Ship software

[ericwood8]

I have Mongoose High Guard Update 2022. It shows a bunch of star ships with ship software such as: Jump Control 2; Library; Manoeuvre; and Intellect .
The "ship’s computer" section (Page 73) of High Guard does not list them. It refers to Core book (on page 161). Why do this and not have it be full versed expert of starships? Did you really need to save a page?

 

[rinku]

High Guard is not a stand alone product. It doesn't contain the core space combat rules either.

 

[J. L. Brown]

High Guard is not a stand alone product. It doesn't contain the core space combat rules either.

High Guard is the central bible for ship construction; it extends even beyond the default setting. It makes sense that important (and especially non-setting-specific) ship software should be described there.

The 'Core Rules' are not authoritative; they are focused on player characters & presents stripped down versions of rule systems that player characters might need a place-holder for during the course of the game. CSC is another example of 'core rules do not give a full picture'; as is Mercenary; as is Bounty Hunter; as is Vehicle Handbook; as is Robot Handbook, and so on.

 

[Endie]

I’m glad that the High Guard book didn’t duplicate everything ship-related from the core book. I paid for it to get as much new stuff as they could squeeze in.