Sector Survey Phase 0 (Remote Survey)

Remote Surveys

Remote surveys are conducted at extremely distant ranges. Since the early 20th century on Earth, astronomers have been able to determine from afar the basic characteristics of a star, such as type, mass, chemical composition. When a chart of a sector is first prepared, the location and types of stars are presumed to come from a database compiled from prior observations.

Table 1: Stellar Survey

Determine star fields
Step A: Roll 1d100
01 – 73	empty space
74 – 82	possible unusual item (go to Step B)
83 – 00	star system (go to Table 2)
Alternate Step A: Roll 1d100	(for when object positions are already known)
01 - 33	possible unusual item (go to Step B)
34 - 00	single star system (go to Table 2)
Step B - Unusual Item: Roll 1d100
01 – 17	unusual item (Table 3)
18 – 59	binary star system (Table 2, roll for largest)Note 1
60 – 87	trinary star system (Table 2, roll for largest)Note 1
88 – 00	quadruple star system (Table 2, roll for largest)Note 1

Note 1: Then roll for next star(s); re-roll any that are larger (in mass) than the immediate previous largest. All successive stars must either be equal to or smaller than the preceding stars. The Spectral Class table has the necessary details.

Table 2: Star Type

Step A: Roll 1d10
01 - 02	Non-Main Sequence star
03 – 10	Main Sequence star
Step B - Non-Main Sequence: Roll 1d100
01 – 77	Class W brown dwarfNote 2
78 - 86	Class D white dwarf
87 - 93	IR Sequence star (go to Step D)
94 - 98	Class Z1 stellar blackhole
99 - 00	Class Z2 intermediate mass blackhole
Step C - Main Sequence (Simple): Roll 1d100	(Alternate: detailed Spectral Class table)
01 - 10	Class M “Red”
11 - 30	Class K “Orange”
31 - 55	Class G “Yellow”
56 - 75	Class F “Yellowish-white”
76 - 87	Class A “White”
88 - 95	Class B “Blue-white”
96- 00	Class O “Blue”
Step D - IR Sequence: Roll 1d6
01 – 02	Class C “Red/IR”
03 – 04	Class S “Infrared”
05 – 06	Class X “X-Ray”

Note 2: When brown dwarfs are the result of the roll for the primary star type determination, re-roll starting with Step A. Brown dwarfs may fill the role of a secondary or later star in a multi-star system, with a solar mass of (1d8 / 100), though they will be placed within a planetary orbit, replacing the otherwise largest planet, rather than as a member of a binary pair orbiting a common center of gravity..