1 hr 22 min
SAFCOcast 9: Planet Generation Smackdown, Traveller session recap, etc. SAFCOcast - a Traveller RPG Podcast
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Note: Episodes 1-14 happened before we changed to a Traveller-only show. In those episodes we discuss some other RPGs. As time went on we realized we were really a Traveller-only podcast, and in Episode 15 officially made the switch. You will find lots of Traveller talk in 1-14. Just be aware.
In this episode we discuss two of the systems generated by listeners in our Random Planet Generation Smackdown. We had considered doing more, but we'll do two per episode until we're done with them. We had got some nice mailbag comments, and we'll do a recap of the last session of our Traveller campaign, Into the Void. And of course we'll hit a few Internet Finds.
Relevant links:
Basilisk Station: A Traveller Blog
Art Gorski has made these awesome iPad apps for Traveller (mostly T5): https://naasirka.weebly.com/software.html
Mongoose's Traveller Fiction
The Mighty Protectors page on Facebook - where you can find Weird News You Can Use ! Gaming & BS Podcast Internet Finds
Jeff found some interesting items on the internet, and used them for inspiration for a planet and a game hook.
1. Inspiration: Photo found on Internet of a small mining “island” at the bottom of a deep well. Island is reminiscent of a sci-fi version of the computer game “Myst”
https://i.redd.it/94k99magyx541.jpg
Book 3 “Worlds and Adventures” (1981)
E - Frontier Installation (Marked spot on bedrock for landing)
Size: Asteroid
Thin atmosphere
20% water
0 inhabitants
No law level, no government
Abandoned outpost
2. Inspiration: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators - Russian nuclear power sources for lighthouses, in great disrepair, but still radioactive. Locating and transferring the cores to safety is very dangerous because of very short acceptable human exposure limits. https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/radioactive-waste-and-spent-nuclear-fuel/2003-11-radioisotope-thermoelectric-generators
Idea for session: The power source of a long-abandoned distant monitoring outpost is desired by a salvage company.
Random Planet Generation Smackdown
Krystian in the Chaste system (X-260620-7, De,Ni,Ri,N)
Submitted by Colin Turvey
Orbits a class K5 star in its first orbit remarkably despite being a desert world it's not just inhabited but bears a population in excess of 60 million mostly Belters as it's a low gravity world with only one asteroid belt orbiting between it and it's system's sun.
It does have 3 gas giants it's widely thought the massive amounts of oxygen permeating the system is the reason why Krystian remains inhabitable.
It was originally a prison colony particularly for political types despite the conditions the inhabitants and others continue to live here as a mark of defiance at their former oppressors.
The Naval base originally intended to prevent escapes now watches protectively over them such is the change of fortunes they have overcome.
Update:
Found a system generator the Chaste system now has a K5 type star with 8 orbits.
Asteroid belt the main source of the Belters pay. Krystian Gas Giant Ember Gas Giant#2 Leone Space Station (Naval base) Gas Giant#3 Literally the molten remains of a much larger world the only residents live aboard the refinery station that orbits this dwarf planet as it literally has no solid landmass!
A Research base is also located aboard and is largely focused on discovering what happened to the Chaste system.
Aegle
Submitted by Ted Hale
C 454 227 9
Aegle was originally colonized by forced resettlement. The colonists were families belonging to the "Salvation Tears" religion. The organization's rapid growth, and popular appeal was perceived to be a threat to several surrounding world governments. The religion was designated a cult.
Aegle, an unpleasant hot world with a thin, toxic atmosphere, was also a world rich in unexploited bitumen and other petrochemicals. Ling Petrochem saw an opportunity to fulfill a long unmet need for affordable labor on Aeg
Note: Episodes 1-14 happened before we changed to a Traveller-only show. In those episodes we discuss some other RPGs. As time went on we realized we were really a Traveller-only podcast, and in Episode 15 officially made the switch. You will find lots of Traveller talk in 1-14. Just be aware.
In this episode we discuss two of the systems generated by listeners in our Random Planet Generation Smackdown. We had considered doing more, but we'll do two per episode until we're done with them. We had got some nice mailbag comments, and we'll do a recap of the last session of our Traveller campaign, Into the Void. And of course we'll hit a few Internet Finds.
Relevant links:
Basilisk Station: A Traveller Blog
Art Gorski has made these awesome iPad apps for Traveller (mostly T5): https://naasirka.weebly.com/software.html
Mongoose's Traveller Fiction
The Mighty Protectors page on Facebook - where you can find Weird News You Can Use ! Gaming & BS Podcast Internet Finds
Jeff found some interesting items on the internet, and used them for inspiration for a planet and a game hook.
1. Inspiration: Photo found on Internet of a small mining “island” at the bottom of a deep well. Island is reminiscent of a sci-fi version of the computer game “Myst”
https://i.redd.it/94k99magyx541.jpg
Book 3 “Worlds and Adventures” (1981)
E - Frontier Installation (Marked spot on bedrock for landing)
Size: Asteroid
Thin atmosphere
20% water
0 inhabitants
No law level, no government
Abandoned outpost
2. Inspiration: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators - Russian nuclear power sources for lighthouses, in great disrepair, but still radioactive. Locating and transferring the cores to safety is very dangerous because of very short acceptable human exposure limits. https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/radioactive-waste-and-spent-nuclear-fuel/2003-11-radioisotope-thermoelectric-generators
Idea for session: The power source of a long-abandoned distant monitoring outpost is desired by a salvage company.
Random Planet Generation Smackdown
Krystian in the Chaste system (X-260620-7, De,Ni,Ri,N)
Submitted by Colin Turvey
Orbits a class K5 star in its first orbit remarkably despite being a desert world it's not just inhabited but bears a population in excess of 60 million mostly Belters as it's a low gravity world with only one asteroid belt orbiting between it and it's system's sun.
It does have 3 gas giants it's widely thought the massive amounts of oxygen permeating the system is the reason why Krystian remains inhabitable.
It was originally a prison colony particularly for political types despite the conditions the inhabitants and others continue to live here as a mark of defiance at their former oppressors.
The Naval base originally intended to prevent escapes now watches protectively over them such is the change of fortunes they have overcome.
Update:
Found a system generator the Chaste system now has a K5 type star with 8 orbits.
Asteroid belt the main source of the Belters pay. Krystian Gas Giant Ember Gas Giant#2 Leone Space Station (Naval base) Gas Giant#3 Literally the molten remains of a much larger world the only residents live aboard the refinery station that orbits this dwarf planet as it literally has no solid landmass!
A Research base is also located aboard and is largely focused on discovering what happened to the Chaste system.
Aegle
Submitted by Ted Hale
C 454 227 9
Aegle was originally colonized by forced resettlement. The colonists were families belonging to the "Salvation Tears" religion. The organization's rapid growth, and popular appeal was perceived to be a threat to several surrounding world governments. The religion was designated a cult.
Aegle, an unpleasant hot world with a thin, toxic atmosphere, was also a world rich in unexploited bitumen and other petrochemicals. Ling Petrochem saw an opportunity to fulfill a long unmet need for affordable labor on Aeg
1 hr 22 min