 February 5, 2014 - 8:14am | a campaign set up on the alien worlds premise would call for a PC ship and the assault scout might be ideal for that. PCs are sent on a Star Trek style "5 year mission" into deep space to explore. small group with a tough little ship that can land on a planet would work and the assault scout would be idea. Write in that space exploration has proven dangerous and thus the development of the assault scout, which the scout service has been sending out to find out whats out there. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 February 5, 2014 - 9:19am | Except for exploration, I'd rather have a pair of laser batteries instead of a laser battery and 4 assault rockets as it's going to be hard to resupply those rockets. You give up some punch but you get greater range, more shots (extra defensive shot from the LB) and no resupply issues. 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 |
February 5, 2014 - 9:21am | Well we could actually make it a prototype of the assault scout with no rockets. 1 LB and 2 pod lasers (FF), the assault scout would be a latter development to counter the things the PCs will encounter. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 7, 2017 - 7:00am | I had a thought that it might be nice to use public domain classic 50's and 60's rocket exploration artwork that should be in the public domain to illustrate the document. That said the default "ride" is a classic rocket of that era. The assault scout would be a hot new thing introduced latter on when you need something with more punch. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 7, 2017 - 9:20am | Just a comment. Art produced in the 50's and 60's are not in the public domain unless explicitly released as such. Everything published after 1923 is still under copyright. (Trust me I used to be a librarian  ).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 7, 2017 - 4:19pm | Just a comment. Art produced in the 50's and 60's are not in the public domain unless explicitly released as such. Everything published after 1923 is still under copyright. (Trust me I used to be a librarian ).I thought it was 50 years I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 8, 2017 - 7:50am | Nope. There is nuance to it but in rough terms it is the following: For personal works it's life of the creator + 70 years. For materials produced by a corporation, its 95 years after publication or 120 years after creation. The nuance comes in for things published before 1978. Basically, if it was publshed between Jan. 1, 1923, and Dec. 31, 1977, you have to check each work individually to determine its status. 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 9, 2017 - 4:50am | How do you check? Is there a data base of public domain works? I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 9, 2017 - 6:45am | If only. Unfortunately, you have to look at each one individually and figure out if it was copyrighted, if it was renewed, etc and trace its provenance. It's a major headache and there are millions of "orphaned works" that are technically in copyright but we have no contact information for the copyright owner (or in many cases don't even know who the owner is. There are some resources but they tend to only cover small bits and pieces. I was at a meeting once and they were taking about a project that was started to identify and try to trace down the status of some of these orphaned works and it came out to about 5-10 hours of work per item to detemine the status and copyright owner. It's not an easy task if the status isn't obvious. 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 |
