On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 13:51 +0100, Onno Meyer wrote: > Dear GURPSnet, > > my 900th posting should come out in two months, and I'm thinking > about a suitable vehicle. Many of my vehicles were written for a > brief appearance in the background of an adventure, where their > stats hardly mattered unless things came apart and somebody had > to take cover behind them. A few were the prized possession of > some PCs, and went through several drafts until all the players > were happy with them. > > For number 900, I want such a "PC class" vehicle, but our party > doesn't need a new ride right now, so I'm open to suggestions. > Ideas so far: > > * A Traveller TL10 Air/Raft for a Free or Far Trader. 0.5 dtons, > 4+ passengers, not openly mil-spec but certainly modified for > exciting situations. > > * A Traveller jump-capable SAR craft in the 100-200 dton range.
I was thinking about one but it is not a PC vehicle. How about a planetary defense satellite? For a PC vehicle, something small that a PC group can all fit into is the best, I suppose. I've just read another book by Jack McDevitt so I've been thinking there can be a lot of adventure in archaeology in space or on alien planets. There could be ancient mysteries or technology to be found. So maybe a special research vehicle used by archaeologists to explore lost ships or space stations found abandoned in space. It would probably be a modified version of a standard ship. Lots of improved close-range sensor systems. Lots of robot probes and manipulators with advanced sensors. Maybe some beefed up thruster systems to take the spin off abandoned ships. Beefed up research computers for analysis. Maybe some kind of tamper-proof, write-once evidence recording systems. Lots of science equipment for analyzing materials: composition, age, construction. Secure and sterile cargo pods for storing artifacts. -- Knowledge Is Power Power Corrupts Study Hard Be Evil _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
