[Zozer Games] Free Supplement: Vacc Suit

[Mithras]

A free 12 page supplement that looks in detail at TL 8 and 9 vacc suits. Although it can be used with any Traveller setting, it was written for my TL9 solar system Traveller book called Orbital (out January).

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/107458/Vacc-Suit

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

SWEET!

I have always thought that the Vacc Suit in Traveller got a bit of a short shift. Considering the history of the 3I, there should be ALL KINDS of vacc suits.

 

[delrom5]

Looking forward to reading this, as I saw Zozer's Outpost Mars a day or to ago and ordered the POD edition (which arrived this morning and, on first glance, lloks rather intriguing.). It'll be interesting to see how the technology will have moved on from Outpost's 2040 to the 2100 timeframe for the Orbital book.

 

[F33D]

Thanks! If you do a TL 10-15 one I'll be 1st in line to purchase.

 

[Mithras]

Thanks everyone ... it's tricky getting the balance between NOW and the Traveller far future that TL 9 requires.

 

[F33D]

Thanks everyone ... it's tricky getting the balance between NOW and the Traveller far future than TL 9 requires.

No kidding! That's why I haven't done it but, would purchase it.

 

[delrom5]

Regarding contemporary space suit technology, have a look at http://mvl.mit.edu/EVA/biosuit/ which is also on display at the V&A until January - perhaps there'll be a surge of gamers visiting the V&A later this month/early December (Dragonmeet). There was also a documentary on Channel 4 ages ago; EQUINOX: Spacesuit, produced by Uden Associates for Channel4, transmitted August 25th, 1991.

Regarding Mars itself, Paul mentions Robert Zubrin's fiction, but his day job is as an engineer and has been advocating a Mars mission for many years;

Selected Robert Zubrin bibliography;
- The Case for Mars (ISBN-13: 978-0684835501)
- How to Live on Mars (ISBN-13: 978-0307407184 or Amazon Kindle)
- Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization (ISBN-13: 978-1585420360)

Finally, and closer to home, there's Voyage by Stephen Baxter (ISBN-13: 978-000648037 or Amazon Kindle)

 

[Hopeless]

Many thanks this will come in very useful!

 

[delrom5]

Almost forgot this...

GURPS Mars from SJ Games (ISBN 1-55634-534-8 or PDF at http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6715)

 

[Mithras]

'How To Live on Mars' I have and read, but it reads as a weary anti-NASA tract, which sort of put me off Zubrin quite a bit. I have read about his ideas, concepts and proposals though.

 

[2330ADUSA1]

I got the supplement and greatly look for the up and coming one..I will buy it in a heart beat!

The vacc Suit supplement was a nice well done product!

 

[Mithras]

Looking forward to reading this, as I saw Zozer's Outpost Mars a day or to ago and ordered the POD edition (which arrived this morning and, on first glance, lloks rather intriguing.). It'll be interesting to see how the technology will have moved on from Outpost's 2040 to the 2100 timeframe for the Orbital book.

Actually you know, I made a mistake. I wanted Orbital to be TL 9, no more, but I'd already set Outpost Mars at TL 9 even though the former is in 2100 and the latter is in 2040. Looking back I should and could have left Outpost Mars at TL 8 with no problem whatsoever...but that's hindsight. I may edit the Outpost Mars PDF when Orbital comes out to reflect that.

 

[delrom5]

...have a look at http://mvl.mit.edu/EVA/biosuit/ which is also on display at the V&A until January...

I only went and misread the dates, skipping the (October) 2011 to (January) 2012. Doh!

 

[Mithras]

...have a look at http://mvl.mit.edu/EVA/biosuit/ which is also on display at the V&A until January...

Ah thanks for the link! I decided not to include the 'skinsuit' design, it seemed to high tech, more TL 12 than TL 9!

 

[kermit]

Just wait till you see the cool Venus "skin suits" he's developing. Made out of recycled underwear waistbands and old bottle caps. It's TL7.

 

[Mithras]

Just wait till you see the cool Venus "skin suits" he's developing. Made out of recycled underwear waistbands and old bottle caps. It's TL7.

I'd like to see that!

 

[Anonymous]

Paul

A question re vacc suit skill and the action penalties laid out in Orbital/FS: Vacc Suit:

You mention (tho don't list for all suits) the the HEV suit has a required skill of vacc suit 2, standard vacc suit rules from Mongoose cause a negative dm for failing to meet that requirement.

Did you intend your action penalty to be in addition to the Mongoose DM or to replace it?

Ta!

 

[Mithras]

Hi, I did intend these Vacc Suit rules to be used instead of the penalties imposed by Mongoose. Just so everything fits together more cleanly.

Paul

A question re vacc suit skill and the action penalties laid out in Orbital/FS: Vacc Suit:

You mention (tho don't list for all suits) the the HEV suit has a required skill of vacc suit 2, standard vacc suit rules from Mongoose cause a negative dm for failing to meet that requirement.

Did you intend your action penalty to be in addition to the Mongoose DM or to replace it?

Ta!

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the response and clarification.

Looking at it again I realised it would have been close to impossible if the two had been added together: a PC with vacc 1 using the improved HEV suit would be at -5!

Big thanks for the setting, great to see TL9 being played up and such well thought out background.

 

[ShawnDriscoll]

Zozer Games did good making 2040AD era (Outpost Mars) and 2100AD era (Orbital) role-play using Mongoose Traveller.