Granpafishy
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Does anybody have a good design sequence for organic based ship?
Organic Ships
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Richard Saunders
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Hello Granpafishy.
1 - plant the seed.
2 - water the plant.
3 - harvest.
4 - reem out the middle.
5 - mount the engine,weapons,lifesupport and everything else you need.
6 - boost into space and leave.
In all seriousness i have no idea.
Bye.
1 - plant the seed.
2 - water the plant.
3 - harvest.
4 - reem out the middle.
5 - mount the engine,weapons,lifesupport and everything else you need.
6 - boost into space and leave.
In all seriousness i have no idea.
Bye.
The Hinterworlds Rambler
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The Tahavi designers that work with us had done a few experiments along this line, an offshoot of artificial reef construction... the few example I had seen started with a concrete form, conducive to coral growth... the end result is not too dissimilar from having a planetoid ship. Transition into space kills the outer layers of the hull, making a very hard surface... they then added aftermarket drives and support gear... buffing of the surface gives a luminous shell-like quality to the hull that is quite striking...
The only starship design system I've seen mentioning organic ships are Neo's Custom Starship Design rules for Dragonstar. They are D20 but not Traveller. There are a bunch of cool ideas in this file, but I've found the design system too obtuse to use.
Granpafishy
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Do they Showcase modles that I could look at?
Granpafishy
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Thank you, I will most certainly take a look at them.
Granpafishy
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Point noted.
The main reason is I'm looking for designs that could reapair itself (with enough time) that isn't Anceint or extreme Handwavium technology.
Granpafishy
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Granpafishy
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Neither do I, but that's what this Board is for. The spread of new or revised ideas.
mike wightman
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It's numbers 12 and 13, if that helps
I used an organic ship in an adventure once. It had to waste space much like a planetoid hull but it had several advantages.
1. It was sentient, with a computer rating equal to its intelligence (I used the same formula as that in book 8 robots, max Int=TL-3).
2. It required no crew.
3. It could generate energy through a photosynthesising hull (equivalent to a power plant 1 in the inner system, in the outer system it could only produce a tricle to keep it alive).
4. It could heal hull damage over a few days/weeks.
It did have machinery such as a fusion power plant, maneuver drive, jump drive, and limited weapons. It could heal one level of damage to each (representing the organic components) but multiple hits would cause a permanent reduction. If a component was completely destroyed then it couldn't be healed.
Its main disadvantage was requiring nutrients equal to 1% of its displacement per month. If starved it would canibalise itself, reducing its armour rating by one per month, then its drives by one per month, and finally its intelligence would degrade by one per month until it died.
My players found it with hull and power plant damage (and starving) in the outer system. They investigated and then rigged a power feed from their ship to try and restore maneuverability. Of course it wanted nutrients...
I used an organic ship in an adventure once. It had to waste space much like a planetoid hull but it had several advantages.
1. It was sentient, with a computer rating equal to its intelligence (I used the same formula as that in book 8 robots, max Int=TL-3).
2. It required no crew.
3. It could generate energy through a photosynthesising hull (equivalent to a power plant 1 in the inner system, in the outer system it could only produce a tricle to keep it alive).
4. It could heal hull damage over a few days/weeks.
It did have machinery such as a fusion power plant, maneuver drive, jump drive, and limited weapons. It could heal one level of damage to each (representing the organic components) but multiple hits would cause a permanent reduction. If a component was completely destroyed then it couldn't be healed.
Its main disadvantage was requiring nutrients equal to 1% of its displacement per month. If starved it would canibalise itself, reducing its armour rating by one per month, then its drives by one per month, and finally its intelligence would degrade by one per month until it died.
My players found it with hull and power plant damage (and starving) in the outer system. They investigated and then rigged a power feed from their ship to try and restore maneuverability. Of course it wanted nutrients...
Granpafishy
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Thanks for the tips on where to look
And Sigg, You gave me some very NASTY ideas on things to do to players
And Sigg, You gave me some very NASTY ideas on things to do to players
Sigg, you have given me one more way to totally gross out and embarass my players; a heart felt thank you!
mike wightman
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You are both more than welcome
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