Deeps of Lyrae Table of Campaign Spaceships 13 Jul 20196 Jul 2019 To keep things organized in my mind, I made a printable table of all of the spaceships I expect to use in the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. This is in…
Deeps of Lyrae Combat Test: Sun Dog vs. Lapwing Salvage Vessel (Fourth Space Combat) 10 Jul 20195 Jul 2019 In this space combat test I'm going to continue to teach myself the basic space combat rules from GURPS Spaceships by putting my player ship into combat with another ship…
Deeps of Lyrae Combat Test: Sun Dog vs. Contessa Liner (Third Space Combat) 8 Jul 20194 Jul 2019 You'll remember that I decided to give the players a ship with a terrible gun and a single missile launcher. Then to teach myself about the GURPS Spaceships basic space…
Deeps of Lyrae Combat Test: Sun Dog vs. Tiger Frigate (Second Space Combat) 7 Jul 20194 Jul 2019 In this combat test, I try to teach myself the basic space combat system in GURPS Spaceships by putting the Sun Dog, my barely-armed player ship, against what I'm guessing…
Deeps of Lyrae Combat Test: Sun Dog v. Xanadu Liner (First Space Combat) 6 Jul 20194 Jul 2019 My task: familiarize myself with the basic space combat system in GURPS Spaceships. I thought I would test how the player's ship would stand up against a "standard" liner from…
Deeps of Lyrae The Party’s Ship (The Sun Dog Unique “Freighter”) 4 Jul 20194 Jul 2019 I've read that the ship itself can be a character in a sci-fi campaign. And I don't mean that the ship has an intelligent AI or that we're using FATE…
Deeps of Lyrae Eos Heavy Interstellar Merchantman (SM+11, TL11^) 3 Jul 20194 Jul 2019 In this post I'll continue building up my arsenal of victim ships for my space pirate campaign by adding what we might call a "totally standard" victim freighter. It's the…
Deeps of Lyrae Astro Safari Excursion Shuttle (SM+7, TL11^) 30 Jun 20194 Jul 2019 If you have a flying casino, you'll need a flying bar to orbit it. This ship was designed as a target for the space pirates in the Deeps of Lyrae…
Deeps of Lyrae Contessa Luxury Cruise Liner (a.k.a. The Flying Space Casino; SM+11, TL11^) 29 Jun 20194 Jul 2019 If you are a GM who likes space opera and you like heist movies, at some point you're going to find yourself needing a flying space casino. In the Deeps…
Deeps of Lyrae Two Problems With Traveller Spacecraft (It’s Spaceship Week! and: Spaceships Roadmap) 28 Jun 20196 Jul 2019 It's spaceships week on the blog as I'd like to share some of my designs for the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. Personally as a GM I like to think of…
Deeps of Lyrae Writing A Good Prompt (For Character Creation) 31 Dec 201817 Jun 2019 It's time to launch the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. (If you like, refer to the last post for a one-paragraph synopsis.) I find one of the key things about launching…
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