[Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding

Prince Charon · 10-25-2019, 07:02 PM

Still working on a post for other types of energy weapons, but I thought the force field idea deserved an official question post:

Personal Force Fields question

Do we want the crew at TL11^ to have personal force field generators? This includes both defensive fields and the life support belts from the cartoon.

* None (too expensive and/or too hard to miniaturize, unless someone has the ability on their own)

* Special issue only (they're expensive, but are issued on rare occasions)

* Common for security and landing parties (still expensive, but rather less so)

* Part of the uniform, even in areas thought to be safe (not necessarily cheap, but cheaper than in the other options)

EDIT: The consensus is pretty much 'No personal force shields that grant significant DR (outside of Tech of the Week and such), but we'll use GURPS Action and related rules to prevent insta-kill of important characters.'

10-25-2019, 07:02 PM	#23
Prince Charon Join Date: Dec 2012	Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding Still working on a post for other types of energy weapons, but I thought the force field idea deserved an official question post: Personal Force Fields question Do we want the crew at TL11^ to have personal force field generators? This includes both defensive fields and the life support belts from the cartoon. * None (too expensive and/or too hard to miniaturize, unless someone has the ability on their own) * Special issue only (they're expensive, but are issued on rare occasions) * Common for security and landing parties (still expensive, but rather less so) * Part of the uniform, even in areas thought to be safe (not necessarily cheap, but cheaper than in the other options) EDIT: The consensus is pretty much 'No personal force shields that grant significant DR (outside of Tech of the Week and such), but we'll use GURPS Action and related rules to prevent insta-kill of important characters.' __________________ Warning, I have the Distractible and Imaginative quirks in real life. "The more corrupt a government, the more it legislates." -- Tacitus Five Earths, All in a Row. Updated 12/17/2022: Apocrypha: Bridges out of Time, Part I has been posted. Last edited by Prince Charon; 11-02-2019 at 09:43 PM.