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dave Lieutenant JG
Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 82 Location: Canton, NY
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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I will be totally honest here and say that mostly I just want to smack some ships together in the SFU and "blow stuff up real good". FC is a great way to do that, no timeline required.
For those who want to play timeline specific games using the FC rules I assume they are free to pour over the respective Master Ship Charts and cross out system boxes that "should not be there yet" and figure out how to fit the scenario into the existing FC ship mix. Those of us who just want to "blow stuff up" don't need to worry about when a particular ship was or was not on the Klingon Border.
I like the idea of a "Middle Years" setting using new ship cards and existing counters to portray the ships of ToS etc. I would buy into an FC:Early Years product that dealt with sub-light ships etc. No need for a specific timeline, just a general era.
As for "Fizzing Beams" this is no worse than the "Cosmic Kitty" a giant Monster possibly of Kzinti or Lyran origin which bats starships, terrain, seeking weapons etc about at will.
Or the dreaded "Stellar Wind" which used to plague or marathon battles with paper maps and cardboard counters on a screened in porch... |
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Kang Fleet Captain
Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 1976 Location: Devon, UK
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:04 am Post subject: |
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Aye, well, don't worry about the 'fizzing beams'; they were simply an humourous extension to a spelling error - nobody is thinking of incorporating such a weapon - wherever in the timeline it appears _________________
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USS Enterprise Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 27 Feb 2009 Posts: 376 Location: Vulcan
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Except the Diet Pepsi Battlecruiser! |
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MajerBlundor Lieutenant SG
Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 123
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Kang wrote: | Aye, well, don't worry about the 'fizzing beams'; they were simply an humourous extension to a spelling error - nobody is thinking of incorporating such a weapon - wherever in the timeline it appears |
In a recent session one of my friends announced that he was firing his "futon torpedoes".
Personally, I doubt that comfy cushions would have much of an impact on a star ship's hull. |
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USS Enterprise Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 27 Feb 2009 Posts: 376 Location: Vulcan
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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Diet Pepsi Battlecruiser- Colonel Sanders speaking, Fire all Fizzing Beams. |
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Kang Fleet Captain
Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 1976 Location: Devon, UK
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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MajerBlundor wrote: | Personally, I doubt that comfy cushions would have much of an impact on a star ship's hull. |
It worked for the Spanish Inquisition....
.....for those that don't know, it's a Monty Python sketch... _________________
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MajerBlundor Lieutenant SG
Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 123
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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You know, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition to be discussed on this forum. But I suppose that nooobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! |
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Mike Fleet Captain
Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 1675 Location: South Carolina
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I guess that was something completely different... |
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USS Enterprise Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 27 Feb 2009 Posts: 376 Location: Vulcan
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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By the way, the fizzing beams leak through the shield and choke the captain.
Unless he's Kirk. _________________ "The good of the many outweighs the good of the few"
"Since my customary greeting would seem entirely self serving, I will simply say good luck."
"Live long and Prosper." |
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Sneaky Scot Commander
Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 475 Location: Tintern, Monmouthshire
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Just remember that our main weapon is fear. And surprise. Our two main weapons are... _________________ Nothing is quite as persuasive as a disruptor pistol on slow burn and a rotisserie...... |
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drwibble Lieutenant JG
Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 79
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 9:30 am Post subject: |
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Sneaky Scot wrote: | Just remember that our main weapon is fear. And surprise. Our two main weapons are... |
Ah... but is the big chair a Comfy Chair? |
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Kang Fleet Captain
Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 1976 Location: Devon, UK
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:26 am Post subject: |
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Let's come back in and start again.... _________________
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pinecone Fleet Captain
Joined: 03 May 2008 Posts: 1862 Location: Earth
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Sneaky Scot wrote: | Just remember that our main weapon is fear. And surprise. Our two main weapons are... |
Okay, so I won't sleep well, so I'll be spacey. My thoughts will wander and I won't notice or fear you. |
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ericphillips Commander
Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 702 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA, Sol, Gould Belt, Orion Arm, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Universe Beta
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject: Back on topic |
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I would like a "sorta" timeline.
I think having a defined history is good is good for scenarios. However, for FC, I would recommend "eras" instead of a detailed timeline for ships in service (it is still impotant to know what year an event happened, but independent from the ship services).
Middle Years is a perfect example. Don't think of it as an alternate setting, but an alternate era. It should reflect all the ships available to a scenario between (insert whatever years covers the whole of the middle years). It does not matter if one Empire develops such-and-such technology 12 years later than so-and-so. Too much info for FC.
I would like to see an early years era product. Again, all ships represented should cover the entire era, no versions for early or late. You play an early gorn, here is the SSD. No need to think if it is Y80 or Y100.
Scenarios can set an exact historical date, it just would not affect the design of a ship in that era.
This seems like a good balance of playability and history. In the end I can see four eras: Early, Middle, Main FC, and Late (simplified x-ships). |
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mjwest Commodore
Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 4075 Location: Dallas, Texas
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, there are two mini-eras in the Early Years: the one focused on the W-era ships (typically max speed 16) and the other focused on teh Y-era ships (typically max speed 24). That means the presentation of the Early Years could be as two eras, one mini-era at the expense of the other, or some bizarre mashup. I don't know which is best, really, though I lean toward the "two separate eras" type idea. _________________
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