New to CODA and ST:RPG

[Doug Taylor]

The ship would lose structure when it travels those speeds.

That could provide some great role-playing moments, as the entire Bridge shakes dramatically. At the same time the Engineer frantically calls over the intercom to the Captain, saying "I've given her all she's got, Cap'n... if we go any faster the ship will tear herself apart!"

[Toofy]

That could provide some great role-playing moments, as the entire Bridge shakes dramatically. At the same time the Engineer frantically calls over the intercom to the Captain, saying "I've given her all she's got, Cap'n... if we go any faster the ship will tear herself apart!"

Especially when i dont tell them that its a flaw, and they frantically trying to figure out whats causing it and in the middle of combat no less...then finding out who built the thing and getting some answers...only to find the designer of the prototype engine was really a romulan spy!

Ok, my imagination went a little crazy for a second, need to check the EPS systems again

[Fugazi Grrl]

I've found it best that you have warp factors move at the speed of plot. You can use the chart for small scale estimates, but when you factor in the chart vs the amount of territory the ships seem to cover in an episode, your head is likely to explode.

We tend to move everything at the Speed of Plot - even combat. I mean, Star Trek, where an Eymorg can toss Captain Kirk all over the room, and then Jim drops him with one kick ?

A very cinematic show deserves a very cinematic game. And CODA plays into that need quite well.

[K.G. Carlson]

Totally right Fugazi Grrl, although I wish the chart was a little more useful for plotting.

It looks almost identical to the speed chart from the Star Trek Encyclopedia, which I still firmly believe was only created with its speed benchmarks to support the life-long return trip for Voyager.

Because, you know that a 23rd century starship went from the Alpha Quadrant main powers to the center of the galaxy in about 10 minutes

[Aldaron]

I've always included the "chi factor" into the calculations.

Basically what I've done is convert the Star Trek Star Charts into Campaign Cartographer 3, so that I can quickly get the exact distance over whatever route the players want to take. I then plug that into a spreadsheet I have, which also takes into account the "chi factor" (which is basically a plot device to speed up or slow down the ship ).

This then gives me the time at each warp factor (plus, me being anally retentive, it also tells me how much antimatter fuel is expended, and calculates the start and end stardates for a particular trip)

[iltharanos]

Dang, all this talk makes me wish I had time for a CODA trek game!

Anyone interested in running a game in Durham, NC??

[Fugazi Grrl]

Because, you know that a 23rd century starship went from the Alpha Quadrant main powers to the center of the galaxy in about 10 minutes

I also think that by the end of Voyager they were pretty close to home. Almost in the Romulan's backyard. Old Janeway claimed to have become involved in some kind of fude with the FenDomar. I think they're located on the "far end" of Romulan space in the Beta Quadrant.

So, the 75 years of Voyager's journey was more like 15-20 years.

Which makes more sense based on the speed of a Constitution class, or especially a ship like the Galaxy class.

[Fugazi Grrl]

Basically what I've done is convert the Star Trek Star Charts into Campaign Cartographer 3...

I envy your access to that software, sir !

I've looked into Campaign Cartographer and also Fractal Mapper and if they weren't both so far over my head price-wise I'd be running them on my machine. And that sounds like a terrific idea to use the Star charts book in tandem with the program.

We use Star Charts pretty extensively. Especially their grid system for designating the "name" of a sector (actually a number code). The three or four systems we've done have those co-ordinates from Star Charts.

[Toofy]

I found something else a little unusual, the degrees of success charts in the players guide and narrators guide are differant, which one is the correct table or are they both wrong?

[K.G. Carlson]

I think the Narrator's Guide and GM Screen match up, so I use those as the correct difficulty chart.

[Tomcat]

Yes, the Narrator's Guide has the correct DOS chart.

[Fugazi Grrl]

We use the chart in the NG, and the Narrator's Screen too.