Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

DEACTIVATING ALARMS/DEFENSES
Success Rate:
40% + skill level - alarm level
Once a technician has detected an alarm or defense,
he can try to deactivate it. If the character fails, the
referee must decide whether the alarm goes off; if
the roll was missed by only a small amount, the
alarm might not have been triggered.
OPENING LOCKS
Success Rate:
50% + skill level - lock level
A technician can try to open locks without the
necessary "key." The level of a lock usually is the
same as the level of any nearby security devices,
but the referee may change this. The referee should
reduce the chance to succeed if the lock is on a safe
or security vault.
BIOSOCIAL SKILLS
Biosocial skills involve the sciences, life and health.
There are three Biosocial skills: Environmental,
Medical and Psycho-Social.
Environmental Skill
Environmental Skill deals with relationships between
intelligent life and nature. An environmental
specialist has training in astronomy, biology,
botany, chemistry, ecology and geology. There are
nine Environmental subskills: Analyze Samples,
Analyze Ecosystem, Find Direction, Survival, Make
Tools/Weapons, Tracking, Stealth, Concealment and
Naming.
When an environmentalist is dealing with an alien or
unknown environment, he has a -20 modifier on his
rolls to analyze samples or the ecosystem, find
direction, track or use survival.
ANALYZE SAMPLES
Success Rate:
50% + skill level
An environmental specialist can analyze
atmospheric, biological or geological samples.
An environmental specialist can use a vaporscanner
to analyze atmospheric samples. If the analysis
succeeds, the vaporscanner will indicate whether the
air is breathable or poisonous, and what gases. are
present.
The specialist needs a bioscanner to analyze a
biological sample. If the analysis succeeds, the
bioscanner will indicate what type of plant or animal
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the sample was, and whether it is edible or
poisonous.
A geoscanner can be used to analyze geological
samples. If the analysis succeeds, the geoscanner
indicates what minerals are present in the sample
and the possibility of finding rich ore or gas in the
area.
ANALYZING ECOSYSTEMS
Success Rate:
30% + skill level
An ecosystem is the combination of all the plants
and animals that make up the local environment,
and their relationships to each other. If an
ecosystem is upset or thrown out of balance, entire
species can become extinct and whole regions
devastated by floods, droughts or other natural
disasters. One of the environmental specialist's jobs
is to analyze local ecosystems and determine
whether they are balanced and, if not, to determine
what can be done to restore balance. An
environmentalist must spend at least 200 hours
studying the area to use this subskill.