I'm just wondering if the constitution is the most common ship people give their players in a TOS era game?
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I'm just wondering if the constitution is the most common ship people give their players in a TOS era game?
We have used Three ships in three differnt comapians. The first and the most used was the Saladin-class, then more in the Movier era is a Miranda-class and the least used was a Loknar. The Miranda is the latest of the ships used and We have blue prints that are our standard. Saladin-class was an excellent ship to use but limiting in some of the uses. I hope this helps you.
In my TMS-era campaigns, we used a Connie (USS Excalibur NCC-1705-A) and a Miranda (USS St. Roch NCC-1941) (this was before the Bozeman showed up).
I've run and played in campaigns set on Constitution class, Decatur Class (the Belknap class prototype), and a number of homebrew ships.
For us, the Constitutions were always the "Cadillac" design that everyone wanted to work up to.
My first experience with Star Trek was aboard the USS Vladivostok a Loknar class frigate.
And of course, there's Bob Wesley's Bretagne campaign...
In my current campaign, we're using the Anton-class.
I was always partial to the Ranger and Oberth class scouts- thugh FASA'a plans for the former were truly heinous.
Even though there aren't any stats or deckplans for it, I'd love to play on a Metaluna. It's small enough to be game-friendly, different enough to be memorable, perfectly fits the TOS classic design aesthetic, and is just a beautiful little ship.
Metaluna?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarge
I think Sarge means this
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...9,r:1,s:0,i:81
For my TOS-movie era campaign, the players have been aboard a Loknar-class frigate.
The pre-TOS set sail aboard the Enterrprise under Captain Robert April out of the Academy, then served aboard a Ranger-class vessel. The Command candidate's first command was then a tug/fleet tender (see what happens when you cheese-off the politically connected upper classmen during the Academy mini-series :D ) and after fighting off a flotilla of Klingon gunboats are about to voyage into the Four Years War aboard a Larson-class destroyer.
We've used 2 Connies (the El Dorado & the Strider) & a Mission Class using the deck plans presented in the blue book provided w/ the FASA Trek set.(The Einstein) & a Mission Class(with deckplans that fit the hull shape.) The Thatcher(Thatcher Class) & a renovated Travers Class. The Thatcher & the Travers Class ships are in my current campaign set in 2251.
For our fed campaigns, the connie is definitely the most common. Especially these days with us old folks riding the nostalgia feeling of the original trek. In younger days we did the baker, chandley, ranger, galaxy (when tng first came out), and a homebrew transwarp scout ala nelson. We were much more into experimenting then. Other than fed campaigns we did d7, l9, l24, k23, and I faintly recall a gallant wing. Well that certianly was a stroll down memory lane!
For our fed campaigns, the connie is definitely the most common. Especially these days with us old folks riding the nostalgia feeling of the original trek. In younger days we did the baker, chandley, ranger, galaxy (when tng first came out), and a homebrew transwarp scout ala nelson. We were much more into experimenting then. Other than fed campaigns we did d7s, l9s, l24, k23, and I faintly recall a gallant wing.
Constitution here as well. Although we did do a Loknar back in teh day.
I run a starfleet academy game and the cadets will end up on a constitution class. Thinking of using Kelvin to.
I run in the 2009 TOS version. (Did i just curse in church?)
No. Some of us rather enjoy the new Trek. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Orville
Oh, and as to the original question, back in the day we used a Saladin-class destroyer to start, and worked our way up to a Constitution-class.
We are aware that such people exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by PGoodman13
The rest of us spend our time ensuring that such people do not eat the paste or hurt themselves with the safety scissors. :p
Hear, hear!Quote:
Originally Posted by UFC465537
Nothing at all wrong with the new Trek, Orville. Lots of good stuff there to work with! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Orville
Connies too. I planned to give the players an Oberth once they rose up a few ranks, but then i negotiated that someone else masteres the TOS campaign while i still mastered the TNG one. The first one misteriously ended briefly thereafter
Back in the day we used to play TOS-movie era campaigns, and it was either a constitution or miranda class that the players wanted.
My first Trek RPG campaign was set on a Miranda class ship.
My current campaign just moved from a "type J" cruiser (i.e. the old training ship which had a massive radiation leak which confined Pike to his yes/no chair), to a Ptolemy class.
You don't nearly get Pike killed and still get to fly the new shiny, cadets... :D
The one I'm planning right now, for HeroTrek, I'm putting the PC's in a TOS-Era Miranda. This one:
http://i.imgur.com/GT1bjl.jpg
That's really cool, where's the render from?Quote:
Originally Posted by nightwind1
WOW! I really like that...like REALLY REALLY like that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Thakowsaizmu
Remember this from FASA Trek?
http://screenshots.filesnetwork.com/...s2/54567_2.jpg
From Prologic9 on the TrekBBS:Quote:
Originally Posted by Thakowsaizmu
http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=166732
There's probably about a dozen total renders there, from all angles. Look around the entire Fan Art section there for tons of other great ships, both canon and original, as well as lots of other great stuff.
So, wait, the deflector replaces the torpedo launcher, but the deflector pods are still present as...?
ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by nightwind1
Sure do! But something about that miranda with the sensor dish on the roll bar...looks kinda neat! I think I prefer it over the traditional anton.Quote:
Originally Posted by AslanC
RE: FASA
I never cared for the Anton. My favorite was the Baker class destroyer. The Chandley class frigate was also cool. When it comes to Miranda ancestors, I like Franz Joseph's Ptolemy class tug.
I always liked the Andor, Thurfir and Northampton ... I guess I was into tucked in nacelles before that and embedded became fashionable ! LOL
I always wanted to play with:
http://home.comcast.net/~ststcsolda/...A_original.jpg
But then I usually play Andorians. Usually. 8 photon torpedo batteries is the only logical response to an emotional action. :)