So for over a year now I've been wrestling with a Wing Commander RPG. I've been tinkering with a little free-form rule set and feel more or less ready to give the game a go at last. I'll be play-testing it in the near future with some friends via forums. If anyone's interested I can post the details of it all after the fact, and let you know how it goes and what I recommend for anyone considering doing the same.
Anyway, the reason for my posting. With a rule-set laid out, I'm now finalising a character-creation system, and was after a little information somebody might be able to help with.
- How was the Union of Borderworlds formed? What actually is their status in relation to the Confederacy? This story is set during the Kilrathi war, and I presume it was a case of "terrans' unite" during that period, but never-the-less I imagine some interesting tensions and politics lay between the two even then.
- The Landreich. I never played the Privateer games unfortunately, and have had no luck running any of the fan-projects involving this faction either. The encyclopedia here makes reference to them, but doesn't give an overview.
- Oasisian, Firekkan, and Grovesner races. Very much the same.
And on another incidental topic.
- Jump Drives. How do they work? From researching the archives here I notice different types of jump-lines, so presumably there's more than one mechanic behind them. I'm staying away from the film incidentally (I enjoyed it, but consider it an "alternative universe"). And at what stage in the war were they introduced to fighters?
Thanks for your help guys.
Anyway, the reason for my posting. With a rule-set laid out, I'm now finalising a character-creation system, and was after a little information somebody might be able to help with.
- How was the Union of Borderworlds formed? What actually is their status in relation to the Confederacy? This story is set during the Kilrathi war, and I presume it was a case of "terrans' unite" during that period, but never-the-less I imagine some interesting tensions and politics lay between the two even then.
- The Landreich. I never played the Privateer games unfortunately, and have had no luck running any of the fan-projects involving this faction either. The encyclopedia here makes reference to them, but doesn't give an overview.
- Oasisian, Firekkan, and Grovesner races. Very much the same.
And on another incidental topic.
- Jump Drives. How do they work? From researching the archives here I notice different types of jump-lines, so presumably there's more than one mechanic behind them. I'm staying away from the film incidentally (I enjoyed it, but consider it an "alternative universe"). And at what stage in the war were they introduced to fighters?
Thanks for your help guys.