Special Rules for Salvaged/Rebuilt Ships

Breakdowns

When these craft go on a voyage, the breakdown system is slightly different from the Campaign Book rule. For starters, a rat ship has a 2%/5 year breakdown rate over the canon 1% rate. The rate is based on the hull age. If a breakdown occurs, the referee rolls d% and any system or structure in that age range is subject to failure. For example, a 40 year old hull supported by 30 year old drives and 20 year old communication & detection equipment would roll against those ages. If a 41+ is rolled nothing happens, if 31-40 is rolled there is a hull issue, if 21-40 is rolled then the referess must dice between the drives and hull, and 01-40 dices between all three for a break-down or issue. If the d% roll exceeds the age of all compnents, then consult the standard breakdown table in the Knighthawks Campagin Book (page 10).

Sample Rat Ship

SS Melinda McCoy II
salvaged McCoy class destroyer

HS: 6 HP: 50 Powerplant: 2 Streel "Big Bang" Atomic B 
ADF: 3 MR: 3 DCR: 60 Crew: currently 6 
Armament: Laser Cannon, Electron Beam Battery, Rocket Battery (x4 salvos)
Defenses: RH, ICM (x5); 30 cubic meters of allocated space remaining 
Communication/Detection Equipment: Subspace radio, radar; intercom network, skin sensors 

Cargo Capacity: 4.5 (4u main hold w/cargo arm + 0.5u forward hold) 
Crew Accomodations: 9 double occupancy cabins 
Passenger Accomodation: 4 double occupancy cabins (2 1st Class/2 Journey Class); 4 frozen storage class berths (brig) 
Ship's Vehicles: 2 workpods, large Launch, 3rd hardpoint converted to external docking module for S-series fighter craft. 
Misc Equipment: Cargo Arm

Computer 
LVL: 4 fp: 194 SP: 100 

Alarm (2) 
Analysis (4) 
Astrogation (4) 
Commerce (1) 
Computer Lockout (4) 
Computer Security (4) 
Damage Control (2) 
Drive, Atomic (5) 
Electron Beam Battery (2) 
Information Storage (1) 
Installation Security (4) 
Interceptor Missile (3) 
Laboratory, Medical (3) 
Laser Cannon (1) 
Life Support {capacity:32} (1) 
Maintenance (2)

Component Age
Hull - 72 years 
Astrogation equipment: 41 years
Maneuver Jets: 30 years
SSradio: 26 years
Weapons: HLC - new, RB - 26 years, EB - 17 years
Defenses: ICM launcher - 18 years
cargo arm: 15 years
Radar: 14 years
Drives: 11 years
Computer: new 
Life Support: new
Intercom: new

Ship's Vehicles: workpods - 9 years, launch - 3 years

All new equipment as of fy:70