Blank page LORDS OF THE EARTH LORDS OF THE EARTH ON THE INTERNET The Space Age The main Lords of the Earth site can be found at: http://lords.throneworld.com The Lords of the Earth mailing list can be joined by going to: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTE-L …and filling out the appropriate information. REVISION HISTORY Created by Martin Helsdon on 12/23/2005 11:10 AM Last revised by Martin Helsdon on 9/10/2007 8:31 PM Location c:\documents and settings\martin helsdon\my documents\rulebooks\lote_fut_6.doc Version No. Version 6.1.1 x.x revisions increment when a Section is added or deleted. x.x.x revisions increment when errata is corrected, or components of a section are added, deleted or changed. A Future Rules Supplement “A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most were silent. There floated into my mind, a line from the Bhagavad- Gita…’I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.’” Robert Oppenheimer, Trinity, July 16, 1945 A Throne Enterprises LLC Production Lords of the Earth, 6th Edition © 2006 Thomas Harlan. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. CREDITS Original Game Design Thomas Harlan Subsequent Development Game Master’s Team. Renaissance Rules Design Thomas Harlan Subsequent Development Game Master’s Team. Version 2.0 Rulebook written by Thomas Harlan Version 3.0 Rulebook written by Colin Dunnigan Cover by James Gemmill Moon Map based on Clementine Courtesy USGS Astrogeology probe data. Research Program, http://astrogeology.usgs.gov Version 6.1.1 Page i Lords of the Earth: The Space Age Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.13 CONSTRUCTION: UNDERWATER FACILITIES........................................16 3.13.1 Underwater Installation.......................................................................16 3.13.2 Underwater Cities ...............................................................................17 3.14 ROCKETS AND SPACE TRAVEL................................................................17 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................. 1 3.14.1 Geostationary Coverage .......................................................................18 3.14.2 Launch Capability ..............................................................................18 1.1 THE SPACE AGE...........................................................................................1 3.14.3 Nuclear Engines and LEO ................................................................19 1.2 THE NEW MAPS ...........................................................................................1 3.14.4 Reusability, Trade and Launch Rails..................................................19 1.3 DESIGNER NOTES .......................................................................................1 3.14.5 Space Range........................................................................................19 1.4 GLOSSARY OF TERMS..................................................................................1 3.14.6 Exploring the Solar System.................................................................19 2. THE STAT SHEET............................................................5 3.14.7 Near Earth Asteroids.........................................................................22 3.15 CONSTRUCTION: SPACE PLATFORMS AND SPACE STATIONS ............22 2.1 TECH LEVELS ...............................................................................................5 3.15.1 Space Platform....................................................................................23 2.1.1 Tech Level Bonus to Tax Rate (Optional) ..................................................5 3.15.2 Space Station ......................................................................................23 2.2 ECONOMIC INFORMATION ........................................................................5 3.15.3 Space Colony.......................................................................................24 2.2.1 International Trade Value..........................................................................5 3.16 SPACE CYCLERS..........................................................................................24 2.2.2 Regional Income..........................................................................................5 3.16.1 Cycler Characteristics...........................................................................25 2.2.3 Monetary Troop Support.............................................................................6 3.16.2 Boost Phase.........................................................................................25 2.3 REGIONS AND CITIES .................................................................................7 3.16.3 Planetary Encounters ..........................................................................25 2.3.1 Regional Garrisons .....................................................................................7 3.17 CONSTRUCTION: LUNAR OUTPOSTS AND MOON BASES ...................25 2.4 NEW OPERATIONS CAPACITIES................................................................7 3.17.1 Lunar Outpost....................................................................................25 2.5 YEAR LENGTH CHANGE ............................................................................7 3.17.2 Moon Base..........................................................................................26 2.6 ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION.........................................7 3.17.3 Lunar Colonies ...................................................................................26 2.6.1 Energy Production.......................................................................................7 3.17.4 Lunar Mag-Lev Railway....................................................................27 2.6.2 Energy Consumption...................................................................................7 3.17.5 Division of Space Facilities in the Event of a Civil War......................27 2.6.3 Powerplants ................................................................................................8 3.18 CONSTRUCTION: USING ASTEROID AND LUNAR MATERIAL............27 2.6.4 Stratospheric Aerostats ...............................................................................8 3.18.1 Asteroid Size ......................................................................................28 2.6.5 Solettas.......................................................................................................8 3.18.2 Asteroid Strength ................................................................................28 2.6.6 Solar Power Satellites..................................................................................9 3.18.3 Asteroid Mass-Driver .........................................................................28 2.7 MINING ASTEROIDS AND THE MOON.....................................................9 3.18.4 Asteroids as Weapons.........................................................................29 2.8 HIGH TECH TRADE.....................................................................................9 3.18.5 Asteroid Piracy ...................................................................................30 2.8.1 Ice Port Trade.............................................................................................9 3.19 CONSTRUCTION: ASTEROID HABITATS.................................................30 2.8.2 Mag-Lev Lines and Trade........................................................................10 3.19.1 Asteroid Fortresses..............................................................................30 2.8.3 Submarines and Trade..............................................................................10 3.19.2 Asteroid Habitats...............................................................................31 2.8.4 Rocketry and Trade ..................................................................................10 3.20 CONSTRUCTION: IN THE FAR BEYOND.................................................31 3.21 CONSTRUCTION: SPACE ELEVATORS.....................................................31 3. THE ORDER FORM ....................................................... 11 3.21.1 Earth Space Elevator..........................................................................31 3.21.2 Lunar Space Elevator.........................................................................32 3.1 EXPENSES: INVESTMENTS........................................................................11 3.2 CONSTRUCTION: BUILDING ARMIES .....................................................11 4. MAPS .................................................................................33 3.2.1 Fractional NFP .......................................................................................11 3.2.2 New Unit Types.......................................................................................11 4.1 ANTARCTICA...............................................................................................33 3.2.3 Rockets.....................................................................................................11 4.1.1 Antarctic Terrain......................................................................................33 3.2.4 Nuclear Weapons .....................................................................................12