Recent content by lategamer

Yeah, nice balance. The pilot wasn't there to Fly The Ship but to make the important decisions regarding the MAVs. And I don't think he could have even done the slingshot and return to Mars. You need someone with bigger eyeballs than that. But close in - where the human drama is - involve the...

I guess this is why we have to set some constants in the world. Just as Jump Drive is a constant in Traveller, the desire for human intervention is likely to be a constant in Pioneer. It's not enough to just see it through a lens. Remote operations also becomes much more tricky when dealing with...

Just seems like a vastly different game when described like that. Looking at the Rescue from LEO scenario. There would be literally no need for the PCs at all. In fact, you'd be better off making the people in the FlyUp! the PCs. Roleplay their mental state over the comms and with each other...

You're going to need an app for that. Space Flight looks to be an autonomous taxi ride.

Why do we have Pilots in Traveller? Heck, why is everything not just done by computer? there has to be a reason for using humans in the story. Or else Pioneer becomes the Remote Operator work of someone prompting a Dog-like or Spider-like drone. Which could be a cool game but it's not what's...

Sure. I think it's encouraged that people would not RP every moment of the 3 days to get to the moon. But when you have to dock with the spinning capsule once you're there? There has to be something for humans to do. This doesn't necessarily mean it's science fantasy....we mostly seem to send...

"OK, roll Pilot at -5" and you look like you need the toilet.

OK, I read you. So, do we get rid of the Pilot skill as outdated?

80km is much too low. 160km would be the minimum, IMO. I'll be updating the rocket and space plane as well. "Witness, a D2-class lifting-body spaceplane mounted atop an Ariane 8H heavy-lift rocket at the New Guiana Space Centre. Steam curls from the cryo-lines, sunlight glinting off the D2’s...

I'm running this next weekend for my group and we may have more than 6 players. I was wondering whether it would be sensible to change the makeup of the group a little...or maybe include some PCs inside the FlyUp! I note the FlyUp! has no pilot aboard which means it's a fully automated vessel...

Whereas I can see the need for humans for quick responses. The computer technology level may be important. I mean I'm guessing that Pioneers are not asking an LLM to plot a course, it will be a proper navigation computer (by 2025, we've got a lot of really cool tech in automated marine...

Outside of “Rich”? Which is telling me that they see the game as 90% spacebound where I see a lot of potential for earthbound stories. Unclear how it’s going to work on, for example, the lunar colony. I’m guessing you’ll be paid but air and accommodation and travel is either going to be part...

It’s going to really change the game if the attitude is “why send humans in the first place”

For planned missions, sure. But for stuff happening at the minute with a serious time component? You can certainly get Mission Control to give you a DM+2 if you give them 4 hours to analyse the issue (page 74). Or a DM+1 if you give them d6*10 minutes. Those plotted plans for spacecraft flight...