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=====ASTROGATION===== | =====ASTROGATION===== | ||
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+ | ====BASICS OF SPACE TRAVEL==== | ||
+ | FTL Drive: ships with FTL drive can access hyperspace once they have built up enough power and have passed outside of the gravity well of any planet, moon or star. Once the jump is made, the ship travels a rate of 1 light-year in 1d4 (random) hours. | ||
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+ | Attempting such a jump requires a buildup of power appropriate for the ship's smarts followed by a Navigation skill roll, or ship's Smarts roll. There is a -2 penalty if the jump is 6 light years or longer and -4 penalty if the jump is 11 light years or longer. Single jumps cannot be longer than 15 light years. | ||
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+ | ====STAR MAPS==== | ||
There are 2 scales of map used for astrogation in the campaign, the Galactic Region Map and the Sector Map. | There are 2 scales of map used for astrogation in the campaign, the Galactic Region Map and the Sector Map. | ||
- | **Galactic Region Map**: | + | **Galactic Region Map**: |
**Sector Map**: | **Sector Map**: | ||
- | - White Disk | + | - __White Disk__: Class 1 system: indicates that the planetary bodies are rather poor and cannot produce any of the standard cubes. |
- | - White Disk with Rings | + | - __White |
- | - Blue Dot | + | - __Blue Dot__: |
- | - Asteroids | + | - __Asteroids__: |
- | - Station | + | - __Station__: |
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+ | ===DIRECTIONS ON THE MAP=== | ||
+ | The Top of Sector and Regional maps is oriented to the Center of the Galaxy, and are usually referred to as " | ||
+ | The Bottom of the maps are toward the Rim of the Galaxy and are called " | ||
+ | The Left side is the direction that the galaxy spins and are called " | ||
+ | The right side is the direction opposite the spin and is called " |
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