Have a great Thanksgiving. I will probably be off-line until Friday

Thanks, Matt. Happy Thanksgiving! :-)

I like what you did with the wanderer.

Joxe can explain it IG ;-), but I like it, too.

Brent and Joxe will have some choices to make regarding their activities. They can help run the shipyard, they can command the logistics ship, they can wait for another ship to be built and command it for the Egg Navy, or they can stick with the considerably more capable Wanderer and pretty much go their own way. Any combination of these is possible for them.

I think I prefer for the two of them plus a nonplayer character or to and work independently.

I guessed that, so I left it as an option.

I missed the jump drive on the larger ship.

This is a house rule - it lets ships move in-system, as long as they observe all the hyper limits (100 diameters).

I like the idea! So they don't have to install a full jump 1 drive?

No, it's only for micro jumps. I also invoked my own rule about doing away with the JD capacitors at higher tech levels, where the fusion plant can develop enough power for less mass. The net change is that the 500dt SDB now has 12 G-hours' endurance on the MD.

Micro jump capability is a really nice addition to the ship. System patrol will be easier.

I like the idea that the higher capacity power plants can fully energize the jump drive

I came up with the fusion plant idea while I was playing with the JD mass numbers in FFS. The concept works best for the shorter ranged drives, but that gets better at higher tech levels.

It makes so much sense to be able to blast power to the jump drive if you have enough of a power plant.

The worksheet makes the calculations for it, too. With it, it's simple to test which option works best.

Nice to automate those types of details.

How well does it handle modular ships like the TNE clipper ships?

Pretty well - it allows for modules and pods.

I will have to spend some time messing with it.

Merry Christmas and thank you for restarting the game. It means a lot to me!

Merry Christmas!

I enjoy these games, myself :-)

If it's okay, I'd like to move things forward a week, to when Wanderer is ready to fly again. We can summarize the discussions into a plan of action - which, for now, is to jump to Egg and bring back as many trainees as the ship can hold. I think that's the plan, at least.

Also, the two system defense fighters will also be completed to provide the facility an active defense against any small starships that might find them.

I agree. Also, Happy new year!

Happy New Year!!

Very nicely done on the new post! Great summary and I love the description of the new controls.

Thanks :-)

BTW, you're up in Eris' Spinward Main game - if you have the bandwidth for it.

I totally messed up in the Spinward game. I was looking in the wrong place for the in character posts!

Yeah, I like this forum better than that one, but it's what Eris chose.