Tales from the Ether (pre-NES)

[Haseri]

I'm gonna be honest i have No idea what most of that means Haseri. Also where did your dollar amounts for the ship components come from, i hadnt really thought about the cost of my ship. Being an english lord of some wealth Craven just bought it or convinved the crown to do so. But i do like the idea of having value for component pieces so that if/when i wanna upgrade or build a new ship i can kinda gauge wether i'm overdoin it through that system. Did you just make the numbers up?

edit: also when it comes to calculating the speed of my ship i'm gonna leave it at 'fast' and never again think about it unless i upgrade it to make it 'more fast' hahaha

I did not make the numbers up, no. I suppose the writers of the GURPS Spaceships supplements, where I got the statistics (Books 1 and 7 specifically), did.

It doesn't really matter about the costs (I was thinking of reducing the Ether Screw's cost anyway, to account for the slower acceleration). Story always trumps reality in these situations. It was more of a mental exercise for myself and an aid just in case the fancy ever takes me to map my ship. And I'm glad the results were close.

For my next trick, I shall stat my characters out in GURPS! Mostly so I can work out story fights, like the one I'm planning.

And another thing: If we say GURPS $200 ~=~ £1 in this game, my ether flyer costs around £6000.

@Starlife: Hey, it could be made with 3e Vehicles rules - the modular system of Spaceships is quite elagent, if that's the right word. It only gets math-heavy when working out delta-V with large amounts of tanks and travel times, other than that it is just simple adding.

 

[Starlife]

Whatever you want to do, Haseri. I think it's pretty cool.

Hm, so where are all the players that signed up now? Still afraid I won't update, eh? I'll show 'em. Sure, school will pick up and what not - but that won't stop me.

 

[Starlife]

Just so you all know, I'll be out this weekend again. Leaving Friday morning, coming back Sunday evening.

So far, everything in this "NES" is awesome. By the way: yes, France will obtain a huge gearworked mechanical man weapon. Will they use it? Maybe. That's the big secret.

I do plan on dramatically changing the geopolitical situation on Earth.

 

[Freemanuncg]

By the way: yes, France will obtain a huge gearworked mechanical man weapon.

what does that mean? like a megazord?

 

[Starlife]

Spoiler :

 

[Freemanuncg]

Sweeet I Need one of those!

 

[Starlife]

Sweeet I Need one of those!

It's not going to be super cheesy sci-fi. It'll be a hulking metallic object - but vaguely shaped as a humanoid (a lot of the pieces en route to Earth will create an incomplete object, so a mad scientist will be needed to fill in the holes). It will have tons of high-tech weapons. It's going to take our world from being 21 years with ether discovery and some steampunk technology, into 1890, where new steampunk innovations will dominate Europe.

 

[Freemanuncg]

I just happen to have a WHOLE crew of Mad Scientists

 

[SKILORD]

Her Majesty probably would have you executed for trying to provide such a boon to the French. (Treason!)

Not that I care, as long as they don't invade Belgium.

 

[Freemanuncg]

Touche, but keep in mind you dont help the french complete their design for a massive robot without at least swiping a copy of the plans for her majesty.

Something my team is NOT above

 

[SKILORD]

I think it seems more a salvage operation than a construction, I think it would be a bigger leap to build it from scratch.

You'll probably need good scouts to find more Vulcan artifacts.

 

[Freemanuncg]

Hey i know where to get a scout ship... and an archeologist

 

[Starlife]

To get into Juno unauthorized is a suicide mission to begin with. Not to mention if you are hunting around the asteroids you're dealing with pirates, madmen, and French (and other) spies. Hm. Sounds fun, doesn't it?

 

[SKILORD]

Probably need a lot more guns than the Narcissus is toting atm.

 

[Freemanuncg]

Or a fast small ship, but your right even the Penafore needs more guns to fight pirates and madmen and spies AND Frenchmen all at the same time lawl

 

[Starlife]

Teamwork?

 

[Starlife]

What is the consensus from everyone for keeping inventions private? Should I just post them here, so there is no overlapping?

 

[Adrogans]

I think it depends on the invention...If I created a superweapon yeah private, If I create something others will buy which won't effect me or that my government will use and would thus become public anyway go for it.

 

[Freemanuncg]

I dont mind mine is something i'm def gonna be selling to people eventutally anyway its no secret

 

[Starlife]

Back from the weekend. Enjoying reading the new stories.