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Media & Mayhem / Re: Mayhem Thread
« on: January 15, 2009, 01:22:01 pm »
Cool Avatar Kedamono  :)

BZ

Danke, it's one of many iconizers. I tried very hard to get one that looks like me. That's as close to a self-portrait as I can get.

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The Solar Frontier / Re: Updated Hypergate travel times
« on: January 14, 2009, 12:48:19 pm »
Yeah, I agree this could be explained better.  Because of this, it is actually one of the things we touch on in our forthcoming Starship Supplement.

Sounds cool. I've played SF RPGS since Starships and Spacemen which has a similar legacy as Bounty Head Bebop, and having a decent set of ship rules is nice, though only if you plan to have tactical shoot'em ups. And for that, I would recommend Attack Vector Tactical for realistic 3D vector movement.

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Hypertubes vs. Wormholes – hmm… ‘Hypertubes’ does have a pretty cool ring to it ;D

Well, if you like it, you have my permission to use it. I'm always willing to share.

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The Solar Frontier / Re: Updated Hypergate travel times
« on: January 13, 2009, 10:12:41 pm »
The reason I lit on 6 "time units" per AU is that the math works out the same and it's easier.  ;D

Earth is 1 AU, or 6 hours from Mercury, thereabouts.
Mars is 1.5 AUs or 9 hours from Mercury. See how they start lining up? Your times from Mercury to all the planets worked out to 6 hours per AU, which is why I revised the table to match that value. I also used the semimajor axis of each planet's orbit to work out the distance.

Also, you may want to rewrite the section on how the first wormholes were stabilized, because I got the impression that the first wormhole had its Sol end moved from Sol to Mars. This is the text that gives that impression:

Using this knowledge, mankind went into space and created a gate around the wormhole above the moon, allowing them to direct its other end to any point in the Solar System. A team of brave (and some say insane) scientists then traveled through - their control ship coming out in orbit above Mars.

So you could see why I thought the wormhole was moved and didn't go through the Sun. And technically, it takes nearly zero time to traverse a wormhole from end to end, they are always next to each other internally no matter how far away the ends are. You also have the problem of time travel, where one end of the wormhole is at a different time than the other end. That happens when you move one end.

So, let's not call it a wormhole, but a hypertube that has a set internal distance when it's first created, but afterwards the internal distance never changes. Yeah, that's a wormhole, but not.  ::)

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The Solar Frontier / Re: Updated Hypergate travel times
« on: January 13, 2009, 01:29:04 pm »
And now I've added Ceres to the table:

MercuryVenusEarthMarsCeresJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Mercury0469163055114180234
Venus025122651110176230
Earth03102449108174228
Mars072146105171225
Ceres0143998164218
Jupiter02584150204
Saturn059128179
Uranus066120
Neptune054
Pluto0

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The Solar Frontier / Updated Hypergate travel times
« on: January 13, 2009, 03:20:58 am »
I looked at the current table and I didn't like the fact that it took 255 days to get to Pluto from Neptune, even though they are relatively close together. So I revised the table to take into account the relative distances. I also noted that the travel times noted on the table were roughly 6 days per AU, which helped a lot in correcting the travel times to each world.

MercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Mercury04693055114180234
Venus40252651110176230
Earth62032449108174228
Mars95302146105171225
Jupiter3026242102584150204
Saturn5551494625059128179
Uranus1141101081058459066120
Neptune18017617417115012866054
Pluto234230228225204179120540

I had to assume that travel time was in days, based on the statement that it took 1/250th of normal travel time.

So what do you think sirs?


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Bounty Heads / Re: BZ's Cowboy Bebop Write-Ups
« on: December 29, 2008, 08:28:36 pm »
Well, they are an example of what happens when you're past your prime. Still, in the movie the flew airplanes and dosed the city with the antidote. And they play a mean game of cards/checkers/whatever. They would be extras, background characters that you could interact with or not.

They do get around a bit though, don't they? They must have the Bebop version of a senior transit pass.  ;D

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Bounty Heads / Re: BZ's Cowboy Bebop Write-Ups
« on: December 28, 2008, 11:45:57 pm »
Well, there are The Three Old Men, Antonio, Carlos, and Jobim, they are in nearly every show and they were bounty hunters once themselves.

Laughing Bull, he's a couple of shows too.

Electra Ovilo from the movie.

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Bounty Heads / Re: BZ’s Venture Brothers Write-Ups
« on: December 22, 2008, 10:27:48 pm »
Baron Underbite or whatever his name is?

That's Baron Werner Ünderbheit, the one time leader of Ünderland. Now, deposed, he's keeping busy. I think.



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Bounty Heads / Re: BZ’s Venture Brothers Write-Ups
« on: December 18, 2008, 11:14:09 pm »
What other Venture Brothers characters deserve a Write-Up?

BZ


Dr. Girlfriend and her malevolent moppets: Tim-Tom and Kevin

Henchman 21 and Henchman 24

Phantom Limb

And of course, if you dare, David Bowie
 ;)


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