Finally, as the heroes gain levels, a better-equipped ship prepares them for greater challenges.Ī Gamemaster should find these rules also useful for enhancing Starships flown by friends and foes of the heroes as well as for creating new Starships to represent the thousands of different models of spacecraft found throughout the galaxy. Furthermore, a Starship acts as a good base of operations, allowing heroes to have a place that seems like home even as they gallivant across the galaxy. Although Star Wars focuses on heroic action-adventure rather than the act of cobbling together credits for tinkering with a ship, many characters are simply more motivated if they know there's a material reward on the line. Heroes who want to improve a Starship have a built-in reason to take risks to earn credits (Or the help- and use of the repair bay- of a grateful military group). Modifying a Starship gives players a sense of ownership that makes them more connected to a campaign, and it serves other useful purposes as well.
The desire for faster hyperdrives, more weapons, better shields, and possibly even some space for smuggled goods generally comes even before the first payment to a Hutt loan shark is due.
Reference Book: Star Wars Saga Edition Starships of the GalaxyĪs soon as heroes get their hands on a Starship, they want to modify it.
