Twilight Imperium

Introducing Ships of the Shattered Empire

2026 / 01 / 05

Hello Keleres! It’s a big galaxy out there, so hopefully you’ve put some thought into how you’re going to get around it. And if you haven’t, perhaps we can interest you in this?

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Ships of the Shattered Empire is the definitive book on the starships that make up the Great Civilizations. From Hacan war zebeks and sebeko escorts to Yssaril ambush carriers and Letnev Dawncrusher cruisers, this book has ship profiles from 11 of the most powerful factions that make up the Galactic Council. And if you’re looking for vehicles and mechs, don’t worry! Ships of the Shattered Empire has those too!

In fact, this book has a comprehensive writeup of the military structure for each of those civilizations, as well as fully-usable profiles for their vehicles that range from mechs and starfighters to their massive and unique flagships. This makes Ships of the Shattered Empire a great sourcebook for players looking to add some firepower to their group, and GMs looking to equip their enemies with some truly dangerous vessels.

A Galaxy of Options

But what if you’re looking for more than just military hardware? Don’t worry, because Ships of the Shattered Empire has you covered there, too. It contains an entire chapter devoted to civilian ships and vehicles, made by three of the largest companies in the known galaxy, Vectura Rex, Aether Cosmos, and Prismetra. They build everything from light survey buggies and emergency response vehicles…

…to bespoke scientific vessels and salvage ships.

They may even build a few ships that they’d prefer people didn’t know about. For example, Vectura Rex has engaged in an anti-marketing campaign that insists it’s never produced the fantastically heavily-armed and stealthy Serpens Investigator, and certainly never provided the lethal vessels to the Keleres for their work in protecting the galaxy.

This ship does not exist, so there’s no way your Keleres team could get their hands on one.

New Rules, New Ways to Play

But if you thought Ships of the Shattered Empire was all ship and vehicle profiles, you’re actually wrong. The first three chapters contain a host of valuable new rules and player options for operating ships and vehicles and running battles between spaceships. These even include 16 new talents that give players a host of new advancement options for their characters. 

And last but not least, we found room to add in one ruleset that’s been missing from Genesys until now; rules for mass combat. That’s right, the rules for running massive battles with just a few rolls of the dice are here, with notable improvements for playability and adaptations into the Genesys system. And what’s even better about these rules is that they really are setting-agnostic. So anyone who wants to run mass combats in their game (from fantasy to steampunk) is going to get value from these rules. 

Overall, Ships of the Shattered Empire is jam packed with new content that any fan of Genesys, Embers of the Imperium, or the Twilight Imperium setting is going to want to own. So make sure you reserve your copy of this 208-page book at your local gamestore today!

Ships of the Shattered Empire, the new Genesys sourcebook set in the Twilight Imperium universe, will be released on January 9^th.

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