Sometimes the ship cannot be allowed to fall into enemy hands. For this, some ships are equipped with a self-destruct mechanism.
The Big Red Button room is the control room for a small nuclear self destruct bomb. When armed (“skill” check of Rank versus 11,) the ship will detonate at the end of 6 phases. For each success over 11, the delay can be reduced down to a minimum of 2 phases.
The bomb can be paused by a Science check versus 11. A follow up Science check versus 11 will reset the timer. A paused timer can be restarted by a Rank check versus 11. A restarted timer continues with its original countdown.
When the bomb goes off, the ship doubles its explosion factor. If the ship explodes from external forces, add 2 to its explosion factor.
A ship can only have one Big Red Button module.