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The GM determines the operational outcome. Track the facts and uncertainty here; don't automatically reveal hidden information.
2–4 preparation turns plus one charging turn; observations and hails do not stop the clock. Credible interference may delay progress by GM adjudication.
A formation order is a command arrangement; mutual-support separation describes actual ability to help nearby units. Neither is the same as range to an adversary.
Coordinated weapons and concentrated fleet response. Close or Extended support depends on actual separation and equipment.
Protect named assets. Close support permits immediate point defense and nearby screening if systems can physically reach.
Forward scouting and warning. Typically Extended or Detached; cannot magically protect the rear with close-range PD.
Detached mission; no automatic defensive or targeting support from the parent fleet.
Close — immediate mutual PD and screening, provided fire arcs, range and readiness allow. Extended — contact exchange, coordination, feasible long-range weapons and interception/reinforcement; no automatic PD. Detached — independent; no automatic defensive or immediate support.
Integrity: disrupted spacing, jamming, damage, maneuver or contradictory orders can suspend support until coherent separation/coordination is restored.
I — Silent: passive sensing; no routine transmit/active emissions. II — Restricted: passive sensing, controlled communication/limited emissions. III — Active: routine comms and active sensing. IV — Unrestricted: full emissions, fire control and EW as needed.
Sensor and communication orders can differ from the posture with a recorded exception. Low-power internal/local coordination is not necessarily detectable at operational ranges. Active sensors may reveal the emitter; jamming/deception emissions can disclose its source. Detecting a contact does not automatically classify or identify it.
The ALCS protects designated occupied volumes from acceleration loads. It does not generate thrust, raise MV, improve jump travel, or protect uncompensated compartments.
Routine maneuver: no ALCS requirement. Sustained high-G: unprotected personnel may suffer strain or reduced operating time. Extreme-G/overboost: severe risk without sufficient protected envelope. A failed system under acceleration may cause crew losses or interrupted command functions; it does not automatically reduce hull integrity.
Installation choices: localized station coverage, distributed crew compartments, reinforced high-G critical stations, plus separate habitation segments. One principal ALCS envelope per ship; habitation modules may supplement it.
Adjudication is one relevant objective test when meaningful; ALCS changes feasibility and duration, not an automatic bonus. The GM decides intensity and loads from scenario circumstances rather than inventing real-world g-values.
For the existing scenario adjudication: minimal internal coordination did not break radio silence; Expedition vortex preparation created no detectable signature, while charging may be observable. The Expedition currently has no emissions-masking capability. A sensor-misdirection jammer must emit to work and may therefore betray its origin. These are scenario facts, not universal claims that every vortex drive emits during charging.
Sensor information has four separate stages: Detection → Tracking → Classification → Identification. One well-supported adjudication can establish multiple stages; an outcome alone never creates unsupported identity evidence. Record each faction’s actual knowledge separately. Public sensor procedure and examples.
≤5 failure · 6–8 partial · 9–11 success · 12+ exceptional. Physical outcomes depend on actual equipment and GM judgment.
Choose the equipment and situation before adjudicating. A trait informs feasibility, engagement advantage and physical effects; it does not add an automatic stacking bonus. Relative and situational modifiers stay within the existing ±3 cap.
Resolving range control: use one contested maneuver/positioning test if meaningful. Shields mitigate energy and thermal exposure but cannot regenerate lost HI. Plasma does not bypass shields by default. PD and EW affect incoming guided weapons; ammunition and launched wing readiness still matter.
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