Okay, I like the setting of the Legend of the Five Rings (L5R).
Everytime we get characters made up and play some, I get disapointed with the mechanics.
I recently heard some information on Starblazers from someone describing how they have used the system for doing things like Mechwarrior and Star Wars. I picked up a copy and looked at the rules.
I think this might be a good fit for what I am looking for.
Okay, what is my problem with L5R?
All the good and interesting stuff is all locked up in the Schools where it is very hard to access (It requires a considerable gain of skills and attributes to access these abilities) or it seems to have very little impact on the game (Clans, Families, Dojos, Historical Ancestors) beyond small bonuses in character creation.
Most of your game time is focused on your skills which are mostly described in vanilla flavour compared to the spaced and dedication given to the schools that you will rarely access more then the first two to three levels.
The L5R system mechanics promote a character to be an attribute superhuman with a vanilla set of skills that might have one or two 'kwel' extras that differentiate from the rest of the group.
I think that the Fate3 system can help solve this.
I think that I can have items like Clans, Families, Dojos, Dualist, Yojimbo, and dozens of other things like this be Aspects. Many of the Advantages and Disadvantages could also become Aspects for players to personalize their character.
That would allow the players to Tag off of them (Fate3 humour) in combats or in other situations.
I see the School abilities or some of the advantages like Inheritance or Sacred Weapon being Stunts. This would both give more flavourful styles of combat (having more than a single School technique at Rank 1).
I also like having both the Health and Composure Track to represent both physical battles and social battles.
Last, I like the Starblazer Adventures book because it has things like Mystism, Psionics, Aliens, and Mutants for describing various Shadowland creatures including extra large monsters (Star Monsters).
So, this looks like it could work and be a good fit.
I am wondering what people's personal experience with running stuff in the Fate3 system might be and their own thoughts on such an adaption.
I have no experience with the system you are asking about, but if you did not like original system for L5R, there was also a series of source books for it using the d20 system as the Oriental Adventures setting for 3rd edition D&D. I think that one worked pretty well.