Blake's 7

Baron Munchausen · #1 June 26th, 2002, 04:10 AM

How much material is there? A Federation 'Pursuit' ship and the Liberator? Also, it's a very sparse universe technologically. The technobabble is even simpler than Star Trek.

rockman · #2 June 26th, 2002, 05:11 AM

Couldn't disagree with you more! There are heaps of various races not to mention cool technology!
Maybe I'll try and make a start on it myself (although I am a newbie to SEIV). Any other Blake's 7 fans out there?

Suicide Junkie · #3 June 26th, 2002, 05:25 AM

Never heard of it, sorry.

A good way to start is to list all the races and techs you can think of. The forum members will then jump in with suggestions on how to implement it for you.

rockman · #4 June 26th, 2002, 06:19 AM

Great Tip Suicide Junkie - will begin work on the list and seek any ideas from others on the forum

Thanks for the help

P.S. can't believe you haven't heard of Blake's 7!

try www.shipofdreams.net/b7 for info on the TV series.

Baron Munchausen · #5 June 26th, 2002, 06:29 AM

Blake's 7 is a British SciFi series. From BBC, I think? There wasn't any "Independent" TV in Britain in the 1970s, was there?

Anyway, as far as I know it was only shown on PBS stations in some of the larger markets in the US. It never hit the mainstream here. Little wonder. It's got the same lack of production values as Dr. Who (horribly cheap SFX) without the clever stories. So it's not surprising that many Americans never heard of it.

[ June 26, 2002, 05:30: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

rockman · #6 June 26th, 2002, 06:51 AM

yep it was made by BBC and played 1978-1981. It was a huge hit both in Britain and in New Zealand and has been replayed many times. You are correct about the production values, they were typical BBC i.e. do anything you want as long as it doesn't cost too much! The series was created by tery nation the man behind Dr Who (not sure how popular that show was in USA?) but was far more dark and menacing. It was most noted perhaps for its habit of knocking off the stars of the show. Even the main character Blake didn't make it past the 2nd series.
I thought the stories were great and i liked the way there was a continuos thread to the series and the fact that the good guys sometimes lost (and infact all get killed) by the badies.
Maybe it was crap and I am just being sentimental?
Anyway - enough ranting from me!

God Emperor · #7 June 26th, 2002, 08:33 AM

@Rockman,
In my youth I was quite a B7 fan. Have the first 3 series on video and occaisionally play them.
B7 was characterised by weak special effects, weak plot lines but great dialogue and character interaction.

Ships; Pusuit ships (3 Marks/models to my knowledge), cruisers, Liberator.
Weapons; Neutron bLasters, plasma bolts, standard bLasters.
Defensive techs; deflector shields, force wall, armour.

Given that B7 was set during a limited time period (several years), the limited technology is understandable.

If you wanted to introduce B7 technology and components, I would suggest that you make up a tech group specifically called "B7 tech" and then have components which have "B7 tech" as a pre-requisite (this is what I did with my Borg mod).
You might want B7 Tech to have a pre-requisite tech like Physics I for example.

Regards,
GE

[ June 26, 2002, 07:34: Message edited by: God Emperor ]