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[Gaming] City Stats
[Gaming] City Stats
#1
There's http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG37-0138]a new GURPS supplement out there... so here's a new page for the FenWiki. Did I get the populations and CR ratings correct?



City Statistics

These writeups assume that [[handwavium] is a non-magical substance; those who believe otherwise should adjust the writeups accordingly.

==Crystal Tokyo (2014)==

Population: 5,000 (Search +0)

===Physical and Magical Environment===
Terrain: Aerostat, Sealed
Appearance: Attractive (+1)
Hygiene: +1
No Mana (No Enchantment)

===Culture and Economy===
Language: English
Literacy: Native
TL: 8^
Wealth: Average (x1)
Status: 0 to 6

===Political Environment===
Government: Representative Democracy
CR: 3 (Corruption -1)
Military Resources: $260,000
Defense Bonus: +5

===Notes===

[[Crystal Tokyo] is the capital of Venus, the headquarters of the [[Venus Terraforming Project], and the home base of the [[Crystal Millennium] faction. Thus, searches for government officials and high-society members have a +2 bonus.

A notable minority of citizens speak Japanese, enough that most signage (and all public signage) is bilingual.

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==Kandor (2014)==

Population: 250,000 (Search +3)

===Physical and Magical Environment===
Terrain: Rock World, Sealed
Appearance: Attractive (+1)
Hygiene: +3
No Mana (No Enchantment)

===Culture and Economy===
Language: English
Literacy: Native
TL: 8^
Wealth: Average (x1)
Status: 0 to 4

===Political Environment===
Government: Representative Democracy, Free City
CR: 3 (Corruption -2)
Military Resources: $13,000,000
Defense Bonus: +4

===Notes===

[[Kandor City] has strict public health controls and a healthy environment, giving it its high Hygene rating.

Notable minority languages in Kandor include Japanese (especially in the university district) and Russian (mainly around, but not necessarily within, [[Korolev Air Force Base]).

The Corruption bonus is higher for the "Double 0" agents, varying by the agent but a full -6 for [[A.C. Peters|the Scarlet Angel]. They aren't actually corrupt; they just get to ignore the rules whenever necessary.

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==Stellvia (2014)==

Population: 250 (Search -2)

===Physical and Magical Environment===
Terrain: Orbital, Sealed
Appearance: average (+0)
Hygiene: +1
No Mana (No Enchantment)

===Culture and Economy===
Language: English
Literacy: Native
TL: 8^
Wealth: Comfortable (x2)
Status: 0 to 3

===Political Environment===
Government: Dictatorship
CR: 4 (Corruption -0)
Military Resources: $32,500
Defense Bonus: +12

===Notes===

[[Stellvia] has a high transient population, not included in the statistics listed above - search rolls can have a -1 penalty or +1 bonus depending on the nature of the current hotel guests (and the GM's whim). There is also a large mercantile population on the station; Merchant Search rolls are at +2 (for a net +0).

A large minority of the permanent citizens are AIs. These are included in the Population rating because all or them have android bodies, and thus act (and are legally treated) the same way as flesh intelligences. All of the AIs are fluently bilingual, speaking Japanese and English.

The high Defense bonus is due to concealed anti-ship weaponry, and thus is unknown to the majority of Fenspace.

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==Helium (2014)==

Population: 2,500 (Search -1)

===Physical and Magical Environment===
Terrain: Plains, Sealed
Appearance: Beautiful (+3)
Hygiene: +2
No Mana (No Enchantment)

===Culture and Economy===
Language: English
Literacy: Native
TL: 8^
Wealth: Average (x1)
Status: 0 to 4

===Political Environment===
Government: Representative Democracy, City-State
CR: 2 (Corruption -0)
Military Resources: $65,000
Defense Bonus: +6

===Notes===

[[Helium] is built on the edge of Valles Marineris; while the surroundings are plains, the city enjoys the defensive benefits of Mountain terrain from most directions.

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#2
Oops - needs the standard GURPS disclaimer. I'll add that before posting the page... or pages? Should this be a single page or a list of pages?
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them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

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#3
Probably just a single page, or maybe even additions to the regular wiki pages.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information

"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
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#4
http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=City_Stats]One page it is, then...
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them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

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#5
I would guess from looking at this that it would be just as easy to write up Grover's Corners as Stellvia -- and seeing as I don't have this supplement yet, how do you think it would come out, Rob?
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#6
Probably better than Stellvia's writeup did, since Grover's Corners is an actual town. A small town, to be sure, but a town nonetheless.

(I also expect that military bases such as the Roughriders' on 36 Atlantae would come out well. However, the "City Stats" rules don't appear to work very well for single-family residences such as Prometheus Forge...)
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"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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#7
I gotta admit, I am curious to see how 36 Atalante would come out myself. What info do you need besides obvious things like population size?
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#8
blackaeronaut Wrote:I gotta admit, I am curious to see how 36 Atalante would come out myself. What info do you need besides obvious things like population size?
All of these are either self-explanatory or standard GURPS terms:
  • population,
  • appearance - how pretty or ugly the city is,
  • an indication whether any health measures affect local hygiene in ways unusual to the culture,
  • local magic level and relative availability of enchanted items (both are "None" for Fenspace),
  • official language or languages,
  • actual language or languages in common use,
  • median Literacy level (None/Broken/Accented/Native),
  • Tech Level ("8^" for Fenspace),
  • median Wealth level,
  • range of Social Status held by natives,
  • Government type (most military bases count as "Dictatorship", with the C.O. the person in charge),
  • Control Rating (0=anarchy, 6="Big Brother" total control),
  • how much of that control one can bypass if one has the right knowledge or connections,
  • local terrain,
  • any special defenses,
  • anything that's easier or more difficult to find in this city than in a typical city of the same size (high-society parties, universities, left-handed socket wrenches, someone with unobtanium for sale, ... when I said anything, I meant anything), and
  • any special cases modifying any of the above.

That's enough for a statbox. Full city descriptions include a brief history of the city and (non-statted) descriptions of important places, people, and events, all of which we have as separate FenWiki pages.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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#9
Thanks! I'll get back to you on this. It'll actually be fun to do this little bit of 'World Building'.
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#10
(blows dust off thread)

Since I'm going to be starting a game set in Fenspace, I could use this info for the places that don't yet have it - which is any place other than the four listed above.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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