> On Oct 12, 2019, at 4:27 PM, Thomas RUX <xxxxxx@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Hello Peter,
>
>> On October 12, 2019 at 9:53 AM "Peter L. Berghold" <xxxxxx@berghold.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Not sure I ever asked about this but I noticed on pg 26 of the MT
>> Referee's guide that the size table for both primary and companion
>> stars is identicle.  Is this by design or is this a mistake?
>
> MT Consolidated Errata v 2.21 (02/23/2013) by Donald McKinney page 22 has the following changes to MT Referee's Manual page 26:
>
> Page 26, Step 3, System Nature (omission): Use DM –1 when returning to this table for a far companion.
> Page 26, Step 4, Primary Star Type and Size (correction and addition): Change the Type result for a 10 to “G”. Change all occurrences of star sizes VI and D to V. The modifier if a mainworld has already been created, and Atmos-phere 4-9 or Population 8+ should be +5. Type M stars may never be class IV; treat all results of class IV as class V.
>
> Page 26, Step 5, Decimal Classification (correction and addition): Replace this entire section with the following:
> Determine the specific decimal classification of the star (ranging from 0 to 9).
> 1. Roll 2D-2 (for a result from 0 to 10); ignore and reroll a result of 10.
> 2. Add the single digit produced to the star type letter. For example, if the digit produced was 3, and the star type generated was G, the star type becomes G3.
> 3. Star types K5 to M9 are not available with star size IV; change star size to V.
> 4. Star types M4V through M9V cannot have habitable worlds: subtract 6 from the decimal classification for primary stars.
> 5. Star types A, F and G are extremely rare with star sizes II and III: change star size to V.
>
> Page 26, Step 6, Companion Star Type and Size (correction and addition): Note that because any roll for either Type or Size will have a modifier of at least +2 from the primary star, the table needs to be modified for results with a die roll of 4 through 14. Change all occurrences of star size VI to V. Unless the primary star is II, III, or IV, change all “D” results to star size V.
>
> Page 26, Step 7, Companion Orbit (correction and clarification): Rather than determining the companion star’s orbit distance in AU (steps 8 and 9), Change the Far result to “Far (13+1D)” to determine the companion star’s orbit number (see the Orbital Distances Table, below). This also eliminates steps 8 and 9.
>
> Page 26, Step 10, Additional Stars (addition): When returning to step 3 from step 10, apply DM -1 to the die roll on the System Nature Table. If two or more stars in the same system are size D, change them all to size V.
> Page 26, Step 11, Maximum Orbits (clarification): The resulting number is the highest orbit number.
>

I don’t have the tables in front of me but I dimly remember deal with contingency that the tables could create a system where the “Primary” star was less massive, than a diced “Companion". Did I make a mistake here?

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