See Character Creation below.

For the most part, we're running straight GURPS. A summary of the rules can be found in GURPS Lite (although the "Transhuman Space" verson of GURPS Lite– scroll down on the page– might be more appropriate for this game). Small modifications will crop up here and there. Some of those are:

Hit points are based on ST, Fatigue is based on HT

All-Out Defense Option

With an All-Out Defense, you may opt either to attempt two defense rolls against an attack, or to make one defense roll with a bonus of +2.

Acc bonuses with ranged weapons

All Acc bonuses with ranged weapons are halved unless firing under the most ideal of circumstances (unobserved sniper with loads of time, on a firing range, etc.). The maximum Acc/2 bonus is your skill with the weapon, except in space combat where longer turns represent sufficient time to aim to gain a full Acc/2 bonus.

Piloting Skills

The following spacecraft piloting skills exist:

• Small shuttle spacecraft (i.e. low-performance spacecraft)
• Fighter spacecraft (i.e. high-performance spacecraft)
• Large spacecraft (passenger liners, military corvettes & destroyers)
• Very large spacecraft (i.e. large military ships)

There is no need to take a Piloting (Contragravity) skill; that is included with whatever piloting or driving skill you would normally use to operate a vehicle that is equipped with contragrav.

Psionics

Psionics are straight from GURPS Psionics. However, they are rare in most species, and as such a 15-point Unusual Background is required for anybody gifted with psionic ability; physical and mental disadvantages connected with use of the psionic ability are common in those who have it.

Force Swordsmanship

This style from GURPS Martial Arts is available, but slightly modified. Members of Elite Force Delta Cep won't have learned this from some hermetic master, but rather as part of a special training unit within the Rangers. As such, remove "Savoir-Faire (Dojo)" from the list of secondary skills. This reduces the "realistic" point cost to 6, and the "cinematic" point cost to 20. Also, replace the "Katana" and "Katana Art" skills with simple "Force Sword" and "Force Sword Art" skills. There are no prerequisites for this style, if you are a member of Elite Force Delta Cep.

Precognitive Parry

The prerequisites for this cinematic skill are slightly modified. Danger Sense or the ESP Power 3 plus Precognition-15+ are still required. However, there is no minimum skill requirement for a weapon skill; rather, the only way to acquire ths skill is via the Force Swordsmanship martial arts style. This is the skill you would use to look really cool and deflect blaster bolts.

Space Combat

I use my own Modified Space Combat System. There are actually two systems; one is basically the Space/3e abstract combat system, with a few modifications to clean up what I see as some flaws in the basic system. The second is a bit of a fleshing out of the Vehicles/2e hex-grid system.

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Character Creation

Characters for Elite Force Delta Cep should be based on the following template [165 points]:

* Note that the Gunner skills each get a +2 bonus due to IQ of 12+.

On top of this, you may adjust abilities (though DX and IQ may not go lower than 12, and ST or HT less than 10 require a pretty good explanation), add advantages, and add skills to bring the character to a total of 245 points. Then add as many disadvantages as you want, add up to five character-pointed quirks, and calculate the character point total that results. (If you choose a "standard" 40 points of disadvantages and 5 points of quirks, that will result in a 200-point character, but that is not required.)

Most characters will want to have at least a Beam Weapons skill or two; many will want Force Sword, or skill with some sort of monowire hand-to-hand weapon. The Rangers also value Stealth highly in most of their officers, as they do flexibility and ability to function in varied terrian in very small units.

Thanks to the Rangers as a patron, much expensive equipment is readily available to characters. Officers in Elite Force Delta Cep are highly trained and respected by the Rangers, and as such are allowed individuality in their choice of equipment. All Rangers are issued a Military Cybersuit as their standard "light" armor, and Powered Combat Armor as "heavy" armor. Most Rangers beyond that might have equipment as follows:

Standard Equipment	Page	Weight
Military X-Laser Rifle	UT57	9
Blaster Carbine	UTT58	5.2
Electron Pistol	UT57	3
Variable Blade Force Sword	UT63	2
Military Cybersuit	UT76	40
PD 5, DR 100
Powered Combat Armor	UT75	225
PD 6, DR 200*
Multiscanner	UT19	1.25
Nightshades	UT20	0.5
CBR Filter	UT79	1
Survival Watch	UTT27	0.25
Advanced Implant Communicator	UT107	-

Which armor and weapons are carried, and which are left in the cargo hold of an officer's fighter, will depend on the nature of the mission.

Most Force members are issued a Pulsar Class Warp Fighter, which they use to perform space-based operations, and to get to the location of ground-based operations. Squadrons of up to eight Pulsar Class fighters are carried in the Pulsar Carrier, a jump-capable ship.