Spaceships 6: We Will Rock You

SilverFox · 11-14-2009, 12:18 PM

David -

OK maybe Langy and I are both a little whacked, but I have to second his notion of seeing your asteroid mining text. I'm actually in a GURPS asteroid mining game right now, although, as you say, it's the interesting stuff that makes the adventure (we found some sort of multi-dimensional cube buried in the asteroid that registers as billions of years old). But the asteroid mining process lends good background to the game and makes it more realistic. No, I don't want to spend my roleplaying time mining asteroids, but it's like background color in any GURPS book; it adds realism and depth to the setting.

And, yeah, I'm the kind of geek who would want a tour of an iron ore mine, just to see how it works. :) I don't need to know tonnage per day, efficiencies of scale, or any of the nitty-gritty stuff, but an overall view of the process is something I find interesting.

Brian

11-14-2009, 12:18 PM	#11
SilverFox MIB Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Iowa	Re: Spaceships 6: We Will Rock You David - OK maybe Langy and I are both a little whacked, but I have to second his notion of seeing your asteroid mining text. I'm actually in a GURPS asteroid mining game right now, although, as you say, it's the interesting stuff that makes the adventure (we found some sort of multi-dimensional cube buried in the asteroid that registers as billions of years old). But the asteroid mining process lends good background to the game and makes it more realistic. No, I don't want to spend my roleplaying time mining asteroids, but it's like background color in any GURPS book; it adds realism and depth to the setting. And, yeah, I'm the kind of geek who would want a tour of an iron ore mine, just to see how it works. :) I don't need to know tonnage per day, efficiencies of scale, or any of the nitty-gritty stuff, but an overall view of the process is something I find interesting. Brian