Attributes:
- Strength – Affects physical power and might be useful for certain tasks or combat.
- Agility – Improves speed, reflexes, and dexterity, likely beneficial in combat.
- Wisdom – Impacts knowledge, insight, and intuition, could be helpful for problem-solving, understanding complex systems, or making strategic decisions.
Skills
- Leadership – Influences the player’s ability to inspire and motivate others, probably important when interacting with crew or forming alliances.
- Piloting – Enhances piloting skills, including maneuverability, evasion, and combat effectiveness.
- Science – Boosts scientific knowledge, likely used to analyze data, understand technology, or develop new inventions.
- Engineering – Improves engineering skills, perhaps for repairing, modifying, or building ships.
- Diplomacy – Affects negotiation, persuasion, and social interactions, useful for building alliances, resolving conflicts, and influencing others.
- Deception – Improves the player’s ability to lie, cheat, or manipulate; potentially valuable for espionage or shady dealings.
- Medicine – Enhances healing abilities, making the player more effective at treating injuries or diseases.
- Firearms – Improves accuracy and effectiveness with ranged weapons like lasers and auto-cannons.
- Melee – Enhances the player’s ability to fight hand-to-hand, useful for close-quarters combat.
Ship Stats
- Ship Name – Name your ship and customize it anyway you would like.
- Hull – Represents the ship’s health. If it reaches 0, the ship is destroyed.
- Main Power Core – Determines how powerful the power core on your ship is, which affects excess power and core health.
- Shield Capacity – Absorb damage before affecting the hull. Shields can be recharged.
- Shield Generator – Determines how quickly your shields regenerate in combat.
- Engines – Affect the ship’s evasion and maneuverability during combat.
- Weapons – Determine the ship’s attack power and options for engaging enemies.
- Missile Launcher Capacity – Indicates how many missiles the ship can carry and use in combat without having to reload.
- Sensors – Improves accuracy and detection of enemy ships.
- Cargo Capacity – Determines how much cargo the ship can hold.
- Excess Power – Represents any unused power that can be redirected to other systems.
Examples
Evasive Maneuvers
- Pilot Skill: A higher piloting skill allows for more precise and unpredictable maneuvers, making the ship harder to hit.
- Engine Power: Stronger engines enable quicker acceleration and sharper turns, improving the ship’s ability to evade incoming fire.
Dynamic Balance
- Skilled Pilots: Can effectively pilot even ships with weaker engines, relying on their expertise.
- Powerful Engines: Allow for more aggressive evasive maneuvers, even with less skilled pilots.
Ship Specialization
- Players can choose to specialize in either piloting skills or engine upgrades, creating distinct ship builds with different strengths and weaknesses.
Combat Strategy
- Players need to consider both their own ship’s capabilities and those of their opponents when planning attack and evasion tactics