culture with advanced weapons in poor con-
dition might suggest a once militaristic way
of life that is now struggling.
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Firearms were standard projectile weapons,
well-made but light weight. They often fea-
tured sleek designs, sometimes with metallic
accents or light personalisation to denote
kiith or manufacturer.
Martial weapons are still popular, especially
with Kiith Soban (a kiith with a martial back-
ground), in the form of swords, knives and
daggers. Most bladed weapons bear the
mark of Kiith Somtaaw, as their steel was
known to be the best to work and hold an
edge. Kiith Soban had a contract with Kiith
Somtaaw to produce weapons, eventually
leading to Somtaww steel weapons being
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combatants when you wish to simply subdue
them, rather than kill. The exception to this is
bladed weapons, which more often than not,
are designed for lethal force.
Combat Knife. A knife designed for hand to
hand and close combat fighting. They have
a thick grip and generally have a smooth
blade with a serrated section close to the hilt.
These usually have a fixed blade but folding
combat knives can also be found. These are
also good as a multi purpose survival knife.
Long Blade. A long sword weapon that can
be made from a variety of materials. Long
blades can be carried on the side of the hip
but larger ones might be carried on the back.
They are good keeping combatants at a

considered the finest there was.

Melee
Melee weapons are used at close range, usu-
ally in hand to hand combat. They are most
effective against foes wearing little to no
armor, and are often the best way to deal with
distance but are generally slower to use than
shorter blades.
Unarmed Strike. An attack that does not use
a weapon, such as a punch, kick, shove or
putting someone in a hold.

Range and
Weapon Stress Rating Effects Qualities
Type
Combat Knife 2 Reach Vicious 1 Debilitating
Long blade 3 Reach Vicious 2

Unarmed Strike equal to Reach Knockdown

Combat skill

Ranged All ranged weapons are assumed to come

Ranged weapons are the mainstay of most
militaries, the further you are from your
enemy, the safe you are, especially if your
weapons perform better at range than theirs.
Though some weapons like side arms are
designed to be used in close quarters with
reasonable accuracy, the real fire power
comes in the form of rifles, allowing further
range and more stopping power.
with standard lead tipped ammunition (see
p.32) unless otherwise noted.
Automatic Pistol. A pistol capable of firing
on full automatic. These kinds of pistol
can use up large numbers of ammunition
in a short space of time and can be wildly
inaccurate due to kickback. Theya are often
used to riddle an area with bullets quickly
for covering fire, though are seldom used
in operations requiring precision, stealth or
where ammunition is scarce.

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Composite Pistol. A lightweight pistol that is
easy to handle, predominately made of poly-
mer composite with a metal firing assembly.
Capable of firing both lead tipped and hollow
point ammunition.
Stress
Weapon
Rating
Automatic Pistol 4 Close
Composite Pistol 3 Close
Composite Rifle 4 Medium
Equipment and Gear
Equipment and gear are used to refer to other
important items a character might carry that
aren’t weapons.
Anatomy of
Equipment and
Gear
Like weapons, equipment and gear have a
few key defining points:
• Use Limit. Some equipment will only
function so many times before it is
unusable. Once a piece of equipment
hits this limit, it ceases to function.
• Purpose: This describes what the
item does when used. Sometimes this
is narrative; other times it will list rules
which apply to the item.
• Armor Rating: If an item would
provide armor, this will list its armor
rating.
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Composite Rifle. A lightweight rifle,
predominately made of polymer composite
with a metal firing assembly, capable of
firing both lead tipped and hollow point
ammunition. These rifles are lightweight and
easy to assemble. These rifles are capable of
firing single shot, three round brust and full
automatic.
Range
Effects Qualities
and Type
Vicious 1 Inaccurate
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Standard
Equipment
The equipment here is considered standard
for Kushan crew members.
Breach Patch. A small palm-sized stick
containing a chemical compound used to
temporarily patch small-scale damage in a
ships hull or substructure, or any solid object.
The stick is snapped, activating a chemical
reaction between the two compounds and
it is then pushed into the hole. Providing the
hole itself is no larger than the size of a fist,
the compound will expand within moments
to completely fill and seal the breach. This
repair is only temporary however, and will
become brittle over time.
Goggles. These are used to protect the eyes
from dust, debris and high wind, with spe-
cialise versions also being used to protect
against chemicals or welding sparks.
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 Wrist Computer. A small screen strapped to
the wrist. Connecting wirelessly to commu-
nicate within a ship, and to receive updates
from Fleet Command and Intelligence. The
wrist computer can also wirelessly interface
with other computers allowing the download
and transfer of information; If exceptionally
large transfers are required, wrist computers
can be wired into the appropriate technology.
Other Equipment
Non-plated Body Armor. Lightweight body
armor made from a thin, lightweight polymer
weave. Though its not much use against
bullets, its slightly padded in vital areas and
is effective against bladed weapons.
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Hard Plated Body Armor. Heavier armor
that features bullet proof plates over the vital
areas of the torso, back and arms. Heavier
than non-plated armor, its not idea for
operations that require stealth or optimum
manuverability but is effective against bladed
weapons and ballistics alike.
Medics Toolkit. A toolkit containing basic
field medical supplies.
Researchers Toolkit. A kit containing instru-
ments vital to the owners field of research.
Weapon Repair Toolkit. A kit containing
the materials and tools required to repair
minor damage to a weapon or to upkeep its
condition.

Use Armor
Equipment Purpose
Limit Rating
Patches small breaches in solid objects.
In ship combat, you can use a breach patch to
Breach Patch 1 N/A
ignore the effects of a breach, providing you can
get to the area safely to activate it.
In situations where environmental conditions
would effect vision, such as high winds or debris,
the difficulty of any tests relating to vision are
Goggles N/A N/A
decreased in difficulty by 1. If you would take
damage from such a condition, these goggles give
you a single point of armour.
Wrist Allows for communication and the download and
N/A N/A
Computer transfer of files.
Non-plated
N/A Provides protection to the vital areas of the body 1
body armor
Hard plated
N/A Provides protection to the vital areas of the body 2
body armor
Lowers the difficulty of tests by 1 that would
Medics toolkit 3 N/A
benefit from the use of the toolkit
Researchers Lowers the difficulty of tests by 1 that would
3 N/A
kit benefit from the use of the toolkit
Weapon repair Reduces the difficulty of repairing a broken
1 N/A
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ADVENTURE
This adventure is designed to give you and
your players a feel for the Homeworld uni-
verse, putting you in the center of a discovery
that will spur a whole civilization to find their
true home amongst the stars.
Adventure
Synopsis
The scenario starts in the outer deserts,
called the Dreamlands. The characters will
need to make their way to the Khar-Toba and
explore, attempting to find any artifacts of
importance. This leads to the discovery of
the Guidestone, an object that will change
the way the whole population of Kharak will
live, but only if your players can get it out of
the reach of the Gaalsien.
Background
The characters are an archaeological team
under the command of Mevath Sagald, sent
to investigate the Khar-Toba; a great ship that
crash landed on the planet of Kharak thou-
sands of years ago, believed to be the first
city of the Kushan people. Their aim is to
recover historical records and artifacts now
that the main hyperspace core and generator
that powered the ship have been removed.
With these key technologies removed from
the Khar-Toba, most of the major clans have
shifted their focus to studying the artifacts.
They are not the only ones interested in the
wreckage, however. The Gaalsien–a kiith
(Clan) who are opposed to the discovery of
new knowledge–are also interested in the
Khar-Toba. They have made it their religion
to suppress any thoughts of discovery and
exploration, believing that the Kushan took
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part in a great evil long ago and their life
on Kharak is their exile. They fear that their
god, Sajuuk, will bring fire and death from
the skies should they not willingly accept
their penance. Though they were once long
absent from the wreckage after the removal
of the hyperspace core–a key technological
find–they have descended once again to
mount searches of their own.
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Many of the kiithid, recognizing that with the
discovery, a turning point has been reached.
Many kiithid have put aside their politicking
and pledged to work together for the greater
good. The teams that have been dispatched
to look over what remains of the Khar-Toba
are made up of members of these united
kiithid, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not
looking for ways to increase the standing of
their own kiith if it doesn’t impede the mis-
sion.
Running this
Adventure
As the gamemaster, it’s a good idea to have
a read through and gain a basic understand-
ing of all the rules and this adventure before
running it for your players. This will give you
an understanding of the adventure and the
options open to the players as they progress
making it easier to guide them, especially
when they want to do something creative
that isn’t detailed in this adventure.
It will be down to you to keep the tension of
the enemy forces present whilst ensuring
that your players keep moving through
the different parts of the ship. There is
advice in every scene with suggestions and
information to help you. Scene objectives
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 let you know what main goals you should be
guiding the characters to achieve. You can
also use the presence of Mevath Sagald to
advise your players if needed, especially in
the first scene. Try to avoid her telling the
players how to solve problems, but instead
SCENE 1:
A DERELICT, DERELICT
Scene Objectives
The objectives for this scene are:
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• Assess the Gaalsien patrols.
• Get to the Khar-toba unspotted.
You begin this adventure with 2 Threat per
player character.
Read the following aloud to the players:
It’s taken weeks of travelling through the
desert to get close to the outskirts of the
Khar-Toba. The Northern Kiithid Coalition sent
your team, led by Mevath Sagald–a senior
archaeologist–to research, and if needed,
recover any information or artifacts still within
the wreckage. The ship’s generator and the
Hyperspace core have already been removed
from the derelict, and with them, most of the
security personnel that kept Kiith Gaalsien
from making any progress towards entering
the wreck. Watching from the high dunes, you
can see security patrols around the ship. The
Gaalsien have arrived here before you, and it
would be better if they didn’t know you were
here. Mevath points out several areas where
the builders of Kiith Naabal managed to shore
up the superstructure to allow easier passage
into the ship, it’s just a case of getting over to
them past the patrols.
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use her to help them at key moments. It’s
worth noting that she’s an archaeologist,
not a soldier, and while her knowledge of the
Khar-Toba is far greater than the characters,
she’s not tactically wise.
The Gaalsien in the area are working in teams
of three or four. They usually have two sol-
diers and a scout, sometimes accompanying
what appears to be a researcher of some
kind. (See stat blocks on p.61-62).
What the characters already know:
• With the ships generator removed, many
of the safety systems have been taken off
line, meaning that getting into the ship will
be more of a challenge as some areas may
be without power or locked down.
• High on the broken shell of the hull is a
Gaalsien assault craft crew who have
made camp on the metal plateau. It’s obvi-
ous the group is watching out for anyone
coming to the wreck.
Approaching the
Khar-toba
There are three Gaalsien patrols in the area,
each one of them moving on intersecting
courses.
The players should attempt to observe the
movement patterns of these patrols. Ask one
player to make an Insight + Command test
at difficulty 1 (See Attempting a Test p.4).
 Gamemaster Advice: Making the First Test
The result of the attribute and skill added together is the target number for the test.
The player then rolls 2d20. Each die equal to or lower than the target number is
a success. You only need to roll enough successes equal to the tests difficulty to
succeed, in this case that’s one success. If the player rolls more successes than they
needed, each extra success generates a point of Momentum (See p.8).

Remember, the Momentum pool can never have more than 6 points of Momentum at
a time.

If any 20s are rolled on the dice, a complication will be generated (see Complications
p.6). This represents a problem that the characters face, even if they succeed on
the test. In this circumstance, it might mean that they don’t spot a patrol, increasing
the difficulty of the next test to get to the ship unnoticed by 1. If you don’t want to
introduce a complication or can’t think of something at the time, then you can allow
the players to buy off the complication by adding 2 Threat to the Threat pool instead.

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 If successful, the characters can learn the
following:
• There are three groups patrolling the area,
each one of them moving on intersecting
courses, but at different speeds.
• All the groups have at least two armed offi-
cers.
• The best timing to make a run for the ship
without being spotted.
You should encourage the players to spend
any Momentum they gain on the Ask a Ques-
tion Momentum spend for more detailed
information on the patrols. If they do so, they
can discover the following:
The researchers appear to be unarmed, but
the soldiers and scouts are carrying weapons
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Some of the researchers appear to be taking
in equipment that might be used for welding
or metal work.
If the players fail this test, they are spotted by
the Gaalsien guards, either by a patrol or the
group on the upper hull of the wreck who will
begin to investigate their presence, sending a
group towards the characters, increasing the
difficulty to sneak to the ship by 1.
All the players will need to make an Agility +
Combat test with a difficulty of 1 to get across
to the ship. Any player who fails does not
manager to make it across, requiring them to
make a second test with a difficulty of 3. Fail-
ure on this second roll will draw the attention
of a patrol. Now that the group should have
some Momentum, it’s a good time to remind
them that before they roll, they can spend
it to buy extra d20s (see p.9), increasing
their chances of success and the likelihood
of generating more Momentum. If they have
spent their Momentum at this stage, remind
them they can also pay for Momentum
spends by giving you Threat.
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Gamemaster
Advice: The Players
Get Spotted
Its worth noting that if the team are
spotted in this scene the Gaalsien
patrols are unlikely to start open
combat immediately. They will need
to investigate what they saw and are
likely to follow the team at a distance
to confirm who they are and what they
are doing. If the team get spotted at
this point in the adventure, give them
a chance to try and hide from the
patrol that is alerted to their presence
with a Coordination + Combat test
with a difficulty of 2. If they fail to
hide from the Gaalsien, introduce a
threatening circumstance truth called
‘Increased Guard Presence’ and add
1 point of Threat to the pool for each
player character.
Experienced or confident gamemas-
ters can instead have a patrol group
confront the team here, using the
rules for combat on p.13.
If any complications are rolled, they will have
been observed and may be engaged by one
of the patrols, but a better use of Threat gen-
erated in this part of the adventure would be
later on in the scenario where the tension is
high.
At the end of this scene, remember to
remove 1 point of Momentum from the
pool.
 Gamemaster Advice: Keeping the Players Moving
Given the scale of the Khar-Toba and the numbers ranged against them, it’s easy for
the players to get caught up and then hesitate with the magnitude of the task ahead
of them. You should feel free to change the orbits of the patrols or spend Threat to
allow the scouts to sight the team and send guards to investigate if it helps to get the
players team into action by trying to get to the ship and avoiding the patrols. Mevath
Sagald can also urge them on, saying the longer that they wait, the higher the chance
they are spotted.

SCENE 2: A DESCENT
INTO THE PAST

Scene Objectives
The objectives for this scene are:
• Gain access to the Khar-Toba.
• Avoid detection by the Gaalsien
guards.
Once the players reach the main hull of the
Khar-toba, read or paraphrase the following:
The Khar-Toba is massive beyond recognition,
a ship larger than the some of those in Tiir, the
capital city of Kharak. The vessel is broken
across the spine, presumably from its landing
so many years ago. The metres thick plating
that gave protection to the original travellers
now protect the treasures within from the des-
ert and thieves who would steal them away.
From the deep shade on the far side of the
ship, Mevath points up at a number of different
places where previous teams made safe entry-
ways, now with groups camped outside that
had the same idea. Further down the ship are
holes torn in the side where the impact broke
the ships seals, these are unsecured and pos-
sibly dangerous, but using them won’t attract
attention from the Gaalsien. You are badly out-
numbered by the other forces in the area, and
it would be best to find a way in that attracts
as little attention as possible.
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Entering the
Khar-toba
Once the team has managed to get to the
Khar-Toba, they must find a way into it.
The two main entryways used by the last
expedition are now surrounded by the camps
of the Gaalsien. There are three possible
ways to enter the Khar-toba, each with its own
problems and benefits. Mevath can point out
what each of these are if the players spend
Momentum, but will not tell the team which
to choose, though she dislikes the idea of
bluffing past the guards, even if it does have
some advantages.
The guarded entrances are closest to where
the characters are. Moving to the sealed and
abandoned door entrances means moving
past the Gaalsien camps. Players must make
an opposed test using Agility + Combat test
at difficulty 2, opposed by a Gaalsien soldiers
Insight + Exploration also at difficulty 2 (see
Opposed Tests p.7) to reach this entrance
without being noticed. The breaches in the
superstructure are easier to get to however,
and are further away from the Gaalsien
camps, meaning no test is required to reach
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 Gamemaster
Advice: Undecided
Players
If your players can’t make their mind
up as to which entrance to use,
Mevath Sagald can be used to make
suggestions on how they could enter,
whilst leaving the actual decision to
the players. Encourage and remind
players that they can use the Ask a
Question Momentum spend to find out
a details that will give them hints as
to where best to enter the Khar-Toba
and where the previous teams didn’t
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explore.
You may allow players to spend
Momentum or make tests using
Exploration to give them opportunities
to find Gaalsien caches that may
contain the clothing they need to
bluff or fight their way past guards,
or to consider ways in which they
could get into the Khar-Toba, including
entrances partially buried in the sands
and inattentive guards at the visible
entrances. If asked, Mevath is more
in favor of using the holes in the
superstructure or trying to unsecure
an already sealed entrance rather
than trying to bluff their way past the
guards, as the first two options are far
less likely to end in armed conflict.
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Sealed and Abandoned
Door Entrances
• Advantages: Unguarded and away from
most of the camps, some equipment left in
the area that the characters can use to try
and open the door.
• Disadvantages: Difficult to get into and has
the chance to set off security measures.
The team could attempt to force an entry
through one of the sealed doors on the side
of the ship. In most cases, the doors will have
been welded shut and sealed over to prevent
people attempting the very thing that the
team are trying to do. In the area, there are
some abandoned tools left by Kiith Naabal
engineers, due to it being too much work to
transport them back after the removal of the
hyperspace core.
If the characters utilize the abandoned
equipment, a Brawn + Engineering test with
a difficulty of 4 could be made to force one
of these doors open. An engineering minded
character might try to instead open some
of the paneling and to manipulate the door
mechanics making Reason + Engineering
test with a difficulty of 3. This is a good time
to allow the players to use the assistance
rules (p.7). One character leads and
makes the test as normal, while the others
assist, rolling 1d20, using their own attribute
+ skill combinations (based on how they are
attempting to assist). If the leading character
scores at least 1 success, any successes
scored by the assistants add towards the
leading characters successes on the test.
In this instance, only 2 other characters
can assist; only so many people can try and
manipulate the doors.
Complications rolled here could be used to
alert the Gaalsien to the player character’s
location but could also be used to represent
damage to the doors mechanism, effectively
sealing it permanently, requiring the team to
use a different entrance.
Breaches in the
Superstructure
• Advantages: Unguarded and easy access
to the ship interior.
• Disadvantages: Requires climbing and
comes with the risk of being discovered or
suffering serious injury.
The team could attempt to gain access
through one of the holes torn in the
superstructure of the ship when it crashed
down thousands of years ago. The damage
to these areas is quite severe and some
areas are incredibly unstable, but with the
help of everyone, this could be achieved.
An Agility + Exploration test at difficulty
3 can be made to find a suitable entrance.
Climbing up the super structure is usually a
Brawn + Combat or and Agility + Exploration
test with a difficulty 3. Complications rolled
at this point can be used to have part of the
super structure begin to collapse, possibly
causing Gaalsien to investigate the area, or
to make the structure unstable, resulting in
a character falling or hurting themselves as
they climb.
Characters falling from the super structure
suffer 3 of stress from the fall.
Guarded Entrances
• Advantages: Ability to gather more infor-
mation about the Khar-Toba from the
working computer systems.
• Disadvantages: Guarded and comes with
the risk of getting into armed conflict.
There are over twenty people near each of
these entrances, though not all of them are
on guard and not all of them are soldiers.
Sneaking their way past the Gaalsien here
is near impossible without first causing a
distraction, being able to successfully do so
will allow the players to make an Agility +
Combat at difficulty 4 to try and sneak past.
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Gamemaster
Advice: Allowing Player
Creativity
To avoid this part of the adventure
becoming just a series of rolls,
encourage and allow the players to
get creative in how they enter the
Khar-toba.
If they want to try and salvage
some of the old equipment from the
previous expeditions to make a rig to
climb along the super structure, you
can allow them a few appropriate rolls
to attempt this, reducing difficulty as
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the rig introduces an advantage to
the scene. If the players want to help
pull each other up, using assistance
on tests is a great option. Likewise,
players who want to try and get
in through the guarded entrances
are likely to want to do more than
just bluff the guards, perhaps also
causing a distraction. Some players
might even advocate splitting the
party and entering through more
than one entrance. Allow them to
attempt creative solutions, adjusting
difficulties where appropriate.
If the team have already encountered a
Gaalsien patrol on the way over to the ship,
they may try to enter dressed as guards,
having taken the clothing and identification of
the patrol. A successful Insight + Command
or Reason + Command test at difficulty 2,
opposed by the Gaalsien guard’s Insight +
Command with a plausible cover story will
allow them to pass through the camp into
the Khar-Toba.
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 Entering this way grants the team access
to some of the Gaalsien’s computer systems
that are just within the Khar-Toba’s entrance
ways. On them are mapping points that were
downloaded from the ships systems, as well
as which areas the Gaalsien have searched
and occupy. The players will need to crack
into the system, using Reason + Exploration
or Reason + Engineering with a difficulty of
3. If successful they can download the ship
map. Introduce the advantage truth ‘Inside
Knowledge’ for the rest of the adventure,
which reduces the difficulty of tests to remain
undiscovered within the ship by the Gaalsien
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OF STEEL AND STONE
Scene Objectives
The objectives for this scene are:
• Explore the living quarters.
• Recover any archaeological
artefacts.
• Explore the engine room.
Once the players enter the Khar-toba, read the
following:
The air in the Khar-Toba changes as you
go deeper into the ship, the dry heat of the
desert air is replaced with the cold scent of
stone and steel. The inside of the Khar-Toba
is more intact that you could have imagined,
even though many parts have been patched
and repairs many times over. Much of where
the travellers lived is still intact and Mevath
has intentions on retrieving the information
from the main bridge of the ship while you
investigate the living quarters and the engines.
Huge blast doors mark the entrances to every
compartment, some open and bearing the
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by 1. If the players spend Momentum to
receive any other information, they discover
the following:
A Gaalsien research team has requested
heavier equipment for an area deep within
the Khar-toba. The log appears to suggest
that they are having difficulty opening a
sealed door.
At the end of this scene, remember to
remove 1 point of Momentum from the
pool.
name of the section beyond with the notes
of researchers still attached to the entrance.
Others are closed and sealed, bearing warnings
of instability within the area.
With the power core removed, the ships
systems are almost all inactive, but there are
separate power relays set up by the Gaalsien
that enable the use of some of the ship’s
basic systems. The main unit in these relays
are the power convertors. There are a number
of these devices throughout the ship, each of
them working either by drawing power from
a central core, or by being charged manually
by the user. These devices can be used to
open the larger bay doors and move the lifts
between levels and require between one and
four people to move the winding handles to
generate power from the dynamos within
them. These can be found all over the ship,
so should the players not grab one here, they
can always find one later.

Using a Power
Converter
A Coordination + Engineering test
at difficulty 1 will allow the team to
take a functioning power convertor
and use it to power other devices.
Using the power converter to open a
door or power a system is a Brawn +
Engineering test with a difficulty of 2
in order to wind the dynamos.
From here, there are three main areas that
the players can explore: the Living Quarters,
the Engines and the Temple Plaza. Ideally,
the players should explore the living quarters
first, but the engines and the temple plaza
can be explored in any order. It is worth noth-
ing that the engines room is a key location for
advancing the story.
Living Quarters
When the players reach this area, read the
following:
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The doors to the living quarters of the ship
are large enough only to allow people through
them. Though the doors are currently closed, it
seems that these have been opened recently,
but the power converter attached to the door
systems appears to be burnt out.
The players will need to use a power converter
to open the door, either repairing the one still
attached with a Coordination + Reason test
at difficulty 2, or by charging and using their
own power converter.
Once they open the doors, read the following:
The space beyond the doors is vast in ways
that you’ve never seen. Huge stone walkways
wind up and around the central support
columns of the ship, clearly added after the
ships landing as the city within it expanded.
Each of the entrances to the many pods has
no door, but instead a handmade sheet of
heavy cloth with the history of the occupants
woven in generations. In the larger living areas,
additional sheets cover the walls and floors to
ensure that nothing was lost over time. The
living quarters span over a quarter mile both
in length and depth and hold space enough for
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 tens of thousands in small family groups. The
walkways between levels are more than four
metres wide, giving space enough for hundreds
to move without any serious impediment, but
the entrances to the quarters are positioned in
such a way that only the noise directly outside
the pod would be audible, thereby allowing
thousands of people in close proximity to each
other to live for an extended period of time.
Investigating the quarters is not difficult;
the Gaalsien have placed less interest in the
everyday comings and goings of the occu-
pants and more in the uncovering of proph-
ecy and legend, meaning that the living quar-
ters are reasonably untouched.
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Investigating the Living
Quarters
Allow the players to search around making
any tests that you feel would be appropriate.
Among the debris, the players can find:
• An old engineers’ uniform and information
on the ships engines that bear a mark like
Kiith Naabal’s sigil. This is important evi-
dence in linking Kiith Naabal, one of the
major kiithid who brought an end to the
Heresy Wars, as decedents to the first city
of Khar-toba.
• Some notes can be found, bearing a mark
that appears to be an early version of
the Gaalsien sigil. They appear to detail
a pillar topped with glass, and a stone
pillar descending over it and is titled ‘The
Observatory Temple’.
• A set of ritual blades, forged from what
appears to be hull plating. Oddly these are
still sharp.
RITUAL BLADE STATS
Ritual Dagger 2 Reach
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An Insight + Exploration test at difficulty
2 reveals that all the tapestries include ref-
erence to something called the Guidestone.
This object is often pictured or described as
being held in a temple and seems to have an
almost religious significance, which means
this object could be an important relic to col-
lect for study. Each instance of the object’s
location being mentioned comes with a
depiction of great network of paths in an area
called the Temple Plaza and at their centre a
circular platform called the Observatory Tem-
ple. From what the players can tell this place
is somewhere within the ship.
If the players fail the test to analyze the
tapestries, the most they can understand is
that the people seemed to have something
of religious significance or great importance
kept in a place called the Observatory Tem-
ple and perhaps uncovering what this is can
lead them to the discovery they are hoping
to uncover.
If the players suggest taking the tapestries,
they will know they are too large to transport
without damaging them, so the team will
have to take notes on what they find within.
Mevath Sagald will tell the players to con-
tinue onward while she remains here to doc-
ument some more of the tapestries. If the
players tell her about the Temple Plaza, she
will agree that it could be of massive signif-
icance and likely has artifacts that will hold
historical value. She suggests the players
investigate and try to find the engine room to
see if anything can be brought online before
they continue their search, but if they wish
to go straight to the Temple Plaza, she can
meet them there shortly.
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Engines
When the players enter the engine room, read
the following:
Larger than a land carrier, the immense blocks
of the engines took most of the damage when
the ship came down, and the desert has
claimed much of it in the years that followed.
The engines are now sealed under the weight
of the sand, but you know from your briefing
that several of the blocks were found to be
still functional, until the Hyperspace core was
removed. The power held within the massive
dynamo’s could still be used to power parts of
the ship should the connections be restored.
When the power core was removed from the
Khar-Toba, the engines and convertors were
left with only the power that they had when
the core went off line. While insignificant
compared to the power they had when the
core was present, the power could be used
to open the immense doors found at various
point of the ship that the hand held power
convertors would not be enough to power.
A Coordination + Engineering test at
difficulty 2 can be made to rework the
connections and bring the power back
online. A further Insight + Flight test would
allow the team to make the connections to
open any of the larger blast doors still closed
in the depths of the ship.
Repairing and being able to use this part of
the ship will be essential in scenes 4 and 5.
Temple Plaza
As the players make their way to the Temple
Plaza read the following:
You begin to see a network of steel paths open
up that stretch in all directions like a spiders
web, ranging from thin walkways suitable
only for a single person at a time, to massive
reinforced struts that could have been used
for the movement of heavy equipment and
vehicles. The faint glow of the desert shines
in from small cracks in the superstructure high
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above and the sand trickles down in long fine
streams like the tears of the desert to pool far
below. At the centre of the paths is a massive
structure that could have held hundreds of
people at the same time. Long banners hang
proclaiming stories and teachings of the
ancient Kushan people, just as depicted in the
tapestries. On the northside of the platform, a
large chamber appears to have been built into
the structure but the entrance way cannot be
seen from here.
The Temple Plaza is the only place by
which the Guidestone chamber, called the
Observatory Temple can be accessed. This
is the area of most interest to the Gaalsien,
as the records hanging above contain the
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information they need to convince others
that the travelers shared their truth. It is this
area that the Gaalsien have been brining
heavy equipment to in an attempt to open
the Observatory Temple.
If the players did not discover all the informa-
tion from the tapestries in the Living Quarters,
they can make an Insight + Exploration test
with a difficulty of 1. A success here reveals
that some of the banners refer to this place
as the Temple Plaza, and writing etched into
the side of the large chamber proclaims it as
the Observatory Temple.
Armed Guard
There are three Gaalisen patrols in this area,
each performing a different task.
Patrol 1: The Watchers
The first group, consisting of two Gaalsien
Scouts and a Gaalsien Solider, are patrolling
the walkways. The players can watch and
discern their movements and then attempt to
sneak past them, making tests using which-
ever attribute + skill combination is most
appropriate for their approach. The players
may also choose to try and sneak up on them
and take them out quietly.
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 Patrol 2: The
Archeologists
The second group, consisting of two Gaalsien
Scientists and a Gaalsien Soldier, are in the
process of taking down some of the banners
and tapestries. Only one person in this group
is armed.
Patrol 3: The Breach Team
The third group, consisting of three Gaalsien
Soldiers and a Gaalsien Captain are the only
ones which the characters cannot sneak
around, as they are attempting to breach the
doors to the Observatory Temple itself.
If the players came here before restoring
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power to the engines, then this group are
trying–and failing–to get the doors open
with their power converters. Mevath will
suggest to the players at this point that she
can stay an observe while they try and find
the engine blocks and restore the power. The
players can then find their way to the engines
as described previously. Players can choose
to do this before, or after dealing with the
patrols.
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If the players have arrived after restoring the
power to the engines (or when they return
from doing this without having first dealt
with the patrols), then this group are trying to
force the doors, which are slowly beginning
to open. Mevath will tell the players they need
to act quickly, before they succeed and alert
the other Gaalsien.
Securing the
Observatory
Temple
The players can choose to deal with the
Gaalsien threat in a number of ways. They
could choose to enter combat with the
breach team, dispatching them before they
can open the door. Doing so will introduce
the threatening circumstance truth ‘Going
Loud’, adding 4 points of Threat to the Threat
pool as the Gaalsien are now aware of their
presence and will come ready and armed to
deal with them. Any of the other Gaalsien
groups in the area will come to investigate if
they have not already been dealt with.

Gamemaster
Advice: What if the
Gaalsien Get In?
The full implications of the Gaalsien
getting into the temple are too broad
to cover in complete detail in this
quickstart, but there at least one
possibility that can play out without
too much change to the adventure as
written.
If the Gaalsien get into the Observatory
temple, they trigger the security
system within the temple. The players
must then attempt to get in, dispatch
and deal with the guards within before
recovering the Guidestone. The doors
seal behind them when they enter even
with the Gaalsien already inside, so
the adventure can carry on as written
from the description of the inside of
the temple, with the exception of the
Gaalsien presenting an immediate
threat.
The players may also choose to try and lure
the group away from the doors. This can be
easily done if the players create a distraction,
either using one of the other groups, creating
a mechanical or power problem elsewhere
(such as by removing a power converter from
a key area) or thorough some other creative
solution.
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Once the players can safely approach the
door to the Observatory Temple, describe the
following:
The door is larger and more ornate than any
you have seen on the ship so far, the edge of
it encrusted with stones and crystals, each
one of them only a fingers width in size, all
carved in minute detail with the name of the
person who it represented. As you look up at
the door, you can see thousands, from the
stones at the bottom that represent those who
started the journey, to those who were born
on the way, and at the top, the first generation
to be born on this world. The most curious
carving on the door is a series of embedded
circles, representing celestial spheres. It takes
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a moment before you recognize the symbol,
the kiith symbol of Kiith S’jet. For thousands
of years, the S’jet have claimed direct lineage
from the first city of Khar-toba, and here in
front of you at the doors to the Observatory
Temple, is proof of their claim.
They must now try to succeed where the
Gaalisen failed and open the door. Suggest-
ing that the players work as a group using
the assistance rules (p.7) is key here.
The lead player will need to make a Brawn
+ Combat test at difficulty 4. The lead player
can be assisted by others also helping force
the doors, but technically minded characters
may choose to help boost the doors power or
find some other technological way to aid the
lead player.
Once the players open the door, describe the
following:
As the engine’s power is channelled through
to the doors and you force them open, the
seals crack–not opened since the ship was
abandoned–and a deep rumbling reverberates
through the ship as the scent of fresh water
and cool air washes over you from within.
At the end of this scene, remember to
remove 1 point of Momentum from the
pool.
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 Gamemaster Advice: Dealing with the Worst
Case Scenario
In this scene, the characters risk being discovered by the Gaalsien who out number
them considerably. If this happens, don’t be afraid to let them get into combat, but its
important that characters have the opportunity to escape and regroup to try another
approach. This might be them drawing the Gaalsien away from the area, and then
doubling back to open the doors once they’ve lost the patrols.

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Scene Objectives
The objectives for this scene are:
• Recover the Guidestone
• Fight off the Gaalsien response
team
As the players enter the Observatory Temple,
read the following:
The temple is huge, large enough to hold at
least a hundred people sitting and standing.
Ahead of you, two deep channels in the floor
that extend from further in the room meet at a
point filled with crystal clear water. Two large
stepped stone platforms, presumably built as
seats high enough for a person to sit upon
in the manner of the The Great Daiamid–the
ruling government on Kharak–stretch out
ahead of you on either side of a raised dais
that holds a speaker’s lectern. At each corner
of the room stands structures you recognize
as a large moisture condensers, like those
you have seen on land carrier vehicles. Past
the speaker’s lectern, you can see an object,
encased in glass upon a stone pedestal.
Around the pedestal is a deep circular groove
in the floor, filled with water that reflects the
dim light in the room. The back wall of the
temple is covered in etchings and carvings,
though you are too far away to read them.
Each condenser constantly seeps a small
steady flow of water into channels in the floor
and they also feed the water into the channel
carved around the base of the pedestal. Mevath
steps into the Temple, seemingly transfixed on
the object within the glass. An alarm begins to
ring out from somewhere in the ship. Mevath
turns to you. “Recover the object, I’m going to
head to the bridge to try and buy you some
time. With the power restored, I might be able
to slow the Gaalsien down with what’s left of
the ships systems.”
Moments after Mevath leaves, the doors to
the room close and lock behind you, faint
mechanical sounds and the scraping of
stone echoes through the chamber as a huge
hollow pillar of white stone quickly lowers over
the Guidestone pedestal, obscuring it from
sight as the water begins to drain out of the
channels. A quiet whirring sound builds to a
crescendo as mechanisms that havent moved
in thousands of years kick into life beneath the
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If the players successfully analysed the
tapestries in the Living Quarters, then they
know the object within the glass is the object
referred to as the Guidestone.
As soon as the characters enter and the hol-
low pillar drops over the guidestone pedestal,
the Observatory Temple’s security system
begins to work (See the Security System side-
bar)

Security System
The Observatory Temple was built and designed by Kiith Sjet, a kiith who are first and
foremost scientists. The security they put in place here was not designed to harm
those who might attempt to enter with ulterior motives or protect the Guidestone
long term, but instead protect the artefact from short term damage or simple theft
while sealing intruders in until guards arrived. Even with the temple long abandoned
the system will still protect the Guidestone, but the only guards arriving will be the
Gaalsien now that they know the team are here.

How it works

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The Guidestone is encased in glass atop a stone pillar. Above this, a mechanism is
built into the ceiling that when triggered quickly lowers a larger, hollow pillar made
of incredibly resistant rock over the Guidestone’s pillar to act as a protective casing.
Along the bottom edge of this pillar is a seal made of a putty-like chemical adhesive.
Once the mechanism is triggered, the doors to the room seal and the condensers cease
to produce water and instead begin to humidify the air. A system beneath the floor
begins to warm the room. The increasing heat is only added to by the players having
opened the doors, unbalancing the temperature the room has kept for thousands of
years.
Due to the rise in humidity and heat, the putty-like adhesive on the bottom of the
protective pillar begins to rapidly harden, sealing the Guidestone away within it.
The protective pillar could eventually be smashed, or the seals dissolve, but the players
don’t have the luxury of a true archeological expedition that would grant them the time
to do this. Instead their best chance at recovering the Guidestone is to prevent the
seal from hardening before they can jury rig the mechanism to lift the protective outer
pillar.

The team will not have long to examine the
chamber before the Guidestone is sealed
away completely.
The construction of this chamber is different
to all the other areas that the team have
encountered. Where the other areas, made of
stone and steel laid together, are functional
more than aesthetically pleasing, this area
has been designed by people who wanted
to emphasize the stone in the middle of
the room and keep it secure from anyone
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 MAP OF THE TEMPLE OBSERVATORY

Water Condensers

Speaker’s
Lecturn

Water
Channel

Seating Seating

Water Guidestone
Channel Pillar

Hidden
Control Panel

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Allow the players to explore the room for a
few moments, they don’t know yet that the
protective pillar has a sealing process but
should easily discover it after making some
tests to explore the points of interest in the
room. Tests using Reason + Exploration,
Reason + Engineering or even Insight +
Exploration are all appropriate here based
on what the characters wish to look at.
For each of the following points of interest in
the room, the players can discover the follow-
ing using a combination of tests and the Ask
a Question Momentum spend.
Condensers
The Condensers were still managing to gen-
erate water from the surrounding area some-
how, even though after this many years, the
flow of water should have dried up.
A successful Reason + Engineering test at
difficulty 2, will reveal that the condensers
were so efficient because of the sealed
environment. They recycled all the water
they produced through drainage in the floor
channels and by drawing in evaporated water
in the air. The sealed environment prevented
the water vapour escaping, creating a sealed
system.
The condensers release water in to the
channels on the floor and each has a locked
control panel.
One the pillar was dropped over the Guide-
stone, they seemingly stopped working. On
closer inspection, its easy to tell that they are
now humidifying the air, rather than simply
drawing moisture from it
Protective Outer Stone
Pillar
The pillar is constructed of a dense white
stone.
The pillar is warm to the touch at its base
within the channel on the floor, as if its
drawing heat from the slowly warming floor.
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Gamemaster
Advice: Stopping the
Security System
Upon seeing the pillar drop, the players
may attempt to intervene, preventing
the stone pillar from entirely encasing
the Guidestone pillar.
While this adventure is written to
assume that they cannot prevent
this–as it happens as soon as they
enter the room–you may choose to
allow the players to intervene.
There is nothing in the room that
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can be used to block the stone pillar
dropping, but the players may try
and use equipment the Gaalisen
were using, or their own to do this.
The stone pillar is heavy and will
eventually crush anything not made of
stone or dense metal within 2 rounds.
Stopping the pillar from reaching
the floor will prevent the seals from
beginning to harden, but the process
of raising it remains the same, as
it is part of a mechanical system.
Blocking the pillar from reaching the
floor means the players only need to
succeed at two tests to lift it, rather
than the usual three (See Lifting the
Stone Pillar).
There is a puttly-like adhesive seal of some
kind along the base of the pillar that is
hardening and fusing to floor. A Reason
+ Engineering test at difficulty 1 allows a
player to work out that the seal is rapidly
hardening from the heat and the humidity in
the air.
The pillar is connected to the mechanism
that lowers it by two lengths of heavy-duty
steel cable that feeds into a gantry in the roof
of the temple.
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work out that getting the water flowing back
into the channels might slow the process
enough for them to find a way to lift the pillar.
The control panel that controls the protec-
tive pillars mechanism is behind the plating
on the wall at the back of the room. This
can be found with an Insight + Exploration
test at difficulty 2, if the players fail to find
it, directing them to the carvings on the back
wall give them a chance to discover it. If the
players try to work the mechanism, nothing
happens while the condensers are not pro-
ducing water.
Floor Channels
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The channels in the floor would have been
used as a cleansing pool for any who
wished to approach the seating areas or the
Guidestone. Each of the major kiithid symbols
are carved into the channels, indicating that
in this room all kiithid were considered equal.
The water was drained from the channels
via small outlet pipes and is recycled back
through the condensers.
Carvings on the Back Wall
The carvings on the back wall are written
in a very old, traditional kiith dialect, often
used by Kiith S’jet in scientific writings.
Translating the carvings requires a Reason
+ Exploration test with a difficulty of 2. If
the character has the truth ‘Kiith S’jet’ the
difficulty of this test is decreased by 1. On a
success it is revealed that the carvings are a
mixture of astronomical calculations, as well
as the names of philosophers, each bearing
the S’jet name.
If the players spend Momentum to Ask a
Question–which should be encouraged
here–they can discover some other instruc-
tions that appear to be different to the astro-
nomical calculations. Players can make a
further test to translate these, using any
attribute and skill combination that would
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be reasonable, with a difficulty of 2. Success
reveals some information about the security
system. They discover that the protective pil-
lar has a seal, and water can slow down the
rapid hardening of it. They also discover the
location of hidden control panel for the pil-
lars mechanism and no longer need to make
a test to find it (see Protective Outer Stone
Pillar).
Gamemaster
Advice: Making Use of
Threat and Momentum
Encourage the players to make use
of Momentum in this scene, both for
finding out what is going on within
the chamber and for figuring out what
they need to do with that information.
Try to avoid telling the players
outright the instructions when they
spend Momentum, but instead point
them towards the areas where the
players can find the information for
themselves.
Likewise, you should remember to
spend Threat in this scene. This scene
has all the tension and the stakes
in this adventure, and the sense of
urgency should always be present.
Using Threat to bring in reinforcements
or introducing technical problems
in the system that the players must
resolve especially once the team are
close to succeeding in recovering the
Guidestone. You shouldn’t be making
it impossible for them, but it should be
challenging and allow them to come
up with inventive ways to overcome
any problems they face.
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Guidestone
Once the players have had a moment to
explore the room and discover the sealing
process beginning on the protective pillar,
it’s time to ramp up the tension! The players
will have 6 rounds to try and recover the
Guidestone before it is sealed away. This
is the perfect time to spend some Threat
to bring in the Gaalsien reinforcements
and raise the stakes for the players. Each
Gaalsien soldier costs 1 point of Threat,
while a Gaalsien Captain costs 2 points of
Threat. Four Soldiers and a Captain should
be introduced with Threat in this scene.
Once the players discover the seal and realize
they have activated a security system, read
the following:
With the Guidestone slowly being sealed
away, you know you only have moments to act
before any hope of recovery is lost. On top of
this, the doors to the Observatory Temple have
also sealed behind you, while for now they pro-
tect you from the Gaalsien presence making
its way here, its only a matter of time before
they get the doors open, leaving you trapped
with no other exit. Your only hope is to recover
the artefact and make it out of here before the
Gaalsien forces are too large to fight against.
The players take the first turn in this action
scene. Once one or two players have taken
an action, describe how they begin to hear
the Gaalsien on the other side of the doors,
attempting to force them open. The Gaalsien
will spend their turns attempting to open
the doors to the Temple or bringing in rein-
forcements. After two successful Brawn +
Combat tests with a difficulty of 3, they man-
age to get the doors open wide enough to
squeeze through, though they may attempt
to take shots at the team through this gap.
Doing so increases the difficulty of the attack
by 1. Any Gaalsien attempting to enter the
room must make an Agility + Combat test
with a difficulty of 2 to squeeze through the
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gap, into the temple. Once inside, they will
attempt to stop the players by any means
necessary.
The area is divided into zones, which can be
seen on the room map on p.52.
Recovery
Players will have to work together to recover
the Guidestone while also fighting off the
Gaalsien. In order to recover the Guidestone
the players must complete three steps:
• Restore water flow to the channels in the
floor using the condensers to prevent the
protective pillar’s seal from hardening.
• Find the control panel for the stone pillars
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mechanism to lift it.
• Removing the Guidestone from its case.
Restoring Water Flow
A Coordination + Engineering test with a
difficulty of 2 will allow the players to get
into the condensers control unit and set
it to produce water. One condenser must
be turned on in order for the protective
pillar’s mechanism to work. Each additional
condenser that is turned on will reduce the
difficulty of lifting the stone pillar by 1.
Complications rolled while resetting the
condensers can cause them to short circuit,
inflicting 2 of stress to the character and
increasing the difficulty to reset it by 1.
Lifting the Stone Pillar
Lifting the Stone Pillar requires the players
to find the control panel behind the plating
on the back wall. This can be found with an
Insight + Exploration test at difficulty 1 if
the players did not find it when exploring the
room.
Once one condenser has been reset to
produce water, the players can attempt to
start the mechanism on the control panel
to manually lift the pillar. This is a Brawn
+ Engineering or Brawn + Combat test at
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difficulty 5. Each additional reset condenser
will reduce this difficulty by 1. This test
must be succeeded at 3 times, the first two
to loosen the seals and the final test lifting
the pillar from around the Guidestone.
Complications rolled here might be used
to increase the difficulty of this test, or to
represent the Gaalsien’s interference in some
way.
Removing the Guidestone
When the players life the pillar enough to
reveal the Guidestone, read the following:
The stone depicts what appears to be a star
map of sorts, a simple diagram of the galaxy.
A single gouged line leads from a point on the
outer rim to one deep in the galactic center. At
one end of the line, adjacent to the spot that
all of you easily recognize as Kharak’s position
among the stars, is a single string of num-
bers–a three dimensional vector. At the other
end of this gouge, a single word, ancient but
common to all clan dialects: Hiigara…. Home.
Whilst the team are trying to release the
Guidestone, the Gaalsien will be closing in on
them. If all the Gaalisen have been defeated
by this point, spend some Threat to bring in
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reinforcements to put the pressure on the
players as they try to break into the Guide-
stone’s casing. Allow the players to be cre-
ative in how they do this, they may choose
brute force, using the water on the seals
along the bottom of the glass, or some other
inventive methods. The ritual blades they
found can also make light work of the seals
around the glass. If these are used, reduce
the difficulty of any test to cut the seals by
1. Allow them to make whichever tests would
be most appropriate.
As soon as they have the Guidestone in their
possession, read the following:
Your radio crackles and you hear Mevath, the
sound of gunshots echoing in the background,
clearly the Gaalsien have now assembled in
force. “I’m on the bridge, I’ve managed to set
off some security measures which have kept
the main bulk of the Gaalsien forces con-
tained for now, but it wont take them long
to get through. Get to the top of the ships
superstructure, where we saw that craft as we
approached, I think I have an escape route. Try
to avoid as many of them as you can!” You
have to get out of the Khar-Toba, and you have
to get out now.
 Gamemaster Advice: What if the Players Fail?
If the players are struggling to recover the Guidestone, you have a few options to help
them out if you wish.
• Complications that you roll give them an extra round to try and free the Guidestone
• Allow them to make a test to create a truth that can lower the difficulty of the test
• Remind them about using their defining aspects to spend their point of Fortune to
give them an advantage or bonus (see p.11)
If the players still fail to recover the Guidestone, you can have them skip to trying to
escape the Khar-Toba. They can either return at a later date to find the Gaalsien have
not been able to get the protective pillar open giving them a second chance to recover
the Guidestone, or you can simply narrate that Mevath goes back with another team
who manages to successfully recover the stone, but the players are still invited to
the speech, where you can read the text in the Epilogue, to the players. Which option
you choose depends on you and your group but we encourage you to come up with a

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creative way for the players to attempt a second recovery.

SCENE 5: A FLIGHT
TOWARDS FREEDOM

Scene Objectives
The objectives for this scene are:
• Escape the Gaalsien
• Meet Mevath Sagald on the top of
the ships superstructure
• Escape the Khar-toba
With the Guidestone removed, the team now
must meet Mevath on top of the ships super-
structure and from there, escape beyond the
reach of the Gaalsien forces. The most direct
way for them to get out would be to return
the same way that they came in. However,
the Gaalsien will be swarming in those areas,
and the team will be carrying the Guidestone
with them, making them an obvious target for
any groups that they encounter.
They will have to make their way back out of
the Temple Plaza, through the living quarters
and find their way to a lift to get to the upper
levels of the Khar-Toba to meet with Mevath.
The characters can make their way through
the following areas:
• The living quarters.
• Engine room.
• Connecting corridors. Some of these
might be completely empty, whereas oth-
ers will have supplies or debris stacked
in them, making their way through these
sections requires tests involving agility or
brawn to get through the debris. Failure
or complications may result in a Gaalsien
patrol catching up to the group, or might
be used to cause injury to characters as
debris falls or gives way.

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Gamemaster
Advice: Other Uses
for Momentum
This scene is one of action, players
should use Momentum to open new
entrances and avoid the ambushes
that have been set for them on the
way out, the GM should use Threat
to keep the Gaalsien one step behind
the team at all times. The use of the
power convertors to seal doors behind
them is recommended, as is using
Momentum to ask for advice from
Mevath, who will have far more details
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of the structure of the ship than the
team has been able to discover for
themselves.
• A room with large locked doors. Beyond
is a mid-ship control deck where the play-
ers can access a lift to the upper decks.
They will have to open the doors and get
the system inside up and running to power
the lift. Some of the flooring in the room
has degraded and is unstable, anyone who
fails on a test to cross the room suffers 3
of stress as they fall through a portion
of the floor into some of the support struc-
ture beneath, and will require assistance
from another character to pull themselves
back up.
• Upper decks. The players can make their
way through the derelict rooms before
having to climb out onto the external super
structure of the ship. The Gaalsien have
set up some rigging to allow this, but it is
still a dangerous climb.
The following hazards and dangers can be
encountered by the characters as they make
their way through the derelict and the rooms
above and to the meeting point:
• Gaalsien patrols: The Gaalsien will be
patrolling in force in groups of 4, with two
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Gaalsien Scouts and two Gaalsien Sol-
diers per group. The players may be able
to sneak past them or divert them to avoid
direct conflict. Some of these patrols may
set up ambushes. Players can make an
opposed Insight + Combat test against
the Gaalsien’s Insight + Combat. The diffi-
culty of this test is 3. If the players are suc-
cessful, they can spot the ambush. If not,
the Gaalsien attack and go first in combat.
• Powered down doors: Mevath Sagald shut
down areas of the ship from the bridge in
order to divert and slow down the Gaalsien.
Some of these doors are still powered
down and will require the players to use
power converters to open them again.
• Unstable structure: Some of the ship’s
structure is compromised, the Gaalsien are
unlikely to follow the characters into these
areas. They can easily be traversed with an
Agility + Combat or Agility + Exploration
test at difficulty 2. Failure on these tests
will result in the character suffering 2
of stress.
Escape
As they reach the top of the superstructure,
they can see a few dead Gaalsien guards and
Mevath frantically waving them over to one
of Gaalsien’s ships, the one you saw earlier
from afar, on the Khar-tobas superstructure.
As the players approach her, she quickly
explains the situation.
“We’ve been overrun and can’t remain any lon-
ger, we’re going to have to try and outrun their
ships. If we’re lucky, we’ll be able to get away
quickly with minimal combat, but we must this
artifact out of here.”
The players will have to board and fly the
Gaalsien assault craft in order to escape with
the Guidestone.
Once aboard the players have a choice of
positions they can take:
• Commanding Officer: Responsible for
instructing the crew.
 Gaalsien Interceptor Gaalsien Assault Craft
Class: Strike Craft Class: Strike Craft

Communications 10 Scale: 1 Communications 10 Scale: 1

Fuel: 10 Fuel: 12
Computers 09 Armor: 1
Computers 09 Armor: 1
Engines 10 Hull Points: 8 Engines 12 Hull Points: 7
Sensors 09 Sensors 10
Structure 07 Structure 06
Weapons 10 Weapons 08

Weapons: Special Functions: Weapons: Special Functions:

Small Projectile Anti-Strike Craft Design: Small Projectile Charged Burst Attack:

Cannons: Close range, Inflict +1 against
1 (Versatile 2) strike-craft-class ships.
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Cannons: Close range, Spend 2 Momentum
1 (Versatile 2) before making an
attack roll; if the attack
hits ignore 2 armor.

• Helm: Responsible for piloting the ship.
• Tactical: Responsible for the weapons
systems.
• Communications: Responsible
contacting the Coalition forces.
• Sensors: Responsible for tracking other
ships and looking for dangers.
Ask each player to take a position. If you have
less than 5 player characters, Mevath Sagald
can step in and fill one of the positions.
To take off, the player at the helm will need
to make an Engines + Flight test with a dif-
ficulty of 2.
When you resolve a test using the ships
systems you use the ship’s attribute + your
skill for a target number. So, instead of using
your own Agility + Flight scores when flying
the ship, you would use the ship’s Engines
+ your own Flight skill to make the target
number.
Once in the air the players may wish to do the
following:
• Contact coalition forces using a Commu-
nications + Command test at difficulty 2
to make them aware that they are return-
ing with the Guidestone. You can spend 2
for points of Threat to increase this difficulty
as enemy ships try to jam the signal.
• Scan for enemy ships using Sensors +
Reason, or Sensors + Exploration with a
difficulty of 2. Success on this roll reveals
that the team are being followed by a sin-
gle interceptor ship.
As soon as the players spot the interceptor
ship, it will open fire on them. They will have
to take the ship out in order to escape the
Gaalsien (see Ship Combat p.29).
Once the attacking Gaalsien ship has been
successfully destroyed, the players are able
to escape.
With the assault ship spiraling down in flames
behind you, you spot no others on the sensors
and you make your way out of the area as fast
as the ship can carry you, alerting coalition
forces to your presence.

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 Epilogue: A New Beginning
In the aftermath of the escape, the Guide-
stone will be handed over to Mevath Sagald,
the lead archaeologist on the project, she
in turn will confer with others over the sig-
nificance of the stone and the import of the
words found upon it.
After brining the Guidestone to some of
the High Ministers and showing them the
discovery, Mevath Sagald has the artefact, the
Guidestone, examined by the greatest minds in
the Daiamid who confirm both its validity and
its implications. You are present at the speech
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Mevath gives about the discovery, having been
invited to the capital city Tiir to be honored in
her speech.
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“I must thank the team that risked their lives
to bring this stone back to us, we have studied
it at length and have realised that this stone is
much more than just a map of a random star
system. There are markings of all the different
kiithid upon it, and it is clear from the other
information we have retrieved from the Khar-
Toba that the single string of vectors upon it
shows us where our ancestors came from,
our true home world, Hiigara. A word, a name,
that is not just any word but one that remains
universal to all our different dialects.
Home.
Our Home.
We have been shown the way, we must be
brave enough to walk back along the path that
our ancestors walked, we must find a way to
return to our home.
GAALSIEN SOLDIERS GAALSIEN SCOUTS

Truths: Gaalsien Truths: Gaalsien

Attributes Skills Attributes Skills

Agility 08 Combat 02 Agility 09 Combat 02
Brawn 09 Engineering 00 Brawn 08 Engineering 00
Coordination 09 Flight 00 Coordination 10 Flight 00
Insight 08 Command 01 Insight 08 Command 01
Reason 08 Exploration 02 Reason 07 Exploration 02
Will 09 Medical 01 Will 09 Medical 01

Maximum Stress: 11 Maximum Stress: 10

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Armor Rating: 1 Armor Rating: 1
Weapons: Weapons:
Stress Range Stress Range
Weapon Effects Qualities Weapon Effects Qualities
Rating and Type Rating and Type
Combat Vicious Combat Vicious
4 Reach Debilitating 4 Reach Debilitating
Knife 1 Knife 1

2 2
Unarmed = to Knock- Unarmed = to Knock-
Reach Reach
Strike Combat down Strike Combat down
skill skill
Automatic Vicious Composite
6 Close Inaccurate 6 Medium
Pistol 1 Rifle

Talents: None Talents: Vigilant

Equipment: Goggles Whenever you attempt a skill test to detect
danger or hidden enemies, reduce the
difficulty by 1.
Equipment: Goggles

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 GAALSIEN SCIENTISTS GAALSIEN CAPTAIN

Truths: Gaalsien Truths: Gaalsien

Attributes Attributes Skills

Agility 09 Combat 01 Agility 10 Combat 05
Brawn 08 Engineering 02 Brawn 11 Engineering 02
Coordination 09 Flight 02 Coordination 11 Flight 03
Insight 11 Command 00 Insight 10 Command 01
Reason 10 Exploration 03 Reason 08 Exploration 03
Will 07 Medical 01 Will 09 Medical 02

Maximum Stress: 10 Maximum Stress: 16

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Armor Rating: 0 Armor Rating: 2

Weapons: Weapons:
Stress Range Stress Range
Weapon Effects Qualities Weapon Effects Qualities
Rating and Type Rating and Type

1 Combat Vicious
7 Reach Debilitating
Unarmed =to Knock- Knife 1
Reach
Strike Combat down
Composite
skill 8 Close
Pistol
Talents: None Knock-
Unarmed 5 Reach
Equipment: Researchers Kit down
Vicious
Officers 2,
3 Reach
Blade Piercing
1

Talents: Deadly Shot

When the character makes a ranged attack
with a weapon with the Vicious quality, that
quality is increased by 1.
Equipment: None

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Mevath Sagald
Mevath Sagald’s stats are provided here for MEVATH SAGALD
reference. She is not intended to be a Player
Truths: Kiith Sagald
Character run by the GM, but if players get
stuck, Mevath can assist with tests or fill in
should the player group be less than 5 and Attributes Skills
struggling in the final ship fight. Mevath how- Agility 08 Combat 01
ever can still take stress during combat. Brawn 09 Engineering 01
Coordination 07 Flight 02
Insight 10 Command 03
Reason 11 Exploration 04
Will 08 Medical 01

Maximum Stress: 10

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Armor Rating: 1
Weapons:
Stress Range
Weapon Effects Qualities
Rating and Type
Combat Vicious
3 Reach Debilitating
Knife 1
Composite
5 Close
Pistol
Knock-
Unarmed 1 Reach
down

Talents: None
Equipment:
Goggles: In situations where environmental
conditions would effect vision, such as high
winds or debris, the difficulty of any tests relating
to vision are decreased in difficulty by 1. If you
would take damage from such a condition, these
goggles give you a single point of armour.

Non-Plated Body Armor: +1 to Armor Rating

Wrist Computer: A small screen strapped to the

wrist. Connecting wirelessly to communicate
within a ship, and to receive updates from Fleet
Command and Intelligence. The wrist computer
can also interface with other computers allowing
the download and transfer of information.

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