What RPG has the best spaceship design system?

[RogerBW]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

I do not recall such. Indeed, I recall very little about the Universe space combat system. It may have been in a supplement in Ares Magazine I think and I may never have seen it.

"DeltaVee, The Complete Tactical Space Combat System For Universe" - Ares #9, no official publication date but it's copyright 1981. Direct-fire weapons are lasers and particle beams; pbeams are more likely to hit at low target value (which is a function of range, relative velocity and target size), lasers at high target value. You also get missiles.

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

I know Universe did have a big pretty fold out map made with real astronomy of the time (late 70s). It won't have aged well.

The ancestor-in-spirit of the Traveller 2300/2300AD one…