BioTech

[Qstor2]

Are there any rules for genetic modification of stats or new biotech equipment? I have GURPS BioTech. I wonder if it would be easy to use some of the material from that book.

thanks

Mike

 

[D. Foxx]

2300AD Earth-Cybertech Source Book might have some info you can use. Book number is 1015 and it is available on the 2300AD CD on the far future enterprises site.. http://www.farfuture.net/

 

[Qstor2]

Thanks. I got the .pdf on rpgnow.com

Mike

 

[mike wightman]

My favourite topic - biotec in T2300. or put another way, the bit they totally missed out cos they were too busy with the kafers.

In the original T2300 it looked like there were going to be 3 main metaplot threads - the kafer war, the provolutionists, and another one (I'll check and edit).

Sadly they never bothered much with the provolutionists beyond a terrorist threat intro adventure.

IMT2.3kU the fight against the provolutionists was a major plot point - and they employed biotech and genetic modification much more than cybertec.

I had to make a lot of stuff up then.

I would now use GURPS Transhuman Space and GURPS Biotec for inspiration.

(Also read the Peter Hamilton book Fallen Dragon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_Dragon for the stuff about the colony world where the human colonists biomoded themselves rather than teraform the colony planet

 

[Vile]

(Also read the Peter Hamilton book Fallen Dragon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_Dragon for the stuff about the colony world where the human colonists biomoded themselves rather than teraform the colony planet

Damn, I wish there'd been a spoiler warning there - I'm reading that at the moment ... :toast:

Hamilton can be pretty good with SF tech, both bio and cyber.

 

[rancke]

Damn, I wish there'd been a spoiler warning there - I'm reading that at the moment ... :toast:

It's always annoying to read a spoiler, but I don't think it's customary to put spoiler warnings on nine year old works. YMMV, but as for me, I usually only worry about stuff that hasn't yet been out in paperback for at least a year.


Hans

 

[Vile]

Wrong smiley.

But a stunning coincidence, nonetheless.

 

[Qstor2]

I thought there might be an article in Traveller's digest.

I'm going to check out GURPS Biotech. I don't have any of the Transhuman Space books though.

Mike

 

[epicenter00]

In the original T2300 it looked like there were going to be 3 main metaplot threads - the kafer war, the provolutionists, and another one (I'll check and edit).

"Why is the American Arm so boring?" - I think it was supposed to be about fighting vs. organized crime in the American Arm (AmeriCo).

 

[D. Foxx]

There may be more material on Andy Slack's website. Look for the 2300 link on the right side.

http://andyslack.wordpress.com/category/games/

 

[Jaeger]

Are there any rules for genetic modification of stats or new biotech equipment? I have GURPS BioTech. I wonder if it would be easy to use some of the material from that book.

thanks

Mike

You could try using Eclipse Phase too. You can even get it for free legally since it has an open something or other. Came out last year, won 3 Eenie awards.