Torpedoes

Luck points are accumulated by a pilot
for inflicting damage on enemy vessels. You
can only collect Luck points if you deliver
damage with cannons and missiles that you
alone fire. If you’re flying a SPAC fighter,
you can also gain Luck points from damage
caused by torpedoes that you fire.
Luck stat totals are adjusted immediately
after the points are gained or spent.
Gaining Luck Points
Here are the list of conditions which result
in the accumulation of Luck points:
1) Deliver half or more of the damage
points which result in the ultimate destruction
of an enemy starcraft: +1
Luck point.
2) Single-handedly deliver all of the damage
points which destroy an enemy
SPAC: +2 Luck points.
3) Single-handedly deliver all of the damage
points which destroy an enemy
TPAC: +3 Luck points.
4) Single-handedly deliver all of the damage
points which destroy an enemy
MPAC: +5 Luck points.
Using Luck Points
If you have a pilot with Luck points, you
can use them on that pilot’s behalf at your
own discretion. Luck can be used in four
ways to alter circumstances affecting that
pilot’s ship.
1) To force an opponent to reroll one attack
die (your choice): –1 Luck point.
2) To force a reroll of a critical hit result:
–2 Luck points.
3) To force an opponent to reroll two attack
dice (your choice): –3 Luck points.
4) To automatically dodge one incoming
torp, even after a dodging attempt or
after firing a point-defense weapon system.
You get your choice of the torp
automatically dodged, but your current
Drive must be greater than 0: –5 Luck
points.
A critical hit or attack can only be influenced
by Luck once. In the case of a reroll,
the new result stands. No further Luck
points can be spent to force additional
rerolls. Any reroll of attack dice must be
forced before the exact results of the
attack’s damage are determined (e.g., before
critical hits are rolled for).
Purchasing Pilots
with a Luck Stat
When purchasing forces for scenarios or
campaigns of your own design, pilots may
start with a Luck stat greater than 0. Each
point of Luck adds one point to the cost of
the pilot purchased. With regard to victory
conditions, do not factor in this cost to the
Total Point Value of any starcraft flown.
When purchasing pilots with Luck, note
that the Luck stat may never start at a
higher level than the pilot’s Piloting.
Example: Mark, who plays a lot of Silent
Death, is purchasing his forces for
a campaign that he’ll be playing this
coming weekend. One of the pilots he
selects has Piloting 6 and Gunnery 5.
Since his gaming group uses the Pilot
Luck rule, he also decides that the
pilot will have Luck 6, since that is the
maximum this pilot can have. The cost
of the pilot is (Piloting 6 + Gunnery 5
+ Luck 6 =) 17 points. He may be expensive,
but his high Luck will hopefully
give him a better chance to survive.
Basaam’s training
had covered such a
situation, and the
prescribed solution
leapt to his mind. As
much as it went against
his good sense, he was
to maintain his course.
His foe’s courage would
give before his.
But what if it didn’t?
Then there would be
one less foe for the Q’raj
to worry about.
“Like a rock,” Basaam
repeated to himself as
the Kosmos grew larger
and larger. “Like a rock.
Like a rock.” The phrase
became a mantra for
him. He focused on the
words, and they masked
his fear.
The Kosmos grew
closer and closer. It
seemed to eclipse the
moon over which the
battle was being fought.
Minigun rounds shot
past the Blizzard’s hull
at unheard of speeds.
Basaam let loose at the
oncoming Kosmos with
his disruptorgun,
scoring a direct hit on
the ship’s engine.
The Kosmos exploded
in a ball of flaming
gases. It was too late for
Basaam to avoid the
debris, so instead of
peeling way from the
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