Cinematic Starship Scene XP

Characters gain Experience Points (XP) for encountering a cinematic starship scene, whether they succeed or not. The scene's level indicates what level of party the scene is a good challenge for. The XP values for a cinematic starship scene are equal to the XP for a monster or complex hazard of the same level. To best challenge your players, you should aim to design scenes that range in difficulty from the party's level – 1 to the party's level + 1. Scenes of a lower level than the party's level – 4 are beyond trivial and award no XP.

You can also grant the PCs additional XP as a story award for succeeding at a scene's victory conditions, doubling the Victory Points threshold for a victory condition, completing additional objectives, achieving an important story milestone, or even coming up with creative solutions.