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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Nor any description or explanation of what all those members of the skeleton crew are actually doing that is absolutely vital to the basic operation of the ship. Do we have any Navy vets in the Pit that could take a crack at that type of flavor text?

We do, and it has been discussed in the past. There are, ultimately, too many variables to accurately determine the division of duties for a fictional spacecraft. My solution was to apply crew casualties as dice penalties applied against the ship's crew skill ratings. It also ties in with what I just posted, as a more experienced and capable crew will be better at keeping the ship in combat, despite crew casualties.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cynanbloodbane wrote:
Nor any description or explanation of what all those members of the skeleton crew are actually doing that is absolutely vital to the basic operation of the ship. Do we have any Navy vets in the Pit that could take a crack at that type of flavor text?

Or any veteran spacers. Me personally, I only leave the Earth through astral projection so I don't know how starships work.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Returning to the concept of converting a ship's Consumables to an Endurance rating, I keep running into serious snags converting fuel consumption rates into separate tables for different ship sizes. Since the idea is to come up with a Consumables rating that is more story-based, here is the bare bones of what I'm thinking.

1). Conversion
Starfighters - 1 day = 1D (5 days = 1 week in the SWU)
Space Transports - 1 month = 2D
Capital Ships - 3 months = 1D (10 months = 1 year in the SWU)
For conversion purposes, no ship shall have less than a 2D Endurance rating.

2). Difficulty
a. Start at 1 for all ships
b. Increase at the following rates per gaming session:
    Starfighters = +6
    Space Transports = +3
    Capital Ships = +1
c. Roll Endurance at the end of the gaming session (or as dramatically appropriate) then apply result to beginning of next session.

3). Result
On a failed roll, re-roll the ship's Endurance against the same Difficulty. Continue rolling until you make a successful roll, then compare the number of sequential failed rolls to the following table:
    One Failure = Minor fault that requires repair. Can use the damage charts or the mishap charts from Tramp Freighters to generate.

    Two Consecutive Failures = Ship is running low on fuel, and must replenish at next stop.

    Three Consecutive Failures = Ship suffers a major malfunction and is dead in space until it can be repaired.

Here are some example conversions for ships from the main sourcebooks:

A-Wing = 5D
B-Wing = 5D
X-Wing = 5D
Y-Wing = 5D
TIE Fighter = 2D
TIE Interceptor = 2D
TIE Bomber = 2D
Z-95 = 2D

Imperial Star Destroyer = 20D
Victory Star Destroyer = 13D+1
Mon Cal MC80 = 6D+2
Corellian Corvette = 3D+1
Nebulon B = 6D+2

YT-1300 = 4D
Ghtroc 720 = 4D
Guardian Light Cruiser = 6D
Lone Scout-A = 3D+1 (Capital Scale)
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bumping this, so as to start pulling this together for future stat write-ups. I'm suggesting the following changes:
    Scale: Convert to my Scale System. Link.

    Length: I'd like to find some way to replace Length with Mass, or perhaps with "Size" that includes both Mass and basic dimensions...

    Crew: For Capital Ships, this number has basically no in-game utility, so I suggest using the Crew # to convert to a Command Difficulty needed to successfully operate the ship. Link.

    Crew Rating: This would be a base modifier to the Crew Skill ratings to show the crew's quality relative to other ships, like so:
      Inexperienced: +0D
      Experienced: +1D
      Veteran: +2D
      Elite: +3D
      Link.


    Crew Skill: Crew Skill should also include a Repair skill, for Damage Control purposes. Link.

    Passengers & Cargo Capacity: I'm strongly considering looking into methods to convert both of these to dice values, much as I did with Consumables, along with better rules to represent how a ship can actually exceed listed numbers at the expense of performance...

    EDIT: Navcomputer: Variable Grade Navcomputers that allow some ships to have better calculations available, as discussed here.

    Consumables: Convert to Endurance Dice. Link.

    EDIT: Sensors: Convert Sensor Ranges as discussed here, and add Sensor Profile Modifiers, as discussed here.

    Weapons: For Capital Ships, convert # of weapons to Battery Dice. Link.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is great! Thank you!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whill wrote:
This is great! Thank you!

You're welcome. I'm pretty sure there are some others that I missed, so I'll add them as I think of them.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Added a new rule for Sensor Ranges to the Link List from above.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Added a link for Variable Grade Navcomputers.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just as an example, here is the stats for an ISD I as envisioned under these changes:

Craft: Kuat Drive Yards' Imperial I-Class
Type: Star Destroyer
Scale: Destroyer (+12D)
Length: 1,600 meters
Skill: Capital Ship Piloting: Imperial I
Command Difficulty: Difficult (17) (Command: Imperial Navy)
Crew Skill: (Rating: Veteran +2D)
Astrogation 4D
Gunnery 4D+2
Piloting 5D+1
Repair 5D
Shields 4D+1
Sensors 4D
Passengers: 9,700
Cargo Capacity: 36,000 metric tons
Endurance: 17D
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2
Hyperdrive Backup: x8
Nav Computer: Advanced (-5 Difficulty to Astrogation)
Maneuverability: 1D
Space: 6
Atmosphere: 330; 950kph
Hull: 7D
Shields: 3D
Auxiliary Power: 2D
Comm/Scan:
Ranges:
Passive 5-25/50/100 (1D)
Scan 10-50/100/200 (3D)
Search 20-100/200/400 (4D)
Focus 6 (4D+2)
Profile:
Cruise +8
Battle +18
Stealth -2
Silent -12
Weapons:
Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
Fire Arc: 2D Front, 2D Left, 2D Right, 1D Rear
Scale: Destroyer (+12D)
Link: 1D Battery
Crew: 4
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Range:
--Space: 3-15/35/75
--Orbital: 6km-30km/70km/150km
--Atmosphere: 300m-1.5km/3.5km/7.5km
Damage: 8D
Heavy Ion Cannon
Fire Arc: 1D Front, 1D Left, 1D Right
Scale: Destroyer (+12D)
Link: None
Crew: 3
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Range:
--Space: 1-10/25/50
--Orbital: 2km-20km/50km/100km
--Atmosphere: 100m-1km/2.5km/5km
Damage: 6D (ionization)
Turbolaser Batteries
Fire Arc: 4D Front, 4D Left, 4D Right, 2D Rear
Scale: Frigate (+10D)
Link: 1D Battery
Crew: 2
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 4D
Range:
--Space: 2-10/25/50
--Orbital: 4km-20km/50km/100km
--Atmosphere: 200m-1km/2.5km/5km
Damage: 5D
Ion Cannon
Fire Arc: 3D Front, 3D Left, 3D Right, 1D Rear
Scale: Frigate (+10D)
Link: None
Crew: 2
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 4D
Range:
--Space: 1-5/15/30
--Orbital: 2km-10km/30km/60km
--Atmosphere: 100m-500m/1.5km/3km
Damage: 4D (ionization)
Dual Laser Cannon
Fire Arc: 3D Front, 3D Left, 3D Right, 3D Rear
Scale: Starship (+6D)
Link: 1D
Crew: 2
Skill: Starship Gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Range:
--Space: 1-3/12/25
--Orbital: 2km-6km/24km/50km
--Atmosphere: 100m-300m/1.2km/2.55km
Damage: 5D
Tractor Beam Projectors
Fire Arc: 3D Front, 2D Left, 2D Right
Scale: Variable*
Link: None
Crew: 2
Skill: Gunnery
Fire Control: 4D
Range:
--Space: 1-5/15/30
--Orbital: 2km-10km/30km/60km
--Atmosphere: 100m-500m/1.5km/3km
Damage: 6D
*Can shift between Destroyer (+12), Frigate (+10D) or Starship (+6D). Changing Scales requires one round, during which the projector can not be used.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 1:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another thing I want to add is a simplified version of the Power Transfer rules from Pirates and Privateers. Rather than having a complicated system for transferring power, my version simply provides 1D (or +2 Move) of Auxiliary Power that can be applied at the pilot / captain's discretion to any one system. Some ships (generally the larger ones) will have more Auxiliary Power available, but no ship system can receive more than 1D of Auxiliary Power at a time. So, for example, if a ship has a 2D Auxiliary Power Rating, it can only allocate 1D to Shields; the remaining 1D must either be allocated to another system or remain unused.

Any use of auxiliary power must be declared at the beginning of the round, and remains allocated to that system until the ship's pilot / captain declares otherwise.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Y aknow. With all the re-do you are doing on darn near everything, it might just be better to just make an entirely new 'starwars d6 rule book'..
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Y aknow. With all the re-do you are doing on darn near everything, it might just be better to just make an entirely new 'starwars d6 rule book'..

The 2CR&E version, perhaps?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He's not exactly wrong.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A 2CRMe version!!
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bren wrote:
He's not exactly wrong.

I'm not arguing. In fact, if I weren't still so scatter-brained from my hospital stay and being under general anesthesia from surgery, a compilation of all my various suggested house rules would be a tempting project.
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