Quote from: Dumarest;999606Definitely more. They should have named him Steely Dan.

Love this idea, they should do it for the BG-style reboot.

I thought BG got off to a great start, the original series was a dog's breakfast (and remember I liked the Buck Rogers show!). But the new show lost its way after the third season because they didn't commit enough to the mystical elements. There's a long tradition of the mystic in sf from Heilein to Childhood's End, the final reveal of BG though had all the impact of the ending of a Scooby Doo episode.

Quote from: Krimson;999441Filing off the serial numbers for XXVc is pretty much my dream OSR.

It's a great game, and sadly overlooked, but not perfect. Some of the gennies (genetically engineered humans) give me pause. I don't have the game on hand, but I'm thinking about the guys that could fly around in deep space. Also, the class name "rocket jock" irked me; why not just Pilot? The Tech attribute and the percentile skill system are great, though.

Quote from: Aglondir;999615It's a great game, and sadly overlooked, but not perfect. Some of the gennies (genetically engineered humans) give me pause. I don't have the game on hand, but I'm thinking about the guys that could fly around in deep space. Also, the class name "rocket jock" irked me; why not just Pilot? The Tech attribute and the percentile skill system are great, though.

Because "rocket jock" is nearly Palladium-level awesomeness. I don't have the game, nor do I especially want it as I'd rather concoct my own 1970s/80s sleazy sci fi setting cobbled from Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Battlestar Galactica, Star Crash, and other classics of that type.

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I'm going to have to see how Traveller works for that...WEG Star Wars might be a better fit.

Quote from: Dumarest;999606Definitely more. They should have named him Steely Dan.

And given him a built in electric guitar.

Quote from: Aglondir;999615It's a great game, and sadly overlooked, but not perfect. Some of the gennies (genetically engineered humans) give me pause.

I like the idea of Gennies. They replace what we might use machines and robots for. So in XXVc, while there are AI beings, there really isn't a lot going on along the lines of Transhuman themes. It's a Sci-Fi setting which hasn't been overly influenced by Cyberpunk. I would guess that in this setting, Gennies are cheaper than robots.

Quote from: Aglondir;999615I don't have the game on hand, but I'm thinking about the guys that could fly around in deep space.

That would be the Spacers. I don't think their ability to fly was anywhere near interplanetary. I'm not really sure what their purpose was. Belters made a bit more sense. All the humanoid Gennies were meant to do some specific job. Similarly, animal Gennies were designed for specific niches, filling in gaps in the ecosystems of a terraformed Mars and Venus, for instance. Plant Gennies are the future of GMOs which is already being outdated by Gene Editing. Heck, if an OSR was updated to reflect some current science, they might just 3D print whatever life they need and then let them become a species and do the rest, in the case of plants and animals.

Quote from: Aglondir;999615Also, the class name "rocket jock" irked me; why not just Pilot? The Tech attribute and the percentile skill system are great, though.

I'm pretty sure the players in my old game wrote Pilot on their sheets.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;999626And given him a built in electric guitar.

I think a keytar fits the feathered hair aesthetic better...
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If you're into 60s/70s sci fi, you need to check this out:

[video=youtube;jkuJG1_2MnU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkuJG1_2MnU[/youtube]

Did someone say space disco?

[video=youtube;lrKjawtXY3s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrKjawtXY3s[/youtube]

[video=youtube;P_ukfGAd8T4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_ukfGAd8T4[/youtube]

[video=youtube;J7UwSVsiwzI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7UwSVsiwzI[/youtube]

Though actually 1980s space (like the Buck Rogers game) is probably more accurately conveyed by the spacesynth subgenre of Italo Disco (which was big from 80 to 87 or so). Artists like KOTO and Laserdance among others.

I tried watching Starship Exeter and a couple of those other fan-made shows...the best part was the green girl and Lou Ferrigno.

Artistically, at least, I sure liked the look of the other Buck Rogers better than this game.

i really liked it back in the day, i still like the setting and would love an update for it

Quote from: Aglondir;999615Also, the class name "rocket jock" irked me; why not just Pilot?

IIRC, "rocket jock" is slang from the comics.

What's wrong with "rocket jock?"