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Originally Posted by Daigoro
The people of the British Isles will be surprised to hear that cloud cover prevents habitation.
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Indeed, it's a little cloudy here today, and I'm still alive :)
I think part of the issue with things like
GURPS: Space is that our understanding of the science behind the way planets form and interact with their environment is increasing rapidly as the initial point was so low. Back when I got my first sci-fi RPG in the 1990s no extrasolar planets had been discovered, so the underlying assumption was that every planetary system was like ours, not allowing for things like hot Jupiters. I'm sure I remember reading last year that observations suggest there could be Neptune-size exomoon, which is a common trope in sci-fi but there was no evidence for in reality until now.
I've not had time to read the linked journal articles in the OP, but it's a very interesting topic to me - it'd be a very different alien feel than your typical Earth-like world, and thus an interesting planet type for worldbuilders to consider or characters to visit in an RPG.