I was playing around with the T5 star system generator, as it is much more flexible than the system generation rules presented in MgT, but I cannot work out for the life of me how to put moons in orbit beyond the placing the main world table, which doesn't seem to work. Am I missing something obvious here?
Placing generated moons in orbit.
- Thread starter kaleotter
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Page 437, Number of Satellites, tells us how many moons a world will have. The three 'Satellites' tables next to it shows how to determine what each of those satellites is.
You can simply roll them and assume that's their order, closest to farthest, and decide (if needed) the orbital distance of each.
Or, you can re-purpose Page 432, 2 - Worlds and Orbits, to allocate moons to letter-coded orbits (roll 1D: on 1-3 use "Close", and on 4-6 use "Far", then roll for the appropriate code). Actual orbital distance depends on need, and how strict they or their players are with orbital mechanics.
You can simply roll them and assume that's their order, closest to farthest, and decide (if needed) the orbital distance of each.
Or, you can re-purpose Page 432, 2 - Worlds and Orbits, to allocate moons to letter-coded orbits (roll 1D: on 1-3 use "Close", and on 4-6 use "Far", then roll for the appropriate code). Actual orbital distance depends on need, and how strict they or their players are with orbital mechanics.
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