Category: Sci-fi
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Paper expenses, and RPGs with Trade
TL:DR What’s this relation in Gaming, particularly Trade Games like Traveller or any Game where there is trade and negotiations…
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Augmentation Notes: Economics in Augmentation & Simpe Mental Augmentation
Economics of Augmentation I noticed in MgT that bonuses from Cybernetics are at +1 to +3 but from 1 to 2…
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Pondering About Ships In My Sci-fi Universe
New Things to Imagine. In light of some technical understanding this is how I imagine ship interiors to be like. …
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JTAS Aug 13 is up
Self interest being transparent here. The first post, Instant Party I, had 4 characters in it. This had 5, 3…
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Bull Pup version of STG44
Poor lighting is a great way to hide the flaws. Lolz. I wanted to make WW2 gun updates since they…
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Adventures in SciFi Publishing presents DemiCon 24 panel “How to Build a Navy” with David Weber and BuNine — Adventures in SciFi Publishing
In case anyone missed this… this is a great outline method to write a Sci-fi setting’s source book. In the…
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[Classic Traveller] Robot Rules to make an Exo-Skeleton
my Cripple of a Character (Str 2, max can carry 14lbs) needs a prosthetic exo skeleton and has the social…
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Classic Traveller sounds more like a Dystopia?
Recently playing a character with Str 2 and Dex 3 in Traveller, I realize the importance of the prosthetic exo-skeleton…
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Simple Suit Creation Process (any system);
Very Simple Suit Creation process because its mostly hand-waving and light math. Just look at the following benchmarks Human Surface…
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IMTU to IMSU (In My Sci-Fi Universe)
It was recently I was introduced to the existence of “In My Traveller Universe” Setting Codes. Then there is the…
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IMTU: Mind-Emulator + Drone Fighters
I just stumbled on something I am wondering if anyone else figured out: with Mind Emulation, Pilots can basically be…
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IMTU exo-skeletons, bonus Freight Handling AI
I’ve been trying to reverse engineer powered armor calculations in UT but I’m not that good in math or physics/engineering…
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IMTU augmentation is signature gear
I’ve ruled that cybernetics a dependent bio tech mods are signature Gear and min maxed it to see how far…
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IMTU – Simplifying Starting Ships; Profitability Updated
Simple Rule – you start out with all the necessary equipment and consumables as long as they don’t add up…
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IMTU Some Battledress, for Urban Warfare
I have this one, a mobile armor superiority one (non-humanoid), and a robot tank (non-humanoid). Ill stretch it out as…
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IMTU Organic Bias
In GURPS the cost of an AI that can do a better job than a human is very very low.…
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Hard Worlder Robot 800F
Designed to be used to explore or work in planets like Venus (800F) and thick atmosphere (Scanning Sense Imaging Radar).…
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Sci-Fi Subsidized economy
I don’t like subsidizing out a game theory reasons, but its one of the most powerful means to influence the…
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Unloading a Headache – My Software AI Notes from UT
This is the notes I’ve compiled. Basically I found it a head ache to reference Transhuman Space, Transhuman Space: Changing…
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Transhumanism in My Traveller makes things more Contraversial
Some transhumanism concepts I’m mulling over for IMTU. The thing about these concepts is that they are in the background…
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IMTU existential problems in scifi, jump ghosts
I’m a fan of the prestige and I Iike the dilemma it poses. What if the designers of the jump…
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IMTU the transient human form
What if human form was very easy to modify? I know genetic manipulation is taboo in the default Traveller, funny…
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IMTU Dreams of The Long Night
The Long Night’s impact is still felt in policies, media, and cultural outlook of the 3rd Millenium. As much as…
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Android Template
I love how these gurps disads tell the story of an Android through the numbers at a glance. Their terribly short lifespan…
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IMTU: Updating the Ops Cost per Ship.
Just an update of ship expenses, all commercial shipping found in ISW. Note that these are the costs per Dton, there is…
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IMTU Robots and the Economy
The side note in my mega-professional package list became this… Professions and Robots. In TL10 Non-volitional Robots with IQ11 and…
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Some good links to share: generators
I get it Don Jon thanks to Jurgen for the Link. I was inspired by Evangelion 2.0, Underground Cities of…
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Accounting in my RPGs; A Traveller Businessplan; Researching on Soldiers
The only RPG that has Accounting in their game play is HARN, harn manor. Traveller can have accounting in its…