Re: Starship! and FT, from the author

>Hiya!
>
>My name is Brad Carlson, and I am the primary author of the Starship!

...

>I HAVE played full thrust. According to the books I have (Full 
>Thrust, More Thrust), the allowed races are:
>    "Standard" whatever that is
>    "Kra'Vak"
>    "Sa'vasku"
>
>And I don't see any chapter anywhere on creating your own race, with 
>its own special abilities and unique weapons.
>Yes, the system is open enough to give you some flexability, but 
>with the limited weapon choices, it does not seem to me like you can 
>really capture the flavor of your favorite race. Just my opinion -- 
>y.m.m.v.
>
>
>You CAN do that with Starship! In fact, you have to -- there are no 
>"standard" races.
>
>Have I missed something? Or were these Federation, B5, and 
>Gallactica ships created "outside" the rules.

You are correct that your mileage may vary.  Here is a URL that contains
links to FT conversions to other sci-fi genres.

http://www.uwm.edu/~cthulhu/FT/back.htm

--Greg