Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 17:05:43 +0000 (GMT)
From: Colin Ford <Phoenix@chdpf.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Organic ships... Liberator Stats.
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In your message dated Tuesday 23, January 1996 you wrote :
> > > OK, how about this:  an organic ship?  The ship could be trained as a 
jedi,
> > > and could use Absorb/Dissipate energy.  It would also have force points to
> > > reduce damage and aim its weapons.  This quality idea brought to you by 
Sam
> > > Creations, Inc, makers of "Sam's Dice Roller."
> 
> > I have used organic ships in the past (only for NPC groups so far) and it 
> > worked out pretty well.  I haven't used fully sentient ships, but there 
> > have been some of animal intelligence.  A PC Jedi used AFFECT MIND to 
> > cause a hostile bio-ship to turn on others of it's "pack".  I have the 
> > stats on those bio-ships around here somewhere, if anyone wants me to look.
> 
> A while ago, I did a conversion for a few of the ships in Starcon;  (an
> old computer game from several years back) one of the ships was organic --
> the Mycon Podship.  Cool as everything;  I might just dig it up, if
> there's interest.  It's crewed by a bunch of mushroom people.  Gawd, where
> have all the good games gone?  (aside from pretty much anything that 
> LucasArts puts out...)
> 
> 
> 			     have a nice day!
> 			         _mcmike_
> 			    overbom@stolaf.edu
> 
> 

As I'm a third of the way through the Liberator Story I though I might as well 
post these stats for the Liberator. Please bare in mind that although this ship 
is very powerful, it has one major akillies heal (or thermal exust port if you 
prefer) and it did have a very large fleet after it and it only.

NAME : Liberator
Craft : Phoenix Attack Craft.
Scale : Capital
Length : 120 Meters
Width : 250 Meters (wings out, 75 meters wings in)
Crew : 7 (nothing to do with Blakes seven - it just worked out that way)
Passangers : 10
Cargo Capacity : Enough to hold a Stock light frieghter in the cargo hold.
Consumables : 5 years
Hyperdrive Multiplyer : x0.5
Backup Hyperdrive : x8
Nav Conputer : Yes (See George)
Maneuverability : 3D
Space : 8
Hull : 6D
Shields : 3D
Sensors:
  Passive 50/1D
  Scan 100/2D
  Search 200/3D
  Focus 8/4D
Weapons:
  Two Anti Starfighter Turretts
    Scale : StarFighter
    Fire arcs: 1 Fore port astern. 1 Fore Startboard astern
    Range :1-3/12/25
    Fire Control : 3D
    Damage : 6D
  Two Ion Cannon
    Scale : Capital
    Fire Arcs : Fore
    Range : 1-10/ 25/ 50
    Fire Control :2D
    Damage :5D
  Two Proton Torp Launchers
    Scale : Capital
    Fire Arcs : Fore
    Range : 1-3/ 12/ 25
    Fire control : 0D
    Damage : 9D per Torp.

Special Abilities:

    Sensor Cloaking :
    This enables the liberator to hide from sensors - A heroic roll on a Focus 
Scan is the only way to spot it. However the use of this will reduce the ships 
speed to 4 and Man to 1D. It does not hide the ship from Visual ID. To counter 
act this. It makes the ship look like space junk to anybody watching it.

    Fire Escape :
    This is basically a turbo boost to the Engines: Speed is doubled to 16 and 
Man to 0D. The fire Escape gives the effect of the ship being covered in flames 
this increases the Hull reating to 8D, However Sheilds are inoperative. This 
causes a 20 % drain on reserves.

    Wing Assault : 
    This is the Liberator's most powerful weapon. along the front edges on the 
wings are small power outlets.When these are charged a powerful bolt of plasma 
is fired forward from these outlets devestating anything in it path. This also 
causes a 20% power drain
    
    Scale : Capital
    Fire Control : 0D
    Range : 1-10/ 25/ 50
    Damage : 20D

    Scouping : 
    The outside ion cannon have an additional abillity, they are able to take 
the gas from a gas gaint or other such planet and refuel the energy cells. To 
recharge from Nothing takes only twenty minites.

    Hanger Bays ; 
    The liberator has two hanger bays - One at the rear of the ship, which can 
hold One stock light freighter or two small fighters. In addition at the front 
of the ship it has a small hanger just big enough for a small snub fighter. The 
small launch tube faces forward.

    George :
    This is an organic computer which has achived sentince. It handles all 
navigation, life support and Repairing of the ship's internals. Although the 
Ship it's self in not organic it can repair it's self at the rate of One level 
of damage a week. Raw materials are required to make this happen which have to 
be supplied by the ships crew.

Disadvantages :-

    Energy Cells - When involved in any actity, the enery drain seems alot 
greater than most other ships. The energy bank get depleted very quickly, 
especialy in Combat.
    For Combat turns Energy is normally constant at what ever level Combat was 
entered but for each use of a Hyperspace jump, Fire escape or wing assualt, 20% 
of the total energy Capacity is lost. In addition Inquisitor Trake has 
Discovered that the Liberator is very vunerable to Ion Cannon fire. For each hit 
by an Ion cannon, in addition to the normal effects, Power is drained at the 
rate of 1% per hit. This applies to Capital Scale Ion Cannons only.
    If the liberator's power levels fall below 5% then the ship can no longer 
manouver and the drives shut down.The remaining 5% is needed to maintain life 
support, which will shut off at 0% power.

    The crew of the liberator have discovered that they can jump start the ship 
by linking up the frieghter and the fighter and drain they're energy cells which 
gives the liberator about 30% power. Enough for a hyperspace jump out of 
trouble and to a gas gaint.

Right that's the Liberator any comments or critisim welcome and to read about in 
in action keep you eyes out for the next installment of the Liberator story 
(How's that for a shameless Plug). Chapters 1 to 10 are on the ftp site. 
Chapters 11 - 30 are still in my head. As usual I make the usual Appologies for 
bad Spelling and offensive grammer      

-- 
"I plan to Live forever or Die trying !"
Phoenix D'fire