WORLD GENERATION

Generic System & Planet Building Resources

INTRODUCTION

PART I - GENERATING PLANETS

One: SYSTEM DATA

  1. Stellar data
  2. System age and abundance
  3. Multiple stars
  4. Planetary orbits
  5. Planetary types
  6. Life zone


Two: ORBITAL DATA

  1. Year and tidal lock
  2. Eccentricity, day and axial tilt
  3. Lunar objects


Three: GEOPHYSICAL DATA

  1. Composition
  2. Tectonic activity
  3. Magnetic field
  4. Asteroids
  5. Gas giants


Four: ATMOSPHERIC DATA

  1. Base temperature
  2. Hydrosphere
  3. Atmospheric composition
  4. Albedo
  5. Surface temperature


Five: ADDITIONAL DATA

  1. Conversion Data & Glossary
  2. Coordinate system


     

PART II - PLANETOLOGY

Six: CLIMATE

  1. Climatology
  2. Oceanography
  3. Weather
  4. Long term variations


Seven: SURFACE MORPHOLOGY

  1. Endogenic and exogenic processes
  2. Weathering and erosion
  3. Landforms
  4. Geology


Eight: BIOLOGY

  1. Biochemistry
  2. Evolution
  3. Ecology


Nine: MAPPING

  1. Geodesy
  2. Generating terrain
  3. Map conventions and templates


Ten: SPECIALS

  1. Tidally locked worlds
  2. Colour
  3. Disasters
  4. Suggestions
  5. Glossary


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