Well I now have the book in my hands and I like it; and the speed which the errata appeared plus the free adventure (now where have I seen that before??? :lol: ) are all very gratifying.
But ... after reading through the sections on ships and vehicles I think I have found a few more “oversights” that hopefully can be fixed if there is a 2nd edition -
Thor Main Battle Tank [p89]
The text describes the binary BilPro cannon but this is not listed under the Weapons column in the Vehicle Table, in fact the weapon entered again the Thor is “Mounted PPG” but I cannot find that in any weapons list in the book.
Starfury Heavy Fighter: Aurora [p99-100]
In the game stats the ‘Fury is listed as having 2 x Pulse Cannons, but these are not on weapon list [p97]; there are Heavy, light, Mini and Uni pulse cannons, but nothing for a plain Pulse Cannon.
In the plans the pulse cannons shown on in the wrong places, the labels point to the engine mounts on the ends of the wings, not to the mounts on the wing roots as shown correctly on the pictures on p8.
Starfury Heavy Fighter: Thunderbolt [p101-102]
The text entry describes four linked pulse cannons and a forward facing laser beam. Pardon?! :shock: This weapon suite has never been shown in any other game incarnation (B5 d20, B5W) or seen on the show.
The game stats below list 2 x Pulse Cannons & 2 x Light Pulse Cannons (funny, just the same as an Aurora; cut and paste perhaps?), no mention of the beam laser here; and to cap it all the deck plans correctly show a Gatling pulse cannon.
Olympus Class Corvette [p110-114]
In the text and the game stats there is no mention of Interceptor / Defence grids?
Also the stats list Medium Pulse Cannon but again these weapons are not listed on the chart p97.
While none of these are “game-breaking” errors they are annoying and should have been caught before publication. I just hope that the next book will be proof read well, and by someone with a lot of B5 background, before it hits the shelves.
DW
