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Tech kit

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	The technician's toolkit contains all of the tools needed to make field reparis on vehicles and other equipment. Because plasteel is used to make so many items that formerly were made of steel or iron, the kit weights only 20 kg and can be carried in a backpack. A techkit contains:		The technician's toolkit contains all of the tools needed to make field reparis on vehicles and other equipment. Because plasteel is used to make so many items that formerly were made of steel or iron, the kit weights only 20 kg and can be carried in a backpack. A techkit contains:

-	Socket wrench- adjustable from 5mm to 5 cm	+	<ul><li>Socket wrench- adjustable from 5mm to 5 cm</li><li>Open end wrench- adjustable as socket wrench</li><li>Electrodrive- rotates all shapes and size of screws and bolts</li><li>Insulated wire- 10 meters</li><li>Uninsulated wire- 25 meters, can support 2,000 kg</li><li>Prybar- 1 meter plasteel rod, collapses to 10 cm</li><li>Jack- 5000kg capacity, .5 meter lift, collapses to 200 cm cube</li><li>Hammer- large ballpeen high impact head</li><li>Ion bonding tape- 10 cm wide x 5 meters long, bonds directly to any metal</li><li>Plastibond- tube of plastic filler, bonds to any plastic surface in one minute; 5 applications</li><li>500 nuts, bolts, clamps, screws and nails</li><li>10 hoses of assorted sizes</li><li>Electrosnips- powered metal cutting shears (sheet metal only)</li><li>Magnegrips- electromagnetic vicegrips</li><li>Spray Lubricant-10 applications of pressurized synthoil</li><li>Spray waterproofing- will insulate circuits cloth, etc., from moisture; 5 applications.</li></ul>

-	~~Open end wrench- adjustable as socket wrench~~	+	'''Cost:''' 500 Cr
-		+	'''Weight:''' 12 kg
-	~~Electrodrive- rotates all shapes and size of screws and bolts~~	+
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-	~~Insulated wire- 10 meters~~	+
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-	~~Uninsulated wire- 25 meters, can support 2,000 kg~~	+
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-	~~Prybar- 1 meter plasteel rod, collapses to 10 cm~~	+
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-	~~Jack- 5000kg capacity, .5 meter lift, collapses to 200 cm cube~~	+
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-	~~Hammer- large ballpeen high impact head~~	+
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-	~~Ion bonding tape- 10 cm wide x 5 meters long, bonds directly to any metal~~	+
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-	~~Plastibond- tube of plastic filler, bonds to any plastic surface in one minute; 5 applications~~	+
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-	~~500 nuts, bolts, clamps, screws and nails~~	+
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-	~~10 hoses of assorted sizes~~	+
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-	~~Electrosnips- powered metal cutting shears (sheet metal only)~~	+
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-	~~Magnegrips- electromagnetic vicegrips~~	+
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-	~~Spray Lubricant-10 applications of pressurized synthoil~~	+
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-	~~Spray waterproofing- will insulate circuits cloth, etc., from moisture; 5 applications.~~	+
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-	Cost: 500 Cr~~, Wgt.~~: 12 kg	+

	Return to [[Tool Kits or Refill]]		Return to [[Tool Kits or Refill]]

East Indiaman

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	==Transposant Ship==		==Transposant Ship==
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	Both governments and corporations have found it necessary		Both governments and corporations have found it necessary
	to displace troublesome elements in the population, and the		to displace troublesome elements in the population, and the

File:EastIndiaman.png

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East Indianman Knight Hawks Scenario

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<big>'''UPF Escort'''</big>

This is a Knight Hawks advanced game scenario. It
requires the hex map from the Knight Hawks boxed set
and several counters to represent various ships, as
described below.

==Background==
An [[East Indiaman]] Medium Freighter is on its way from Gruna
Garu (Hargut) to Prenglar (Gran Quivera) with a shipment of
Yazirian-made gyrojet rifles for distribution to the remnants
of LandFleet, stationed and awaiting weapons for their next
mission.

The dread pirate Googrith-Kaar (Dralasite – complete with a
patch, peg-leg, and hook for a hand –and a flair for the ultradramatic
pirate talk of ancient humans) has caught wind of
this and has mobilized his pirate fleet - which normally
wouldn’t prey on something this large.

Of course, UPF sent along an armed escort, but in typical
armed-escort fashion, it’s under-equipped for the danger it
faces. As soon as the forward UPF scout detects the pirates,
it sends out a request for some assistance to the UPF fleet
stationed in the Prenglar system. Will the back-up arrive in
time?

==Setting Up==
The two forces enter the map from opposite, short map
edges. The pirate player can establish whatever speed he
wants for each of his ships on the previous turn. The East
Indiaman freighter and the UPF ships must begin with a
speed of 5. The UPF Assault Scout (it was scouting ahead)
must begin in the center of the map, unlike all other ships
which must begin touching the edge of the map at opposite
ends. At the start of the scenario, the freighter is in the
control of the UPF side. After the ships are placed, the pirate
side has initiative (is designated side A).

{| style="width:350px;"
|+ '''The Pirate Fleet'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|Ship|| HP|| ADF|| MR|| DCR|| Weapons|| Defenses
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Fighters P1,P2,P3,P4||8|| 4|| 5|| 30
|align="left"| ARx3
|align="left"| RH
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Assault Scouts P5,P6|| 15|| 5|| 4|| 50
|align="left"| ARx4, LB
|align="left"| RH
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Command Frigate P7|| 40|| 4|| 3|| 70
|align="left"| LC, RBx4, LB, Tx2
|align="left"|RH, MSx2, ICMx4
|}

{| style="width:350px;"
|+ '''The UPF Escort'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|Ship|| HP|| ADF|| MR|| DCR|| Weapons|| Defenses
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Fighters U1,U2||8|| 4|| 5|| 30
|align="left"| ARx3
|align="left"| RH
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Assault Scouts U3|| 15|| 5|| 4|| 50
|align="left"| ARx4, LB
|align="left"| RH
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Destroyer U4|| 50|| 3|| 3|| 75
|align="left"| LC, RBx4, LB, Tx2, EB
|align="left"|RH, MSx2, ICMx5
|}

{| style="width:350px;"
|+ '''The East Indiaman Medium Freighter'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|Ship|| HP|| ADF|| MR|| DCR|| Weapons|| Defenses
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Medium Freighter F1|| 50|| 1|| 3|| 50
|align="left"| LB
|align="left"| RH
|}

==Special Rules==
===Time===
It is important for the players to keep track of the
number of turns that have passed in the game since the
beginning of the scenario. For simplicity, this burden falls on
the side of the pirate player(s), since they begin the game
with automatic initiative. Each time it’s the pirate player(s)
turn, add 1 to the number of turns that have passed.

===Grapple & Board===
Any ship can attempt to gain control of
the East Indiaman freighter by grapple & board attempt.
Fighters will be useless for this, of course, but other ships can
be quite effective. To do this, a ship enters the same hex as
the East Indiaman going in the same direction and speed as
the freighter, ending its turn docked on top (where the LB
can’t shoot it!). This is more complicated than one may
think, and takes careful planning and maneuvering. If this is
done, the two ships move as one (whoever controls the East
Indiaman moves both ships; they’re connected). Each turn
the grappling ship rolls d100. If less than or equal to that
ship’s HP rating (maximum, not current), the grappling ship
gains control of the East Indiaman.

''For example: if the Command Frigate P6 successfully maneuvers into the right hex at the right direction at the right speed, the pirate player rolls d100. If the result is less than or equal to 40 (the Frigate’s max HP), he has successfully captured the freighter and now controls it.''

The only way to halt the takeover is for the East Indiaman’s
controlling player to shake off the grapple. This is done by
rolling 1d10 and rolling less than or equal to that ship’s MR
(that is, they must roll 3 or less). This knocks off the
grappled ship, which is now moving in the same direction and
speed as the East Indiaman but no longer moving with that
ship.

===A Spy Among Us===
Unknown to the captain of the East
Indiaman Class Medium Freighter, the pirate Googrith-Kaar
has planted a spy in the midst of that crew (that’s why he’s
emboldened to raid a ship this large). He has been spending
his entire mission acquiring the means by which to gain
control of the freighter. The pirate player(s) may, at any
point, call on this spy to act. When this happens, roll 2d10.
If the result is less than the number of turns that have
passed since the beginning of the scenario, the spy is
successful and the Pirate player now controls the East
Indiaman. This can only be attempted once, successful or
not. The UPF player might figure things out if the pirate team
seems to be waiting for something...

===Calling for Reinforcements===
On turn 20, the UPF’s
reinforcements arrive, traveling any speed the UPF player
desires. They’ll come from the pirate’s side of the map (from
the direction the East Indiaman freighter was heading)! This
will sandwich the pirates between two dangerous groups.
The pirate player need not keep track of the passage of turns
at this point; it’s the last timed event in the scenario. The
reinforcements will be as follows:

{| style="width:350px;"
|+ '''UPF Reinforcements'''
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
|Ship|| HP|| ADF|| MR|| DCR|| Weapons|| Defenses
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Fighters U5,U6||8|| 4|| 5|| 30
|align="left"| ARx3
|align="left"| RH
|- align="center" style="background: #eeeeee;"
|align="left"|Destroyer U7|| 50|| 3|| 3|| 75
|align="left"| LC, RBx4, LB, Tx2, EB
|align="left"|RH, MSx2, ICMx5
|}

==Victory Conditions==
Unlike many scenarios, the victor isn’t the side who
eliminates all of the opponents. The victor is whoever owns
the East Indiaman freighter when it travels off the map in the
opposite direction from where the controlling player started
the scenario. Thus, if the pirate player controls it when it
exits the map in the direction the UPF side started, then the
pirate fleet is the victor. If the East Indiaman is destroyed for
any reason, nobody wins and the scenario ends in a tie.

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East Indiaman

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[[File:EastIndaman3D.png|right|300px]]

<div style="border: thin solid black; background:#eeeeee; width: 50%;
padding: 0 5px; float:right; margin:0 0 0 5px;">
'''Editor’s Note:''' This article first appeared in the
September 1984 issue of IMAGINE magazine. Stuart Shaw
enjoyed that article and thought it could use some new art
and some revamping. He did an amazing job. This article
is the first in a potential series of articles showing some
starship designs, complete with deck plans and exterior
images, for players in the Star Frontiers game.

Knight Hawks is a really big toolset for the creation of
starships, but one thing lacking in that set of rules is a
repository of standard ships commonly found throughout
the Frontier. Every ship has to be created from scratch.
This article serves to correct that oversight. Future articles
can include submissions from anyone... even if you’re not
artistic enough to pull off the deck plans or images. We’re
a pool of creative talent and we all have our role.

Page references are to the original texts, not the Digitally
Remastered versions of those same books.
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The East Indiaman Class is based on a size 10 hull. It has a
beam of 39m of an overall length (including the drives) of
210m. The ship's only defensive system - a reflective hull - is
provided as standard, as is a laser battery mounted in a chin
turret.

East Indiamen are usually powered by three type B ion
engines - these are usually de-rated military drives, or
occasionally UPF-surplus drives. Launched from the airdock of
Tallyman Associates (the designers) at Triad starport, a basic
East Indiaman as described below costs Cr 1,330,000. If built
by a licensed contractor at another Class I starport the cost of
the basic ship rises to Cr 1,570,000.

Atomic drives can be fitted in place of the ion engines. This
version, including an up-rated Drive program and deluxe
astrogation package costs Cr 2.4 million. The ship's ADF is 3
with atomic drives. All other statistics remain the same.

The deck plans, side view and descriptions which follow in the
sections below are for a typical cargo carrying East Indiaman.
As such, the ship serves as an excellent example of what is
delivered to a customer by Tallyman Associates. Naturally,
customers and crews rapidly alter and add to the basic
specifications to make a ship more like home.

===Construction standards===
[[File:EastIndiamanPlan.png|right|300px]]

The hull is made of poly-carbon
and is capable of sustaining 200+2d100 points of structural
damage at any point (portholes are made of armored plastic,
and can take the same damage). Airlock hatches can take
200+d100 points of structural damage internally, breaching
the bulkheads requires 50+2d10 points of damage. Unless
noted otherwise, compartment doors are of heavy
construction (c.f. Structural Points table; Alpha Dawn
Expanded Rule Book p25).

===Security Systems===
The hull is fitted with skin sensors that
are tied into the Installation (Ship) Security program. A full
size camera system giving coverage of the entire ship is also
fitted. The resulting video images may be displayed by any
computer terminal on the ship. The Ship Security program
also controls movement through a system of cardlocks.

Crew ID cards will open all airlock hatches and doors on the
vessel, and allow use of the elevator. Access to the cabins
and the Bridge is usually restricted to nominated crew
members. When issued, passenger ID cards allow access to
the passenger's cabin, the mess and the recreation lounge.
The elevator cardlock will only allow access to decks where
the user's ID card can open doors.

Although not mentioned in any Tallyman sales literature,
there is an additional security system fitted. Built into both of
the Life Support systems are tranquillizer devices that can be
triggered from the Pilot's position on either Bridge. Anyone
who is not wearing some form of protection – a space suit, an
emergency suit or a gas mask – is treated as being in the
burst radius of a doze grenade when either of these systems
is activated. Usually only the Ship's master, pilot and
engineer are told of the existence of this system.

===Elevator===
The central lift shaft is built to the same standards
as the outer hull. It carries not only the personnel elevator
that runs the entire length of the ship, but much of the
vessel's 'central nervous system' as well. All the fiber-optic
computer and intercom links and the main power and water
supplies are buried within the walls of the shaft. A recessed
ladder is also built into the side of the shaft for use in
emergencies when the lift fails.

===Cabins===
All the cabins aboard an East Indiaman Freighter are
similar in the fixtures and fittings provided. Each contains a
bed locker or closet for each occupant, an intercom, a
computer terminal (allowing access to the entertainment
functions of the Communications program only), spacesuit
storage facilities and an emergency suit for each occupant
(see the section New Equipment section for further details of
the emergency suit).

===Crew===
The minimum recommended number of crew beings
required to run an East Indiaman is four - ship's master, pilot,
astrogator, and engineer. Crew members would be expected
to do more than one job. A more usual complement is seventhe
exact breakdown of tasks varies from ship to ship - as
this is large enough to allow some crew back up and small
enough to be economic.

The ship's master is a designated crew member, often the
pilot or the ship's owner, charged with overall management of
the ship. The designated ship's master is granted a large
number of user privileges on the computer - he or she is
usually the only individual who can access any program from
any part of the ship. UPF space regulations hold the ship's
master responsible for safety and all other activities of the
vessel.

==Transposant Ship==
Both governments and corporations have found it necessary
to displace troublesome elements in the population, and the
moving of these 'transposants' proved too expensive by
normal commercial means.

A Transposant East Indiaman carries the nine modified cargo
pods, each containing 2000 storage berths and the attendant
life support equipment. Each ship can carry up to 18,000
transposant beings -political prisoners, commercial dissidents,
criminals, enforced colonial Volunteers, and corporate labor
transportees - to wherever they are required. The UPF also
has an ion-drive Transposant East Indiaman - UPFS S'sor -
for relocating troops between bases.

==A Deck: The Bridge==
[[File:EastIndiamanDeckA.png|right|300px]]

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">1</div>
'''Astrogation:''' Only the basic astrogation equipment
package is provided on an East lndiaman, as these ships
are intended to fly regular, well charted routes. The
computer terminal allows access only to the Astrogation,
Analysis and Information Storage programs

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">2</div>
'''Pilot's Position:''' All ship control functions can be
performed from this one seat, as the helm and other
controls - including cargo and engine jettison controls -
are within easy reach (engine jettison controls are
included only if the ship has atomic drives – cargo jettison
controls are standard). In addition to the master control
panel, the pilot’s position allows use of the videocom
radio, the intercom system, the hull camera system, the
radar and the hull skin sensor readouts.

All programs may normally be accessed.

The adjacent console duplicates some of the controls,
allowing a co-pilot to monitor the ship's functions as well.
Computer access from this console is restricted to the
Drive, Alarm, Damage Control and Communications
programs.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">3</div>
'''Communications Position:''' Usually unoccupied, this
console is the central control for the ship's
communication and detection equipment - the videocom
radio, the intercom system, the hull camera system, the
radar and the hull skin sensors Only from here can
computer data be transmitted (for example, cargo
manifests too customs inspection ship) to an external
system through the videocom radio.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">4</div>
'''Fire Control Position:''' This is the primary control
position for the chin mounted laser battery (10 & 10A)
and control of the weapon is normally assigned to this
position. A character with Energy Weapons Gunnery skill
may use his or her subskills from this console to influence
the success of any fire from the laser battery.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">5</div>
'''Engineer's Monitoring Position:''' This console allows
indirect monitoring of the ship's engineering functions
through Drive, Alarm and Damage Control programs. The
console also includes a separate intercom link (not
connected to the central intercom) to the workpods, the
engineering decks (E and G Decks) and the spacesuit
radios.

==B Deck: Computer and Avionics==
[[File:EastIndiamanDeckB.png|right|300px]]

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">6</div>
'''Computer Compartment:''' This compartment is built to
hull standards, and the door is fortified Only the ship's
master, the pilot and the engineer can enter and a security
code must be entered at the Pilot's position (2) before the
door will open.

The compartment contains the ship's computer, a level 4
machine, and the bulk of the ship's avionics - the electronic,
detection and communications equipment This includes the
hull camera control, the radar installation, the astrogation
electronics package and the videocom system

The computer runs all the programs needed on the ship
These include Drive, Computer Lockout, Astrogation, Alarm,
Damage Control, Cargo handling, Laser Battery, Skin Sensor,
Life Support Installation (Ship) Security 4, Commerce 2,
Communrcatrons-2, Computer Security-3, Information
Storage-3, Bureaucracy 3, and Analysis 4 programs, which
are supplied as standard. There is sufficient space to expand
the computer to a maximum of 500 function points

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">7</div>
'''Pilot's Cabin:''' The pilot's cabin is deliberately placed
within the ship as close as possible to the Bridge. In
addition to the usual fixtures, the pilot's cabin has its own
toilet facilities and a small automatic galley that can provide
hot drinks and quick snacks. The Computer terminal is linked
directly to the Drive and Alarm programs and is programmed
to alert the off-duty pilot to any major malfunction in the
ship's systems.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">8</div>
'''Arms Locker:''' The Arms Locker will only open under the
same circumstances as the Computer Compartment (6)
When delivered from the airdock, the arms locker is not
usually supplied with weaponry, but a small weapons
workbench is fitted.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">9</div>
'''Escape Pod:''' The ship's one escape pod is intended for
the pilot's use. In an emergency, the pilot is expected to
remain at the control console until the last possible moment
and then escape aboard this pod

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">10&10A</div>
''''Secondary Fire Control, Laser Battery and Radar Mounting:''' All the
functions of the Fire Control position (4) on the bridge are
duplicated here, with the added thrill of being able to watch
the laser battery in action.

Major repairs to the laser battery or radar mounting (I DA)
can only be made from outside the ship, but some minor
circuitry can be reached from inside If the laser battery or
radar system is damaged in combat, there is a 15% chance
that a repair can be made from within the ship.

==C Deck: Forward Crew Quarters==
[[File:EastIndiamanDeckC.png|right|300px]]

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">11-15</div>
'''Crew Cabins:''' Two of the cabins are for
double occupancy, one (12) has two single
berths, while the other (15) has a double bed installed.
The beds are bolted to the floor but can be made to lower
into the floor with the push of a button, a decorative panel
(resembles an area rug) will move to cover the
compartment. The decorative panel is padded for
comfort, so crewmen can enjoy a private area to exercise
as needed.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">16</div>
'''Recreation Lounge:''' The recreation area has a
large screen computer terminal linked to the
entertainment section of the Communications program. A
small automatic galley, capable of providing drinks and
snacks, is also fitted. In emergencies, this area can be
converted into adequate - if somewhat uncomfortable -
passenger space.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">17&18</div>
'''Guard Cabins:''' Cargo guards, provided by
the cargo owners) to prevent the ship and
cargo being 'lost', are allocated special cabins. These
differ from normal cabins in that the doors are fortified, a
weapon power clip/pack recharging station is provided
and the computer terminal is allowed access to Analysis,
Information Storage, Commerce, and Installation Security
programs

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">19</div>
'''Toilets and Shower:''' The toilets and shower are
standard space-going models, designed for use in
zero gravity conditions

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">20&21</div>
'''Sick Bay & Dispensary Allocation:''' These two compartments are intended for
use as a sick bay and medical office. An augmented (with
a complete set of spare drugs) medkit is included when
the ship is launched, along with two beds and a computer
terminal.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">22</div>
'''Lifeboat:''' The lifeboat is a standard model (see
Knight Hawks Campaign Book p 17), streamlined
for planetary landings, and it has a primitive autopilot.

==D Deck: Aft Crew Quarters==
[[File:EastIndiamanDeckD.png|right|300px]]

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">23</div>
'''Lifeboat:''' Identical to the lifeboat on 'C' Deck (22).

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">24</div>
'''Toilets:''' The toilet is designed for use in zero gravity
conditions as well as in the artificial gravity of ship
acceleration or deceleration.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">25&26</div>
'''Guard Cabins:''' Identical in all respects to
guard cabins 17 & 18 (‘C’ Deck).

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">27&28</div>
'''Cabins:''' One of these cabins (27) is
equipped for double occupancy with a
double bed, while the other has a single berth.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">29</div>
'''Toilet and Shower:''' The toilet and shower are
standard space-going models, identical to those on 'C'
Decks (19).

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">30</div>
'''Owner's or Master's Cabin:''' This is the most
comfortably appointed cabin on the entire ship, and is
usually decorated to suit the owner’s style. The cabin has its
own shower and toilet facilities, is fitted with a g-size bed,
and has an automatic galley that serves any meal within its
programming (the programming can be varied to suit the
user's requirements). When not in use by the owner or ship's
master, this cabin can be used as first class passenger
accommodation.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">31</div>
'''Crew Mess Area:''' The mess area has the largest galley
on board the ship, capable of providing any good
quality standard food- or at least a reasonable imitation. The
computer terminal in here is, unless there are passengers
aboard, always linked to the Alarm and Installation Security
programs and set to alert any crew members should an
emergency occur.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">32</div>
'''Forward Airlock Compartment:''' In addition to a
simple manual control panel for the airlock, this
compartment also contains a dozen spacesuit lockers. A rack
for suits storing rocket packs is fitted, along with a shower
unit for cleaning of any contaminating material.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">33</div>
'''Forward Airlock:''' The forward airlock is used for
passenger and crew transfers - whether in a station
dock or between ships in flight.

==E Deck: Forward Engineering Deck==
[[File:EastIndiamanDeckE.png|right|300px]]

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">34</div>
'''Secondary (Emergency) Bridge:''' The door to this
compartment is fortified, and the cardlock will only
open for the ships master, pilot or the engineer. All the
functions of the bridge (A Deck) are duplicated, but to
prevent the ship from being hi-jacked, the computer will only
accept commands from here if those commands have been
authorized by the ship’s master or the pilot. However, the
computer’s installation Security program will automatically
accept the secondary bridge as a valid control centre if ‘A’
Deck is no longer functional ( e.g. if the Damage Control
Program reports that the hull has been breached, or the Life
Support program reports that the bridge is in vacuum ).

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">35</div>
'''Middle Airlock:''' This hatchway is usually used for the
loading of passenger luggage and small items f cargo
that must be carried in a pressurized environment. Unless the
ship’s master has authorised the transfer of luggage with the
Installation Security program, this airlock will be locked - and
the crew ID cards will not activate the cardlock.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">36</div>
'''Forward Utility Access:''' The power, water and air
supply for the forward decks of the ship can all be
serviced in this compartment. The majority of the
compartment is taken up with the circuitry for these
functions, and - most importantly of all - the back-up life
support unit (also see Security Systems).

This unit is not controlled directly by the ships main
computer, but has its own designated processor ( a small
level 1 computer running only a Life Support program ). The
back-up LSU is normally used only in emergencies, but with
both life support units running, an East Indiaman can carry a
maximum of 70 beings, including the crew. Conditions in this
situation would not be pleasant, but everybody would survive.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">37</div>
'''Cargo Arm Control:''' The computer terminal at this
location is modified to include a joystick controller for
the cargo loading arm (48) and release controls for the cargo
pods - either ‘soft’ release, or to jettison the cargo. The
terminal also has automatic access to the computer
commerce program. The compartment is only used when
cargo is being moved while the ship is docked, or as a
security station because of the view of the outer hull.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">38</div>
'''Luggage Space:''' This is simply a pressurized hold for
any luggage or delicate cargoes. It is normally kept
locked during flights.

==F Decks: Cargo Decks==
[[File:EastIndiamanDeckF.png|right|300px]]

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">39</div>
'''Cargo Decks:''' The nine cargo bays or pods on
board an East Indiaman are all 14 meters square
and 60 meters high and are arranged in groups of three
around the central ‘spine’ of the ship - giving three ‘cargo
stacks’. The entire outer half of the cargo pod can be
swung open to facilitate loading and unloading and, as a
result, the standard cargo pods are not pressurized.

The cargo pods have no connection (other than simple
monitoring devices) with the interior of the ship, and are
detachable - in emergencies they can be jettisoned from
the pilots position (2) on the bridge or Cargo Arm Control
(37). This makes East Indiaman ideal for carrying high
risk dangerous loads. Jettisoning pods takes 10 turns (one
minute), and the jettisoning ship must change course
after doing so to distance itself from the cargo pods.

Many of the larger corporations that own East Indiamen
do not bother to unload individual pods from ships that
are on regular scheduled flights - the entire pod is simply
removed and replaced by a cargo pod containing the
manifest for the ship’s next destination. This minimizes
the amount of time that a ship must spend in dock, as
replacing a pod takes two hours. Pods that are part of the
same group of three in a deck may no be worked on
simultaneously.

==G Deck: Cargo Decks==
[[File:EastIndiamanDeckE.png|right|300px]]

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">40</div>
'''Workshop:''' The workshop contains sufficient tools
to carry outmost running repairs to the ship -the
equivalent of a robcomkit, a techkit and an engineer's
toolbox - although no inssuit is provided. A laser
powertorch -and a bench mounting to turn it into a drill or
lathe cutter is also included in the standard workshop
fittings, as is a power backpack Normally the laser
powertorch is plugged directly into the ship's power supply
when used in here.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">41</div>
'''Workpods:''' Two workpods (see the Knight Hawks
Campaign Book p30) are fitted as standard.
Whenever a workpod is used and then repositioned in its
launch cradle, diagnostic checks will be carried out by the
ship's computer and the pod will be refuelled if this is
required. Any repairs that are must be carried out on the
pod will be displayed on the engineer's monitoring
terminal on the Bridge(5) or here on G Deck (45).

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">42</div>
'''Main Life Support Unit:''' This unit is run by the
computer and is the one that is normally in
operation This one unit can supply the air, food and water
requirements of up to 35 beings, although conditions
would be somewhat crowded

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">43</div>
'''Computer Parabatteries:''' These are a final
emergency backup system (one type 4 and one
type 3 parabattery) to enable the computer to function -
in a severely impaired way - even if the main
parabatteries of the ship are exhausted If this system
becomes the only power source for the computer it will
suspend all the programs except for the Life Support and
Communications programs.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">44</div>
'''Aft Airlock:''' The airlock has a simple manual
control panel. A rack for storing rocket packs is
fitted, along with a shower unit for suit cleaning Three
rocket packs plus refills are provided by the ship's
builders. On ships with atomic drives two engineering
inssuits are also provided

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">45</div>
'''Engineering Monitoring:''' This console monitors
all of the engineering functions of the ship through
the Drive, Alarm and Damage Control programs. The
serviceability of other ship systems - such as the
computer, workpods. camera system and the like -is also
displayed here. The console also includes a separate
intercom link (not connected to the ship's central
intercom) to the workpods, the forward engineering deck,
the engineer's monitoring position (5) on the Bridge and
the spacesuit radios.

==External Hull Features==

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">46</div>
'''Drive Access:''' The drive access tunnels are
built into the engine struts and allow superficial
inspection of the engine components and fuel tanks.
Major repairs hive to be made from outside the ship.
Aboard some ships the keel engine strut has been
modified to include a cubic metre of storage space,
suitable for smuggling small very high value illicit
cargoes

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">47</div>
'''Main Parabatteries:''' The main parabatteries
provide all the ship's power when the drives are
off and the ship is not connected to an external power
source (in an airlock for example). These batteries are
the equivalent 15 type 4 parabatteries (a total power
store of 60,000 SEU) and are automatically recharged
when the drives are operational.

Because of their placement within the ship, the
parabatteries have an additional use as stern armor.
When an East Indiaman is fired on from directly astern,
the first 15 points of hull damage may be taken as hits
upon the batteries. The equivalent power storage
capability of one type 4 parabattery is lost for each
point of hull damage taken in this fashion.

<div style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: bold; float:left; margin: 3px 3px 0 0;">48</div>
'''Cargo Loading Arm:''' The cargo loading arm is
installed on a 35 meter diameter circular track
that runs around the spine of the ship between the first
and second set of cargo bays. From here, the cargo
arm can be extended to reach into any of the cargo
pods-taking ten hours to load or unload the entire hold
- or it can assist in releasing a pod, reducing the time
needed to do this to one hour.

==Referee's Notes==
In Knight Hawks game terms all standard East
Indiamen have the following statistics.
{| style="width:400px;"
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;"
|colspan="2"|Standard East Indiaman (Freighter)
|-
|Hull Points|| 50
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Weaponry|| Laser Battery
|-
|Defenses|| Reflective Hull
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Damage Control Rating (DCR)|| 50
|-
|Acceleration/ Deceleration Factor (ADF)|| 1
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Maneuver Rating (MR)|| 3
|}

You can have any number of Knight Hawks-based
scenarios having to do with the East Indiaman Freighter.
On the page which follows, you’ll notice a new Knight
Hawks scenario.

It’s common for freighters to have a military escort of
some nature, but only when the vessel is carrying
important cargo. In other cases, the “F” deck is replaced
by crew compartments and the freighter becomes a
make-shift troop transport, ferrying troops from location
to location.

==Design Faults on the East Indiaman Class==
[[File:EastIndamanKHSpecial.png|right|300px]]

There are a number of design faults in the East
Indiaman class that characters should not find out
about, except through bitter experience. The escape
pod (9) is too far away from the Bridge to be reached
in a convenient time. If anyone attempts to escape
from the Bridge by this route in an emergency (see
Escaping from Destroyed Ships, Knight Hawks
Campaign Book p37) the referee should secretly roll
2d10 This is the extra time in six-second turns that it
takes the elevator to reach the bridge and then bring
the character back down to 'B' Deck.

The chin mounted laser battery (10A) is so placed that
it is incapable of firing on a target that is 'above' the
ship or behind it. In terms of the Knight Hawks board
game, this means that the laser batteries restricted to
firing at targets within the shaded area of the diagram.
Because it is mounted in the same place, the radar
system can only 'see’ objects that fall within the same
zone

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==Robotic PC/NPC’s==
The Frontier is a big place, with many races and many
types of technology. Jumps to voidspace, anti-gravity,
and inertial control on such a level that it is beyond our
understanding. Robots are very high-tech, and can be
dangerous to face. But until now, robots couldn’t be
intelligent enough to be a player character.

Zebulon’s Guide to the Frontier added the Mechanon
race, which allowed players to play a sentient robot.
These rules weren’t well-received and produced
characters which were disproportional in power. Lovers
of other forms of sci-fi have long imagined (or created
house-rules for) robotic characters.

==Improved AI==

<div style="border: thin solid black; width: 300px; background: #eeeeee;
float: right; padding:5px; margin:5px;">
[[File:Ellie.png]]

<big>'''Ellie'''</big><br />
Ellie (short for “11E”) used to be a trackerbot, a
synthetic bounty hunter. It had an anthropomorphic
body type and was equipped with the Seach & Destroy
and Security Lock programs. Its owner enjoyed the
company of Ellie and the services it rendered and when
he came into a large sum of money, paid for the
Improved AI upgrade. Ellie resented “her” servitude and
left the owner, but can’t shake its desire to hunt down
criminals. But now “she” brings these criminals to
justice instead of an employer.
{| style="width: 275px; background: #eeeeee;"
|-
|'''STR/STA'''|| 55/55|| '''IM'''|| +5
|-
|'''DEX/RS'''|| 50/50|| '''PS'''|| 1d10+3
|-
|'''INT/LOG'''|| 45/45|| '''RW'''|| 25
|-
|'''PER/LDR'''|| 20/40|| '''MW'''|| 28
|}
'''Skills''': Military PSA, Projectile Weapons 1, Environmentalist 1

'''Equipment''': Type 2 Parabattery (1,000SEU), Autopistol (20 bullets), Integrated: Chronocom, Compass.
</div>

Sentient Robot PCs and NPCs have a new "special
program" that other robots lack (just like there are
attack/defense programs and such) called Improved
Artificial Intelligence (or Improved AI). This program
includes complex circuitry and hardware in addition to
the huge amount of programming required by such a
large piece of firmware. It is not a program found
commonly in the Frontier. It’s a rare and powerful
program that includes a great deal of added technology
that is cutting edge, created in unique labs here and
there throughout the Frontier. The creators of this
program are a secretive lot, and may not give up their
beloved technology lightly (they may require huge favors
in exchange for their technology).

Installing an Improved AI program means losing other
technology because of incompatibility and space/power
requirements. Only level 6 robots can have an Improved
AI program, and it is very expensive (15,000 Credits for
the program’s software and hardware and installation).
The Improved AI hardware and software gives the robot
the ability to adapt, grow, make decisions, have a sense
of self, receipt and use of tactile sensors to have a sense
of touch, approximation of sense of smell through special
air receptors and membranes, and other things that
define sentience. The robot will be able to ponder
situations even when not directly confronted with them,
has random thoughts moderated by need and current
focus level, can express its thoughts imaginatively, and
will wonder about its place in the universe. It will
basically become a PC, with the following modifications:

===Ability Scores===
Installation of the Improved AI
hardware and software can have unpredictable results
on the performance of the robot. Each installation on a
robot model will require rolling all ability scores as per
normal. That is, if you take a robot and install
Improved AI, you then go through the process of
creating a character's statistics (except you don't select
race!). The ability score modifiers are as follows (Heavy
Duty robots (NPC only) have an additional 300 Stamina)
{|
|-
|style="width:75px"|STR/STA|| +10
|-
|DEX/RS|| +5
|-
|INT/LOG|| +5
|-
|PER/LDR || -20
|}

The increase to STR/STA should be fairly obvious, as
standard Alpha Dawn game system robots are always
found with Stamina scores of 100. Even though a PC
robot has some of his superstructure hardware
displaced by the Improved AI installation, it is still a
durable piece of technology.

DEX/RS were given only a small adjustment because a
level 6 robot normally is shown with a 90% RS score.
Just as other features were cut in half by technology
downsizing and displacement by the Improved AI
equipment, so too were the reflexive motors and
subsystems, making a robot PC typically start with an
DEX/RS only slightly better compared to other races.

INT/LOG was tricky. Robots are very logical, though
Logic and Intuition take more into account than mere
logic. Since an Improved AI program is like giving a
baby-level of sentience to a robot, starting robot PCs
begin with only slightly better than average INT/LOG,
and must improve them with experience points.

PER/LDR is lower due to the inability of robots to give
proper body language and facial expressions, and the
general lack of acceptance of robots as sentient beings
in the Frontier.

<div style="border: thin solid black; background:#eeeeee; width: 50%;
padding:5px; margin:5px;">
Optional Rule: Cybernetic robots (“cybots,” as
described on page 65 of the Alpha Dawn remastered
book) that have anthropomorphic body types look very
much like a biological being. They even have extra very
fine motors and sensors, allowing them to simulate facial
expressions. If playing a cybot, a character will cut his
“PER/LDR” starting ability score penalty in half, -10
instead of -20.
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===Skills===
Other programs the robot has prior to
installation of the AI help to decide which player character
skills it will have. Once Improved AI is
installed, no other programs may be installed (because
the robot will learn like a normal character by using
experience points).

{| style="width:300px;"
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;"
|Robot Program ||Skill Integration
|-
|Restrain|| Martial Arts
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Self Defense|| Melee Weapons
|-
|Attack/Defense|| Weapon skill of choice
|-style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Search & Destroy|| Environmentalist or Demolitions
|-
|Computer Link|| Computers
|-style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Security Lock|| Technician or Robotics
|}

For simplicity sake, if creating a starting-level robot PC,
you may select any two of these skills for free (their
selection of skill is limited to the above list, basically any
Military or Technological skill, no BioSocial skill except
Environmentalist), just like a normal starting PC can,
each at level 1. You must then select either Military or
Technological PSA. Please note that you need not list
the "program" - it becomes obsolete and is rolled into
the skill memory bank of the AI ware.

'''Other Programs''' - Note that after conversion to
sentience through installation of this rare and unusual
Improved AI program, robots never again purchase
programs. The new mental faculties they possess will
reject the new technology, making it useless to them.
They now learn like any other character. See
Improvement, below.

===Movement===
Movement modes go unchanged, though
speed is reduced because of the displacement and
downsizing of components to make room for the AI
ware. If creating a starting-level PC, you may select a
form of movement: limb, wheel, hover, rotor, or rocket.
Each has an obvious limitation and advantage.
Movement rates for each type are as follows:

{| style="width:300px;"
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;"
|Movement Mode|| Walk|| Run|| Hourly
|-
|2 Legs|| 10m/turn|| 30m/turn|| 5kph
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|More than 2 Legs|| 15m/turn|| 35m/turn|| 6kph
|-
|Wheeled*|| 40m/turn|| 80m/turn|| 25kph
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Tracked**|| 50m/turn|| 75m/turn|| 25kph
|-
|Hover***|| 35m/turn|| 125m/turn|| 30kph
|-style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Rotor****|| 25kph|| 150kph|| 25kph
|-
|Rocket*****|| 200kph|| 500kph|| 200kph
|-
|colspan="4"|
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Wheeled robots maneuver like a ground car.<br />
<nowiki>**</nowiki> Tracked robots maneuver like an explorer.<br />
<nowiki>***</nowiki> Hover robots maneuver like a hover car.<br />
<nowiki>****</nowiki> Rotor robots maneuver like a jetcopter.<br />
<nowiki>*****</nowiki> Rocket robots maneuver like an air car.
|}

Multiple types of movement are possible (just like for
normal robots). A starting-level Robot PC can select
only one of these modes, however, but may consider
adding gear at a later time through expenditure of
earned experience and credits (see Improvement,
below).

Note that depending on the creativity of the player and
the design of the robot that has been converted, the
movement rate and carrying capacity may or may not
be identical to the rules governing regular characters.
This must be determined by the Referee on a case-bycase
basis, and should always be balanced by some
form of limitation.

<div style="border: thin solid black; background:#eeeeee; width: 50%;
padding:5px; margin:5px;">
'''Wheeled''' robot movement is provided as an option here,
but is not in the core Alpha Dawn rules book. Cost of
such a mode of movement is the same as a standard pair
of limbs: 800 Credits. Wheeled robots have certain
inherent limitations: they have difficulty with some
terrain, and can’t navigate stairs well.

'''Tracked''' movement is like that of an explorer or
excavator – designed to handle very rough terrain (and
in some cases climb very uneven surfaces – depending
on the size and angles of their tracks). Tracked
movement can be purchased for 1200 Credits.

Players can use these modes of movement for other
robots in their games if desired.
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===Mass===
All robots weigh 100kg if they have a standard or
anthropomorphic body type, or 500kg if they have a
heavy duty body (NPC only). This does not include the
parabattery or installed or carried gear.

===Combat===
All combat stats (MW, RW, IM, etc.) are all
determined like a normal PC.

===Punching Damage===
Punching damage is reduced by
half due to the fact the robot now has simulated nerve
endings and reduced damage capacity (and because
certain servo motors were downsized to allow for the
massive amount of Improved AI software and
hardware). Thus, a standard or anthropomorphic body
type causes 1d10 damage with a punch (plus PS), while
a heavy duty robot (NPC only) causes 3d10 damage.

===Handedness===
Regardless of the number of limbs, a
robot PC/NPC must select a "Primary" hand. The AI
software is excellent, but can't coordinate any better
than other PC races. If the robot body type has more
than 2 arms, it can't effectively use more than one 2-
handed weapon or two 1-handed weapons at one time.

===Installed Equipment===
Any integrated equipment at the
time of Improved AI installation is still in use, as
normal. Thus, if a robot has Magnigoggles and a
Radiophone before the AI conversion, he'll still have
those pieces of technology integrated into his body.
Generally, most PC/NPC robots have a sense of self
(determined at the point of Improved AI installation),
and would loathe installation of new gear that would
make them not feel like themselves anymore (just like a
human wouldn't generally want to cut off his own hand
and install a new one with a cigarette lighter in the
thumb... um whatever) see Improvement, below.

===Mission & Functions===
A robot is normally given a
Mission "Protect the Base" and a series of Functions that
define the words and methods of that mission.
Functions are dropped when the Improved AI circuitry is
installed. However, a robot's mission is so key to its
being that residuals of that mission remain in the robot's
memory and end up bleeding into the AI circuitry. The
mission becomes a preference, or a morality, or a
personal code, all interpreted by the player. A mission
of "assist anyone looking for directions" might turn into
a robot who gets enjoyment and is genuinely pleased
with itself whenever it helps others find their way. This
could later be interpreted by the player as a calling to
do social work. Mission is just a role-playing tool in the
use of Robot PCs.

==Improvement==
<div style="border: thin solid black; width: 300px; background: #eeeeee;
float: right; padding:5px; margin:5px;">
[[File:Squatto.png]]

<big>'''Squatto'''</big><br />
Squatto took on his own name after Improved AI installation. He
read the name in a StarLaw blotter, and took a liking to it. Squatto
was a StarLaw police robotic mount. StarLaw officers would ride
on his back and provide nice conversation and companionship to
him, as well as militant backup when needed. His standard body
type has a centaur-like shape (the Referee permits him to carry up
to a 100kg rider without affecting his movement rate). Before
conversion, he had the Restrain and Security Lock programs, along
with an integrated electrostunner as a right hand.

Squatto still works for StarLaw, but isn’t an officer. He is
considered property, but he doesn’t mind that. He forms a strong
bond with his rider, and only allows someone he trusts to mount
up. Since he isn’t paid for his work, he is actually free to come and
go as he pleases. For now, he’ll continue his StarLaw life.
{| style="width: 275px; background: #eeeeee;"
|-
|'''STR/STA'''|| 45/65|| '''IM'''|| +6
|-
|'''DEX/RS'''|| 60/60|| '''PS'''|| 1d10+3
|-
|'''INT/LOG'''|| 45/45|| '''RW'''|| 30
|-
|'''PER/LDR'''|| 30/30|| '''MW'''|| 30
|}
'''Skills''': Military PSA, Beam Weapons 1, Martial Arts 1

'''Equipment''': Type 1 Parabattery (500SEU), Integrated: Electrostunner, Chronocom, Compass.
</div>

===Ability Scores===
Robot PC/NPC characters earn
experience just like everyone else. They may improve
their ability scores, but doing so requires a financial cost
as well. Normally, it costs 100 Credits per experience
point spent to improve an ability score. This represents
self modification and assisted modifications in a robotics
lab. For example, if a robot PC wanted to increase its
RS score from 40 to 45, it would cost 5 experience
points and 500 Credits. Robot PCs can NEVER spend
experience points on ability score improvement during
an adventure. It must always be between adventures
or missions while in a city that includes a publicly usable
robotics lab or the PC's own lab. It requires time and
materials and tools that aren’t portable, though the
Robot can basically install these modifications itself
(except Logic improvements, which must be done by
someone else because the robot’s AI brain must be
switched off for a period of time).

===Skills===
Skills can be improved as per normal. This
includes purchasing skills from the Medical and Psychosocial
skill (normally barred from starting-level robots,
see "skills" above). Purchase of skills requires no
financial cost unless purchasing the sixth level of skill in
any given skill. This is a limitation on the AI software...
as it requires a skill memory upgrade to allow room for
such advanced knowledge. This is a simple 5,000Cr
purchase that must be paid at the same time the
experience points are spent on the skill purchase.

===Installing Hardware===
When having equipment
installed (such as new limbs, modes of movement,
defenses, weapons or miscellaneous items designated
with a "r" in the equipment tables), the robot will have
the same normal aversion to self mutilation as would
any other PC. If they choose to change their bodies in
this way, and the normal 10% fee is paid in addition to
the equipment in general, the robot will also have to
spend experience points on the improvement (since it
requires acquired skills and talents to use the new
equipment). The cost is equal to 1 experience point per
1,000Cr worth of gear installed (minimum 1). Thus, if a
robot wanted to have installed Magnigoggles, it would
cost 200Cr for the gear, 20Cr for the installation fee,
and 1 experience point to use it. If it later wanted to
add an integrated rocket pack mode of movement, it
would cost 10,000Cr for the altered movement mode
(according to the Robotics table in the equipment
section of the AD book), 1,000Cr for the installation fee,
and 10 experience points to use it.

==Maintenance==
===General Health===
A robot requires regularized
maintenance to keep it functional. Referees are
encouraged to treat the robot as feeling ill when
maintenance is not performed (the robot goes more
than a month without time spent in an equipped
robotics lab), receiving a penalty of -10 to all actions.
Maintenance is performed by the robot himself, just like
normal characters know how to feed themselves and
drink liquids. Note that a robot doesn't breathe, but
may sniff to facilitate a sense of smell. Robots cannot
get diseased and can never be poisoned (unless you call
that special brand of vile programming commonly
referred to as a “virus” as a toxin, in which case you
could use normal poison/toxin rules!)

===Sleep===
A robot with Improved AI must shut down
occasionally to run diagnostics. Treat this just as sleep
for a normal character. If the software goes too long
without running a diagnostic routine, the robot AI acts
up - generally making it irritable and can even result in
other symptoms identical to sleep deprivation. While
running diagnostics, the robot is reduced to a lower
power mode and appears like it is actually sleeping,
though it can be awakened in the normal way any
character can (which interrupts its diagnostics).

===Sustenance===
A robot doesn't process food or liquid,
but does require power. A standard body is powered by
a type 1 parabattery (500 SEU) and a heavy duty (NPC
only) or anthropomorphic body is powered by a type 2
parabattery (1000 SEU), as per normal AD rules. The
battery will provide enough energy to power the robot's
systems through normal expected use for around 6
months. That works out to be a drain of about 1 SEU
per day from a type 1 parabattery or 2 SEU per day
from a type 2 parabattery. This is the food of the robot.
This is to supply movement, operate sensors, power the
brain, etc. Firing weapons or powering defenses will
cost additional SEU and significantly reduce the
parabattery lifespan, though external power sources
may be used for such weapons and defenses (even if
installed). If depleted of parabattery, the Improved AI
goes into a hibernation mode to preserve its identity in
a non-volatile memory area. If re-powered by a friend,
it will be fine.

===Healing===
Most player’s character heal naturally or
through medical repair. Robots are different, though
similar. Given enough time, a robot will work the kinks
and damage out of itself, and be able to tweak and
repair its own damage. This simulates normal healing
but assumes the robot has the ability (tools, time, spare
parts, etc.) to work on its damage. Anyone with
Robotics skill can repair the robot with a successful
Repair Robot skill check, providing they have the time,
tools, and materials. To make the playing of robots
balanced against the playing of characters, there are
three distinct types of robotic healing:

* Natural Healing. This is like normal healing from any other race (that is, 1 STA per 20-hour day spent recuperating).
* Patch Job. This is like the “First Aid” medical skill. Without a lab, time, or proper materials, this is the only kind of repair a robotics expert can perform on a robot PC. It heals 10 points of lost STA with a successful Repair Robot skill check.
* Minor Repair. This is a repair that is lacking one but not more of the following: the time necessary, the tools necessary, or the materials necessary. It heals 20 points of damage with a successful Repair Robot skill roll. Performing a Minor Repair takes approximately 20 minutes.
* Major Repair. This type of repair work is what a robotics expert can perform when he has the time, tools, and material to do so. A successful Repair Robot skill roll will heal all damage, but for each 10 STA repaired (or fraction thereof), 100Cr worth of material is used and 1 hour of time is spent.

==Social & Legal Considerations==
===Ownership===
It’s also important to note that a robot
begins life as owned property, and depending on the
circumstances behind the robotic upgrade to Improved AI,
the previous owner may still consider the robot property.
How the robot reacts to this knowledge is left up to the
role-playing preferences of the controlling player.

The Frontier views robots as helpful or harmful pieces of
owned equipment. Most people will have difficulty
associating with your robot PC or considering it a "friend."
How a robot PC reacts to this fact is up to the controlling
player. In some places, the robot won't be allowed in a
building and must wait in a lobby with other robots, most
of which won't be sentient at all.

===The Law===
The law doesn't recognize a robot as sentient,
no matter how well programmed. Most psychologists
agree with this, though some arguments have been made
in political circles. What defines sentience? Surely,
having a sense of self, showing the effects of both mental
and physical distress and pain, showing creativity,
learning, adapting, and communicating are all indicators.
The only thing remaining is the religious implication. But
the law has yet to adapt to consider a robot of any
technology level as sentient and may never succeed in
doing so. For this reason, a robot PC who commits
murder or other crimes may be ordered to have its
Improved AI ware wiped clean and force the robot to
begin anew with no previous memories, or even ordering
it destroyed as flawed technology that is unsafe for the
people of the Frontier. On the plus side, it will never have
a criminal record nor will it spend a single day in any
containment facilities.

==Role-playing a Robot==
<div style="border: thin solid black; background:#eeeeee; width: 50%;
padding: 0 5px; float:right; margin:0 0 0 5px;">
===Character Creation Summary===
Below are the summarized steps to creating a starting-level
Robot PC (same steps as the AD book):
# Use a normal character sheet.
# Determine Ability Scores (using the modifiers below)
#* STR/STA +10 (NPC Heavy Duty robots have +300 STA)
#* DEX/RS +5
#* INT/LOG +5
#* PER/LDR -20
# Race will be "Robot" or "Anthropomorphic Robot" as desired. NPC robots may be "heavy duty robot" instead. Racial abilities are:
#* Punching Damage 1d10 (NPC Heavy Duty robots 3d10)
#* Movement (pick any one: limbed, wheeled, hover, rotor, or rocket)
#* May install robotic gear at 10% fee, but must spend 1 XP for each 1,000Cr worth of gear.
#* Improvement of Ability Scores between missions is possible, but costs 250Cr per XP spent.
#* Doesn't breathe, eat or drink, but sleeps (runs AI diagnostics) normally and requires 1 SEU per day (2 if anthropomorphic) to exist.
#* Heals like all other characters, though technicians do the repair-work instead of medics.
# Determine Combat Abilities (IM, PS, MW, RW) normally
# Determine Skills: select either Military or Technological PSA, then select one skill in your PSA and one skill in either of those two PSAs. Environmental skill may also be chosen as the second skill, but not Psycho-social or Medic.
# Equip your character by rolling d100+250Cr. Any purchased equipment may be installed if a 10% fee is paid, otherwise it's gear you're carrying around. Use any normal starting gear rules your Referee allows.
# Details: name, appearance, handedness, etc. Remember a robot "Mission" becomes a moral compass that guides it, so noting your "Mission" may be required by the Referee or desired by you.
</div>

The purpose of this article isn’t to create armies of player
character robots. It’s so that an unusual player or two
can accept a complex challenge of a very unique roleplaying
experience. Because the pay-off doesn’t normally
compensate for the cost, and because the law generally
doesn’t support the existence of a sentient robot,
installing Improved Artificial Intelligence should be a rare
and wondrous thing.

Robots will have self-awareness thrust upon them, and
they may or may not like it. Maybe it was easier being a
slave to the program they were bound by. Maybe it was
easier not having to weigh everything on a moral balance.
Maybe being sentient isn’t easy... and the robot will regret
it. Although it’s easy to assume any robot would be
thankful, that’s not necessarily the case.

The robot will most likely spend a lot of its time pondering
things. It will wonder on its place in the Frontier, on
whether or not it’s really sentient or the result of very
clever programming. It might wonder about religion.
After all, many people around it will claim that wonderful
things await them after death... because they will go to
join their creator. Since the sentient robot is sitting there
talking to representatives of its creator, then what will
happen when the robot dies? Does it go to a wonderful
place too? Or does some kind of big empty oblivion await
it?

Some robots may rebel against its former “masters” while
some may embrace them as dear friends. Some may run
amok and be quite deranged. After all, natural selection
seems to help ensure that normal living beings are more
or less healthy, and modern medicine and scientific
discoveries picks up the slack where natural selection’s
occasional randomness fails to keep a species perfect.
Robots don’t have millions of years of natural selection to
help keep their ‘species’ on the right track.

Some robots will find themselves wanting companionship
of a type that living beings can’t appreciate. Coupling
with another robot, however, will prove less than
satisfactory, while locating another sentient robot will
prove complex. One thing robbed from them (when
compared to all other races) is the ability to procreate.
This is both unfair and sad – and may often lead to
feelings of self worthlessness.

Note that there is no reason a robot will be a good guy.
His interpretation of morality need not be in line with
those around him. Many things can explain this: crossed
wires, bad programming, poorly worded mission
statements, or simply a sentient mind choosing evil.
Referees may not permit sentient robot PCs, but you may
run into one in-game as a clever and potent foe.

Whether or not you role-play your sentient robot as an
upbeat being craving social interaction or a moody, self-reflective
morose sulking brute pondering his worth more
than his peers, is up to you. Whether you’re playing the
robot as your primary character or as an NPC that
accompanies your character, it will certainly prove to
enhance the content of your campaign’s story depth.

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	**[[East Indiaman\|The East Indiaman Medium Freighter]] - by [[Stuart Shaw]]		**[[East Indiaman\|The East Indiaman Medium Freighter]] - by [[Stuart Shaw]]
-	**[[Knight Hawks ~~scenario: Issue 6\|Knight Hawks scenario~~]] - by [[Bill Logan]]	+	**[[East Indianman Knight Hawks Scenario]] - by [[Bill Logan]]
	*[[Star Systems]]		*[[Star Systems]]
	**[[Prenglar System]] - by [[Allen Trussel]]		**[[Prenglar System]] - by [[Allen Trussel]]

Full Star Frontiersman Article List

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	*[[Standard Security Robots#Alpha_Class_Security_Robot\|Alpha Class Security Robot]] - issue 1		*[[Standard Security Robots#Alpha_Class_Security_Robot\|Alpha Class Security Robot]] - issue 1
	*[[Ambrikahn]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 2		*[[Ambrikahn]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 2
		+	*[[Planet of Mystery: Annals of Xa Shrishen Traldor\|Annals of Xa Shrishen Traldor]] - from [http://www.warrensburgweb.net www.warrensburgweb.net] - issue 5
	*[[Araks System]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 2		*[[Araks System]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 2
	*[[Assassin Bot]] - issue 3		*[[Assassin Bot]] - issue 3
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	*[[Standard Security Robots#Beta_Class_Security_Robot\|Beta Class Security Robot]] - issue 1		*[[Standard Security Robots#Beta_Class_Security_Robot\|Beta Class Security Robot]] - issue 1
		+	*[[Blastaxe]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 5
	*[[Boon’sheh]] - by [[Goblinardo]] - issue 3		*[[Boon’sheh]] - by [[Goblinardo]] - issue 3
	*[[Bora-Kai]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 2		*[[Bora-Kai]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 2
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	*[[Cinematic Martial Arts]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4		*[[Cinematic Martial Arts]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4
	*[[City Encounters]] - by [[Daron "Dan" Patton]] - issue 3		*[[City Encounters]] - by [[Daron "Dan" Patton]] - issue 3
		+	*[[City Tiles]] - issue 5
		+	*[[Combat Armor]] - by [[Madin Jackson]] - issue 5
	*[[Technical Journal: Computers\| Computers]] - by [[Andrew Modro]] - issue 2		*[[Technical Journal: Computers\| Computers]] - by [[Andrew Modro]] - issue 2
	*[[Crash Site]] - issue 3		*[[Crash Site]] - issue 3
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	*[[Defensive Equipment: Helmets]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4		*[[Defensive Equipment: Helmets]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4
		+	*[[Technical Journal: Don’t Tango with the Tangler\|Don’t Tango with the Tangler]] - by [[Larry Moore]] - issue 5
		+	*[[Double-Edged Sword Subplot]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 5
	*[[Dralasite & Vrusk Ablative Sheets]] - by [[Chris Harper]] - issue 14		*[[Dralasite & Vrusk Ablative Sheets]] - by [[Chris Harper]] - issue 14
	*[[Dralasite Martial Artist]] - issue 1		*[[Dralasite Martial Artist]] - issue 1
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		+	*[[General Yan-Soon]] - by [[Richard Rose]] (Shadow Shack) - issue 5
	*[[General Yan-Soon and the Sovereign Dominion Authority Time Line]] - by [[Richard “Shadow Shack” Rose]] - issue 14		*[[General Yan-Soon and the Sovereign Dominion Authority Time Line]] - by [[Richard “Shadow Shack” Rose]] - issue 14
	*[[Getting Drunk!]] - by [[Albin Johnson]] - issue 2		*[[Getting Drunk!]] - by [[Albin Johnson]] - issue 2
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	*[[Vehicles-Infiltrator\|Infiltrator]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 2		*[[Vehicles-Infiltrator\|Infiltrator]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 2
	*[[Interview With An Old Spacer]] - by pariah ([[Jess Carver]]) - issue 14		*[[Interview With An Old Spacer]] - by pariah ([[Jess Carver]]) - issue 14
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	*[[Memory]] - by [[Tom Verreault]]/jedion357 - issue 14		*[[Memory]] - by [[Tom Verreault]]/jedion357 - issue 14
		+	*[[Technical Journal: Mine Kits\|Mine Kits]] - by [[Larry Moore]] - issue 5
	*[[Equipment: Issue 1 #Miscellaneous_Equipment\|Miscellaneous Equipment]] - issue 1		*[[Equipment: Issue 1 #Miscellaneous_Equipment\|Miscellaneous Equipment]] - issue 1
	*[[Miscellaneous Equipment]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4		*[[Miscellaneous Equipment]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4
	*[[Miscellany Equipment]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 3		*[[Miscellany Equipment]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 3
	*[[More Guns]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4		*[[More Guns]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4
		+	*[[Motion Tracker]] - by [[Madin Jackson]] - issue 5
	*[[Mystery of Starshine]] - by [[C.J. Williams]] - issue 4		*[[Mystery of Starshine]] - by [[C.J. Williams]] - issue 4

	<big>'''N'''</big>		<big>'''N'''</big>
	*[[Nagana]] - issue 1		*[[Nagana]] - issue 1
		+	*[[New Equipment Tables - Issue 5\|New Equipment Tables]] - issue 5

	<big>'''O'''</big>		<big>'''O'''</big>
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	*[[PDG Robotics]] - by [[Gary Cliff]] – Georgie/BD Cerridwen - issue 14		*[[PDG Robotics]] - by [[Gary Cliff]] – Georgie/BD Cerridwen - issue 14
		+	*[[Pirate Trust]] - by [[Larry Moore]] - issue 5
	*[[Power Armor]] - by [[Brian Cliff]] - issue 14		*[[Power Armor]] - by [[Brian Cliff]] - issue 14
	*[[Projectiles]] - by [[Goblinardo]] - issue 2		*[[Projectiles]] - by [[Goblinardo]] - issue 2
	*[[Equipment: Issue 1 #Projectile_Weapons\|Projectile Weapons]] - issue 1		*[[Equipment: Issue 1 #Projectile_Weapons\|Projectile Weapons]] - issue 1
		+	*[[Pulse Rifle]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 5

	<big>'''Q'''</big>		<big>'''Q'''</big>
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	*[[Sakleetown]] - by [[Brian Conway]] - issue 3		*[[Sakleetown]] - by [[Brian Conway]] - issue 3
		+	*[[Sanctuary City]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 5
		+	*[[Sathar Listening Post]] - by [[Scott Iles]] - issue 5
	*[[Scatterguns]] - by [[M. Jason Parent]] - issue 4		*[[Scatterguns]] - by [[M. Jason Parent]] - issue 4
	*[[Scree Fron System]] - by [[Danger]] - issue 4		*[[Scree Fron System]] - by [[Danger]] - issue 4
		+	*[[Sentry Guns]] - by [[Madin Jackson]] - issue 5
	*[[Skills]] - issue 1		*[[Skills]] - issue 1
	*[[Species/Gender Ability Modifiers]] - by [[C. J. Williams]] - issue 4		*[[Species/Gender Ability Modifiers]] - by [[C. J. Williams]] - issue 4
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	*[[Star Rover artwork and NPC’s stats]] - issue 14		*[[Star Rover artwork and NPC’s stats]] - issue 14
		+	*[[Starflight: Starfighters in Alpha Dawn]] - by [[C. J. Williams]] - issue 5
		+	*[[Starport Layovers]] - by [[Rum Rogue]] - issue 5
	*[[Starting Gear]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4		*[[Starting Gear]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4

	<big>'''T'''</big>		<big>'''T'''</big>
		+	*[[Technical Journal: Tangler Gun\|Tangler Gun]] - by [[Larry Moore]] - issue 5
	*[[Temple Raiders]] - by [[C.J. Williams]] - issue 4		*[[Temple Raiders]] - by [[C.J. Williams]] - issue 4
	*[[The Dominion]] - by [[Richard “Shadow Shack” Rose]] - issue 14		*[[The Dominion]] - by [[Richard “Shadow Shack” Rose]] - issue 14
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		+	*[[Planet of Mystery: The Ul-Mor\|The Ul-Mor]] - by [[R. Kevin Smoot]] - issue 5

	<big>'''V'''</big>		<big>'''V'''</big>
	*[[Variable Sword]] - by [[Chris Harper]] - issue 14		*[[Variable Sword]] - by [[Chris Harper]] - issue 14
		+	*[[Vimh]] - by [[R. Kevin Smoot]] - issue 5
		+	*[[Vrusk Pistolero]] - by Bill Logan and Andrew Modro - issue 5
	*[[Vrusk Smuggler]] - issue 1		*[[Vrusk Smuggler]] - issue 1
	*[[Vrusk Visionary Ecologist]] - by [[Bill Logan]] and [[Andrew Modro]] - issue 3		*[[Vrusk Visionary Ecologist]] - by [[Bill Logan]] and [[Andrew Modro]] - issue 3
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		+	*[[Xenomorphs]] (from the “Alien” movie saga) - by [[Madin Jackson]] - issue 5

	<big>'''Y'''</big>		<big>'''Y'''</big>
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	*[[Yazirian Cyber Cop]] - by [[Bill Logan]] and [[Andrew Modro]] - issue 2		*[[Yazirian Cyber Cop]] - by [[Bill Logan]] and [[Andrew Modro]] - issue 2
		+	*[[Yazirian Disc-Grenades]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 5
	*[[Yazirian Priest]] - issue 4		*[[Yazirian Priest]] - issue 4
	*[[Yinni]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4		*[[Yinni]] - by [[Bill Logan]] - issue 4

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	*[[Frontier Who's Who]] - Characters, real and fictional, that can be encountered while visiting the Frontier.		*[[Frontier Who's Who]] - Characters, real and fictional, that can be encountered while visiting the Frontier.
-	*[[~~Frontier~~ Encyclopedia]] - Articles on any topic, especially if they don't fit in one of the above categories.	+	*[[Galacticana Encyclopedia]] - Articles on any topic, especially if they don't fit in one of the above categories.
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