Pyramid 3/018: Space Exploration
The heavens await! This month's Pyramid - the PDF magazine for roleplayers - brings new ideas to the void by examining "Space Exploration." This issue includes: "Shores Beyond the Night¸" an alternate Earth where competing nations explore the solar system for fame and fortune. Cross-time crusaders from the GURPS Infinite Worlds setting can investigate this timeline through out-of-this-world adventures¸ or homegrown heroes can seek to solve its mysteries by themselves. "Close Encounters of the Unwanted Kind¸" five offworld enigmas that can provide the cosmically curious with opportunity¸ danger¸ or both! "Cold Horizon¸" a scientific discussion of what's needed to turn a comet into a colony. This "chilling" article includes an example icy address¸ detailed in GURPS Spaceships terms. "Secondhand Space Exploration¸" a look at using¸ losing¸ and abusing space probes. These traveling tin cans make it possible to brave the breathless beyond on a budget - or provide enticing discoveries for flesh-and-blood explorers... "Looting Your Life Pod's Locker¸" a look at equipping the escape vessels from GURPS Ultra-Tech - including options for budget¸ luxury¸ or military emergency gear! Pyramid also has discoveries that make the future fun: a simple system to create alien ruins for heroes to explore¸ Murphy's Rules with Greg Hyland¸ Steven Marsh's Random Thought Table¸ and other odds and ends. With this issue¸ you'll replenish your creative fuel and rocket to the stars like never before!