[Diaspora] Rules question for Maintenance roles (and probably an errata)

[Buzz]

I believe the -2 is the Tech rating of the system in question (e.g., T: -2), not a set modifier.


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Doyce Testerman <doyce.testerman at gmail.com>
>  To: diaspora <diaspora at phreeow.net>
>  Subject: [Diaspora] Rules question for Maintenance roles (and probably an errata)
>  Sent: Jan 15 '10 2:35pm
>  
>  Hi all,
>  
>  On page 75 of the book, one of the modifiers for Maintenance rolls is the
>  Tech Level of the system you're in. Specifically, it says:
>  
>  The ship needs to roll it's Trade Skill against a target value of zero,
>  the target value modified as below:
>  
>  
>   Station is lower technology than the ship: add the difference.
>  
>  
>  So, reading that, it's pretty clear. If I have a T2 ship and I'm in
>  a T0 system, the target value for my maintenance roll changes from 0 to
>  2.
>  
>  
>  However...
>  
>  
>  On page 77, in the second example given (T2 civilian cargo hauler), the
>  last line reads:
>  
>  
>  _If she is heading into low technology space as she travels (-2), the
>  contracts are less secure and the base [bonus to her roll] is +1 [instead
>  of +3] against the Maintenance 0._
>  
>  
>  So, obviously, this example is doing things completely differently:
>  
>   A penalty to the character's roll, rather than a increase to the
>  Target Value.
>   What appears to be a flat -2 for "low technology space", rather than a
>  sliding scale.
>  So, which one of these expresses the game-as-intended, and which one gets
>  added to the errata? :)
>  
>  --
>  Doyce Testerman 
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