System Summaries for AARs

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

I am playing my own campaign at the moment and just carried out the first transit. The system is quite an interesting one and I was about to start writing a description when it occured to me it would be good to have some way of pasting some type of system summary information into an AAR. I have added a button to the F9 view that copies a system summary to the windows clipboard, so you can paste it directly into an AAR or file. Below are two examples of what I have so far. I would welcome suggestions on improving the format. Individual moons are only shown at the moment if they have a colony cost, otherwise there is just a total number. I can add more detail to planets as well but I would like to find a balance between summary and information overload. Also, suggestions for a format that doesn't require code blocks would be welcome.

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Sol-A  G2-V  Diameter: 1.39m  Mass: 1.00  Luminosity: 1.00

Mercury:  Colony Cost: 17.41,  Temperature: 427.0,  Gravity: 0.38,  Orbit: 58m
Venus:  Colony Cost: 25.00,  Temperature: 462.0,  Gravity: 0.91,  Orbit: 108m
    Nitrogen 65%, Carbon Dioxide 35%,  Pressure: 100.00
Earth:  Colony Cost: 0.00,  Temperature: 22.0,  Gravity: 1.00,  Orbit: 150m
    Nitrogen 79%, Oxygen (0.2) 20.0%, Argon 1.00%,  Pressure: 1.00
    Total Moons: 1
Mars:  Colony Cost: 2.00,  Temperature: -43.6,  Gravity: 0.38,  Orbit: 229m
    Safe Greenhouse Gas 57%, Nitrogen 28.3%, Carbon Dioxide 12.1%, Oxygen (0) 2.45%,  Pressure: 0.02
    Total Moons: 2
Asteroid Belt: 180
Jupiter:  Temperature: -148.0,  Gravity: 2.14,  Orbit: 780m
    Total Moons: 14
Saturn:  Temperature: -178.0,  Gravity: 0.74,  Orbit: 1.43b
    Titan:  Colony Cost: 8.09,  Temperature: -178.0,  Gravity: 0.53,  Orbit: 1.22m
    Nitrogen 95%, Methane 5.0%,  Pressure: 1.60
    Total Moons: 13
Uranus:  Temperature: -216.0,  Gravity: 0.86,  Orbit: 2.88b
    Total Moons: 11
Neptune:  Temperature: -228.0,  Gravity: 1.10,  Orbit: 4.5b
    Total Moons: 8
Pluto:  Temperature: -233.0,  Gravity: 0.08,  Orbit: 5.9b
    Total Moons: 1
Asteroid Belt: 186

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Alpha Centauri-A  G2-V  Diameter: 1.39m  Mass: 1.02  Luminosity: 1.31

Asteroid Belt: 84
Alpha Centauri-A II:  Temperature: 45.4,  Gravity: 0.29,  Orbit: 85m
Alpha Centauri-A III:  Colony Cost: 2.00,  Temperature: 63.8,  Gravity: 0.78,  Orbit: 143m
    Nitrogen 80%, Oxygen (0.08) 12.8%, Carbon Dioxide 7.2%,  Pressure: 0.62
Alpha Centauri-A IV:  Colony Cost: 2.97,  Temperature: -65.4,  Gravity: 0.48,  Orbit: 229m
    Nitrogen 80%, Oxygen (0.05) 20.0%,  Pressure: 0.23
Alpha Centauri-A V:  Colony Cost: 4.35,  Temperature: -95.8,  Gravity: 0.48,  Orbit: 313m
    Nitrogen 86%, Carbon Dioxide (F) 10.1%, Helium 3.9%,  Pressure: 0.21
Alpha Centauri-A VI:  Colony Cost: 4.13,  Temperature: -91.0,  Gravity: 0.51,  Orbit: 422m
    Nitrogen 81%, Oxygen (0.05) 19.0%,  Pressure: 0.26
Alpha Centauri-A VII:  Colony Cost: 4.13,  Temperature: -152.2,  Gravity: 15.0,  Orbit: 775m
    Total Moons: 10

Alpha Centauri-B  K1-V  Diameter: 1.25m  Mass: 0.79  Luminosity: 0.39

Alpha Centauri-B I:  Temperature: 385.7,  Gravity: 1.04,  Orbit: 14.0m
Alpha Centauri-B II:  Temperature: 641.5,  Gravity: 3.3,  Orbit: 39m
    Carbon Dioxide 98%, Nitrogen Dioxide 2.00%,  Pressure: 197.00
Alpha Centauri-B III:  Colony Cost: 0.87,  Temperature: 63.0,  Gravity: 1.03,  Orbit: 77m
    Nitrogen 79%, Oxygen (0.13) 17.9%, Carbon Dioxide 3.2%,  Pressure: 0.74
Alpha Centauri-B IV:  Colony Cost: 0.87,  Temperature: -78.9,  Gravity: 0.92,  Orbit: 162m
    Alpha Centauri-B IV - Moon 11:  Colony Cost: 2.57,  Temperature: -56.6,  Gravity: 0.40,  Orbit: 571k
    Nitrogen 83%, Methane 17.0%,  Pressure: 0.16
    Total Moons: 14
Alpha Centauri-B V:  Temperature: -138.8,  Gravity: 23.1,  Orbit: 338m
    Alpha Centauri-B V - Moon 1:  Colony Cost: 6.31,  Temperature: -138.8,  Gravity: 0.34,  Orbit: 207k
    Alpha Centauri-B V - Moon 16:  Colony Cost: 4.54,  Temperature: -100.0,  Gravity: 1.55,  Orbit: 5.0m
    Hydrogen 76%, Helium 15.4%, Nitrogen 8.6%,  Pressure: 2.40
    Total Moons: 23
Alpha Centauri-B VI:  Temperature: -176.3,  Gravity: 3.1,  Orbit: 725m
    Total Moons: 8
Steve

[symon]

Good new addition. Someone's been awfully lucky with Alpha Centauri!!

[Brian Neumann]

Good new addition. Someone's been awfully lucky with Alpha Centauri!!

I would say so, if they are reachable in a timely fashion.

Maybe have the distance between the components listed?

Brian

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Added distance and which star is being orbited to any non-primary components. e.g.

Alpha Centauri-B  K1-V  Diameter: 1.25m  Mass: 0.79  Luminosity: 0.39.   Orbits Alpha Centauri-A  at 23.0 AU.

Steve

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Good new addition. Someone's been awfully lucky with Alpha Centauri!!

Yes, no ideal planets but a great deal of potential.

Steve

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Added jump point summary to system summary as well.

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1) Alpha Centauri:     Distance: 380m   Bearing: 10
 2) Unexplored:    Distance: 459m   Bearing: 249
 3) Unexplored:    Distance: 2.02b   Bearing: 65
 4) Unexplored:    Distance: 4.5b   Bearing: 49
 5) Unexplored:    Distance: 5.6b   Bearing: 330
 6) Unexplored:    Distance: 5.9b   Bearing: 323Steve

[Brian Neumann]

Relating to the distance between stars, maybe noting if gas giants are present along with the distance between stars or with the planet discription.  This way it lets people know that a lp is available or not.  I can not tell if any of the planets listed are gas giants.

Brian

[georgiaboy1966]

I am hoping that his is working toward not having instantanious communications. Meaning a player does not find out about something till he gets news of it

[UnLimiTeD]

It might be complicated, but maybe a system that lists moons if their resources are above 50k with higher than .5 availability and minimum two other res at atleast 10k?

[Zed 6]

Second on an optional way of adding moons. But overall very nice.

[waresky]

Am still waitn impatient for 5.2.


Steve,u think release them soon?

[Caplin]

Hi Steve,
Thanks for this feature.  It promises to be very helpful to the blind, as I
admit the F9 table can sometimes be a bit daunting.
I particularly appreciate the distance information, which along with the new
coordinates on the map should make the whole problem of relative positions
easier to deal with.
Hoping for 5.2 soon as well.
Best,
Zack.