Mongoose 2300AD Progress Report

[Colin]

I've been working on 2300AD for a couple of months now, and things are starting to gel quite nicely. Especially now that the Vehicles book is out of the way.
I've got starship design pretty much ironed out. That was a major part of the effort for this book, making 2300AD starship design work with the standard system. It now does, and it is all table-based. I just need to work a little on surface-to-orbit systems.
Most of the spacecraft/starship section is done. Just a couple of ships to add, and then stat them all up.
The vehicle section is done, and I should be able to stat them up over the weekend.
I'm torn on the starmap. While I would like to use a new starmap, it would require a great deal of work, and time. I have to make a decision on it in the next couple of days.
The equipment section is almost done. I just have to add the Sk-19 back in, and it should be good to go.
"Aliens" is complete. Ebers, Sung, Xiang and Blattes, oh my.
Outposts and Enclaves is nearly complete.
Currently working on an expanded DNA modification section.
I've got a fun section on colonial diseases, parasites, and "Planetary Adaptation Syndrome"
I should have a more complete summary in a couple of weeks. 8)

 

[rust]

This sounds very good so far.

So: Go, Colin, go ! :wink:

 

[Colin]

Oh, right, and Pentapods. Can't forget about Pentapods. They're there, too. Along with a couple of biological starships and the tooth gun.

 

[carandol]

*Really* looking forward to this. Always loved the background but hated the rules

Is the background being updated (in terms of backstory) or is it a sort of alternate future from a WW3 that never happened?

 

[Colin]

Updated. My thinking is that 2300AD is a possible future for us. Just like the original game was a possible future for 1986. There is still a Twilight period, which includes a war. Recovery takes a little longer and the rest of the timeline is a little bit more compressed.

 

[carandol]

Updated. My thinking is that 2300AD is a possible future for us. Just like the original game was a possible future for 1986. There is still a Twilight period, which includes a war. Recovery takes a little longer and the rest of the timeline is a little bit more compressed.

Makes sense! Good luck with it.

 

[GJD]

Outstanding news.

My personal take is stick with the original star map, it's more accurate than most and if it's a possible future, then stars could have ended up in different positions to where they are now.

G.

 

[Colin]

From my point of view, it is simply far easier to use the original. While I would love to use current data, and real exoplanets, it may not be feasible. I'll see where I am by the end of the weekend.

 

[zero]

Slowly becoming more interested in this release... especially as my Traveller games are slowly going more hard scifi and travel times are becoming more important due to Reaction Drives.

 

[Dave Chase]

Congrats on the progress.

Dave Chase

 

[apoc527]

Is this a real release or fan project? Either way, I'm going to go off gibbering in excitement now.

 

[Colin]

It's a real release, for later this year.

 

[Vile]

I've got a fun section on colonial diseases, parasites, and "Planetary Adaptation Syndrome"

Sold!

Is this a real release or fan project? Either way, I'm going to go off gibbering in excitement now.

It's both! :lol:

 

[Colin]

Oh yeah, a section on NPCs and beasties, additional vehicle design rules specific to 2300AD, for use with the new Vehicles books, cortex-hacking, cybernetics, robots, drones, combat walkers, a lexicon, new careers, background options, and lots of fun stuff. Neo-dogs, Pentapod shivas, a bunch of colony worlds, new worlds to explore...

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

 

[crazy_cat]

Looking forward to this a lot. Is there any sort of estimate on a date for this beyond 'later this year'?

 

[Sturn]

Great to hear this! I own anything ever published about 2300AD and will add this to my list.

 

[SSWarlock]

Great to hear this! I own anything ever published about 2300AD and will add this to my list.

Same here. I almost prefer 2300AD over the 3rd Imperial because it seemed to be a bit more manageable for me as a GM and a bit more easily related to as a player.

I can feel my credit card starting to get warm already. Excellent, excellent news, Colin; thank you!

 

[Jame Rowe]

I've got a fun section on colonial diseases, parasites, and "Planetary Adaptation Syndrome"

Sold!

Is this a real release or fan project? Either way, I'm going to go off gibbering in excitement now.

It's both! :lol:

I am also sold. And props to Colin for doing this release, which I shall buy a copy of.

 

[zero]

Most interested on the changed spaceship creation rules and surface-to-orbit transits.

Seems v. cool so far

 

[Colin]

There are multiple types of interface travel available in 2300AD. Starport code from the UWP is changed to reflect what type of commercially available interface travel the world has, not the capabilities of the port. Each successive letter code assumes that the other types mention are also available on that world.
A- Beanstalk
B- Catapult
C- Spaceplane
D- Roton
E- Disposable Rocket
X- None

So a world with a beanstalk also has the other types available
.
The design system will specifically address spaceplanes, rotons, and rockets, but the book will contain rules for all type.