It's loosely based off of a nasty genetic creature in Warhammer 40K called a Carnifex. If your party is really advanced or really weak you may want to upgrade its stats or downgrade them. It should really scare them though!
Tyranoid Defensive Bio-creature "Screamer-Killer"
[Genetech Defensive Prototype A26-346]
A large, hulking beast with amazing speed, the Tyranoid or Screamer-Killer as it is called, haunts the salvage yards and the Dark Zone of the Korad planet. It was a genetic defensive monstrosity created by the WWWA Genetech labs to defend their installation, when the Corporate Sector Authority raided the 3WA HQ, shutting down to maverick corporation. In a mad rush to save as much of their assets as possible, the 3WA stored away the research and the only surviving embryos in a cargo hauler. Unfortunately, that hauler was attacked by pirates near Korad, where it had to drop it's load. The Tyranoid still wanders around the area, hunting the small wildlife and the occasional person who wanders into the dark reaches.
Roleplay:
The Tyranoid may see the characters approach and stalk them until the vehicle breaks down, forcing them to walk onward. Then when the characters are most vulnerable, probably enclosed in a tight passageway or in between rows of junk, it will attack, bowling over anybody and letting loose with it's force scream. Anybody that still stands after the scream will then be charged, the Tyranoid trying to impale them on it's forearm blades.
You should really build up suspense as it stalks them, having them make regular perception checks and have them hear noises and debris shifting as the screamer-killer runs and jumps over things around them. They may even have to go into the old labs to find the parts they need, and you can have them find the bubble generator, and let them shut it down (which would make the Tyranoid attack immediately). They may not be able to kill it naturally, and may have to escape (which is unlikely due to it's speed!) But you could have a network of tunnels leading back to the town that it could chase them through.
Tyranoid (Screamer-Killer)
Type: Genetically Constructed Killer
Dexterity: 4D - Dodge: 6D, Melee Combat: (S) Forearm Blades: 9D, Running: 7D
Perception: 4D
Strength: 6D -Jumping: 7D
Special Abilities:
Forearm Blades: (each of its four arms has a long genetic blade. It can attack the same target with all four with no penalty, or two separate targets at +1D) They do Str+3D damage each.
Armor: +2D protection against physical and energy attacks.
Force Scream: An innate force ability, the Tyranoid can scream a blast of pure Force energy at targets in front of it in a 90 degree arc. This energy manifests itself like a Sonic blast, but at the Force-level. It has ranges and damages which vary for force sensitives and non sensitives .
Force Scream
Sensitivity of target | Range/Damage | ||
Non-Sensitive | 3m/6D | 6m/4D | 10m/2D |
Force Sensitive | 3m/8D | 6m/6D | 10m/4D |
Note that this is a special attack, and armor cannot be added to STR rolls because it is not a physical blow. It does special damage (as seen below), and droids are immune to it's affects (no ears).
A stunned result leaves the character helpless for 1D3 (1D6/2) rounds (huddling on the ground holding their ears).
A wounded is like stunned but for a full 1D6 rounds.
A incapacitated roll or better knocks the character out.
A killed result bursts the characters eardrums, and knocks them out.
Ears must be replaced (cyber or re-grown eardrums in a bacta tank) before the character can hear again.
Null Field: An innate ability that was not intended in the original design, it is a field that null's out all forms of communication, as well as effects many forms of subspace engines, and repulsor lift engines. It was theorized it was a result of Genetech's experimentation with Force-Sensitive animals, and the attempts too manipulate what they thought were the genetics surrounding force-sensitivity-encoding with relation to the Screamer. As a results, apparently, the creature emits a this field, and it has been discovered that some ferrous materials absorb, and amplify this field.
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- Creature Pic: "Beasty"
Some Icons obtained from Graphics Station.