Recent content by swordtart

Sort of. The key word here is CAN detect. That is not the same as WILL detect. HG2022 P76-77) gives us: "When a starship comes out of jump or during in-system transit, their sensors detect hundreds if not thousands of objects, depending on population and traffic in the system. Beyond Distant...

Instant knock out isn't necessary. Actually if death is inevitable it is marginally worse for it to take several rounds, that just prolongs the agony. The question I am looking to answer is, "Once combat is entered, is it credible that, most of the time, ships that are damaged can...

2 light seconds for detection is 600,000 km, distant range under High Guard is only half that. Very distant is put to 5 million km. Detection is a bit harder but still possible, so on that basis Mongoose have extended the range of sensors not reduced them. Detection is not identification as you...

If we go by "intent" of the setting then surely the fact there is a navy tends to indicate that engagement at silly ranges is not plausible, otherwise you would just put batteries (or bays) of missile launchers, torpedoes or high end spinal weapons on the cheapest platforms you could get (which...

Certainly in other versions of Paranoia there are credits for purchasing personal equipment (earned for mission success). Doing away with money would be a commie plot :)

Sadly much of this conversation confirms why I don't have "space combat" in my game. I am sure is can be diverting as a wargame, but for an RPG it is reading as a rock paper scissors exercise with too many chances of instant and irrevocable death for the entire crew or complete financial...

Or just have Operate(Spaceship) and have done :)

Once you are in atmosphere, you could be substituting Flyer(Grav). Grav as whilst ships may be streamlined, they are not generally using wings. Is a launch dramatically different to a G-Carrier in its operation? Pilot should be for non-atmosphere space stuff and could easily subsume...

Space Jeeves :)

Ooh this is a thing! If you can keep retrying without penalty, with a 1Dx10 minute task it is almost always better to rush the job as a 1D minute task. If it means you need to roll more than 12 it obviously doesn't help, otherwise even if you normally need a 2+ and cannot fail, having 10 rolls...

Agreed, I meant they may as well keep TRYING for the double 6 until they reach the jump point not that they are guaranteed to get it. If the main is close to the sun or you wild refuel off a gas giant prior to jump transits at 1 G can take well over a day and you can have the option of multiple...

It's certainly not as bad as debugging code written by a team of programmers of indeterminate skill and with "quirky" styles, who misunderstood the syntax of the already pretty arcane 1960's era language it was written in, 30 years after it was first written, for a different platform and where...

This is perhaps somethings that needs some house ruling. There is no reason for a dedicated Astrogator not to keep retrying the check until they roll a double 6 and get the best result they could get. It takes minutes and most transits are hours to days. Frankly you can take your time and still...

That's an impressive amount of data. So to get the total traffic in District 268. I just need to put each system in and tot up the totals. I think it is calculating the BTN incorrectly. My read is that it should be WTN(Collace) = 5.5 +WTN(Tarsus) = 4 +WTCM = +0.5 (In<->NI) + Distance...

Most plebs will not be travelling, but the people who are travelling will probably travelling more than once. The amount of traffic is determined by the number of trips, not the number of individuals making those trips. But as other have pointed out, that is because they can. Have you got a...