05-05-2022, 10:05 AM | #11 |
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Re: Historical Trends and fictional history
Star Trek canon generally has Star Fleet being primarily a scientific organization that seconds as a military arm when such is needed. As such, once a war is over, one could expect to see an expansion of the scientific side while the military side is downsized. Many ships would be refitted with additional lab space at the expense of military quarters. Many ships probably have quick conversion plans to allow for fast mobilization if war is declared and equally quick resumption of science once peace is declared.
Plenty of options for NPCs of varying ages and experience. Experienced NPCs could be career scientists with a few fresh combat ribbons or true military types looking to extend their careers by switching to the science side. Young NPCs could be people that signed up to do their patriotic duty and are sticking around because of the chance of finding new stuff or just "Anything beats going back to work at Picard's winery." |
05-05-2022, 09:29 PM | #12 | |
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Another thing that makes a big difference is the military model of your peacetime military. If you have a short-service army with an up-or-out promotion model (like the US Army), then at the end of a big war your veterans have exceeded their standard term of service; you de-mob them and recruit a fresh crop of teenagers. But if you have a long-service professional military you tend to find at the end of the war that your entire military hierarchy is stuffed with seasoned experts with excellent resumés, who stick around until they age out.
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05-05-2022, 10:04 PM | #13 |
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Re: Historical Trends and fictional history
Aggy,
Its Starfleet, and the 'State' is the Federation just three years after a war with the Klingons that lasted close to a year. That war was 'covered' in the first season of Star Trek Discovery". It took place from about May of 2256 to April of 2257. - Ed C.
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05-06-2022, 03:29 AM | #14 | |
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Starfleet seems to have a long-service professional model, so it isn't going to de-mob and replace a lot of short-term wartime-service personnel. On the contrary, it is going to suck all its experienced people up a grade and spread them out to provide cadre for crews as the fleet rebuilds, while post-War new recruits with abbreviated training fill out the lower ranks. Everyone is going to be less experienced than was usual before the war in the job they are doing.
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05-06-2022, 05:36 AM | #15 | |
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Or, and I'm stealing the core idea from John Dallman, "I'm not complaining about the spinal mount telescope, but its software still wants to line up on a target and then get a priority call for half the ship's power".
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05-06-2022, 07:08 AM | #16 | |
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05-06-2022, 08:01 AM | #17 |
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Re: Historical Trends and fictional history
Well, GURPS will accommodate you: It uses the same aiming rules for an antitank gun and a telescope . . .
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05-06-2022, 08:53 AM | #18 | |
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05-06-2022, 09:45 AM | #19 |
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John originally pointed out to me that using the Larger Systems rules in GURPS Spaceships did in fact allow a spinal mount telescope - and indeed for an explorer ship this makes a certain amount of sense.
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05-06-2022, 10:47 AM | #20 |
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Re: Historical Trends and fictional history
Hmmm. Could the telescopic optics also serve to direct a weapon-grade laser beam?
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