KAOS Units - Mech Creation Manual for Haven Fallen - TTRPG Expansion

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How To Use This Expansion

This Mech Construction Manual is provided to the Storyteller to expand gameplay and provide further options for same. The Haven Fallen Core Rulebook is required to play the game. Within the context of gameplay the Mechs of Haven Fallen are called KAOS (Kinetic Adaptive Operational System) Units.

Any Skill Rating requirement to pilot a  particular type of KAOS Unit is listed.

For Storytellers (or Players working in conjunction with the Storyteller) the templates presented in this Expansion can be used to create your own KAOS Units.

As with all Original Frontiers systems the Storyteller has the final word on all matters pertaining to gameplay. If a rule within this book comes into conflict with the good of the story, the Storyteller is free to bend, amend, or ignore that rule to their discretion.

Above all I wish you a fun, expressive and creative roleplay experience.

INTRODUCTION

The Kinetic Adaptive Operational System (KAOS) Unit was invented by Randolph Athentamer, a graduate of Salvus Tech Omega (the research and development University founded on Earth by Doctor Tirelli Salvus). By the age of thirty Athentamer had been exiled to the Planet Kaos V for engaging in subversive research deemed borderline seditious by the Trinity Pact Audit Division. His work discredited by the Galactic Scientific community, Athentamer turned his attention to his surroundings. Though he was forbidden to carry out research, he still had an uncanny understanding for the way things work. When Athentamer became involved with the unsanctioned race teams on Kaos V he quickly became an asset to corrupt Governor Terranis Sathor. Under Sathor’s protection Athentamer was free once more to conduct his research and construction projects. The KAOS Unit is the result of this. With their Masses of armour, weapons, and power output, the KAOS Unit template has now been replicated Galaxy-wide. These highly customisable machines of war come in a range of sizes and types, and have made Athentamer one of the wealthiest people in the Known.

TYPES OF KAOS UNIT

KAOS Units can be broken down into three broad Types based upon the output provided by their Power Supply Unit (PSU). Units operating below 50Kat (Kilo-Athentamers) are Personal Type KAOS Units. Between 50Kat – 300Kat the KAOS Unit is a Rounder Type. These are the most common found throughout the Known. Beyond 300Kat all KAOS Units are classified as Experimental. Dr Athentamer specified in his teachings that 300Kat is the maximum stable KAOS PSU capacity. There are those who label this advice as excessively cautious, however it is certainly true that Experimental KAOS Units have a tendency to malfunction, sometimes with fatal consequences for their Pilots.

UNIT LOCATIONS

 Most KAOS Units are designed to interface with humanoid body configuration and consist of the following Unit Locations: Head, Torso, Back, Upper Left Limb, Upper Right Limb, Lower Left Limb, Lower Right Limb. Everything attached to these Parts has a cost in Kat.