Print sheet JSON

Electronics Operation

Name

Skill Attribute & Difficulty

Int - Average

Defaults

5+Int, Electronics Repair (Same)-5, Engineer (Electronics)-5

Prerequisites

None

Description

This skill lets you use all electronic equipment within a known specialty. Make a skill roll in an emergency situation or for “abnormal” use of equipment – not for ordinary, everyday use. (Exception: Unskilled users must always attempt their default roll!)

Specializations

Communications(Comms)

All forms of electronic communications technology: Radios, satellite uplinks, laser commincators, etc. Includes knowledge of any standard, current communications codes appropriate to your background. These do not require a skill roll – although attempts to understand or use an unfamiliar code do require a roll. At TL5-7, this includes telegraphy: you can send or receive 2 words per minute (wpm) per point of skill at TL5, 3 wpm per point of skill at TL6-7.

Electronic Warfare

All signals-intelligence and jamming equipment, including electronic countermeasures (ECM) and electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM). In most game worlds, only intelligence agencies and the military teach this specialty – and only to individuals with suitable Military Rank or Security Clearance.

Energy Shields

Portable, Vehicular, base, and starship energy shields and deflectors.

Media

All forms of audio, film, and video editing equipment. If three-dimensional video (“holographics”) or sensory recordings (“sensies”) exist in the setting, this specialty includes the ability to operate the relevant equipment. Treat different media as mutually unfamiliar technologies.

Medical

All manner of electronic diagnostic and life-support equipment.

Scientific

Laboratory electronics and survey gear. You are automatically familiar with the equipment used with any scientific skill on which you have spent at least one point.

Security

Both operating and circumventing of all forms of alarms, security sensors, and area-surveillance technology.

Sensors

Most forms of long-range detection gear, from air-defense radar to startship sensor suites. Certain highly specialized sensors have their own specialties.

Sonar

All types of acoustic detection and ranging gear.

Surveillance

All forms of concealable or remote surveillance geart: "Bugs", hidden cameras, long-range microphones, wiretaps, etc.

Exotic Specializations

Matter Transmitters (MT)

All matter transmitters and teleporters. Critical failures can be disastrous, especially when transmitting living beings.

Parachronic

Technological means of travel between dimensions.

Psychotronics

Psionic technology, such as telepathic shields and amplifiers.

These specialties default to one another at -4; however, the GM is free to rule that in their campaign, there is no default between exotic specialties (Parachronic, Psychotronics, etc.) and mundane ones (Media, Security, etc.). The technologies covered by a particular specialty vary with TL. For instance, Electronics Operation (Comm) covers telegraphs at TL5, telephones and radios at TL6, and digital communications systems at TL8 . . . and might cover faster-than-light or telepathic communicators at higher TLs. Familiarity is crucial here! Electronics Operation/TL8 (Sensors) covers both thermographs on fighter jets and ground-penetrating radars on satellites, but going from one to the other gives you -2 for type (thermograph to radar) and -2 for implementation (jet to satellite), for a net -4 to skill until you familiarize yourself with all the differences.

Modifiers

Equipment modifiers -2 for an unfamiliar technology of a known type (e.g., radar when you are used to thermograph) or an unfamiliar implementation of a familiar technology (e.g., air-defense radar when you are used to weather radar -1 to -10 if you have been away from the field for a long time (this varies by field) and have not had a chance to become familiar with the changes.

Created by

Sirplyot.

System

Homebrew / In Development

Statblock Type

Starfire Rebranded Skills Template

Link/Embed

Copy Block Copy link

Homebrew / In Development Starfire Rebranded Skills Template: Electronics Operation

Electronics Operation

Communications(Comms)

Electronic Warfare

Energy Shields

Media

Medical

Scientific

Security

Sensors

Sonar

Surveillance

Exotic Specializations

Matter Transmitters (MT)

Parachronic

Psychotronics

Created by

System

Statblock Type

Link/Embed

Find your way!

Resources

WHO WE ARE

LEGAL

Get the news

Listen to our Podcast

Our Allies