Full Thrust "Captain's Check" critical threshold

2 posts ยท Sep 16 1999 to Sep 17 1999

From: Mike Wikan <mww@n...>

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:26:06 -0700

Subject: Full Thrust "Captain's Check" critical threshold

I was thinking about something we used to use in our Full Thrust/Star
Trek games.

Whenever a ship makes a threshold check, he makes a seperate "captain's table"
check. If he fails, he rolls on the table. it went something like this:

1) Warp Core Breach: Ship loses all maneuver power and coasts in a straight
line for the next turn at present speed. At end of turn, ship's Warp core
ruptures explosively causing 3d6 damage -1 per inch from detonation
point to all ships. Shields subtract one point of damage per level of shields.

2) Structural Collapse: take additional 1d6 points as main support members
collapse

3) Plasma Coolant leak: Ship may not maneuver at all next round

4) Main Fire Control down: Ship may not fire any weapons next round

5) Warp Field collapse: Ship may not disengage via FTL or, if combat is in
FTL, ship is immediately removed form table and counted as destroyed for
Victory point purposes

6) "Scotty, I need warp power or we're all dead!!" Ship may AUTOMATICALLY
repair ONE system -or- may reinforce structural integrity field, gaining
back 1d6 damage points. Ship may never get above original hit points..

This, plus "captain's points" which were 1 point per captain to modify a roll
ONCE per game (any roll by anyone) added a very Star Trek feel to FT

From: Sean Bayan Schoonmaker <schoon@a...>

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 07:06:17 -0700

Subject: Re: Full Thrust "Captain's Check" critical threshold

> I was thinking about something we used to use in our Full Thrust/Star

[snipped]

This is very similar to the core system rules from FB.