On 6/13/2011 12:41 PM, Onno Meyer wrote: > This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the > GURPSnet mailing list. I grant the permission for all non-commercial > redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on > a website or the like. The files at omeyer.gmxhome.de are down until > I fix the automatic PDF generation, which should be one of these > days - see sourceforge.net/projects/gurpsml > Onno Meyer, 2011-06-13 > > Bioship Cutter v1.0 (TL14) > Copyright 2011 by Onno Meyer > > The 3,000-ton Bioship is capable of faster than light travel, but she > is normally used as a subcraft by larger interstellar ships. That gives > the Bioship Cutter time to work up properly and to gain experience. > The Cutter has a main hull about 150' long and 50' wide, with spidery > antenna clusters for the gravscanner on the bow and projector vanes for > the reactionless thrusters along the flanks and in the rear. The total > length is 200'. Unlike her larger cousins, she handles reasonably well > in an atmosphere, at least at subsonic speeds. > She has a spinal plasma flamer, two lateral flamers, and ten missile > defense flamers. The range is disappointing for deep space combat, but > the flamers will grow into fusion guns as the bioship matures. She has > a tractor beam as well, more a tool than a weapon. > The payload section has a central corridor/lounge with a few computer > terminals and an automed, two bunkrooms for eight human passengers, and > four cargo bays. There is no direct access to the biomechanical organs > in the main hull.
I wonder if there is a Bioship society of sorts? Are they all hard-wired instinct, or do they need all kinds of training in using the tractor beam, FTL flight and orbital mechanics? Are these bioships raised by bioship parents or by humans? How are they socialized? What if a baby bioship does something wrong, like crashing into a space station and damaging the dock? Does it get a spanking? Or is a disappointed look and using all three of its names enough? _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
