Voidships

Special Abilities

• Additional Plasma Conduits:
• Advanced Cogitator Linkage: Shrikes include kilometers of sophisticated linkage cabling, which at one time allowed a highly advanced core cogitator to exercise extreme control over the systems. Although the heretical cogitator is long removed, the linkage remains. This vessels gains a +1 bonus to all attack rolls to fire the ship’s weaponry.
• Ancient Grand Cruiser:
• Antiquated Communications: All Command Tests on a Turbulent suffer a –5 penalty.
• Cargo Hauler: This vessel was designed for transporting goods, and no amount of retrofitting can fully change this. This Hull comes pre-equipped with one Main Cargo Hold Component. The hull’s Space has already been reduced to account for this, however when the ship is constructed it must be able to provide a total of 2 Power to this Component.
• Carrier: The voidship comes pre-equipped with two Jovian-class Launch Bay Components in one port and one starboard slot, which may not be removed. The hull’s space has already been reduced to account for this; however, when the ship is constructed it must be able to provide one Power to each launch bay Component (two in total).
• Cramped:
• Cursed: The advanced experimental warp drive of the class creates unusual harmonics which can cause the Gellar field to flicker momentarily during warp transit, escalating navigational
• Double Cargo Hauler: This vessel was designed for transporting goods, and no amount of retrofitting can fully change this. This Hull comes pre-equipped with two Main Cargo Hold Components. The hull’s Space has already been reduced to account for this, however when the ship is constructed it must be able to provide a total of 4 Power to these Components.
• Easy to Repair: When effecting long term repairs, this ship may repair an additional +2 Hull Integrity if the repairs succeed.
• Fast Ship:
• Fiery Temperament: For some reason, the plasma drives on a Turbulent tend to burn hotter than on comparable vessels. Though this isn’t enough to compensate for the added mass, it does give more power. Any plasma drive installed on a Turbulent has its Power Generated increased by +2.
• Galleon:
• Hybrid Vessel:
• Inherent Warship:
• Mega Cargo Hauler: This vessel was designed for transporting goods, and no amount of retrofitting can fully change this. This Hull comes pre-equipped with four Main Cargo Hold Components. The hull’s Space has already been reduced to account for this, however when the ship is constructed it must be able to provide a total of 8 Power to these Components.
• Oversized Monstrosity: This vessel’s Speed cannot be increased by Components—if a Component would increase its Speed, it has no effect instead.
• Plasma Refinery: This vessel comes pre-equipped with a unique Component, a Plasma Refinery, used to create high-grade fuel for plasma engines. This is a huge facility mounted amidships. This grants the ship the ability to scoop plasma from the stars, refine it, and sell it on. The profits gained by this enterprise are closely matched to the costs of running the vessel, however the Explorers can use it to augment their own endeavors. The refining process simply requires a large supply of low-grade ore, however the plasma harvesting process is more involved. The ship must enter a retrograde orbit around a blue-giant star, a maneuver that takes three days and requires two Pilot/DEX tests against Maneuverability-1. Failure of either of these Tests by three or more results in the ship’s destruction. Success means the ship gains enough additional plasma to convert one full load of ore, granting the Explorers +100 Achievement Points to an ongoing Endeavour (the refined plasma can either be used in the Endeavour, or sold to generate funds).
• Powered by Stars: Provided the Goliath harvests plasma roughly once a year, its Plasma Drive generates +10 power.
• Secondary Power Genetorium: The Universe class is so large it comes pre-equipped with a unique Component, a Secondary Power Genetorium. The hull’s Space has already been reduced to account for this Component, which provides +10 power to the vessel in addition to that provided by the ship’s Plasma Drive.
• Torpedo Specialist:
• Wolf in Sheep's Clothing:

Essential Components

Plasma Drives

Warp Engines

Gellar Fields

Void Shields

Ship's Bridge

Life Sustainers

Crew Quarters

Auger Arrays

Supplemental Components

Weapons

Other Components

Notes

Rules

The RT rules for each Voidship and component can be found in the Core Rulebook, pp. 188-228; Into the Storm, pp. 148-168; and Battlefleet Koronus, pp. 6-42.

A voidship requires 1 of each essential component.