Recent content by Loconius

When astronauts do that, is it settled similarly to traveller, with damage coming off END and what not?

Oh very cool!! Knowing that pioneer is our system, you it couldn’t work directly with scavengers reign since the whole planet has breathable air… but it could be adapted as a whole ecosystem under the ice of Europa!! Europa report could be the first team that touched down (as in the movie) and...

Wait so will there be combat rules?

I just watched Scavenger’s Reign on Max, and it could totally be a Pioneer campaign (or a Traveller one honestly). Has anyone else checked this out? Will Pioneer be able to support discovery of a planet teaming with alien (REALLY ALIEN) life? The focus is still on the human crew of the...

I could see that, plus the added story of why the traveller lost their limb or eye for some of the injury results. I just wasn’t sure if it was normal “heals in a day like normal damage” damage using the healing rules in the combat chapter or if it’s a reduction of your permanent value… the...

Are injuries sustained during creation permanent reductions in characteristics? The book doesn’t say what happens if a player chooses not to pay the medical expenses (or if forgoing is even optional)?

Could the measurements include much larger packaging, including things like a shock absorbing frame around the vehicle and cargo handling infrastructure built into the cargo handling requirements? The tanks volume could be the result of thatcannon, which isn't large in volume but requires a...

I will have to check my hard copy as well!

I just got my POD version of the rulebook which is awesome, but I did notice the vehicle weapons have the older damage values (where nothing but the fusion gun is destructive) and was wondering if there is an errata of everything that's been fixed through the updates to the PDF?

Oh for sure! I'm thinking Star Citizen, Eve Online and Elite Dangerous level of of energy shield integration, so I'll probably knock off 5 or so tech levels from all shield systems.

Ah they take an action to use, deflectors I mean (maybe a reaction I mean). So single pilot craft might benifit from shields while warships would use deflectors (any ship with dedicated shield operatiors). So civilian ships would likely have shields instead of deflectors.

Clearly the deflectors are superior, are they more expensive?

Having all three seems to make up the total shields systems of most combat spacecraft. I'll be using this stuff in my star citizen hack!

Is it just me or are the rules for the Shield systems terrifically elegant? so simple its almost criminal! anyway just wanted to start a discussion on them, does everyone like them, or wish they were different?

Yeah here are a lot of types of treatments of it. I was suggesting something that would be compatible with how the globe generators work but is generic enough to adapt. The idea of a shield pool that is like a secondary hull pool that fluctuates is a possibility (mongoose 1 had structure and...