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| Supplemental Report: Nebula Confederation | |
|---|---|
| Product information | |
| Type | Online Sourcebook |
| Author | Maingunnery |
| Pages | 46 |
| Illustrations | Colourbrand |
| Publication information | |
| Product code | Download Link |
| First published | March 2020 |
| Content | |
| Content | Sourcebook |
| Era | Dark Age Era |
| Timeline | 3117 |
Description[]
Interstellar Expeditions - Strange Tales from Nebular California (Nebula Confederation) is a fan sourcebooks written & produced by long time Battletech player/fan, Maingunnery.
The book focus on a report to the authorizes of the highly vaulted Interstellar Expeditions, from one their groups whom manages to leave the near impossible difficult California Nebular Occupation Zone.
The group gives a detail report of recently discovered group space-going humans whom have developed seemly a new form of Faster-Than-Light Drive and begun to explore the Nebula.
This book completed version of Maingunnery's original project Supplemental Report: Nebula Confederation
The book was revised and updated version of the original incomplete sourcebook, there are some differences from this book and original online version.
Writer's Description[]
- "''In the past Catalyst Game Labs (CGL) would create April Fools products as a special treat for the fans. As one fan that has been inspired by the April Fools products I am making an attempt to provide the community with a supplemental.
This fan-made document is designed to function as a supplement for April Fools: 35APR23 - Welcome to the Nebula California. This report and any following supplements will expand the non-canon Nebula California setting with more parodies and technologies.''"
- —{{{2}}}
Canonicity[]
The book is set in the original non-canon Welcome to the Nebula California RPG settings book.
While events before the book are fully canon, like the original book, this new setting runs parallel to the book's established world/settings.
Contents[]
- Explorer's Report: California Nebula / Credits
- Unexpected Guests (Short Story)
- Nebular Confederation (Profile)
- Technology Specifications
- Alcubierre Skip Craft
- Explorer Class SkipShip
- Diplomat Class SkipShip
- Confederation Space Assets Profiles
- The Rim Alliance (Profile)
- Alliance Technology & Space Assets Profiles
- Manei Servus "Bjorg" (Profile)
- "Bjorg" Technology & Space Assets Profiles
- Supreme Union (Profile)
- Supreme Union Technology & Space Assets Profiles
- Conclusions
- Rules Annex
- Skip-Core Propulsion: Skip-Drive
- Equipment
- Tables
- Skip-Drive Play Sheet
- Record Sheets
Author's Comments[]
The Nebula California setting is a lot of fun and a great source for inspiration. This Star Trek inspired project is my second Nebula California project to reach completion. Special thanks to Herbert A. Beas II for developing the California Nebula. Special thanks for Wrangler and Korzon77 for all their proofreading, contributions and encouragement. Also special thanks to all other forum members for their feedback.
One of the goals with a California Nebula project is trying to get the best possible fit to the referred source material, however that can lead to an infinite spiral of custom technologies and record sheets. Both of which greatly increase the amount of work and complexity of the project, making it harder for the project to be managed and for players to use. So, one of the notable challenges for this project was limiting the amount of custom technology and record sheets. For example, the Skip-Drive rules were at one point so massive and complex that it was effectively unworkable, so I simplified and abstracting them into their current form. The number and selection of the record sheets was also deliberately limited to what is needed for world-building and most common game-play.
Download Links[]
Author's Dropbox download for the Sourcebook
Wiki Cloud Drive - Backup Copy
External Links[]
Original post for finished version of the Nebula Confederation's sourcebook