Ok, here goes: IMTU the basic game system is Cyberpunk 2020 with Traveller specific skills added, Mercenary/High Guard/Scouts/Merchant char gen just to get background (obviously no skills), Planet/System Generation: Book 6 plus some MegaTraveller, T5, but mostly Book 6. Starship design: Book 5 High Guard, or Book 2 (ships get them from place to place sort of like a Ford) with fuel for jump being 5% instead of 10%. Combat: Cyberpunk 2020 with new weapons added (gauss rifle, PGMP, etc), combat is fast, elegant, and very, very deadly. Dollops of FGU's Space Opera thrown in for good measure.
Location: on the frontier, less settled areas, closer in feel to Far Frontiers/Trojan Reach/Reavers Deep in feel. The large governments are just off stage, but can be used as a McGuffin if needed. Many races, lots of them, almost Star Trek/Space Operaish in some ways. Main bad guys are the Benrie (think Laumer's Groaci but human use warbots, and think they are TL 15 when they are really TL 12), The Grand Empire of the Lords of the Stars (Avian- arrogant, but honorable), plus others. The good guys are the Caledonian Kingdom, Xanadu, New Texas, Sutekh, and the Terran Concordat (an almost Three Stooges Earth government).
Game feel: Firefly/Cowboy Bebop, with touches of Babylon 5, Buckaroo Banzai, and Star Wars (space opera style), a little bit of Alien, and other movies. Characters are usually looking for cash to fix the ship, get out of jail, do a good deed, or just to try and get rich.
Soundtrack: Progressive Rock, with some Gothic Metal, and bits of bagpipes.
Best moment: The "Black Globe Generator Drill" After getting a Black Globe off of the Kinunir, they took measurements, made a very lifelike dummy model (they sold the real one to shady arms dealers), they landed at a starport owned by the Concordat, next to the naval downport.
They opened the cargo bay, and started connecting the "Black Globe" in plain view of the Naval Base. The Navy went predictably batsh*t, and as the Marines were running up, they opened the "Black Globe" to reveal....a toilet.
Location: on the frontier, less settled areas, closer in feel to Far Frontiers/Trojan Reach/Reavers Deep in feel. The large governments are just off stage, but can be used as a McGuffin if needed. Many races, lots of them, almost Star Trek/Space Operaish in some ways. Main bad guys are the Benrie (think Laumer's Groaci but human use warbots, and think they are TL 15 when they are really TL 12), The Grand Empire of the Lords of the Stars (Avian- arrogant, but honorable), plus others. The good guys are the Caledonian Kingdom, Xanadu, New Texas, Sutekh, and the Terran Concordat (an almost Three Stooges Earth government).
Game feel: Firefly/Cowboy Bebop, with touches of Babylon 5, Buckaroo Banzai, and Star Wars (space opera style), a little bit of Alien, and other movies. Characters are usually looking for cash to fix the ship, get out of jail, do a good deed, or just to try and get rich.
Soundtrack: Progressive Rock, with some Gothic Metal, and bits of bagpipes.
Best moment: The "Black Globe Generator Drill" After getting a Black Globe off of the Kinunir, they took measurements, made a very lifelike dummy model (they sold the real one to shady arms dealers), they landed at a starport owned by the Concordat, next to the naval downport.
They opened the cargo bay, and started connecting the "Black Globe" in plain view of the Naval Base. The Navy went predictably batsh*t, and as the Marines were running up, they opened the "Black Globe" to reveal....a toilet.