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Star Fleet ship name registry
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:13:57 GMT
ADB maintain a registry of all ships named in the Star Fleet Universe background and rules. So players can use existing names if they like, or avoid conflicting registrations.
Useful note for Harvey on what to do with that fugly Old Light Cruiser, some were used as Hospital ships, the USS Refuge NCC-948 and the USS Sanctuary NCC-949.
Also who could resist the USS Robert Mugabe NCC-713, USS Yassar Arafat NCC-802, USS Slobodan Milosevic NCC-824. And no one can pass up the chance to blow up the USS Prime Minister Thatcher NCC-855?
End of Stargate, The Return of The Son of The Mummy next week
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:01:49 GMT
Our end of season cliff hanger for Stargate in the books and we left the team stuck on a Wraith ship installing the Nuke while Atlantis comes under air and ground assault.
Next week it's The Return of The Son of The Mummy. Monster silliness before we begin Addam's Carrion Crown.
Star Trek Phase II
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:37:38 GMT
Just to get people in the mood for what looks to be a year of Trek in 2012. With ACTA Star Fleet and Traveller: Prime Directive coming soon. And with Harvey feeling inspired to crack out the old Star Trek RPG. A fan made continuation of Star Trek TOS, Star Trek Phase II.
Formerly know as Star Trek New Voyages, Phase II is a free to download series created in the image of TOS, with original cast members from TOS and TNG dropping in here and there.
It's full of classic Trek awesomeness and is perfect material to set the tone for Traveller Prime Directive and ACTA Star Fleet.
Traveller Stargate ending soon, to be replaced by Carrion Crown
Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:37:19 GMT
Halloween is fast approaching and so with it comes the start of Carrion Crown, the spooky adventure path for Pathfinder to be GM'ed by Addam.
Meanwhile on Atlantis things are looking grim for the Tau'ri Expedition. Food, medical supplies, power and security all stretched too thin. Civil unrest and the constant treat of Wraith attack. All this with only two sessions remaining in the season!
The current plan is for Stargate to run on the 11th and 18th, then another round of Return of The Son of The Mummy on the 25th. With Carrion Crown to begin 1st of November.
Addam is after character background so he can prep the game. If you've not written any then try and get something to him soon. The theme is Hammer/Lovecraftian Horror.
Stargate should return for a new season next year.
Kingmaker on Hold, Stargate Tomorrow
Mon, 16 May 2011 22:51:15 GMT
Addam is busy with exams for the next few weeks, so we're holding off Kingmaker until he returns. Without him it's just Maker and sounds less exciting.
In it's place is part one of an exciting (hopefully) new Traveller game based in the Stargate Universe. I'm desperately bashing together the players guide for this at the moment but we should be ready to roll by game time.
Long Time No Update, New Game Idea
Mon, 16 May 2011 13:40:14 GMT
I've been very slack and lost track of the internet for a few months. I'm more or less back with it now, I'll get this updated with our current games soon.
Meanwhile after talking to Harvey the other night, I've been inspired to start working on a new game for Tuesdays once we've reached the first checkpoint in Kingmaker.
Pistol for Traveller
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:34:38 GMT
Another weapon design for Traveller, this one takes parts from a Chinese Type 54, with a more scifi looking grip and trigger from a H&K USP and a Viridian Green Laser designed for a Glock.
Keeping with the Russian naming theme, this gives us the Tarasov 9mm.
Traveller Weapons
Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:30:34 GMT
I've started GIMP'ing together some weapon designs for our traveller games, as a start here is the Grosha Karabin Standart-9, a 9mm Carbine.
Mocked up from photos of PPSh-41 and a modern AK-103. Inspired by the Tommy Gun style drum and layout and a touch of SA-80 inspired green plastic.
I'll try and get a few more done over the length of the game.
Traveller: The Quantum Dancer updated again
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:03:28 GMT
Stats for the Air/Raft are now up.
Traveller: The Quantum Dancer updated
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:25:13 GMT
Updated with player stats and gear, I need to double check gear with Harvey and get hold of Levi's character info next week to complete this.
I used the Civilian Vehicles book to come up with stats for a hydrogen powered Motorbike, so we can use the ship's fuel processors to run it like the Air/Raft and not have to carry an additional kind of fuel on our journey. Nothing crazy but still subject to GM's approval.
Next up will be getting the Air/Raft stats up there. But I want to get some sleep first.
The Quantum Dancer page now up
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:56:01 GMT
The page for the new late game is now up, I'll add more detail soon, but for now we've got the basic stats for a Type S, deckplans and homeworld/route UWPs.
I'll square up the modified stats for the ship with David and get them up soon. Along with current payload and account data.
Player stats and skills, plus vehicle, weapon and armour stats will all go up too.
Traveller: The Quantum Dancer
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:19:38 GMT
The Search tool for the galactic sector used in the current late game, The Quantum Dancer, is up and working on the Traveller page now.
Also the game as a page on the all new David's RPG Wiki.
Traveller UWP Decoder Update
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:44:57 GMT
Just a quick update, the decoder was borking over system names with spaces in, all fixed now.
New Traveller Game: The Quantum Dancer
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:55:52 GMT
Last night we got started with our new Traveller game, sorting out characters and homeworlds.
Set not in the OTU but a a galaxy of David's creation, we're setting on on board the haunted Type-S Scout, The Quantum Dancer to explore the edge of the galaxy.
I'll set up a page for the game to hold ship/vehicle stats and equipment for the group once we get rolling, but for now here are the homeworlds.
For Conrad (Levi )and Oleg (Gav) we have:
Labedad Alpha 0705 C482546-A S NI G
For the as yet unnamed Harvey character, we have:
Once I get the UWPs from David, I'll set up a galaxy search box for this game too.
Traveller Search Galaxy, proof of concept
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:14:46 GMT
Another new Traveller tool for the website, it's a search tool to find planetary information.
Searches return UWPs you can click on to get a plain English description, they lead to the decode UWP page I update the other day.
You can search on any part of a UWP, most useful would be a planet name or remark. For example, searching for Green would return all systems with Green in the name, while searching for Ga would return all planets with Ga in the name and all planets with the remark Ga for Garden World.
This is very much a test of concept, it currently only covers a few subsectors of the Spinward Marches and Foreven Sectors. This will improve once I get motivated to enter more data, or talk David into doing some more of it.
As we create our own universes for Traveller games, I'll add search boxes for them too.
Tuesday Games
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:06:05 GMT
Tomorrow we should be starting a new late game, David has plans for a Traveller game that should, all being well, become the new regular late game.
It's likely Jak won't be about for the early game this week, so it could be either a start to planning and character generation session for Harvey's Kingmaker (pathfinder) game, possibly with some Zombie action on the side, or just Zombies.
Whichever way about things end up, there are games running all night. :-)=
Traveller UWP decoder updated, now useful
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:38:13 GMT
I've finally made the traveller UWP decoder useful.
It now has two modes of operation, you can access it with a link as before:
Emape 0103 B564500-B N I Ag Ga NI A G
Or just go directly to the page where you'll get a box like this one, where you can enter your own UWP and hit enter to decode.
As a bonus it now translates the remarks to plan text descriptions, to save you remembering what Ag and Ht mean.
I am planning more features, like a searchable database of OTU worlds, but all that is for the future. It's taken most of the year for me to drag my lazy arse back to this and add an entry box.
Traveller UWP decoder
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:37:31 GMT
I've added a simple web based UWP (Universal World Profile) decoder, it should turn regular Traveller UWPs into a human readable description of the world.
I've turned all the UWPs on the Machine Parts Transit Solutions page into links that decode them. Which is much more useful than code only Dave can read. :)
Here are a few examples:
- Iderati 0702 A887798-C N I Ht Ri Ag Ga Cap G
- Penelope 0503 C460642-4 I Ri NI De Lt G
- Mirriam 0303 B9998A6-A N I IWS A G
- Emape 0103 B564500-B N I Ag Ga NI A G
Taveller: MPTS Inc Jump to Mirriam
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:12:29 GMT
MPTS Inc make their second jump, another two parsecs, this time from Penelope to Mirriam.
Penelope 0503 C460642-4 I Ri NI De Lt G
Mirriam 0303 B9998A6-A N I IWS A G
On the water world of Mirriam they met up with two new members of the crew, the Doppler Cousins, old contacts of Bradley.
So far Orion took a submarine tour, while Ansarii and D'Lombard made some contacts to sell on their dodgy wares.
Machine Parts Transit Solution: Actually tranport machine parts
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:04:25 GMT
We had the first proper week of the Machine Parts Transit Solutions game this week, six brave travellers making a two parsec mail and passenger run from Iderati to Penelope.
Iderati 0702 A887798-C N I Ht Ri Ag Ga Cap G
Penelope 0503 C460642-4 I Ri NI De Lt G
On the way exploring a derilict space station, buying some alien artifacts and trading in machine parts.
Here is a small plan of the ship, with character quarters marked on it:
| Red | Captain Christopher Bradley (Navy), The Baron Whitefall | David |
| Yellow | Lance-Corporal Richard D'Lombard (Army) | Jak |
| Blue | Fancy Walker | Dr Manda |
| Green | Sergeant Zachary Grim (Marines) | Harvey |
| Pink | Soloman Ansarii | Addam |
| Cyan | Jonithon Orion | Levi |
I'll get the proper stats for the ship up in a few days.
When we come back to the game, it's the jump to the high tech water world of Mirriam.
Mirriam 0303 B9998A6-A N I IWS A G
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