Aw, I was really rooting for you too, Chief.  Sorry to hear it.

And updates are complete.

Everyone welcome Marcia

Hi there!

Yoh :)

Hello! ^^ Where do we get to see your story take place?

I'm actually the comms officer on board the Horus, so unless the Void decides otherwise, I'll be in the same thread as Selana.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:18, Sat 04 July 2015.

If you're new and you aren't posting yet, go ahead and start. (Both of you are aboard the Horus.)


Also, I got my hands on Relics of the Lost and Engines of Babylon. *grins*

I'll post tomorrow, probably. Been a bit busy.

Welcome Marcia!

So I spent a long time reading through all the books and I found out some interesting things which aren't immediately apparent when you read the SWN Core.

First off: The Spike Drives are probably gravitic-inertialess in nature and they are the ONLY drives on TL4 starships. They do have very efficient maneuvering thrusters powered by the fusion plant onboard, but all flight is handed from the Spike Drive.

Also, grav technology is wide-spread. All ships and stations would have artificial gravity unless they were system ships (Non-spike drive ships without fusion plants)

Guided weapons are not used in TL4. No smart missiles, no seeker mines, etc. The reason for this is that all Spike-Drive equipped starships have Quantum ECM which essentially scrambles targeting data enough that precise homing is impossible. Error-checking protects autonomous systems, but even one second of scrap-data will cause smart missiles to miss. They use these on planets too, and generally speaking, a Mech will be the source of the Quantum ECM jamming. This is also why starship fights take place at knife-fight ranges.

Mechs are a thing, but they're way more expensive than a grav tank. They are powerful though and the best way to broadcast Quantum ECM fields.

Nukes are mining equipment. The reason for this is that Nuclear Inhibition Fields or Nuke Snuffers are wide-spread technology. You can use a few of them with some fusion plants and cover a whole planet. All starships have Nuclear Inhibition Fields that spread out for tens of thousands of KM. Also, no giant rocks. Grav tech means that you can set up space stations with Breaker Guns and just shove incoming asteroids away.

There are no ansibles, technically, but there are FTL transmitters which can reach anyone within a star system quickly but probably aren't going to send messages to other systems any time soon. Starships seem to have FTL transmitters and most major worlds will have a commnet that supports this.

Medical technology allows people to live to 100 years old and still be in good health. Assume that most people who have access to this technology (pretty much anyone who isn't living in poverty) live to 100 years naturally and can live as old as 150. (The oldest person ever recorded lived to 161 years.)
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:04, Thu 09 July 2015.

Don't wait for me. This isn't Marcia's scene, and I don't think she would be likely to introduce herself yet. She's probably just leaned over her controls, focusing on post-drill systems checks, making sure nothing failed and wondering what she'll say when and if she actually comes face to face with the agent.

Marcia, PM me with your actions and we'll run a private thread

Everyone goes up 1 level, btw.

Hey, so if you have a background for your character (Yes, everyone) I'd like a PM about what you think about your own (character's) culture is like. It's something I'd like to integrate into my setting and add some extra variety and verisimilitude.

If any of you are at all curious about the history of the Hegemony... it's being played out for you here: link to another game

How's everyone doing out there?

Edit: as an aside, I'm done a bad job of being consistent with names at times. Haven is also called Indaris Prime. It's the same place. I've messed that up a bit, and I apologize.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:04, Fri 17 July 2015.

Good. ^^ Battling with my muse, but still rather decent. What about yourself?

Hey, just checking in with you all again. No one has posted in a while so I'm wondering if you're all still interested or if you're just busy? Are there things I could be doing better to keep your interest? If so, PM me about it.

No, I'm just occupied with my acting and writing. However, I won't be around for a while, and if you need to you can go ahead and NPC me.

Okay, sounds good!

Just busy

If anyone is interested https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...fare-for-stars-witho

The military campaign supplement with planetary invasion rules and more is being kickstarted.

If you have the beta version of Starvation Cheap, any of the standard TL4 military stuff is available for you via requisition now.

Also, as an aside, I'm planning on moving the majority of the party onto the Horus