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Re: RulesTalk: Probes
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In lugnet.gaming.starship, Jeffrey Shaw wrote:
> I think that this is a good idea...I would like to see some limitations or
> restrictions on what they might be able to see or even a "system failure"
> possibility. As we all know, several SM's have a mystery in their sector,
> Sending in a probe could ultimately unravel someone's story line with not
> much game play. Maybe the probes should be programmed with a destination
> and launched but no major navigation could occur (in Star Trek, probes are
> more like torpedoes) this could help the SM's preserve the mystery.
Based on what I am thinking for this topic, the SMs would still have full
control over the mysteries of their sectors. If probes are given stats
including a rating for sensors, then SMs could use that as a guide to what a
probe might be able to see. And as long as the probe and/or its drones are
still in the sector, than the SM can have any sort of good or bad event happen
that could impact the probe's mission.
If a probe visited and scanned an inactive sector (as one is currently planning
on doing), chances are the GM will just have a base reply of something like:
"The probe scans and finds a sector made of the very stuff space is named for:
space. Perhaps someday, as stars and planets move, a system may shift to fill
the void."
-GM Hendo
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| I think that this is a good idea...I would like to see some limitations or restrictions on what they might be able to see or even a "system failure" possibility. As we all know, several SM's have a mystery in their sector, Sending in a probe could (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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11 Messages in This Thread: ![RulesTalk: Probes -John P. Henderson (31-Mar-04 to lugnet.gaming.starship)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![RE: RulesTalk: Probes -Jeffrey Shaw (31-Mar-04 to lugnet.gaming.starship)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![You are here](/news/here.gif)
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