Starship Evacuation

Most ultralight starships are equipped with evacuation pods or fully enclosed, detachable cockpits that jettison the crew to safety in the event of a shipwide catastrophe. In fact, unless noted otherwise, every starship has sufficient evacuation pods or launches to accommodate its normal crew complement and passenger manifest.

A ship’s crew and passengers can evacuate any time before the ship is destroyed (see above). Table: Evacuation Times shows the time required for crews to evacuate, based on the ship’s type. While the crew is evacuating, the starship either flies on autopilot (if it has 1 hp or more remaining) or is stopped dead in space (if it has been disabled or is breaking apart).

Use the statistics for a launch (see below) to represent a typical evacuation pod.

Table: Evacuation Times
Ship Type	Untrained Crew Evacuation Time	Trained Crew Evacuation Time1
Ultralight	1d3 rounds	Move action
Light	1d6 rounds	Full-round action
Mediumweight	2d6 rounds	1d4 rounds
Heavy	3d6 rounds	2d4 rounds
Superheavy	4d6 rounds	3d4 rounds
1 Includes expert and ace crews.