Galaxy

PL ACES Generator
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Galaxy
Generator
Galaxies
1) Shape
Roll 1d6 on the following table to
generate the shape of a galaxy:
1 Barred-spiral 4 Lenticular

2 Elliptical 5 Ring

3 Irregular 6 Spiral

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2) Name 3) Planetary systems
Roll 1d20 and 1d10 on the two There are countless planetary
following tables to generate the name systems in a galaxy, that is why we
of a galaxy: are going to generate only those of
interest. Others may actually exist
1 Bright but are considered uninteresting
2 Crystalline game-wise.
3 Dusty
4 Frosted Number
5 Gloomy
6 God’s/Gods’
7 Golden Roll 2d6 to know how many there are
8 Illuminated in a galaxy or choose the number you
9 Life would like (more can be added later):
10 Limpid
11 Neverending 2 Three
12 Opaque 3-5 Four
13 Pearly 6-8 Six
14 Rainbow 9-11 Eight
15 Shiny 12 Ten
16 Silver/Quicksilver
17 Sparkling Location
18 Stormy
19 Troubled A galaxy can be divided in four
20 White quadrants, numbered clockwise
from I to IV, and then in three sub-
1 Bridge quadrants, numbered from A to C
2 Cloud (see template p. 9).
3 Cluster
4 Drop First, roll 1d4 to know in which
5 Mist
6 Path quadrant a planetary system is
7 Road located:
8 Trail
9 Veil 1 Quadrant I
10 Way 2 Quadrant II
3 Quadrant III
4 Quadrant IV
Example: The Frosted Cloud galaxy.
Then, roll 1d3 to know in which sub-
quadrant:
1 Sub-quadrant A
2 Sub-quadrant B
3 Sub-quadrant C
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Planetary systems
A planetary system is composed of a Then, roll 1d20 on the next table to
star system (one or more stars) and generate the actual name:
various items orbiting around it, such
as planets and asteroid fields. 1 Aegis
2 Arkos
3 Balor
1) Name 4 Calypso
5 Demetor
To generate the first part of the 6 Doleia
name of a planetary system, first roll 7 Erandis
1d24: 8 Hydra
9 Iriseus
1 alpha α 10 Major
2 beta β 11 Mendus
3 gamma γ 12 Minor
4 delta δ 13 Nereid
5 epsilon ε
6 zeta ζ 14 Onoma
7 eta η 15 Philomena
8 theta θ 16 Prometheus
9 iota ι 17 Rekha
10 kappa κ 18 Scorpio
11 lambda λ 19 Sumperia
12 mu μ 20 Taurus
13 nu ν
14 xi ξ
15 omicron ο Example: σ-Philomena, which is
16 pi π located on the antepenultimate circle.
17 rho ρ
18 sigma σ
19 tau τ
20 upsilon υ
21 phi φ �� �� �
22 chi χ
23 psi ψ �� �� �
24 omega ω
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These prefixes are also used to find
out how far from the center of the �� �� �
galaxy the planetary system is. On
the template (p. 9), a galaxy is divided �� �� �
into eight concentric circles, the
bigger they are, the farther the �� �� �
planetary systems are from the
center of the galaxy. Refer to the �� �� �
picture on the right to know which
prefixes correspond to which circle. �� �� �

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2) Star system 3) Orbits
A star system (or stellar system) is Roll 1d10 on the following table to
one or more stars orbiting each other, populate each orbit of a planetary
due to gravitational attraction. system (see template p. 10):

Roll 1d10 to determine of what type 1-3 Nothing

is a star system: 4-6 Planet
7-8 Asteroid belt
1-5 Single 9 Lone asteroid
6-8 Binary 10 Huge space station
9-10 Triple
Then, to know where they are on the
For each star of the previously orbit (asteroid belts aside), roll 1d12.
generated star system, roll 1d10 on
both of the following tables: 4) Problems
Color When all orbits of a planetary
system are populated, roll 1d6 to see
1-2 Blue if there is a problem. On a 1, roll
3-4 White 1d20 on the following table:
5-6 Yellow
7-8 Orange 1 Alien invasion
9-10 Red 2 Black hole
3 Declining star system
Size 4 Defenseless
5 Floating debris
1-4 Average 6 Gravitational anomaly
5-7 Dwarf 7 Inter-planetary war
8-9 Giant 8 Located on a border area
10 Supergiant 9 Martial law
10 Only system where a resource
is present
11 Overpopulation
12 Planet was destroyed
13 Political tensions
14 Restricted space travel
15 Shortage of a resource
16 Space pirates infested
17 Spatiotemporal anomaly
18 Trade embargo
19 Under the yoke of an evil
empire
20 Unknown object crossing the
system
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Example (galaxy)
The Frosted Cloud galaxy is ring
shaped and contains 4 planetary
systems of interest. Their location
and their name can be seen on the
galaxy map below:

C A

IV I
B B
�-Philomena

�-Minor

A C

�-Aegis
C �-Taurus A

B B
III II

A C

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Example (p. system)
σ-Philomena is a planetary system • A planet,
orbiting around a binary star system • An asteroid belt,
(orange average & blue dwarf). The • A lone asteroid,
following can be encountered, in • An asteroid belt and a planet on
order of orbits: the same orbit*,
• A planet,
• A huge space station.
12 1

11 2

10 3

9 4

8 5

7 6

*Generated with Asteroid Generator.

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 C A

IV I
B B

A C

C A

B B
III II

A C

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10 3

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Tom Oetken / Dafont.

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