06-20-2022, 06:49 PM | #1 | ||
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Far Trader, First In, and the Ice-Capped (Ic) trade class
After twenty years, I've started to pull together a program that runs the sector generation process from GURPS Traveller: First In. A lot of things I hadn't expected have shown up, like how the most common lifebearing worlds seem to be Icy (Subsurface Ocean) moons, because there are generally so many more of them than Earthlike planets.
Randomly-Generated Sector Image: https://imgur.com/a/7Qfb013 Randomly-Generated Sector Stats: https://pastebin.com/raw/zu0NjuBs At any rate, I've gotten to the point where I'm implementing trade routes and trade classes from GURPS Traveller: Far Trader, and ran into an issue about the Ice-Capped (Ic) trade classification: GURPS Traveller: Far Trader describes the following on T:FT13 Quote:
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What would be the best option for worlds that First In can produce for the Far Trader Ice-Capped trade Class?
Something else, or some combination of the above? I'd prefer to keep the First In Rules as close to as-is as possible, and put the burden on the Far Trader trade class definitions. |
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06-20-2022, 09:59 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Re: Far Trader, First In, and the Ice-Capped (Ic) trade class
The Ic trade classification is a holdover from the classic Traveller trade system (Book 7, pp. 36, 40). Under Book 3 rules, it is possible to have Atm 1- and Hyd 1+, which is the original definition. The Ic class is a fudge to explain why a world can have a "hydrographic" score without the atmosphere to retain liquid oceans. The trade class is there for anyone using world data generated under Book 3 or one of its derivatives, rather than the more scientifically accurate version in First In.
I would say that any icy rockball world or moon would count. Earthlike worlds in a snowball state technically wouldn't count unless the atmospheric pressure is very low. Desert worlds shouldn't have more than 5% hydrographic coverage, by definition -- the original classification doesn't overlap with ice-capped at all. |
06-21-2022, 08:11 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Jun 2022
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Re: Far Trader, First In, and the Ice-Capped (Ic) trade class
Ah, at that point I meant the First In "Desert World" classification, that can roll up to about 25% hydrographic coverage under the right conditions, rather than the Far Trader/Traveller "De" classification at that point. Apologies, should have been more clear.
Fair enough; that makes sense. Thanks. |
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