Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

level 2 to level 3. Brango's Primary Skill Area is
Military, so the new level costs him 9 experience
points. The player increases Brango's Gyrojet
Weapons skill level from 2 to 3 on the character
sheet, and subtracts 9 from his experience point
total. Brango has 1 experience point left.
Training
When characters learn new skills or increase a skill
level, they must be trained somehow. Three
methods are described below.
HYPNO-TRAINING. Hypno-training is a teaching
system that involves hypnotism, memorization and
the use of drugs that improve the mind's ability to
learn. A character with enough experience points
can learn a new skill or skill level at a hypno-training
center in five days (100 hours) for 100 Cr.
TEACHERS. A character with enough experience
points can learn a new skill or skill level from
another character. The teacher's skill level must be
at least two levels higher than the pupil's. A
character can learn a new skill or skill level from a
teacher in one month.
PRACTICE. Characters with enough experience
points can learn new skills or skill levels simply by
practicing. This is not always possible, however,
especially with skills that require special equipment.
All three of these methods are optional. Some
referees may want to ignore this rule, and simply
allow players to pick new skills when their
characters have earned enough experience points.
Training is more realistic, but also more
complicated.
Using Skills
Each skill is divided into subskills. Subskills define
exactly what types of things a skill lets a character
do. For example, Demolitions skill has two subskills:
set charges and defuse charges. This means a
character with Demolitions skill can set and defuse
explosive charges according to the rules listed under
those subskills. When a character learns a skill, he
automatically learns all of its subskills.
Success Rates. Each subskill has a success rate.
The success rate consists of a basic chance to
succeed, plus modifiers for the character's skill level.
If the success rate for a subskill is "40% + skill
level," then the character's chance to use the
subskill successfully is 40% plus 10 x his/her skill
level.
Some success rates have a second modifier, such as
''60% + skill level - robot level." A character's
chance to use this subskill successfully is 60% plus
10 x his/her skill level, minus 10 x the level of the
robot he is working on.
Repair Skills
Computer, Robotics and Technician skills allow
characters to repair damaged equipment. The
success rates vary depending on what is being
repaired, but the procedure is the same for all three
skills.
If the damaged equipment is repaired in a shop,
there is no chance it will break down again on its
own. When a repair is made away from a shop ("in
the field") with a personal toolkit, there is a chance
that the device will break down again. This chance
accumulates from day to day; a device has a 10%
chance to break down in the first 20 hours, 20% in
the second 20 hours, 30% in the third, and so on.
When something breaks down, the referee must
decide whether the damage is minor, major or total.
A minor repair takes 1 d10 minutes, a major repair
takes 1d10 hours and a total repair takes 1d10 x 10
hours.
MILITARY SKILLS
There are seven different Military skills. Five of them
involve the use of weapons. Demolitions covers the
use of explosives, and Martial Arts covers fighting
without weapons or with melee weapons.
Weapon Skills
Success rate:
1/2 DEX + skill level
All weapons skills work the same way. Each level of
skill adds 10% to the character's chance to hit with
that type of weapon. A roll of 96-00 always misses,
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