Living ENWorld for Star Wars?

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I left most of the info on Noah VII (PKTY-1138) blank for you to fill in, A-P Guard.

I like that set up..oki...now for me to fill in the blanks.

Planet: Noah VII
Planet Type: Terrestrial
Climate: Warm at Equator, Arctic near Poles.
Primary Terrain: Desert, Tundra, Mountains
Atmosphere: Oxygen/Nitrogen (standard)
Surface Gravity: 1.20 standard
Planetary Diameter: 10,426 km
Rotational Period: 18 standard hours
Sidereal Period: 423 local days
Population: 400-750 Approx(source: Imperial Planetary Survey)
Demographics: Pira (Chev) 100%
Primary Language: Pirese
Government: Tribal
Major Exports: None
Major Imports: None

Climate was bothing me...couldn't think of the right words, so I just put it like that...how's that look for now?

 

[Pbartender]

Climate was bothing me...couldn't think of the right words, so I just put it like that...how's that look for now?

I should relabel it "Primary Climate". If you look at the stats for Enworld, it is an idealized Earth Standard planet. "Temperate" would describe earth, "arctic" would describe Mars, "cryogenic" would describe Pluto, for example.

A few things that catch my eye... your planet has a smaller diamter than standard, but a higher gravity. Mars, for example, has a diameter of about 6800 km (as opposed to earth's 12,750 km), and it has only 40% the gravity of earth. Now that doesn't mean that your gravity is wrong... instead it could mean that the planet itself is exraordinarily dense. Why that is is anybody's guess.

You might also reconsider the length of Noah VII's year... As the seventh planet out, it'll probably have a considerably longer year than standard (especially since its based on the shorter local day). The martian year, for example, is about twice that of an earth year. Jupiter's year is almost 12 times that of earth's.

Of course, this is Star Wars, and nearly anything's possible, so don't worry about it too much.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I should relabel it "Primary Climate". If you look at the stats for Enworld, it is an idealized Earth Standard planet. "Temperate" would describe earth, "arctic" would describe Mars, "cryogenic" would describe Pluto, for example.

A few things that catch my eye... your planet has a smaller diamter than standard, but a higher gravity. Mars, for example, has a diameter of about 6800 km (as opposed to earth's 12,750 km), and it has only 40% the gravity of earth. Now that doesn't mean that your gravity is wrong... instead it could mean that the planet itself is exraordinarily dense. Why that is is anybody's guess.

You might also reconsider the length of Noah VII's year... As the seventh planet out, it'll probably have a considerably longer year than standard (especially since its based on the shorter local day). The martian year, for example, is about twice that of an earth year. Jupiter's year is almost 12 times that of earth's.

Of course, this is Star Wars, and nearly anything's possible, so don't worry about it too much.

Yeah, the "This is Star Wars!" was pretty much my thinking...it can really be anything, and I like the idea that its got 'strong' gravity even though its kind of small.

The length of the year...hmm....maybe bump it up to around 623 days?

As for Climate...if you mean Primary Climate, then its definatly Arctic...is it annoyingly hard to inhabit this planet enough, yet?

 

[Festy_Dog]

Well, I'm impressed.

 

[Pbartender]

BoSS Interstellar Tourist's Guide, Volume 20.02.14.2-C

Appendix I:

Noah: Noah is a fairly standard yellow-white main sequence star. It is spectral class G3, 1.00 standard stellar masses, and approximately 6 billion years old.

Appendix II:

The Dancers: The dancers are a quartet of small planetoids in the innermost orbits in the Noah system, all four of which are of the approximate same size, mass and composition. Imperial astronomers believe the plantoids to be remnants of a single planet that broke apart for unknown reasons a billion years ago. Currently the Dancers are four miniscule planets only slightly too large to be classified as asteroids. Their orbits are extraordinarily close. So close, in fact, that the planetoids regularly swap orbits in an interplanetary dance that gives them their name. As an inner planetoid over takes a plentoid on the next orbit out, thier mutual gravity creates a slingshot effect between the two planetoids, and they exchange orbits. It is a continuing dance between all four of the Dancers, and when an exchange happens, tours can often be arranged from Freeport Relay for the point of closest approach.

An aside: That 'dancing planet' phenomenon can actually be seen amongst Janus and Epimetheus, two moons of Satrun that (almost) share an orbit. The orbits are only 60 km different, and every few years one overtakes the other. They appear to alternate as leader and follower, exchanging orbits during encounters. As one astronomy web-site says, "If Jupiter was created by a special-effects artist, Saturn was designed by a choreographer. Nowhere else do we find such an intricate set of orbital relationships among moons. There are shepherd moons, gaps in the rings created by resonances with satellites, co-orbital moons and Moons in Trojan configuration."

Cool stuff.

 

[dpdx]

All this is great, but how do the players do this? Where do the character blocks go? Where do we post our entrances into the system?

Or boiled down more succinctly, are we there yet?

 

[Pbartender]

All this is great, but how do the players do this? Where do the character blocks go? Where do we post our entrances into the system?

Or boiled down more succinctly, are we there yet?

Not quite yet, I'd suspect... But soon. I've got lots of time to work on this this week.

 

[garyh]

BTW - I got myself a copy of the Revised book a couple weeks ago. [hint]I can't wait to use it.[/hint]

 

[dpdx]

Not quite yet, I'd suspect... But soon. I've got lots of time to work on this this week.

That's great. Now go get your Wookiee out of my bladegrass.

 

[Pbartender]

That's great. Now go get your Wookiee out of my bladegrass.

It's not my Wookiee... But that's another thread entirely.

Here's some more...

BoSS Interstellar Tourist's Guide, Volume 20.02.14.2-C

Appendix III:

Enworld: Enworld is an old and generally uninteresting world. Having a planetary life well past 5 billion years, and virtually no tectonic activity at all, the natural erosive forces have had plenty of time to do their jobs. Most of the planet is convered by a vast fairly flat, low-lying continent. Only two small and shallow seas cover each of the poles. The terrain is almost entirely gently rolling plains and praries with the only the occasional sparse forest or marsh to break the monotony.

Fortunately, the geography and universally temperate climate are perfectly suited to agriculture of any type, and basic industries. The planet's primary income is derived from supplying food and supplies to settlers, colonists and explorers headed for the interior of the cluster.

There is only one major city, Ericslanding, on the planet. It contains the only major starport, all of the planets major industrial centers, and the is the anchor point for the Freeport Skyhook.

The political system, in general, is a representative feudal autocracy. All regional governors are appointed by the reigning autocratic planetary Director, and occasionally meet at the senate building in Ericslanding to adivse the Director and vote upon important planetery matters.

In general, there is very little of interest to the average galactic tourist on Enworld, and in any matter, star ships are prohibited from landing on the surface of the planet without a dispensational permit issued by the planetary government. Alternatively, passenger and cargo shuttles regularly travel up and down the Freeport umbilical.