Boarding, Tumble, and Capture

[wintertraveller]

The Cluster Truck product includes new rules for ship tumbles and capture (p.27) and a new ship capture system (p.38). How do these rules interact with the boarding rules from HG and Core books and the forced linkage apparatus? Thank you

 

[hopsnbaer]

High Guard Update Tumbling on page 129 vs the Tumbling in Cluster Truck on page 27. They each look fairly exclusive so I would pick the one you want to use and run with it. Maybe tweak the Cluster Truck rules a bit of there is something you like in HG.

 

[rinku]

Okay. Just comparing the two, High Guard goes into how long it takes to cancel a tumble, but essentially agrees with Cluster Truck that an automated system will get the job done. It does allow for docking, although the negative modifier for any but the least severe tumble makes this a pretty heroic piloting roll. Cluster Truck does have a modifier for performing tasks on a tumbling ship, which High Guard does not.

I would say that since High Guard is crunchier, if you have High Guard, use those rules. If you only have Cluster Truck, the rules presented are okay.