New Tech

For those die hards like me who like LUG and Spacedock, I have developed a few technological advances for incorporation into the system. Most of them are just mathematical extrapolations of existent tech already in the book. However, some are brand new and might be considered of interest.

Extrapolations include but are not limited to...
Warp Engines
Quantum Torpedoes
Shields
EMH
Bio Neural Computers
Impulse Engines

New technologies....
Regenerative Ablative Armor
Variable Hull Geometry
Paraphasic Torpedoes

There are others. If you are interested, please let me know.

I would be interested in the regenerative ablative armor and would like to see what you mean by variable geometry hull please.

http://community-2.webtv.net/highwayhoss/TheSPACEDOCK/

Guys, you should also look to this sight. Highway Hoss, Styrofoam Man, and others have made some interesting additions as well.

Now if we could only get an up-date...:D

VERY interesting.

Regenerative Ablative Armor

SU Cost: Varies, see chart.
Power Cost: 3/Resistance regenerated

In 2377, Commander Trinity Zeldis of Eperion IV was order to reinforce the USS Covington's armor (the ship's captain had made one of those Freudian slips or something). The ablative armor had already been evaporated. The cybernetic priest reasoned that since he couldn't get out of the ship to weld more armor onto it, he would have the transporters set on a continuous transport sweep over the hull of the ship.

The Covington's transporters (4 six man, two 100,000 kg, and one 20 man emergency) were reconfigured and one of the computer cores programmed to continuously beam strips of armor over the hull.

Fortunately, Captain Revik had order the ship into a nebula to get a damage assessment which gave Trinity the chance to have all the systems reconfigured. When the ship emerged, it had a full complement of armor.

Ablative armor is bought as normal.

The addition of the regenerative system is bought thusly:

System SU Maximum Regen
Class I Size 20
Class II Size x 2 40
Class III Size x 3 60
Class IV Size x 4 80






Variable Hull Geometry (First seen in Star Trek Chronology of Spaceflight)

SU Cost: 5 per system (see text)
Power Cost: Size x 12 per change

The variable hull geometry system is actually "alive." The hull is composed of nanites that shift and move to allow a "path of least resistance" for warp field and shield maintenance. The nanites all come from the same world (that one where Wesley's nanites were sent). The nanintes are incorporated into various systems and integrate themselves into the system. This takes several months of learning time for the nanites to fully integrate and test out the functions of their new home. Once integrated, the tiny robots maintain a "zero" position shape. All following designs are variations on that theme.

Normally, the system is set up for maximum warp field efficiency or shield efficiency, but the system can be set to increase sensor efficiency, as well as other systems.

Warp lowers energy cost by 50%
Shields gain a theshold of +50%
Sensors increase bonus by 5
Component Repair 5 SU's a turn (requires power cost per turn)
PTC can transfer 50 more points of power
And anything else your Narrator can think of.

These numbers can be altered so that maximum change is never more than five (fifty percent) ie. warp lowers energy cost by 20 percent, but increase threshold by 30%.

Components that need to purchase this system to be considered a variable hull are:

Outer and Inner Hulls
Resistance
Ablative Armor
Nacelles
ODN
Life Support
Personell Transportation
Shield Emitters
MVAM
Saucer Separation
PTC

The biggest down side for this is, each time the ships hull is altered (unless to 0-position), the ship as a whole takes 100 points of damage that cannot be repaired by this system and the various fields and resistances cannot stop it.

Both of these are currently being playtested. The Variable Geometry Hull has come close numerous times to being written out of the series it was originally tied to. Fortunately, most of the players were mature enough not to rely on it except in extreme emergencies.

Submitted for your perusal.

As the proprieter of the SPACEDOCK R AND D site, I want to apologize for the lack of updating....I'll try to get to it when I get a chance.

Loved the info, I think I can make good use of this in the near future. Checked the R&D site and found it to be all that was advertised. I look forward to what updates may come. if I may make a request, please do more with the SMR. I adapted that sites info and assimilated it into my game. But it was only on notebook paper and I never did it up in the computer. Thanks, I like your stats better.

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Originally posted by Trinity Zeldis: For those die hards like me who like LUG and Spacedock, I have developed a few technological advances for incorporation into the system. Most of them are just mathematical extrapolations of existent tech already in the book. However, some are brand new and might be considered of interest.
Extrapolations include but are not limited to...
Warp Engines
Quantum Torpedoes
Shields
EMH
Bio Neural Computers
Impulse Engines
New technologies....
Regenerative Ablative Armor
Variable Hull Geometry
Paraphasic Torpedoes
There are others. If you are interested, please let me know.

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OK, Trinity, I am definitely interested....let's see 'em; I can always use some new stuff for the site.

Tomorrow you shall have it. Today I am at work, slaving away for the Grand Nagus.

I just want to let you know that I'm doing some updating on the SPACEDOCK R & D page and some of the links may not be working from time to time, so bear with me; I'll try to get your new stuff integrated ASAP when I get some time (Double shifts really leave little time for anything!) I'd love to see you creative engineer types come up with some good stuff for this page. I'll let you know what changes I make when I can.

Yeahoo!!

Warp Engines

The chart says it all, for 10 SU you go up to the next engine type for a power range of +50 to minimum and maximum. I see a new engine type coming out once every 2-4 years.

Impulse Engines

There really is no increase in speed, but for each additional 5 SU you get 8 more power.

Shields

Generators are Size x (maximum rating/200). Subtract 190 from the maximum and that is the standard strength for that shield.

Distortion Amplifiers just add a .5 x Size cost and increasing threshold range by 50.

Recharge system adds a .5 x cost and reduces recharge time by 5 seconds.

Quantum Torpedoes

Just follow the theoretical torpedo advances, but each additional type after the two listed adds only 150 damage.

Bio Neural Computer

2 x Size per core and 5 power per core. Simple, to the point. These are basically just advances in the genetics of the gel packs.

EMH

Mark V: 23 SU 7 Power +1 Emapthy (reducing the -2 to -1)
Mark VI: 25 SU 8 Power + 1 to each skill
Mark VII: 30 SU 10 Power +1 Empathy, +1 to each skill
All bonuses are cumulative from the Mark IV

We liked the idea and spent some time toying with it, but never added it to game play. . .guess we could never see a justification for it. (Plus it never really felt completed. Open to suggestions for re-tweeking it.)

Aero/Hydroponics decks
---SU Cost: Size - 1
---Power Cost: One person per (Crew + passengers)/20, rounded up on the Basic Life Support Table.
---Aero/Hydroponics decks serve many purposes, from botany laboratory to source of fresh produce, to recreation for crew members looking for a green sanctuary in the midst of their metallic environment.
---Only ships of Size 3 and larger may have Aero/Hydroponics decks.
---Example: An Aero/Hydroponics deck on an Enterprise-class heavy cruiser (a.k.a the Constitution re-fits) would cost 5 SU's [6 - 1] and cost 4 power per round [(500 + 66)/20].

One idea I'm going to add to my R&D page is for enhanced effects for ACB Jacketing for phasers; this would make such jacketing more worthwile to install, so here's my house rules for ACB Jacketing:
In addition to eliminating penalties for firing at warp, ACB Jacketing has the following effects:[list=a][*]Phaser ranges are increased to 15/37500/125000/375000 (as for phaser-jacketed phasers.)[*]Damage is increased by 20 points (Energy cost is figured as part of the ACB energy cost.)[/list=a] These effects are the result of the ACB making the phaser beam more focused and coherent over longer ranges.

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Phaser ranges are increased to 15/37500/125000/375000 (as for phaser-jacketed phasers.)

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I can see the range being increased, but not the damage. How many SU would you tack on for such an enhancement? I know that ACB already has a cost in Spacedock, but to increase the range should cost an extra SU for the confinement and enhancement systems.

Paraphasic Torpedoes

SU Cost is normal for a torpedo/probe.
Power cost is 2 more per torpedo in addition to firing cost.

A paraphasic torpedo is any torpedo (photon or quantum) that is surrounded by a polaron field within the warp bubble. This polaron field forces the target out of warp and the resulting relativistic speeds between torpedo and ship "shoves" a hole through the target's hull, planting the destructive force of the torpedo within the target.

The target's warp speed is turned into damage based on xd+x where x is the warp at which the target is travelling. This damage is used only to determine shield and hull penetration. Any excess damage is not calculated. The tropedo then explodes for normal amount of damage times 1.1 (a 400 point torpedo thus does 440 points of damage).

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Originally posted by Captain Taggert: I can see the range being increased, but not the damage. How many SU would you tack on for such an enhancement? I know that ACB already has a cost in Spacedock, but to increase the range should cost an extra SU for the confinement and enhancement systems.

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No SU increase Cptn.; the enhancement is basically an extra effect of the ACB Jacketing. My thinking is that the Annular Confinment Beam, in addition to making phasers warp capable, also lessens "leakage" of the phaser's energy as it travels to the target, resulting in a tighter, more focused energy emission; hence the range and damage is increased.

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Originally posted by Trinity Zeldis:
A paraphasic torpedo is any torpedo (photon or quantum) that is surrounded by a polaron field within the warp bubble. This polaron field forces the target out of warp and the resulting relativistic speeds between torpedo and ship "shoves" a hole through the target's hull, planting the destructive force of the torpedo within the target.
The target's warp speed is turned into damage based on xd+x where x is the warp at which the target is travelling. This damage is used only to determine shield and hull penetration. Any excess damage is not calculated. The tropedo then explodes for normal amount of damage times 1.1 (a 400 point torpedo thus does 440 points of damage).

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Hmmmm...interesting idea...nice way to increase torp damage. I do have a few questions:[list=1][*]I assume the ship is dropped out of warp if hit by one or more of these torps, right?[*]On the formula xd+x, what is d? Dice? If a ship is traveling at warp 8 for example what is the damage?[*]What happens to a ship traveling at sublight if hit by these torpedoes?[*]How would the multifire rules work with these torps?[/list=1]

Highway Hoss,

1) Correct. Also, the ship would have to make the test to bring its warp engines back online as though it were forced out of warp (the rules for this are in Spacedock, but I don't remember where).

2) d stands for dice. So a ship at warp 8 would have a damage of 8 dice plus 8 points.

3) Nothing further happens to sublight vessels.

4) The penetration damage (the xd+x) is rolled once. All the torpedoes get the benefit since it is assumed that they hit simultaneously or nearly so. Thus, if one gets through, the all do. The damage is then x 1.1 the torpedo's normal damage.

The fourth question made me realize I had to clarify how damage is done. The damage from the rolled dice is applied first to shields, then to armor, then to resistance. Any after that is not calculated. Yes, you are damaging the hulls of the ship, but that damage is already figured into the extra damage done once inside the ship.

If the shields and armor and resistance are greater than the rolled damage, then the damage is per normal of the torpedoes type (a 400 point torpedo does 400 points, not 440).

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Okay, I see your logic in the ACB jacketing. i think that is accpetable then.

As to ditching the -phasic? I see no problem with one more -phasic something or other. We have transphasic torpedos, and metaphasic shields. The phasic thing is just a qualifier in techno babble. I like it, gives a unity to the weapons and defense system. Three -phasics may be cool, but no more, there are plenty more suffixes out there. just a humble opinion.

Been a year to the day since anyone lasted posted to this topic. Anyone else have a new system they thought up in that time that they would like to share?

FUSION BATTERIES

SU Cost: 1 SU per battery
Power Cost: None

Many support craft that vessels rely on are too small to utilize the standard power production systems. These support craft must depend upon fusion batteries to provide power for their operation. Each fusion battery occupies 1 SU and generates 2 points of power per round.

Only small craft, size two or smaller, may use fusion batteries. Fusion batteries are not practical for larger vessels.

Example: A size two travel pod uses 16 fusion batteries to provide power. This costs 16 SU's, and provides 32 points of power per round.