Subject: random encounters

>My problem is the "ships" result. I'm not sure how to work it. I don't
>want to roll for a random races, then their ship; then you keep getting
>things like Dohwar manning a cuttle command. That might be fun and
>whimsical once, but constant nonsensical encounters would be useless.
>
>Any ideas? I figured using general terms likke "pirates; millitary;
>merchants;" etc. would work.

How about having it go to differant tables (branches) for the differant races

or something like

if x=Dohwar & y = 3 then z = <insert ship name here>

See ya!

                        Tanil