| Size | Diameter | Example | Surface Gravity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Less than 1000 km | Asteroid, orbital complex | Negligible |
| 1 | 1,600 km | Triton | 0.05 |
| 2 | 3,200 km | Luna, Europa | 0.15 |
| 3 | 4,800 km | Mercury, Ganymede | 0.25 |
| 4 | 6,400 km | 0.35 | |
| 5 | 8,000 km | Mars | 0.45 |
| 6 | 9,600 km | 0.7 | |
| 7 | 11,200 km | 0.9 | |
| 8 | 12,800 km | Earth | 1 |
| 9 | 14,400 km | 1.25 | |
| A | 16,000 km | 1.4 |
| Atmosphere | Composition | Examples | Pressure | Survival Gear Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | None | Moon | 0.00 | Vacc Suit |
| 1 | Trace | Mars | 0.001 to 0.09 | Vacc Suit |
| 2 | Very Thin, Tainted | 0.1 to 0.42 | Respirator, Filter | |
| 3 | Very Thin | 0.1 to 0.42 | Respirator | |
| 4 | Thin, Tainted | 0.43 to 0.7 | Filter | |
| 5 | Thin | 0.43 to 0.7 | ||
| 6 | Standard | Earth | 0.71 to 1.49 | |
| 7 | Standard, Tainted | 0.71 to 1.49 | Filter | |
| 8 | Dense | 1.5 to 2.49 | ||
| 9 | Dense, Tainted | 1.5 to 2.49 | Filter | |
| A | Exotic | Varies | Air Supply | |
| B | Corrosive | Venus | Varies | Vacc Suit |
| C | Insidious | Varies | Vacc Suit | |
| D | Very Dense | 2.5+ | ||
| E | Low | 0.5 or less | ||
| F | Unusual | Varies | Varies |
| Hydrographics | Hydrographic Percentage | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0% - 5% | Desert world |
| 1 | 6% - 15% | Dry world |
| 2 | 16% - 25% | A few small seas |
| 3 | 26% - 35% | Small seas and oceans |
| 4 | 36% - 45% | Wet world |
| 5 | 46% - 55% | Large oceans |
| 6 | 56% - 65% | |
| 7 | 66% - 75% | Earth-like world |
| 8 | 76% - 85% | Water world |
| 9 | 86% - 95% | Only a few small islands and archipelagos |
| A | 96% - 100% | Almost entirely water |
| Population | Inhabitants | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | None | 0 | |
| 1 | Few | 1+ | A tiny farmstead or a single family |
| 2 | Hundreds | 100+ | A village |
| 3 | Thousands | 1,000+ | |
| 4 | Tens of thousands | 10,000+ | Small town |
| 5 | Hundreds of thousands | 100,000+ | Average city |
| 6 | Millions | 1,000,000+ | |
| 7 | Tens of millions | 10,000,000+ | Large city |
| 8 | Hundreds of millions | 100,000,0000+ | |
| 9 | Billions | 1,000,000,000+ | Present day Earth |
| A | Tens of billions | 10,000,000,000+ | |
| B | Hundreds of billions | 100,000,000,000+ | Incredibly crowded world |
| C | Trillions | 1,000,000,000,000+ | World-city |
| Government | Government Type | Description | Examples | Contraband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | None | No government structure In many cases, family bonds predominate | Family, Clan, Anarchy | None |
| 1 | Company/Corporation | Ruling functions are assumed by a company managerial elite, and most citizenry are company employees or dependants | Corporate outpost, asteroid mine, feudal domain | Weapons, Drugs, Travellers |
| 2 | Participating Democracy | Ruling functions are reached by the advice and consent of the citizenry directly | Collective, tribal council, comm- linked consensus | Drugs |
| 3 | Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy | Ruling functions are performed by a restricted minority, with little or no input from the mass of citizenry | Plutocracy, hereditary ruling caste | Technology, Weapons, Travellers |
| 4 | Representative Democracy | Ruling functions are performed by elected representatives | Republic, democracy | Drugs, Weapons, Psionics |
| 5 | Feudal Technocracy | Ruling functions are performed by specific individuals for persons who agree to be ruled by them. Relationships are based on the performance of technical activities which are mutually beneficial | Those with access to higher technology tend to have higher social status | Technology, Weapons, Computers |
| 6 | Captive Government | Ruling functions are performed by an imposed leadership answerable to an outside group | A colony or conquered area | Weapons, Technology, Travellers |
| 7 | Balkanisation | No central authority exists; rival governments complete for control. Law level refers to the government nearest the starport | Multiple governments, civil war | Varies |
| 8 | Civil Service Bureaucracy | Ruling functions are performed by government agencies employing individuals selected for their expertise | Technocracy, Communism | Drugs, Weapons, |
| 9 | Impersonal Bureaucracy | Ruling functions are performed by agencies which have become insulated from the governed citizens | Entrenched castes of bureaucrats, decaying empire | Technology, Weapons, Drugs, Travellers, Psionics |
| 10 (A) | Charismatic Dictator | Ruling functions are performed by agencies directed by a single leader who enjoys the overwhelming confidence of the citizens | Revolutionary leader, messiah, emperor | None |
| 11 (B) | Non-Charismatic Leader | A previous charismatic dictator has been replaced by a leader through normal channels | Military dictatorship, hereditary kingship | Weapons, Technology, Computers |
| 12 (C) | Charismatic Oligarchy | Ruling functions are performed by a select group of members of an organisation or class which enjoys the overwhelming confidence of the citizenry | Junta, revolutionary council | Weapons |
| 13 (D) | Religious Dictatorship | Ruling functions are performed by a religious organisation without regard to the specific individual needs of the citizenry | Cult, transcendent philosophy, psionic group mind | Varies |
| 14 (E) | Religious Autocracy | Government by a single religious leader having absolute power over the citizenry | Messiah | Varies |
| 15 (F) | Totalitarian Oligarchy | Government by an all-powerful minority which maintains absolute control through widespread coercion and oppresion | World church, Ruthless corporation | Varies |
| Law Level | Weapons Banned | Armour |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No restrictions - heavy armour and a handy weapon recommended ... | |
| 1 | Poison gas, explosives, undetectable weapons, WMD | Battle dress |
| 2 | Portable energy and laser weapons | Combat armour |
| 3 | Military weapons | Flak |
| 4 | Light assault weapons and submachine guns | Cloth |
| 5 | Personal concealable weapons | Mesh |
| 6 | All firearms except shotguns & stunners; carrying weapons discouraged | |
| 7 | Shotguns | |
| 8 | All bladed weapons, stunners | All visible armour |
| 9+ | All weapons | All armour |
| Class | Quality | Bething Cost | Fuel | Facilities | Bases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Excellent | 1D x Cr1000 | Refined | Shipyard (all), Repair | Naval 8+, Scout 10+, Research 8+, TAS |
| B | Good | 1D x Cr500 | Refined | Shipyard (spacecraft), Repair | Naval 8+, Scout 8+, Research 10+, TAS |
| C | Routine | 1D x Cr1000 | Unrefined | Shipyard (small craft), Repair | Scout 8+, Research 10+, TAS 10+ |
| D | Poor | 1D x Cr10 | Unrefined | Limited Repair | Scout 7+ |
| E | Frontier | 0 | None | None | None |
| X | No Starport | 0 | None | None | None |
| Classification | Code | Planet size | Atmosphere | Hydro | Population | Government | Law level | Tech level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural | Ag | 4-9 | 4-8 | 5-7 | ||||
| Asteroid | As | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Barren | Ba | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Desert | De | 2+ | 0 | |||||
| Fluid Oceans | Fl | 10+ | 1+ | |||||
| Garden | Ga | 6-8 | 5,6,8 | 5-7 | ||||
| High Population | Hi | 9+ | ||||||
| High Tech | Ht | 12+ | ||||||
| Ice-Capped | Ic | 0-1 | 1+ | |||||
| Industrial | In | 0-2,4,7,9 | 9+ | |||||
| Low Population | Lo | 3- | ||||||
| Low Tech | Lt | 5- | ||||||
| Non-Agricultural | Na | 0-3 | 0-3 | 6+ | ||||
| Non-Industrial | NI | 0-6 | ||||||
| Poor | Po | 2-5 | 0-3 | |||||
| Rich | Ri | 6-8 | 6-8 | 4-9 | ||||
| Vacuum | Va | 0 | ||||||
| Water World | Wa | 10+ |