Space Bastards

FTL Drive: ships with FTL drive can access hyperspace when they reach a speed of XXX. Once the jump is made, the ship travels a rate of 1 light-year in 1d6 (random) hours.

There are 2 scales of map used for astrogation in the campaign, the Galactic Region Map and the Sector Map.

Galactic Region Map: this scale of map is set up on a square grid, where each square equals 1 star sector, each of which is 10 light years by 10 light years. Each square can be crossed in an average of 35 hours (10d6 hours). Generally this sort of map is used just to show political detail.

Sector Map: this scale of map is a diagram of a 10 light-year by 10 light-year area with each star system marked and named. The map is presented as a 10×10 hex grid with each hex equaling 1 light year. There are 5 types of star system main worlds indicated on these maps:

1. White Disk: Class 1 system: indicates that the planetary bodies are rather poor and cannot produce any of the standard cubes.
2. White Disk with Rings: Class 2 system: indicates planets containing sufficient rare earth elements and low-gravity station to produce Mech Cubes for interstellar trade.
3. Blue Dot: Class 3 system: indicates planets with robust biospheres able to support significant agriculture and the ability to produce Bio Cubes for interstellar trade.
4. Asteroids: Class 4 system: indicates systems with primarily asteroid fields instead of planets, and the ability to produce Power Cubes for interstellar trade.
5. Station: Class 5 system: indicates that there is no star or planets in this hex, but there is a permanent deep-space station in place.