Recommended a hard-science space RPG

[Jd Smith1]

I feel the need for the sci-fi campaign next, but I don't want a 'build your own galaxy' ruleset.

I would like a defined setting, and rules that lead a lot closer to reality than fantasy. Definitely no magic.

Looking for a Firefly (TV series) feel.

Coriolis, Alien RPG, GURPS, and Mothership RPG are out, already looked at them.

EDIT:
You know, I realize that I have gotten things backwards:

I need to make a list of sci-fi games supported by Roll20, and review those. It wouldn't help to get pointed to the perfect game, only to find out Roll20 doesn't support it.

Old habits get in the way.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[Mezuka]

Eclipse Phase has a defined setting with factions. Trans-humanity, cyberspace and advanced technology.

QSR:

Quick-Start Rules – Eclipse Phase

eclipsephase.com

 

[Mezuka]

GURPS Space with Vorkisigan saga supplement

Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game

 

[Mezuka]

Cypher System with The Stars are Fire.

A review of the setting book:

RPG Reviews – The Stars Are Fire

The Stars Are Fire is a comprehensive companion to the Cypher System roleplaying game, focusing on science-fiction gaming in all forms. In addition to providing a deep analysis of the genre and how…

thetabletopalmanac.wordpress.com

 

[Mezuka]

Mindjammer transhumance setting. Fate or Traveller systems.

Mindjammer - Traveller Edition - Mindjammer Press | Mindjammer Press | DriveThruRPG.com

Mindjammer - Traveller Edition - The Ennie Award-winning transhuman science-fiction RPG setting returns, in a brand new edition for use with the TRAVELLE

www.drivethrurpg.com

 

[Jd Smith1]

I'll take a look at those, but I'm not sure transhuman is the way I want to go.

 

[Grendel_Khan]

I was always a big fan of GURPS Terradyne as a hard SF setting. Stays within the solar system, feels lived-in and realistic but with plenty of adventuring options:

GURPS Space: Terradyne

And GURPS is basically tailor-made for hard SF.

 

[Jd Smith1]

I was always a big fan of GURPS Terradyne as a hard SF setting. Stays within the solar system, feels lived-in and realistic but with plenty of adventuring options:

GURPS Space: Terradyne

And GURPS is basically tailor-made for hard SF.

I like their attention to detail, but not their system.

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

Been playing Traveller. We've finished the Fall of Tinath starter campaign and moved onto basically being freelancers between three fleets.

Character creation is a fun mini-game by itself, and also incentivizes players working on ways they know each other before the game starts. For instance, my character was born to space scavengers, and along the way to becoming a Senior Scout, he helped one PC heist a megacorp's algae technology (gaining more slugthrower skills) and another PC helped him 'space' a rival game on a derelict ship (gaining Remote Ops for a skill). The gunplay in combat is very deadly if you're not careful. I had rolled that I got my own scout ship from the Scout Service and we've been adventuring from that - we just hauled in enough money to buy an AI to 'crew' the ship (the AI will count as five crewmembers spread out amongst Pilot, Gunner and (Sensors I think?)

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

I like their attention to detail, but not their system.

I love their sourcebooks to pilfer from and put into other systems