[Space] GURPS Handbook of the Planets

Joseph Paul · 10-31-2010, 07:49 AM

I will second Mercator's post. I have a set of campaigns that I want to use the Orion Spur as the setting for. The astrography is going to matter to me since that is what will determine the spread of colonisation efforts, resource allocation, invasion routes, etc. Working with Astrosynthesis I can get the positions of stars down to current precision (yeah I know that isn't saying much for ones outside a certian radius). Add in a GURPS specific planet generator and I can work out likely boundaries for polities and species with different requirements and tweak the results along the way. Space Empire "A" been around half a million years? Enough time to reform marginal worlds so bump some of those up to "garden". I need to play with this. Thanks again Brett.

10-31-2010, 07:49 AM	#7
Joseph Paul Custom User Title Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Indianapolis, IN	Re: [Space] GURPS Handbook of the Planets I will second Mercator's post. I have a set of campaigns that I want to use the Orion Spur as the setting for. The astrography is going to matter to me since that is what will determine the spread of colonisation efforts, resource allocation, invasion routes, etc. Working with Astrosynthesis I can get the positions of stars down to current precision (yeah I know that isn't saying much for ones outside a certian radius). Add in a GURPS specific planet generator and I can work out likely boundaries for polities and species with different requirements and tweak the results along the way. Space Empire "A" been around half a million years? Enough time to reform marginal worlds so bump some of those up to "garden". I need to play with this. Thanks again Brett. __________________ Joseph Paul