• Registered: 2009-11-06
  • Posts: 92

Topic: Help Adapting a Setting

I'm trying to figure out the best way to adapt the Crimson Dark (http://www.davidcsimon.com/crimsondark/).  What's giving me a hard time is how to handle fighters.  In the setting most ships have two to four fighters, but then the two main government each have carriers that have 40+ fighters.  Would it be better to work the fighters in game in 1 ship flights or design flights for each type of fighter in 2, 3, 4, and 6 size increments (those being the sizes being exhibited in the comic)?

  • Registered: 2009-12-08
  • Posts: 31

Re: Help Adapting a Setting

That look like worth to read. Thanks! But why, oh why, a webfanzine in standing format? How many have their monitor that-a way?

  • Registered: 2009-11-06
  • Posts: 92

Re: Help Adapting a Setting

You'd have to ask the author, though I suppose it's just that he prefers that layout.  You can ask him though, there's a forum on his page for discussing CD.

  • Registered: 2010-01-07
  • Posts: 35

Re: Help Adapting a Setting

The fighters in the strip seem to operate independently a lot, doing them as one-craft flights would seem to be the way to go to retain that flexibility.  And look at the "hero" ship - it's got one fighter, and that only by salvaging it.  Pretty much have to do a solo fighter to represent that.

  • Registered: 2009-11-06
  • Posts: 92

Re: Help Adapting a Setting

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.  Makes me not want to use a carrier so I don't have to track all those individual fighters.

  • Registered: 2010-01-07
  • Posts: 35

Re: Help Adapting a Setting

Well, you could resort to using them in flights of 2-6 when they're operating from a big carrier, while ones deployed in small numbers act as solo flights.  No real reason you can't have both types flying around, and it would make the book-keeping more manageable.  Also allows for the "hero ship" phenomenon applied at the fighter level.  Kari probably qualifies for that kind of status, even if she doesn't think she does.

EDIT:  I see he's trying to make  afull-time job out of the strip.

http://www.davidcsimon.com/crimsondark/index.php?view=support

Interesting.  You have to ask yourself if it's worth $5 a month to get to read the short stories and maybe get an extra strip every week.  Better deal than my White Dwarf subscription was, anyway.

  • Registered: 2005-03-29
  • Posts: 330

Re: Help Adapting a Setting

Very cool.  Definitely have to go back and take a look!

-B