PCs – and every other entity in the game – also have a level.

Level is a rating of someone or something’s general power. It covers, in one number…

• Their innate & trained skills
• Their available wealth & resources
• Their social & political influence
• The general quality of their gear

This makes it easy to compare things in the game world. A level 1 crew knows they’re outclassed when they go up against a level 3 faction.

By default:

• Every PC is rated at the crew’s level
• Everyone & everything in a faction is rated at their faction’s level
• Everything else has no level

Sometimes, however, something belonging to a faction has a lower or higher level. A powerful faction might have a cheap security camera on one of their buildings. A minor faction’s boss might be more skilled than everyone else in their organization.

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Level comes into play…

• In action rolls:
  • PCs subtract -1D for every level their target outranks them.
  • PCs add +1D for every level they outrank their target.
  • No dice are added or subtracted when levels are equal.
• In fortune rolls:
  • Roll for an entire faction, or someone/something belonging to a faction, with that faction’s level.
  • Roll 1D per level, 2D take the lowest for level 0.
  • This also covers fortune rolls for the whole crew.
• When advancing the crew:
  • When the crew reaches 6 xp, they can pay 1 funds to gain 1 level.
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