Station and Derelict security alike like a cycled airlock when the threat can be thrown
out an airlock with no paperwork. Trip a sensor or trigger the cycle, and the inner door
closes, the outer door opens, and whatever was inside has between three seconds and ten
seconds of Vacuum to live through. The trick is that the airlock has its own override
on the bus -- and that the people who set the trap were betting on the cycle, not the
override. Whoever holds the override holds the room.
Rules Reference
Field
Value
Detect / Dc
15
Detect / Note
Sensors & Signals (DC 14) reads the bus handshake; Engineering (DC 14) reads the seal pressure.
Detect / Skill
Perception
Prevented By
Slaved cycle controller, Manual override
Reset
Automatic; repressurizes in 1d4 rounds once the inner door resets.
Save / Dc
17
Save / Note
Vacuum exposure; sealed suit grants immunity, half damage on a successful save, double damage on a fail by 5+.
Save / Type
Fortitude
Trigger / Detail
Cycles on intrusion sensor, on a coded SecOps key, or on a manual cycle command.
Trigger / Type
sensor / coded / manual
Category
hazard
Disarm
dc: 20
Field
Value
dc
20
note
Slave the cycle controller to false-positive; failure by 5+ launches the cycle.
skill
Hacking
dc: 20
Field
Value
dc
20
note
Manual override at the access panel; takes 1 full round.
skill
Engineering
dc: 20
Field
Value
dc
20
note
Jam the outer-door seal; cycle stalls at half-pressure (still a hazard).
skill
Mechanics
Effect
description: Exposure during cycle decompression.
Field
Value
description
Exposure during cycle decompression.
modifier
-2d10 vacuum
target
hp
description: Spike on failed save; lungs collapse for a heartbeat before seal fires.
Field
Value
description
Spike on failed save; lungs collapse for a heartbeat before seal fires.
modifier
Stunned 1 round
target
condition
description: Airlock is hard vacuum on cycle completion.
Field
Value
description
Airlock is hard vacuum on cycle completion.
modifier
Vacuum 1 round
target
environment
Mitigation
description: Hack, engineer, or jam the cycle before launch.
Field
Value
description
Hack, engineer, or jam the cycle before launch.
description: Vacuum-sealed suit grants immunity to the hp loss; stun still applies.
Field
Value
description
Vacuum-sealed suit grants immunity to the hp loss; stun still applies.