From T5.09, page 403
Looking through the T5SS, there seem to be a LOT of systems with 5 gas giants. Am I going crazy?
Looking through the T5SS, there seem to be a LOT of systems with 5 gas giants. Am I going crazy?
Gas Giants and T5SS
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Gaseous Problem
You are not going crazy, sir. Just as I am affixed upon 75% of our known stars are Red Dwarfs with Habitable Zones in Orbit 0. I found at least two solar systems in Knoellighz Sector with 5 Gas Giants. I had to back them down to 4 to keep the faith with that system. Re-rolling generally fails to get that fourth Gas Giant on the next roll.
Now, tell me how all those 'shirtsleeves' mainworlds in Spinward Marches with Red Dwarf primary solar bodies are managing to not freeze their Imperial butts off when they step outside when their world is not in Orbit 0, (and a Tidal Zone world by the way).
My brain still hurts to think of this.
You are not going crazy, sir. Just as I am affixed upon 75% of our known stars are Red Dwarfs with Habitable Zones in Orbit 0. I found at least two solar systems in Knoellighz Sector with 5 Gas Giants. I had to back them down to 4 to keep the faith with that system. Re-rolling generally fails to get that fourth Gas Giant on the next roll.
Now, tell me how all those 'shirtsleeves' mainworlds in Spinward Marches with Red Dwarf primary solar bodies are managing to not freeze their Imperial butts off when they step outside when their world is not in Orbit 0, (and a Tidal Zone world by the way).
My brain still hurts to think of this.
Given that a gas giant is normally only present in a system on a roll of 9 or less on 2D, you could change modifier to the roll for the number of them to having a -1 instead of a -2, with all fractions rounded off and results less 1 being raised to 1.
That way the lowest result you can get is 1, which is a given as you've already rolled to indicate that at least 1 GG is present. The highest you get is still only 5, but that at least starts to replicate some of the custom-designed results.
That way the lowest result you can get is 1, which is a given as you've already rolled to indicate that at least 1 GG is present. The highest you get is still only 5, but that at least starts to replicate some of the custom-designed results.
ShawnDriscoll
SOC-14 1K
For numbers < 5:
Game examples rarely match game rules, because they don't see updates when rules get updates.
Book 6, page 30, in the table "System Features" allows up to 5 gas giants in each system.
This section of the table is repeated in MT Referee's Manual (page 26, section 22), which is mis-labled as "Empty Orbits".
So for many of the early generation of stellar systems it was possible to have 5 gas giants in the system.
This section of the table is repeated in MT Referee's Manual (page 26, section 22), which is mis-labled as "Empty Orbits".
So for many of the early generation of stellar systems it was possible to have 5 gas giants in the system.
