Raiders of the Rim:StarsystemRules

These are homebrew rules for creating star systems and planets in Raiders of the Rim, based on Starblazer, Mindjammer, and other sources.

Stars

Stars

This is a random table for star types, based on the stars and quasistellar astronomical bodies often encountered in the Star Wars universe.

• +4: Exotic (Wolf-Rayet star, brown dwarf, black hole, etc.)
• +3: Binary star (roll once for each)
• +2 Yellow G-type star
• +1: Orange K-type star
• 0: Red M-type star
• -1: Blue F-type star
• -2: White A-type star
• -3: Ultraviolet O-type star
• -4: White dwarf

Planetary Systems

Planetary Systems

This is a random generation table for entire planetary systems:

• +4: Exotic system (artificial, planetoid ring, Dyson sphere, ringworld, etc.)
• +3: Planetismal system; asteroid/debris ring/s, planetoids, etc.
• +2 Rocky stellar system; 1-4 rocky worlds; 1-2 rock giants; 1-2 ice/hell worlds
• +1: Typical stellar system; 1-4 rocky worlds; 1-2 gas giants; 1-2 ice giants
• 0: Typical stellar system; 1-4 rocky worlds; 1-2 gas giants; 1-2 ice giants
• -1: Single brown dwarf megaplanet
• -2: Hot giant system; 1-4 gas giants in close solar orbit
• -3: Dead system; 1-6 dead, airless, rocky worlds
• -4: Planetless; no surviving worlds

Planet type

This is only for rocky worlds - gas and ice giants are likely to need their own special treatment for any habitation.

• +4: Hell world (high pressure, high temperature, pollution, garbage world, etc)
• +3: Ice world
• +2 Temperate world
• +1: Desert world
• 0: Jungle world
• -1: Fungal or microbial mat world
• -2: Water world
• -3: Dead airless snowball world
• -4: Dead airless rocky world

Moons

Roll 1d6 for the number of moons; -2 for rocky worlds, double for gas and ice giants.

Planets

Development Index

Roll 4dF with minus also counted as plus to find 0-4 for galactic development index/development Skill.

-1 for desert, jungle, ice and hell worlds

Population Index

Roll 4dF with minus also counted as plus to find 0-4 for galactic population index/population Skill.

-2 for desert, ice and hell worlds; +1 for temperate worlds

Government type

• +4: Direct Imperial governorate
• +3: Dictatorship
• +2 Corporate control
• +1: Oligarchy
• 0: Democracy
• -1: Constitutional monarchy
• -2: Tribal
• -3: Pirate refuge
• -4: Anarchy

Settlements

These rules are for randomly generated settlements, but can also be used to model planned locations.

Roll 4dF with minus also counted as plus to find settlement Scale.

-2 for desert, ice, water and hell worlds; +1 for temperate and jungle worlds; -3 for planet wilderness region.

Scale

Scale is the fundamental attribute for a settlement, with rough values as follows:

• +6: Megapolis/hive city
• +5: Capital/leading metropolis
• +4: Major city
• +3: Large town
• +2 Small town
• +1: Small village
• 0: Isolated family house, trading camp, experimental station, outpost, stopover diner, etc.

A settlement's Scale determines its Resources. A settlement will almost certainly have any item or service that requires a Resources roll equal to or less than its Scale.

A settlement will also have a number of Aspects equal to its scale. For instance, a +1 village could have one Aspect only: BemFok-Mid-Dustbowl; while a +3 town could have Leorand Falls/Best Mart on the River/Smugglers Haven. (GMs should probably make at least one of these a Trouble Aspect for the players.)

Facilities/Resources

Here's some arbitrary Resources levels for one or two specific facilities to match a settlement's Scale:

• +6: Mass cloning facilities, space shipyards, orbital facilities
• +5: Central government, cutting-edge tech (+1 above planetary base level)
• +4: Spaceport, major financial services, mercenaries
• +3: Research facilities, archives, garrison, government, legal services
• +2 Repairs, transportation, arms, medical facilities, basic financial services
• +1: Basic amenities, power
• 0: Food, drink, breathable air, shelter

A settlement may have more than these, but that's a matter for GM choice and planning.