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= Chapter 8: Definitions and Tables =

[[Category:Mneme CE Space Combat]]
[[Category:Chapter 8]]

== Space Combat Definitions ==

; Ranges are Relative to PC's Ship : All range measurements based on player vessel position
; Encounter Ranges : Distances at which ships detect and engage each other

== Table: Space Combat Attack Difficulties by Weapon Type ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Attack Difficulties by Range
! Weapon !! Adjacent<br/><1km !! Close<br/>1km !! Short<br/>10km !! Medium<br/>1,250km !! Long<br/>10K km !! Very Long<br/>25K km
|-
| Pulse Laser (T) || DM+2/6+ || DM-0/8+ || DM-2/10+ || -- || -- || --
|-
| Beam Laser (T) || DM+2/6+ || DM+2/6+ || DM+2/6+ || DM-0/8+ || DM-2/10+ || --
|-
| Particle Beam || DM+2/6+ || DM+2/6+ || DM+2/6+ || DM+2/6+ || DM-0/8+ || DM-2/10+
|-
| Fusion Gun || DM+2/6+ || DM+2/6+ || DM+2/6+ || DM-0/8+ || DM-2/10+ || --
|-
| Meson Gun || DM+2/6+ || DM+2/6+ || DM+2/6+ || DM+2/6+ || DM-0/8+ || DM-2/10+
|-
| Sandcaster || DM+2/6+ || DM-0/8+ || DM-2/10+ || -- || -- || --
|}

; Note
: DM+2 when used closer than noted range
: DM-2 when used 1 band further
: Cannot use beyond one band more than noted range

== Table: Space Combat Hit Location ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Hit Location (2D6 Roll)
! Roll !! External Hit !! Internal Hit (Hull Breached)
|-
| 2 || Structure || Hull
|-
| 3 || Power Plant || Power Plant
|-
| 4 || J-Drive || Hold/Vehicle bay
|-
| 5 || Bay || Fuel
|-
| 6 || Structure || Hull
|-
| 7 || Crew || Armor
|-
| 8 || Structure || Hull
|-
| 9 || Hold/Vehicle Bay || Turret
|-
| 10 || J-Drive || M-Drive
|-
| 11 || Power Plant || Crew
|-
| 12 || Bridge || Bridge
|}

; Special
: Small Craft use only first column
: Internal column used after Hull breached

== Damaged Section Table ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Component Damage Effects
! Module/Comp !! Damaged (50%) !! Disabled (100%) !! Destroyed (Excess)
|-
| Hull || Breached, leaking 1 man-day/turn/dmg || Only pods have atmosphere || Excess → Structure, use Internal table
|-
| Structure || DM-2 to Piloting || 1D6 dmg/turn to Hull & Structure || Ship destroyed
|-
| Armor || Reduce by % of damage || Negligible, excess → Hull || Remaining negligible
|-
| Turret || Attacks DM-2 || Turret & weapons disabled || Destroyed, excess → Hull
|-
| Bay || Attacks DM-2 || Weapon disabled || Destroyed, excess → Hull
|-
| J-Drive || Jump DM-2 || Disabled || Destroyed, excess → Structure
|-
| M-Drive || Thrust -1 || Thrust -50% || Disabled, excess → Structure
|-
| Power Plant || Crew radiation hit || Emergency power only (turns = Dtons) || Destroyed, disabled, excess → Structure
|-
| Sensors || DM-2 Comms checks || Cannot target beyond Adjacent || Destroyed, blind, excess → Hull
|-
| Bridge || Crew normal hit || No Pilot/Sensor actions, attacks DM-2 || Destroyed, excess → Structure
|-
| Fuel || Leak 1D6 tons/hour || Destroy 1D6x10%, leak 1D6/turn || Destroyed, excess → Structure
|-
| Hold/Bay || Destroy 1D6x10% cargo || Destroy 1D6x10% cargo || Destroyed with contents
|}

; Note
: Bridge Sensors have DT of bridge as HP (toughest sensors)
: Multiple bridges/sensors: Roll D6 and count down list

== Table: Multiple Attacks Consolidation ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ MAC Table
! Number of Attacks !! Attack DM !! Extra Damage
|-
| 1 Attack || DM+0 || +0 damage
|-
| 2 Attacks || DM+1 || +1 point of damage
|-
| 5 Attacks || DM+1 || +1D6 damage
|-
| 10 Attacks || DM+2 || +2D6 damage
|-
| 20 Attacks || DM+3 || +3D6 damage
|-
| 50 Attacks || DM+4 || +4D6 damage
|-
| 100 Attacks || DM+5 || +5D6 damage
|-
| 200 Attacks || DM+6 || +6D6 damage
|-
| 500+ Attacks || DM+7 || +7D6 damage
|}

; Doubling Rule
: Double attacks: Increase DM+1
: Double attacks: Increase damage by +1D6

== Table: Crew Damage ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Crew Damage (2D6 Roll)
! Roll !! Normal Damage !! Radiation Damage
|-
| 4 or less || Lucky escape – no damage || Lucky escape – no radiation
|-
| 5-8 || One random crew member suffers 2D6 damage || One random crew member suffers 2D6x10 rads
|-
| 9-10 || One random crew member suffers 4D6 damage || One random crew member suffers 4D6x10 rads
|-
| 11 || All crew suffer 2D6 damage || All crew suffer 2D6x10 rads
|-
| 12 || All crew suffer 4D6 damage || All crew suffer 4D6x10 rads
|}

== Table: Atmospheric Entry ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Atmospheric Entry Difficulty
! World Values !! DM/TN
|-
| World Size 9+ || -2/10+
|-
| World Size 4 or less || +2/6+
|-
| World Atmosphere 1 or less || Auto Success
|-
| World Atmosphere 2-5, 14(E) || +2/6+
|-
| World Atmosphere 8-9, 13(D) || -2/10+
|}

; Significant Speed Difference
: Ship vs debris: DM-2 (TN+2)

== Table: Collision Avoidance ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Collision Avoidance Difficulty
! Situation !! Difficulty
|-
| Traffic (5+ vessels within Short range), debris clouds || Average (+0/8+)
|-
| Asteroid field, light density || Difficult (-2/10+)
|-
| Asteroid field, average density || Very Difficult (-4/12+)
|-
| Asteroid field, heavy density || Formidable (-6/14+)
|}

== Table: Boarding Modifiers ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Boarding Modifiers
! Boarding Circumstances !! Modifier
|-
| Per TL difference of Boarders Equipment Superiority || DM +1 to Superior Party
|-
| Superior Force 3 vs 2 or 1.5:1 || DM+1
|-
| Superior Force 1 vs 2 || DM+2
|-
| Superior Force 1 vs 3 || DM+3
|-
| Superior Force 1 vs 5 || DM+4
|-
| Superior Force 1 vs 7 || DM+5
|-
| Superior Force 1 vs 10 || DM+6
|}

; Quality of Troops
: Superior Force has DM bonus equal to difference in troop quality

== Table: Morale Roll ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Morale States (2D6 Roll)
! Roll !! Disposition !! Means !! Group Morale Effect
|-
| 12-11 || Committed || Will take risks || Great: DM+2 in one Function per Turn
|-
| 10-9 || Resolved || Will follow, within reason || Good: DM+1 in one Function per Turn
|-
| 8-7 || Indifferent || Self interest prevails || Stable: No penalty
|-
| 6-5 || Cowed || Hesitant and Uncooperative || Poor: DM-1 to coordination or lose Minor Action
|-
| 4-2 || Panicked || Will flee or mental break || Strife: All Minor Actions in conflict or fleeing
|}

== Table: Electronics Modified (CE SRD page 127) ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Sensor Systems by Tech Level
! Sensor !! TL8 DT/Cost !! TL9 DT/Cost !! TL10 DT/Cost !! TL11 DT/Cost !! TL12 DT/Cost
|-
| Standard || 0.5DT/25K || 0.5DT/25K || 0.5DT/25K || 0.5DT/25K || 0.5DT/25K
|-
| Basic Civilian || 3DT/250K || 1DT/50K || 1DT/50K || 1DT/50K || 1DT/50K
|-
| Basic Military || 20DT/100M || 6DT/10M || 2DT/1M || 2DT/1M || 2DT/1M
|-
| Advanced || NA || 30DT/200M || 10DT/20M || 3DT/2M || 3DT/2M
|-
| Very Advanced || NA || NA || 50DT/400M || 15DT/40M || 5DT/4M
|}

; Optional: Sensor Dice Modifiers
: DM+1 to sensor checks for every grade above Standard
: Applies to opposed rolls

== Table: Computer Software ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Computer Software Costs and Availability
! Software !! TL !! Rating !! Base Cost !! Notes
|-
| Interface || 7+ || 1-5 || 200 Cr || Included with computer
|-
| Intrusion || 8+ || 1+ || 1,000+ Cr || Vulnerability detection
|-
| Intelligent Interface || 8+ || 2+ || 1,000+ Cr || Advanced interaction
|-
| Agent Programs || 8+ || 3+ || 5,000+ Cr || Task performance
|-
| Expert Programs || 9+ || 2+ || 1,000+ Cr || Skill emulation
|-
| Translator || 8+ || 1-2 || 200 Cr || Language translation
|}

; Security and Intrusion Costs
: Cost doubles with each rating increase
: Intrusion: Rating 1 = 1,000 Cr, Rating 2 = 5,000 Cr, etc.

== Table: Computer Terminals by TL ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Computer Terminal Technology
! TL !! Description !! Cost (Cr)
|-
| TL7 || Basic CRT or LCD screen || 50
|-
| TL8 || Touch screen || 100
|-
| TL9 || 3D view screen and Augmented Reality Display || 150
|-
| TL10+ || Holographic touch or gesture displays || 200
|}

== Table: Ship Software (CE SRD page 126) ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Ship Software Programs
! Program !! TL !! Rating !! Cost (MCr) !! Notes
|-
| Auto-Repair || 9+ || 10/10 || 0.5 || 10 repair attempts per turn
|-
| Evade || 9+ || 5+ || 0.1 per DM-1 || Replicates Pilot evasion
|-
| Fire Control || 9+ || 5 || 2 per weapon || Control weapons, max 5
|-
| Jump Control || 9+ || Jn || 0.1xJn || Governs Jump drives
|-
| Jump Course Tape || 9+ || Jn || 0.001xJn || Jump plot specific route
|}

; Fire Control Details
: Ship's computer fires one weapon per program
: Each additional weapon: +1 TL required
: Can sacrifice weapon control for DM+1 targeting bonus
: Maximum 5 weapons controlled

; Auto-Repair Details
: Rating 10 = 10 repair attempts per turn
: Cost: 5 MCr per rating of 10
: Requires 1% of ship's Dtons in Repair Drones per program running
: Multiple computers can control separate drone sets

== Table: Scaling Damage ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Ship Weapons Against Personal-Scale Targets
! Ship Weapon !! Personal Combat Damage
|-
| Beam Laser || 1D6x50
|-
| Fusion Gun (bay) || 5D6x50
|-
| Meson Gun (bay) || 5D6x50, plus 4D6x10 rads
|-
| Nuclear Missile || 2D6x50, plus 4D6x10 rads
|-
| Particle Beam (bay) || 6D6x50, plus 4D6x10 rads
|-
| Particle Beam (turret) || 3D6x50, plus 4D6x10 rads
|-
| Pulse Laser || 2D6x50
|-
| Sandcaster || 8D6
|-
| Smart Missile || 1D6x50
|-
| Standard Missile || 1D6x50
|}

; To Hit Personal-Scale
: Ship weapons suffer DM-4 to hit specific personal-scale targets

== Thrust Points Table ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Movement Costs (CE SRD Maneuvering)
! Ranges !! Thrust Cost !! Cumulative Thrust
|-
| Adjacent ↔ Close || 0 || 0
|-
| Close ↔ Short || 1 || 1
|-
| Short ↔ Medium || 2 || 3
|-
| Medium ↔ Long || 5 || 8
|-
| Long ↔ Very Long || 10 || 18
|-
| Very Long ↔ Distant || 20 || 38
|}

== Weapon Damage Summary ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Weapon Statistics
! Weapon !! TL !! Range !! Damage !! Cost (MCr) !! Ammo/Dton
|-
| Sandcaster || 6 || Close || Special || 0.25 || 0.01 MCr
|-
| Missile Rack || 6 || Distant || 1D6 || 0.75 || Varies
|-
| Missile Bank || 6 || Distant || 1D6 || 12.0 || Varies (12 missiles)
|-
| Standard Missile || 6 || Distant || 1D6 || 0.00125 || 0.015 (12/dton)
|-
| Smart Missile || 8 || Distant || 1D6 || 0.0025 || 0.03 (12/dton)
|-
| Nuclear Missile || 6 || Distant || 2D6+1 rad || 0.00375 || 0.045
|-
| Pulse Laser || 7 || Close || 2D6 || 0.5 || --
|-
| Beam Laser || 9 || Medium || 1D6 || 1.0 || --
|-
| Particle Beam (T) || 8 || Long || 3D6+1 rad || 4.0 || --
|-
| Particle Beam (Bay) || 8 || Long || 6D6+1 rad || 20.0 || --
|-
| Fusion Gun || 12 || Medium || 5D6 || 50.0 || --
|-
| Meson Gun || 11 || Long || 5D6+1 rad || 20.0 || Ignores armor
|}

; Special Rules
: ; Sandcaster : Use MAC to reduce beam damage, can attack at Close for 1 damage
: ; Meson Guns : Ignore armor, roll on Internal table, automatic radiation hit
: ; Fusion/Particle/Nuclear : Bonus radiation hit (reduced by armor DM)
: ; Smart Missiles : DM+1 attack/EW if TL ≥ target electronics

== Object Size Modifiers ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Size Modifiers for Detection/Targeting
! Size !! DM !! Notes
|-
| Man-Sized || -4 || Missile/Drone/Probe
|-
| 1 DT || -2 || Small vehicle or craft
|-
| 100 DT || 0 || A Ship
|-
| 100K DT || +2 || Capital ship, Space Station, Asteroid ~1km
|-
| 100M DT || +4 || Asteroid ~10km (Phobos, Deimos)
|-
| 100B DT || +6 || Asteroid ~100km (Pallas, Vesta, Hygiea)
|-
| 100T DT || +8 || Planetoid ~1,000km (Moon, Pluto, Ganymede)
|}

== Initiative Modifiers Summary ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Initiative Factors
! Condition !! Modifier
|-
| Organization or Confidence of Crews || Varies
|-
| Intelligence/Social + Leadership/Admin || Combined
|-
| Lowest thrust > opponent's lowest thrust || +1
|-
| No accepted leader || -2
|-
| Effect of Encounter Setup || Effect applied
|}

== Communication and Sensor Details ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Detection Ranges
! Range !! Distance !! Sensor Details !! Weapon Ranges
|-
| <1 km || -- || Individual neural activity (Very Advanced only) || Adjacent (DM+6)
|-
| 1-9.9 km || -- || Individual ship systems, neural activity (Very Advanced) || --
|-
| 10-999 km || 1 Space || Fine visual, heat sources, internal structure (Advanced+) || Sand/Pulse max (DM-2), DM+2 to detect
|-
| 1,000-9,999 km || 2-9 Space || EM emissions, external structure (Advanced+) || DM+0
|-
| 10K-24.9K km || 10-24 Space || Ship config, thermal, external structure (Advanced+) || Beam/Fusion max (DM-2), Sensors DM-2
|-
| 25K-49.9K km || 25-49 Space || Ship presence, basic silhouette || --
|-
| 50K+ km || 50+ Space || Transponder/IFF only (automatic but light-speed limited) || Combat ends
|}

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