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Agreed. What I could figure out of the rules (there were hardly any examples) turned space combat into a D&D corridor crawl, which competely misses the feel of the show. I've been basically "winging it," which I'm not happy with, because it gives my strategy-oriented players less to work with...

To my knowledge, you can't. They were up an a web-based electronic publishing site called Bookface that unfortunately went out of business. Their technology only let you read the text from a Java-based browser app, which prevented you from making downloads. I'd love to see this stuff as extras...

Microtactix has some 3D Sci-Fi scenics made out of folded paper that should be fairly cost- and time-effective. If I used 3D sets, I'd use those. http://www.microtactix.com/site/dcsmain.shtml Jon Acheson[/url]

Thank you! I question the utility of desk plans for an entire ship. For one thing, a Hyperion is only a middle-sized ship, and it's three times the length of a modern day aircraft carrier (and has to be, if you're going to fit starfuries in those hangers: I've checked). It would be like having...

What I really want to know is, if you're a captain of a starship on the side of the breakaway colonies and B5 during this time period, and you need to identify yourself and your authority, what do you say? "This is the cruiser Marathon, in the service of the breakaway colonies" seems to...

What were the breakaway colonies of Orion 7, Proxima 3, Babylon 5 & etc. called after they broke away from the Clarke Regime, and before they formed the Interstellar Alliance? This would be during the time period between the middle of Season 3 and some time in Season 4. "The Independant...

I wrote a short story about that. In my story, there are about 39 Marcabs still alive, who were fortunate enough to be somewhere isolated from the plague. They've all been treated with the vaccine, of course. They're basically hiding out on the Marcab Homeworld under the protection of the...

Right, now, I am thinking: 500 just for showing up (prorated if they were only there for part of the session) +100 for being active, coming up with good dialog, etc. +250 for a brilliant plan, hilarious dialog, touching character moment, etc. I might go higher than that if someone, but it...

My campaign is about to hit its fifth session, and it's high time I gave out some XP. It seems out of keeping to give out XP for kills and treasure in a B5 game. What I would prefer to do is give out a flat amount of XP for attendance, plus a bonus for good roleplaying. My players are 5th...

Great, the spreadsheet and other files of interest can be found on the following page: http://users.rcn.com/jonathan02/b5/download.html The spreadsheet contains macros that do calculations. Excel will flash up a warning page about them. Don't freak. :wink: Jon Acheson

I did up an Excel spreadsheet, I can put it online if you're interested. Jon Acheson

While I can't fault your logic, many Babylon 5 ships do have the bridge in a semi-exposed position. Take the White Star, for instance, or B5 itself. The writeups I've seen of the Olympus corvette also have its bridge sticking out the side of the ship. So, there is some precedent. One other...

I put the primary bridge up in the saucer when I did my Hyperion layout, and put the secondary bridge in the center of the main hull. I was thinking that the saucer bridge would be more for navigation than fire control, which would actually be done out of its own area. If you want, I can put...

My Hyperion diagram is at: http://users.rcn.com/jonathan02/b5/Hyperion.pdf I also did a modified Hyperion with bigger hangers and a small centrifuge mounted around its superstructure: http://users.rcn.com/jonathan02/b5/Marathon_Hyperion.pdf Sorry I didn't see this earlier! Jon Acheson

I think the national feats are even less of a good idea for the aliens, because in B5 the alien races simply don't have the same national variances as humans, and it's commented on. Humanity is unique that way. Frankly, the various races of B5 aliens are really more like metaphors for different...