Saucer Separation

= Flavor = The ship is designed so that the saucer section can be separated from the engineering section, to operate as two distinct ships.

= Mechanics = Each section has the same Systems, Departments, Talents, and weapons, but their Scale is one lower than the whole ship (recalculate anything derived from Scale), and each section only has half the Power (round down) that the ship had before separation. Further, if the ship has suffered any damage, ongoing effects of that damage apply equally to both sections. The saucer section, which contains the crew quarters and recreational areas, does not have the capacity to go to warp. Separating is a Control + Conn Task with a Difficulty of 3, assisted by the ship’s Structure + Engineering, performed from the internal systems position or main engineering.

Separation cannot be done if the Structure of either ship has been Damaged or Disabled.

= Special Rules = For an Ambassador-class ship, the two sections cannot be rejoined outside of a starbase repair facility. Separating the two sections effectively ends the mission the players are currently engaged in.

Ships With This Talent

 * USS Tempest (NCC-10535)