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Sci-Fi Starships: AAR-5 AdvantageBy T. Glenn Bane

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I dedicate this book to Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Commander John J. Adams, Col. Edward Carruthers, the respectivecrews of the Nostromo and Enterprise and their creators who invited me along on their fantastic voyages. Most of all I

would like to dedicate this book to my brother, Edward Bane, who deeply inspired me with dreams of ships and the navy atyoung age, and without whom I would have never known, what the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” even was

—T. Glenn Bane

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Table of ContentsIntroduction 6Using This Book 6Skills and Skill Checks 6The Grey Box 6C rosses and skulls 6Skill Bonuses and Penalties 6Money in Scaldcrow Generic 6Value Assignment Tables 7

AAR-5 Advantage 8

History and Technology 9

Effective Range 10

Weapon Systems 10Drop Pods 11Mines 11“Slipstream” Torpedoes 11“Torn Breaker” Defense Cannons 11

Defensive Systems 12Aidan and Aidan Technology 12Equity Preservation System 13

Computer Systems 13Empathy Command System 13

Chauncer Star Bleed Drive 14

X-60 Exorcist 14

Hard Sciences 15Dark Energy and Dark MaZer 15

Advantage Map Key 151—Navigation Command Center(NCC) 152—Strategic Command Center (SCC) 153—Gunnery Command Center (GCC) 164—Flanking Sentry 165—Primary Sentry Station 166—Captain Quarters 167—Officers’ Gym and Locker Room 167a—Officers’ Head and Shower Stalls 168—Officers’ Emergency Response 168a—Officers’ Medical Bay 169—Auxillery Sentry and Weapons Locker 1610—Computer Room and Records Bay 1611—Officers’ Mess 1612—Security Airlock and Event Staging 16

Facility 16

12a—Outside Boarding Platform-A andAuxiliary Watch Deck 16

13—Security Airlock and Event StagingFacility 17

13a—Outside Boarding Platform-B andAuxiliary Watch Deck 17

14a—Port Gunnery Tower 1714b—Starboard Gunnery Tower 1715—Promenade 1716—Barracks 1717—Junior Officers’ Quarters 1717a—Senior Officers’ Quarters 1718—Locker Room, Shower and Head 1719—Commander Quarters 1720—Head 1721—Gym 1722—Concourse 1722a—Med Bay 1722b—Guard House and Processing Center 1722c—Primary Cells 1722d—InWrmiry 1823—Class and Meeting Room 1824—Supply Closet 1825—Mess Hall 1826—Kitchen 1827—Pantry and Freezer 1828a—Escape Buoy-A 1828b—Escape Buoy-B 1829—Boiler Room 1829a—Port Reactor Core and Engineering

Platform-A 1829b—Starbord Reactor Core and

Engineering Platform-B 1829c—Watch Deck-A 1829d—Watch Deck-B 1829e—Escape Pod-A Junction Access Node 1829f—Escape Pod-B Junction Access Node 1829g—Engineering Plank-A 1929h—Engineering Plank-B 19

Barnacles and Robo-Support 19

Undercarriage 19u1—Promenade 19u2—Motor Pool Storage Shed 19u3—Deployment Hatch-A 19u4—Deployment Hatch-B 19u5—Access Point for X-60 19

L-53 “Scarab” 19

X-60 “Exorcist” 20

Launch Platform 20

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