simonf
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Post by simonf on Jul 19, 2013 14:10:02 GMT
Hi everyone,
First time here, first game question... have any rules appeared for creating spaceships?
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misterharry
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Post by misterharry on Jul 19, 2013 14:40:35 GMT
Welcome to the Forum! To answer your question - nothing official, no. But have a look at this thread for some suggestions: [Request] Chula spaceship |
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Rassilon
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Post by Rassilon on Jul 19, 2013 17:23:40 GMT
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rulandor
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Post by rulandor on Jul 23, 2013 13:15:51 GMT
What I use for my games:
If the spaceship is an important adventure setting, it gets Base traits from the UNIT-sourcebook. Some things like Mobile Base or Main Reactor come to mind as being valid for any ship.
Additionally, I give ships an Armour value, a Hit Capacity, a Speed, an Ingenuity attribute (Computer), an Awareness attribute (Sensors) and a Coordination attribute (Acceleration/Maneurability).
All these values I consider as being on a Spaceship only scale, meant for comparing ships with each other, not with characters.
Ships who are not central for an adventure plot get only the stats mentioned above, no Base traits.
I am very much looking forward to Rocket Age for the vehicle rules Ken Spencer hinted at on the Cubicle 7 boards.
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rulandor
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Post by rulandor on Sept 10, 2013 14:03:43 GMT
When I started work on a Vortex adaptation of the starship Destiny from Stargate: Universe (for a campaign inspired by that series, but with UNIT taking the role of Stargate Command), the thought struck me:
Why not simply regard a starship as a non-time-travelling TARDIS, a Space Travel Capsule, so to speak. Then use the whole bucket of TARDIS-rules, leaving out the time travel specific things.
The result of this train of thoughts is the following starship entry (and what do you think of it?):
Vehicle Stats:
Armour: 35
Speed (sub-light): 12
Hit Capacity: 25
Ingenuity: 4
Awareness: 4
Coordination: 2
Strength: 6
Skills: Knowledge 7, Science 6, Technology 5, Transport 2, Marksmanship 3 (Artillery)
Story Points: 20
Gadget Traits:
Forcefield (Major)
Control (Minor) TransMat-Technology
Travel (Minor) Space
Base Traits:
Good:
Advanced Technology (Stellar TransMat)
Computing Power
Database Access
Defence System (antimissile)
Holding Cells
Internal Sensors
Laboratory
Landing Pad x2
Lockdown
Medic
Mobile Base
Vehicle Pool (2 Shuttles)
Bad:
Alien Threat
Harsh Conditions
Isolated
Main Reactor
Ongoing Mission
Unreliable Resource x 3 (Database Access, Defence System, Mobile Base)
Physical description
1,144 m long
744 m wide (stern)
162 m high (stern superstructure)
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