Oh why not another campaign? Battlestar Galactica and CT
May 8, 2023 8:41:21 GMT -6
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Post by chicagowiz on May 8, 2023 8:41:21 GMT -6
I need another campaign like I need another mortgage and yet here we are... my brain can't stop reading my LBBs, the various CT PDFs I have, or mentally mapping out how this would work, etc.
A brief perusal of the web doesn't show anyone else really putting time (or documenting) such a campaign, so the brain just is spinning how it would start off and how it would progress. How I would mash up ideas from TOS and TRS to make the BSG that I want to make.
This is all WIP - I've never GM'd Traveller, so I'm hoping to watch some videos of actual-play, or maybe kibbitz on a game or two. I'm checking out Frank's old pbp game as well, just to get a feel for how this runs.
More to come? Maybe this becomes a con-game or one-shot? I don't know where this all leads.
Here's the premise:
Campaign Overview:
What if the Galactica and Pegasus weren’t the only capital ships to escape the Cylons, along with other refugee ships in tow?
A Light Battlestar, the Lance, managed to survive a Cylon Raider assault during the Battle of Cimtar, but with its jump drive severely damaged, it and its accompanying fleet are being forced to play a game of cat-and-mouse. Following incomplete star-charts, due to computer damage, they are searching for a place to rest, refit and recover so that they can find a new home, far away from the Cylons.
Chargen and “Why Are We Here”
All sorts of backgrounds are possible, but perhaps for the short intro adventure, being part of the service makes sense. So run the chargen as RAW from CT 77 or 81. Weapon damage will be 81. Can have laser skills but not likely to have them starting out.
Why are characters of multiple backgrounds mashed together? It’s the end of the world! Refugees from all over, in a rag-tag fleet guided by the LBS-109 Lance. And since its jump drive is on the fritz, you’ve been “voluntold” into a team to help find parts - somewhere - somehow.
Homebase
In this campaign, since the “homebase” *IS* the Lance, I’ll dedicate a bit more time to that ship, and its refugee fleet.
LBS-109 Lance, Valkyrie class light battlestar
Captain: Commander Tonya Middel
XO: Colonel Alejandro Brusco
CAG: Colonel Lucina Coraggioso
Chief Engineer: Chief Misha Chamra
Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Gerald Macomely
LBS109 was originally build early on for the first Cylon War. It served with distinction across many campaigns and is a decorated ship. The damage to the port nameplate on the flightpod was never fixed, as a remembrance to those who made the ultimate sacrifice to the Colonies.
Other info on the homebase:
A brief perusal of the web doesn't show anyone else really putting time (or documenting) such a campaign, so the brain just is spinning how it would start off and how it would progress. How I would mash up ideas from TOS and TRS to make the BSG that I want to make.
This is all WIP - I've never GM'd Traveller, so I'm hoping to watch some videos of actual-play, or maybe kibbitz on a game or two. I'm checking out Frank's old pbp game as well, just to get a feel for how this runs.
More to come? Maybe this becomes a con-game or one-shot? I don't know where this all leads.
Here's the premise:
Campaign Overview:
What if the Galactica and Pegasus weren’t the only capital ships to escape the Cylons, along with other refugee ships in tow?
A Light Battlestar, the Lance, managed to survive a Cylon Raider assault during the Battle of Cimtar, but with its jump drive severely damaged, it and its accompanying fleet are being forced to play a game of cat-and-mouse. Following incomplete star-charts, due to computer damage, they are searching for a place to rest, refit and recover so that they can find a new home, far away from the Cylons.
Chargen and “Why Are We Here”
All sorts of backgrounds are possible, but perhaps for the short intro adventure, being part of the service makes sense. So run the chargen as RAW from CT 77 or 81. Weapon damage will be 81. Can have laser skills but not likely to have them starting out.
Why are characters of multiple backgrounds mashed together? It’s the end of the world! Refugees from all over, in a rag-tag fleet guided by the LBS-109 Lance. And since its jump drive is on the fritz, you’ve been “voluntold” into a team to help find parts - somewhere - somehow.
Homebase
In this campaign, since the “homebase” *IS* the Lance, I’ll dedicate a bit more time to that ship, and its refugee fleet.
LBS-109 Lance, Valkyrie class light battlestar
Captain: Commander Tonya Middel
XO: Colonel Alejandro Brusco
CAG: Colonel Lucina Coraggioso
Chief Engineer: Chief Misha Chamra
Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Gerald Macomely
LBS109 was originally build early on for the first Cylon War. It served with distinction across many campaigns and is a decorated ship. The damage to the port nameplate on the flightpod was never fixed, as a remembrance to those who made the ultimate sacrifice to the Colonies.
Other info on the homebase:
- 148 refugee ships. Some are not jump-drive capable and have to berth with the Lance or other ships, such as civilian Jump Carriers.
- Approximately 48,000 survivors across the ships and Lance.
- The game would start in the outer Oort cloud of the Cyrranus system (location of the 12 colonies).
- Humankind is not alone in this universe, there are other species! Cylons are creations of man. Most species are organic and have outlawed AI and sentient/synthetics.
