I’ve been trying to figure out if there is a way to convert the Starship talent Independent Phaser Supply to 2E Rules. The original talent allows you to use starship phasers without spending power. However, 2E no longer has a power stat. Any suggestions?
2E does have reserve power, though:
Requires Reserve Power. You reroute Reserve Power to a specific system; the chosen system gains power which will apply to the next action using that system (as described on page 185).
If the action is completed, the next time the ship uses that system to assist on a task attempt, the ship’s assist die is counted as if it had rolled a 1. However, each complication rolled counts as two complications instead, as the excess power overloads and damages systems.
So the 2E version would allow the phasers to be boosted as if you have used Reroute Power (making the ship’s die a 1), without actually using Reserve Power and without the extra Complication risk (or maybe with it? Or maybe it can only be used a limited number of times?).
Edit: Or, in keeping with the original, you can’t use the Devastating Attack or Added Damage Momentum spends when you decide to use this ability.
Original:
Common prior to the 2270s, the ship’s phasers use an independent power supply rather than drawing directly from the ship’s other power sources. Attacking with the ship’s phasers no longer has a Power requirement. However, the ship may not spend additional Power to boost the effectiveness of an attack with its energy weapons.
My draft suggestion:
Common prior to the 2270s, the ship’s phasers use an independent power supply rather than drawing directly from the ship’s other power sources. Using the Reroute Power task before making an attack no longer uses the ship’s Reserve Power, and does not increase the amount of complications. However, the Added Damage and Devastating Attack Momentum spends may not be used to modify the task.
Ah, excellent suggestion. Thanks for that.
I’d love to see if the rules for how space frames are built have changed. There’s a lot of subtle differences between the space frames we have in 2e from 1e.
Can we get a new utopia planetia? I want one, but the cover I want is out of stock, and I would prefer it be perfect for 2e.