GURPS 4th edition. Transhuman Space

Introduction The Transhuman Space Line About the Author About GURPS 1. Transhuman Space Timeline: To 2020 Timeline: 2021-2030 Timeline: 2031-2040 Timeline: 2041-2050 The Colonization of Space Timeline: 2051-2060 Rust China Timeline: 2061-2070 Timeline: 2071-2080 Timeline: 2081-2090 Timeline: 2091-2098 Current Events: 2099-2100 Mining the Moon The Ares Conspiracy NAGHI and Titan Third Wave, Fourth Wave, Fifth Wave The Overturn The Pacific War The Shezbeth Expedition The Fifth Wave The Transformation of Mankind Pantropy Human Obsolescence and the Receding Singularity Morphological Freedom What Is Human? Campaign Themes Adam Smith on Mars Black Ops Law and Order Meme Wars Nation Building Outlaws Soldiers Travelers 2. The Solar System Inner System Statistics: Explanations The Sun Mercury Venus Earth Earth Orbit Luna (“The Moon”) The Lagrange Points Mars The Main Belt Near-Earth Asteroids Life in the Main Belt Notable Main Belt Asteroid Stations Outer System Europa Other Jovian Moons The Trojans Saturn Saturn’s Moons Titan Uranus Neptune The Kuiper Belt Primordial Black Holes Pluto The Oort Cloud Space Travel Interplanetary Distances The Black Hole Controversy Interplanetary Distances (AU) on Jan. 1, 2100 Space Travel Extraterrestrial Environments Gravity Spin Gravity Microgravity Health Problems in Micro- or Zero Gravity Zero Gravity Space Sickness Vacuum and Trace Atmospheres Other Environmental Dangers Radiation 3. Encyclopedia of Transhuman Space Core Technologies Artificial Intelligence Augmented Reality Bionics Brain Implants Computer Technology Fusion Power He-3 Mining Genetic Engineering Human Genetic Engineering Minifacturing Carbon Nanotubes Nanotechnology Pharm Animals Reproductive Technology Robots Smart Matter Spacecraft Types Spacecraft Space Habitats Tissue Engineering Bioroid Status Ubiquitous Computing and Privacy Uplifted Animals Uploading and Mind Emulation What Doesn’t Exist Nations The European Union People’s Republic of China India Pacific Rim Alliance Transpacific Socialist Alliance United States of America Islamic Caliphate The South African Coalition Free Cities New Nations on Earth Twenty Poorest Nations The Duncanites The Revised Outer Space Treaty Memes Memetics Education Are You Sapient? Institutions and Organizations Corporations Sentencing Criminals Security and Intelligence Agencies International Nongovernmental Organizations War and the Military Kyoto Cup HuGEX Tourney Operations Other Than War Modern Soldiers Space Warfare The Strongest Military Forces Spaceborne Forces Outlaws and Terrorists Ten Most Wanted Human Criminals Terrorist Groups Criminal Organizations Bioroid Trafficking The Hunted 4. Characters Trouble at Exogenesis? Character Points Character Types Mundane Jobs Nonhuman Characters Racial Templates Human Templates Human Genetic-Upgrade Templates Parahuman and Bioroid Templates Uplifted Animals Infomorph Characters Digital Mind Templates Template Lenses for Digital Entities New Shadows Cybershell Templates Bioshell Templates Wealth and Status Sapients Rights Pan-Sapient Rights Table Wealth Status and Cost of Living Age Advantages and Disadvantages Advantages New Advantages Disadvantages New Disadvantage Features Digital Mind Genetic Tattoos and Intron Messages Taboo Traits Skills New Skill Economics and Jobs Job Table 5. Technology What’s the Tech Level? Energy Cells Computers Hardware Wearable Virtual Interfaces Software Data Requirements Teleoperation Top 10 AI Companion Skill Sets Consumer Goods Clothing Childproof Biometrics Other Health and Fashion Items Furnishings and Domestic Equipment Top Six Fun Foods as of January 1, 2100 Communications and Information Equipment Data Networks Food and Accommodations Communications Virtual-Reality Gear Implants and Internalnets Sensors Survival Gear Expedition Gear Six Emergent Technologies Life Support Space Equipment Tools and Industrial Equipment Tools Manufacturing Equipment Security, Surveillance, and Covert-Ops Equipment Weapons Stun Weapons Heavy Weapons Weapon Table Weapon Features Weapon Options Ammunition Table Grenades Portable Weapons Suits and Personal Armor Armor and Suit Accessories Medical Care Limb and Organ Replacement Biomod Transplants Cloning Medical Equipment Nanodrugs Example Nanodrug Popular Brainbugs Nanosymbionts Proteus Nanovirus Nanopsychology and Nanopsychiatry Radical Nanosurgery Microbot Swarm Transportation Appendix A: Spacecraft Design Hull Design Hull Shape Manufactured Hull or Asteroid Hull? Manufactured Hulls Materials Table Asteroid Hulls Gravity Generation Intermal Space and Estimated Mass System Modules Control Systems Control Systems Table Sensors Sensors Table Space Drives Space Drives Table Tanks Tankage Table Weapons Laser Table Particle Accelerator Table Crew and Passengers Quarters Table Storm Shelters Table Habitat Modules Table Accessories Accessories Table Power Systems Power Plant Table Power Core Table Solar Power Table Energy Bank Table Cargo Capacity and Empty Space Surface Features Liquid-Crystal and Chameleon Systems Surface Features Table Radiators Consumables Reaction Mass, Coolant, and Fuel Table Munitions Pack Table Statistics cPF Table Performance Realistic Delta-V Space Performance Air Performance Spacecraft Operations Appendix B: Vehicles Spacecraft Kagoshima-Class Orbital Transfer Vehicle Meizi-Class PSV Pegasus-Class Transatmospheric Vehicle SIM-7 Predator-Class AKV SDV-90 (Resolution and Gram Classes) Sudbury-Class USV Non-Spacecraft Air Car Ground Car Appendix C: Space Combat Entering Combat Definitions Close Encounters Surprise Turn Sequence Maneuver Restrictions Burn Modifier Table Action Within the Turn Space Maneuvers Beam and Gun Fire Weapon Ranges Gunner Modifiers Physical Damage Armor and Facing Radiation Damage Particle Accelerator Damage Table Other Actions Distant Encounters Special Rules Major Damage Table Glossary Bibliography GURPS Lite Index

In the coming decades, technologies like genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology will transform humanity. A strange new world is unfolding—nightmarish to some, utopian to others. Soon we'll have the power to reshape our children's genes, build machines that think, and upload our minds into computers.
And Earth no longer confines us. Space tourism, mining the Moon and asteroids, a settlement on Mars: all are dreams poised to take wing.
The universe of Transhuman Space is a synthesis of these two visions—a world in which ultra-technology and space travel fuse to forge a new destiny for mankind. Neither utopia nor dystopia, it is a place of hopes, fears, and new frontiers.
Welcome to the Future

In the coming decades, technologies like genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology will transform humanity. A strange new world is unfolding - nightmarish to some, utopian to others. Soon we'll have the power to reshape our children's genes, build machines that think, and upload our minds into computers. And Earth no longer confines us. Space tourism, mining the Moon and asteroids, a settlement on Mars: all are dreams poised to take wing. The universe of Transhuman Space is a synthesis of these two visions - a world in which ultra-technology and space travel fuse to forge a new destiny for mankind. Neither utopia nor dystopia, it is a place of hopes, fears, and new frontiers. Welcome to the Future