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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 4726694" data-attributes="member: 13107">Hi,I'm in the same boat as you: I have all of the Alterntity and StarDrive books, but have never actually used them for a game.I always thought the Alternity mechanics for tracking damage was rather nice.The StarDrive universe, with its 1000ly radius sphere of expansion and twelve (may have that number wrong) political powers and multiple detailed alien species, and a large "hot" zone leftover from the last war are a nice sandbox to play in.  The Verge is a nicely detailed frontier region to work from, and you can go off the map into a hot zone to encounter any leftover menace from the war, and add in political intrigue to any depth you care for.Can anyone accurately (within a factor of 2) say how many stars are within 1000ly of Earth?  I know it's a lot, but am very interested in the actual number.  Having a distribution of classifications would be nice.  And: What is the maximum radius for which accurate stellar cartography is available, as a database?  That is, including distance.  Charts are easy to find.  Distances, even rough distances, are harder to find.</blockquote>