Use this thread to discuss acquiring a ship... We can just say that this is conversations that take place after everyone meets. Do it hear rather than waste time during the adventures and interrupt them.


Ship Shares:

Count Darrel Cromwell: 5 yacht (or 2 shares other)
                Ikram: none
          Kheaiftouaw: 1 share
            Quinzella: Scout ship (or 2 shares other)
     Samantha Kilgore: none
       Sharik Kaagira: 3 shares
        Vonon Ronkunu: 6 shares
    Sir Walter Zeller: 4 shares

If I got anyone wrong, just let me know and I'll edit it.
Revised.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:55, Sun 10 Aug 2014.

I actually have a single share. I converted one of my Clan Shares to a Ship Share.

I was told mine was a Scout share.

In reply to Quinzella (msg # 3):

How did you get a single share for a scout ship?

The only ship specific shares I know are the 5 shares for a specific ship or 2 general shares like what Darrel has.

my character was ported from a game that saw no real play time.  My first time with the game.  The GM, my SO, told me the only way I could earn my way toward a ship was to get a share.  Then I was asked what type I preferred, and a Scout ship was the most appealing.  So I was told to mark it as such on my character sheet.

In reply to Quinzella (msg # 5):

Ah, ok.
But in general ship shares are not specific to a certain type of ship. Just some benefit rolls give you more shares when you use them for a specific kind of starship.

Actually, that is not entirely true.  Certain profession benefit from focusing their shares on a particular type of ship (Nobles -> Yachts, Scientists -> Lab Ship, Merchants -> Free Trader, &c.), where they get more shares (5 instead of 2) per benefit if they target a certain ship type.  This information is scattered about in the Mustering Benefits sections (Core, pp.34-6).

The IISS is unusual in that actually get allocated surplus scout ships as a benefit, but do not actually own the ship.  But the Scout Service also doesn't actually let their members retire.  Mustered scouts are actually on inactive/detached duty.  In theory, they can be recalled at any time.  It does say in the Core Rules (p.35) that a Scout Ship benefit can be traded in for 1d6 other/generic ship shares.

An idea...the khohgue armed junker..a Vargr ship...pg.20 (shared to google drive)
https://drive.google.com/file/...Ulk/edit?usp=sharing

Considering Vonon has the most shares, and it's possible a number of the group had met him in their travels..

It's a fine ship, and it meets alot of the needs for the group, including extras-luxuries...which, you wouldn't find on the normal trader, to a noble it's kind of mandatory...

Look it over; good jump/thrust, solar panels, hardpoints, it's almost ideal...

I made the GM decision for Quinzella that, like the other specified ship shares, her Scout ship translated as 2 shares for any non-specific ship. If she wants to roll 1d6 to determine how many random shares it translates into, be my guest.

Also, I couldn't remember who had the air/raft. That could also be used as 1 share.

so I can roll a d6 and "possibly" get more shares??

In reply to Darrel Cromwell (msg # 8):

500 tons? Isn't that a bit out of our league?

As I said there are two Aslan ships which are interesting.

One is a 200 ton courier. Its fast (Thrust 4 Jump 3), armored like a battleship (12 armor) 2 turrets and 8 tons of luxury.

Cons are only 7 tons of cargo, no launch

The other is the 300 ton light trader as jack of trades ship.

Thrust 1, Jump 2, 3 turrets, cargo space with launch and an air raft, low berths, etc.
It just does not have fuel processors, but it has scoops.

Both are in the 90MCr range. But getting Aslan ships will be hard to explain in game.



I suggest we each fill out a small questionnaire about what ship we will want.

Rate the following ship attributes from 1(don't need it) to 5 (very important)

_ Survivability (Armor and hull points)
_ M-Drive Speed
_ Jump range
_ Offensive power
_ Additional vehicles (launch/raft)
_ Sensors and Electronics
_ Luxuries
_ Additional passenger capacity
_ Cargo space

In reply to Quinzella (msg # 10):

I think he means the Scout Ship benefit roll of the scout career (roll of 6 or 7)
You either get a scout ship loaned from the scout services and have to work for them, or get 1d6 general ship shares.

You could also keep the ship. But while we would fit barely into it and it is sort of an allrounder (sans cargo space), I guess we are looking for something bigger and having two ships would be complicated.

All I know is my old notes said I had one share in a scout ship and I had the stats for a scout ship too.

well, size matters...;-)



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