From: [r--dd--n] at [ttidca.TTI.COM] (John Redden) Subject: Other Suns # 5 ------------------ OS.5 ---------------------------------------- This is being posted to the net by myself for Niall Shapero. Others Suns is copyright by Niall Shapero. This gaming material is distributed on a shareware basis. If you do not use the material you owe the author nothing. If you do use it please pay him what you think it is worth at a fair price becasue it took a damn lot of work to develop and playtest. The USmail address is: Niall Shapero 2536 Short Ave Los Angeles CA 90066 USA Those of you with modems can dial into his BBS using this phone number: (213)822-6729 Please email any comments to my electronic mailing address and I will pass them on to Niall. ---------------- end of preamble ------------------------------------------- The Altani caste system In order of descending social position, the castes within Altani society are as follows: (1) Soldier/warrior (2) Scientist (was "priest" in pre-tech times) (3) Artist/craftsman (4) Herdsman/agriculturalist (5) Merchant (6) Entertainer (actor, singer, etc.) (7) outcast (codii) Preliminary Drafts Psychological Profile for Traditionalist Altani Brave/Neutral/Cowardly: 01-50/51-90/91-100 Cautious/Neutral/Reckless: 01-60/61-90/91-100 Forgiving/Neutral/Vengeful: 01-10/11-20/21-100 Generous/Neutral/Miserly: 01-30/31-70/71-100 Hedonistic/Neutral/Stoic: 01-10/11-30/41-100 Honorable/Neutral/Treacherous: 01-80/81-90/91-100 Humble/Neutral/Arrogant: 01-30/31-70/71-100 Merciful/Neutral/Cruel: 01-30/31-70/71-100 Optimistic/Neutral/Pessimistic: 01-10/11-50/51-100 Peacable/Neutral/Combative: 01-30/31-70/71-100 Trusting/Neutral/Suspicious: 01-20/21-60/61-100 Xenophilic/Neutral/Xenophobic: 01-10/11-80/81-100 Psychological Profile for Spacer Altani Brave/Neutral/Cowardly: 01-50/51-90/91-100 Cautious/Neutral/Reckless: 01-60/61-90/91-100 Forgiving/Neutral/Vengeful: 01-10/11-20/21-100 Generous/Neutral/Miserly: 01-30/31-70/71-100 Hedonistic/Neutral/Stoic: 01-30/31-60/61-100 Honorable/Neutral/Treacherous: 01-80/81-90/91-100 Humble/Neutral/Arrogant: 01-30/31-60/61-100 Merciful/Neutral/Cruel: 01-40/41-80/81-100 Optimistic/Neutral/Pessimistic: 01-15/16-60/61-100 Peacable/Neutral/Combative: 01-40/41-60/61-100 Trusting/Neutral/Suspicious: 01-30/31-80/81-100 Xenophilic/Neutral/Xenophobic: 01-35/36-85/86-100 Copyright 1989 by N. C. Shapero Altani/Shipborn (L'Drey): As per Traditionalist, save as follows: Forgiving Vengeful 10 61 Generous Miserly 15 56 Hedonistic Stoic 60 91 Optimistic Pessimistic 15 61 Trusting Suspicious 30 71 Xenophilic Xenophobic 25 91 THE ALTANI AND L'DREY TIME SYSTEMS A day is divided into eight parts (each roughly three hours long) and each large part is divided into 64 smaller parts (each roughly three minutes long). The "day" is actually 24 hours 5 minutes long. To be precise, the day is divided up as follows: Interval Name Duration Hours Minutes Seconds Mar 24 5 San 3 0 37.50 Kir 0 2 49.30 Ral 0 0 2.65 One day (Mar) is 8 San, 1 San is 64 Kir, 1 Kir is 64 Ral. The Altani use an octal (base 8) number system (funny about that, they have two hands with three fingers and an opposable thumb on each hand). The day begins at sundown and ends at the following sundown (Altani are nocturnal, remember?). A time of 5.34 (5 San, 34 [octal] Kir = 28 [decimal] Kir) would be 15 hours 187.5 sec + 48 minutes 1380.4 seconds or 16 hours 14 minutes 7.9 sec- onds after sunset. Each year is 667.2 local days long, and the calendar is divided up into four seasons. The year starts with Spring and ends with Winter. Spring, Summer, and Fall are each 167 days long and Winter is 166 days long. Every five years, an extra day is added at the end of Winter in order to keep the calendar correct. There are no "days of the week" as such in the Altani calendar.