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Hmm. My take on that would be that the Centauri thought the Crystal Drive worked in a different manner than it actually did. i.e. They thought the drive allowed a ship to travel FTL in real space, whereas it was actually just some kind of variant of a jump drive. I mean, the Centauri would have...

Looking at both books, it seems as though the FTL drive mentioned is the standard B5 jump drive. Simon D. Taylor

Thanks. Still, what I'm really wondering is if there are any entire civilisations of machine intelligence out there? On the whole, it seems to be a direction that's been avoided in the B5 universe. Unless, are any of the Ancients in fact a form of machine intelligence? Simon D. Taylor

Quick question here: In the B5 Universe, are there any reported machine intelligences out there? AI seems to be a somewhat neglected field of research . . . Simon D. Taylor

OK, thanks. I'll have to think of something like that. Alas, I foolishly lent my copy of the Centauri book to one of my players after the last game (well, he's playing the sole Centauri character, now onboard the EAS Emperor Norton enroute to said system to find out what happened to the IPX team...

Just a little something from a short game I'm currently running: what name would the Centauri give to an unexplored system? The Earth survey team that originally mapped it in 2255 gave it the prosaic name of system 2255/1157-7 (denoting that it was the 7th system surveyed in 2255 by the...

Actually, that map is on the first page of the first preview for the main rulebook, available in the downloads section for B5 on the Mongoose website. Simon D. Taylor

OK, so I'm indulging in thread necromancy here (well, it's only been dead for a few weeks) . . . Anyway, a thought suddenly strikes me about the post listing above: who is in control of the Hyperion's guns? (On a related note, what skills or feats do you need to command a capital ship's...

Or you could put it this way: "I'm in training to be a Psi Cop. No, I haven't learned how to do a Deep Scan yet; my instructor teels me I have to work on the basics a bit more before I'll be ready to do it safely." Now I think of it, that's an idea - Telepaths can attempt to use any telepathic...

Hmm. Perhaps my friend was thinking of another ship entirely? Slight aside: according to another friend, if you actually do a frame by frame count of the number of fighters launching from the front of the Omegas in Season 4 (I think), the number comes to more like 40. Simon D. Taylor

A quick question of canon here: I was speaking to one of my players for an upcoming B5 game last night, and he commented that he didn't think that the Hyperion cruiser carried any Starfuries (he's an old B5 Wars fan, I think). Now, the RPG write-up (main rulebook and EA sourcebook) both give the...

Thanks, that was what I was looking for. Any idea what sort of level they would all be? Also, would the Non-Coms be more likely to be Officer class or Worker class (with the appropriate specialisation from the revised Worker rules)? Similarly, would the technical personnel be more likely to be...

Well, that depends what level you think most commercial telepaths are; i.e. are trained telepaths only first level, or higher than first level? Talia Winters wasn't just out of training when she arrived at B5. Note that the Communication ability works on non-telepaths - I'd make communication...

What posts does anyone think the crew of a Hyperion Cruiser would fill? The EA Sourcebook lists the crew as being 4 officers, 10 pilots, 12 sensor operators, and 38 crewmen, but what do they actually *do*? What duties would a PC onboard a Hyperion be likely to have? For that matter, what sort of...

Quick request - anyone have any stats for a Centauri Liner or Diplomatic Transport? Thanks, Simon D. Taylor