Ahhhhh. There it is. I knew there was something like that. In any case, that kind of contradicts what they say about the ventral turret in another section: "The entire turret mechanism for the ventral weapon mount was destroyed by a direct hit from a fusion weapon. Repairing the turret to the point ...

Wait a sec. Have I missed something? Where does it say the Harrier's particle weapon is only forward facing? And it's already on a barbette. Hmm. Glad I posted then. I'm not sure how it crept into our campaign, but I seem to recall a passage somewhere stating that the Harrier was designed to attack...

The Harrier (called Ghost of Sindal in our campaign), got into a bit of a scrape in our run of "Treasure Ship" and I can confirm that while it is a wily and dangerous ship, it is not invulnerable. It got pretty banged up fleeing patrol corvette Sincerity and then denied the ability to escape after r...

Thanks for the update. Looking forward to all of it but especially intrigued by the new approach to the Mercenary book. I want to run another mercenary campaign after we finish Drinax and I'd like to use what you come up with. Mind you that's a looooong time from now; we're only now wrapping up the ...

Not to badger our poor, beleaguered friends at Mongoose, but are we likely to see any of the items listed on http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/?p=849

We're kind of getting to the end of 2018 and none of it has come out yet.

Well, they're Aslan so there are cultural idiosyncrasies in play. How about challenging them to a duel? Sure, your PCs are probably humans and the Aslan may or may not recognize an attempt by an alien species to appeal to them via their customs and traditions...but they might! Maybe it would be bene...

How have you handled fencing goods? Do you make your pirates fence all the goods they steal? Or only those that are traceable? For example, fencing electronics, pharmaceuticals and the like makes sense since those are manufactured, presumably have serial numbers, and are therefore traceable to their...

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Fri Sep 14, 2018 11:34 pm

I think it was implied that the third edition will probably have them.

Third edition?! When? In 2022? I don't see them going back to add anything like this in the near future.

MgT2 has seemingly removed the 6G acceleration limit for maneuver drives. You have some SDBs with 8 or more Gs, but none of the jump capable warships exceed 6. Why is this? Tradition? There doesn't appear to be any reason rules-wise for the limit.

Wow. Never stumbled across that one. Yeah, that's a little overpowered even if it is highly unlikely they'll run into it. I think your 12 maximum house rule is warranted. An instant level-15 psionic will throw you campaign right out of whack before it even gets started.

I think of it as similar to Hawaiian, with its plethora of vowels all running into each other.

Excellent ideas all! Thanks, guys! I think the way I'll do it is similar to yours, NOLATrav. Once detected, ridding yourself of a detecting ship requires advancement to the next range band (thus inducing a new check) and energy usage as a positive or negative effect. This adds a new tactical conside...

I think it was a sensible answer to the question you asked: "why isn't everyone doing it if the costs to the tester are so low?" It has heavy social costs. Or another way to put it: it may be that the intrinsic costs are pretty low, possibly nonexistent, but it's the fact that it's illegal that dri...

Even the simple sensors reach to Distant range. We can mix in a few fighters with better sensors and the whole squadron can see better. Ah yes, from High Guard : "However, in terms of sensors, always use the highest quality (taking into account both actual sensors and the skill of the operator) wit...

This came up in the small craft topic (http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=121539) and I'm migrating a related question here: Let's say you're a patrol corvette or a close escort and you have detected the Harrier in close, short, or maybe even medium range, when might you lose t...

Could you please stick to one question per topic? How will we find the answer to the stealth question in a few months/years when it's hidden in a topic about small craft turrets? Sorry about that. Believe me, I considered relocating the question, but since the question came up here, and I felt the ...

A question of my own: Playing Drinax, the players have Stealth, and a reason to use it, A target fails initial detection - what now? When do they check again? Is there a bonus? It seems unreasonable that the PCs can just drive up to knife-fighting range? Is it just a skill check per turn if the tar...

I dont see it as confusing. There is no official law enforcement, but the widows enforce a certain set of rules. Just ask a widow, i.e. your ref, what weapons they should avoid. My answer is no projectile weapons other than those considered “weak” or that only have 2d damage, and no energy more pow...

However, the law level of Theev is 0. So which is it? Any weapon at all or no weapons at all? Kind of confusing. I've taken it to mean that the widows don't want to see you brandishing any large, menacing weapons or explosives but that they won't typically detain you and search you for them. If you ...

Wrax is a foil in my campaign as well. He curries favor with the king and amplifies every misstep by the players into a catastrophic failure. The hatred between Wrax and the players is mutual and palpable. The one exception: the ex-marine colonel and war hero in the groupo is on speaking terms with ...