The Exterminator Dalek

A write-up of the Exterminator Dalek from Tyranny of the Daleks.  This is using the second edition rules for the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game from Cubicle 7.

EXTERMINATOR DALEK

Concept: Elite Armoured Mutant Soldier

A squadron of Exterminator Daleks on hoverbouts. Note Tarack is visible in the background

Focus: Superiority

Homeworld: Skaro

Tech level: 9

Short-term goal: Exterminate!

Long-term goal: Exterminate!

Awareness 4, Coordination 2,

Ingenuity 4, Presence 4,

Resolve 4, Strength 8

Skills: Conflict 5, Convince 3, Medicine 2, Knowledge 3 (Dalek military tactics), Science 6, Survival 5, Technology 7, Transport 5 (Hoverbouts)

Distinctions: Dalek - its mutated body is housed in Dalekanium, reducing damage by 10, and protected by a forcefield that reduces the effects of projectile weapons by two stages (those shooting at it will have their result reduced for example from Success to Almost, or Almost to Disastrous). It can fly, hover, and survive in space or underwater. It can also interface with technology, and, if necessary, self-destruct (3/6/9 damage in a 10m radius).  

Weapon: Exterminator (4/L/L) - The legendary Dalek weapon usually kills with a single shot.

Flamethrower (optional)

Short-range Area Weapon

Damage: 3/5/8

If target is flammable, damage is +2

It is an area attack, covering targets up to two areas away in line of sight.  Targets that burn will continue to do so afterwards at 2 points of damage per round until extinguished.  Physical armour when only protect until it is destroyed by fire. When used, the flamethrower is indiscriminate, and may affect nearby cover or allies. Also see Fire rules on page 102 of the 2nd edition rulebook for how disastrous fires can become, which is the Exterminator's aim when using it. The flamethrower can be used to clear out trenches, set wooden or other organic material structures on fire, and so forth and has been found to be a demoralising weapon to use against less armoued targets.

Limitation: The flamethrower only has enough fuel for four attacks before it needs to be refueled.  When used, it replaces the normal Exterminator gunstick. The flamethrower is normally only affixed to one Exterminator per squadron, and it takes three action rounds to remove the normal gunstick and install the flamethrower, assuming that everything is in good repair and condition, and vice versa. An Exterminator Dalek with a flamethrower does not carry a replacement gunstick with them when on combat missions.

Speed: Like all Daleks, normal traveling speed is Slow. Flight is Average. In a hoverbout, an Exterminator can travel at Fast speed.  Exterminator Daleks can fly, hover and survive underwater and in space.

Story Points: 6

Character notes

Out of the sky, on screaming hoverbouts, come the Exterminator Daleks, black-armoured and trimmed with burnished silver that flashes like gunmetal in the sun. They are the elite shock troops, deployed whenever a planet must be broken or a rebellious sector brought to heel. Travelling at full speed they smash through defensive lines, then decelerate in perfect unison to unleash a blizzard of focused energy fire that scours trench, bunker and battlesuit alike. Every blast is punctuated by the metallic war cry “EXTERMINATE!”, a chorus that has become a death knell for countless soldiers across the cosmos.

The Exterminators operate in disciplined squadrons of twenty and can split at a moment’s notice into four hoverbout-flights of five, to chase fleeing prey or strike at multiple targets. Within the Galen Division, each of the four Dalek Battleships carries five full squadrons, one hundred Exterminator Daleks in total, ready to descend wherever resistance dares to flare. Their black casings are studded with silver hemispheres, and their guns, manipulator arms and sensor stalks share that same mirror finish, so battlefield spotters learn to fear the gleam as much as the silhouette.

Once an engagement zone has been pacified these shock troops seldom linger. Drone Daleks arrive in overwhelming numbers to perform the slow grind of occupation, much like infantry marching in after an armoured blitz. The Exterminators are already rising on their hoverbouts, veering toward the next hotspot that demands swift and absolute eradication.

Part of a squadron of Exterminator Daleks on hoverbouts over the surface of Galentor