Voragell-Z15 Fast Shuttle/Scout Spaceship

A science fiction role-playing game spaceship design


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This small spacecraft is designed to accompany larger spaceships as they travel from one end of the game universe to the other. They are designed to be small and not take up much space in the player character's spaceship docking bay.


At the same time the Voragell is very fast and has advanced engines and momentum control, both hardwired into the super advanced artificial intelligences at the heart of these spaceships. In role-playing game terms these AIs are non-player characters with individual characteristics and quirks, and they are more than capable of taking over the operation of all spaceship systems.


 

There is also a two-person cockpit in the spaceship and the AI is programmed to gladly give control over to any player who happens to be a pilot certified by a body it recognizes, such as the Galactic Patrol or the Terran Space Transport Authority. In role-playing game terms the chances of any player character having this certification to hand is something like 10% per level. If no certification is available then the intelligence will run the character through some scenarios of it's own (in other words the game master's) devising.

 


They are often employed as drone sentry ships to give the player characters in the main body of ships warning of approaching danger or traps hidden in places like the sensor shadows behind metal rich asteroids and the other tricky places found scattered throughout the game universe. They are often also used as shuttles, though as dedicated spacecraft they don't have great streamlining, they can still give most atmospheric craft found in the game universe a run for their money.


Along with the cockpit they also have an airlock, crew room, med by and storage space on two decks connected by an elevator.


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