Red Alert Rocket Ranger v2

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by 1ichael - 2allahan

Red Alert Rocket Ranger is for -lipstream.

DESIGN THEORY $et's face it3 4PG vehicle combat seems so promising but,

in practice, players often get bored or distracted. hy isvehicle combat so compelling in the movies5

-o watched T6 battles until something occurred to me3

on the show, technical details are kept abstract 7 %ust

enough background to keep the audience within the story.The scenes stay 8character focused' as the heroes act and

react to the combat. love the details of the vehicles, but

the focus should remain on the characters and thus, the

players. The vehicles are %ust props for the story. appreciated the abstraction of the 6ehicle 4ules and the

1aneuvers in -avage orlds, but felt the turning keys

and measuring of ranges in inches set the focus on thevehicle. -o got rid of them. 've simplified some rulesand added some to highlight story style. The 4ed (lert

series of games 9of which there will be more for various

genres# intends to keep the focus on characters3 arguing

tactics to gain the edge in combat and using their skills tomake those tactics work.

-o, seal those bulkheads and ga:e into the 4adiophone

display; The pirate ships are coming in fast;

hat will you do5

GAME PLAY

To keep things simple, vehicle combat is like normal

man


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INITIATIVE CARDS

@ust like -avage orlds character combat, there are cards

dealt for nitiative. (ll characters within a single vehicle

are a 8team' called the 2rew and move with that vehicle.n order to be dealt an individual nitiative 2ard, the

rocket must be commanded by a ild 2ard hero or villain.

(ny other ships should be grouped into 8suadrons' and

dealt a card. 6ehicles take their turn in order, allowing forsurprise and Edges.

There is no 8Aold' (ction 7 rockets are way too fast for

such tactical precision. -o, %ust use the card your dealt, me

bucko 9unless there is an Edge involved;#.@okers still have their usual effect.

hen a ship's nitiative 2ard comes up, the characters on

board decide the ship's movement , attacks and any tactics

their vehicle is attempting during its turn in combat. Thosethree activities are separate, but they do influence one

another. Tactics ad%ust combat modifiers and movement

on the 4adiophone. 1ovement will affect range penalties

in combat. =ut the biggest affect is that, while a simple

one area move is 8free actions' and most attacks are 8freeactions', each Tactic after the first will provide a 1ultiple

(ction Penalty similar to those in character combat.

hen the ship's activities are agreed upon, then they aredeclared, like the (ctions of a character in normal -avage

orlds combat. The e&act order of movement, tactics and

weapon's fire is up to the vehicle's player and can be

dependent upon the success or failure of Tactic 4olls.1ovement, tactics and weapon fire can be intermingled

9such as3 1oveBeaponBTacticB1oveBeapon# as long as

no single weapon fires more than once and the vehicle has

the reuired movement.

MOVEMENT -hips with a 1ove Trait of CD may make one move to an

ad%acent area as a Free Action. This is similar to acharacter in combat moving his 8Pace'. F!"" Speed’ Tactic3 -hips with a 1ove Trait of or

more have the option of moving more than one area by

selecting the 8Full -peed' Tactic. This does reuire using aTactic and counts for 1ultiple (ction Penalties much like

-avage orld's 84un' (ction. The number of areas of

added movement is based upon the 1ove Trait. -electing

the 8Full -peed' Tactic allows for all and any movementallowed by the 1ove Trait 7 you don't have to select the

Tactic again for each added area. The 8Full -peed' Tactic

does not reuire the usual Tactics 4oll to succeed 7 it isautomatic. t does, however, count when determining1ultiple (ction Penalties for other Tactic 4olls.

F!"" #!rn’ Tactic ( ship can attempt the 8Full =urn'

Tactic to temporarily increase its 1ove Trait for the turn,

even when at 8' 1ove Trait. This can be used with the8Full -peed' Tactic 9with 1(P# to move more than one

area.

Move Trait at $ero or Lo%er

( ship can suffer damage that can lower its normal 1ove

Trait to :ero or less. (t :ero or less 1ove, the ship may not

move areas or perform Tactics reuiring the Pilot. Drifting 3 n space, a :ero 1ove ship will simply drift

onward. Every other turn, it will move towards the >uter

4ing of the 4adiophone. f in the >uter 4ing, each time at

the end of its turn it will automatically drift away from the battle as if it used the 8Escape' Tactic, unless any enemy

ships are in its area.

>f course, a ship adrift may run afoul of all sorts of

ha:ards. That is left up to the Gamemaster. Falling Out of the Sky3 n an atmosphere, a :ero 1ove

ship will crash land. The damage will be catastrophic,

unless the Pilot can make a Pilot roll at 7"3


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Tactic Trappin&' (C S)i"" * Position

One Turn Effects

n Pilot . ,ilot

D to AitFull Power 4epair . /ngineer

>ututer 4ing#.

hichever ship scores the highest roll chooses one of the

following options3


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(EAPONS FIRE

?uring its turn, a vehicle may make attacks. (s in

-avage orlds combat, a ship may move, fire, and keep

moving during its turn. (gile ships use this trick to :ip inand out of a better range against slower targets.

nly Aeavy eapons can have a chance ofdamaging something with Aeavy (rmor.

-ome rocketships have even more armor due to Edges.


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DAMAGE

1ost weapon damage is rolled against the target's

Toughness, which may be ad%usted due to the Target's

Tactics, the 8Aeavily (rmored' Edge or the 86ery Aeavily(rmored' Edge.

eapons roll damage as listed on the eapon $isting, but

each has its own peculiarities as detailed below.


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f the vehicle uses the 8Fight Fires' Tactics, it has a

chance to put the entire fire out. -ee the description of the

8Fight Fires' Tactic for more detail.

STARSHIPS

*E+ITOI%, -TT*E

1oveBEscape CBC Toughness 0

2limb ) 2argo C

Aandling


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/7tra Armored

PIR%TE R%I"ER

1oveBEscape MB Toughness 0

2limb ) 2argo "

Aandling 2ost ,

Travel -peed M2rew D/3 C Pilot, C 4P, / Passenger

eapons C Jose D " -wivel

%,'E*I /O-TIP

1oveBEscape MB Toughness C

2limb 2argo

Aandling 2ost C*,

Travel -peed M

2rew D"3 C Pilot, C 4P, " Passenger

eapons C Jose D -wivel

"R%/O "R%'O,IP

1oveBEscape B Toughness CM

2limb M 2argo M

Aandling DC 2ost C0,

Travel -peed M

2rew DC3 C Pilot, C 4P, C Passengers

eapons C Jose D -wivel

+%*0.RI%, RO/0ETIP

1oveBEscape BC Toughness *

2limb 2argo C

Aandling DC 2ost C),

Travel -peed M

2rew CDC3 C PilotB4P, C Passenger

eapons C Jose

/7tra Armored# %ery 'eavily Armored

%,%TR%1I%, $%RIP 1oveBEscape MBM Toughness C

2limb M 2argo

Aandling DC 2ost 1ilitary

Travel -peed "

2rew )D"K3 C PilotB4P, " Gunners, " Passenger

eapons C Jose D " -wivel D ?ust ?ispenser

K>n the arship, Gunners are mandatory and added to the

2rew number.


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/7tra Armored (ILD CARD ROC4ETSHIPS

-ome ships are luckier than others 7 especially those

piloted by the heroes or villains; That being the case,

some ships are 8ild 2ards' in their own right;hat that means is that a ild 2ard ship can have Edges

and Aindrances and each ild 2ard ship has three =ennies

9ad%usted for Edges or Aindrances#. ( =enny can be usedon any Trait roll from the 2rew, to soak damage upon theship or to remove one -haken effect upon the ship.

-AP E?GE- (J? AJ?4(J2E-

Three ships above start with special Edges. (ny ild2ard ship can start its 8life' with up to two AindrancesH

each one earning the ship one 8free' Edge in e&change

9Lep, that's where the 8resources' come from;#. (fter that,

a ship can gain one Edge for every ten E&perience Points.Aow does a ship get its own OP5 ith the happy

donations of the player characters, of course; Each time a

player character earns his OP, he or she can give over any

amount they desire for the good of the ship.ith the e&ception of 8Good 2rew', no Edge or

Aindrance may be taken more than once.

EDGES/

G,ro*'ta1i"i5ed G!n'/ DC to Ait, D to ?amageT!r1o3 DC 1ove, DC 2limb, DC EscapeFire*Contro" E6!ip+ent/ DC Fight FiresH Aeat 4ays and

2riticals only cause a fire with a C


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RACIAL #ENEFITS

Jot all races fight the same. Their natural tendencies and

backgrounds have differentiated some of the races in

combat. =elow is a list of some benefits if a ship iswillingly crewed by +) or more of a particular race.


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Attac) Ro""3 9-kill or 2rew 4ating# vs. "Modi.ier'/


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