system generation

[Savar]

star system development pg 372
- Step 2

Would Development pg 374
- Step 0

they look like they should be the same chart but the charts are diffrent

If I am creating a sector for a campain what one should I be Using ?

 

[far-trader]

The first chart (pg 372 step 2) is for how many stars there are in any particular system.

Once you know this, when it comes time to place the Main World (the one with the best Starpot and such) that's where the second chart is used (pg 374 step 0) for which star the mainworld is in orbit of.

The book says any orbit around the star is fine for the Main World, though it states preference for placing it in the habitable zone (see pg 373 step 7).

 

[archhealer]

Though, you'll want to fudge things a little bit when placing worlds in the habitable zone; something on the order of 70 or 80% of all stars are going to be red dwarf stars, which have a single habitable orbit (Orbit 0), yet orbit 0 is not on the system worksheets. Just an fyi.

 

[Savar]

heh, got half a sector rolled up for star counts
seems to have a high number of binary stars and 2 trinarys so far, of them 6 sheets where rift, 1 sheet of dense and one sheet of normal.

was thining of messing with one of the trinarys and making the main star a black hole or something wierd.

 

[Malenfant]

In the T20 rules you should have about 58% Solo, 40% binaries, and 2% Trinaries.

You can also check out my revised stellar generation rules if you want more realistic stars. (those rules have the same probabilities of solo/binary/trinary as T20).