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Post by IanKeldon on Jun 22, 2012 0:09:51 GMT -7
Thank Trekcore... It seemed appropriate...
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Post by markfasast on Jun 22, 2012 0:30:50 GMT -7
Not much to say except I was a bit disappointed with the deletion of the forum unexpectedly. Not cause all the ship stats but because of all the Alternate Fan made rules that where fleshed out. I was going to archive them but been too busy to do so.
Anyhow thanks Sub for the new forum, I was worried something went wrong.
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Post by Spocksbrain on Jun 22, 2012 0:51:40 GMT -7
In my mind's eye, I have always imagined this site to be a "starship", with all of us as the "crew." I don't nail it down to any particular design- or class of ship (Federation for me, tho) and I like to keep plenty of space open for my imagination.
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Post by Spocksbrain on Jun 22, 2012 1:09:29 GMT -7
Not much to say except I was a bit disappointed with the deletion of the forum unexpectedly. Not cause all the ship stats but because of all the Alternate Fan made rules that where fleshed out. I was going to archive them but been too busy to do so. Anyhow thanks Sub for the new forum, I was worried something went wrong. Glad you are back Mark, Andy here, I had similar feelings, initially. I had joined this forum way back in 2008 and had invested many hours of reading and posting and learning. I was not happy with the sudden loss of my rank and "status" that I'd come to enjoy. It looks like everyone (and more) are quickly coming aboard the [glow=red,2,300]new ship[/glow] and I, for one, am relieved. Been looking for HansAlphaone and Tiberionson, all over the ship, tho, and can't seem to find them.
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Post by trynda1701 on Jun 22, 2012 14:02:22 GMT -7
Not much to say except I was a bit disappointed with the deletion of the forum unexpectedly. Not cause all the ship stats but because of all the Alternate Fan made rules that where fleshed out. I was going to archive them but been too busy to do so. Anyhow thanks Sub for the new forum, I was worried something went wrong. Glad you are back Mark, Andy here, I had similar feelings, initially. I had joined this forum way back in 2008 and had invested many hours of reading and posting and learning. I was not happy with the sudden loss of my rank and "status" that I'd come to enjoy. It looks like everyone (and more) are quickly coming aboard the [glow=red,2,300]new ship[/glow] and I, for one, am relieved. Been looking for HansAlphaone and Tiberionson, all over the ship, tho, and can't seem to find them. Just as people are reposting their ship schematics, Mark, I plan to repost the few House Rules from our gaming group. Hopefully others will feel free to do the same? And hopefully, the posts I put out on TMP, SCN etc will bring home the missing crew members, Andy. Mark
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Post by kinshi on Jun 22, 2012 15:26:15 GMT -7
As far as the fan-made rules, I was wonder if anyone was interested in helping me assemble them into a single "publication"? Might be nice to gather the best/most popular ones up and get them into a single place to use a reference. Then it could be hosted on the various fansites.
Sort of like the STCS manual rewrite (I am a technical writer, so no bigger for me to assemble, just need to collect the actual rules materials).
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Post by trynda1701 on Jun 22, 2012 15:30:59 GMT -7
That sounds like a good idea, kinshi. I'll modestly submit some ideas like I said I am going to repost. What manual rewrite are you referring to, by the way?
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Post by markfasast on Jun 22, 2012 16:15:15 GMT -7
kinshi: What rules are you trying to collect? The ones I know of are the ones that where lost with the destruction of the previous forum. Unless you saved them?
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Post by kinshi on Jun 22, 2012 17:38:17 GMT -7
I have some that I have scraped off various Yahoo groups, but I have little to go on about how widely accepted any of them actually are. So if you can tel lme which ones of the various non-FASA rules gets used a lot, it would be most helpful.
Some stuff I have seen that I do NOT have information on are drone operations, and drone launcher construction tables for use in ship construction, transporter/tractor use in STCS, shuttle & fighter use.
I am also actively working on a draft of solo-play scenario guidelines
Now I have seen this "Admiral's Edition 3.0" set of rules out there, but they are hard to find, and after reading them I could not help notice how much material seems to have been directly lifted out of Star Fleet Battles. I have tended to shy away from that as it seems like the sort of thing Steve Cole would have a major hissy over.
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Post by kinshi on Jun 22, 2012 17:39:53 GMT -7
Oh Mark..I see XON Gaming is your site? I just recalled that the "General forum" link on XON's main page for STSTCSOLD&A needs to be updated :-)
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Post by trynda1701 on Jun 22, 2012 17:53:28 GMT -7
I am also actively working on a draft of solo-play scenario guidelines Now I have seen this "Admiral's Edition 3.0" set of rules out there, but they are hard to find, and after reading them I could not help notice how much material seems to have been directly lifted out of Star Fleet Battles. I have tended to shy away from that as it seems like the sort of thing Steve Cole would have a major hissy over. Yes, I would like to see those solo rules when you get a chance to work them up. I took a text copy of adam's rules from the old forum, but haven't had time to run a few games with them. Yeah, although I've got those Admiral Edition rules, the SFB inspired content would be a problem, wouldn't it? Was wondering if it was those rules you meant. As I said, in the next few days, I'll post various House Rules our group used for peoples consideration. I just have to dig out my old printouts.
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Post by markfasast on Jun 22, 2012 18:30:39 GMT -7
kinshi: Did you see the "phase II" STCS rules by sporadic also? They should be listed on that DL link below, plus other rules, nothing from the old forum tho. and I'll work on getting the link fixed on XON, thanks for letting me know. FAN Made FASA Rules www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=1649aeab22def6e861d4646c62b381cb1dcb61a194e428e15be6ba49b5870170@trynda: Good to hear you'll get your house rules back up! Overall I prefer rules that are FASA-Like rather than what alot a people do is base rules on SFB's.
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Post by commodoreminick on Jun 22, 2012 19:31:40 GMT -7
Not much to say except I was a bit disappointed with the deletion of the forum unexpectedly. Not cause all the ship stats but because of all the Alternate Fan made rules that where fleshed out. I was going to archive them but been too busy to do so. Anyhow thanks Sub for the new forum, I was worried something went wrong. Glad you are back Mark, Andy here, I had similar feelings, initially. I had joined this forum way back in 2008 and had invested many hours of reading and posting and learning. I was not happy with the sudden loss of my rank and "status" that I'd come to enjoy. It looks like everyone (and more) are quickly coming aboard the [glow=red,2,300]new ship[/glow] and I, for one, am relieved. Been looking for HansAlphaone and Tiberionson, all over the ship, tho, and can't seem to find them. I am *so* lost. Anyone know where my quarters are? Anyone?
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Post by kinshi on Jun 22, 2012 19:33:41 GMT -7
Yes those were the rules I was speaking of, I hesitate on them as that manual itself seems to draw very heavily on ADB assets (layout style, artwork, SFB rules, and races), and I think ADB/Steve Cole actually considers that manual to be on his hit list for "pirated material" which may be why its so hard to find it hosted anywhere) yes, I do have the Phase II Rules (I think). Are they the ones titled "Starship Combat II" Version 1.1 ? Now that I look at them I see the differences. That one may be best left standalone given the volume of material covered. What I am looking to do id collect the various option rules to use along with the FASA rules for stuff that was not covered in the FASA materials (like tractors, transporters, shuttles, etc) I am also actively working on a draft of solo-play scenario guidelines Now I have seen this "Admiral's Edition 3.0" set of rules out there, but they are hard to find, and after reading them I could not help notice how much material seems to have been directly lifted out of Star Fleet Battles. I have tended to shy away from that as it seems like the sort of thing Steve Cole would have a major hissy over. Yes, I would like to see those solo rules when you get a chance to work them up. I took a text copy of adam's rules from the old forum, but haven't had time to run a few games with them. Yeah, although I've got those Admiral Edition rules, the SFB inspired content would be a problem, wouldn't it? Was wondering if it was those rules you meant. As I said, in the next few days, I'll post various House Rules our group used for peoples consideration. I just have to dig out my old printouts.
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Post by kaisernathan1701 on Jun 22, 2012 19:36:23 GMT -7
Glad you are back Mark, Andy here, I had similar feelings, initially. I had joined this forum way back in 2008 and had invested many hours of reading and posting and learning. I was not happy with the sudden loss of my rank and "status" that I'd come to enjoy. It looks like everyone (and more) are quickly coming aboard the [glow=red,2,300]new ship[/glow] and I, for one, am relieved. Been looking for HansAlphaone and Tiberionson, all over the ship, tho, and can't seem to find them. I am *so* lost. Anyone know where my quarters are? Anyone? *shows you were your Quarters are* Enjoy the Replicator ^_^
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Post by markfasast on Jun 22, 2012 19:44:00 GMT -7
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Post by Romulas on Jun 22, 2012 19:51:32 GMT -7
So glad this site is here. I was afraid I would be unable to get my fix of ship pics.
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Post by commodoreminick on Jun 22, 2012 19:52:21 GMT -7
You have no idea how happy I am that you have all that stuff. BTW - I'm Ken - co-author of the Phase II rule set (though, Travis deserves ALL the credit for putting it together like that). I'm super geeked you have it all there.
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Post by kinshi on Jun 22, 2012 20:29:53 GMT -7
thanks for that, I had not seen these before. I agree also, that is I prefer the rules to be as close to FASA-like as possible, I mean there is a reason I prefer to play STCS as opposed to SFB (or FC even) I tried out Federation Commander, given its billing as fast-paced starship combat, but became taken aback by the SFB players who seem hellbent on converting FC into SFB. (and FC is still pretty top-heavy compared to STCS, and not very RPG friendly) Anyway, I would much rather stick close to the FASA universe than the SFU. Trying to bring a bunch of SFB into STCS seems like diving down a black hole imho. kinshi: Did you see the "phase II" STCS rules by sporadic also? They should be listed on that DL link below, plus other rules, nothing from the old forum tho. and I'll work on getting the link fixed on XON, thanks for letting me know. FAN Made FASA Rules www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=1649aeab22def6e861d4646c62b381cb1dcb61a194e428e15be6ba49b5870170@trynda: Good to hear you'll get your house rules back up! Overall I prefer rules that are FASA-Like rather than what alot a people do is base rules on SFB's.
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Post by markfasast on Jun 22, 2012 20:47:44 GMT -7
I think we got off topic, just realized what thread this is in, maybe start another thread Kinshi?
Minik, glad ur happy.
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Post by Spocksbrain on Jun 23, 2012 0:17:35 GMT -7
Glad you are back Mark, Andy here, I had similar feelings, initially. I had joined this forum way back in 2008 and had invested many hours of reading and posting and learning. I was not happy with the sudden loss of my rank and "status" that I'd come to enjoy. It looks like everyone (and more) are quickly coming aboard the [glow=red,2,300]new ship[/glow] and I, for one, am relieved. Been looking for HansAlphaone and Tiberionson, all over the ship, tho, and can't seem to find them. Just as people are reposting their ship schematics, Mark, I plan to repost the few House Rules from our gaming group. Hopefully others will feel free to do the same? And hopefully, the posts I put out on TMP, SCN etc will bring home the missing crew members, Andy. Mark I appreciate that , Trynda, I know where both of those dudes are , plus General Wnchstr. (I hope he can persuaded to come back)
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Post by Spocksbrain on Jun 23, 2012 0:19:06 GMT -7
Glad you are back Mark, Andy here, I had similar feelings, initially. I had joined this forum way back in 2008 and had invested many hours of reading and posting and learning. I was not happy with the sudden loss of my rank and "status" that I'd come to enjoy. It looks like everyone (and more) are quickly coming aboard the [glow=red,2,300]new ship[/glow] and I, for one, am relieved. Been looking for HansAlphaone and Tiberionson, all over the ship, tho, and can't seem to find them. I am *so* lost. Anyone know where my quarters are? Anyone? Deck 5, section Alpha . I understand they're quite comfortable.. LOTS of table top space!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2012 5:56:31 GMT -7
Wow! A fresh, new start.
Say, markfasast, do you mind if I check out the non-fan generated fasa material you have? Is the link still available?
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Post by markfasast on Jun 23, 2012 13:45:05 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2012 14:39:07 GMT -7
Sweeet!
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