A FoundryVTT module for Imperium Maledictum that adds a full ship combat system. Up to six players each claim a named bridge station and execute their role's mechanics from a dedicated tab on the shared ship sheet. The crew size is adjustable; roles collapse and merge as headcount drops. All players take their turns simultaneously on the player ship's turn in the combat tracker.

See the role-specific reference documents for full details on what each station does:

• README_3.md — 3-player crew
• README_4.md — 4-player crew
• README_5.md — 5-player crew
• README_6.md — 6-player crew

• warhammer-lib
• socketlib

Optional (for combat animations):

• Sequencer
• JB2A Patreon (Jules and Ben's Animated Assets - Patreon version required for the full animation set)

Each player sees only their own station tab. The GM sees all tabs simultaneously. Players with full ownership of the actor can additionally see the Configuration tab.

The Header shows a snapshot of ship status visible to all crew: hull integrity, void shields, internal fire, and armour status.

Players can view and claim roles as well as view and equip various ship components on this tab. The "Ready" column on the Bridge Crew table indicates that status of the role; players who have marked their turn as "Done" will have the status update to "Yes". Once all roles are ready, the GM can advance the turn in the combat tracker.

GMs can manually override the name of a role as well as change the skill associated with a given role from this tab by editing the fields under the Bridge Crew table.

The Configuration tab is where role count, weapon configuration, and the ship component inventory is managed. It is only accessible to players with Owner-level permission and to the GM.

Pill toggles for each direction (Bow, Port, Starboard, Stern) control which sides are valid launch origins for torpedoes and strike craft. At least one direction must be active; if all are deselected for a type the launch action returns an error.

Hull maximum is set directly on the ship actor — it is the only stat not derived from a component. Set it in the header bar at the top of the sheet.

Set the slot count for each weapon position. Only positions with at least one slot are shown in the active station tabs.

All ship stats other than hull max are derived from installed Ship Component items. Only components with the equipped flag active are read.

Only one component per equipment slot type is active at a time; switching the dropdown unequips the previous one.

Torpedoes and strike craft are separate actor types that are initialized outside the ship sheet. They are registered as launch templates by dragging them into the two drop targets on the Config tab; once registered, the original actor can be deleted:

• Torpedo Actors — drag one or more torpedo actors here; the Ordnance Master selects which type to arm/launch each round depending on how many are equipped on the Overview tab.
• Strike Craft Actors — drag one or more strike craft actors here; same selection logic

Each template actor carries all stats for that ordnance type: speed, maneuverability, fuel, warhead damage and blast radius (torpedoes), hull, sensor rating, weapon load (strike craft). When a torpedo or flight is launched, a new token is spawned on the canvas using the template actor's stats. The original template actor is never modified during play.

The health of an ordnance actor template should be 0/1; this will be multiplied accordingly by the Ordnance Bay's salvo/flight size stat. Upon taking damage from any source, an ordnance actor will lose exactly 1 hitpoint; multiple hits from a salvo will deduct multiple hitpoints.

Two movement models are available, selectable in the Configuration tab.

The ship travels in a fixed-radius arc anchored to the current heading. The Helmsman sets a bearing (port or starboard, up to Maneuverability × 15°) and a power level; the ship arcs that many degrees and travels the corresponding distance. Minimum move is enforced: the ship must travel at least half the distance it moved last turn, represented by the yellow marker on the Thrust slider.

The ship has a persistent velocity vector carried between turns. Each helm activation adds thrust along the new heading on top of that residual momentum. The interplay of momentum and thrust determines where the ship actually ends up.

The Min. Move indicator in the header row shows the current momentum vector on hover. Click the compass icon to toggle between relative bearing (degrees off the ship's nose) and true bearing (compass north = 0°).

The Ram Target button (both modes) becomes active when at least one visible target is reachable within the current bearing arc and remaining power. Hovering a row in the popup previews the ram arc; clicking Ram commits all remaining power.

Physics on impact:

• The rammed ship is displaced in the direction of impact and receives hull damage bypassing shields and armour.
• The ramming ship receives hull damage in return.
• Realistic mode: The ramming ship retains 20% of its velocity vector; the rammed ship inherits 50% of the ramming ship's velocity.
• Simplified mode: The ramming ship rotates ±20° randomly to simulate the impact jolt.
• In both modes a crit roll is made for each ship.
• Damage formula (both modes): (bowArmour + 0.25 × hullMax) × thrustFraction × angleMod × 2. The ramming ship's incoming damage is reduced by bow armour.
• After a ram the helm is locked for the remainder of the turn: Thrust slider, prow weapons, and bow ordnance launches are all disabled.

The angle of incoming damage is calculated and assigned to the appropriate sector that is hit (Bow, Stern, Port, Starboard).

For every point of active void shield, 1 incoming hit is fully nullified, regardless of damage. Void shields can be overcharged above the sector's maximum; however, any void shields over the maximum are lost at the start of the following turn.

Armour negates 1 point of damage per point of armour.

Deals passive hull damage each round and reduces available manpower.

A crit is scored whenever an attack deals net hull damage after shields and armour. Any damaging hit scores at least a Low tier crit. Hits exceeding 10% of hull max in a single roll also trigger a d10 severity roll (1–5 Low, 6–8 Medium, 9–10 High).

Location is determined by a d6 (or Gunner's choice with Directed Fire active). Crits landing on an already-damaged location trigger an escalation roll: 4+ on a d6 steps it up one tier; a High-tier location that would escalate further deals –3 hull damage instead.

Condition step-down (damage control) costs 10% of maximum Auxiliary Power per action. The same location can be stepped down multiple times in the same turn as long as AP and repair actions remain.

Torpedo tokens are manually controlled by the owning player. Each torpedo has hull (warhead count), speed, maneuverability, and fuel. They must be moved each round; the controlling player issues helm orders. On detonation, the warhead deals area damage falling off with distance from the blast centre, multiplied by the number of intact warhead sections (hull integrity). All ships, torpedoes, and strike craft within the blast radius are affected regardless of allegiance.

The turn a torpedo is launched it drifts automatically and cannot be given orders — it acts normally from the following round.

Strike craft flight tokens are manually controlled. Each flight has hull, fuel, an sensor rating, and an optional weapon. Fighters make attack runs against ships, other craft, or torpedoes; bombers attack ships only. Flights that run out of fuel before returning to the mothership are lost.

NPC ships use a separate actor type with simplified GM-only controls: weapon batteries, armour, shields, hull, and condition tracking without the full player-facing station UI.