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Gry Sarth Jedi
Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 5304 Location: Sao Paulo - Brazil
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Gary, I think it's great that you tried to remain true to the deckpan from Platt's Smugglers Guide, I hate it when people ignore what has come before in creating something new. That said, that old deckplan really lacked so much info that it was almost useless, this new edition is MUCH better for gameplay. As I said before, the only thing that bugs me is the scaling in some of the details, and maybe the lounge could have been a bit better fleshed out.
PS. I like that for once the entry ramp makes sense, and doesn't isolate the front of the ship when opened, like in many other ships like the Lambda shuttle. _________________ "He's Gry Sarth, of course he has the stats for them." |
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Ray Commodore
Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 1743 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America, Western Hemisphere, Earth, Sol, Western Arm, Milky Way
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:46 am Post subject: |
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masque wrote: | Ours was called The Great A'Tuin. Discworld fans will get it. |
Yes, but is your ship male, or female? |
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Esoomian High Admiral
Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 6207 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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Ray wrote: | masque wrote: | Ours was called The Great A'Tuin. Discworld fans will get it. |
Yes, but is your ship male, or female? |
No-one could tell _________________ Don't waste money on expensive binoculars.
Simply stand closer to the object you wish to view. |
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masque Captain
Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 626 Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Ray wrote: | masque wrote: | Ours was called The Great A'Tuin. Discworld fans will get it. |
Yes, but is your ship male, or female? |
Female of course. All ships are female, at least in the customs of my country. _________________ Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. |
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Jedi Skyler Moff
Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 8440
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: |
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Not all craft are female.
There was a male plane in "The Three Amigos."
How could you tell?
You could see it's little balls, according to Martin Short.
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Ray Commodore
Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 1743 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America, Western Hemisphere, Earth, Sol, Western Arm, Milky Way
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:03 am Post subject: |
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The General Lee is male. Not a ship, but still counts. |
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masque Captain
Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 626 Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Jedi Skyler wrote: | Not all craft are female. |
I know. That's why I said "ships", not craft. Ships referring to sea or space-going vessels, by custom. Fighters I'm iffy about, I'd say they're more analogous to planes (specifically jet fighters), but freighters on up are ships.
I know Han refers to the Falcon as female, hence my assumption of the custom carrying over, at least for humans based on American culture. I seem to recall that Russians refer to their ships as male, and I think the Germans do, too, but I'm less sure about them. _________________ Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. |
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masque Captain
Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 626 Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:01 am Post subject: |
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Ray wrote: | Not a ship, but still counts. |
Not when I was referring to ships specifically, it doesn't. I probably should have been more specific in the original post. _________________ Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. |
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Melorn Cadet
Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 17
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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Please don't take my comment about the escape pods badly. Many of the drawings from the WEG stuff have things that don't make sense.
Blame it on imperial regulations about safety and pods for a given crewsize. _________________ "well it's either hoth or peanut butter" -me |
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GAstleford Cadet
Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:06 am Post subject: |
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Hey, the way I see it: I'd rather have the pods be too big than too small, especially if there's the potential to be stuck in one for an extended period of time.
I think any and all criticism is valid, to some degree. Ultimately, it comes down to a GM's preference for his game.
The Ghtroc, as presented, details a stock configuration. Being as the 720 is highly customizable, any captain can gut it and reconfigure to his heart's content. Take out one of those escape pods, mock it up to look like it's been jettisoned, and use some of the interior space for a secret compartment (for smuggling). Lacking that, you can always convert the entirety of that space to hold additional cargo.
Gary _________________ Neurosuction |
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Ray Commodore
Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 1743 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America, Western Hemisphere, Earth, Sol, Western Arm, Milky Way
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: |
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Or possibly rip the pods out, put a Hyperdrive in that area, and put new pods in the shoulders.
That way, your Engeneer will quit complaining about how the different engines are spread so far away...
AND give a Captain a shorter run to the Pods. |
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Gry Sarth Jedi
Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 5304 Location: Sao Paulo - Brazil
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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Ray wrote: | AND give a Captain a shorter run to the Pods. |
Whatever happened to "Going down with the ship" ? _________________ "He's Gry Sarth, of course he has the stats for them." |
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cheshire Arbiter-General (Moderator)
Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Posts: 4849
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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All the captains that believed that went down with their ships. |
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Gry Sarth Jedi
Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 5304 Location: Sao Paulo - Brazil
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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Makes sense. It's a hard tradition to pass down... _________________ "He's Gry Sarth, of course he has the stats for them." |
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Ray Commodore
Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 1743 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America, Western Hemisphere, Earth, Sol, Western Arm, Milky Way
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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You're thinking Navy personelle. I'm talking Freighter Bums.
Can't spend your reward if you're dead. |
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