Mailanka's Musings -- GURPS Content Post

[Prince Charon]

Originally Posted by Mailanka

Continuing the Planetary Government series, I have the law enforcement of the planets of the Alliance, the Alliance Constabulary! I take a look at how different planets handle their legal troubles, how they deal with the Alliance itself, and what different tactics different planets might use.

You've got a paragraph in your examples (under 'Constabulary Agendas') that ends abruptly in the middle of a sentence:

An interstellar corporation has a mining operation on the planet, and they work their laborers to the bone. They move within the law, especially their own law, and they have powerful allies in the Senate that prevent scrutiny. However, after safety disaster after safety disaster, or the disappearance of labor reformers on a planet, some of the locals have had enough, and have begun to attack corporate representatives. Local law enforcement must move to put down these riots and restore control, while the local authorities, equally incensed

[Mailanka]

Thanks, Prince Charon. Also, the formatting evidently needed to be fixed too! That's also better now!

It's Patreon day, and for my dear patrons, I can finally release my full Alliance Preview document! It details the nobility and the details of four major houses.

If you're not a patron, and you're aching for some kind of preview, one of my patrons was instantly inspired to create his own character, which I present here: Zander Starlane, Aristocratic Assassin.

[Mailanka]

A quick patreon post today, in which I share the playtest notes I used when coming up with the Rethinking Dreadnoughts post back from iteration 5, which contains the rather dramatic, full-scale battle between the Dreadnoughts Reaper and Rain of Fire.

[Mailanka]

Hey there. I've got another Patreon post continuing my look as Spaceships. Today, I'm introducing some new house rules and revisions in an effort to tighten up some issues I've noticed and, more importantly, to lay some ground work for improved Corvettes. If you're a Patron, check it out!

[Mailanka]

The last Patreon post of the week (tomorrow is GURPS day and on Friday I'll do a State of the Blog post). Today, I take the rules I proposed yesterday and run them through a playtest ringer, including the standard "Starhawks vs Dreadnought" scenario, and a repeat of Monday's Dreadnought vs Dreadnought scenarios.

[Mailanka]

Happy GURPS Day! I've been waiting for his one. Today, I have the last series on the Alliance that I'll do, and the first in the series on the Aristocracy. Today, I look at how noble houses work as organizations, and offer a glimpse of four of the noble houses of the Alliance. Enjoy!

[Mailanka]

State of the Blog - August 2017
I've got a whole month's worth of stuff already scheduled, including at least 4 Patreon posts. If you're curious what the next month will bring, check it out.

[Mailanka]

This week, I look at the military organizations associated with the Psi-Wars aristocracy, starting with the Alliance Regulars, the common soldiers of the Aristocracy.

[Mailanka]

Today I look at the second form of aristocratic military organizations, the Knightly Order which, depending on its charter and who's running it, can be anything from a hardened military order of ardent warrior-fanatics to a social club for bored teenage aristocrats, or anything in between.

[Mailanka]

So, we've looked at Knightly Orders and Alliance Regulars this week. Today, I show you the materiel used by both, including typical force swords, traditional armor, modern "dueling" armor and "symbolic" armor in the form of diamondoid jewelry. Finally, I discuss counterfeit arms, for those nobles who can't quite afford the real thing.