On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 06:36:04PM -0500, Richard Aiken wrote:
> In short, all of Charted Space (and everywhere else potentially reachable via the
> jump grid) is an artificial construct.
That's a cool idea. I like the idea the Grandfather twiddled with
systems on a grand scale to increase the number of habitable systems
and to force interesting places in space.
But, as I said above, I tend to drop the overt G'father meddling . . .
Well, nobody actually knows anything about G'father in-game. When players begin to expound upon him and his machinations - out of game of course - I tend to smile enigmatically, then if questioned reply: "Make an Education roll." If the player succeeds, I inform them thusly: "All that the experts can agree on is that the arrangement of the jump space grid displays a discernible pattern."
Does G'father actually exist IMTU? Who knows? I've never played out that particular adventure series . . .
and hand wave way the two dimensionality and rigid hexagonal grid
components as simplifications necessary for game play.
Yep. I just substitute "jump navigation" for "game play." :P