I kind of agree with this suggestion, if only because it would potentially make converting things like the Izanagi to the new higher tiers simpler, but there would need to be some kind of in-universe logic to explain why no one goes higher than 15. Maybe some kind of treaty against planet-crackers.It might be worth thinking about a cap for weapons in the DRv3 system at T15 or something, though. No need for T18's to be running around mucking things up. I could see a ship the size of the Izanagi having a larger weapons compliment for its size, however.
This would be hard to do, as Yamatai already has 43, which is about how many systems it has, (though 20 of those are just sitting around not doing much so if @Wes chose to he could hit 'em with the retcon beam)It might be worthwhile to have the limit even more extreme for ships in this size class - something like 1 per 5 systems or 1 per 10 systems. Things like the Eclipse were terrifying partially because of their rarity; finding ways to make sure there's only a handful in the entire setting feels like a win to me.
I can respect your position, but the purpose of this was to provide granularity between "really big space battleships" and "Space dreadnoughts" that allows us to both appropriately restrict things like the giant Izanagi type ships and to say "These are the big sticks, this is why they don't get made very much or used very much".I agree with some of the ideas, at least in part. I think counting something like the Izanagi as just a Capital ship doesn't really cover them vs even say a Sharie. That said, I think Super Capital should be its own thing and rare enough that there is only one per system regardless of if it's a large space station like an Iori or a Izanagi. Something to remember here is that an Iori can move and a Izanagi can build things.
That said, I'm not in favor of an extension of the DR into super-capital ranges. (16, 17, 18 etc). I think that implies a meaningful difference between them that I don't think should exist. It would also encourage more class building in that range while I think anything in tier 15 should be more bespoke. I think the current cap at 15 is fine for now.
Because of that, I have to vote no to the proposal in the title "Update DRv3 with new supercapital/Star-Fortress tiers".
Most of this stems from my desire to "solve" the Izanagi (I'll admit, it's my white whale),
It is in part, but rather than just doing something for the Izanagi, I thought it would be good to create a framework for how to handle future things like them since other factions like Nepleslia and the NDC are inevitably going to want to have some equivalent, even if not as many as the Star Army has. This meant things like figuring out things like how these new larger capital ships would be classified, be they in new tiers or in a blanket "Supercapital" category, and how they would be regulated OOC.If this is just about the Izanagi I think we should talk about that rather than re-rig the rules system.
I'd like to see more megastructures in SARP. Although not so much ones that are just big guns...
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