[Sotff] STL-only Diaspora?

[C. W. Marshall]

Hi!

Speaking as one of the authors, I'd have said that removing the  
particular mechanism for FTL that we have designed should be fairly  
easy. We *want* people to make adaptations. The major effects will be  
twofold, I'd have thought.

1. Travel between systems becomes less reversible. You might end up  
in a system without the ability or the technology to return, though  
of course that to can be fixed by referee fiat. We enjoy the stories  
that become available when two-way communication within a month or  
two is possible, but you don't that's a narrative preference.  
certainly there've been a lot of forever War jokes around the table.

2. If your concern is to make one-way ships, then a lot of the  
starship design and starship combat material becomes irrelevant to  
your game. That too is fine -- there are a lot of combat systems and  
again we say specifically that not all will be used by every table.  
The are all just tools for the toolkit.

There's certainly room for interesting stories, though.

I hope this helps.

Toph