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James Hogan's old Ganymede Trilogy posited a drive involving two miniature black holes in a stable orbit within the engine mass. The rubber science includes gravity control though...

1) Knockback generated by EB's and KA's are the same (on average), the extra 1d6 for KA's is to counterbalance the higher BODY total. 2) The STUN lotto begins at -1 to account for the higher BODY total on the dice, giving a multiple of 1,1,2,3,4,5. A cinematic GM takes the 1 hits as through and throughs that the BODY is coping with shock and STUN loss from. The 5 on the lotto is "hit him right between the eyes witha .50 caliber round, he's down and lying in an expanding pool of blood" 3) Statistically, yes, KA damage may be slightly higher. This is NOT relevant to defenses unless there are no resistant defenses on the target. 4) I wish I still had the damn table I did on the last thread this came up on. Next time I'll save it.

Huh. I never thought about NOT allowing Dive for Cover with other movement modes. Superleap (Hulk), Teleport (Nightcrawler), Swinging (Spidey) One of the villains (Earthmaster? Something like that) had 20" of Tunnelling. The PC's were very annoyed when she dove for cover (from a thrown vehicle, as I recall)...she dove straight down. The quick thinker tossed a grenade in the hole after her on the next phase. I haven't had a problem with it that I can recall. It doesn't seem any more abusive than "I smile and go Desolid" or a Dive vertically or horizontally with flight.

Lightning:: Would be more of a Flash character, created by the experimental super soldier programs. He might have electrical resistance, but not proofing. Perhaps it acts as a turbocharger on more moderate speed powers. He likely would still be alive, and practicing, his lifespan is written as 400 years. Children? Only if he was seduced by a beauty in the French Resistance. He would have acknowledged and supported them, but kept his identity secret from them. One or two might develop mutant electrical powers and/or speed powers though. It is latent in his genes. FlameJet:: Famed for his actions of slagging tanks on the battlefield as he slogged through the mud with vartious foot soldiers, he was tragically wounded at Normandy when his landing craft sank while he was firing on the emplacements above the beach. The resulting cloud of steam obscured many targets from the gunners, but it also damaged the lungs of many men as the surrounding ocean superheated. His powers crippled by overextension, Jet spent the remainder of his years in a wheelchair, happily married to a New York deb. He died of of natural causes related to his powers in the early 80's. His fortune sustains his children to this day, and one of his sons sits in the Senate, another is a state governer. his favorite graddaughter is attending high school in the Bible Belt, a school that recently experienced an outbreak of vandalism involving welding torches...

Lightning:: Leader of the Robolts, is a well adjusted high speed transit bot, with an onboard supercomputer. The computer is maintained and operated by large amounts of absorbed electricity in an onboard reserevoir. The accident which resulted in the suprconductive psuedo-neurological brain improvement also allowed Lightning to rebuild the shattered bodies of his life mate, a professional welder bot, and his factory brother, a portable power generator designed to support heavy mining operations. FlaeJet:: Hmm. Designed as a military grade plasma projector for use in the South American Corporate Warzone, the warbot that became Flamejet suffered a magnetic burst that not only allowed him to achieve sentience, but it enabled him to override and communicate with myriad "small function machinery" giving him permanent control over the dumber automatons which perform brute labor in our society.

FlameJet:: Though Jet is a blond haired blue eyed Aryan hero, his family roots and his ancestral fortune are Jewish in nature. He is also under 30. So I see three options:) . A) FlameJet is a biogenetically engineered superweapon working for the Nazi regime. Not much of a personality will exist, as he is a product of Nazi breeding experiments, and merely lives to destroy Nazi targets and enemies. . FlameJet never existed. . C) If his ancestors did escape to America, and the subjugation of America has been a realatively recent occurence, then Jet may indeed exist, provided the underground kept his temper and impulsiveness under control when his powers surfaced. Lightning:: The malevolent accident that created Lightning's powers and abilities could quite easily have occured as part of a Nazi Super Soldier experiment (instead of the mad scientist variant he endured). With his speed and relative immunity to electricity, he undoubtedly became part of the Nazi program, and is quite likely in charge of the particle beam or broadcast power research projects. He has faked a disability in combat oriented situations to ensure this posting. Undoubtedly he maintains ties to the underground, as he has never forgiven the experimenters for the death of his wife, or his childhood friend.

Maybe. But I swear I remember a Niven story about someone taking a Bussard ramjet out to the edges of the galaxy...I'm sure Louis Wu makes a reference to it in a short story...

FlameJet:: "FUCK" "Ms. Jankowski, we have another one for the monitoring team to keep track of. Also refer this file to the X-File desk and that mytic organization in England. This woman and her child are to be watched. Class A" L:ightnin':: This was not in my life decription. Well, there's a bit of time before the birth of the child. He hunts up copies of relevant prophecies and locates an expert or two to look into the conundrum. With instructions to contact his message drop in Australia when a verdict or solution is reached. Preferanly, BEFORE the birth of this possible threat to humanity.

Jet - plasma blast the console while shouting "stop you idiot!" If the trap doesn't go off, the FNG is now the responsibility of the person who has been told to fire him. Lighnin':: ZIP. "What are you doing?" ZAP. Disentegrates metallic chassis of console and begins tracing wiring. "Never ever push a button in *insert villainguy name here* 's abandoned lairs. You have no idea how deadly his coverup traps are!"

Heh. That travelling space bohemian was my fave. I have grunches of those shows about on videotape...i think doctors 3 through 6, just before McCoy took over. As far as I know, the McCoy episodes never "crossed the pond"

If you are already postulating magnetic field control, then I would go with a linear accelerator launch platform in free space, with a conventional onboard reaction mass engine for further acceleration and for landing at the destination, with a Bussard Ramjet. The major holdup on the usage of a Bussard Ramjet is the stabilization and control of the HUGE magnetic field needed to scoop in the feul. Bussard ramscoops will not funnel to the engine at sufficient speeds below 6% lightspeed (rubber science exception might be in dense cloud areas, those same clouds mitigate and require monitoring and contraction of the field at speeds over 10% lightspeed. 1) Launch platform: Linear accelerator near asteroid belt or pumped laser installation above the solar ecliptic 2) Onboard reaction motor for maneuvering / possible landing. A colony would want the ship intact and down for the resources. If travelling to a known area, ship requires manuevering motors only, and can be decelerated with linear accelerator or solar sail. 3) Ramjet comes online at 6% c and provides interstellar acceleration. They accelerate for half the trip, flip the ship (not the fields) and decelerate for the latter half of the trip. Footnote:: Ramjets can (theoretically) approach .99c given sufficient space and runtime...leading to a flying dutchman arrangement (there is an old Niven story about that, I think)

I'm not sure it needs the damage shield rider. It would be cinematic to declare the energy blade damage applies against any object a block is rolled against...much like some of the optional combat rules in (Fantasy?) Hero. When a light saber leaves a Jedi's hand it turns off, unless he uses the force to continue wielding it (such as the popular throws of books and video games). As it stands, anything the blade impacts takes a 2 1/2 d6 RKA, and anything it simply touches takes onlyt 1d6 RKA...that seems to be cinematic more than mechanic. Perhaps Continuous, and "only blade impact" should be applied in some variant to the attack itself... This construct is also mildly interesting if one applies the TK force power to wielding the blade...effectivley tacking range onto the damage shield power. I'd rather charge for continuous up front, after all, the blades are on for all combat phases continuously. Feedback?

FlameJet:: Jet is most likely one of those supers supporting the present administration, and is angling for some of those juicy construction contracts for his company. He'd keep an eye on the VP and VIPER though...he would have a chink in his acceptance from these apparently selfless actions. Lighning:: Ah. He's dead? He can only help me then. Time to turn this body over to the government and take my rightful place in the administration. Where I will be much more likely to observe what exactly is going on. If I can wrangle some credentials out of this, perhaps I can investigate the location the President is suposedly being held at...

FlameJet:: Jet should know better, and contact a lawyer... but who am I kidding? He'd lose his temper completely in the face of "there's no crime" and incinerate the bastard AND the apartment. Lightning:: Lightnin' knows a mentalist, and would initially consult with her to find out if HE is imagining things. Provided SHE doesn't take liberties with the old man's dreaming, or reprogram him...Lightnin' would consult the appropriate law books. Lightnin' would be VERY upset, as he acts as a patron to the local orphanages in his secret ID, putting on magic shows with his superspeed. If there is no actual law being broken, he would either A) Use his prior contacts, disguise, and computer hacking to lock the guy up in the Stronghold psych ward. ("Yeah, he'll go on and on about how he didn't do anything, but he's a psycho, he did it, and blocked the reprehensible actions out. Just keep the meds and suppressors on, and have the treatment monitored. He's dangerous") Follow the Count's lead. Frame him for actual pedophilia. Lightnin' would be sickened by the need for these actions, but he has learned that doing things that are unpleasant is part of the lot of the Hero. he might have trouble sleeping, but what the old man is doing is WRONG. Even with COPIES of kids. Especially if they are SENTIENT copies! C) If it is impossible to bring justice to the villain, Lightnin' would undertake to drive him out of the country through harassment and psuedo-hauntings. Searching his apartment. Tampering with bank accounts. Eviction. etc etc. Exporting him to a country where his actions are more legally acceptable would do if it was the only choice.

This is a long and interesting debate. I have observations to add from the debate as seen from outside the box here... 1) Light sabers cut up people easily, with little shock (STUN) damage. 2) Light sabers cut through damn near any physical object. 3) Jedi can freely block and parry these horrible devices, others get whacked. Jedi take litle damage from saber blows (dodges, force shielding, etc) 4) Boba Fett's armor resists saber blows 5) Blast doors take a while to cut through. DEF or thickness? I'm inclined to think thickness from Star Wars: The Race (Episode 1) After looking at all these writeups, the majority of you are building your sabers as AVLD vs Power Defense. Power Defense covers the Jedi "dodges" quite aptly, as they are no doubt using som force powers to save themselves... The AVLD cuts force fields without a limitation. As does the NND-Does Body combination. Let's cut out the middleman, and cheapen the armor purchases for Boba Fett and company. I think that if I ever set up a Star Wars game or start using light sabers, I am going to build them as 3-5d6 BODY Drain attacks (possibly with delayed return rate, I don't know, Jedi seem to heal mundane saber wounds quickly, or not receive them in the first place, and lost limbs are covered under the disabling rules). That will typically take down most normals, regardless of armor and shields. Minor STUN damage will be done by the Drain effect. Add "cannot penetrate force fields" on top of that, and I think I'll be doing okay. The thermal output of the saber would be sufficient to burn through just about anything given sufficient time. Considering these are energy blades, I doubt that anything will resist them. Things that have resisted in the movies were struck glancing blows (bad rolls). Now Boba Fett, Vader, and any Eilte Troopers that show up can buy Power Defense: OIF Armor, only to reduce damage from Light Sabers (and/or Force Powers!), Jedi HAVE Power Defense to turn that lethal strike into a glancing injury (Luke, end of Empire before his hand gets lopped off).

Theme Music Man...the perfect sidekick....

Hoepfully someone can find it, I'd like to see it too. What names have you got JmOz ??

And it fits the model...for if he breaks the vow, he no longer has those points, and must buy it off or substitute an equal value disavantage... Of course, if he bought it off, I woul dstill have the consequences follow him, just more rarely, like a subplot leading to a story arc for resolution.

Lightning: Tail him and see what he's up to. Lightnin could easily outrun the Ferrari...obviously the kid has some issues. FlameJet: FlameJet wouldn't let hiim get in the car. He would be asking questions prior to that, and if ignored, he'd melt one of the wheels to the ground.

The Danger Sense and the DCV levels are good. As to the "effects" of the five second replay.... Broaden the power interpretation on Luck. One of the effects of luck is trading the BODY chips for influencing the effects of the story and the plot, not just the die rolls. Have him buy 10d6 of Luck, and link it to the Precognition effects. Then he can spend his luck chips to direct the plot/combat in a certain direction. Top it off with a small Cosmic VPP to be used for "nudging" things. Healing (I saved you from the hit), Aid (I just happened to be there), DCV levels (Duck Photon Bob, or Darkmeister will incinerate you!) Our Luck player has traded chips to alter plotlines and combat outcomes in a manner SHE preferred. If you are uncomfortable with it, have him purchase the luck with a UBO advantage and share it out one target at a time, ditching the VPP or changing the nature of it. Cory has: Won at high stakes poker in Vegas, in spite of bad gambling rolls and being exhausted Left a damaged GENOCIDE combat helicopter on the ground in a firefight and had it come through unscathed, AND the destruct mechanism malfunctioned. 'Happened' to be visiting the scene of a robbery 'Accidentally' leaped into the correct window when looking for a sniper. Seduced an ArchAngel Successfully survived the ground zero explosion of a Terminator fusion battery (in spite of weakness to radiation) She hoards those luck chips because she has 4d6. 10-15 should reduce the hoarding effects.

Thinking out loud... Darkness, SFX: Blinding Flare 1" MegaScalex2 (cheese alert! cheese alert!), Only affects perceptions directed at the character. Cannot affect characters with >5 pips FD. Affects Sighr Group. hmmmmm.... Invisibility, Explosion, Fringe, possibly UAA hmmmmm.... Change Environment, Explosion, -4 PER rolls (complete night/darkness modifier), -3 OCV (unfamiliar weapon modifier), only affects characters looking directly at the target. Ah...this is a good one: Images: Limited to Blinding Light, -x to PER rolls, Explosion. Linked with +6 DCV, persistent, effective levels limited to half of attackers OCV. I like the Images construct...but have no time to build it out tonight.

If you will pardon the bad parsing of my logic... Physical Lims are what your character can not do. (Can not cross running water) Physical Lims are also what your character can not not do. (Can not (not cross running water) => (Must cross running water) ie. Physical Lims are what your character must do. (not-not cross running water => cross running water) Psych Lims are what your character will not do. (Prefers not to kill) Psych Lims are also things your character will not not do. (Prefers to not (not kill)) => (Prefers to kill) ie. Psych Lims are also things your character will do. (not - not kill => kill) Thus, obligations and vows are handled in the existing sentence. Physical Limitation: All powers lost if the blood of an innocent is spilled. (Game Effect: Character loses all metahuman abilities until limitation is bought off or replaced through appropriate roleplaying) Psych Limit: Sworn to protect the innocent (Game Effect: Character will interpose hiumself between targets of lethal attacks, evacuate civilians, etc...) Physical Limitation: Herbivore (also, Cannot digest meat) Psych Limit: Vegetarian (also, Sworn to consume no meat) All comments welcome.

Can you imagine? "I'm sorry, but we're with Chase Manhatten, and this is a court order preventing the sale or transfer of the property known as 'Avengers Mansion' pending the outcome of Civil Trial 452. You cannot sell, transfer, or use this property as collateral until this suit has been settled in the eyes of the State." Captain America "Civil Suit 452?" Representative: "Filed for return of property and payment of damages. It seems that Thor there stole Dr. Doom's Weather Wand, a piece of property representing years of research and approximately $ 200,000 in funding and patents. The Dr. is also sueing for damages in the amount of $ 15,000,000 due to crop failures in his country causing purchase of outside consumables in order to prevent his population from starving. Can I have your autograph for my kids?" Thor: "Midgard's laws have no hold over a son of Asgard. This wand is a perversion against nature and those powers granted me by All-Father Odin." Captain America:: "Thor, you do not want to get embroiled in the American legal system. Justice sometimes gets confused." Turns to court representative "We'll return the wand son, just as soon as I clear it with the President. This shouldn't happen again. Here's your autograph." Thor: "The wand lies in Asgard mortal, beyond your jurisdiction. Due to retrictions imposed by the All-Father himself, I cannot return for it." Representative:: "You mean it's been transported beyond the borders of the United States? Oh my. That's a Federal crime." Captain America:: " ... "

And don't forget, there are probabley civil rights groups in existance that will file suits on behlaf of prisoners and parolees who have had their belongings "stolen" by the heroes.

Gregory Keyes Quadrology on the "Age of Unreason" gives some interesting views of "alchaemical magicks and their impact apon a Renaissance society" The first book is Newton's Cannon. The world of Einarr (Thief's Gamble, Swordsman's Oath) has conflicting magics in it. When they recover the lost colony of the Empire, the Church and the Archmage both need to contend with the "rediscovery" of the lost magics of Aether (mind affecting). Especially when it begins to become known that the old magics supported the priesthood and kept them honest in the old days.