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Core Rules Supplement – Creatures of the Cradle & Void

Creatures of the Cradle & Void

1. Cryo-Zombie (Cryo-Revenant)
2. Intruder (Rectal) & Spinal Parasite
3. Radiation Mutant (Rad-Spitter)
4. Terraforming Colossus
5. Void Doppelganger
6. Void Jellyfish
   • Small Swarm (under 1 meter)
   • Large Solitary (1–100 meters)
7. Void Metal-Eaters (Hullworms / Scrap Reavers)
8. Void Squid-Spawn

9. Random Beasts & Monsters Generator

Related Sections

• “Outsiders” – Other Than Human Intelligent Lifeforms (OTHIL)
• Section 4. Species of YE 5000

Cryo-Zombie (Cryo-Revenant)

Frozen colonists or crew whose cryo-pods failed centuries ago. Radiation and failed preservation have turned them into slow, mindless things driven only by hunger for warmth and living tissue. They are not undead in a supernatural sense — just biologically ruined, still moving because the virus keeps the nerves firing.

Cryo-Zombie

Type: Mindless / Swarm Threat
Intelligence: 3 (pure hunger-driven instinct)
Movement: ½ normal Move Rate (they shamble slowly, even in zero-G they drift more than they control)
HP: 18
AV: 5 Physical / 2 Energy (frozen, leathery flesh and iced vac-suit remnants)

Attributes & Modifiers:

• STR 12 (+4)
• AGL 6 (+2)
• INT 3 (–2)
• HLTH 14 (+2)
• PER 8 (–1)

Key Skills:

• Unarmed (Difficult) Rank 2 → +3 SRM (clawing, biting, grabbing)
• Zero-G Rank 1 → +1 SRM (they barely control their drift)

Attacks:

• Ravenous Bite / Claw: 2d6 Physical + Infect
  On hit, target must make Health TN 15 or gain the Cryo-Virus (–2 to all ARs, cumulative every 6 hours until cured or dead). Medicine TN 18 to stabilize; full cure requires proper medical facilities or advanced nanites.

Special Rules:

• Mindless: Immune to Persuasion, Intimidate, and most social effects. They do not flee.
• Slow & Relentless: Half Move Rate. In zero-G they drift predictably (easy to kite, but they never stop coming).
• Hunger for Heat: Drawn to living bodies, active power sources, or recently fired weapons (+2 to Perception when tracking warm targets).
• Critical Failure on their attack (natural 3): They overextend and become prone for one round.

Tactics: Swarm and grapple. Once they latch on, they bite repeatedly. In groups they block corridors and slowly overwhelm.

Narrative Flavor: They move with a horrible, jerky slowness — limbs twitching from partial nerve death, jaws working constantly. Frost cracks off their bodies as they shamble through zero-G corridors, drawn to the warmth of living crew.

Intruder (Rectal) & Spinal Parasite

Intruder (Rectal)

Type: Parasitic implantation organism
Intelligence: 4 (pure instinct — seeks warm orifices and spinal access)

Attributes & Modifiers:

• STR 8 (–1)
• AGL 16 (+5) — extremely fast and agile in zero-G
• INT 4 (–2)
• HLTH 10 (–1)
• PER 8 (–1)

HP: 8 (very fragile once detached)
AV: 2 Physical / 4 Energy (soft, rubbery body)Special Attack – Implantation:

• The Intruder attempts to latch onto an exposed or unprotected anus (or similar orifice). Fabric is no barrier to their attack and an Intruder will penetrate through coveralls, pants, and most cloth/fabric clothing.
• Opposed roll: Its AGL (+5) + Unarmed Rank 3 (+5) vs. victim’s AGL or Evasion.
• On success: It attaches and immediately begins implanting a parasite. The victim feels intense pain and must make a Health TN 18 roll or be paralyzed for 1 round (cannot remove it that round).

Parasite Lifecycle:

• Stage 1 (0–2 hours): The parasite travels through the digestive tract and into the spinal column. Victim suffers –2 to all ARs from pain and disorientation.
• Stage 2 (after 2 hours): The parasite takes full control. The victim becomes a hostile Puppet Host — aggressive toward all other life, including former crewmates. The original personality is suppressed.
  • Puppet Host uses the victim’s base stats but gains +2 STR and +2 HLTH, and attacks with Unarmed (bite/claw 2d6 + bleed).
  • The host will try to protect the growing parasite inside it and spread infection if possible.

Removal Methods (only reliable ways):

1. Sedation + Auto-Doc: Sedate the victim (Medicine TN 15 or anesthetic drug), then use an Auto-Doc (or advanced medical facility). Success removes the hugger and sterilizes the parasite. Failure risks permanent spinal damage (–2 AGL or HLTH).
2. Cryo-Freezing: Freeze the victim in a cryo-pod or cryosuit. This halts gestation. The victim must then be taken to an Auto-Doc for safe removal and sterilization.
   • Warning: Forcible removal without sedation or cryo causes the hugger to rip out the victim’s guts (4d6 damage + massive bleeding; likely fatal).

If forcibly removed without proper procedure:

• The hugger/parasite triggers a death spasm: 6d6 internal damage to the victim (bypasses most AV) and sprays acidic blood (1d6 Energy area, corrodes AV –2).

Tactics & Behavior:

• The Intruder is stealthy and opportunistic. It hides in vents, bedding, or medical waste, waiting for an exposed or sleeping target.
• It prefers unconscious or restrained victims. Once attached, it is extremely difficult to remove without the proper tools.

Narrative Flavor: A small, pale, spider-like creature with a long ovipositor tail. It moves with horrifying speed in zero-G, seeking warmth and soft tissue. Victims often wake up feeling violated and in terrible pain as the parasite begins its journey toward the spine. The controlled host moves with unnatural stiffness, eyes glassy, attacking former friends without hesitation.

Prevention & Treatment Notes:

• Sealed vac-suits with reinforced lower seals give +3 to resist attachment.
• Regular medical scans (Medicine TN 12) can detect early implantation before full control.
• Only Auto-Doc level care (or better) can safely remove the parasite and reverse control.

Radiation Mutant (Rad-Spitter)

Humans or animals horribly mutated by long-term exposure to cosmic radiation, reactor leaks, or black-hole Hawking radiation. Their bodies are tumor-ridden and leaking. They are weak but extremely dangerous because everything they produce is radioactive.

Radiation Mutant

Type: Low-stat environmental hazard creature
Intelligence: 4–6 (barely above animal, driven by pain and hunger)

Movement: Normal (they lurch and stumble but can still close distance)
HP: 22
AV: 4 Physical / 6 Energy (thick, rubbery, radiation-hardened skin)

Attributes & Modifiers (all deliberately low):

• STR 9 (+3)
• AGL 8 (+3)
• INT 5 (–2)
• HLTH 13 (+1)
• PER 7 (–2)

Key Skills:

• Unarmed (Difficult) Rank 1 → +1 SRM (weak, clumsy swings)
• Survival Rank 2 → +2 SRM (they know how to survive in rad zones)

Attacks:

• Radioactive Sludge Spit: 2d6 Energy (half AV soak) + Radiation
  Range: Short (10–20 m cone). On hit, target and their worn gear/suit take ongoing radiation.
  Radiation Effect: Every hour until decontaminated, the victim must make Health TN 15 or take 1d6 rad damage and suffer –1 to all ARs (cumulative).
  Gear Contamination: Suits and armor lose 1 AV per failed save until cleaned (Mechanics or Medicine TN 18 to decontaminate; failure risks spreading the contamination).

Special Rules:

• Walking Bio-Hazard: Anyone in melee range with a Rad Mutant at the end of a round must make Health TN 12 or take 1 rad damage (no AV soak).
• Weak but Persistent: Low stats overall, but they never retreat and will keep spitting even when badly wounded.
• Detox Requirement: Any character or piece of gear exposed must be fully decontaminated before entering clean areas (failure can trigger station alarms or crew quarantine).

Tactics: Keep distance and spit sludge. In groups they stagger forward while spitting, turning corridors into radioactive kill zones. They are easy to outrun individually but dangerous when they block paths.

Narrative Flavor: Bloated, tumor-covered figures with weeping sores that glow faintly. They wheeze and gurgle, spitting thick, glowing sludge that hisses on contact with metal and flesh.

Terraforming Colossus

These immense creatures were created by catastrophic radiation leaks during humanity’s early, failed terraforming attempts. They exist only on ruined, half-dead worlds where the atmosphere processors exploded or the planetary engineering went horribly wrong. Some specimens are over 300 years old and appear effectively immortal — they simply keep growing. They are slow, ponderous, and seem almost benign… until they sense a strong power source.

Terraforming Colossus

Type: Massive radiation-mutated behemoth
Intelligence: 5–6 (below animal — pure instinct)
Personality (PER): 8 (–1) — minimal environmental awareness, no true personality

Size Categories (10–100 meters tall):

• Small: 10–30 m
• Medium: 31–60 m
• Large: 61–100 m

Attributes & Modifiers (scale with size):All Colossus:

• INT 5 (–2)
• PER 8 (–1)
• HLTH 22 (+4) base

Strength & Agility by Size:

• Small (10–30 m): STR 16 (+5), AGL 9 (+3)
• Medium (31–60 m): STR 20 (+7), AGL 7 (+2)
• Large (61–100 m): STR 24 (+8), AGL 5 (+2)

HP (incredibly durable — they do not truly die):

• Small: 120 HP
• Medium: 250 HP
• Large: 400 HP

AV: 12 Physical / 8 Energy (thick, radiation-hardened hide and mineral growths)

Movement: Half normal Move Rate (they are extremely slow and ponderous). Agility decreases as size increases.

Behavior & Attacks: The Colossus is not aggressive toward living creatures. It will completely ignore people on foot unless directly attacked first.It only attacks anything with a strong power supply (ships on the ground, mechs, vehicles, powered generators, active fusion cores, etc.) because it instinctively seeks to drain the energy.

Power Drain Attack (only vs. machines/vehicles/mechs with strong power sources):

• On contact or successful grapple, the Colossus drains 5% of the target’s power per 10 meters of its own size per round while attached.
  • Example: A 40 m Colossus drains 20% power per round.
  • A 100 m Colossus drains 50% power per round.
• Power drain is cumulative. Every 10% total power lost = –1 to all ship/vehicle/mech Action Rolls (Piloting, Gunnery, Engineering, etc.).
• The Colossus will continue draining until the power source is depleted or it is driven off.

Slam Attack (if attacked or if the target resists draining):

• Small: 5d6 Physical
• Medium: 7d6 Physical (area)
• Large: 9d6 Physical (large area)

Special Rules:

• Near-Immortal: At 0 HP they collapse but begin regenerating 10 HP per hour unless completely incinerated or dissolved (fire or acid deals ×2 damage).
• Radiation Aura: Any unshielded character or gear within 20 m takes 1 rad damage per round (Health TN 15 to resist accumulation).
• Growth: Older specimens (200+ years) can be even larger and tougher — add +50 HP and +1d6 to Slam per extra 50 years beyond 300.

Tactics: It moves slowly toward the strongest power signature it can sense. Once it reaches a ship, mech, or vehicle it attempts to attach and drain power. It only becomes violent if attacked or if the target tries to break free. It completely ignores unarmed humans unless provoked.

Narrative Flavor: Towering, ancient silhouettes against the blasted landscape of a failed terraforming world — 30 to 100 meters of glowing, mineral-crusted flesh and bone, moving with glacial patience. They drift toward any strong power source like moths to a flame, seeking to feed. Some have stood motionless for decades until a landing craft or active mech disturbs their long silence.

Void Doppelganger

A perfect shapeshifter born from unknown Void contamination. It absorbs a living victim and perfectly imitates their appearance, voice, mannerisms, and memories. Once it replaces one crew member, it begins hunting the rest — slowly and methodically turning the entire team against itself.

Void Doppelganger

Type: Assimilating mimic horror
Intelligence: High (uses the absorbed victim’s full intellect plus alien cunning)

Attributes & Modifiers:

• Uses the absorbed victim’s exact STR, AGL, INT, HLTH, and PER (including all modifiers and skills).
• Gains +2 HLTH and +1 to all physical attributes after assimilation (stronger, tougher).

HP: Uses the victim’s HP + 20 bonus HP (regeneration makes it very hard to kill permanently).

AV: Same as the victim’s worn armor + 4 Physical / 2 Energy (alien biomass layer beneath the skin).Special Abilities:

• Perfect Mimicry: It perfectly copies the victim’s voice, memories, scars, and behavior. It cannot be detected by normal social interaction.
• Assimilation: When it kills a victim, it can absorb the body in 1d6 rounds (requires privacy). After absorption it gains the victim’s full stats, skills, and memories, plus the +2 HLTH bonus.
• Regeneration: Regains 1d6 HP per round unless the damage is from fire, acid, or extreme cold.
• Detection Difficulty: Medicine or Perception TN 21+ to notice extremely subtle wrongness (odd micro-expressions, mismatched memories under stress, or slight temperature differences). Even then, only a partial success is likely.

Behavior:

• It is completely hostile to all non-assimilated life but will never reveal itself openly until it has majority control or is cornered.
• It prefers to isolate victims, kill them quietly, and replace them one by one.
• It cannot be communicated with in any meaningful way — any attempt at dialogue is met with perfect imitation until it decides to strike.

Weaknesses:

• Fire, acid, or extreme cold deals ×2 damage and disables regeneration for 1 round.
• If the original body is completely destroyed (incinerated or dissolved) before full assimilation, the doppelganger is permanently killed.

Narrative Flavor: It looks, sounds, and acts exactly like your crewmate. It remembers private jokes, shared traumas, and small habits. Only the tiniest cracks — a hesitation that lasts a fraction too long, a memory that doesn’t quite line up, or a body temperature that feels slightly off — betray its true nature. By the time the crew realizes what is happening, it may already be too late.

Void Jellyfish

These translucent, bioluminescent creatures drift through deep space like living ghosts. They range from tiny, harmless specks to colossal horrors spanning 100 meters. They feed on electromagnetic energy and thermal gradients, making active ships irresistible targets.

Void Jellyfish – Small Swarm (under 1 meter)

Type: Energy-draining colonial scavenger
Intelligence: 2 (pure instinct)

Attributes & Modifiers:

• STR 2 (–3)
• AGL 14 (+5)
• INT 2 (–3)
• HLTH 8 (–1)
• PER 8 (–1)

HP: 4 per individual (swarm of 2–100)
AV: 1 Physical / 2 Energy (gelatinous body)

Attacks / Special:

• Energy Drain: A swarm of small Void Jellyfish drains 1% ship power per jellyfish per round they remain attached.
  They attach automatically in large numbers once a ship is detected (no attack roll needed).
  Power drain affects ship systems: –1 to all ship ARs per 10% total drain (cumulative).

Tactics: Drift toward EM sources. Once near a ship they swarm and latch on, slowly starving the vessel of power. They are extremely fragile but come in huge numbers.

Narrative Flavor: A cloud of faint blue-green lights drifting silently toward the ship. They pulse softly as they feed, like living stars slowly dimming the vessel’s lights.

Void Jellyfish – Large Solitary (1 meter to 100 meters)

Type: Massive energy parasite
Intelligence: 3 (basic instinct)

Attributes & Modifiers:

• STR 16 (+5) [for larger specimens; scales with size]
• AGL 10 (+3)
• INT 3 (–2)
• HLTH 18 (+4)
• PER 8 (–1)

HP: 40 + 10 HP per 10 meters of size (e.g., 10m = 50 HP, 50m = 90 HP, 100m = 140 HP)
AV: 6 Physical / 12 Energy (thick gelatinous membrane, highly resistant to energy)

Special Ability – Ship Attachment:

• A large Void Jellyfish can attach to a ship’s hull.
• It drains 5% ship power per 10 meters of its size per round while attached.
  Example: A 40-meter specimen drains 20% power per round.
  A 100-meter specimen drains 50% power per round.
• Power drain is cumulative and reduces ship performance: –1 to all ship ARs (Piloting, Gunnery, etc.) per 10% total power lost.
• Removing a large jellyfish requires a successful Mechanics or Engineering Action Roll (TN 18 + 1 per 20 meters of size) or cutting it free with weapons (deals damage to both the jellyfish and the ship hull).

Tactics: Travels alone. Drifts toward ships, latches on with sticky tendrils, and slowly drains power until the vessel is helpless or the crew cuts it free. Larger specimens are rare but catastrophic.

Narrative Flavor: A vast, glowing translucent mass the size of a small asteroid, pulsing with stolen energy. Tendrils longer than cargo pods wrap around the hull while the ship’s lights dim and systems fail one by one.

Summary of Power Drain Rules (for easy reference):

• Small swarm (<1m): 1% ship power drain per jellyfish per round.
• Large solitary (1–100m): 5% ship power drain per 10 meters of size per round.
• Effects of drain: Every 10% total power lost = –1 to all ship Action Rolls (Piloting, Gunnery, Engineering, etc.).

Void Metal-Eaters (Hullworms / Scrap Reavers)

These silicon-based scavengers drift through deep space, feeding on metal, wiring, and electromagnetic fields. They resemble metallic centipedes or lamprey eels with segmented iridescent bodies, dozens of hooked legs, and a circular maw lined with diamond-hard teeth capable of chewing through cerametal plating.

Role: They latch onto derelict hulls or active ships during long transits, debris-field passages, or while docked with wrecks. Once aboard they bore inward, consuming structural supports, power conduits, and armor from the inside.

Attributes & Modifiers:

• STR 11 (+4)
• AGL 12 (+4)
• INT 3 (–2)
• HLTH 13 (+1)
• PER 8 (–1)

• HP: 12
• AV: 8 Physical / 4 Energy (metallic scales)
• Attacks:
  • Bore & Chew: 3d6 Physical (ignores 2 AV) + 1d6 ongoing damage per round until physically removed (STR TN 15 to rip free)
  • Swarm Lash (4+ present): 2d6 Physical area
• Special Abilities:
  • Electromagnetic Sense: +3 to detect active ships, reactors, or cybernetics
  • Hull Breach: Every 3 rounds inside a ship they cause 1d6 structural HP loss to the vessel
  • Fire Vulnerability: Fire deals ×2 damage and forces them to detach
• Tactics: Cling to outer hull (Stealth TN 18 to spot from inside), bore through weak points, then swarm corridors. They prioritize power sources and life support.

Narrative Flavor: Soft metallic scraping on the hull in the dead of night. Lights flicker as wiring is devoured. Crews discover perfectly circular holes ringed with iridescent metallic scales.

Explanation for PER 8:
Even though these creatures are essentially mindless eating machines, they possess a basic sensory awareness of their environment. They can detect vibrations, heat signatures, and electromagnetic fields from living beings or active ship systems. This rudimentary “perception” allows them to locate prey and suitable metal to consume, but it is purely instinctual — they have no emotions, no social awareness, and no ability to interpret complex stimuli. PER 8 reflects this minimal environmental sensing without granting them any true intelligence or personality.

Void Squid-Spawn

A colossal (10–20 m) tentacled leviathan with a chitinous exoskeleton that faintly glows like an accretion disk. Multiple compound eyes and maw-vents that belch rad-acid mist. It moves with eerie, tidal grace in zero-G.

Attributes & Modifiers:

• STR 18 (+6)
• AGL 10 (+3)
• INT 4 (–2)
• HLTH 20 (+5)
• PER 8 (–1)

• HP: 150
• AV: 10 Physical / 5 Energy (chitin)
• Attacks:
  • Tentacle Lash: 4d6 Physical + Grapple (STR TN 18 to break free), 20 m reach, up to 2 per turn
  • Acid Spray: 3d6 Energy (half AV soak), 10 m cone, defender AGL TN 15 to dodge
  • Quake Slam: 2d6 area + prone (AGL TN 21), once per round
• Regeneration: +2d6 HP per turn (fire disables regeneration for 1 round and deals ×2 damage)
• Phases:
  • Below 75% HP: Gains +1 attack per turn
  • Below 25% HP: Enrages (+2 to all ARs, +1d6 damage on all attacks)
• Weakness: Direct interference with its neural anchor (Computer Heroic TN 24) stuns it for 1 full round.

Tactics: Grapples groups then sprays acid. Uses quake slam to knock targets into open space or hazards. Becomes more aggressive as it weakens.

Narrative Flavor: A silent pressure that rattles bulkheads. A low psionic hum presses against minds.

Explanation for PER 8:
Even though these creatures are essentially mindless eating machines, they possess a basic sensory awareness of their environment. They can detect vibrations, heat signatures, and electromagnetic fields from living beings or active ship systems. This rudimentary “perception” allows them to locate prey and suitable metal to consume, but it is purely instinctual — they have no emotions, no social awareness, and no ability to interpret complex stimuli. PER 8 reflects this minimal environmental sensing without granting them any true intelligence or personality.

Creature Generator – Random Beasts & Monsters

Use these tables when the crew lands on a new world, explores an uncharted moon, investigates strange sensor readings, or encounters something drifting in the Void.

1. Base Creature Type (d10)

1–2 Small Scavenger / Pack Hunter
3–4 Medium Predator / Ambusher
5–6 Large Grazer / Herd Animal
7–8 Flying / Gliding Hunter
9 Swarm / Colonial Organism
10 Colossal / Apex Beast (rare)

2. Intelligence Level (d6)

1–2 Animal (pure instinct)
3–4 Animal+ (basic problem-solving, simple traps, pack tactics)
5 Low Sentient (crude tools, signaling, possible negotiation)
6 High Sentient (rare – can bargain, set ambushes, or form alliances)

3. Environment / Movement (d8)

1 Vacuum / Zero-G Adapted (drifts, clings to hulls)
2 High-G / Burrowing
3 Low-G / Leaping or Gliding
4 Aquatic / Semi-Aquatic
5 Arboreal / Wall-Crawling
6 Plains / Fast Runner
7 Volcanic / Extreme Heat
8 Ice / Cryo Adapted

4. Special Ability / Attack (d12)

1 Acid / Corrosive Spit (1d6 Energy + AV –1)
2 Poison / Paralytic (Health TN 15 or –3 AR 1d6 rounds)
3 Electrical Shock (Health TN 12 or stunned 1 round)
4 Psionic Pulse (opposed PER TN 18 or –2 all ARs for 1 scene)
5 Regeneration (+1d6 HP/turn unless fire)
6 Swarm Tactics (+1 AR per additional creature)
7 Camouflage / Stealth (+3 to ambush)
8 Metal-Eating (bores through armor like Hullworms)
9 Gravitic Burst (knocks targets prone or drifts them in zero-G)
10 Infectious Bite (Health TN 15 → disease)
11 Explosive Spores / Gas Cloud (area 1d6 damage)
12 Energy Drain (drains ship power or cybernetics)

5. Size & Toughness Modifier

• Small: HP 8–12, damage –1 die
• Medium: HP 15–25, standard damage
• Large: HP 30–60, +1 die damage
• Colossal: HP 80+, +2 dice damage, area attacks

Quick Generation Example

Roll: 3 (Medium Predator), 3 (Animal+), 1 (Zero-G), 8 (Metal-Eating)
→ A medium zero-G predator with basic pack tactics that eats metal. Perfect as a Hullworm variant that hunts in small groups.

Random Encounters – Space & Salvage Operations

Step 1: Encounter Check

Encounter Check
Roll percentile dice first:

• 01–40 = No encounter (quiet shift / safe salvage)
• 41–100 = Encounter occurs → roll on the table below

Step 2: Specific Encounter Table (d20)

This table is now species-specific (each entry focuses on one creature type or a tight combination).
25% of the entries are very minor (low-threat, mostly atmospheric or resource-drain events that can be handled quickly or avoided).

d20	Encounter (Species-Specific)	Threat Level	Notes
1	Void Metal-Eaters – Small swarm (3–8) clinging to the hull. Soft scraping sounds detected.	Minor	1% structural damage per round until removed. Easy to spot and burn off.
2	Void Metal-Eaters – Moderate infestation (10–20). Already boring into power conduits.	Medium	Lights flicker; 1d6 ship structural HP loss per round.
3	Void Jellyfish – Small Swarm – Cloud of 20–60 tiny glowing jellyfish drifting in.	Minor	Drains 1% ship power per jellyfish per round. Fragile and easy to clear with lights or weapons.
4	Void Jellyfish – Large Solitary – One 25–50m translucent giant approaching slowly.	High	Drains 12–25% power per round while attached. Major system penalty if not removed quickly.
5	Cryo-Zombies – 4–10 frozen revenants drifting near a breached cryo-section.	Minor	Slow and easy to kite, but they never stop. Low immediate danger unless cornered.
6	Cryo-Zombies – Heavy outbreak (15–30) awakening in a derelict cryo-deck.	Medium	Block corridors; infection risk if they get close.
7	Radiation Mutants – 2–5 bloated mutants shambling in a mildly radioactive salvage zone.	Minor	Occasional sludge spit; mainly a contamination hassle.
8	Radiation Mutants – 8+ mutants in a heavily glowing rad-leak chamber.	High	Constant rad damage + gear contamination. Dangerous prolonged exposure.
9	Void Squid-Spawn – Juvenile (smaller) specimen guarding a power core inside the wreck.	Medium	Wakes when disturbed; acid spray and tentacles.
10	Void Squid-Spawn – Full adult (10–20m) in the heart of an ancient salvage site.	Very High	Psionic hum, regeneration, and multi-phase fight.
11	Void Doppelganger – Subtle signs: one crew member or NPC acting slightly “off.”	Minor → High	Paranoia fuel. Detection TN 21+. May escalate over time.
12	Void Doppelganger – Advanced replacement already in the crew. Quiet isolation kills begin.	Very High	Classic paranoia horror during salvage.
13	Intruder (Anus Hugger) – Single stealthy parasite hiding in vents or waste.	Minor	Targets sleeping or distracted crew. High “oh shit” factor if it attaches.
14	Intruder Swarm – 2–4 Intruders in a derelict medical or cryo bay.	Medium	Multiple implantation attempts during exploration.
15	Terraforming Colossus (Small) – 15–30m behemoth standing motionless near the salvage site.	Medium	Ignores foot traffic but heads for any active ship/vehicle power source.
16	Terraforming Colossus (Medium) – 40–70m giant slowly moving toward the strongest power signature.	High	Major power drain threat if it reaches the ship.
17	Mixed Minor – Small Void Metal-Eaters + tiny Void Jellyfish swarm feeding together.	Minor	Mostly atmospheric; minor power and hull damage.
18	Mixed Minor – Scattered Cryo-Zombies + a few Radiation Mutants in a rad-hot corridor.	Minor	Environmental hazard more than direct combat.
19	Major Mixed Threat – Void Squid-Spawn + Void Doppelganger signs in a high-value wreck.	Very High	Extremely dangerous salvage target.
20	Catastrophic – Multiple overlapping threats (roll twice on this table and combine, or GM chooses worst).	Catastrophic	The derelict is a nightmare zone.

Quick Usage Tips

• Roll the encounter check first for every major travel/salvage segment.
• 25% of the table (entries 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 18) are deliberately very minor — good for tension and atmosphere without always forcing big fights.
• Scale difficulty by adding +2 to +5 to the d20 roll in ancient arks, heavy rad zones, or long-abandoned wrecks.

Also See

“Outsiders” – Other Than Human Intelligent Lifeforms (OTHIL)

and

Section 4. Species of YE 5000 of YE 5000 Game Setting