Handheld weapon against starships

[Straxus]

Is there some kind of weapon that a character can use that would at least put a dent in a starship? I'm thinking a one-shot rocket launcher over-the-shoulder kind of thing, but haven't been able to find any.

There's a chance the PCs will have to defend themselves from a a strafing starship before they can get to their own ship, and if one of them could have at least a small chance to delay the attack a little bit I think it would make a good fight/chase sequence.

[Kytross]

There is a 6D scale difference between character scale and starfighter scale. Therefore, you are looking for something, character scale, that does 9D+ damage.

Thermal detonators do 10D damage, 4D starfighter scale. I'd call it a moderate roll of the appropriate skill to switch them out with the explosive in a shoulder mounted RPG.

A Heavy Repeating Blaster does 8D damage. You can jury rig it to do 11D damage, 5D starfighter scale. You'll probably only get off a few rounds of fire before it malfunctions.

There's also a Squib Tensor Rifle. Starting at 3D damage, every time you hit the target you do an additional +1D damage.

Good luck

[RyanDarkstar]

In one of my favorite Star Wars comics by Marvel, #65 Golrath Never Forgets, Lt. Mils Giel snaps off a quick shot with his blaster in spite and actually manages to damage Luke's X-wing hyperdrive motivator. Gamewise, I figured he blew a Force Point and/or rolled a couple of 6's on the Wild Die.

Regardless, I thought it was very cool and dramatic. It makes Leia's (or Chewie's) shots at Slave I seem less futile.
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[Kytross]

A standard DL-44 does 5D damage. Max modification brings it to 6D+2 damage. Two character points brings the damage to 8D+2, or 2D+2 starfighter scale.

A standard BlasTech T-6 “Thunderer” Heavy Blaster Pistol does 6D+2 Damage. Max modification brings it to 8D+1. Two character points brings it to 10D+1.

The standard Stormtrooper Two Blaster Carbine does 6D+2 damage.

The Exotar Arms Predator Blaster Rifle does 7D standard damage.

[CRMcNeill]

What Scale System are you using?
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[Leona Makk]

The PLX-4 Portable Missile Launcher from the Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook (maybe last command?) does 6d Speeder Scale damage.
My players used one to take out a Barabel Shock Boxer with CPs, so anything is possible.

[Kytross]

[Raven Redstar]

Using McNeill's updated scale system, there's a chance at damaging a starfighter with character scale weapons, since they're smaller than walker scale, but larger than speeder.

100 Storm Troopers combining fire on a ship with their E-11s will put a dent in it using 2E R&E since that's 33D potential bonus damage.
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[CRMcNeill]

Using my system, a PLEX becomes a decent weapon against Starfighters, with a Scale Difference of 2D instead of 4D. So it becomes a 4D Starfighter-Scale weapon with the equivalent of 2D Fire Control.
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[Raven Redstar]

[garhkal]

[CRMcNeill]

Having the Finbat be a 12D Character Scale weapon is, IMO, a bit ridiculous. Its stats may say it is slow and can be shot down, but when adjusted for Scale, it becomes a 6D Damage / 6D Fire Control weapon against starfighters. Having big, lumbering things like Walkers be more fragile and more maneuverable than Starfighters was one of the big reasons I came up with my own Scale system in the first place.

I’d say the Finbat needs a re-stat to make it a big, clumsy weapon that is great against Walker-Scale vehicles, but too slow to hit a fast, maneuverable Starfighter.
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The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index

[Raven Redstar]

I don't disagree, CR.

I do think that we should have some anti-starfighter weaponry which can be "hand held," or something with at least a chance of causing some damage.

Now, does that mean that we should have the Star Wars equivalent of Stinger Missiles? Maybe. Honestly, I think that most of the shoulder mounted rockets that do 6D should have their damage kept, and then bump them up to speeder scale to make them viable anti-armor options, but not really an option for bulls-eyeing individual characters.

The easiest way to handle the Finbat, IMO, would be to drop damage and up scale. Maybe make it a 6D Walker Scale missile, so it loses the bonus to hit but keeps the hard hitting damage.
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[CRMcNeill]

[Raven Redstar]

I would make a single use missile tube based off of this: