Terradyne vs Transhuman Space

Aran · 12-06-2004, 08:52 PM

I'm developing a Space campaign that's going to use the G:Aliens and Space Atlas books for a 23rd/24th century which will be a sortof Star Trek: Enterprise/Firefly in flavor. Developing the history for how we got there is important, but I don't want to waste too much time on it; i.e. I want to be able to just tweak existing books to get it.

The 21st century will use Cyberpunk (maybe Cyberworld, maybe not), and for the 22nd century I'm considering Terradyne or Transhuman Space. There are a few standards of each era that don't exist in a Space Opera-ish campaign which I've already started thinking about how to explain their absence. Popular culture will account for the "fad" of cyberware disappearing and pretty much being relegated to medical necessity. An AI war (a-la the Eugenics Wars in Star Trek) occurs during the pre-FTL era that will account for the lack of AIs as PCs/NPCs in the general populace.

I don't know much about Terradyne or THS (other than they cover the correct time period) and have never seen either in the FLGS near me. What are the strengths/weaknesses of each setting, particularly in being shoehorned inbetween Cyberpunk and semi-Space Opera?

12-06-2004, 08:52 PM	#1
Aran Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Detroit, MI	Terradyne vs Transhuman Space I'm developing a Space campaign that's going to use the G:Aliens and Space Atlas books for a 23rd/24th century which will be a sortof Star Trek: Enterprise/Firefly in flavor. Developing the history for how we got there is important, but I don't want to waste too much time on it; i.e. I want to be able to just tweak existing books to get it. The 21st century will use Cyberpunk (maybe Cyberworld, maybe not), and for the 22nd century I'm considering Terradyne or Transhuman Space. There are a few standards of each era that don't exist in a Space Opera-ish campaign which I've already started thinking about how to explain their absence. Popular culture will account for the "fad" of cyberware disappearing and pretty much being relegated to medical necessity. An AI war (a-la the Eugenics Wars in Star Trek) occurs during the pre-FTL era that will account for the lack of AIs as PCs/NPCs in the general populace. I don't know much about Terradyne or THS (other than they cover the correct time period) and have never seen either in the FLGS near me. What are the strengths/weaknesses of each setting, particularly in being shoehorned inbetween Cyberpunk and semi-Space Opera?