▁name ▁D 6 ▁Space ▁Opera ▁by ▁Hum ano ids ▁Publishing . ▁It ▁was ▁sold ▁as ▁a ▁core ▁rule book ▁for ▁their ▁line ▁of ▁Sh atter zone ▁PDF ▁re - re leases . ▁This ▁was ▁greatly ▁expanded ▁and ▁re vised ▁by ▁author ▁Nik ola ▁V rt is ▁into ▁the ▁current ▁D 6 ▁Space ▁Rule book ▁( ), ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁by ▁P urg atory ▁Publishing ▁im print ▁West ▁End ▁Games . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁cover ▁art ▁was ▁first ▁announced ▁for ▁D 6 ▁Space , ▁there ▁was ▁some ▁negative ▁reaction ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁art . ▁The ▁original ▁had ▁the ▁female ▁principal ▁n ude ▁( although ▁gen ital ia ▁and ▁ni pp les ▁were ▁not ▁visible ), ▁in ▁a ▁cy ber p unk ▁mot if . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁reaction , ▁West ▁End ▁Games ▁re vised ▁the ▁cover ▁to ▁its ▁current ▁form . ▁ ▁At ▁present , ▁D 6 ▁Space ▁is ▁supported ▁by ▁three ▁source ▁books . ▁ ▁D 6 ▁Space ▁Sh ips ▁by ▁various ▁authors ▁() ▁D 6 ▁Space ▁Ali ens ▁Volume ▁ 1 ▁by ▁various ▁authors ▁() ▁F ires ▁of ▁Am ats um ara ▁concept ▁by ▁Fred ▁J and t , ▁by ▁various ▁authors ▁() ▁ ▁The ▁Sh ips ▁supp lement ▁contains ▁expanded ▁rules ▁for ▁star ▁ship ▁creation , ▁and ▁new ▁rules ▁for ▁planet ▁generation . ▁The ▁Ali ens ▁supp lement ▁demonstr ates ▁species ▁templates ▁for ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁al ien ▁races ▁and ▁cre atures , ▁and ▁methods ▁for ▁creating ▁more . ▁F ires ▁of ▁Am