"Fire Up The Atomic Electro-Magneto-Proton . . . Thingie!" - Page 2

nmoody · 07-25-2008, 06:25 AM

I've been working on a somewhat realistic 50s scifi setting for quite some time (tentatively titled GURPS the Day After the Earth Stood Still). Trying to combine the gee-whiz of classic scifi with the more modern sensibilities of current scifi.

This pdf may have just the right amount of somewhat that I need...

Opens wallet...

DoctorRomulus · 07-25-2008, 07:22 AM

I was thinking of getting to do a Skylark of Space EE Doc Smith type game. I seem to recall copper being used as fuel in that universe.

Agemegos · 07-25-2008, 07:47 AM

Well, I said that I'd buy a GURPS setting that covered Heinlein's '50s atomic rocket stuff, and I reckon this is as close as I will get for a while.

/me gropes for credit card.

Zed · 07-25-2008, 09:54 AM

Good stuff. Bought, read, got ideas. :)

e23 quibble:
Why the huge file size for 52 pages?

~Z

Steven Marsh · 07-25-2008, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Zed

Good stuff. Bought, read, got ideas. :)

e23 quibble:
Why the huge file size for 52 pages?

~Z

I'm no PDF techie, but I'm guessing that's the full-color artwork making it bigger. (Hopefully a nine-meg file doesn't present the challenge for most readers it did even five years ago!)

AOTA · 07-25-2008, 09:58 PM

This looks very cool. I will be getting it this weekend.

Lizard · 07-28-2008, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

Lizard is, in fact, a dude.

(Belches loudly)
Damn straight!

Lizard · 07-28-2008, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DoctorRomulus

I was thinking of getting to do a Skylark of Space EE Doc Smith type game. I seem to recall copper being used as fuel in that universe.

Iron, I believe. Well, that was Lensmen, I'm not sure about Skylark. Sorry.

Turhan's Bey Company · 07-28-2008, 01:48 PM

I heart this book excessively much, and it may prove a distraction from some other things I really, really need to be working on. Is the (magnificent) art original, or period stuff?

tratclif · 07-28-2008, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Lizard

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoctorRomulus

I was thinking of getting to do a Skylark of Space EE Doc Smith type game. I seem to recall copper being used as fuel in that universe.

Iron, I believe. Well, that was Lensmen, I'm not sure about Skylark. Sorry.

<obnoxious pedantry>
In Galactic Patrol, they use unspecified "atomic motors" that are quickly replaced by cosmic power screens and (in Gray Lensman) by Medonian total-conversion engines. Triplanetary, of course, has "allotropic iron" engines, but in First Lensman they substitute uranium.

They use copper plated with the mysterious "X" metal in Skylark and Skylark Three, though I believe they change to uranium in Skylark of Valeron.

See there, you just forced me to reread Skylark of Valeron.
</pedantry>

07-25-2008, 06:25 AM	#11
nmoody Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Indianapolis	Re: "Fire Up The Atomic Electro-Magneto-Proton . . . Thingie!" I've been working on a somewhat realistic 50s scifi setting for quite some time (tentatively titled GURPS the Day After the Earth Stood Still). Trying to combine the gee-whiz of classic scifi with the more modern sensibilities of current scifi. This pdf may have just the right amount of somewhat that I need... Opens wallet... __________________ Wine is full of truth Beer is full of strength Water is full of bacteria

07-25-2008, 07:22 AM	#12
DoctorRomulus Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Reading, Pennsylvania	Re: "Fire Up The Atomic Electro-Magneto-Proton . . . Thingie!" I was thinking of getting to do a Skylark of Space EE Doc Smith type game. I seem to recall copper being used as fuel in that universe. __________________ Famous Last Words"What's in this room??!!?" GURPS IS..."undead-cyborg-undead-dragon-cyborg-riders... and their werewolf allies carrying plasma rifles while riding in aircars"

07-25-2008, 07:47 AM	#13
Agemegos Join Date: May 2005 Location: Oz	Re: "Fire Up The Atomic Electro-Magneto-Proton . . . Thingie!" Well, I said that I'd buy a GURPS setting that covered Heinlein's '50s atomic rocket stuff, and I reckon this is as close as I will get for a while. /me gropes for credit card. __________________ Decay is inherent in all composite things. Nod head. Get treat.

07-25-2008, 09:54 AM	#14
Zed Join Date: Jan 2008	Re: "Fire Up The Atomic Electro-Magneto-Proton . . . Thingie!" Good stuff. Bought, read, got ideas. :) e23 quibble: Why the huge file size for 52 pages? ~Z

07-25-2008, 09:58 PM	#16
AOTA MIB Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Olathe, KS	Re: "Fire Up The Atomic Electro-Magneto-Proton . . . Thingie!" This looks very cool. I will be getting it this weekend. __________________ Bob Gilson Mib#3477 Formally Bobzilla GURPS Checker for Prime Directive

07-28-2008, 01:48 PM	#19
Turhan's Bey Company Aluminated Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East of the moon, west of the stars, close to buses and shopping	Re: "Fire Up The Atomic Electro-Magneto-Proton . . . Thingie!" I heart this book excessively much, and it may prove a distraction from some other things I really, really need to be working on. Is the (magnificent) art original, or period stuff? __________________ I've been making pointlessly shiny things, and I've got some gaming-related stuff as well as 3d printing designs. Buy my Warehouse 23 stuff, dammit!