This might have been discussed in the time I was away from the boards, but-
An online ship registry, available for print out.
Members of the board running campaigns, provide the ship name, type and basic crew information to a list here, which other Referee's can use and reference during their own games. This way, the game universe has other ships and crews that a referee can use...
Player "What ships are in port?"
Ref "There are twelve vessels currently docked. Here are their class and name, and the registered Captain's name for each. Looks like you've seen this Far Trader before, The Holdfast. It's been docked just before you the last couple of jumps. Mean anything?"
Badly written, it's late at night, but what do folk think?
An online ship registry, available for print out.
Members of the board running campaigns, provide the ship name, type and basic crew information to a list here, which other Referee's can use and reference during their own games. This way, the game universe has other ships and crews that a referee can use...
Player "What ships are in port?"
Ref "There are twelve vessels currently docked. Here are their class and name, and the registered Captain's name for each. Looks like you've seen this Far Trader before, The Holdfast. It's been docked just before you the last couple of jumps. Mean anything?"
Badly written, it's late at night, but what do folk think?