Why I don't overly worry about system generation

[Leitz]

Thanks for this! I need to do some reading today.

[BRover]

Originally Posted by Werner

What is the jump limit for a black hole? A black hole doesn't have a radius, it only has a mass, it is a point mass in space with a certain radius calledthe event horizon, but that is arbitrary, it isn't a physical surface.

Originally Posted by mike wightman

Not quite, the event horizon is the boundary between out universe and the strange physics that goes on inside. Also black holes have several other properties beside mass.

A black hole event horizon is therefore a radius of sorts, it is the boundary past which nothing can escape. Personally I would use the ergosphere as the radius of the black hole for jump calculation purposes.

I may be wrong, but for something falling into the black hole, apart from tidal forces (spaghettification), doesn't theory say there is no way to tell where the event horizon is? Since, as I understand it, your velocity and acceleration affect the spacetime view according to relativity. So the horizon is, in one sense, at a specific point (or actually surface), but it's not like there are signposts to tell you that you are crossing into the weird space.

[Timerover51]

Why I don't overly worry about system generation

I do not overly worry about it, as if I do not like it, I simply change it to something that I do like. If working in SectorMaker, it is simply a matter of a few clicks, and voila, a brand new main planet for the system.

[coliver988]

https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-i...han-we-thought

Now we have to redo all the maps!

[Proneutron]

Originally Posted by coliver988

https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-i...han-we-thought

Now we have to redo all the maps!

After 50 years of watching this field I have learned to take all "facts" with a 20 lbs. block of salt. NOT a criticism of the scientists but our level tech makes it difficult. Based on past techniques of distance measurement we knew we were considerably off even at the local galactic level.

[Leitz]

Nice!

I find scientists who understand the limits of science to be a lot more bearable than those who think they have things all figured out.

[BRover]

Originally Posted by Leitz

Nice!

I find scientists who understand the limits of science to be a lot more bearable than those who think they have things all figured out.

I often find that the scientists have some sense of the limits of science, where many others have almost no idea--whether they think science can do almost anything, or science can do very little.

[ShawnDriscoll]

Scientists become a problem when their junk science becomes their religion, and a way to extort money from citizens.

[coliver988]

While not part of a system, interesting unknowns that could also be adventure seeds (as I have sent my players to discover/explore a few anomalies via patrons over the years):

https://theconversation.com/wtf-newl...excited-142812

Ghost circles! In space!

[Straybow]

Originally Posted by coliver988

https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-i...han-we-thought

Now we have to redo all the maps!

No, not really. It's less than 10% difference, who cares? It shifts the whole map.