I'm going to buy it - not sure if we'll actually play it as some of our group were less than impressed with the playtest ruleset.

What scale are Battlefield Evolution minis? Are they compatible with WOTC Star Wars minis for example.

There are some excellent starmaps, most centred on earth, available on this website:

http://www.projectrho.com/smap12.html

Just my quick opinion - feel free to ignore it if you want. I will read the world generation system if it is in the core book, but probably not in any great detail other tahn to mine for ideas - and I might conceivably buy a book dedicated to world generation and creating 'realistic' stellar systems...

Thoughts? I've just been playing with the starship rules this evening (trying to build a Scout long range tender (500 T, jump 2 capable when piggybacking 3x100 T type S ships)) and the power plant was always giving me concern as I tried to get the numbers to balance - I wasn't in this case looking ...

How about Dan Simmons Hyperion setting.

.... 2) It sells gangbusters, and forces others in the industry to convert. 3) WOtC actually does issue 4e as OGL so that everyone can convert legally. Im long past believing much of what this company says. .... That's alot of IFs, to which I have the following response: ..... 2) WOtC is issues 4e ...