I was using Atmospheric Operations on page 143 of the Core Rulebook for a definitive mechanic as to what Streamline does. No mention of effects to speed just the ability to maintain control against adverse conditions of flight in an atmosphere.

Streamline, by the game mechanics, isn't about speed but controlling the craft during adverse conditions. A partial or unstreamlined vessel is no slower, they just maneuver like a garbage scow. That's not a property an interface craft wants to deal with.

That's what I always believed. So are they modified by configuration?

"modified by hull configuration"

That one I never considered and it makes sense. That would also suggest modules aren't interchangeable with vessels of different configurations.

Problem with an external airtight hatch is opening it evacuates a portion of the ship stopped only by bulkheads and internal hatches/irises. That's the reason for a purpose built airlock. Only time I see those external hatch design were Star Trek ships for receiving small craft and only open if a cr...

Just to make matters worst, remember to find a way to add a couple tons for that first free airlock plus some tonnage if you want a ship's locker. I've made it a point to list those tonnages as I design new ships or making corrections to iconic designs usually swiping some cargo space.

Just so we know, High Guard in the Fuel scoop entry: "(streamlined ships have fuel scoops built-in automatically)".

Moments after I read this post, I get an email from DriveThru announcing its availability. Need to read it ASAP.

"I'm guessing that the instructions above pertain to the Vehicle Handbook too."

Building a vehicle is measured in spaces and the space relative to a dton varies with the vehicle chassis, essentially how bulky the craft is.

Vehicle Handbook says you multiply a dton by 4 to get the number of spaces. (page 44, Section 4: Spacecraft Weapons) while page 8, Step 6, Cargo space says 250 kg to every space dedicated to cargo. That would be 1000 kg per dton. That's very general as it does not take into account for density.

When I created a player character for an upcoming Pirates of Drinax, I used the image from the GDW Alien Module 1: Aslan cover. Shortly after I rendered a Heroforge mini that had the right image.

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"Recommend changing the refer on page 39 from: "Each sensor station allows an additional sensor operator to perform actions (find typical numbers of sensor operators on page 41), costs MCr0.5 and consumes 1 ton." to "Each sensor station allows an additional sensor operator to perform actions (find t...

Was working on an armored vehicle design and comparison. I referenced the allocation of armor from the Vehicle Handbook then remembered what seemed another reference worded differently. Sure enough, it is in the core rulebook. Vehicle Handbooks: Armour can be reallocated between the front, rear, top...

"5) What is the point of a standard configuration hull? Close configuration is tougher and cheaper, and Spheres are much cheaper for the same toughness. Do they have some advantage I don't see?" Seems Mongoose wanted to grandfather this particular ship feature from earlier editions maybe as a nod. I...

You reminded me of a D20 Star Wars game my group ran. We had to protect Senator Palpatine during a speech. The antagonists arrived and all hell broke loose. The rule system for ammo reloads was simple, you have ammunition until you roll a critical failure. Fine except.... As we had the fire fight, t...

The crew prepared to board a trader docked with their ship. They were about to perform a charade to capture the ship. The PCs were in position at the airlock, with the rest of the crew, in two rows to walk through as an honor guard arraignment along the docking tube. The nearby iris spun open from t...

Fuelless perpetual reaction system? That's good hard science.

Are you going to finally answer that long time question, are those aft features actually maneuver exhaust ports?

"Every referee should have players like you. The effort is appreciated."

Every game, especially campaign games, should have teamwork from both referees and players. Don't rely on the ref to come up with everything. Player input expands the universe.

I actually built a list of aslan words for a character I played. The character had Language(galanglic) 1 so a brilliant engineer but not the greatest communicator. Even carried an aslan-galanglic dictionary on her data pad when she would stumble. She tended to revert to mixing aslan words in a sente...