Recent content by heron61

An isp of 1600 is pretty much exactly the isp for monoatomic hydrogen, which if we could stabilize it would be a perfect rocket fuel for high thrust applications like getting into orbit.

I'd make a specialized BIACS that can be used to control vehicles and spacecraft TL 14 or 15, and maybe 150,000 Cr. While the easiest way to work rules for it is to simply provide a boon to all rolls to operate vehicles or spacecraft, I'd go a bit differently. If you use this system, then any...

So, in both the Robot handbook and the new CSC, a satellite uplink is TL 6 and requires a large (2 slot for robots) dish, and I’ve been wondering about how to make that smaller, and I have an idea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phased_array antennas don’t use dishes, they instead are...

I thought the Intrusion Decks described on p 75 of JTAS 10 were awesome. The TL 14 version gives (If I'm figuring the bonuses correctly) +5! to hacking (+3 for Intrusion, +1 for Agent 3, and a general +1). However, the downsides are that it's relatively large (1 kg) and very expensive (500,000...

Sure, but those are all TL 16+ artifacts that can't be duplicated, while the Darrian TL 15 battle dress is specifically mentioned as something that Darrian engineers can make now and that is actually a bit cheaper than some of the most expensive Imperial battle dress.

So, on page 24 of Aliens of Charted Space vol. 3, we have Darrian Battle Dress and Special Arm Battle Dress both listed. Darrian Battle Dress is TL 15, and has stats comparable to similar Imperial Battle Dress, but with one *huge* difference, it's on 35 kg, rather than 90-180 kg, is this a...

Any further updates on when then revised CSC comes out?

It's difficult to say, because for smaller vehicles (primarily less than 100 dton spacecraft and (especially) vehicles, dtons are often a bit problematic. For example, my parents minivan will fit in a box (rounding up) 5 m x 2 m x 1.75 m, this box has a volume of 17.5 cubic meters. Even if you...

Electronics: Remote Ops skill acts as a limit for how many skill levels a character can use with a robot they are controlling. So, both the TL 11 Advanced Drone Control Interface and the Drone Control/2 software each give a +1 Control DM. Obviously, this bonus adds to Remote Ops skill rolls...

I'm checking to see if there are any implants that allow biological beings to directly control drones other than a BIACS. Specifically, the entry for the Robotic Drone Controller (Robot book, p. 44) the last paragraph read "If desired, a robot could install a less machine optimised...

So, it's November already, when this month can we expect the new CSC PDF to come out?

I noticed two potentially interesting books for Cepheus Engine - Opus Magi, and Opus Magi Psions. Has anyone here seen them, what do they think?

Ythri The Ythri are a species created by SF author Poul Anderson as part of his Polesotechnic League/Terran Empire series. Stories about the Ythri are found in his anthology The Earth Book of Stormgate and the one novel that focuses on the Ythri, People of the Wind. Mass: 20-30 kg Wingspan...

Are they really? Sure, ships will be visible, but given that most of these ships don't use reaction drives they aren't shooting out vast plumes of heat. Are ordinary starship sensors going to be able to easily detect another ship that isn't firing weapons or otherwise making itself...

I agree with everyone who wants more useful high tech (TL 13+) useful non-combat items. I would also love to see more psionic technology, and also a few more TL 16-18 items.