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Is there an rp system that has good starship building rules?

Draconic Order
05-03-2007, 06:22
Thank you to the people in the Hard Science Fiction (HFT) Vanguard Space (VS) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=515482) thread for your Vanguard system for ship building. However, I want something a little less... What is the word? Technowank? (though I am not sure if this is the right word to use)

The problem I have with the Vanguard system is that I need to know things like "when the mass of the fuel is lowered, the speed of the ship is"... I don't want to have to learn that. The system is great, but it is too much to learn.

Is there any other rp ship building system out there that is more streamlined? Please post it here (this will also be a good place for others to get information about shipbuilding systems, if we get enough hits).
Draconic Order
07-03-2007, 02:14
bump?
Trailers
07-03-2007, 02:21
Truth is, most people either follow common physics or techwank..or..rip stuff drom a PC game then make up words to fill in the cracks. :D
Draconic Order
07-03-2007, 06:50
Truth is, most people either follow common physics or techwank..or..rip stuff drom a PC game then make up words to fill in the cracks. :D

I do that also... I just want more structure than that.
Crookfur
08-03-2007, 22:46
The Battletech universe has a fairly well integrated set of design rules for vessels rnagign from fighters all the way up to multi million ton interstellar warships.
Unfortuantly battletech tech gets pwned by just about every other scifi ever invented.
Izistan
08-03-2007, 23:59
http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/ Might this help?
Draconic Order
09-03-2007, 04:45
http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/ Might this help?

This site again... it helps a little. Not exactly what I'm looking for.
Tarlag
09-03-2007, 05:50
look up the star ship building rules to the Babylon 5 RPG over at Mongoose publishing. There is a newer book that just came out with very good ship building rules for almost all of the races in the B-5 universe. I used a friends copy and played around with it a little and thought it work fairly well.
Draconic Order
09-03-2007, 22:14
look up the star ship building rules to the Babylon 5 RPG over at Mongoose publishing. There is a newer book that just came out with very good ship building rules for almost all of the races in the B-5 universe. I used a friends copy and played around with it a little and thought it work fairly well.

Do you have a link to something that I could get free?