Gurps 4e Space: What´s new?

[MechDrek]

I alrerady have two editions of Space and I frankly am not too keen on spending good money for owning the third set of world creation tables. So in a nutshell: What´s the big new thing in GURPS Space?

[roguebfl]

you mean other that updated science in those world tables?

[Mike Wightman]

If you haven't got Uplift you'll find the alien generation quite usefull.

[Der Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Mike Wightman

If you haven't got Uplift you'll find the alien generation quite usefull.

Could you be a little bit more specific what is in there? (e.g. is there a way to generate a hit location table?)

[eddie]

Originally Posted by Der Wanderer

Could you be a little bit more specific what is in there? (e.g. is there a way to generate a hit location table?)

See here.

[Der Wanderer]

Originally Posted by eddie

See here.

That tells me that there is a chapter about alien races but is it more theoretical (e.g. due to a shifted spectra of the sun their skincolour is light blue and glows rather than pink...) or is there a guideline on how to make hit location tables (e.g. Eyes the size of a soccer ball should get -x to hit, to balance this with other races you would have to assign more HP and change the wound multiplier in such or such a way).
Since it is supposed to serve the same purpose as Fantasy I assume that its more an idea collection than anything else, though the TOC does not answer that question...
So I would like to repeat my question and expand it a little bit:
- Is there a way to generate a Hit location table for aliens that cannot be assigned one of the standart HLTs? E.g. a giantic space snail with a very vulnerable exo-lung (and that is not even exotic, some snails actually have an exo-lung)
- Is there a guideline on how to create aliens with a more exotic physiology (e.g. what is the advantage that lets me turn my head 360°? Is it just a perk?), what if my mouth is not in my head but my ellbow etc....
- How do you handle different metabolisms in relation to food/poisons/diseases?

[t@nya]

Originally Posted by roguebfl

you mean other that updated science in those world tables?

Do the new star system generation rules reflect the discoveries of the last eleven years: extrasolar planets with very close-in gas giants, brown dwarfs actually found (and given classifications T and L)?

[roguebfl]

Originally Posted by t@nn

Do the new star system generation rules reflect the discoveries of the last eleven years: extrasolar planets with very close-in gas giants, brown dwarfs actually found (and given classifications T and L)?

That's what I've been told the goal was.

[t@nya]

Originally Posted by roguebfl

That's what I've been told the goal was.

Then I'll definitely think about buying it in the future.

[MechDrek]

OK, but that´s not really important to me. I don´t *really* care whether my planet is orbiting a G7V or a G7IV star. I´d rather be interested: Are there new plot hooks, new gadgets, new you-name-it? Does the influence of "modern SF-literature" show itself? More pages on AI or biotech?

The RPG.net review wasn´t that positive.