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Re: Rules Talk: JumpShip Ideas
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lugnet.gaming.starship
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Fri, 30 May 2003 18:34:13 GMT
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Oooh! A thread with colors, and HEY! .starship has over 100 posts now! :)
Oh, and Lindsay, as for lack of brick, ABS-related CAD are allowed. You may
use any scale you like (mini-fig-, micro-, nano-, macro-, etc.). As for your
interjections, every rule in this game was discussed publically and by
whatever participants were interested at the time. The more who join the
discussion the better (IMO), and if we reach an impass, we do what we did when
first developing things: we vote. Just by showing up, your vote counts as
much as anyone elses. :)
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Yes. We are all treated as equals, except Hendo. :). He’s the Grand Galactic
Mediator Dude. Make him mad and you’ll know it. :)
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Although I agree this could work, there is one small problem that we as a
community may need to concern ourselves with: There is one player who
registered a JumpShip several weeks ago. He wished to use it as a Ferry
because one of his other “Ships” is actually an immobile base that can be
towed, although he also uses it to carry a second ship. Because the concepts
of JumpShips and Ferries had not been thoroughly discussed, I did open some
topics up on the old board when he first registered (most of what was said I
quoted in the first post of this thread). But no one ever said to the player
that he could not go ahead with his plan. Thus, we already have a Ferry that
is a JumpShip (currently following the old 3-week rule, but presumably it is a
Full), and it can carry at least two ships. It recently carried two ships to
the Outer Rim. Note, he is also only a few pics short of registering several
more JumpShips...
This is the ship:
http://www.valyance.com/starship/registry/ships.htm#Europa
When he joined, I did mention that his was the first and that it was kind of
an experiment, so it might be reasonable to force some modification on him
even after he has been playing for a bit. However, at the same time, I don’t
want to offend people by changing the rules half-way through the game. If we
want to limit Ferries by reducing their Jump ability or limiting how many
ships they can carry, then we need to agree on any such change as a community.
(Dave, if you are reading this, post to the old board with your thoughts if
you can’t post here.)
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Well, I have no problems with ferries with JumpDrives©. :), love doing that
sign. IMO, as long as it doesn’t make the ship superior in a sector compared to
another ship, it’s fine. I think the tier system of how it’s classified is
fine, also. If you want a real fast ship, there has to be reprecussions(sp) and
dangers. A cool danger would be a possible radiation leak everytime the engine
is used. It’ll make it be so people who use the JumpShip won’t overdo it.
Also, I also concur that allowing the GM to make a random action for every
ship in the galaxy would be fair and should occur. I’d love to have a galactic
action email saying that I’ve encountered a group of space pirates and kicked
their butts.
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Yup. Just a guide. When you look quickly at a ship’s stats you get a general
idea of how it is constructed. You can see that its weak-point might be
defenses, while its strong-point might be speed (or whatever). It doesn’t
really mean that two ships with HQ in weapons are equally powerful (although
it could mean that, depending on storytelling). Some players give ships
weaker stats because they want a large fleet and the rules limit them. Other
players give ships weaker stats just for fun, storytelling, or variety.
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I use the tier system all the time, even for propulsion. I use the weapons
part, along with the ship’s image of weapons, in battles. I’d calculate to see
which ship has better weapons or which has more or something of that nature and
then decide an outcome.
(big Hendo-snip)
I’ve snipped the rest because what you do with JumpSpace and JumpDrives impact
me at all, and I like the decisions already. No need to comment.
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