Gemini Ascendant Campaign

[Nolgroth]

(not everything needs a stat, some things just are.)

And I am one that certainly gets caught up in the "must stat everything" mode too.

"Hello my name is James and I'm a Stat addict."

[Starwolf]

Ok Sam beta version 1 (work in progress).

I have a pilots/space helmet that matches the flight suit and armor, but I wanted to show her hair in this version. I still can't render til I fix my RAM issue but I was able to screen shot it, then crop the image and save as a jpg.

Her eyes are green though you can't really tell til I do some closeup face shots.

[ghost-angel]

Ok Sam beta version 1 (work in progress).

I have a pilots/space helmet that matches the flight suit and armor, but I wanted to show her hair in this version. I still can't render til I fix my RAM issue but I was able to screen shot it, then crop the image and save as a jpg.

Her eyes are green though you can't really tell til I do some closeup face shots.

looks decent, will wait for a render before an actual version - or you could send me a Morph file and I could render it.

I would say she might have shorter hair, being military, and wearing flight helmets alot. But not very shory, just above the shoulders.

I've no idea what you're using the flight suit, but I like it. Though I'm not sure what's up with that ginormous shoulder pad?

[Starwolf]

looks decent, will wait for a render before an actual version - or you could send me a Morph file and I could render it.

I would say she might have shorter hair, being military, and wearing flight helmets alot. But not very shory, just above the shoulders.

I've no idea what you're using the flight suit, but I like it. Though I'm not sure what's up with that ginormous shoulder pad?

Do you have a way to render a .daz file type, that is the only way I can save it for now til I fix the stupid RAM. Everytime I try to do any type of render or save/export other than that the dang program crashes and shutsdown completely... really bizarre. And for some reason Vista doesn't like poser 6 all of a sudden. It won't run at all... Sometimes Beta Testing can be a pain in the A$%!.

K... so shorten the hair just a bit... and dump the shoulder pauldron from the right shoulder. Like I said this is a work in progress, I plan on applying the Deathwish Squadron logo as a shoulder patch on the uniform, adding a holster for a handgun/blaster thingy, and I decided to put the helmet in the next render/screen shot under her arm. The helmet will have a custom texture with her call sign on it. I also found a very cool fighter that I will apply both the squadron logo and her name/callsign too. I can pose her both next to the fighter and in the cockpit

[ghost-angel]

Do you have a way to render a .daz file type, that is the only way I can save it for now til I fix the stupid RAM. Everytime I try to do any type of render or save/export other than that the dang program crashes and shutsdown completely... really bizarre. And for some reason Vista doesn't like poser 6 all of a sudden. It won't run at all... Sometimes Beta Testing can be a pain in the A$%!.

K... so shorten the hair just a bit... and dump the shoulder pauldron from the right shoulder. Like I said this is a work in progress, I plan on applying the Deathwish Squadron logo as a shoulder patch on the uniform, adding a holster for a handgun/blaster thingy, and I decided to put the helmet in the next render/screen shot under her arm. The helmet will have a custom texture with her call sign on it. I also found a very cool fighter that I will apply both the squadron logo and her name/callsign too. I can pose her both next to the fighter and in the cockpit

I use DAZ and Bryce exclusively. You couldn't get me to touch the atrocity that is the Poser Interface if you paid me.

[solron915]

Are we changing our weapons to TE and how can i get a list of what's aviable as all I have is an early copy of STK.

[ghost-angel]

I would say anything listed as ATRI9 on ST p11 is definite. Nolgroth mentioned he liked lasers more, so probably pushing weapons to ATRI10 could work, wait for Nolgroth's final answer on that.

[Starwolf]

Nol said personal weapons were ATRI 10. I think he is leaning towards the high end of 9 and the beginning of 10 anyway.

[Starwolf]

Are we changing our weapons to TE and how can i get a list of what's aviable as all I have is an early copy of STK.

I'll give you a call tomorrow...

[Starwolf]

Regarding the armored environment suits, I grabbed the Dracon armor because it was the only thing even remotely like what I was thinking. As it is, I think we changed the Armor values to 10rPD/rED + 6rPD/ED on all locations but the hands and head.

The laser riflle and charactersitic enhancers are not present, but it does have systems to compensate for its weight giving a net gain/loss of affected characteristics as 0. Not sure if buying that with bonus charactersistics with the limitation Only to Offest Penalties or just buying it with No Mass would be the better option there.

In regards to Armor in general, I've seriously been thinking about using an alternate version of the alternate version of Ablative rules for armor. The alternate rules for Ablative are that for every hit that the defensive power takes that could get past the defenses and damage the character, the defense loses 5 active points. That is such an odd number that I would just abbreviate that to 1 DEF (1 rPD/1 rED). That rule would cover all armor, including vehicle armor and personal armor. The armor can be repaired, given access to materials and tools as well as the time to do it.

I'm probably going to test using those rules to see if it causes too much grief. I personally think it is a way of keeping heavily armored characters from dominating combat. Defenses like Combat Luck would not be affected by these rules, nor would Force Field technology.

K... so if I read this correctly we change the armor to 10 RPD/10RED plus an additional 6RPD/6RED the has limited coverage: does not protect hands or head. Remove the Laser Rifle, & the DEX and STR enhancers.

There are also leaping servos, a flight system, some rather extreme sensor capabilities and defenses for the sensors. Should we keep these, modify them, or drop them completely. IRRC you had stated before that they had communcations (HRRH) and Life Support, but I am not clear on the other stuff.

Once I have this info I will be ready to submit both Wade and Doc Caspar for GM consumption...

[Nolgroth]

Weapons

Plasma Weapons: No
Gauss Weapons: Yes
Laser Weapons: Yes
Ion Weapons: Yes

Armor

Leaping Servos: No
Other locomotion: Yes, space only EVA jets optional add-on
Sealed Life Support: Yes
Strength/Movement Augmentation: Yes, but only to move around without penalty.
Integral Weapons: No.
Sensory, Vision: Telescopic, IR, UV, Transmit
Sensory, Audio: Augmented minor (+2 PER), Transmit
Sensory, Olfactory: Restricted/blocked
Sensory, Touch: Limited
Sensory, Radio: HRRP, Closed Net Encryption (Bought as mind link)
Armor: 6 base, + 10 except for hands and faceplate (head)
Fight computer: No, though there is a mount for one

[Starwolf]

Here is the HDC for ship, Enjoy!

[Nolgroth]

Thanks Starwolf. BTW, I think Thibault plating isn't limited to metallic objects.

[Starwolf]

Thanks Starwolf. BTW, I think Thibault plating isn't limited to metallic objects.

You are correct, that was a typo from where I edited the magnetic plates back into Thibault plates...

Not enough caffiene..

[solron915]

Well I just ordered SH and TE from Heroes and they are on sale too. I don't know how long it takes to recieve them but atleast I'll be able to follow up on the things you guys are talking about. And I can update my character on my own. (I hope, maybe I'll need a little help) . If they still have STK and AW on sale a little later i pick those up too .