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Starship Immunities

Source Tech Core pg. 172
Most starships are objects that are immune to bleed, death effects, disease, drained, fatigued, paralyzed, poison, sickened, spirit, vitality, and void. Starships can never become doomed or unconscious. Unlike other objects, most starships aren't immune to mental effects since such effects have an impact on a starship's crew. Living starships often have different immunities than constructed starships, as detailed in their stat blocks. While most objects are immune to nonlethal attacks or effects, starships aren't immune to nonlethal attacks or effects by default and can be incapacitated by nonlethal attacks or effects, assuming it comes from a source that can damage the starship in the first place. It's incredibly difficult, if not impossible, for most creatures to affect starships or starship-scale creatures without a starship of their own.
Starships Against Creatures
Starships, including their weapons and defenses, operate on a different scale than PCs and most other creatures and aren't intended to interact with creatures beyond the scope of tactical starship combat. If creatures shoot at a starship with normal munitions, cast spells at it, or take other hostile actions while it's on the ground or within range, its shields repel the damage.

The effects of starship weapons against creatures, such as when a starship fires its weapons at troopers on the ground, are especially devastating. When there's a chance targets might survive, the effects of a starship's attacks are typically simulated by using a hazard or chase scene to play out the characters' escape from bombardment.
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