On 4/10/2014 7:14 AM, Richard Aiken wrote:

> So . . . one could easily start an ECM or mercenary campaign in such a
> junction system. The PCs finagle (legally or otherwise) access to the
> junkers, then take certain bits from this one and other bits from that
> one and yet other bits from the one over there, combining these within
> the junker which possesses the most intact hull. Of course, none of
> these various bits are technically compatible with one another - or with
> the hulk in which they are being installed - without the investment of a
> lot of sweat and duct tape and prayer. If they were, this particular
> trick would have already been performed by somebody else.

Alternatively, for a slightly different sort of campaign, perhaps they
ARE technically compatible - all being built to the same
thousand-year-old spec(s) - but no right-thinking Vilani would EVER
"void the warranty" (why, the resulting ship won't even HAVE a proper*
warranty! *clutches pearls*) in such a fashion.  Don't you know that
when you buy a ship, you use it until it finally breaks (swapping out
components as needed, yes, but always with new, factory-sealed
replacements that slot right in) and then discard it and buy a new one?
  Doesn't it SAY, right on all the equipment housings, "CONTAINS NO
USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS"?!?

Cobbling together a starship from... pieces?  You might as well try to
build your own freakish man-thing out of random organs and bring it to life!

(* "proper" being defined, essentially, as "for the lifetime of the
/manufacturing company/" - which, again, will run into the hundreds if
not thousands of years - and covering absolutely everything.)

ObRL:  PC vs. Mac.  ;)

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