Gas Giant system building

[Malenfant]

You know, if the Droyne were 'terraforming' those worlds then why didn't they turn them into something better for droyne? Why not colonise the small worlds and give them unreasonably dense atmospheres?

 

[Psion]

Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
Terraforming of planets is mentioned in the CT Spinward Marches supplement, so the Third Imperium could sytill do it too
The good folks at DGP chose to include terraforming too far up their expanded tech tree IMHO.

IIRC, the expanded tech tree was in the MT Refs Companion (not decanonized).


But while we are on the topic, has anyone done an article/analysis table on hostile worlds and biologies? DGP included such effects in the WBG as alternates for the standard tainted atmospheres, but it's straight up random instead of linked to any cause-effect type mapping.

 

[Psion]

Originally posted by Malenfant:
You know, if the Droyne were 'terraforming' those worlds then why didn't they turn them into something better for droyne? Why not colonise the small worlds and give them unreasonably dense atmospheres?

What're you trying to say? Aren't those the sorts of implausible worlds you hate?

Well, the droyne would have had to evolve somewhere. I forget if GT:Aliens 3 says anything specific on the topic, but perhaps it was the case that droyne were originally evolved on a larger world, but their time in space and natural and self-inflicted evolutions made them better evolved for space/low-g, but then they found a need for worlds and made some.

But while I can buy giving a world an O2 atmosphere, giving a world an atmosphere period is a little harder for me to swallow.

 

[mike wightman]

Originally posted by Psion:
IIRC, the expanded tech tree was in the MT Refs Companion (not decanonized).

Yep, which was a word for word reprint of the table that appeared in Grand Census.

 

[mike wightman]

Originally posted by Psion:
Well, the droyne would have had to evolve somewhere. I forget if GT:Aliens 3 says anything specific on the topic, but perhaps it was the case that droyne were originally evolved on a larger world

The CT Droyne Alien Module suggests that the homeworld should be between sizes 3 and 6, atmosphere 8, and hydrographics 3+.
The two Droyne worlds in the Spinward Marches fit this profile:
Andor C695
Candory C593

note that the atmospheres are tainted for humans, a left-over bio-weapon defence perhaps...

 

[mike wightman]

Originally posted by Psion:
But while we are on the topic, has anyone done an article/analysis table on hostile worlds and biologies? DGP included such effects in the WBG as alternates for the standard tainted atmospheres, but it's straight up random instead of linked to any cause-effect type mapping.

Is there anything about this in TNE's World Tamer's Handbook I wonder...

 

[Psion]

Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
Is there anything about this in TNE's World Tamer's Handbook I wonder...

Good question. I did download it when it was a freebie on DTRPG. I'll have to take a look. (Unfortunately, as it was DRM, its not something I could slap on my thumb drive, so I'll have to wait until I get home.

)

 

[mike wightman]

Can you not download it again now as a watermarked pdf?
Or can you only re-download stuff you've bought?

 

[Psion]

Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
Can you not download it again now as a watermarked pdf?
Or can you only re-download stuff you've bought?

It's worth a look as their policy has shifted a little (and you CAN re-download watermark PDFs), but as far as I know, once the window has past, your SOL and watermark and DRM are in separate systems on their server.

I'll try to run over and look. But my hopes aren't high. (If I could do that with all the DRM freebies, I would so do it, as it improves their portability immensely.)

 

[Psion]

Aaand... the product page doesn't give me any special options when I am logged in, and my order history page only lists actual orders, not freebies.

If you can do it, I don't see how.

 

[mike wightman]

I've just tried too.

Looks like it only remembers your paid for orders

Ahh well, it may come up again in the future...

and I did find that T2k is going free at the moment

Now back to the topic of the thread...