Vehicles and Starships
Vehicles and starships in Mass Effect: Apocalypse also scale in a manner similar to gangs. Vehicles have four size categories: small, medium, large, and dreadnought. Much like gangs, when a vehicle attacks another vehicle, it inflicts +1harm for every size category larger it is, and -1harm for every size category smaller. Vehicle-mounted weapons mounted to vehicles of size medium or larger will tend to just vaporize characters who are not themselves in a vehicle.
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Building Vehicles:
Vehicles are characterized by stat profile, frame, strength, looks, and weakness.
Choose one stat profile:
- Power +2 looks +1 1-armor weakness +1
- Power +2 looks +2 0-armor weakness +1
- Power +1 looks +2 1-armor weakness +1
- Power +2 looks +1 2-armor weakness +2
Choose frame:
- Small: aircar, compact, off-road vehicle, ambulance, shuttle, tank, fighter-craft, construction/utility
- Medium: transport, frigate, raider, dropship
- Large: cruiser, cargo-hauler
- Dreadnought: carrier, dreadnought, ark-ship
Choose strength or strengths equal to Power stat:
Fast, rugged, aggressive, tight, huge, off-road, responsive, uncomplaining, capacious, workhorse, easily repaired
Choose looks equal to its looks stat:
Sleek, vintage, pristine, powerful, luxe, flashy, muscular, quirky, pretty, handcrafted, spikes & plates, garish
Choose weaknesses equal to weakness stat:
Slow, fragile, sloppy, lazy, cramped, picky, guzzler, unreliable, loud, rabbity.
Sample Vehicle List (Small):
- A-61 Mantis Gunship: Frame: Airship, Power +2 (aggressive, workhorse), looks +1 (sleek), weakness +1 (airborne), 1-armor, heavy machine-gun (4-harm close/far loud autofire)
- Atlas heavy mech: Frame: mech, Power +2 (agressive, rugged), looks +1 (powerful), weakness +2 (slow, cramped,) 2-armor, 4-shield (for pilot), mass-accelerator cannon (4-harm far loud reload), machine-gun (3-harm close/far loud autofire)
- ET3 Transport: Frame: Ground Utility Vehicle, Power +2 (rugged, off road), looks +1 (muscular), weakness +1 (slow), 1-armor
- M-44 Hammerhead: Frame: hovertank, Power +2 (fast, off-road), looks +1 (sleek), weakness +1 (sloppy), 1-armor mass-accelerator cannon (4-harm far loud reload)
- M-29 Grizzly: Frame: off-road transport, Power +2 (rugged, capacious), looks +1 (powerful), weakness +2 (slow, guzzler), 2-armor machine-gun (3-harm close/far loud autofire)
- M-35 Mako: Frame: off-road tank, Power +2 (rugged, off-road), looks +1 (muscular), weakness +1 (cramped), 1-armor, mass-accelerator cannon (4-harm far loud reload)
- M-080: Frame: infantry transport, Power +2 (rugged, capacious), looks +1 (powerful), weakness +2 (slow, cramped), 2-armor, mass-accelerator cannon (4-harm far loud reload)
- Tomkah: Frame: off-road transport, Power +2 (rugged, capacious), looks +1 (powerful), weakness +2 (slow, guzzler), 2-armor, mass-accelerator cannon (4-harm far loud reload)
- UT-47 Kodiak: Frame: Shuttle, Power +2 (fast, flying), looks +1 (powerful), weakness +1 (sloppy), 1-armor, machine-gun (3-harm close/far loud autofire)
- X3M Skycar: Frame: Aircar, Power +1 (fast), looks +2 (sleek, flashy), weakness +1 (rabbity), 1-armor