Gearing Up

Start with

• personal communication device (petty, un-intrusive, no slot)
• 7x MREs (1 slot)
• a bundle of glow sticks (1 slot).

Also start with 2 undefined skills, which are defined (permanently) during gameplay.

With your role chosen or generated, roll every die (1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d100, 1d12, 1d20) to gear up your diver.

• d4: Talent
• d6: Starting Guard and starting gear pack (Use the number you chose if you used the Snake Draft Option)
• d8: 1 bonus gear
• d100 credits (currency)
• d12: Starting skills and bonus to stat
• d20: 1 bonus skill

Bonus Gear (d8)

1. Flashlight (d6, 4 settings: candle, torch beam, blinding, strobe)
2. Oxygen Tank (6 Oxygen)
3. Laser Shield (+1 Armor)
4. Signal Jammer
5. 3x EMP grenades (d10 blast to electronics)
6. 3x Frag grenades (d10 blast)
7. 3x Flashbangs (d10 blast nonlethal)
8. 3x Smoke grenades

Extra Skill (d20)

1. Cooking
2. Driving
3. Art (Specify Media)
4. Music (Specify Instrument)
5. Knots
6. Jury Rigging
7. Economics
8. Plumbing
9. Coding
10. Demolition
11. Hydroponics
12. Space Law
13. Corporate History
14. Optics
15. Cryptography
16. Psychoanalysis
17. Forensics
18. Climatology
19. Astrogation
20. Genetics

Roles

Heavy

Skills and Stat Bonus (d12)

d12	Skill 1	Skill 2	+1 to
1	Intimidation	Weapon Repair	Guard
2	Intimidation	Weapon Repair	Strength
3	Intimidation	Military Training	Guard
4	Intimidation	Military Training	Strength
5	Intimidation	Wrestling	Guard
6	Intimidation	Wrestling	Strength
7	Weapon Repair	Military Training	Guard
8	Weapon Repair	Military Training	Strength
9	Weapon Repair	Wrestling	Guard
10	Weapon Repair	Wrestling	Strength
11	Military Training	Wrestling	Guard
12	Military Training	Wrestling	Strength

Talent (d4)

1. Butcher: When you kill an enemy with a melee weapon, you can make another attack at another nearby enemy.
2. Bloodlust: Regain 1d3 Guard when you kill or critically damage an enemy
3. Intimidating: When the opposing side must make a morale save, you may impose a difficulty floor of 1d6 per fatigue taken
4. Bodyguard: Once per round, you can take the damage inflicted on an ally by an enemy or an effect in their place. Make a Strength save. On a success, you suffer half damage

Starting Guard and Gear (d6)

You start with:

• Combat knife (d6)
• Modded Armored Vac Suit (1 Armor, bulky, 6 Oxygen)

Plus equipment based on your max rolled GD (Guard). If your highest save is below 10 you may choose another item from this list.

1. PKD Revolver (1d8), Faraday Cage Suit Mod, One Random Augment
2. Assault Rifle (1d8, bulky), AI Assistant Suit Mod
3. Phased Microwave Array (1d8, nonlethal setting), Spotlight Suit Mod
4. Flamethrower (1d8 blast, bulky), Motion Tracker Suit Mod, Fire Extinguisher (d6)
5. Machine Gun (1d8 blast, bulky), Loudspeaker Suit Mod
6. Barracuda Tactical Shotgun (1d6 blast, 1d10 point-blank, bulky), Thermal Vision Suit Mod

Wrench

Skill and Stat Bonus (d12)

d12	Skill 1	Skill 2	+1 to Stat Bonus
1	Zero-G	Engineering	Strength
2	Zero-G	Engineering	Dexterity
3	Zero-G	Salvaging	Strength
4	Zero-G	Salvaging	Dexterity
5	Zero-G	Piloting	Strength
6	Zero-G	Piloting	Dexterity
7	Engineering	Salvaging	Strength
8	Engineering	Salvaging	Dexterity
9	Engineering	Piloting	Strength
10	Engineering	Piloting	Dexterity
11	Salvaging	Piloting	Strength
12	Salvaging	Piloting	Dexterity

Talents (d4)

1. Glue and Staples: Get broken equipment to work with a plausible explanation and 1d4 Dexterity per minute. It’s destroyed, or left inoperable, when you stop
2. Pack Rat: Gain 4 extra burden slots
3. Uncanny Knack: Once per day, you may choose to succeed on a saving throw that you have failed, regardless of the context
4. Deactivator: You can take fatigue to disable something mechanical instantly and safely

Starting Guard and Gear (d6)

You start with:

• All-purpose Toolbox (bulky)
• Vac Suit (6 Oxygen)

Plus equipment based on your Max GD. If your highest Ability is below 10 you may choose another item from this list.

1. Plastiform Pistol (1d8, jams on 8, invisible), One Random Augment
2. Cutting Torch (1d8), Metalweave Coat (1 Armor, opaque to scans), 3x Universal Epoxy
3. Multipurpose Plasma Cutter (1d8), 3x Demo Charge (1d10 blast), Remote Detonator
4. Plasma Blaster (d8 blast, bulky), Universal Solvent, 3x Thermite Flare
5. Rigging Gun (1d8, bulky, retractable harpoon), 3x Timed Mining Charge
6. Pry-bar (d6), Bio-Plastic Spray

Sawbones

Skills and Stat Bonus (d12)

d12	Skill 1	Skill 2	+1 to Stat Bonus
1	First Aid	Surgery	Guard
2	First Aid	Surgery	Control
3	First Aid	Pathology	Guard
4	First Aid	Pathology	Control
5	First Aid	Mechanical Repair	Guard
6	First Aid	Mechanical Repair	Control
7	Surgery	Pathology	Guard
8	Surgery	Pathology	Control
9	Surgery	Mechanical Repair	Guard
10	Surgery	Mechanical Repair	Control
11	Pathology	Mechanical Repair	Guard
12	Pathology	Mechanical Repair	Control

Talents (d4)

1. Soothing Word: Once per day, end an ally’s panic with a reassuring word
2. Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Heal 1d6 to any ability but become deprived. This cannot be done while deprived
3. Steady Hand: While you are treating or caring for someone, you do not panic even if you were already panicking. If you were panicking, you stop
4. Heart Seeker: When you spend time observing an enemy, you gain knowledge of a weakness. You may share this knowledge. The first time this enemy is attacked, the attack is enhanced

Starting Guard and Gear (d6)

You start with:

• First Aid Kit
• 3x Nano Healbot Syringe (+d6 Strength up to max)
• 3x Stim Syringe (Ignore critical damage and panic saves for 2d6 rounds; Control save to avoid passing out for 1d6 hours)
• Vac Suit (6 Oxygen)

Plus equipment based on your Max GD. If your highest Ability is below 10 you may choose another item from this list.

1. Syringe Gun (1d6 or loaded syringe), One Random Augmentation
2. Antique Revolver (d6), Reviver Serum (1 use; revives someone who has died within 1 minute of their death, all save stats restore to at least 1)
3. Laser Pistol (d6, overheats on 6), Operating Bubble (x3 uses, can take 10 damage before shattering, fits 3 people)
4. Cauterizing Blowtorch (d6), Fire Extinguisher (d6)
5. Respirator, Reinforced Med Jacket (1 Armor)
6. Titanium Mace (d8), 3x Anti-toxin Syringe

Labcoat

Skills and Stat Bonus (d12)

d12	Skill 1	Skill 2	+1 to Stat Bonus
1	Biology	Chemistry	Control
2	Biology	Chemistry	Dexterity
3	Biology	Physics	Control
4	Biology	Physics	Dexterity
5	Biology	Hacking	Control
6	Biology	Hacking	Dexterity
7	Chemistry	Physics	Control
8	Chemistry	Physics	Dexterity
9	Chemistry	Hacking	Control
10	Chemistry	Hacking	Dexterity
11	Physics	Hacking	Control
12	Physics	Hacking	Dexterity

Talents (d4)

Pick 1 to start:

1. Single-Minded: While you are doing something related to your skills, you do not panic even if you were already panicking. If you were panicking, you stop
2. Enhanced Gadget: When the opposing side must make a save against something you’ve devised, you impose a difficulty floor of 1d6 per fatigue taken
3. Experimenter: Once per day, when performing an experiment, if you would need to make a save, you can choose to succeed
4. Well-Studied: When you must make a save, you can take a Fatigue to roll whichever save you want

Starting Guard and Gear (d6)

You start with:

• Omni-Scanner
• Vac Suit (6 Oxygen)

Plus equipment based on your Max GD. If your highest Ability is below 10 you may choose another item from this list.

1. Resonance Emitter (1d6 nonlethal, disorienting on a Control save fail), Override Cartridge (Plugs into computer systems to force root access; single use, obvious), One Random Augmentation
2. Shock Dart Pistol (1d8, nonlethal), Nanobot Shield Swarm (+1 Armor)
3. Robot Pet (3 GD, 1d6 attack, STR 5), Bio Dissection and Analysis Kit, Liquid Nitrogen Canister
4. Laser Pistol (1d6, overheats on 6), Magnetic Boots
5. Laser Wristwatch (1d6), Hornet Drone (transmits video footage up to 200 feet)
6. Thermal Goggles, 3x Jars of 190 Proof Alcohol, Vintage Rocket Shaped Lighter, Heat Shield (+1 Armor)

Synth

Skills and Stat Bonus (d12)

d12	Skill 1	Skill 2	+1 to Stat Bonus
1	Linguistics	Mathematics	Strength
2	Linguistics	Mathematics	Control
3	Linguistics	Computers	Strength
4	Linguistics	Computers	Control
5	Linguistics	Cybernetics	Strength
6	Linguistics	Cybernetics	Control
7	Mathematics	Computers	Strength
8	Mathematics	Computers	Control
9	Mathematics	Cybernetics	Strength
10	Mathematics	Cybernetics	Control
11	Computers	Cybernetics	Strength
12	Computers	Cybernetics	Control

Talents

• Synthetic: You do not need oxygen. Your burden slots with Augmentations can also store Fatigue.

If you choose a talent as an advancement, choose any talent from any other role.

Starting Guard and Gear (d6)

You start with Access Jack Augmentation (Interface with any computer. Charge to remotely interface in line of sight.)

Plus equipment based on your Max GD. If your highest Ability is below 10 you may choose another item from this list.

1. Laser Sword (1d8), Personal Shield Augmentation, One Random Augmentation
2. Gyrojet Pistol (1d8), Holo-Projector Augmentation
3. Mining Laser (1d10, bulky, one turn charge), Extra Arms Augmentation
4. Welding Torch (1d8), Welding Fuel Tank (d6 bludgeon, d10 blast if ignited), Miniature Gravitational Field Augment
5. Arc Projector (1d6 blast), Fabricator Augmentation
6. Neuronic Whip (1d8, Nonlethal), Hacking Interface Augmentation

Skulk

Skills and Stat Bonus (d12)

d12	Skill 1	Skill 2	+1 to Stat Bonus
1	Scavenging	Tracking	Guard
2	Scavenging	Tracking	Dexterity
3	Scavenging	Larceny	Guard
4	Scavenging	Larceny	Dexterity
5	Scavenging	Hotwiring	Guard
6	Scavenging	Hotwiring	Dexterity
7	Tracking	Larceny	Guard
8	Tracking	Larceny	Dexterity
9	Tracking	Hotwiring	Guard
10	Tracking	Hotwiring	Dexterity
11	Larceny	Hotwiring	Guard
12	Larceny	Hotwiring	Dexterity

Talents (d4)

Pick 1 to start:

1. Evasion: At the cost of 1 fatigue, you may evade damage from an attack with the blast property
2. Flanking: You inflict +1 damage per adjacent ally to a maximum of +3
3. Escape Artist: Once per day, you can instantly escape from any binds or a grapple.
4. Precise: Reroll any of your damage dice that roll a 1

Starting Guard and Gear (d6)

You start with:

• Omni-Scanner
• Vac Suit (6 Oxygen)

Plus equipment based on your Max GD. If your highest Ability is below 10 you may choose another item from this list.

1. Laser Sniper Rifle (d10, bypasses Guard when from an advantageous position), One Random Augmentation
2. Shock Dart Pistol (1d8, nonlethal), 3x Tracker Tags, Tracker Wristwatch
3. Laser Pistol (1d6, overheats on 6), Laser Blade (1d8, melts metal), Thermal Goggles
4. Antique Revolver (1d6), Reinforced duster (1 Armor)
5. Laser Knife (1d6, heating), Monofilament Wire, Grapple Hook, Auto-Ascender
6. Pipe Wrench (1d6), Lockpick set

Augmentations

Augments take up a burden slot. Charging an augment takes up a burden slot (a charge, similar to a fatigue). Synths can put fatigues (but not charges) into their augment slots.

Access Jack: Plug into and interface with any computer. Charge to remotely interface in line of sight. Special Augmentation which all Synths start with.

1. Active-Camo: Invisible while still. Charge to retain effect while in motion.
2. Advanced Aural Suite: Analyze audio to detect falsehoods, navigate by sonar, or mimic voices. Charge to release a disorienting sonic blast.
3. Arm Blades: 1d8 damage each, concealed until unfolded.
4. Arm Cannon: 1d8 damage. Charge for 1d8 blast.
5. Bloodstream Nanobots: Naturally restore 1 point of STR every six hours. Charge to immediately restore 1d3 STR.
6. Combat Reflexes: If it’s unclear who acts first, it’s you. Charge to gain an extra action in combat.
7. Densified Musculature: Ignore the bulky tag (bulky items take only one slot and one hand to hold). Charge to perform a feat of superhuman strength.
8. Detachable Hands: Hands are attached by retractable wire. Charge to launch them.
9. EM Scanner: Sense active electronics in your vicinity. Charge to briefly jam them.
10. Extra Arms: You have two more arms grafted on.
11. Fabricator: Print small, plastic objects. Eat plastic to refill. Charge to eat and print with other materials.
12. Gecko Splice: Your hands and feet can grip any surface, even through gloves and shoes. Charge to launch your tongue for d10 damage that sticks on Direct Damage.
13. Holo-Projector: Disguise yourself. Charge to create a fleeting hologram up to 40ft away.
14. Hyperspectral Vision: See everything from far infrared through extreme UV. Practically you can see heat sources and in low light. Charge to see through non-metallic surfaces.
15. Personal Shield: +1 Armor. Charge to extend effect to nearby allies for one minute.
16. Personal Tractor Field: Attract or repel small objects. Charge to affect larger objects.
17. Power Fists: 1d6 unarmed damage for each fist. Charge for 1d10 punch that breaks through obstacles.
18. Smuggling Compartment: Hide a single non-bulky item from visual inspection and scan. Charge to analyze an enclosed item.
19. Spring Legs: Land from any distance without harm. Charge to launch yourself into the air.
20. Synthetic Adrenal Boosters: If you have an empty burden Slot gain Fatigue instead of being incapacitated when taking Critical Damage. Charge to restore 1d6 GD in combat.

Advancement

With a new level, the character may either

• Take a new undefined skill, or
• Select a talent from their role