Singularity Errata

[Terry Mixon]

I think misunderstood my cross out. The old is still the current until the new is released.

I'll ask Chris if he wants a copy of the more-or-less working spreadsheet (it's a formatting problem, not a computing problem).

I did misunderstand. The new Vehicle Handbook comes out before (or close to) Singularity, so it would make sense to use the new system. It’s a bad call to make the design not follow the rules that will be in effect when it hits print. It’ll be obsolete before anyone can use it.

 

[Garnfellow]

Singularity Sourcebook, "Naalir," page 18 - "The [sublight alien ship discovered in -4275] was large by Vilani standards, approximately
750,000 tons. Its engines were strange, not at all like those that Humaniti had developed, nor those of the Vargr, Aslan, or any of the other species the Vilani had encountered."

By -4275 the Vilani Imperium had contacted neither the Vargr (first contact -2700) nor the Aslan, and the latter were probably never contacted during the First Imperium. The expanding Vilani had contacted numerous human and non-human races by this date, but very few -- maybe only the Geonee (first contact -9000) -- had jump drives that weren't directly or indirectly descended from Vilani designs. Some Droyne communities had rediscovered jump drive around -7000 but it's not clear if the Vilani had contacted any of them by -4275, and even if they had First Imperium Vilani didn't realize the disparate Droyne communities all belonged to a single species.

Maybe the easiest edit is just "Its engines were strange, not at all like those of any of the other species the Vilani had encountered."

 

[Terry Mixon]

In the Peregrine stretch goal, the hop drive ship has the wrong text for the fuel capacity. It should read "H-1, 12 weeks of operation, plus Ship's Boat".

 

[Terry Mixon]

Also, as a TL16 ship, Mother should give the Peregrine TL16 superior sensors. Those aren't even prototypes at that tech level.

 

[Terry Mixon]

One more suggestion, as the ship has a medical bay but might be shy on actual medics, replace one (or more) of the three beds with advanced AutoDocs from the Robot Handbook.

 

[Terry Mixon]

The writup for the Jump Spines says this: "The spinal link subconsciously connects the astrogator (and engineer, if included) via a neural link to the ship’s Hop Control software and jump drive" That should be hop drive, or maybe replace jump and hop with jump/hop in this section since it can apply to either.

 

[mavikfelna]

In the Peregrine stretch goal, the hop drive ship has the wrong text for the fuel capacity. It should read "H-1, 12 weeks of operation, plus Ship's Boat".

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Also, fuel tonnage should be 14, not 44

 

[Terry Mixon]

Also, fuel tonnage should be 14, not 44

Not by my calculations. H-1 on a 400-ton ship is 10%, so 40 tons. The other 4 tons are for the ship's boat and 12 weeks of operations.

 

[mavikfelna]

Not by my calculations. H-1 on a 400-ton ship is 10%, so 40 tons. The other 4 tons are for the ship's boat and 12 weeks of operations.

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Doh! Forgot it was 400 tons. I was thinking of the Velios? The detachable scout from the Fortuna.

 

[Terry Mixon]

Doh! Forgot it was 400 tons. I was thinking of the Velios? The detachable scout from the Fortuna.

That makes a difference.

 

[Terry Mixon]

The vehicle in the newly dropped Anther stretch goal looks to be from the old Vehicle Handbook with the glance I took. I suggest that you get the most recent Vehicle Handbook spreadsheet from @Geir and update it (and all vehicles in the Singularity Campaign) since it makes no sense to have the vehicles be obsolete before the product even goes on sale. The new Vehicle Handbook is in layout so the rules are settled and the book will release before Singularity. Do the right thing and avoid intentionally using the old rule set. Please avoid this unforced error.

 

[MongooseMatt]

Already working on it

 

[ProfGrizzlyJon]

Just downloaded the new Singularity sourcebooks, and discovered this for Anther:

Just to be clear, the range is in kilometers? Otherwise, with Blast 20, the user are always damaged whenever this is fired.

Is this a typo? "Reduces jump time by 6D hours to a minimum of 242" is strange when a week is only 168 hours

 

[Geir]

The vehicle in the newly dropped Anther stretch goal looks to be from the old Vehicle Handbook with the glance I took. I suggest that you get the most recent Vehicle Handbook spreadsheet from @Geir and update it (and all vehicles in the Singularity Campaign) since it makes no sense to have the vehicles be obsolete before the product even goes on sale. The new Vehicle Handbook is in layout so the rules are settled and the book will release before Singularity. Do the right thing and avoid intentionally using the old rule set. Please avoid this unforced error.

I just did all 11 Singularity vehicles, so we should be good.

 

[Terry Mixon]

I just did all 11 Singularity vehicles, so we should be good.

Thank you!

 

[Terry Mixon]

Already working on it

Thank you!

 

[Terry Mixon]

The Law Enforcement Unit in the Anther stretch goal almost works. So close. Here it is entered into the spreadsheet.



The price is close though it goes a tad over. It is one slot short on space, though, when a bandwidth upgrade is added to allow the skills listed to be had at those levels.

One easy solution is to remove the Robotic Drone Controller. Is it intended to control other drones? Nothing along those lines is mentioned, and that is what that equipment is for. To be controlled, it only needs the Drone Controller.

It is a pricy beast, and it could be made less expensive by dropping the processor and adding INT upgrades.

Here is that less expensive version with the same exact capabilities tweaked to make it all legal. Coincidentally, dropping the processor freed up a slot so I was able to add the Robotic Drone Controller back in. It's more than KCr100 cheaper and has all the same capabilities. If the Robotic Drone Controller isn't required, you can save another KCr50 and have a slot for something else. You even have a point of bandwidth you could use for something.




If you bump the DEX by 1 point (Cr800 per arm) that adds a DM+1 to your Gun Combat for a very cheap price. I'd suggest doing that, too.

 

[GabrielGABFonseca]

I'm a bit late to the party, but I've just finished reading the Singularity Sourcebook and have come here to report little typos and mistakes I've found while doing so. It's possible (likely, even) that many if not all of these have been pointed out before; if they have, I apologise.
As per usual, entries with [?] appended are ones I'm not sure if there's actually been a mistake.

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Page 4, 'Campaign Summary', 1st Paragraph: "The first act is called Sylean Dream, in which the Travellers are introduced to Naalir the alien conscious intelligence that is central to the campaign." - Missing comma between 'Naalir' and 'the alien conscious intelligence'.
Page 10, 'Artificial intelligence in the Third Imperium': Missing formatting, as I assume this was meant to be a section heading (Bold, Point 22 under the standard Mongoose manuscript formatting).
Page 22, 4th Paragraph: "(...) dating as far back as the early Arbilatran Era (...)" - This should read Arbelatran, after Empress Abrellatra, not 'Arbilatran'.
Page 30, Deck Plans, Deck 3: Extra curved wall segment by biosphere (item 11) blocking access to airlock.
Page 38, Deck Plans: The floor hatch on Deck 2 needs to be moved one square to the right, so it properly lines up with the ceiling hatch of the Fuel and Expedition Modules.
Page 46: Review the rules for Luxury passengers as there are currently some oddities in the DMs and in the formatting. - I believe these might have been previously addressed.
Page 54, 'How It Works', 3rd Paragraph: There are rogue extra parentheses and period in the text following 'but it is not standard operating procedure.".'
[?] Page 87, 1st & 2nd Paragraphs: I have had trouble fully understanding how reintegrations wherein the embodiment has taken damage is meant to work, and do think either a worked example or clearer phrasing might be required.
[?] Page 94, 'How to Referee The Sim', 2nd Paragraph: "Sim in this campaign are described in the Sim Types table." - Missing plural in the first 'Sim', where it should be Sims(?).
Page 96, 'Active Participant', 1st Paragraph: "They can establish private connections with other agents intercept communications from opposed agents, and affect their programming if equipped with the appropriate software." - Missing comma between 'other agents' and 'intercept communications'.