Pioneer Kickstarter Preview

[Takei]

I've had a quick browse through the preview and one thing jumps out at me; none of the skill tables have Zero-G. Characters can get a level of Zero-G from a life event but not through basic training or a skill roll. Or am I missing something?

 

[CordwainerFish]

I think it's primarily meant to be a learn by doing skill, as you automatically get Zero-G 0 if you go on a space mission and come back alive; also if you ever get Athletics (Dex) 2, you immediately also get Zero-G 0 if you didn't have it (found that buried in the text).

 

[Michael S]

I think it's primarily meant to be a learn by doing skill, as you automatically get Zero-G 0 if you go on a space mission and come back alive; also if you ever get Athletics (Dex) 2, you immediately also get Zero-G 0 if you didn't have it (found that buried in the text).

I wonder if this is based on the Preview nature of rules, and the full release will add more details - Learn by doing makes a lot of sense though

 

[Takei]

Thanks for the answers. Zero-G being a learning by doing skill makes a lot of sense (I'm not sure if spending time in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab or in the Vomit Comet would give you full skill levels). I was mostly curious as some of the pre-gens have levels of Zero-G, not just 0. Chris the Engineer has Zero-G 2 but no Space Suit 0 so rules-wise has not spent any time in space. Whenever I read a new game I use any presented charaters as reference for how chargen (and the game in general) works.

I like what I see so far. The layout is clean and readable, and most of the art pieces look OK to good. Although some of them needed to be reality-checked (the location of the umbilicals on the cover, the guard rails on the gantry on page 69, and the rockets on page 71).

 

[MongooseMatt]

I wonder if this is based on the Preview nature of rules, and the full release will add more details

Yes

 

[Takei]

One thing that really made me smile in the preview is the unwritten story of the girl sitting on her dad's shoulders on page 7 to being in space on page 90. I've heard many interviews with astronauts (mainly on NASA's "Houston, We Have a Podcast") and quite a few of them say it was watching a launch with a parent or at school that got them interested in space.

 

[tzunder]

Not quite sure what the Mission Control book is in the Kickstarter..

 

[shirgall]

Not quite sure what the Mission Control book is in the Kickstarter..

From the description it's a collection of missions, so you want to separate it for reference by the referee and not necessarily include it in the core rulebook.