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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[zorg]

Originally Posted by MechDrek

Are there new ... new gadgets ...?

Definitely not, since Space contains no gadgets at all. That's what UltraTech is for, after all.

And the RPG.net review was not entirely, let me say, objective.