Ship Power

Ships have different power generation, distribution, and storage systems based on their energy consumption needs. Excess power can be used to fuel special abilities.

Power Dice

Crewmembers can use a ship's power die to fuel special abilities granted by ranks in a particular deployment role. A power die is expended when a crewmember uses it, and can be used when stored in the system listed in the ability or in central storage.

The size of your ship’s power dice is determined by your ship’s tier, as shown below in the Starship Tier Power Die Size table.

Your ship’s maximum power dice and how your power dice are stored are determined by your ship's power coupling. How many power dice it recovers each turn is determined by your ship’s reactor.

Starship Tier Power Die Size

Reactors

Ships use different reactor types based on their intend-ed uses. While the majority of commercial ships use standard reactors with average performance charac-teristics, some ships use more specialized reactor systems. Ships meant for endurance or stealth may use reactors optimized for fuel efficiency, while military craft often use reactors with greater fuel consumption and improved power output.

Power Die Recovery. At the start of each of your ship’s turns, it recovers a number of expended power dice, as shown in the Power Dice Recovery column of

the Reactors and Power Couplings table below.

Fuel Cell Reactor

Fuel cell reactors are the most common and balanced reactors on the market.

Ionization Reactor

Ionization reactors are highly fuel-efficient reactors that trade power output for fuel economy.

Power Core Reactor

Power core reactors have highly variable power output capabilities, but sacrifice fuel economy as a result.

Power Coupling

Different power couplings are used in ships, often based on the number of crew expected to operate the ship. Three power coupling models are in standard usage: direct power coupling, distributed power coupling, and hub & spoke power coupling. These power dice are stored in a central and/or individual system capacitors to power abilities of crewmembers.

Power Die Storage. Your ship’s maximum power dice are determined by its storage, as shown in the two storage columns of the Reactors and Power Couplings table below. Power dice stored centrally can be used by any deployment abilities, while those stored in specific systems can only be used by abilities that reference that system. There are five systems used by Deployment abilities: communications, engines, shields, sensors, and weapons. Each system has its own storage capacity in distributed and hub & spoke architectures.

Direct Power Coupling

Direct power coupling has a central power capacitor that feeds power directly to each system.

Distributed Power Coupling

Distributed power coupling sacrifices flexibility by allocating power separately to each system.

Hub & Spoke Power Coupling

A hub and spoke coupling system combines attributes of both other systems, providing some flexibility and some increased power storage capacity.

Reactors and Power Couplings

|Name|Cost|Fuel Use Modifier|Power Dice Recovery|Central Storage Capacity|System Storage Capacity| |:--|--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:| | Reactor |||||||| | Fuel cell reactor |4,500 cr| - |1|-|-| | Ionization reactor |5,100 cr| x 0.5|1d2-1|-|-| | Power core reactor |5,750 cr| x 1.5|1d2|-|-| | Power Coupling |||||||| | Direct power coupling |4,100 cr| - | - |4|-| | Distributed power coupling |5,100 cr| - | - |-|2 (per system)| | Hub & spoke power coupling |5,600 cr| - | - |2|1 (per system)|