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GURPSFredo 09-19-2024 08:05 PM

Does Spacecraft Handling go lower than -3 at greater sizes
 
Yup, it's all there in the title:
Does Spacecraft Handling go lower than -3 at greater sizes

Rupert 09-19-2024 11:32 PM

Re: Does Spacecraft Handling go lower than -3 at greater sizes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by GURPSFredo (Post 2537592)
Yup, it's all there in the title:
Does Spacecraft Handling go lower than -3 at greater sizes

If you mean in Spaceships, it seems to be undefined, though following the table's progression would imply that it does. On the other hand, -3 (possibly adjusted for acceleration and TL) is already fairly awful.

Phantasm 09-20-2024 08:23 AM

Re: Does Spacecraft Handling go lower than -3 at greater sizes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by GURPSFredo (Post 2537592)
Yup, it's all there in the title:
Does Spacecraft Handling go lower than -3 at greater sizes

I would probably say "yes, it follows the pattern, down to -5", as -5/5 seems to be the largest Hnd penalty and SR I've seen in published stuff.

johndallman 09-20-2024 12:36 PM

Re: Does Spacecraft Handling goes lower than -3 at greater sizes
 
Ships with Hnd -5 presumably never try to dock under their own power, given that a master pilot with skill 16 is only 50:50 to succeed. Like very large oil tankers, they must confine themselves to stopping in approximately the right place, and then place themselves in the care of tugs.

GURPSFredo 09-20-2024 04:16 PM

Re: Does Spacecraft Handling goes lower than -3 at greater sizes
 
Thanks, everyone, for their replies. :)

Phantasm 09-21-2024 01:56 AM

Re: Does Spacecraft Handling goes lower than -3 at greater sizes
 
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Originally Posted by johndallman (Post 2537816)
Ships with Hnd -5 presumably never try to dock under their own power, given that a master pilot with skill 16 is only 50:50 to succeed. Like very large oil tankers, they must confine themselves to stopping in approximately the right place, and then place themselves in the care of tugs.

This is true, and certainly a factor for extremely large ships. Warships large enough to have -4 or -5 in Hnd are probably going to be closer to mobile bases ("That's no moon."), similar in many ways to modern aircraft carriers.

Anaraxes 09-21-2024 09:18 AM

Re: Does Spacecraft Handling goes lower than -3 at greater sizes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by johndallman (Post 2537816)
they must confine themselves to stopping in approximately the right place, and then place themselves in the care of tugs.

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Originally Posted by Phantasm (Post 2537943)
("That's no moon.")

Sufficiently large ships with terrible handling stop wherever they want, and make the planet orbit them.

That's no moon... it's the primary.


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