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Thank you, while Haven has been abaodoned as a project you will find most of the work I did for it resurface in the actual setting so it wont be wasted just presented in a different format.

I am excited about seeing the Titan Rising as FS setting as well but I dont know if anyone will have issues with the fac that the humans in the setting are based out of the good ole milkway galaxy and home sweet home planet earth. One thing I deliberately planned in my evil mad scientist master plan was to deliberately make the Titan Rising Universe connected to the Dark Tempest Universe. However, the Dark Tempest setting adds an entirely different spin to things. Humans, Xin, Shi-an, and Solaquin all in habit both Universe. The Xin especially, as a nomadic refugee race these aliens find their way, in small pockets of survivors, to all corners of charted space. The Solaquin are always behind the scenes manipulating things and the conquest driven Shi-an want some serious payback after the Xin revolt.

Over the last week I have been focusing on a study of a proposed tactical starship game using the Titan Rising Universe. I have completed a rough draft of a starship consturction system and the math is acutually working with the proposed game stats so that is a step in the right direction. Movement is cinematic as opposed to vector. Truthfully, while I understand the math for vector I really dont like making that many calculations or planning. Most of the math in the system is involved in the record keeping and its just simple addition and subtraction stuff. For $#:!$ and grins I used the FS assembly formula and it seems compatible as well. I looked closely at KH and full thrust game mechanics and decided to use a similiar movement system. However, I am including the use of roll manuvers and pivots that will not cost manuvering points to evecute. Accel and Decel work the same as KH. All statistical point values are based on a factor of 10 so for example a space fighter with a HC (HS) of 1 has Structure Point Value Of 10 (HP) a Hourly Self-Repair Rate of 1 point of damage per hour which is 10% of the ships structure points (DCR system is way too convoluted) and a total value of 10 Command Points. Command Points are the heart of a system. Each Player who represents a SpaceFleet Captain graduates Academy with a certain amount of Command Points. Command Points represent a Captains resources, influence or pull within the fleet, and prestige. As players win battles they are awarded more command points which can be spent on new equipment for their ships, the purchase of new or additional ships, or the hiring of Command Characters which add bonuses to each ships attributes. Each space craft has a command point value which represents how much resources and influence would be needed to effectively opperate the vessel. Obviously small craft with uncomplicated systems and small crews require fewer CP to operate and maintain then larger ones. Command Points essentially work like experience points but also serve as a kind of currency in the game as well. Having a ship with a high command point value also may make you a desireable target as the other player will win the ships command point value if your vessel is captured or destroyed. The Tech Level is higher than knight hawks and while FTL and wormhole travel are understood as part of the Universe they wont play much of a roll in the game as all combat will occur at STL speed in small tactical engagements. Fighters are manned, and will be handled in squadron fashion as opposed to individuals. However, once I get the system written I will create a dog fight supplement which will allow for individual fighter combat for those games where you want to get into a hairy fur ball with your friends. Starships may use FTL as a means of escape to jump out of a fight but once they do they are considered disengaged and may not return to the game. So a word for the wise Captain is to target the enemies FTL module and knock it out so they have to stay and fight. The skill and combat resolution will be entirely based on d100 and percentile chances of sucess that can be modified by equipment or Command Character bonuses. Most games will involve one player with one ship each to command. However, a player can command multiple vessels if they want to keep track of them. Each ship will have its own customizable character sheet and Captains can use command points to purchase or upgrade weapons systems on their ship. They need only to have enough "bay slots" per module to support the installation of the desired system. So each ship is not limted by a set group of weapons. However, its obious that a scout ship wont have the bay space to mount a critical damage weapon such as a heavy laser cannon or mass driver. also each piece of equipment has a CP value if the CP value exceeds the ships CP value it cannot be mounted on that ship (remember CP value also represents a ship's requirements to operate and maintain).

Any way there it is. fun, fast, expandable, and easy. Please let me know if you would like to contribute to the game or have and ideas. As a quick disclaimer to any predators out there trolling this site please keep in mind that Titan Rising and the Command Point Value Game Mechanic are IP owned by yours truely AZ_Gamer. 

Update: A recent interest in Project Hyperion by one of my website contributors may result in reboot of this abandonned project. If a redo is warranted (It's definitely needed) I am tenatively looking at 2013. Essentially the story will be the same but the modeling, art, and story inconsistencies will be fixed. It was a good story, just way too ambitious for its time. Now, since I have the software to redo the series I may take a page from Lucas' book and finally retell this story in the way it was intended. Investment of time and money to get the project off the ground are the major hutrles at this point. Mostly time, as art work for such a project is very very very time consuming. Check out the website www.titanrising.webs.com for future updates.