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.