Fleet Ship (3.5e Location)

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The Great Dynasty crumbled with the destruction of their central solar system. Many victim planets of the dynasty were also destroyed. Yet shortly after the Dynasties demise, a coalition of Uongo-mijusi, Kisalli, and Tempus formed to rescue what was left of their galaxy. Creating The Fleet from slave-ships, frigates, and battle ships, left in ruin after the war. Constantly searching the universe for a new home system. While maintaining there vigil, and sights on there quarry - the zeigeists and magic!

A Fleet Ship village

Generic Features

Physical Traits:

• Gravity: light
• Time: Normal
• Size: A Giga-sized self-contained shape.
• Morphic: A Fleet Ship is static, to such an extent that only siege weapons can damage them.

Power, Magic, Alignment, & Energy/Elemental Traits:

• Elemental Dominance: Electricity, and Metal
• Energy Dominance: Positive-Dominant, minor (colors are brighter, fires are hotter, noises are louder, and sensations are more intense as a result of the positive energy. All individuals gain fast healing 2 as an extraordinary ability).
• Alignment Trait: Good-Aligned, mild (creatures who have a evil alignment take a –2 circumstance penalty on all charisma-based checks).
• Magic Trait: Impeded Magic (make a Spellcraft check DC 30 + the level of the spell. If the check fails, the spell does not function but is still lost as a prepared spell or spell slot. If the check succeeds, the spell functions normally).
• Magic Trait: Limited Magic (can only use spells in the Divination school, charm, figment, pattern, or healing subschool's, and all inflict spells. And no spell or spell-like ability can be above level 7).
• Power Trait: Limited Manifestation (can only use powers in the Clairsentience, Psychometabolism Psychokinesis discipline's, or charm subdiscipline).

Plane Links: Whenever a city makes a hyper-jump, it briefly visits the Plane of Shadow. Does not link to any other plane, including the Astral and Ethereal planes

Movement and Combat: As an Earth-like planet.

Ship Features

A singe fleet ship has the following qualities: 34HD, 2320 HP, 150' fly speed (clumsy), hyperdrive, a length of 2 miles, width of one mile, and weighs 50,000 tons. It requires 2 minutes and 1500’ to turn the ship 90 degrees.

Description: A space city.

Standard Ship Features (Ex): All fleet ships possess the following features:

• Powerful Build: In many ways the fleet ship is treated as if it was one size category larger. Whenever an it is subject to a size modifier or special size modifier for an opposed check (such as during a grapple, bull rush, overrun or trip), the ship is treated as one size larger. The ship is also considered to be one size larger when determining whether a creature’s special attacks based on size (such as improved grab or swallow whole) can affect it. The fleet can use weapons designed for a creature one size larger without penalty (although it possesses no hands to achieve this). However, its space and reach remain those of a creature of its actual size. The benefit stacks with the effects of powers, abilities, and spells that change the subject’s size category.
• Sensors: A ships' sensors give its pilots a +6 competence bonus to Listen, Search and Spot checks and allow it to make such checks in reaction to anything within range of the ship’s sight, regardless of direction or awareness and as long as the pilot or vehicle has line of effect. At a successful check against a creature or object, the pilot becomes immediately aware of it.
• Craft (Xeno-): Creatures with the craft (xeno-mech) skill can craft fleet ships.
• Costs: The fleet costs cannot be bought gp.
• Vehicle: As a vehicle, the fleet ship has no mental or Dexterity scores of its own, but takes the scores of its pilot, as well as initiative and skills. To operate the fleet ship, one must enter and close the cockpit door as a full-round action, To operate the fleet ship, one must succeed a DC40 pilot check, to start the system as a move action. Once active, it remains active until you depart. Ships may have additional abilities listed below:

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Complex Ship Features (Ex): All ships with multiple rooms possess the following features:

• XK20 Defense System: All fleet ships have a FT20 Defense System (see page). This is placed on the rear of the ship.
  • Shields: All fleet ships have shields, granting them a +42 deflection bonus, 420 temporary HP, the shield regenerates 42 HP per round. The shield does not regenerate normal HP, only shield HP (damage to ship is not healed by this).
• Each room can be individually quarantined from the rest of the ship at the bridge or an engine room (bridge overrides engine rooms). Those inside any room have 100% cover from the rest of the ship possessing their own air cycling unit, rendering them immune to gaseous effects (outside the room). If the overall HP of the ship drops below 70%, each room can be attacked separately. If the bridge is destroyed, an engine room can act as a secondary bridge. However, the secondary bridge is inferior, and has a -4 penalty to attacks, saves and skills.

The fleet ship has the following rooms:

• Bridge: Positioned in the front of the ship, with space for 6 humanoid pilots; the bridge has 80 HP.
• Engine Rooms(2): Has primary and secondary engines at different sections of the ship in case one goes out. The primary and secondary engines are on both sides of the hyper drive in the rear of the ship in two separate rooms. Each room needs an engineer to operate. Each engine rooms has 80 HP. If either engine room is below 70% HP, reduce speed to 2/3s; if below 50% reduce to 1/2.
• Hyper Drive: Positioned in the far rear of ship. Must have 1 engineer to operate; the hyperdrive is too internal to be directly targeted. The hyperdrive permits the ship to hyperjump. The bridge must be operational to go into a hyper-jump. The hyperdrive battery is powered by two FT11 cells.
• Gun Rooms: The fleet has 12 gun room(s), each gun room protrudes out of the ship slightly, and has 360 turn rotation. A gun room has enough space for one humanoid gunner, can be sealed off just outside its door, and has 40 HP. The first gun room is by default on bottom of the ship, second is on the top, third and fourth on each side.
• Docks: The fleet has 8, which are large air-lock doors with little space in-between, that connect to a cargo hold; a dock has 40 HP.
  • Cargo Rooms: The fleet has 24 cargo rooms with a volume of 10x5x15 (LxWxH). At least two rooms are generally next to each other, the divider between the two rooms can be removed, to make the dimensions 10x10x15; cargo rooms are too internal to be directly targeted.
  • Loads: A light load is ≤7000, medium 7000–15,000, and max is 15,000 tons, total for the ship (not per room).

Fleet Ship Changes

Extra Engineer Rooms: A fleet ship has four engine rooms. But can operate with only two (at half speed).

Stronger Gun Rooms and Docks: A fleet ship’s gun rooms and docks have 60HP each (instead of 40).

Comprehensive Systems: A fleet ship has six XK20 Defense Systems (on all six sides), four XK24 Assault Systems (on top, bottom, and both sides), two XK26 Siege Weapons (on both sides), and one XK28 Ship Killer (on bottom)

Population: A Fleet Ship can hold up to 3000 medium-sized creatures.

Anti-magic prisons consist of 12 9x9x9 cells surrounding one 18x18x9 cell - and a walkway in the shape of an L on two sides. The bars consist of a quasi-metallic core, and ant-magic plasma coat that glows. The bars must be activated and deactivated individually, and there is a 1” square between each. Each prison has a small guard house to operate the bars; yet the uon turrets on every entrance are operated elsewhere. Gravitational Pull:The sheer magnitude of a fleet ship makes it have its own gravitational pull, acting in many ways like a tractor beam. This pulls in all objects smaller than it within 10 miles, at a rate of 200’/round. Ships caught this way are unable to move or hyper-jump, unless they beat a DC 40 escape artist check (or have a higher speed). The difference is, this ability can be suppressed from the bridge - allowing for easier commerce, and dog-fights!

Room Descriptions

Dock: To enter a fleet ship, one first goes through a thick air-tight door with dimensions 10x100x50 (LxWxH), reaching a ovular room (200x150x60). This room is has anywhere from 4-6 uon turrets, has purple lights emerging from where the floor and wall touch, and has a ovular door (5x30x30) at the end of it. There always is a uon turret at the end of the hall to ask for entry. Quite commonly a ship is pulled into the foray by the ships gravitational pull. This room has enough space for 20 Fighter IIIs or one Transport III.

Second Room: Upon going through the second airtight door, one enters an ovular room (150x100x40), with a balcony encircling 20' above. The lighting is similar to the foray. There are usually 2-4 uon turrets, 2-3 icaras, 2-3 crescendos, and a scarab monarch.

The secondary room ends in a strange doorway. The doorway is latterly round, though in a convex shape; while it starts with 10' diameter, it ends with a 20' diameter. Closer examination of the door shows a small unique rune imprinted on it. After passing through this doorway, one enters into the Commerce District of the ship proper.

The upper balcony is 5' wide, with a slight outward slant that curves at its extremities. The balcony possesses a similarly shaped door on one of its sides (not at the end like the lower one). This door opens to a serious of hallways that lead to the gun rooms.

Exterior Elevator: Larger ships cannot fit within a fleet ship dock. They must move cargo and passengers through an elevator. This elevator is controlled from the bridge (or an engineer room if disabled). And hooks up to another ship’s docks directly.

The external elevator has a mobile room with internal dimensions of 30x30x30. The distance between docks is 500’, and it takes one minute to shuttle materials between.

Society

Inhabitants: Uongo-mijusi, Kisalli, Tempus, and Zherihnghil make up most of the leadership of a Fleet Ship. They are the original races, and are most of the culture. Due to the reproduction decline of tempus and seppia, they are not at the numbers that they once where. Yet the seppias' renown for tinkering, and the tempus' reputation for knowledge, has allowed them to remain as a pivotal part of the culture.

Small sects of Gear Actua, Life Elementals and Skandars have inhabited Fleet Ships for at least a millennium. Allowing some to gain high seats of power in Fleet society.

All aliens that are not listed below or above. Are such a minority, that they have limited pull in society. They are not despised - its just, there are not enough of them to make a mark in the Fleet Ship world. This is also the case for: aberrations, animals, humanoids, and monstrous humanoids.

Forbidden Species: Eldritch Horror, Hekatonped, Setenall, Uberich, Zeigeist, and other malicious aliens, are killed on the spot. This policy has been extended to: celestials, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, magical beasts, undead, and non-alien outsiders not mentioned above.

Commerce

The Fleet culture greatly values learning, and wisdom. Thus the following three buildings have pivotal effects on its culture.

Libraries: for each sequential day (after first), must make a Will save of (noted DC +5 each day(culminates), -1 per 4HD, -1 per 5 concentration skill modifiers) each day, to continue study. Is negated if one spends a day doing something else between each sturdy day.

• Lesser: After four day's of study, and a search check DC above 15 (or a librarian); gain a permanent +2 circumstance bonus to a craft, knowledge, profession, or survival skill that does not involve secrets.
• Moderate: After three day's of study, and a search check DC above 20 (or a librarian); gain a permanent +4 circumstance bonus to an craft, decipher script, knowledge, profession, or survival skill that does not involve secrets.
• Greater: After two day's of study, and a search check DC above 25 (or a librarian), gain a permanent +6 circumstance bonus to an craft, decipher script, knowledge, profession, psicraft, spellcraft, or survival skill that does not involve secrets.
• Specialized: After three day's of study, and a search check DC above 20 (or a librarian), gain a permanent +10 circumstance bonus to library's' craft, decipher script, knowledge, profession, psicraft, spellcraft, or survival speciality that can include secrets.

Museums: No will save needed to continue research. Non-permanent, divide effects by 2 every year after until 1/3 of original benefit; can be negated if one does another session. Sessions last two hours.

• Lesser: After four sessions, and a search check DC above 15 (or a guide); gain a non-permanent +2 circumstance bonus to a craft, or knowledge, skill that does not involve secrets.
• Moderate: After three sessions, and a search check DC above 20 (or a guide); gain a non-permanent +4 circumstance bonus to an craft, or knowledge, skill that does not involve secrets.
• Greater: After two sessions, and a search check DC above 25 (or a guide), gain a non-permanent +6 circumstance bonus to an craft, knowledge, psicraft, or spellcraft, skill that does not involve secrets.
• Specialized: After one session, and a search check DC above 20 (or a guide), gain a non-permanent +10 circumstance bonus to museums' craft, knowledge, psicraft, or spellcraft specialty that can include secrets.

Theater: do not stack, take the benefits of the higher stack, and the drawbacks of the lower stack

• Lesser: +2 to Diplomacy, Gather Information, and Perform checks and fear effects; and +5 to concentration checks the following two day's. -2 against charms or compulsions during the act and a day after. Regain 1 point from a drained ability score. Cost 50gp for three hours
• Moderate: +4 to Diplomacy, Gather Information, and Perform checks and fear effects; and +7 to concentration checks the following three day's. -4 against charms or compulsions during the act and a day and a half after. Regain 2 point's from a drained ability score (can be split between two scores). Cost 100gp for two hours
• Greater: +6 to Diplomacy, Gather Information, and Perform checks and fear effects; and +10 to concentration checks the following four day's. -6 against charms or compulsions during the act and two days after. Regain 3 point's from a drained ability score (can be split between two scores). Cost 150gp for one hour
• Royal: +8 to Diplomacy, and Gather Information checks the following six day's. -8 against charms or compulsions, and -2 concentration during the act and three days after. Regain 4 point's from a drained ability score (can be split between three scores); or regain a drained level. Cost 200gp for one hour

There is also a market district that houses: apothecaries, beasteries, taverns, mechanical, and weapon shops. Shops are mostly small in scale.

Government

The administrative building is adjacent to the library. And only houses 2-4 large rooms, with tables, and data banks. There are no official offices for bureaucrats. This means that most bureaucratic affairs occur in public space.

With the exception of ambassadors, all characters with magical classes (not excluded above) are incarcerated on the spot. They are held in anti-magical jails. And are dropped of at the next habitual planet. Magic is treated like an infection on Fleet Ship - but inhabitants fear pissing of the anthrax.

Fleet Ship is a federal republic oligarchy. Meaning 5% of population is voted for to rule a government with divisions of power. This body has three presiding officers, that it votes for, to lead only in military crises. These three renounce there ability to govern in any other sector during such a time (in all other matters, like civilian rights or commerce, the other politicians rule). And the government may not change any law during a military crises.

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