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<blockquote data-quote="ValhallaGH" data-source="post: 5482654" data-attributes="member: 41187">So why does their chosen method of plot-speed travel matter?Ignore FTL.&nbsp; Pull it out of the listings entirely.&nbsp; Space travel, in any form that shows up in a game or fictional source, is a plot device.&nbsp; It does not conform to any rules except those the plot requires.&nbsp; As a game designer, you need to accept that, and then tailor your system (and the presentation) to include that.I can equip infantry soldiers with muzzle loading muskets, have personal transport on the level of steam wagons, and include a 1 million light-years / second space drive.&nbsp; And I can make it a consistent and logical setting.&nbsp; The only part of the tech level (late Gunpowder Age; about 1860) that seems off is the completely plot-device space travel, and I can work up a setting story that makes it fit.When setting the technology level of a setting, plot devices never matter.&nbsp; Ever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ValhallaGH, post: 5482654, member: 41187"] So why does their chosen method of plot-speed travel matter? Ignore FTL. Pull it out of the listings entirely. Space travel, in any form that shows up in a game or fictional source, [B]is a plot device[/B]. [U]It does not conform to any rules except those the plot requires.[/U] As a game designer, you need to accept that, and then tailor your system (and the presentation) to include that. I can equip infantry soldiers with muzzle loading muskets, have personal transport on the level of steam wagons, and include a 1 million light-years / second space drive. And I can make it a consistent and logical setting. The only part of the tech level (late Gunpowder Age; about 1860) that seems off is the completely plot-device space travel, and I can work up a setting story that makes it fit. When setting the technology level of a setting, plot devices never matter. Ever. [/QUOTE]

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