13 Vehicle
Class Templates
A vehicle class template, much like a starship
class template (or, for that matter, almost any
template found in d20 numerous products),
grants players and GMs a tool by which to rapidly
modify the game statistics and basic description
of any already-existing vehicle design. A template
usually has an evocative name, giving rise to such
vehicles as the Arrestor-class hovercar or the Zeus-
class hovertank.
A vehicle class template is nothing more than
a list of design changes that allow players and
GMs to modify and add systems to an already-
existing vehicle.
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Templates
Apocalypse-Class
Template (PL 4)
The Apocalypse-class template can be applied
to any PL 5 civilian car. The vehicles design specs
should be adjusted as follows.
Top Speed Modifier: -10% (round down).
Defense Modifier: +1.
Hardness Modifier: +1.
Hit Point Modifier: +20% (round up).
Purchase DC: +1.
Weapon Upgrade: The vehicle gains any
single PL 5 personal heavy weapon on a forward-
mount. This weapon may be fired by a dedicated
gunner (at no penalty) or the vehicles driver (at a
-4 penalty).
Description: In some timelines, the
advancement of technology halts toward the
end of the Information Age and, following
some apocalyptic event, actually begins to
step backward. The Apocalypse-class template
represents a post-apocalyptic world in which
the survivors retro-fit existing cars to better suit
the lawless new world. Scraps of metal and wood
are affixed to existing vehicles, providing limited
armor, while whatever heavy weapon can be
found is mounted onto the vehicles hood. While
not pretty, an Apocalypse-class vehicle is combat
ready.
Annihilator-Class
Template (PL 6)
The Annihilator-class template can be applied
to any PL 5 military tracked vehicle. The vehicles
design specs should be adjusted as follows.
Crew Modifier: -1 (minimum of 1).
Initiative Modifier: -2.

Maneuver Modifier: +1.
Defense Modifier: +2.
Hardness Modifier: +5.
Purchase DC: +4.
Weapon Upgrade: The vehicles main
weapon is replaced by a T-95 Cavalcade chain
gun (see the future SRD) and an M-21 Comet
autolaser (see the future SRD).
Description: During the first few decades
of the Fusion Age, militaries invested resources
not only in the development and construction
of new combat operations vehicles but also
in upgrading existing vehicles for action on
the modern battlefield. By increasing both the
vehicles firepower and defense, Information Age
tanks and APCs are better able to survive the
Fusion Age battlefield. Additionally, advances in
computer control systems actually reduces the
number of crew members required to operate
the vehicle; Annihilator-class vehicles are easier to
control in combat than their older base vehicles.
Banshee-Class Template
(PL 6)
The Banshee-class template can be applied to
any PL 5 or PL 6 civilian motorcycle. The vehicles
design specs should be adjusted as follows.
Initiative Modifier: -1.
Maneuver Modifier: -1.
Top Speed Modifier: -20% (round down).
Defense Modifier: +1.
Hardness Modifier: +2.
Purchase DC: +4.
Description: On the roads of the Fusion Age,
motorcycles are either fast or they are heavy; the
Banshee-class is definitely in the heavy category.
Armor plates, a reinforced frame, and advances

construction techniques make the Banshee-class
one of the heaviest motorized tri-cycles on the
road: the design upgrade widens the vehicles
rear end in order to accommodate two massive,
solid tires. A heavier, more powerful engine is also
dropped into the Banshee-class design but even
with this advanced engine the vehicle is still slower
than most motorcycles due to the increased
weight of the frame and armor. Banshee-class
motorcycles are popular with Fusion Age cops
and outlaws that operate outside of the safety of
cities.
Elite-Class
Template (PL 6)
The Elite-class template can be applied to any
PL 5 or PL 6 civilian car. The vehicles design specs
should be adjusted as follows.
Passenger Modifier: -2 (minimum of 0
passengers).
Initiative Modifier: +1.
Maneuver Modifier: +3.
Top Speed Modifier: +35% (round up).
Purchase DC: +8.
Description: Sleek and sexy, the Elite-class
civilian car is the ultimate in luxury sports vehicles
available on the market. With high performance
handling and speed, luxurious accommodations,
an awesome body design and paint job, and
state-of-the-art sound system, the Elite-class is
that car that every car enthusiast dreams about.
Unfortunately, the Elite-class, despite its top-of-
the-line presentation and price, isnt exactly the
most reliable car on the road:
Each time the driver of an Elite-class car is
forced to make a Drive check there is a 5% chance
that some mechanical aspect of the vehicle is
damaged in the action. Each time something
goes wrong the vehicles initiative and maneuver
modifiers are reduced by 1 and the vehicles top
speed is reduced by 10% (round down). Repairing
these mechanical malfunctions requires 2 hours,
a DC 20 Repair roll, and has a purchase DC of 15
(for parts) for each time theres a problem.

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Hellfire-Class
Template (PL 7)
The Hellfire-class template can be applied to
any PL 5 or PL 6 military helicopter with a passenger
capacity of 10 or more. The vehicles design specs
should be adjusted as follows.
Passenger Modifier: Reduce number of
allowed passengers to 0.
Maneuver Modifier: +2.
Top Speed Modifier: +25% (round up).
Defense Modifier: +1.
Hardness Modifier: +2.
Purchase DC: +4.
Weapon Upgrade: The vehicle gains 4 M-70
EMP rocket launchers (see the future SRD).
Description: A heavy, helicopter gunship, the
Hellfire-class packs on slightly more armor,four rocket
launchers, and upgrades the helicopters engine in
order to create a faster and deadlier combat vehicle.
This increase in combat effectiveness does come
at some cost, though the helicopter loses any
passenger-carrying capability it once possessed.
Jonah-Class
Template (PL 6)
The Jonah-class template can be applied to any
PL 5 or PL 6 civilian truck. The vehicles design specs
should be adjusted as follows.
Cargo Modifier: +25% (round up).
Initiative Modifier: -1.
Maneuver Modifier: -4.
Top Speed Modifier: -25% (round down).
Purchase DC: +2.
Restriction: Restricted (+2).
Description: The Jonah-class truck is a larger
(increase the vehicles length in squares by one),
heavier all-purpose cargo vehicle capable of
carrying more than its lighter-class cousins. Jonah-
class trucks are frequently used by military forces
to transport everything from troops to fuel to
extra ammo while civilians find the Jonah-class an
excellent match for long-distance cargo transport
and construction jobs.
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Stingray-Class
Template (PL 6)
The Stingray-class template can be applied to
any PL 5 or PL 6 civilian water vehicle. The vehicles
design specs should be adjusted as follows.
Initiative Modifier: +2.
Maneuver Modifier: +2.
Top Speed Modifier: +25% (round up).
Defense Modifier: +1.
Hardness Modifier: +3.
Hit Point Modifier: +10% (round up).
Purchase DC: +6.
Weapon Upgrade: The vehicle gains an M-76
Cyclone rocket launcher.
Description: Stingray-class water vehicles
are, typically, upgraded civilian watercraft that are
pressed into military service, usually as patrol vessels
along contested waters and shores of nations
involved in a war. The Stingray-class is a faster, more
maneuverable, and more combat-worthy machine
that is well-suited to brief firefights and high speed
gun battles.
Arrestor-Class
Template (PL 7)
The Arrestor-class template can be applied to
any PL 7 civilian hovervehicle. The vehicles design
specs should be adjusted as follows.
Initiative Modifier: +1.
Maneuver Modifier: +1.
Top Speed Modifier: +25% (round up).
Defense Modifier: -3.
Hardness Modifier: -2.
Purchase DC: +2.
Description: With increased handling and
maneuverability,a larger engine,and an overall better
degree of performance than the basic hovervehicle,
the Arrestor-class is a sports model better suited to
racing and courier duty than any form of combat
operations; that increased performance comes at
the price of a reduction in the strength and stability
of the vehicles frame and shell.

Note: The Arrestor-class, while available for
almost any hovervehicle on the market, is typically
seen only in hovercars and hoverbikes. Any other
sort of hovervehicle equipped with this template
will be a custom design you cant simply hit the
showroom and buy an Arrestor-class hoverbus.
Dominator-Class
Template (PL 7)
The Dominator-class template can be applied
to any PL 5 or PL 6 military ground vehicle. The
vehicles design specs should be adjusted as
follows.
Maneuver Modifier: -5.
Top Speed Modifier: -50% (round down).
Defense Modifier: +5.
Hardness Modifier: +12.
Hit Point Modifier: +50% (round up).
Purchase DC: +6.
Weapon Upgrade: The vehicle gains two,
forward mounted Tsunami 480 plasma cannons
(see the future SRD).
Description: Slow, lumbering, and heavy.
All are words that appropriately describe the
Dominator-class vehicle. A significant increase
in the vehicles armor and weapons makes it
easily one of the most dangerous vehicles on
any Gravity Age battlefield. Surprisingly, military
technicians have developed Dominator-class
upgrade packages for both Information Age and
Fusion Age military ground vehicles, enabling
military forces to keep functional vehicles
combat effective decades after their original
manufacture.
Scarab-Class
Template (PL 7)
The Scarab-class template can be applied to
any PL 7 hovervehicle. The vehicles design specs
should be adjusted as follows.
Passenger Modifier: -2 (minimum of 0
passengers).
Maneuver Modifier: +1.
Defense Modifier: +1.

Hardness Modifier: +1.
Hit Point Modifier: +10% (round up).
Purchase DC: +2.
Description: Designed as an extended
range vehicle, Scarab-class hovervehicles
feature a slightly sturdier construction and have
an operational range 50% greater (round up)
than their base model relatives. Scarab-class
hovervehicles are frequently used by couriers
and long-distance cargo haulers, though some
military organizations modify hovertanks to
follow the Scarab-class specifications.
Viper-Class
Template (PL 7)
The Viper-class template can be applied to
any PL 5 or PL 6 military helicopter. The vehicles
design specs should be adjusted as follows.
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Initiative Modifier: +3.
Maneuver Modifier: +3.
Top Speed Modifier: +50% (round up).
Purchase DC: +3.
Weapon Upgrade: The vehicle gains a
Tsunami 400c plasma cannon.
Description: Though effectively extinct
during the Gravity Age, a limited number of
Information Age and Fusion Age are pressed into
service by cash-poor corporations and nations,
the ancient vehicles power plants and engines
swapped out for advanced systems. Additionally,
a Tsunami 400c plasma cannon, one of the earliest
and lightest plasma cannons seen during the
Gravity Age is turret-mounted to the underside of
the aging combat helicopter. These faster, more
agile helicopters are better capable of surviving
combat than their older cousins.

New Vehicle Weapons

A few of the templates in this PDF feature new weapons that are not found in the future SRD.
Descriptions and game information for these new weapons can be found below.

Tsunami 400c Plasma Cannon (PL 7)

Predecessor to the Tsunami 480 (see the future SRD), the Tsunami 400c is a heavier, yet less
effective, plasma cannon that features only a wide-angle setting: The weapon automatically hits
everything within a 40-ft. cone for 6d8 points of fire damage, but those in the area can make a Reflex
save (DC 19) to reduce the damage by half. Critical hits are not possible for the Tsunami 400c. The
Tsunami 400c functions exactly like the Tsunami 480 (see the future SRD) except for the limited
setting already mentioned and as detailed below.
Weight: 100 lbs.
Purchase DC: 24.

M-450 Goliath Mass Cannon (PL 8)

Like its Gravity Age cousin, the M-300 Rhino, the M-450 Goliath charges a small bit of matter with
gravitational energy and then hurls that matter at a target. Advances in gravitational energy during
the Energy Age led to the development of the M-450, a smaller, lighter, more powerful mass cannon.
The M-450 functions exactly like the M-300 (see the future SRD) except for as detailed below.
Damage: 12d10.
Range Increment: 120 ft.
Weight: 400 lbs.
Purchase DC: 31.


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Zeus-Class
Template (PL 8)
The Zeus-class template can be applied to any
PL 6 or PL 7 military ground vehicle. The vehicles
design specs should be adjusted as follows.
Initiative Modifier: -2.
Maneuver Modifier: -2.
Top Speed Modifier: -50% (round up).
Defense Modifier: +3.
Hardness Modifier: +5.
Hit Point Modifier: +50% (round up).
Purchase DC: +4.
Weapon Upgrade: Replace the vehicles main
weapon with the M-450 Goliath mass cannon.
If the vehicle is not normally equipped with a
weapon it gains a Fusion Age T-95 Cavalcade
chain gun (see the future SRD).
Description: As heavy and powerful as most
Fusion Age and Gravity Age military ground
vehicles are, it should come as no surprise that
those of the Energy Age are deadlier than their
ancestors. A megatanium frame covered with
overlapping plates of crystal carbon armor,
coupled with a weapons upgrade, makes the Zeus-
class vehicle a heavier, more threatening device
on any Energy Age battlefield. Unfortunately, that
increased weight negatively affects the vehicles
speed and handling, though Zeus jockeys boast

that their increased combat effectiveness makes
the loss little more than an annoyance in any
firefight.
Wells-Class
Template (PL 9)
The Wells-class template can be applied
to any vehicle, no matter its classification or
progress level. The vehicles design specs should
be adjusted as follows.
Initiative Modifier: +2.
Maneuver Modifier: +2.
Top Speed Modifier: +50% (round up).
Purchase DC: +25.
Restriction: Illegal (+4).
Description: In the distant future, because
they can, eccentric inventors and adventurers
take it upon themselves to rescue vehicles from
earlier timestreams and retrofit them for time
travel. By installing a temporal drive generator
similar to that found on PL 9 starships, older
vehicles are immediately turned into working
time machines. Some even claim that a handful
of genius inventors as far back as the Information
Age mastered the time machine, even going so
far as to mount time machines in sports cars, but
this is more than likely nothing more than an
urban legend.
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