[Star Wars] Astrogation

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Phaelen Bleux

I'm trying to collect bits a pieces to start a SW campaign at some point. I began looking at Astrogation as it might apply to SW. A few quandries:

(1.) How hard should Astrogation skill be? M/A seems a little generous for the SW universe.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Astrogation

I don't agree. Interstellar Navigation with a charted route is a pretty routine task undertaken reliably by people who don't seem to have much of an education like Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. Hard mental skills usually require significant academic credentials.

(2.) What Complexity computer would be needed to handle astrogation calculations?

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Navigation_computer

The fact that Astromech droids can manage minimal navigation computer duties in addition to all their other capabilities says to me that a personal computer would be adequate for a small ship but large ships or scout vessels probably use a a micro or main frame for the bigger database.

(3.) How large of a database to you need to keep track of 180 billion objects in constant motion with X,Y,Z coordinates and basic planetary descriptions?

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_galaxy

Yeeeah. Nobody has that much information about the galaxy. The existence of new charts allowing for surprise attacks from new directions has been a plot point on Clone Wars.

[Phaelen Bleux]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Yeeeah. Nobody has that much information about the galaxy.

But in Attack of the Clones, Obi Wan was all bummed that the Jedi database had actually missed one planet in the whole of the galaxy. Sound like he expects the Jedi database to have that much info!

Originally Posted by Walrus

What don't you like in Navigation (Space) and Navigation (Hyperspace)?
And do you just stick to use 3e terms (M/P skills) or use them actually?

Sorry. I do still play 3e. But I think the question is the same. . .

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Phaelen Bleux

But in Attack of the Clones, Obi Wan was all bummed that the Jedi database had actually missed one planet in the whole of the galaxy. Sound like he expects the Jedi database to have that much info!
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OK, assume one kilobyte per system. 180 billion kilobytes is what, 180 terabytes? Note that this would not be enough information to get to all them. For that you'd have to also have every rogue planet in interstellar space.

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

OK, assume one kilobyte per system. 180 billion kilobytes is what, 180 terabytes? Note that this would not be enough information to get to all them. For that you'd have to also have every rogue planet in interstellar space.

1KB also not much detail.

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Refplace

1KB also not much detail.

I recently told a TL10 characyter that his wristwatch had a storage capacity of 1 petabyte or 1,000,000 GB, I think we can handle more than 1 KB per system.

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Refplace

1KB also not much detail.

Well yeah, but all he wants is a list of all the planets.