Two new big blank subsector maps has been added to the site. One with dark blue background, and one printable version. Both was made using QuickHex.
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Another big hex
I thought I should try a variation on the big hex style. This time for an important star system in the Spinward Marches.
All planets (except Cipango) was made with GIMP plug-ins. The Cipango ring system was made with the planet rings GIMP plug-in. The planet Cipango was made from an old texture that I have used for other maps of Cipango.
The distances for the planets from their “sun” Cipango-Taiyoo is calculated using a modified Titius-Bode law. Using the formula below for the Cipango system:
- a = 0.7 + 0.2 · 2 m
For our solar system the formula is:
- a = 0.4 + 0.3 · 2 m
Where a is the distance in AU, and m is the orbit number. (Where m is 1 for Earth.) The modification of the Titius-Bode law was needed to fit two planet orbits into the habitable zone. This gives the Cipango system a total of 3 garden worlds.
New hex style
Travelling between different places in a solar system takes time. Sometimes it will even be faster to make a micro (in-system) jump than using the M-drive.
When jumping to a system, it might be important to know where to get free fuel. If you have a cargo or passengers for the main planet, then it might not be economical to go to a gas giant (to get free fuel) in the outer system as well. Even if the main planet has oceans, you might not be allowed to refuel in these. If you don’t have any cargo or passengers or any other business to the main planet, then you might want to jump directly to the gas giant instead. There you can refuel and jump to the next destination.
How can you plot all the relevant information for a system in a hex on the subsector map? My idea is to divide the hex in six triangles, and show the most important planets with the important moons in each triangle. If there aren’t enough important planets, just leave some triangles empty. But as a minimum 2-3 triangles should have planets. I have put the gas giants in the right part of the hex, just like where the gas giant icon is usually placed.
This is my example for the Terra system. What do you think?
New Fanzine – Frontier Report
The first issue of the fanzine Frontier Report can be downloaded from the children of earth website.
It is really good. I am looking forward to the next issue. 🙂
Aek Elakfough – Gvurrdon 0439
The biggest problem with this planet is that has TL-G and a population of zero. In the maps here at the Zhodani Base that uses data from Galactic, the population has been modified to reflect the situation a few years later. But in the original source (AM-3 Vargr) the UWP is:
0439 A000002-G Lo nIn As 220Va K8 V M7 D
Okay, so we got 2 Vargrs running a class A starport at TL-G. That seems a bit unlikely… It might be that they have lots of robots running the starport and the TL-G production facilities. Where did all those TL-G robots come from?
Another idea is that the only thing they produce at their asteroid base is coffee, and that they once visited Darrian and bought an old coffee machine. When the Impie Scouts visited Aek Elakfough they noticed that the only thing produced was coffee from a TL-G coffee machine. So these scouts followed their scout protocol and noted that this was indeed a TL-G world… They also noted that the two Vargrs were engineers and could (if they wanted to) overhaul starships on their asteroid base. Voila, it must be a class A starport…
Another problem with TL-G for Vargrs are that on page 29 in AM3, the maximum TL for Vargr is F. But on the other hand, that is the same page that have a table for Aslan Morale.
Roger Malmstein has also tried to answer the questions about Aek Elakfough and has written a document about it.
The Iron Stars Subsector
I have looked at three more subsectors from the Oolite Universe. The Iron Stars is subsector N. This subsectors have lots of industrial worlds.
@SUB-SECTOR: The Iron Stars #--------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6--- #PlanetName Loc. UPP Code B Notes Z PBG Al LRX * #---------- ---- --------- - --------------- - --- -- --- - Rabedira 0940 B546977-9 Hi In A 312 Hc Quzadi 1035 B7779CC-9 Hi In R 422 Hc Aona 1036 A445975-D N Hi In Cp 525 Hc Leleer 1039 C4449AC-8 Hi In A 313 Hc Qucerere 1040 B7577AC-8 Ag 310 Hc Biarge 1133 A666777-C N Ri 424 Hc Onusorle 1134 D843954-8 Hi In Po 300 Hc Usrarema 1140 A6769CB-C N Hi In 513 Sr Vebege 1231 E677973-6 Hi In A 222 Hc Entizadi 1237 A4469BC-C N Hi In A 512 Hc Rateedar 1331 B576976-A Hi In R 414 Hi Cetiisqu 1338 D543957-7 Hi In Po 210 Hc Geerra 1434 D456743-5 Ag 211 Hc Usanat 1437 D6777AB-4 Ag 212 Hc Digebiti 1531 C843956-8 Hi In Po A 300 Hc Soladies 1540 C6777A9-6 Ag 213 Hc
All maps in this post made using Traveller Map Post Function.