Random RPG stuff.

[pyat]

Starships I designed for FASA's Star Trek RPG, using the Starship Construction Manual. At some point the mid-90s I used scissors to cut out photocopied pictures of spaceships, chopped 'em up into new designs, printed out the stats on a bubble jet, and scanned the result in with a handscanner. How these images have survived various crashes and reboots and floppy disk corruption so long is beyond me.




The guys I was playing with spent a lot of time on this ship, before moving to a "Mantis" class cruiser, which looked like a stingray. I can't find that image, though.

Comments

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Looked like a Stingray (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs)? : P

[pyat.livejournal.com]

OOoh. I wish it'd been that cool. :)

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

I like 'em but I kind of expected to see an SSD from Star Fleet Battles. :)

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

The Bullfinch does kinda look like the SFB frigate (http://mateengreenway.com/trek/USSBurkeUnderside.jpg)...

[pyat.livejournal.com]

They ripped off my design! I bet!

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

I couldn't find a 'Burke'-class frigate SSD but this looks close enough: a Federation 'light frigate' (http://www.smileylich.com/sfb/ssd/fed-lff.gif).

Other SFB frigates shown were either single-engine or had a center section with warp engines mounted on the side.

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the same thing, or one of those old diagram books that inspired SFB. n_n

[seritaph.livejournal.com]

I used to mess around with that construction manual sooo much. Just how big an engine can you cram into a smaller craft? Let's find out!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Yes! And, conversely, how big a ship can you make, and still get it to move around?

I made one that used bulk freighter warp nacelles. It was so large, the biggest shield generators in the book only gave it 1 or 2 points of coverage on all sides. But it had a lot of photo torpedo tubes. My intent in game was for it to be a sort of gun barge or bombard.

[seritaph.livejournal.com]

My friends always wanted to build 'fighters' and do the swarm tactic. Much to my amusement the minimum size for something to cart around a weapons system that could even dent the average shield was roundabout 5000 tons. Unfortunately, due to the rather high quality targeting systems available, this meant they had just enough shielding to flicker a bit before being completely disintegrated by the average weapon system on single shot.

Always have enjoyed games where tonnage means something.

Hmm, good idea on the bombard! Ever try it out?

[pyat.livejournal.com]

One would think the rules would have allowed for photon torpedo missile boats, or something.

The bombard showed up in the game, but never got used for combat. :) I should have done a solo thing, though.

It had enough torpedo tubes to hammer any starship in the book to pieces really quickly, but miserable shielding and very slow...