Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

crushed shards from the digestible shoots of grass
are sucked up into this mouth. Internal organs of
the creature separate the glass-like shards from the
digestible shoots of grass. The indigestible shards
are then stored in a special organ and used as
missile weapons for the creature's rear defense. The
roller has four normal limbs used for locomotion.
The two eyes of the creature are located on the
head near the large ears. The head does not have a
mouth. A roller has a thick hide that protects it from
being cut by shard grass.
Rollers are generally docile creatures, and will not
attack unless frightened or attacked themselves.
They are usually found grazing on the grassy plains
of Volturnus in herds of 5 to 50. If a roller scores a
successful hit upon a character, the victim must roll
his Reaction Speed or less. If the roll is successful,
the roller attack is avoided; if not, the unfortunate
character suffers 8-80 points of damage. (Note: if
avoiding the roller means flinging oneself into the
shard grass, the usual 1-10 points of damage will be
taken.)
Sand Shark
Type Giant Carnivore
Number 1-2
Move Medium
IM/RS +5/50
Stamina 80
Attack 50
Damage 2d10 bite
Special Attack None
Special Defense Immunity to needler weapons
Has hard cover when burrowing
Native World Volturnus – deserts
DESCRIPTION: The sand shark is a burrowing
creature. It is 3 meters long, has a wedge-shaped
head, thick, abrasive, leathery hide and twelve pairs
of short legs.
A sand shark has no eyes; it detects things by
vibration, and smells through two rows of sensory
organs and two sensory pits in the head.
A sand shark burrows just beneath the surface of
the sand, leaving a telltale ripple in its wake. Only
explosives will affect it when it is beneath the sand,
and they cause only half-damage. It reveals itself
when it erupts at the feet of its target to attack. It
attacks by biting. Its large mouth is filled with three
rows of jagged teeth.
The sand shark can cross rocky areas by slithering
across the surface, but its movement rate is reduced
to Slow.
Slavebot
Type Cybernetic
Number 1-5
Move Medium
IM/RS +7/65
Stamina 80
Attack 50
Damage By weapon type
Special Attack Punching Score = 10
Special Defense None
Native World Volturnus – The Artifact
DESCRIPTION: Slavebots were created to guard
Sathar installations. Slavebots are cybernetic
combinations of living beings and machines. The
biological part of the slavebot is the remains of a
captured enemy. Most of the brain has been
replaced by a cybernetic implant. The slavebot is
controlled by a disembodied Sathar brain kept in
special liquid solution. The brain is almost immortal
since there are no other body parts to age. The
Sathar brain is linked to a radio transmitter that
sends coded signals. These are then received by the
slavebot so that direct control is possible. The
slavebots on Volturnus are Eorna captured in the
battle that nearly wiped out the Eorna race. A
supply of captured victims is kept in cryogenic
storage to provide replacements for worn-out
slavebots.
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