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Science Fiction Roleplaying in the worlds of the future!
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http://strangerthings.tv/episodes Stranger Things is an original series that blends a mixture of science fiction, science fantasy, and horror into the modern world. Each episode is a self-contained episode experience that tears back the veil of what we call "normal reallity."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/science/space/17planet.html “This probably is not habitable, but it didn’t miss the habitable zone by that much,” said David Charbonneau of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who led the team that discovered the new planet and will reports its findings on Thursday in the journal Nature. Geoffrey W. Marcy, a planet hunter from the University of California, Berkeley, wrote in an accompanying article in Nature that the new work provided “the most watertight evidence so far for a planet that is something like our own Earth, outside our solar system.” Only 2.7 times the size of Earth and 6.6 times as massive, th…
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Apparently none of them could be another Krypton.
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I'm toying with the idea of making a writeup of mobile suits from the aniem Gunbdam Wing. The OZ-00MS Tallgeese as a vernier rocket system that proved fatal for most pilot to handle at top speed. How do you simulate that? Would that be a limitation to the Flight power of the suit or a disadvantage for the Tallgeese as a whole?
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Hi people, I went on this while surfing on wikipedia; it's a vertical take-off/landing portable drone developed by the US military: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM156_Class_I_UAV Reminds me of the sniper's drone in Star Wars Battlefront...
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[EDIT: Someone has rightly pointed out that this discussion would be more appropriate for another forum, so I will be re-posting it there. Please disregard the post. Thank you.] I'm curious -- how does your table handle the "vehicles for vehicles/bases" rules when designing bases or vehicles? Some thoughts... At one end of the spectrum, "The Ultimate Vehicle" includes an example of an elevator on p. 167 as a vehicle. This seems unnecessary to me: surely an elevator or a turbolift can be considered "everyvehicle/everybase" equipment? As a more central position, that same book describes defining missiles as vehicles, and gives examples of various types …
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http://crowlspace.com/?p=616 Review of Hal Clement's last novel "Noise", and the hellish planet the colonists live on. The same planet you soon will be using to torture your player characters.
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In Star Trek, the advanced sensors of futuristic space craft could practically detect anything. But realistically, what are the options for "sensors" - shipboard or hand held? Where can I get a primer on (somewhat) realistic "sensor" technologies? What are my players going to be able to tell about that lush green planetoid they see out their viewports before they establish orbit and send down a dropship?
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Okay, my last game with the Ix'Idar kind of ran into a serious AI bug. Plus picking Hyperlanes only still seems to be a bad idea with the AI and Warpdrive got buffed a bit. Another Idea I have been toying with is this, a Anti-Ethics Divergence build - the Roman Stellar Empire. History: "Officially the Roman Empire was defeated. Unbeknowst to many it lived forth in form of a Secret Soceity. In the early 22nd Century they released a Virus that shortened the human livespan considerably, but also made the more conformist. Later they infiltrated the Ulyssis Initiative and took over or sabotaged the Wormhole drives of most other ships. It took them 100 years to re-establish…
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So, as related in this thread, I got my players interested in at least giving Traveller Hero a shot. The first session started on Alell, a resort planet in the Regina subsector. I didn't have much canonical info on Alell, so I winged it from the scraps I did have. Dramatis Personae: Captain Donovan Fisk, owner and captain of the Spindrift Maiden out of Mora (former merchant who retired from Al Morai) George "Geo" Timmons, hotshot pilot (former Navy pilot, dishonorably discharged) Musush "Sushi" Biiana, navigator and steward (a remittance woman and black sheep of a noble family, she's paid by her family to stay away from their interests) Ganidiirsi "Gani"…
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So, er, spoilers ahoy if you haven't read Alien Wars, I guess. I waited until after finishing the book to post this question, just in case the answer came up buried in the GM's Vault. It didn't, so... Senator O'Reilly's death by cane beating seems like it comes totally out of left field. Plus, that out of ninety-odd people, no one moved to stop Prince seems more than mildly implausible. I thought for sure the GM's Vault would have something about the Senator being mind-controlled, or replaced by an alien replicant, but no, apparently she was just a typical venal human. Anyone have any insight to as to what prompted that particular decision on the author's p…
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Some old Campaign Notes I found. Enjoy. McCarron’s War McCarron's Long March Route and Timeline. 1 3022 August Tawas [0] Achemar Combat Region, Crucius March, Federated Suns. Forces: Defenders: Tristam’s Terrorists Attackers: Hamilton’s Cavaliers (Thunderbolts & Vindicators) Objectives: Terrain: Victory Conditions: 1 3022 August Farwell [0] Achemar Combat Region, Crucius March, Federated Suns. Forces: Defenders: Attackers: Devon’s Devistators (Wolverines) Objectives: Refineries Terrain: Victory Conditions: 1 3022 August Kathil [0] Kathil Combat Region, Crucius March, Federated Suns. Forces: Defende…
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This is a bit of a cross post, but I'm not sure how many people actually go to the Player Finder to find online games so forgive the faux pas I've started a game on Hero Central, that is loosely based on the T.V. show Firefly (and the movie Serenity of course). I'm looking for 4-6 people to crew a ship bound for adventure! You can check it out here
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OK, I'm project manager =) Seriously, for those who don't remember the last time I did one of these (and it has been a couple of years) the idea is simple, we're going to create a resourse for the Hero Gaming Community, this time around a setting for Star Hero called "The Pirates of the Naebbirac Astroid Belt". The rules are simple, everyone shows respect to each other, any one can post any ideas they have, if I like them I put them into "the living document", which I post with some regularity (normaly I double post it, current version as an edit to the first post and also at the end so we can see how it evolves) So what is The Pirates of the Naebbirac Astroid …
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I've posted some of these before, but I am going to repost them here so they are all in one place, as a character spends xp so we can see how they grow First is Princess Iacammai Background: Iacammai has been a slave sense the day she was born, her mother had been a slave as well for the majority of her life. Her people were taken over by the spider years ago and have been sold as slaves. They tend to make the best Navigators and pilots so many of the slaves find themselves forced to work in these jobs. Because of the high chance of escape the slaves tend to have an overseer nearby. Iacammai would be the Princess of her world if the spiders had not conquer…
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Lynn Worthington Player: Jason Wedel Val Char Cost 15 STR 5 14 DEX 12 13 CON 6 12 BODY 4 13 INT 3 11 EGO 2 13 PRE 3 10 COM 0 5 PD 2 5 ED 2 3 SPD 6 6 REC 0 26 END 0 27 STUN 0 7" RUN 2 2" SWIM 0 3" LEAP 0 Characteristics Cost: 47 Cost Martial Arts Maneuver 4 Martial Strike: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +2 DCV, 5d6 Strike 4 Martial Dodge: 1/2 Phase, -- OCV, +5 DCV, Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort 4 Martial Block: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort 3 Weapon Element: Blades, Clubs, Empty Hands, Polearms and Spears Martial Arts Cost: 15 Cost Skill 3 Bureaucratics 12- 3 Conversation 12- 3 Deduction…
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For the Pulp Sci Fi again This time former gang leader, now working as a waitress while going to school to become a nurse, please critique Maria Sanchez Player: Val Char Cost 13 STR 3 18 DEX 24 15 CON 10 9 BODY -2 18 INT 8 11 EGO 2 13 PRE 3 18 COM 4 3/6 PD 0 3/6 ED 0 3 SPD 2 6 REC 0 30 END 0 25 STUN 1 6" RUN 0 2" SWIM 0 2 1/2" LEAP 0 Characteristics Cost: 55 Cost Power 10 Luck 2d6 Powers Cost: 10 Cost Skill 1 AK 8- 1 Acting 8- 1 Climbing 8- 1 Combat Driving 8- 1 Computer Programming 8- 3 Concealment 13- 1 Conversation 8- 1 Criminology 8- 1 Deduction 8- 3 KS: Common Knowledg…
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The following character is for the flash gordon game I am working on She is the one alien I permited into the starting group She is a member of a bird like race, she is starting as a slave to the spider queen She is also the granddaughter to the queen of her people (Now dead, as is her parents) However her people are a conquered and enslaved people, so the royal blood is fairly irrelevent from a character sheet POV Any questions can and will be answered Pidge Player: Val Char Cost 8 STR -2 18 DEX 9 13 CON 6 9 BODY -2 13 INT 3 13 EGO 6 13 PRE 3 18 COM 4 3/6 PD 1 3/6 ED 0 4 SPD 7 5 REC 0 26 END 0 20 STU…
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Character for my upcoming Flash Gordon inspired game I am still working on the disads, he needs 20 points more, hunteds are not allowed Backstory is that he was a Mechanic in the USMC who opened his own Garage after the First Gulf War. We handle everyman skills oddly, basicaly I gave a list of recomended, and extra points, instead of these are free The strait forward disad, basicaly it represents that his perfered strtagies with everything is very to the point (Forward attacks, does not do the diplomacy thing very well, etc...) Sam Freeman Player: Val Char Cost 18 STR 8 15 DEX 15 15 CON 10 13 BODY 6 13 INT 3 11 EGO 2 15 PR…
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G. Darius Allerby, Esq.
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Hello HEROdom, as a side project I thought to compile as many Conversions and Adaptations to Star HERO as possible. So here it is. If I missed any please submit them and I will add them. Alternity Hero (Thanks Starwolf) http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44190 Andromeda HERO http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1893 Alien Legion HERO http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=722 Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers HERO http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14169 http:// http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/4721/gr/ Babylon 5 HERO http://www.starherofandom.com/b5/index.php'>http://www.starhero…
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This article from National Goegraphic. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/03/0302_050302_galactic_radio.html General Premise: Contact (movie) meets Stargate. Earth receives transmissions from another race closer to galaxy core. They learn that there are several races out there that have begun communicating to one another and begin to share technology, including space travel tech. Ok, what next?
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Hi all about to start a Cyberpunk Hero campaign (well... at the moment only one one-shot and maybe few adventures but it's still a good start) and wondering how to rule the drones in the settings, drones uses a sofisticated computer-like semi-AI called "robobrain"; this let the drone acting in similar way than already trained animals. Drones are built as automaton-like animals (and i can also use some animal sheets from bestiary to build drones just adding them automaton powers and something else) So long, drone users just have to turn on the drones and then issue some command (using a drone handling skill similar to animal handling) and the drones will act. Ob…
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Question: The ship comes in at 97 meters long (on the map, add about 3-6 meters of hull and such to each side), and about 34 meters wide. It has 3 decks, the lower being 12 meters high in the cargo hold, the rest and the upper decks each being 2.25 meters tall with about 1.25m space between decking in most areas. Now, by raw measurement, I came up with about 107m long, 42m wide including structure, hull, armor, etc. 53.5" by 21", or essentially size 17. Actual usable area, however, is only 800~850 hexes. Size 16. Which should I go with? Also, any comments / suggestions about that map? I know there has to be some imporant ship-board somethi…
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