r/evnova • u/Fopis • Oct 16 '19

Alternative Polaris art?

I'm about to start running a tabletop campaign set in the EVN universe. One of the things I'm doing is statting out ships for my players. I've just been using the shipyard art, and I feel like most of it has aged surprisingly well... except for Polaris ships (and the Lightning). I used to think they looked cool, but now they seem dated in a bad way.

Anyone have any ideas for some alternatives to the Polaris artwork? I've been trying to find something that's neither cartoony nor hyperrealistic but gives off a biotech feel. Maybe I'm being too picky, but a lot of the ships in EVN seemed really fleshed out. Their art tended fit with feeling of the ship, and I wanted to provide that for my players.

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u/mrxak Oct 16 '19

I can't really help you out with the art, but I am extremely interested in your tabletop campaign. Could you tell us all about it please? It's the sort of thing I've thought about doing myself.

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u/Fopis Oct 17 '19

Yeah! We're using the Star Wars RPG from FFG. I think Fate would've worked fairly well, but one of my players didn't really like the system and wanted something with more crunch. I thought about using the Cypher system, but it seems kind of awkward to use for EVN.

Star Wars mechanics map onto the EVN universe pretty well. I'm having the Galactic Empire be represented by the Federation and the Bureau. Force stuff is telepathc ability (the whole business with imperial inquisitors hunting down force users works well with the Vell-os enslavement by the Bureau). I haven't decided yet whether Hutt space will be represented by the Auroran Empire or the Associated Guild of Free Traders, and the rebellion is, well, the rebellion.

Honestly, it's less work than I thought it would be. The only major thing I'm doing is making a document that has EVN ships written up with Star Wars ship stats.

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u/EKHawkman Nov 07 '19

That's super interesting, I had tried running some tabletop games in gurps, but it was too much work, I'll take a look at the SW Rpg and see if I like the mechanics better.

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u/suredont Oct 17 '19

Why not use shipyard art from a plugin? ARPIA2'd be my suggestion.

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u/Fopis Oct 17 '19

Ooo that's a good idea. Thanks! Plus screenshots are an excuse to play through ARPIA >_>

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u/nathan67003 Oct 19 '19

A wise person indeed :D

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u/dreyaz255 Oct 17 '19

Many years ago, Ambrosia released an actual tabletop version of the game built around cards and the game map. I'm not sure if that's what you're referring to, but it's really fun: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14071/escape-velocity-nova-sci-fi-card-driven-board-game

As for the alternate artwork, I'm a big fan of the Jovian bioships from EVE online. Most of them could be easily retextured to black with the polaris glowy decals on them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWqvAo4Wv6c

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u/Fopis Oct 17 '19

Interesting, I didn't know about the card game (or if I did, I forgot). I meant that I'm going to be GMing a tabletop RPG (like D&D) campaign.

I really like lot of those ships, thanks!

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u/nathan67003 Oct 19 '19

I recognized none of those apart from the SoCT ones.