Re: ST=>SJ Why?

At 03.14 13/01/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Just a question concerning the ST->SJ conversions.  I'm always of the
>opinion "do what you will and have fun in the game" but this desire to use
>SJ rules for ST puzzles me.  I'm a big fan of both,  but they seem simply
>too far apart,  conversions seem to strike a discordent note in the flavor
>of both milieus.  I've always felt AD&D worked best with a Rennaisance or
>lower tech level,  ST is about as far from that as it goes.  And the
>"magic" of AD&D clashes strongly with Trek (psionics fit well, however,  I
>think).  Isn't there already an RPG  system devoted to Strar Trek? (by
>FASA,  I think?).  I know I played in such a system about 5 years ago,  but
>the gamemaster wasn't very good so things collapsed.  seems like converting
>Traveller or another such system would work better than AD&D.  I know I use
>AD&D for Swords and Sorcery,  Storyteller for modern (fantasy,  horror,  or
>even straight),  Space 1889 for 17th-early 20th century stuff,  and Star
>Wars or Traveller for Science fantasy or Science Fiction.
>
>I guess my question is,  do you do the conversion because you didn't know
>there were Star Trek RPGs or do you dislike those systems for some reason?
>And why did you choose Spelljammer?

I think there has always been among RPGs and Star Trek fans the need, or
the latent will to create something Star Trekkish (if u pardon my
neologism) to use with their favourite role playing game. So when
Spelljammer appeared it seemed the best campaign to use Star Trek stuff
for those who already played AD&D: it is not a question of people
looking at RPGs for the first time and choosing Sjr as their Star Trek
background (i think this kind of people should have chosen Fasa's RPG
instead), but of Trekkers already playing AD&D and eager to throw in
some Trek stuff. I found it very interesting even if i'm a OD&D player
and so i bought it, and still use Sjr integrated with OD&D rules
regarding flying ships and it works. Moreover, there is something Star
Trekkish in the very essence od Spelljammer, and i think Astromundi
Cluster is what really gives you the impression you're playing in the
Star Trek universe (at least to me). Everybody has his or her own Trek
characters adaptatio!
 n to S
jr i suppose, and it is just funny that way: personally, i try not to be
so explicit when i created them and so i changed the names to let the
players guess (for example Picard is Captain Luc Stewart -a combination
of his real and fictional name- and Riker is William Reiks, and so on).
I think that as long as we've fun, we should go on like this without any
fear of contaminating the genres.DM

"Omne ignotum pro magnifico" Tacitus, 'Agricola'
(That which is not known is enchanting)