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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jephkay" data-source="post: 3286889" data-attributes="member: 48827">Jephkay, hope your cat's better.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I've got further questions on the Wanderer to clarify some points:Chaos is doing fine today, thanks!I've houseruled that each ship category has a size category. Ultralights are huge, lights gargantuan, etc. I've created Awesome (-12 mod) and Titanic (-16) for Heavy and Super Heavy respectively (includes space stations). Should I port it over? Yes. I like that.Minimum crew of 8 means that assuming three 8hr-shift rotations brings the effective crew total to 24. How do ya want them distributed? Good Question.  I picture more engineers than anything else. That's an old, weird ship and needs to be taken care of very carefully.  I'd say you'd have at least 3 Wrench Benders per shift. I prefer a 5,000 ft square for the game as it's more realistic and allows us to speak in terms near that of nautical miles. I use 500ft squares for aerospace combat. What do ya think?Do it. I like that better myself. Using average HD (10.5 x #HD), I find it better sync's with D20 HD rules and makes starship combat less drawn out. For PC ships (like the Wanderer) I maximize half the HD then roll the other half for multiples of the remainder; gives the PC's a bit of script immunity <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />. For the Wanderer this would be 1600HP + 8d20x10. An NPC Orion freighter would get 160 x 10.5 = 1680. Thoughts?Very nice.  d20 Future's ships are way too tough.  Fights take hours.  Starships in Trek seem to be alternately fragile and tough-as-nails depending on the script requirements.  This is best simulated by low hit points and a critical table of sorts... I'll think about that a bit. Shall we rename all missles torpedos? Hmmm... it would simplify stuff a bit.  I have a list of weapon types hereabouts.  I'll see what sorta things it has, and translate them to d20 terms at some point. Are my rendering of the Warp drive and Silent partners clear enough? I think it's concise and not a little mysterious.  Just what I wanted. kirinke, Jephkay's answers to the above will inform me how all starships are to be made. Plus, I'd need specifications.</blockquote>

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