Sunday, February 09, 2020

Big Wreck - Ahngrim

Ahngrim is indeed a grim system. The primary is a M2 V star, meaning a small orange dwarf that does not put out a lot of heat. Ahngrim is in the first orbit, so now I am picturing the opening sequence of the Superman movie:

It is a slightly large world, with just over a 1G gravity. The atmosphere is a dense, high atmosphere. Though the planet is not marge larger than Earth, I am not sure what a dense, high atmosphere is other than a guess: at sea level the atmosphere is too dense for humans, but at higher levels it is a bit more human-friendly. Again leading with the Krypton imagery to me.

The stats are D9D6642-2:
  •  D class port; a poor port that can offer minor repairs
  •  9 - about 9000 mile diameter (according to Heaven & Earth, 8700 miles with a molten core)
  •  D atmosphere: dense, high
  •  6 hydrographics, about 60% liquid ocean
  •  6 population, with a population modifier of 1, so about a million people
  •  4 government, or a participating democracy
  •  2 law level, so wild west vibe could work here as well (prohibition of 'portable' weapons, meaning military grade portable weapons
  •  2 tech level, printing press era. So any technological stuff is probably going to be near the port as the system cannot maintain anything of a higher technological level.
There is a fair amount of adventure potential here. For the game in progress, they are going to need to acquire jump tanks. And the question is: where and how. 

Again, in looking at the Heaven & Earth info, it is also a very cold planet. With that tech level, more Hoth than Krypton. With large, glacier mountains that the residents live on. The liquid oceans are liquid only via the geothermal system, so the glaciers have ever-shifting heat vents that rumble constantly. Humans live near these as that is where the fauna is that they live on. Survival equipment is in use constantly. 

More details to follow - now to switch gears and hit the Fantasy Trip for my Sunday game!

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