Various questions about the NG

[Erias]

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

[Doug Burke]

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 ?

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

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.

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

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 ?

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.

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 ?

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

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

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.

[redwood973]

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)

[Erias]

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 ! ).

Thanks for the abreviations explanation

[Tobian]

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 - I might have to add more of them in the shields damage track! )

[Erias]

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 - I might have to add more of them in the shields damage track! ) "

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