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Crew Expendable

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THIS IS THE UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL STARSHIP DIOCLETIAN ...

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CREW EXPENDABLE is a supplement for Cepheus Engine and the HOSTILE setting. It provides players with a comprehensive campaign of routine space travel - interstellar haulage carried out by blue collar ‘space truckers’, working Joes just trying to make ends meet, and to stay alive.

The book provides a ship, it provides a selection of available crewmembers and an array of tables for creating contracts that must be fulfilled. There are star maps, rolls and tasks for all the crew-members and a new starship - the Harbinger, a multi-purpose freighter. This isn’t a space trading game where players use their wits to buy cargoes cheaply and sell them for a profit. Instead it is a process of shipping cargoes where they need to be, to a deadline – and the adventure comes along the way.

This book is best used as a framework for a typical roleplaying session, but also works brilliantly as a solo star-faring campaign when combined with the Zozer Games book, SOLO. 

CREW EXPENDABLE includes:

  • New  'charter-line' companies
  • The Harbinger, a 1000-ton cargo carrier
  • 36 NPC Crewmen for your games
  • Starmaps
  • Comprehensive rules for interstellar haulage 
  • Tasks and rolls for all player character crew-members
  • Random events, encounters and mishaps
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Sam K February 18, 2023 1:12 am UTC
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I really like the concept of the Hostile universe. I bought Hostile Solo the other day but I’ve been stuck on calculating distances and finding hyperspace points. I can’t get past Plan the Flight. I’ve been back and forth between all the rules books I have and there’s nothing that points to something on the map saying “this is a hyperspace point”. I absolutely love the world building and research that went into this. It’s very obvious a lot of time and care were spent, my only complaint as a ttrpg and solorpg first-timer is that not everything is clear enough to get started if you’ve never done it before.
The play though section at the end was great but I would love to see a walk through of how to start each scenario for people who have never played any ttrpgs before. Currently, I can’t even get off the ground unless I skip over some of the mechanics. I even bought this crew expansion thinking it would give a more detailed explanation or example of how to find the hyperspace point. It...See more
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Paul E February 18, 2023 7:33 am UTC
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Hi Sam, they aren’t on the map, they are just ‘out there’. Before flight, roll the distance to the HSP closest to you in the system and then spend 5 Burns to get there. That’s the mechanic. Roll for. a Space Encounter and some crew reactions too. Game started!
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Paul E February 18, 2023 7:35 am UTC
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4 Burns, not 5, the keys are small my fingers are large! Get in touch at paulelliottbooks@yahoo.com if you want any more guidance or tips!
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Warren E October 06, 2019 8:11 am UTC
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Been enjoying this book. Are Rockwell Harbingers in the HOSTILE setting akin to the Beowulf Free Traders of the 3rd Imperium OTU setting? Ubiquitous and what everyone thinks of when they think of smaller traders?
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Paul E October 07, 2019 4:32 pm UTC
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Yes! They are a ship more useable by a group of player characters than, say a 20,000 ton ore carrier.
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Paul H September 11, 2019 10:13 pm UTC
Ordered from Lulu, any idea why this only ships from the US (I am in the UK).
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Paul E September 12, 2019 6:44 am UTC
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It is a website error, so I have been informed. The item is printed in the UK and arrives promptly (as I can attest, I'm in the UK!).
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November 19, 2019 8:53 am UTC
No indication above that you can order a print copy here is that something for the future or just from Lulu?
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Paul H November 22, 2019 9:20 pm UTC
Apologies for the delay in responding - it did indeed arrive promptly and very nice it is too.
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Paul E March 22, 2021 8:14 pm UTC
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Print copies can be ordered from Lulu Publishing. Please search for Zozer Games on their website.
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Philip C August 22, 2019 5:20 pm UTC
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Another great product from Zozer. If you want to do a Commercial Spacer or maybe independent spacer (Firefly) campaign in the Hostile universe then this book gives you all you need and a lot of detail to do it. Also works well with the Solo rules.
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Paul E August 10, 2019 2:00 pm UTC
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A softback version is also available, please see the Zozer Games website for further details.
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August 15, 2019 2:01 am UTC
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Went to the website, but not seeing it.
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Richard L August 15, 2019 2:50 am UTC
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https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/crew-expendable.html
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August 15, 2019 10:54 pm UTC
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Thanks!
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