Stars of Akarios: Legendary Weapon Upgrade Pack Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Legendary Weapons
  • Quantum Swap
  • Wave Beam
  • Excel
  • Slipdrive Attack
  • Optimized Lasers
  • Spray

Overview

Included in this pack are six legendary weapons that you can add to your Stars of Akarios campaign. To access these upgrades during the campaign, whenever players shop at a market, they may additionally purchase legendary weapon upgrades for 40 credits each. Each ship can have, at most, one legendary weapon upgrade equipped at a time.

Legendary Weapons

Each Legendary Weapon card costs 40 credits. The card backs are numbered L-1 through L-6 (the card-back numbering follows the market rules in the base rulebook).

Quantum Swap

• Cost: 40 credits.
• Card text: Swap with target after attack.
• Action: a single action slot showing a yellow four-way arrow symbol.
• Attack values: damage 3, target 1, range 4.
• Top-right corner: two white die icons.

Wave Beam

• Cost: 40 credits.
• Card art: a pattern of hexes spreading forward from the ship's hex, showing the attack's area.
• Actions: two action slots joined by a "+" sign.
  • Left slot: damage 3, target ∞, yellow firing-arc dial.
  • Right slot: damage 5, target ∞, yellow firing-arc dial.
• Top-right corner: two white die icons.

Excel

• Cost: 40 credits.
• Card text: +1 damage for each enemy ship within range 3.
• Card art: a straight column of four hexes extending forward from the ship's hex.
• Action: a single attack action slot.
• Attack values: damage 2, target 1.
• Top-right corner: two white die icons.

Slipdrive Attack

• Cost: 40 credits.
• Card text: Copy the attack action of an enemy ship within range 5.
• Action: a single attack action slot. No damage or target value is printed on the action.
• Top-right corner: two white die icons.

Optimized Lasers

• Cost: 40 credits.
• Card text: Use when performing a basic attack. Choose one: +2 range, OR +1 damage.
• Action: a single action slot showing four white die icons inside one box.
• Top-right corner: four white die icons.

Spray

• Cost: 40 credits.
• Card art: a pattern of hexes spreading forward from the ship's hex, showing the attack's area.
• Action: a single attack action slot.
• Attack values: damage 2, target ∞.
• Top-right corner: two white die icons, and beneath them a purple icon with a +1 damage marker. The purple icon is not defined in the base rulebook and is transcribed as printed.