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Brian breaks down starship combat in Stars Without Number, using a scene from Episode 22 as a case study.

In this episode:

• How starship combat rounds work in Stars Without Number -- and why they last 15 minutes instead of seconds
• The five crew departments (bridge, gunnery, comms, engineering, captain) and what each one does
• Command points: the core resource that drives the action economy and what happens when they run out
• Ship crises: how any player can declare one, what the GM rolls, and how to scale difficulty based on the plan
• A cargo hold breach from Episode 1 that became lasting ship canon -- still referenced 20+ episodes later

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