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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Ellis" data-source="post: 7901703" data-attributes="member: 6888855"><p>Both are neat. Orbital focuses more on scientific mission stuff, while also mentioning things like the superrich having a special space station made for them by some super investor while Hostile has stuff for Traveller type merchants (except here you're either working for a megacorporation or a small trading company instead of owning your own ship which probably means you're some super rich CEO and own a yacht), space marine stuff (where you play as the United States Marine Corps) and of course roughneck miner or explorer types prospecting out in some super dangerous planet out in the frontiers of known space (which is a circle around like 40 parsecs in size.</p><p></p><p>Hostle spacecraft are different from Cepheus Engine/Mongoose Traveller 1e generic spacecraft in that they use hyperdrives (which have a speed factor instead of a range factor like jump drives) that don't use fuel. Instead the main use of fuel is for propellant for the reaction engines pushing your ship through space.</p><p></p><p>Also, since Hostile's inspiration is stuff like Outlands, Bladerunner, Alien/Aliens, etc, that means Earth in the setting is far more cyberpunk and 1980's style environmental collapse. Like for example, Los Angeles is mentioned as having like super dust and smog especially during the summer. This is detailed in Zaibatsu, a sourcebook regarding adventures on HOSTILE's Earth.</p><p></p><p>And Earth in Hostile is divided into three political blocs that are essentially led by the United States, Japan, & Germany.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)">Please don’t offer to send unauthorized copies of IP to others. </span> I have both.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Ellis, post: 7901703, member: 6888855"] Both are neat. Orbital focuses more on scientific mission stuff, while also mentioning things like the superrich having a special space station made for them by some super investor while Hostile has stuff for Traveller type merchants (except here you're either working for a megacorporation or a small trading company instead of owning your own ship which probably means you're some super rich CEO and own a yacht), space marine stuff (where you play as the United States Marine Corps) and of course roughneck miner or explorer types prospecting out in some super dangerous planet out in the frontiers of known space (which is a circle around like 40 parsecs in size. Hostle spacecraft are different from Cepheus Engine/Mongoose Traveller 1e generic spacecraft in that they use hyperdrives (which have a speed factor instead of a range factor like jump drives) that don't use fuel. Instead the main use of fuel is for propellant for the reaction engines pushing your ship through space. Also, since Hostile's inspiration is stuff like Outlands, Bladerunner, Alien/Aliens, etc, that means Earth in the setting is far more cyberpunk and 1980's style environmental collapse. Like for example, Los Angeles is mentioned as having like super dust and smog especially during the summer. This is detailed in Zaibatsu, a sourcebook regarding adventures on HOSTILE's Earth. And Earth in Hostile is divided into three political blocs that are essentially led by the United States, Japan, & Germany. [COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Please don’t offer to send unauthorized copies of IP to others. [/COLOR] I have both. [/QUOTE]
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