[Space] Steampunk Firefly Idea

[Propjock]

Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

If this is supposed to be steampunkish, I'd personally dispense with TL7 trappings entirely, use some kind of TL 6+2 handwavium to achieve escape velocity, and then just use steam-based propulsion for maneuvering in vacuum. Whichever PC is the "Big Guy" can have the official job title of Coal Shoveler on a spaceship.

Agree. GURPS Steampunk also mentions space travel in the form of ether/reactionless drives.