Description

• Ship Name: Merciless Blades
• Class: Raider
• Hull: Havoc-Class Merchant Raider
• Speed: 9
• Manoeuvrability: +47
• Detection: +10
• Turret Rating: 1
• Shields: 1
• Armour: 19
• Hull Integrity: 30/30
• Space Used/Available: 39/40
• Power Used/Available: 45/45
• Weapon Capacity: 1 Prow, 1 Port, 1 Starboard
• Crew %: 100/100
• Morale: 96/96

Essential Components

• Segrazian “Viperdrive” Pirate Engine: Increase Maneuver by +5, and Speed by 2; Additionally, if an “Engines Crippled” critical hit is received, always treat the engine as wrecked, as if 8-10 had been rolled.
• Markov 1 Warp Engine: Required to enter the Immaterium. Every 10 days reduce base travel time by 1d10 days.
• Gellar Field:
• Single Void Shield: Provides 1 Void Shield.
• Command Bridge: While undamaged, Captain’s command tests are made at +5 and all Ballistic Skill tests are made at +5. If the ship suffers a critical hit, roll 1d10. On a 3 or higher, this component becomes unpowered.
• M-1.r Life Sustainer: Increases all Morale Loss by 1.
• Pressed Crew Quarters: Decrease Maximum Morale by 2.
• M-100 Auger Array: External

Weapons

• Grapple Cannon
  • Location: Dorsal
  • Special: Inflicts no damage. May make a Difficult (- 10) Ballistic Skill Test to initiate boarding. While boarding, enemies must make an Arduous (- 40) Pilot + Maneuverability Test to breakaway.

• Las-Burner
  • Location: Dorsal
  • Damage: 1d5 + 1
  • Strength: 2
  • Crit Rating 3
  • Range: 3
  • Special: May fire during boarding actions.

Supplemental Components

• Augmented Retro-Thrusters (x4)
  • Increase Maneuverability by 5 (20 total).

• Defensive Countermeasures (x2)
  • When deployed, for 1d5 + 1 turns, incoming BS checks take a -20, except for torpedoes which take a -30.

• Excess Void Armour
  • Decrease Maneuverability by 3 and speed by 2.
  • Increase armor by 3.

• Murder Servitors
  • + 20 to all Command tests during Hit and Run or Boarding actions.

Complications/Past History

• Blasphemous Tendencies
  • All Navigation Tests made to pilot this vessel through the warp gain a +15 bonus.
  • While aboard the ship, all crew suffer -5 to Willpower based Tests.

• Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
  • The Captain selects 3 components. When scanned or subjected to anything but a thorough internal inspection, these components will not register on the scans, or appear to be a different Component of the same type. Suffer -2 Power to maintain this illusion. May have other secrets hidden aboard.
  • Whenever this ship is Crippled, a successful Command check allows it to ignore the penalties.