Unit Datasheet Creation

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. THE INFORMATION IS MOSTLY UP-TO-DATE, BUT NEW VERSIONS OF THE DATASHEETS NEED TO BE UPLOADED.

Once your Model is complete and ready for battle, open up the blank Datasheet that corresponds to your Unit's Core Type. This can be found by determining what kit the Unit's chest piece came from. If the chest piece is from the Alto kit, then the Core Type will be Alto. If the chest piece is from the Revernova kit, then the Core Type will be Revernova. If you have multiple chest pieces on your unit OR none at all, you may pick one that best fits your Unit.

Once you have downloaded the correct datasheet, you will need to document all of your Core Sections, Weapons, Mounted Weapons, Equipment, Shields, Systems, and Mods. It may look like a lot but we will break everything down into segments.

Before we get into how to create a Datasheet, we will first identify each area on the Datasheet itself.

1. Unit Name - Where you will input your Unit's name.
2. Core Sections - Where each section of your Unit will be input as well as the Max Defense for each. Current Defense is the Unit's remaining defense value after taking damage. Total Defense is determined by adding up all Max Defense values.
3. Modified Stats - Where you will input the Unit's new stats AFTER creating a pilot ID and adding all of the Systems, Mods, and Traits between your Unit and its pilot. The "Base" spot shows the Core Type's base stats before being modified. These stats vary depending on the Core Type.
4. Specifications - Once you have determined your Unit's Total Defense, use the graph under your Unit's name to fill out the boxes. If your Unit has thrusters, double your standard Movement Points and put that under Thruster Movement.
5. Systems, Mods, & Traits - Where you will add the your Unit's SMTs. The rank on your Pilot ID will determine how many slots you have available to use. SMTs can be found in the Parts List under the System, Mod, or Traits tabs. Be sure to include the Deployment Cost as well.
6. Equipment - Where all of the Unit's equipment will be located.
7. Shields - Where all of the Unit's Shields will be located.
8. Weapons - Where all of the Unit's Weapons will be located.
9. Mounted - Where all of the Unit's Mounted Weapons will be located.
10. Deployment Cost - Once everything has been filled out, add the Total Defense with the DC of every Equipment, Weapon, Shield, Mounted Weapon, and SMT together and input the value here. This does not include your pilot ID.
11. Core Type - Different Core Types are represented via an image in this box.

Core Parts & Sections

Each individual piece that makes up the Unit is considered a "Core Part." When you combine Core Parts into limbs, heads, torsos, etc, these are considered Core Sections. Weapon and Equipment parts can be considered Core Parts but only under specific circumstances (See CT Tag in Core Rules).

First, you must identify how many Core Sections your Unit has and what each one is. Most Units have the Head, Left Arm, Right Arm, Torso, Left Leg, and Right Leg as Core Sections. Feel free to use this as a starting point. You are only allowed 10 slots for Core Sections so if you run out of slots, you may need to combine limbs.

Once you have listed each of your Unit's Core Sections, you will then need to determine the Max Defense of each one. To do this, you will need to open up the Parts List. There is a tab with the name Core Section Calculator. Here is where you will add each Core Part that makes up a single section. Additional steps are listed on the Parts List.

Portanova Core Parts.

On the top, you will see 3 titles: Name, Notation, and Defense. In the Name column, you will put down the name of the specific part listed on your Unit's model. Most parts share the same names, so in order to differentiate which part belongs to which model, we use specific model Notations.

Notations are broken down into what packs they come from and which unit they belong to. For example, PN-15 is the PortaNova-15. The Weapons Pack 1 for the Portanova is W1-15. Similarly, the Alto-17 is AL-17. The Weapons Pack for Alto is W1-17.

The Defense values are determined by which Unit is being used and what its purpose is. In this column, this is done automatically once the Name and Notation are added. The Defense value will only populate if the Name and Notation match exactly! If a value fails to auto-populate, check the spelling. If it still does not work, notify a Developer on the Discord then type the value in yourself.

You may have noticed that there are multiple parts of the same name. This is because most Units are symmetrical and use the same parts for both sides of the Unit- two arms and two legs. This organizational system helps with the design of asymmetrical Units.

The image on the right is an example of what a standard out-of-the-box Portanova-15 looks like when each piece is broken down and added to the Core Parts List.

Take note of how the parts are separated by the blue lines. This shows how the Core Parts are divided into their respective Core Sections (head, arm, arm, torso, leg, leg). Each individual part provides Defense to the entire Unit. We will come back to this later.

Simple Assembly

[WIP]

Weapon/Equipment Parts

Located in the Parts List once again, there is a tab with the name Weapon/Equipment Calculator. This is what you will use to stat out your Weapons/Equipment.

On the top row, similar to the Core Sections Calculator, you will see Name and Notation but this time there are more columns:

• Durability - How much damage the Weapon/Equipment can take before it is destroyed.
• Range - How far the Weapon can shoot.
• Base Damage (BD) - The amount of unmodified damage the Weapon will do in a single attack.
• Action Points (AP) - How many Action Points a player needs to perform a single attack with the Weapon.
• Type - If the Weapon is Kinetic or Energy based. [WIP]
• Systems - Special abilities that a single part can give to the Unit.
• Tags - Simple way to identify a part's specific usage or restrictions.

Located in the bottom row of this section is the combined total of each piece's stat contribution. These are the overall Weapon/Equipment stats.

• Type - Determined by the overall number of Kinetic / Energy type parts that make up the Weapon. If there are 3 Kinetic type parts and 1 Energy type part, the Weapon will be Kinetic. If there are 2 Energy types and 1 Kinetic type, then the Weapon will be Energy. If there is an equal number of each part type, then the type with the highest Base Damage will determine the Weapon's type. [WIP]
• System - Weapons can only have 1 attached at a time. If multiple Systems are available, choose one to use and disregard the others.
• Tags - Depending on the parts that make up your Weapon, it may have multiple tags. All tag rules must be followed when using the weapon.

The Name and Notation of each part need to match exactly as they do in the Parts List. If they don't, you will get an error. When the Name and Notation are correct, the Datasheet will auto-populate the Weapon's stats. Once all of the separate parts are added, the totals will be automatically calculated into the total row. This is the overall Weapon stats for each of the four stat types.

Below that, on the right-hand side, you'll see the Deployment Cost. This is automatically generated based on the weapon you have created.

Once you have the total stats for your Weapon/Equipment, transfer this information to the correct area on the Datasheet.

Weapons

Any Weapon you create can be used by your Units. Weapons are broken down into 2 categories:

• Ranged Combat Weapons
• Melee Weapons

Ranged Weapons can engage targets beyond 1 hex. Melee Weapons can only engage targets from a single hex distance. Unless otherwise stated, all Weapons with a range of 1 are Melee Weapons. Both categories can be further broken down into 2 types: Kinetic and Energy. Generally speaking, Kinetic Weapons deal less Base Damage but also require fewer Action Points to use, while Energy Weapons deal more Base Damage at the cost of more Action Points. This isn't always the case, especially when dealing with custom Weapons. [WIP]

Above, you see an example of a custom Weapon. At a glance, you can see that this Weapon has long range and massive Base Damage at the cost of high AP. Along with the Weapon type and Deployment Cost, you can also see that this Weapon has two Tags: [2H] and [EQ]. Since we know this is going to be used as a Weapon, we can ignore the [EQ] tag. That just leaves us with the [2H] tag. When filling out the Unit's Datasheet (or a Custom Card [WIP thing]) be sure to include all of the information in the "Total" row.

Equipment

Similar to Weapons, Equipment is used to aid a Unit in combat. Equipment ranges from Radar to Drones and is mainly used as a utility for the Unit. When making Equipment, most single-use parts (parts that already have a single specific use) are given the Equipment tag [EQ] to clearly identify themselves from other parts in the parts list. The majority of these provide some kind of ability that may be added to your Unit to give it an advantage.

In the example above, we see a single Smoke Discharger. Notice in the Total row how the only fields that are filled in are Durability, Systems, & Tags. This is one of those single-use parts. The only real benefit this provides to a Unit is the System that it provides: Smoke Screen.

Thrusters

When adding thrusters to the equipment list, it is important to group them into a single section based on their location. This, not only, ensures that your Units thrusters have enough durability to withstand a few hits but helps keep the Unit in the air should one of them be destroyed. If you choose to group all of your Thrusters into a single section to increase the durability, you can but doing so will make them a bigger target. Alternatively, you can break them down into smaller sections to make them harder to hit as the cost of equipment list space.

For example, the Alto Flight type has wings and thrusters connected to its torso VIA the backpack unit (backpack units are considered part of the torso). These will be broken down into two sections: a left-wing section and a right-wing section. Each section is made up of exactly the same parts so you only need to use the calculator for this once. You will, however, need to add the two sections to the equipment list.

Datasheet Examples

The images above are the Datasheet and Pilot ID for the P-Bandai bEXM-15c Special Squad Portanova.