Various questions about the NG

First off, hello everybody ! since it's my first post on this forum. As you've most probably deduced from my thread's title I'm having some troubles with a few Narrator's Guide rules. Any enlightenment would be appreciated ;)

P118: Table 7.11. The Multiweapon attack has a “Protection+5/weapon system” listed. But, p119 the given TN is protection +10. What’s the appropriate TN ?

Concerning starship building, how do you determine the number of decks a vessel can have ? Crew complement is explained p137 but doesn’t elaborate on how to find out the number of decks a ship can host.

I checked out the table 7.9 erratum - Shield Strength Track. The correct entry for a 9 strength is now “Bridge panel shorts! (roll stamina TN 10 or stunned for 1d6 min)”. That means that most of the crew will be stunned, right ? By the way, the duration is 1d6 min, am I correct to assume the starship combat round has the same length as the regular combat round ? And, if so, won’t a 1d6 min stunned penalty be an overwhelming advantage for an enemy ship ?

Finally one (ok, two) silly questions: what mean “A” and “AD” listed in the Shuttlebay entry ? And “FV” and “AV” for tractor beams ?

thx
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Originally posted by Erias
P118: Table 7.11. The Multiweapon attack has a “Protection+5/weapon system” listed. But, p119 the given TN is protection +10. What’s the appropriate TN ?

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I would go with the text on page 119, but I'll double-check with Don...

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Concerning starship building, how do you determine the number of decks a vessel can have ? Crew complement is explained p137 but doesn’t elaborate on how to find out the number of decks a ship can host.

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Decks are usually 3-4 meters in height. Judge based off the height dimension you gave your ship.

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I checked out the table 7.9 erratum - Shield Strength Track. The correct entry for a 9 strength is now “Bridge panel shorts! (roll stamina TN 10 or stunned for 1d6 min)”. That means that most of the crew will be stunned, right ?

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Nope. That means one (randomly determined or chosen bythe Narrator) bridge panel shorts out and the person at that panel rolls a stamina test to avoid being stunned.

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By the way, the duration is 1d6 min, am I correct to assume the starship combat round has the same length as the regular combat round ?

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Yes, they are the same length as normal combat rounds, IIRC.

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Finally one (ok, two) silly questions: what mean “A” and “AD” listed in the Shuttlebay entry ? And “FV” and “AV” for tractor beams ?

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a = aft, f = forward, d = dorsal (or the "top" of the ship), v = ventral (or the "bottom" of the ship). These can be used in combination get, for example, AD or Aft Dorsal.

As we still use the ICON system I can't help you with the CODA questions, but I can assist with your letter problems.

Those are abbreciations used to describe ship directions:

A or AFT refers aft [the rear of the ship]
F or FWD is forward [front of the ship]
D or DSL is dorsal ["top" of the ship]
P is port [to the left of the ship facing forward]
S or STBD is starboard [right of the ship facing forward]
V or VNL is ventral ["bottom" of the ship"

Your examples mean:

AD Aft Dorsal (the top rear of the ship)
AV Aft Ventral (the bottom rear fo the ship)
FV Forward Ventral (the bottom front of the ship)

quote Doug "Nope. That means one (randomly determined or chosen bythe Narrator) bridge panel shorts out and the person at that panel rolls a stamina test to avoid being stunned."

Silly me ! Naturally, it's obvious now you've told me. At first when I read it I thought the ship was so harshly shaken that every crewmember could possibly be stunned (just imagine rolling 150 stamina tests for an Intrepid Class Starship ! :D ).

Thanks for the abreviations explanation

I think there has generally been no rule made on decks, because vessels in a similar size category can have hugelly varying heights. - For example the Enterprise D has 42 decks and the E has 24 - they have a huge difference in height! When it comes to Klingon ships too, they have very thin habitable areas usually, though they may have a reasonable height (for example the BOP with it's wings up or down)

As for the crewmember hit by the stun, I usually just go round the table count the heads and roll a dice to randomly to see who gets hit (it's my favourite part :D - I might have to add more of them in the shields damage track! )

Some entries are more guidelines to help you design your vessel than carved in stone rules, that's fine.

quote Tobian : "As for the crewmember hit by the stun, I usually just go round the table count the heads and roll a dice to randomly to see who gets hit (it's my favourite part :D - I might have to add more of them in the shields damage track! ) "

Something tells me I'll use a similar method ... ;)