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Star Patrol
''Star Patrol'' (originally known as ''Space Patrol'') is a science fiction role-playing game published by Gamescience in 1977. Description ''Star Patrol'' is a science-fiction space-adventure role-playing system. In the initial release, ''Space Patrol'', the brief rules cover character creation and abilities, psionics, alien creatures, gravity, and combat with superscientific weapons. In the revised edition retitled ''Star Patrol'', character creation has been expanded to include the ability to generate an alien character from one of 32 races, the choice of professions such as soldier, engineer, scientist, astronaut, trader, rogue/thief, and spy/diplomat, a choice of 25 skills, as well as the possibility of adding cybernetic body parts and psionic abilities. The game also includes monsters, starship design and combat, and statistics for weapons ranging from a simple dagger to a heavy blaster. Five introductory miniscenarios are included. In the second edition of ''Star Patrol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Patrol, Role-playing Game
A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed points of light. The most prominent stars have been categorised into constellations and asterisms, and many of the brightest stars have proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations. The observable universe contains an estimated to stars. Only about 4,000 of these stars are visible to the naked eye, all within the Milky Way galaxy. A star's life begins with the gravitational collapse of a gaseous nebula of material composed primarily of hydrogen, along with helium and trace amounts of heavier elements. Its total mass is the main factor determining its evolution and eventual fate. A star shines for most of its active life due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
