Recent content by Bryn the 2300AD guy

Maybe. This is mentioned in the original Invasion. However, the wars mean ships disappearing from registries etc., and in such chaos things slip through the cracks. Part of the problem seems to be a lack of understanding of the law. It's all very, per Adam Somethings video on the Satoshi...

Meetpoint station is a strange tale. When Colin wrote 2320AD, the "Libertines" were one of the few things that were his original creation. Basically, Colin like CJ Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe, and wanted a group like the Spacers of that universe. Further, for some reason he wanted them to...

D'Artagnon is a French outpost. There is no Indonesian outpost at Barnard's. The nearer parts of the Chinese Arm are: Barnard's Star: Manchurian (2153, edit, not Mancunian) and American* (2160) planetary outpost with 0.71 G Seurier: French/ESA (2159) outpost (0.21 G) Broward**: American outpost...

Or, a mistake has been made and the wrong name has been used for the Chinese Arm...

Canonically it's the "Chinese Arm."

Manchuria seems to ultimately derive from the Soviet occupied part of China, much like Canton is greater Taiwan (or so) and the rump PRC is in the middle. The major issue is that someone added a zero to the population in the E/CS. Most Chinese people live in the south (Canton).

The thing I've wanted to do for a long time is an update to Star Cruiser, but it isn't compatible with the current 2300 ship design system and combat, although the rules look pretty adaptable. The Mongoose task system fits well.

I do own Colin Dunn's Invasion part 2, and it's badly written with some good, if inconistent, artwork. My major concern is consistency between works. Colin is not consistent even between his own writings. In this case, the logical progression and timeline are broken and do not flow correctly...

One of the reasons I think it would have been financially better for Mongoose to sell Colin Dunn's Invasion* as one book is that there was a big fall-off in sales between the two parts. In very round terms it looks like around half of people who bought part 1 didn't buy part 2. * To distinguish...

I got bored, and so made a powerpoint:

There is no flank attack in the prime canon. Indeed, the concept of a flank doesn't really exist in naval combat. In prime canon, TF X-Ray, under TD's command is at Kimanjano. There is the French led fleet at San Souci in one direction, and the British led fleet at Beowulf in the other. Both...

It has all the hallmarks of Colin's writing, complete with random Pentapods where they shouldn't be, and anti-British sentiment. As I go to the Battle of Beowulf*, it's bizarre. In prime canon the fleet at Beowulf is mainly British and French, with some small contribution from Germany, America...

A 12 year bump, but this isn't a free market. Starship production is severely restricted which creates more demand than supply for starship haulage. This drives the changable price up.

I forgot to include the three "adventure-y" modules. In Beltstrike there are three options given: The players are the Red Ink Trading Company, which owns the Far Trader Go for Broke The players arrive by passenger ship If the players already own a ship, use that. Tarsus basically copies the...

In the early GDW days, modules were... GDW produced 29 adventures for CT (exc. TCS), and of them their relationship to ship ownership was (from a quick reading): In 3 the players crew a scout on detached service (The Imperial Fringe, Shadows and Mission on Mithril (The Central Axis for the...