Voidrunner Starfighter Design

[Micah Sweet]

Hey there. I am interested in designing new starfighters and shuttles for my VRC game (mostly making stats for my favorites from the literature), but reviewing the SCM provides plenty of info on how they move and fight, but little about how they're created for the game, unlike capital ships. Any advice for how to go about it?

 

[Morrus]

They’re basically like suits of armour. There isn’t a formula.

 

[Micah Sweet]

They’re basically like suits of armour. There isn’t a formula.

Too bad. I remember you posted several examples of famous fictional starships using the starship builder (a post which I now cannot find annoyingly). I was hoping to do the same with famous fictional starfighters (TIE fighters, BSA Vipers, etc). Guess I'll have to just make them up.

Is there a list of starfighter weapons anywhere in the book, or do you have to extrapolate from the examples? What about shields? A lot of famous starfighters have shields. Are those just abstracted into AC, or could you do something like starship shields? Any list of starfighter features?

I guess I feel the area could use more granularity.