I've been playing around with some ideas for custom-making a ship and have decided on the Baudo-class star yacht, the ship made famous by Booster Terrick's Pulsar Skate. And I'll be doing the sexy, curvy one, not the dorky-looking one that looks like a Lambda shuttle chassis sans strapped onto a high school skater punk's homemade skate park from the comics.

Anyhow, looking to create a dial and stat line for this ship, I've done a bit of research to prepare, so here's what I know about the ship past the model itself.

• While I'd like it to be a Rebel Ship, it's pretty evident that Booster Terrick is only loosely associated with the New Republic, so it might be more suited to Scum? I'll likely be running it as a Rebel in casual settings anyway, so it matters little.
• It's faster than a standard YT-1300, the Baudo clocking in 400 kmph faster in atmosphere. I think this should mean it either has a 5 forward or a native Boost action and no 1 straight.
• I think it should have the Focus and Target lock action native. I don't really want to add a Barrel Roll natively
• It's not supposed to be very heavily armed at all. Wookiepedia says it sports a laser cannon turret, but it would have to be underslung if it does, because I can't see it in the first picture on Wookiepedia. Due to the general disdain I have for PWT ships, I'd rather it have a natural 2 die attack, I think, to properly represent the light armament of it.
• This ship is supposed to be highly customized for the buyer when purchased, so even a civilian pilot probably has fun bells and whistles on this rascal. I think, given the time frame it was written for, I'd feel very comfortable calling for EPT on the higher level pilots (Probably Mirax Terrick, Booster Terrick, maybe a mid-level Corran Horn since he's not a freighter pilot predominantly?), Cannon OR Turret weapon, Tech, Crew, maybe a second crew or a System? I do want it relatively balanced.
• The Pulsar Skate should give an Illicit slot and a SLAM action? This is like a Lamborghini of light space freighters, and with it it'd be terrifying. It'd be somewhere in the 3-6 point title, I think. It does beg the question, "why I would need Boost?" Maybe it goes away. Maybe not. I like Boost on this ship. It feels right. But Adv Slam with a native boost seems a bit crazy.

So, light of these things, this how I think the base pilot card looks: 2 Atk (standard firing arc), 2 evade, 6 hull, 4 shields. Not as hefty as a YT or VCX, but well put together for hull. It's a freighter, not an Imperial shuttle, so less shielding. 2 evade for the Lambo of space freighters. Focus, Boost, Target Lock. System, Tech, Crew, and Turret or Cannon. A faster set of dials than a YT-1300, which is attached.

Please, review.

On 7/23/2017 at 7:57 PM, Praetorate of the Empire said:

So, light of these things, this how I think the base pilot card looks: 2 Atk (standard firing arc), 2 evade, 6 hull, 4 shields. Not as hefty as a YT or VCX, but well put together for hull. It's a freighter, not an Imperial shuttle, so less shielding. 2 evade for the Lambo of space freighters. Focus, Boost, Target Lock. System, Tech, Crew, and Turret or Cannon. A faster set of dials than a YT-1300, which is attached.

I think the turret slot makes sense given the fluff, but it also means that every single one of these will have a TLT attached. Perhaps have the title add that on?

I don't really like having a five-straight on a large ship. I mean . . . the A-Wing is the fastest ship in the galaxy, and it can barely keep up with a four-straight plus boost on a large boost. I think four-straight with a native boost is just fine. I also don't think SLAM is necessary, especially if the title grants an Illicit slot, so it can just take Burnout SLAM anyway.

Overall, the base statline looks similar to a JumpMaster, just without the horrific upgrade bar, dial, or turret; as such, I think it would be reasonably costed at around 25 points for the generic.

Thanks for the info!

A consideration, I'm taking off the Cannon and the Turret option, they just don't feel very good on this ship and I think I may remove the Illicit from the title.

Also, to be fair the A-Wing is technically 100kph faster than the Baudo, but in the mechanic of the game, the 4 straight on a large-base is the same as a 5 straight on a small base, so it's already kinda skewed.

My bases to build from were from the YT freighters, both of which clock in around 800 kph, so that's why I threw in the 5 straight to represent the Baudo's 1,200 kph top speed. Then, the Skate was probably extensively modified by Booster to be even faster...

But, I would like this to be balanced, so thank you for your input, I will consider what you have said.

11 hours ago, Ailowynn said:

I don't really like having a five-straight on a large ship.

The shadowcaster has this, having it would not be the first ship to have it.

11 minutes ago, gryffindorhouse said:

The shadowcaster has this, having it would not be the first ship to have it.

I know. Just because it's already in the game doesn't mean I like it any more

1 minute ago, Ailowynn said:

I know. Just because it's already in the game doesn't mean I like it any more

Fair enough.

Also, FYI, somewhere around here there is a full custom expack, maybe @Odanan? Or maybe somewhere in the post you (yeah, you, not your) custom cards here thread.

22 minutes ago, gryffindorhouse said:

Also, FYI, somewhere around here there is a full custom expack, maybe @Odanan? Or maybe somewhere in the post you (yeah, you, not your) custom cards here thread.

Not, I didn't do this one. But I'm interested. Where is the art for the cards? (because even the smartest custom stuff needs some art to go with the card)

Oh, forget about it. There is a lot of easy art to use in it.

On 7/26/2017 at 1:11 AM, gryffindorhouse said:

The shadowcaster has this, having it would not be the first ship to have it.

I actually just realized the Shadowcaster has a 5 straight. I'm definitely not a Scum player (yet), so it was a simple oversight!

I did find someone who was working on this for the Custom Card League, and while quite a bit of the things they decided about the ship are similar, I like my version a bit better.

Developing Pilots, Title, and a couple of upgrades for this ship, I'm pretty much producing a whole Expansion Pack. I'll be posting them soon.

Maybe try play testing it with a red 5 straight and a white 5 straight.

You might also have fun play testing without any 1's on the dial.

On 7/26/2017 at 0:16 PM, Odanan said:

Not, I didn't do this one. But I'm interested. Where is the art for the cards? (because even the smartest custom stuff needs some art to go with the card)

Oh, forget about it. There is a lot of easy art to use in it.

I think all of them had this as the art anyway:

https://www.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvignette2.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fstarwars%2Fimages%2F5%2F5f%2FBaudo-class_star_yacht.jpg%2Frevision%2Flatest%3Fcb%3D20071225094953&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fstarwars.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FBaudo-class_star_yacht&docid=mNnvCqWz3CMPQM&tbnid=P5Ed-dHv2-4paM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwius-fqqarVAhVoqFQKHc_HAn0QMwglKAAwAA..i&w=828&h=926&bih=700&biw=1366&q=Baudo-class star yacht&ved=0ahUKEwius-fqqarVAhVoqFQKHc_HAn0QMwglKAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8

Alright, I've started putting together everything I want to create with this ship. It's pretty much a small homebrew expansion pack now.

Baudo-class Star Yacht (Large base ship)

Statline:

Atk: 2 (standard firing arc)

Evade: 2

Hull: 6

Shields: 4

Action Bar: Focus, Target Lock, Boost

Upgrade Bar: System, Crew, Tech, Modification

Pilots:

(PS 3) Star Lane Drifter (30 pts)

(PS 5) Liat Tsayv (EPT) [WIP] (33 pts)

- When you execute a turn manuever, you may assign a focus token to your ship.

(PS 7) Mirax Terrik (EPT) (36 pts)

- When you would normally receive a stress token, you may receive an ion token instead.

(PS 8) Booster Terrik (EPT) (39 pts)

- When attacking, it the defender has a primary weapon value greater than 2, you may roll an extra attack die.

Upgrades:

Title:

Pulsar Skate (3 pts) Your action bar gains the SLAM action icon. Your upgrade bar gains the Illicit icon.

Crew:

Corran Horn (2 pts): If you did not attack this turn, place a Focus token on this card at the End of the Combat phase. At the beginning of the next Combat phase, assign that Focus token to your ship.

Booster Terrik (3 pts): When defending, if you have a Target Lock on the attacker, the attacker rolls one less attack die.

Tech:

Electronic Defense Suite: (3 pts) (Large ship only): At the end of the End phase, you may discard a red target lock token assigned to your ship.

System Upgrade:

Haven't come up with anything yet since the System Upgrades already in-game could work well with this ship.