Re: Trek and Rhodan

On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Ludo Toen wrote:

> mcord@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU wrote:
> 
> > Changing gears, I recently bought the traviler mercenary crusier
which
> > reminded me of the Perry Rhodan Ships.Has anyone tried FT Rhodan??
> 
> Some years back I bought a copy of the "PR raumkampfsimulator", a hex
> map boardgame on starship
> combat in the PR universe. It included booklets with fleet info for
the
> Terran navy (1970-1984)
> and the Topside fleet. I bought at the same time the Springer and
> Uberschweren booklet and countersheet.
> 
> A while back I tried to convert the ship designs to FT, changing the
> power ratings of the guns to c through
> AA batteries. I needed to come up with a custom rule to simulate
shields
> in the PR universe. The smaller end
> of the scale was doable, but when I came to the 1500 meter ships
(Titan)
> they weighed in at 1200 mass if I
> remember correctly. (It does have 24 corvettes -universe term, not FT-
> in its bays).
> 
> I'll dig 'em up (when I get back from the warzone).
> 
> 
> Ludo
> 

 I look forward to seeing your PR interpretation. I hope nothing happens

to you in the warzone (grin)

Bob McCord