T5 0.9 Errata Thread

[ThornEel]

Everything smaller than an AU is using the SI as the main unit system, apart from planet diameter, which is in miles.

Planet diameter should be in km, probably followed by miles in brackets.
Ex page 406:
Mainworld Size = 2D – 2 = 7 = 7,000 miles diameter.
should be
Mainworld Size = (2D – 2 = 7) * 1600 = 11,200 km (7,000 miles) diameter.

pages
-406 (4x)
-409: miles and km columns should be inverted
-413: a km column should be added at the left of the miles column (to gain space, skip the thousands)
-422
-424
-439: (2x) miles and km lines should be inverted
(World Size equals diameter of the World in Miles) should be something like (World Size equals diameter of the World in Km / 1600, or in miles / 1000)
-441 to 456: miles and km lines should be inverted
-442 to 449, 451, 452 (2x) and 456: km column should be added to the left of the miles column
Units should be given
-451, 452: miles and km lines should be inverted
A km column should be added at the left of the miles column
-457: (2x) miles and km lines should be inverted
(World Size equals diameter of the World in Miles) should be something like (World Size equals diameter of the World in Km / 1600, or in miles / 1000)
-685: (2x) (in miles) should be skipped, with the eHex digit size used. It also makes the equation clearer: Orbit = World Size x Multiplier (in thousand km); otherwise the thousand repeated factor can be confusing.
-709
-719- 720: a (km x1000) should be added above the (Miles x1000) line; (x4) others

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Gas giant can never become bigger than Jupiter (size T): the more massive they are, the more dense, up to the point of the smallest red dwarf stars having the same size as Jupiter.
Two exceptions:
- some close 0-orbits have the gas giant hot enough it expands
- a pre-singularity someone tinkered with the gas giant

page 413: During planet generation, results bigger than T should be read as T for the planet size unless in 0-orbit (or special case decided by the Referee)
Note that atmospheric gravity does increase, however, if it ever comes to play:
Size T (Jupiter) gravity: 2.5g
Size U: 4x = 10g
Size V: 16x = 40g
Size W: 36x = 90g
Size X: 64x = 160g

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Pages 408, 412, 556
There should be either an explanation or a reference to where the explanation is for type of stars. Not everyone knows spectral types, and those who do don't always know it by heart.

 

[ThornEel]

Page 189, 676 : a moonlet (big enough to be round) is (at least) in the 200 km - 300 km diametre (source, but some readers will instinctively know that); while a size-9 object should be around 10 km large.
The moonlet word and illustration should be replaced by an asteroid or a large space station

However, both can vary by several orders of magnitude in size - in addition, the size of a vehicle, ACS or BCS starship are not necessarily intuitively known by the reader and without the illustration, an eye and a coin are thought as being the same size.
So the actual size ranges for objects should be given as well, probably with a line above the distance:
1cm - 10cm - 30cm - 1m - 2m - 10m - 100m - 1km - 10km

Page 165, 173, 539: what is in the bubbles is too small, and very hard to read.
It should be written bigger, with punctuation and possibly icons, or if possible replaced by drawings.

Page 165, 168, 539: What is written in the bubbles is a bit too small to be easily readable.
It should be made bigger, and when possible be replaced by drawings like the rightmost ones.

 

[ThornEel]

Page 163: At range, examples should be given for when size exceeds range, so the reader can see how it works.

There is also no explanation why an object of the same apparent size is harder to see the further it is.
A possible explanation is that, as a general rule, objects further away have more stuff blocking the field of vision, distances are harder to judge, and their apparent movement is lower.
It is rare that neither of those apply in any given situation, though the Referee should keep in mind that there may be exceptions.

Some objects have an bigger apparent size for the sake of perception. For example a shiny trinket in the sun, or a light source in the middle of the night.

 

[Ackehece]

Default Pg 52 and Pg 53 Continue Conditions

04 Citizen Roll 10 to Continue
pg. 58 Citizen - no listed continue condition

07 Spacer Roll 7 - to Continue
pg.61 Spacer Continue Str

08 Soldier Roll 7 - to Continue
Pg. 62 Soldier Continue End

13 Functionary no indicated method to continue
pg. 67 Office Politics to continue
also
Must Continue (Risk Success)
Cannot Continue (Risk Failure)

 

[Ackehece]

Pg. 378 Globe Series

Jump Drive Capacitors
multiple references to them but they do not appear in the Jump section of the book or anywhere else.

 

[Ackehece]

Craftsman Pg 55

Extra Craftsman Skill for failure

it appears to suggest you get two Craftsman +1 for a failure
First listed under create a master piece

"Creation Attempt Fails: Receive Craftsman +1 (considered
learning from experience)."

and then in the Skill Eligibility Block
Per Failure 1+ Craftsman-1

this is different from all other character templates where if you list a skill in risk reward it does not show in the block.

 

[pshrynk]

Sorry to jump in, probably late, but...

Is the T5 CDROM offered by FFE the up to date, version? (I can't find this answer elsewhere.)

 

[DonM]

It's T5.09. That is the latest. Marc's working on more, but he hasn't shown it to anyone yet.

 

[Ackehece]

DonM

don't know if this is a bug or errata but
5.09 Prone or crouch
reduce effective size for range purposes...
there is NO exception for being prone right next to the attacker...


the attacker standing beside the target would be at range +2 vs the prone attacker at range 0

 

[ovka]

Converting Soc to Cha

According to the Characteristic Equivalences Table on p. 28, characters with C6=Soc use Soc/2 for Cha. Characters with C6=Cha use Cha for Soc.

According to the Using C6 and Nobility sections on p. 31, it's the other way around.

FWIW, p. 28 makes more sense to me.

Cheers,

Baron Ovka

 

[dalthor]

Page 540 The 5 stages of psionic

At the top of page 540, under the 5 stages of psionics there are 6 steps listed. This does not match the table on page 530.

It appears that the Intuitions line (item 5) should be removed, and number 6 changed to read

5. Practical experience

 

[dalthor]

Page 535 - The fifth stage

On page 535 under the segment on The Fifth Stage it indicates that stage 5 is the beginning of self-instruction and self-improvement. It then mentions Stage 6, which indicates the psionic has received all training possible.

Each prior stage takes one week to complete. It appears that the prior 4 stages complete the psionic's training.

What does stage 5 entail? Is this the "practice makes perfect" stage? Does the psionic start at level one in abilities, and over time gets better, up to his limit? How long does stage 5 take?

Is Stage 6 the point at which the psionic has reached his maximum capability, or should that reference to Stage 6 actually refer to stage 5?

 

[Wol]

Worlds section column two.

Duplication of description of "inner worlds" and "outer worlds".

References to "Table 3b Strangeworlds" - table does not exist on p. 413

Satellite size tables or size restrictions do not exist.

Tables or explanation in order to generate other worlds and satellites do not exist, or are corrupted or lost. It is not clear what happened on p413. It looks as if some of the tables were conflated and some omitted when 5.09 was produced.

Related oddities:

No minimum tech levels for incredibly inhospitable main or other worlds.

No indication if govt type for other worlds should be same as main world, a colony, or can be any gov type available.

P. 408 chart 2b first line missing text.
Chart 2c missing text first and last lines.

Regards

Just to clarify, the reference to Strangeworlds on chart 3b is to chart 3b in the range section. Because of the similarly numbered charts in the other worlds generation tables, it should be more clearly spelled out.

 

[Ackehece]

Editing Issue

T509

pg 383-384 have an interesting editing artifact.
1/3 of the way through page 383 the line is
"Too Fragile to withstand accelera-
switches to a different topic for the next 2/3 of the page
and then on pg 384 it continues "tion, it must be stowed before the ship accelerates."

 

[Ackehece]

Pg 351

collector jump drives in almost all cases in the t509 document is set to TL14
the chart on pg351 suggests that the drive is TL14 but the collector tech is available at TL13

error? or is there another use for a collector at an earlier tech level?

 

[Ackehece]

TL discrepancies with Scramblers

and more errata
pg 370 identifies the following as
grav scramb as TL 17
mag scramb as TL 19 <- suspect is TL 14
elec scramb as TL 12

pg 376
"Baseline Device
The baseline Gravitic Scrambler is a one-ton TL-12 device"
pg 377
"The baseline Magnetic Scrambler is a one-ton TL-12 device"
pg 302 and 303 Magnetic Scrambler is identified as TL14

 

[Spartan159]

Errors in the Imperial Calendar

Pg. 706, T5.09: line 196 to 209 should be 198 to 211, 326 is duplicated

 

[Wol]

Any ideas when the next re-consolidated errata will appear for 5.09(1)?

Regards

 

[agorski]

Page 200 and others in GunMaker chapter

There's some errata for GunMaker in this thread.

 

[agorski]

Page 229 ArmorMaker Options

In the "Other Options" section at the end of the page, descriptions for the options Spot Armor, PsiShield, and Stealthy are completely missing. These are shown in the list of options on page 237.