Choosing the base vehicle

First, you need to buy the basic vehicle from the list below. Non-pilots must buy from grade 0 or grade 1, and they must have the appropriate Skill to operate that vehicle. Pilots may purchase any vehicle at their level or lower.

GRADE 0 - Small land vehicles

GRADE 1 - Small Air

GRADE 2 - Military Ground/Air

GRADE 3 - Armoured ground

GRADE 4 - Armoured Air

GRADE 5 - Assault Droids

Assault droids are humanoid, giant, robots. All are fitted with direct neural connections for control only, and incorporate advanced computer systems to enhance reactions.

Armorgeddons carry the following armament:

They have the following additional equipment:

Extra armour

You can fit extra armour to your vehicle, but it will cost money and may reduce the speed (or require you to spend more on upgrading engines).

Each extra DC of armour plating costs 0.01c, and you need to choose how many points to add to different locations on the vehicle if it's large enough to have multiple locations.

Keep track of how much DC you add, as you'll need it in the next section...

Calculate Speed

The base vehicle lists a Speed and a Fuel Consumption, but they are both affected by the weight of extra armour, and can both be improved by spending money on engine upgrades.

Every extra 100DC (round down - adding 99 extra DC has no effect, but adding 101DC knocks off a single 5%) of armour plating added knocks 5% off of the rated speed and fuel efficiency (in km/litre). So multiply both by 0.95 for each added 100DC.

If you have a scientific calculator handy, you can do this with the following expression:

X = 0.95 ^ round_down(Extra_DC / 100)

Actual speed = Listed speed * X

Actual fuel efficiency = Listed efficiency * X

If the resulting speed/efficiency aren't acceptable, you can spend some money to boost it, like so:

First of all, use the following table to find the power rating of the vehicle:

If the vehicle has multiple engines, multiply the power rating by the number of engines.

The power rating is the cost, in credits, to add 10% to the actual speed and efficiency. Decide how many upgrades you can afford, at that cost each, then work out your final speed and efficiency by multiplying by 1.1 that many times, or use this formula if you have a scientific calculator:

Final speed = Actual speed * 1.1 ^ Upgrades

Final fuel efficiency = Actual fuel efficiency * 1.1 ^ Upgrades

Fill floor Space

Every base vehicle lists "Floor space" in square meters. Now you get to decide what to put there. You'll need a seat for everybody you plan on carrying in the vehicle (you can carry standing passagers in an emergency, but they'll take quadruple damage in a crash). The pilot will need a seat to operate the vehicle, so always buy at least one seat!

Things you can buy to fill floor space include:

Only one Trajectory Assist computer can be fitted.

There are also some heavy weapons that can be fitted, which take up space rather than a turret as they're too large. See below.

Weapons

A base vehicle may have some weapon mounts already fitted.

Vehicles with a Control Port interface include servo control of weapons so they can be controlled directly by the pilot, using the pilot's Reactions attribute instead of the Attack attribute when firing the weapon (the vehicle's Reactions bonus does NOT apply here - that only applies to steering the vehicle itself).

Vehicles without a Control Port have the weapons locked in a particular direction, which can be adjusted while the vehicle is stopped (usually forwards, but backwards and sidewards can be useful too). The person driving the vehicle (or a passenger) can then fire the weapon by pressing a button, and it fires wherver the vehicle is pointing (or directly behind the vehicle, or whatever). This means that the driver's Reactions is used as the Attack score, including the Reactions Bonus of the vehicle as it must be steered to aim - but there is also a -10 penalty.

All turrets can also be manually controlled by a passenger, in which case their Attack attribute is used for aiming rolls, just like any other weapon.

Any portable weapon may be mounted in a vehicle turret, or one of these special vehicle-only weapons:

The Grade attribute here refers to the grade of pilot licence needed.

The following light guided missiles are available (encumbrance {-2} for transport):

Large weapons

The following weapon systems are too large to mount on a turret, and require floor space (listed in the Cost).

Heavy Guided Missiles cost 5c plus the cost of a warhead (pick any bomb from the table below), and are encumbrance {1} for transport:

Bombs have encumbrance {0} when transported. Available types:

Artillery can hit any specific point; the shell will take 1 second per 10km range to arrive - so hopefully, the target has not moved out of the blast range!

The following types of shell are available, and are encumbrance {-1} for transport:

Biological shells produce a cloud of fine dust. All humanoids (not animals) within the range of effect must Save with Endurance or contract a deadly disease which will kill them within 2D12 hours unless they receive hospital-grade medical attention, in which case they're critically ill for 6D6 days.