Serenity Starship Energy Weapons

Energy Weapons

Due to their energy requirements, a ship can’t mount an energy weapon (or weapons) with a combined die rating that exceeds its Hull. For example, a ship with Hull 3D could have a 2D EMP cannon and a 1D plasma cutter, but no other energy weapons. All energy weapons have a Rate of Fire 1.

• EMP cannon: The electromagnetic pulse cannon does Ionization damage only. EMP cannons are limited to short range.

• Lasers: Spacecraft-Scale lasers are feasible, but not truly practical due to cost. Targets suffer a –2D when dodging, and the range penalty is reduced by one bracket (e.g., firing at long range only incurs penalties as if firing at medium range). Lasers do not need ammunition.

• Plasma Cutters: Used by boarding parties to quickly penetrate another ship’s hull or by scrappers to dismantle old hulks, plasma cutters are point-blank weapons. Plasma cutters ignore a ship’s Armor Rating. If a plasma cutter produces more than 4 damage, it has breached the ship.

• Plasma Packet: Plasma packet weapons have no need for ammunition, but are limited to medium range. Their projectiles are treated as armor piercing (ignore the first 1D of armor), but they suffer a –1D to their damage die.

Weight	Scale	Damage	Laser Cost	Plasma Cannon Cost	Plasma Cutter Cost	EMP Cannon Cost
100 lbs	Walker	2D	2,500	100	25	50
250 lbs	Walker	3D	5,000	200	50	100
450 lbs	Starfighter	2D	10,000	500	100	250
600 lbs	Starfighter	3D	25,000	1,000	250	500
1,000 lbs	Starfighter	4D	50,000	2,500	500	1,000
1,500 lbs	Starfighter	5D	100,000	5,000	1,000	2,500
1 ton	Starfighter	6D	250,000	10,000	2,500	5,000
2 tons	Starfighter	7D	500,000	20,000	5,000	10,000
5 tons	Capital	2D	1,250,000	50,000	10,000	25,000
10 tons	Capital	3D	2,500,000	100,000	25,000	50,000
25 tons	Capital	4D	5,000,000	200,000	50,000	100,000
50 tons	Capital	5D	10,000,000	500,000	100,000	250,000
100 tons	Capital	6D	20,000,000	1,000,000	200,000	500,000

Source:

• Serenity Role Playing Game: Six-Shooters & Spaceships (pages 109-110)
• thedemonapostle