Engineer

The platoon's transport has broken down. The radio is not working. Two of the soldiers' rifles have jammed. The enemy is closing in. Who is going to fix everything in time? This is when the Engineer steps in. Engineers are tech specialists who focus their energy on making repairs in the field and keeping the group's hardware running until they make it back to base.

Base Abilities

• Disassemble Device: As an Extended Action (10 minutes), the Engineer can disassemble a Small device into component parts. See specific Disassembly rules below for more options.
• Create Device: As an Extended Action (10 minutes or more), the Engineer can create a new, small, custom device. They must have the appropriate Engineering Parts of the appropriate Rarity and Tech Level. The Engineer must roll their Intelligence + Mechanics against the difficulty of the device’s Rarity + Complexity and have at least the same number of successes to complete the device.

Ultimate Ability

• Master Engineer: The Engineer can disassemble, repair, create and sabotage complex devices in a fraction of the time. In addition, the Engineer can now convert 2x Parts from one Type to another Type.

Knowledge

• Identification: The Engineer has extensive knowledge of devices and can usually identify what a device is, what it’s for and how it works..

Motivators

• Tinkerer: Whenever the Engineer spends at least 10 minutes Creating or Modifying a device, they gain 1 Motivation.
• Hoarder: Whenever the Engineer disassembles a looted device and keeps some of the parts, they gain 1 Motivation.

Identification

The Engineer can roll the Identification skill whenever they are presented with a device and they want to know what it is, or how it works. To do this they roll a dice pool equal to their Intelligence + Identification skill. The difficulty is equal to the device's Rarity:

Device Identification Table

Rarity	Difficulty	Required Hits
Common	Easy	1
Uncommon	Intermediate	2
Rare	Challenging	3
Very Rare	Hard	4
Legendary	Legendary	8

Hit Points

The Engineer gains 1 Hit Point per level.

Leveling Table

Class Level	Class Features for Level
0	Disassemble Create Device (Specialization)
1	Identification Skill Point Modify Device (Device Mod)
2	Engineering Skill Point Exotic Weapon Proficiency
3	Technician Skill Point Investigator Skill Point
4	Scanning Skill Point Engineering Specialization
5	Identification Skill Point Calculator Skill Point
6	Engineering Skill Point Exotic Weapon Proficiency
7	Technician Skill Point Investigator Skill Point
8	Scanning Skill Point Device Mod
9	Identification Skill Point Calculator Skill Point
10	Engineering Skill Point Exotic Weapon Proficiency
11	Technician Skill Point Investigator Skill Point
12	Scanning Skill Point Engineering Specialization
13	Identification Skill Point Calculator Skill Point
14	Engineering Skill Point Exotic Weapon Proficiency
15	Technician Skill Point Investigator Skill Point
16	Scanning Skill Point Shipstation Skill Point
17	Identification Skill Point Calculator Skill Point
18	Engineering Skill Point Exotic Weapon Proficiency
19	Technician Skill Point Investigator Skill Point
20	Master Engineer

Talent Tree

• Engineering Specialization (x7): The Engineer gains additional skill dice when working on this type of device.
• Device Mod(x8): The Engineer learns how to make new types of Modifications to devices.
• Utility Belt [Tech / Passive]: If it's a Featherweight, Miniscule gadget or tool, you've got at least 1 tucked away in your Utility Belt.
• Maintainer: Whenever the Engineer repairs a device, they gain 1 Motivation.
• Saboteur: Whenever the Engineer sabotages a device, they gain 1 Motivation.
• Increased Intelligence (x2): The Engineer's Intelligence permanently increases.
• Increased Deftness (x2): The Engineer's Deftness permanently increases.
• Delayed Failure: The Engineer can cause a sabotaged device to fail, but after a very specific amount of time. This can be timed to the hour, minute or even second.
• Power Modder: The Engineer can add 1 more Bonus Die to a device (bringing it to a maximum of 4).
• Mechanical Savant: The Engineer can reroll up to 3 dice for all Mechanics Skill checks. In addition, the Engineer gains 1 extra Progress when engaged in an Engineering Challenge and the Progress result comes up.
• Master Technician: The Engineer can reroll up to 3 dice for all Lock Picking Skill checks. In addition, the Engineer gains 1 extra Progress when engaged in an Engineering Challenge and the Progress result comes up.
• Overload: As an Action, The Engineer can spend 1 Motivation to route excess power into a personal or ship device, causing it to Overload and explode, potentially doing massive damage. The amount of damage is scaled to the size of the device, but is roughly equal to (3 + Power Dice Available + Device Mods) * Size Modifier.
• Perfect Efficiency: The Engineer can spend 3 Motivation to add an additional 5 bonus Power dice to a vehicular system (starship) or planetary installation by perfectly modulating its Power Supply. This Perfect Efficiency will last for only 1 Round, after which the vehicular system is at 1 less Power die for 10 minutes.
• Jury Rig: The Engineer has the ability to perform incredibly rapid repairs on equipment in the field. For the cost of 1 Motivation, they can restore most devices to working in a single round. This includes devices with Custom Modifications that they have added. This does not include restoring Hit Points to Droids. This does not include repairing a starship they are on.
• Sabotage Shot: As an Action, the Engineer spends 1 Motivation and targets a powered device on an opposing character. They roll their Deftness + Weapon Damage against the target's current defense (Passive Defense or one of the 3 Active Defenses). With at least 1 uncancelled hit, the Engineer can cause the device to Overload and Explode doing extra damage (Power System Skill Dice + Device Mods) * Size Modifier. Without using this ability such an act would be treated as an Aimed Attack.

Engineering Rules

The Engineer creates, modifies and repairs high-tech devices. They are familiar with one or more Engineering Specializations, which add dice for rolls of that type. Each Custom Modification grants the Engineer or their allies bonus dice or other advantages, but they are rather fragile and need to be repaired more often.

Device Disassembly Rules

When an Engineer Disassembles a device, they split it into 2 distinct sets, the Power Supply, and the Specific Parts. These Specific Parts will have different Types, Rarities and Tech Levels, which affects what devices the Engineer can create with them. Specific Parts can also be purchased separately on the open (or black) market.

Engineering Part Types:

• Parts, Armor (1 kg)
• Parts, Droid (1 kg)
• Parts, Gadget (1 kg)
• Parts, Engine (1 kg)
• Parts, Shield (1 kg)
• Parts, Weapons (1 kg)
• Parts, Power Supplies (1 kg)
• Parts, Cybernetics (1 kg)
• Parts, Bio-engineering (1 kg)
• Starship Parts, Armor (1 Metric Ton)
• Starship Parts, Hull (1 Metric Ton)
• Starship Parts, Shield (1 Metric Ton)
• Starship Parts, Generator (1 Metric Ton)
• Starship Parts, Drive (1 Metric Ton)
• Starship Parts, Hyperdrive (1 Metric Ton)
• Starship Parts, Weapon (1 Metric Ton)

Part Rarities

1. Common: Everyday Devices that are everywhere
2. Uncommon: Somewhat unusual Devices that everyone has seen or used at least once.
3. Rare: Rare Devices that most people know exist but havent seen or touched.
4. Very Rare: Very Rare Devices are so rare that most people may not even know about them.

Tech Levels

• Primitive: The six simple machines and their derivations.
• Modern: Electronics, hydraulics, mechanical systems, etc.
• High Tech: Quantum, gravitational and light-based technologies.

The amount of time it takes to disassemble a Device is based on its size category:

Size Category	Engineer Disassemble or Build Time	Master Engineer Disassemble or Assemble Time
Fine*	10 minutes*	2 Turns*
Diminutive	10 minutes	2 Turns
Tiny	5 minutes	1 Turn
Small	10 minutes	2 Turns
Medium	20 minutes	4 Turns
Large	1 hour	10 minutes
Huge	2 hours	20 minutes
Gargantuan	4 hours	40 minutes
Colossal*	1 day*	2 hours*

*Devices this small or large can only be disassembled with specialized machinery.

Repairing a device takes roughly 2x the time listed for the size category, as the Engineer has to at least partially Disassemble, repair, and then (Re)Assemble the device.

Custom Device Creation

The Engineer rolls their Intelligence + Mechanics against a difficulty which is based on the Rarity of the Device along with its Complexity. The Engineer must get at least the same number of Hits as the Difficulty number to create the Device.

Note that this is to create a Custom Device. If the Engineer has blueprints for a well understood device, that can half the difficulty.

Custom Device Creation Difficulty

Rarity	Simple	Medium	Complex
Common	1	2	3
Uncommon	2	3	4
Rare	8	4	5
Very Rare	4	5	6

Challenging Environments

If the Engineer does not have the luxury of unlimited time and power, then creating the device falls under the Adventure System's Engineering Challenge system. The Engineer must roll the challenge die and complete the tasks as they see fit to construct a stable device that won't explode.

Device Size to Explosion

Size	Explosion Damage Modifier	Explosion Size
Miniscule	1/4	Holder Only
Tiny	1/2	1 Square
Small	1	1 Splash
Medium	2	2 Splash
Large	4	4 Splash
Huge	8	8 Splash
Gargantuan	16	16 Splash
Colossal	32	32 Splash

Device Modification

As an Extended Action (10 minutes), the Engineer can modify an existing Device. This will be a tradeoff, where the Device becomes heavier or more bulky in exchange for extra features, although the opposite can be true as well, as an Engineer can slim down a bulky device by reducing features. The Engineer learns 1 Device Mod when they gain this ability, and can learn more from leveling and the Talent Tree. The Engineer rolls against the base Creation Difficulty of the Device (See Custom Device Creation Difficulty above).

The rarity of the additional parts used indicates the dice bonuses that the device gets:

Device Mod Dice Bonuses

Device Parts Rarity	Device Dice
Common	0
Uncommon	1
Rare	2
Very Rare	3

Device Mods

1. Gadget: Add Skill Dice
2. Weapon: Add Damage Dice
3. Weapon: Add Qualities
4. Armor: Add Armor Deflection
5. Armor: Add Resistance bonus
6. Armor: Add Armor Quality
7. Any: Reduce Weight category
8. Any: Reduce Bulk category
9. Power System: Add Allocatable Power Dice
10. Droid: Add Stat dice
11. Shields: Add Shield HP
12. Shields: Block Bonus

Engineering Specializations

An Engineering Specialization act as Specialty Skills which grant additional dice when the Engineer is working specifically on that type of Device. Each time the Engineer gains an Engineering Specialization they must decide which area to specialize in. This grants them a +1 Skill Die for Creation, Modification and Repair of Devices of that type. An Engineer can take the same Engineering Specialization up to 5 times.

Device Fragility

Custom Devices and Modified Devices are more Fragile than those built and assembled with machinery or Droids specifically built for that purpose. This means that whenever a character rolls a Botch (no successes) when using the device, the Custom Device or Modified Device will break and require repair.

Upkeep

In addition, these Custom and Modified Devices require resources during Downtime. In between adventures the Engineer must consume 1 set of Parts equal to 1 Rarity Level lower (in the case of Common, 2 sets of Parts) to keep the Custom or Modified Device working. For in-game time reckoning purposes this would be about once a month.

Custom Weapon Proficiencies

When an Engineer creates a custom weapon (i.e. not from blueprints), that weapon's proficiency is treated as Exotic. This means that each custom weapon has its own specific Weapon Proficiency, without it the user can roll only the weapon's damage as their attack.

Engineering Specialization

These Engineering Specializations allow the Engineer to add extra skill dice for fixing, modifying and creating devices of that specific type.

1. Armor Specialization
2. Bioengineering Specialization
3. Cybernetics Specialization
4. Droid Specialization
5. Gadget Specialization
6. Hyperdrive Specialization
7. Power Supply Specialization
8. Shield Specialization
9. Starship Specialization
10. Weapon Specialization

Tech Levels:

• Primitive
• Modern
• High Tech

Rarity Levels:

• Common (No bonus Skill Points)
• Uncommon (+1
• Rare (+2)
• Very Rare (+3)

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