U.S.J. Enterprise

This is part 2 of my write up on converting Star Trek to Spelljammer.
 (part 1 was a crew write up and is available upon request)  This one
focuses on the Book (my answer to the computer) and the Engines.
All of this is as of the beginning of Classic Trek, addaptations for
TNG, DS9, and Voyager will be forthcoming.

U.S.J. Enterprise
Designation:  ICC-1701
Class:  Cruiser
Crew Compliment:  452, 73% male, 25% female, 2% other
Captain:  James R. Kirk Commanding

The Book
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The Book is simply a modified Book of Infinite Spells (DMG) which
serves as the ships library.  Unlike other Books of Infinite Spells,
several copies are laid throughout the ship, all magically linked to
hold the same information, plus pages can be torn out and replaced,
leaving no evidence of a tear.  Each page serves the same function it
would if it were in the book, and is conciderably more portable.
Only if the book is destroyed (such as during a self destruct) will
the separated pages cease to function magicaly.
In the case of self destruct, a golem tears several pages out of the
Book and seals it in a case and launches it out a Torpedo tube.  When
the other copies of the book are destroyed, the jettisoned pages get
written on with the last ten entries of the Captains Log, the last
entries of the Log from Engineering, and the confirmation of self
destruct by the CO's.
The Book is also exceptional in that it can talk in a reasonable
simulation of a human voice.

Motive Force
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Motive Force is provided by two sources, the standard Jamming helm,
and the P-N Engines.  The most common P-N engine, the one aboard the
Enterprise, consists of two hoops that have permanent access to the
Positive and Negative energy planes, two pieces of dicryshal to
encase the apparatus, and one piece of crystal to focus the positive
and negative energy from the natural explosion of Shadow to an
explosion of pure magical energy.
The containment of Dicryshal allows the portals to be active in the
Phlogiston (the artificial crystal shell created by the two crystals
allows for small portals two be opened).
It should be noted that while Dicryshal is nearly indistructable by
physical means, it is rather volitile magically.  It decays rather
quickly during normal use, requiring that the ship dock at a
Spherebase to get replacement crystals.  Assuming that the crystals
aren't subjected to any undue strain, they can last approximately 2.5
years.
Failure of the outer crystals (fracturing, decay, etc.) will release
the positive and negative energy on the engineering department.  The
sudden onslaught of both life and anti-life destablizes the materials
of the engineering compartment (10% chance per every 3 square feet of
affected per round, cumulative), releasing the magical "potential" of
the materials of the ship (similar to a Defiler pulling the energy of
plant and animal life, destroying it) this causes a chain reaction
that causes the entire ship to shatter.  The crew *might* survive the
destruction of the ship, but it is highly unlikely that their bodies
could survive the sudden surge of pure magic. (1% chance for Fighters,
 2% chance for thieves, rangers, bards, and paladins, 3% chance for
most wizards and priests, 4% chance for Chaneller wizards and
priests)
Failure of the inner crystal (the focus) causes the magical energy to
be released immeadiatly, destroying the ship immeadiatly. (no chance
of survival for warriors or rogues, 1% chance for wizards and priests,
 2% for chanellers)
 - Self Destruct
At the orders and confirmation of the three highest living ranking
officers on board, the two outer crystals can be separated,
initiating the self-destruct.  The self-destruct is controled by the
book, and usually there is a countdown before the ship is destroyed.
The countdown can be silent or audible, and the self destruct can be
cancelled at the orders of the two hightest ranking officers aboard
the ship.



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Christopher J. McFarland
President and Founder of the Sailor Moon Society International