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Finally, a direction.
Apr. 11th, 2005 09:48 amThe Lunion Subsector files have been mocking me. Sitting there, in their little manila folder, laughing at my inability to get anything really started. So I'm going to show them!
Last night, after hauling my new desk upstairs, I grabbed the excellent GURPS Traveller: Sword Worlds and was reading it while half-watching the Discovery Channel when it struck me.. here was the exact format I needed! The book already details a subsector, and does a great job of it, so why notsteal without mercy or compassion borrow the format?
Instead of trying to do a form, I'll use a more conversational style. Each world will have a write up with the following subsections:
The System Basic rundown of the solar system. Main star name and type, other major bodies and their orbits.
History Planetary history from settlement (or before) to the current day. For some worlds, this will be a few paragraphs, for others, two pages.
The Planet Physical information about the world. Not the number-crunchy stuff, but rather descriptive text.
The Government How the planet runs itself. Includes information on the legal system. I might include information about the Imperial links here, or put that in the world's introductory paragraph.
Life on (insert name) Pretty simple. This is a Traveller equivalent of Richard Scarry's "What Do People Do All Day?". Where do they live, what language do they speak, what are their cities like? Any unusual customs, like the Caponese being "clothing optional" indoors?
(Minor rant: Grabbing the link for the Richard Scarry book, I see that it is for the abridged edition. Am I trapped in the Monty Python "bookshop" sketch? What bloody need was there for an abridged version of one of the greatest children's books ever? I owned "WDPDAD?" in the original, 90+ page version, as a toddler and loved that book to death. Hell, that book is the reason I'm such a curious sod today! Abridged, my ass. Harrumph.)
The People of (insert name) Social information, demographical information, and anything else that gives you a feel for the people of the world. This would be the place to detail the strict, almost Victorian, social code the Lunionese live with.
Some worlds will get additional subheads for special topics of interest, like the Lunion School of Economics or Wardn's Patterned Desert.
Building my timeline today, that and an outline.
Now I really need to scrape up the dinero for Fractal Mapper.
Last night, after hauling my new desk upstairs, I grabbed the excellent GURPS Traveller: Sword Worlds and was reading it while half-watching the Discovery Channel when it struck me.. here was the exact format I needed! The book already details a subsector, and does a great job of it, so why not
Instead of trying to do a form, I'll use a more conversational style. Each world will have a write up with the following subsections:
The System Basic rundown of the solar system. Main star name and type, other major bodies and their orbits.
History Planetary history from settlement (or before) to the current day. For some worlds, this will be a few paragraphs, for others, two pages.
The Planet Physical information about the world. Not the number-crunchy stuff, but rather descriptive text.
The Government How the planet runs itself. Includes information on the legal system. I might include information about the Imperial links here, or put that in the world's introductory paragraph.
Life on (insert name) Pretty simple. This is a Traveller equivalent of Richard Scarry's "What Do People Do All Day?". Where do they live, what language do they speak, what are their cities like? Any unusual customs, like the Caponese being "clothing optional" indoors?
(Minor rant: Grabbing the link for the Richard Scarry book, I see that it is for the abridged edition. Am I trapped in the Monty Python "bookshop" sketch? What bloody need was there for an abridged version of one of the greatest children's books ever? I owned "WDPDAD?" in the original, 90+ page version, as a toddler and loved that book to death. Hell, that book is the reason I'm such a curious sod today! Abridged, my ass. Harrumph.)
The People of (insert name) Social information, demographical information, and anything else that gives you a feel for the people of the world. This would be the place to detail the strict, almost Victorian, social code the Lunionese live with.
Some worlds will get additional subheads for special topics of interest, like the Lunion School of Economics or Wardn's Patterned Desert.
Building my timeline today, that and an outline.
Now I really need to scrape up the dinero for Fractal Mapper.
