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Prince Charon · 06-18-2015, 06:53 PM

It hasn't come up in the timeline, yet, but the Changing Martians (DC-style Martians, id est telepathic shapeshifters) in my Five Earths setting (see .sig) use bioships, and in fact have a techbase that's nearly pure biotech (the TL is either (0+11)^, (1+10)^, or (2+9)^, depending on how you look at it, as they started out with selective breeding, and slowly developed to the point of being equal to TL11^).

Changing Martian vessels are considered very dangerous, but more because of their tech level and psi abilities, rather than bioships being inherently superior. The 'operating' skill for their bioships is Riding (bioship type), with Veterinary, Diagnosis, and Surgery replacing 'repair' skills. Astrogation, Shiphandling, and Crewman work mostly the same as for 'normal' vessels, though.

06-18-2015, 06:53 PM	#5
Prince Charon Join Date: Dec 2012	Re: Spaceships vs Bioships (BIO98) It hasn't come up in the timeline, yet, but the Changing Martians (DC-style Martians, id est telepathic shapeshifters) in my Five Earths setting (see .sig) use bioships, and in fact have a techbase that's nearly pure biotech (the TL is either (0+11)^, (1+10)^, or (2+9)^, depending on how you look at it, as they started out with selective breeding, and slowly developed to the point of being equal to TL11^). Changing Martian vessels are considered very dangerous, but more because of their tech level and psi abilities, rather than bioships being inherently superior. The 'operating' skill for their bioships is Riding (bioship type), with Veterinary, Diagnosis, and Surgery replacing 'repair' skills. Astrogation, Shiphandling, and Crewman work mostly the same as for 'normal' vessels, though. __________________ Warning, I have the Distractible and Imaginative quirks in real life. "The more corrupt a government, the more it legislates." -- Tacitus Five Earths, All in a Row. Updated 12/17/2022: Apocrypha: Bridges out of Time, Part I has been posted.