Time Categories

How long a turn is depends upon what the character is doing.

There are four different time categories for actions.

• Tasks: One Turn = one second. Combat and other action sequences work in one second turns. These are also called Rounds due to the influence of older RPG games.
• Operations: One Turn = one minute. This is the default – if you don’t know, it’s an operation.
• Research/Repair: One turn = one hour. This applies to researching things that are already known by someone, or repairing equipment that already exists. Fabricating simple items with known technology might also fall into this category.
• Manufacture/Design: One Turn equals one day up to Extremely Hard, One Month at Brutal or Unbelievable, and one year at Impossible or higher.

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