[gurps] David's Space Background

[David Scheidt]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Onno Meyer <Onno.Meyer at gmx.de> wrote:
> I have designed three craft with 20-ton payloads (an OTV, an
> atmospheric Shuttle and a Moon/Mars-capable Lander), but the
> introductions leave me stumped.
>
> David, can you tell us some more? Names of worlds, aerospace
> companies, time of settlement (for old, small designs dating
> to the early days), any detail can help.
>

Oskemoi Heavy Industries, PLC of Binf is a major producer of
starships.  I'd suspect they also make small craft.  Binf has been
settled for a long time (about a thousand years); it's a good place to
be from, not to be.  It's a marginal world, with a history of violent
supression of political protest.  Surface side population are stuck in
their domes, the ruling orbital elite aren't above dropping a big rock
on a dome they think is too uppity.

Nexa Fruit (whose real business really is fruit) are a co-op owned by
Nexan fruit farmers that work to promote and transport Nexan produce.
They have a large number of starships, which carry Nexa's produce to
the rest of their sector, and general freight and passenger service on
the way back.  They also own the cargo handling facilities in Nexa
orbit, run a ship yard, and so on.


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David Scheidt
dmscheidt at gmail.com