Conversion
Equivalents in pop culture scifi that are similar to the Scum & Villainy setting
Setting
| S&V | Star Wars | Firefly | Blake's 7 | Killjoys | Farcape |
| The Hegemony | The Empire | The Alliance | The Federation | The government | - |
| The Way | The Force | psychic powers | psychic powers | - | psychic powers |
| The Procyon Sector | - | The 'Verse | - | The Quad | Uncharted Territory |
| Ur-Bots | Droids | - | Zen / Slave / Orac | - | - |
| The Ur / Precursors | - | - | - | - | Eidelons |
Factions
| S&V | Star Wars | Firefly | Blake's 7 | Killjoys | Farscape |
| 51st Legion | Storm Troopers | Alliance soldiers | Federation troops | - | Peacekeepers |
| Ashen Knives | The Hutts | - | - | - | - |
| Concordiat Knights | Jedi (also see Vigilance) | - | - | - | - |
| Counters Guild | - | - | - | The Company | - |
| House Malklaith | - | - | - | one of the Nine Families | - |
| The Lost Legion | Mandalorians | - | - | - | - |
| Nightspeakers | Sith | - | - | - | - |
| Vigilance | Jedi (also see Concordiat Knights) | - | - | - | - |
| Vorex | - | Mr Universe | - | - | - |
Playbooks
| S&V | Star Wars | Firefly | Blake's 7 | Killjoys | Farscape |
| Mechanic | Chewbacca | Kaylee | Villa | Johnny | Crichton |
| Muscle | Chewbacca | Jane / Zoe | Gan | D'avin / Dutch | D'Argo / Aeryn |
| Mystic | Obi-Wan Kenobi | River | Cally | - | Zahn |
| Pilot | Luke Skywalker | Wash | Jenna | Johnny | Pilot |
| Scoundrel | Han Solo | Mal | Blake | Dutch | Rygel |
| Speaker | Leia Organa | Inara | Blake | Dutch | Rygel |
| Stitch | - | Simon | Avon | - | - |
