Starship Encounters - Space Wreckage

[Lycanorukke]

Well, in the Real World, there is a 40-foot container loaded with millions of Legos that is sending a steady stream of them washing ashore on the shores of the North Sea, so your post is not that far-fetched at all.

The rubber ducks (more correctly the Friendly Floatees) have been used to map ocean currents by observing where they show up, and the Legos you mentioned have become somewhat of a collectors item. So instead of ocean currents they are used to map 'gravitic anomalies' or the like.

Also, remember that all of this space debris is not really drifting, but moving at high to very high rates of speed.

The other side of the problem is how to have the PC's 'meet' space wreckage at slow velocities enough so they can investigate. If they are zooming in at a 100kps from the jump point they can't just slow down and stop to have a look on a whim. By the time they even notice the flotsam and say 'Whats that?', it's busy disappearing into the distance a behind them.

 

[Patron Zero]

Not suggesting ships be equipped with a deployable drone that travels ahead of such and 'sweeps' for possible hazards, one might think that 'standard' anti-collision duties would be part and parcel of a good avionics suite and supporting systems for just that task.

 

[robject]

Not suggesting ships be equipped with a deployable drone that travels ahead of such and 'sweeps' for possible hazards, one might think that 'standard' anti-collision duties would be part and parcel of a good avionics suite and supporting systems for just that task.

I certainly hope so and agree. Even part and parcel of a mediocre avionics suite.

 

[msprager]

I had an article, titled "Battlefield", in the March 27, 2001 issue of the SJG JTAS that was similar. It was a series of linked adventures that could be run as a mini-campaign in the debris field of the Battle of Two Suns. It included Wreckage Encounter, Wreckage Condition, and Salvage Tables.

 

[Jeff M. Hopper]

This anime series deals with space junk and is very well done in terms of science and realistic handling of space. Maybe some ideas? It's called Planetes. You can find in on many anime sites. I just listed on that has it dubbed in English for convenience.

http://www.englishanimes.com/watch/planetes-dub-online/


I like the spy satellite in one episode that has a sort of low tech black globe generator making it incredibly hard to salvage.

Even the corporate stuff like social interactions, rules and policies, promotion and the pecking order, that goes on through the series is good material.

Planetes is great for inspirational stuff! I own the DVD series and highly recommend it.