
← Dark Star Adventurecast6 aug · 15 min
SWN Rules Explained: How Starships Work in Stars Without Number
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This episode covers starships in Stars Without Number: hull classes, fittings and hardpoints, crew requirements, and the maintenance costs that keep a ship flying between sessions. Brian pulls his case study from Episode 28, "I'm Not Angry, I'm Disappointed," where the Scapegoat has to dock at the derelict Causeway 3 station and Felix spacewalks out to hack the exterior control panel by hand. He breaks down what a ship's stats actually mean at the table, what happens when repairs get skipped for too long, and why a GM can usually just grab a pre-built ship instead of designing one from scratch.
New SWN Rules Explained episodes drop every other Thursday, breaking down the mechanics behind the adventure.
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