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Aerial Flyers and Cloudships for Space:1889, Part 1
One thing Space:1889 fans might be interested in is actually using your aerial flyers and cloudships for the game. The basic rulebook covers just that — basics — but
does not give the full statistics for even basic types of ships. So let’s rectify that, shall we?
Most of the stats for Ubiquity are based on size, and you can find similar vessels to model the other stats on, save speed — the old Space:1889 or Cloudships rules
use a speed rating that is roughy 2 cables for a turn, but I didn’t want to bother with a ton of math and findingout what a round was in the board game aspects of
theold rules. I used the travel times in the core book where a steam flyer could go 300 miles in a day. Assuming they don’t stop, that gives us roughly a speed of 12-
15mph. Most of the ships have a speed rating of 4-6. Assuming that estimate of 300 miles is at a leisurely pace I’m giving the ships a speed in Ubiquity of
5mph/speed point in the old game mechanics.
Martian Screw Galley, Small
The typical example of this type of ship is the Small Bird or Fleetfoot-class galley. Manned by up to a crew of 20, these small vessels are driven by a man-powered
crank in the lower deck and are slow and not especially maneuverable.
Small Bird Screw Galley — SIZE: 8 DEF: 4 STR: 14 SPD: 10 HAN: -2 CREW: ~20 PASS: n/a PRICE: £13,000
Fleetfoot Screw Galley — SIZE: 8 DEF: 4 STR: 12 SPD: 10 HAN: -2 CREW: ~10
Typically, these ships have little or no armaments, save for sweeper guns (essentially big blunderbusses: DMG: 6L RNG: 250′ RATE: 1/2 SPD: S SIZE: 0
Martian Screw Galley, Large
These mammoth screw vessels are typically between 90 and 130 feet in length, and have a draught of up to 50′, with crews of 60-100 personnel (about half of those
yoked to the crankshaft.) Here we present a Hullcutter-class as the typical example:
SIZE: 8 DEF: 4 STR: 20 SPD: 15 HAN: -2 CREW: ~60 PASS: n/a PRICE: £50,000 WEAPONS: Rouge Gun (foreward) — Dmg: 8L Rng: 250′ Rate: 1/2
Spd: S Size: 1; Lob Gun (amidships) — Dmg: 10L Rng: 250′ Rate: 1/2 Spd: S Size: 2; 2 heavy guns (wing mounted) — Dmg: 8L Rng: 250′ Rate: 1/2 Spd:
S Size: 2; Rod Gun (aft) — Dmg: 8L Rng: 500′ Rate: 1/2 Spd: S Size: 2
Martian War Kite, Small
The Bloodrunner is the smallest class of warkite likely to be encountered on Mars. At only 50′ in length, with a single deck, these are fragile, but agile, things.
SIZE: 4 DEF: 6 STR: 10 SPD: up to 25 HAN: 0 CREW: ~10 PASS: n/a PRICE: £7000; WEAPONS: sometimes they will carry a pair of heavy guns fore and
aft: Dmg: 8 Rng: 250′ Rate: 1/2 Spd: S Size: 2
Larger and more typical is the Swiftwood-class light warkite:
SIZE: 8 DEF: 4 STR: 16 SPD: up to 25 HAN: -2 CREW: ~40 PASS: n/a PRICE: £20,000; WEAPONRY: Rouge gun (fore) — Dmg: 8L Rng: 250′ Rate: 1/2
Spd: S Size: 1; 2 light guns (wing mounted) — Dmg: 6L Rng: 250′ Rate: 1/2 Spd: S Size: 1; 2 sweepers — DMG: 6L RNG: 250′ RATE: 1/2 SPD: S SIZE:
0; Grapnel gun — Dmg: 4L Rng: 250′ Rate: 1/4 Spd: S Size: 2
Martian War Kite, Large
Here is the Whisperdeath-class warkite as an example. These ships are roughly the size of a 18th/19th century sailing frigate:
SIZE: 8 DEF: 2 STR: 26 SPD: up to 25 HAN: -2 CREW: ~40 PASS: n/a PRICE: £60,000; WEAPONRY: Rod gun (fore) — Dmg: 8L Rng: 500′ Rate: 1/2
Spd: S Size: 2; 4 heavy guns (2 aft, 2 wing-mounted) — Dmg: 8L Rng: 250′ Rate: 1/2 Spd: S Size: 2; 1 Drogue Torpedo — Dam: 12L Rng: up to 500′ Rate:
1/2 Spd: S Size: 1; 2 Fire Racks — Dam: 6L* Rng: 20’** Rate: 1/2 Spd: S Size: 2
* Drogue torpedoes are dropped on a line from the underside of a ship, and must be maneuvered into the path of another vessel. ** Fire racks drop incendiary liquid
onto the deck of a ship below. Wind and other effects can carry this up to 100′ out from the rack. If hit, the fire will continue to do damgage at a die less/turn vs. the
STR of the ship.
Martian Merchant Kite
These massive merchantmen are represented here by the Warm Winds class of kite.
SIZE: 16 DEF: 4 STR: 30 SPD: up to 30 HAN: -2 CREW: ~50 PASS: ~10 PRICE: £113,000
Typically, these ships are not armed, but very well could be, if one were to sacrifice the extensive cargo capabilities.
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