 September 18, 2011 - 9:55am | Nope but will check it out. Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
 September 19, 2011 - 5:19pm | Kinda makes ya wonder what they did to piss off their superiors to get sent out on an exploration mission outside their jurisdiction... |
 September 19, 2011 - 5:27pm | Or what the real origial purpose of the mission was. View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
 September 20, 2011 - 9:44am | I thought it was because Star Law was entrusted with discovering and reporting on sathar movements. The UPF recently adopted a policy of aggressive exploration in the star systems near inhabited Federation space. This policy has two primary aims. First, locate, catalog, and study planetary systems that offer promise for future colonization. Second, discover and report any evidence of Sathar occupation or exploration close to the civilized hub of the Frontier Sector. To this end, a number of research starships, capable of atmospheric maneuvering and hard landings, were built by the Planetary Survey Administration. CJ's article "Star Law Revised & Expanded" (Issue 15-pg62) would be a basis to start a career in Star Law and bump/summarize the character's time in becoming a Ranger.
I think this article could benefit from a followup submission; "Star Law Training Adventures". Adventures that happen while from the characters application to graduation. :-) Running something like an emergency during the graduation ceremony might be fun. If you've see the last Star Trek you'll understand what I'm laying down. |
 September 20, 2011 - 5:06pm | Actually its far more likely that the navy would be tasked with exploration and not star law. Or even a full ip exploration service filled with navel personnel with reserve navel commissions. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 20, 2011 - 6:17pm | A plug!!! I love you, w00t!  View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
September 21, 2011 - 6:28am | You could be right about navy exploration but handling the sathar is Star Law's job. Off Topic I'd like someone to draw (GJD?) the freighter used to tow the Moraes around. Unless it's the Moraes that tows around the freighter hull? |
 September 21, 2011 - 7:10am | It's the Moraes that tows the freighter hull. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
September 21, 2011 - 8:49am | Handling the sathar is star law's job with in society it just doesn't make sense in exploration. Cops sort of train for the wrong skill set. This is really a job for the military. 1 under cover agent might be along if there is an open investigation of a member of the crew, though. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 21, 2011 - 9:28am | Handling the sathar is star law's job with in society it just doesn't make sense in exploration. Cops sort of train for the wrong skill set. This is really a job for the military. 1 under cover agent might be along if there is an open investigation of a member of the crew, though.
My vision of Star Law is a frontier ranger. Able and willing to travel the entire Frontier Sector. These highly trained individuals are deployed from modern cities to the edge of known space. Their courageous pioneers committed to the highest ideals of justice and dedicated to preserving the Frontier from the sathar threat. Their not just cops... that's a job for governments and corporations. The UPF survey mission sent several civilians under contract to the UPF, one was loaned from PGC. The UPF and Star Law are depicted as one organization in the module. |
September 21, 2011 - 1:21pm | It's the Moraes that tows the freighter hull. That can't work out too well...size A drives pulling a size B hull. Or was the freighter hull HS:4? I can't recall at the moment. |
September 21, 2011 - 6:25pm | From the module: The Moraes attaches to a modified freighter hull (size 4) that contains dozens of automatic survey satellites and four lander modules. I see it as a big cargo container that is pulls along behind it. Attached, the Moraes is a real pig (ADF/MR 1/1, my rule) but it can detach if necessary. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
September 21, 2011 - 6:31pm | I buy Terl Obars explanation. Though I'd keep it a smallish cargo container. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 21, 2011 - 8:27pm | Actually it would have to be "large". The lander modules have (based on the drawings in the module) about half the volume of the Moraes herself. So every two is equivilent to another HS 3 ship and the cargo hull has 4 of them plus additional survey satellites. Since a HS 4 ship is about 3.4 times the size of a HS 3 ship in volume, a modified HS 4 hull could carry all the specified equipment. Incidentially, I believe that the scale for the Moraes is off by a factor of 2. The maps say that each square is 2 meters (and the text descriptions match this scale) but I think it should be one meter per square. If it is one, the volume of the Moraes comes out to about 736? cubic meters. If it is 2m per square the volume is 5886? cubic meters. An average HS 3 ship has 800? cubic meters and a HS 5 ship has 5625? cubic meters. So for the Moraes to be a HS 3 ship the scale has to be smaller. However that makes it quite cramped. Anyway, another canon conundrum to sort out. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
September 21, 2011 - 10:48pm | Ah, okay then I have no issue with it tugging a HS:4 hull. As mentioned, it would severely impede performance and I would say 1/1 is fair enough all things considered. As far as the volume goes, IIRC the Moraes is considerably shorter in length compared to a standard assault scout. Granted at 20m diameter, it couldn't be more than 12½ meters in length to maintain the same volume. Factor in the 25% variance permitted and you can add another 3.something meters of length for just shy of 16m. Which might work out, it is a stubby & fat ship as depicted by the artwork... |
September 22, 2011 - 2:45am | Handling the sathar is star law's job with in society it just doesn't make sense in exploration. Cops sort of train for the wrong skill set. This is really a job for the military. 1 under cover agent might be along if there is an open investigation of a member of the crew, though. As mentioned, the Sathar were suspected to be there. Also, Star Law has been assigned the duty of tracking down the Sathar both inside and outside the Frontier. So "exploring" clearly means "scouting and "expedition" clearly means "scouting expedition" in the context of Star Law. Scouting skills are most certainly not beyond the skill set of Star Law Rangers. View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
