Npc Starship Battle Stations

A starship that deploys drones, obstacles, or hazards most likely needs a drone console. If a starship has a summoning ability, the drone console might be a good addition to the stat block.

A starship with a generator battle station gains a Shield Point capacity and a fortify value. A generator provides a means of restoring SP, usually equal to the fortify value. Non-magical abilities that generate or heal SP should be granted by the generator battle station. A starship with generator station actions can’t use these abilities on targets outside its sensor range.

A gunnery battle station grants a Strike action, an Area Fire action, an Auto-Fire action, or a combination of these actions. It might also grant custom damaging actions. Most starships have ranged weapons that are comparable to the player starship weapons or melee weapons that can be used to attack starships within 0 zones. Unlike most battle stations, the gunnery can target starships outside of the NPC starship's sensor range.

Any magical effect a starship can conjure is typically granted by a magic conduit battle station. Magical effects created by NPC starships usually shouldn’t manifest as player starship spells but should instead be designed as custom magical actions in the same way a creature’s abilities are created.

The pilot’s console (or any equivalent) battle station is a necessity on practically all starships, being the primary source of directing the starship’s movements. All starships that have a Speed should by default have the Boost Thrusters and Change Heading actions. The pilot’s console sometimes has station actions that directly affect other starships, and in such cases, they’re generally only able to affect starships within 1 zone at most.

Scanners station actions often disrupt, enhance, or damage technology. Common starship actions using the scanners include analyzing a target to gain a combat advantage, hacking a battle station, or otherwise disrupting a target’s tech-themed abilities.