Yes, All of this — so true. The game system is frustrating as hell. And frankly, I find the setting lacking too, at least if the game wants you to be a crew of a space ship. Or maybe it’s just that I am unused to and therefore feel locked down in published settings of this kind. If I were to play again I would probably either decide to put the player characters right in the middle of the political games on coriolis station, or begin the game just after the sudden destruction of the whole station and it’s council. Just to destroy the sense of static status quo I felt reading and playing it.

Does anyone know of a good non-pbta science fiction game? With space ships? (I couldn’t care less about production values as long as the ideas and game system are exiting.)