Stellar Cartography: Another Visit to the Proxima Centauri System

Here is a further examination of our exoplanet in the Proxima Centauri system. Atmosphere, Rings, and Albedo are required to determine its distance from the star.

Planet #1

Diazomethane Atmosphere

Atmospheric Albedo 0.79

Ozone-Water Rings

Ring Albedo 0.3

   



       






          Melting                              Boiling
             Point                                    Point
                 |       diazomethane          |
              128K                                     250K
  |               ozone      |                                   |
 81K                         161K                              261K
Melting                    Boiling                         Vapour
Point                        Point
                                                                                    |   water     |
                                                                                 273K            373K
                                                                                 Melt.            Boil.
                                                               |   planet    |
Proxima Centauri c
Atmospheric Albedo                   0.79
Semi-major Axis                          0.0235AU - 0.0196AU
Orbital Period (days)                  2.87 days - 3.765 days
Temperature                                250K - 273K

Description: albedo of 0.79 specifies a range for cumulus stratus (low altitude cloud) or fresh snow, both viable at -23 degrees Celsius. While albedo 0.3 specifies ice in the planetary rings.
Low altitude methane clouds, and an Ice Ring.

  Planet                                       Period(days)      Dist(AU)                 Albedo    Temperature 
  Proxima Centauri c / Rawn   2.87 - 3.765       0.0196 - 0.0235    0.79         250K - 273K  
Description: low altitude Cumulostratus Methane cloud blankets the entire planet while Ozone/Water Ice rings extend to about 2R of the planet Radius. The substantial Partial Ring gap indicates an off-axis moon or a chance encounter with a rogue moon.

Radius: Proxima Centauri itself has a radius of 0.1542Rsolar. Based on an examination of the hubble photo the planet has about 1/10th - 1/20th of Rproxima. 1Rsolar is about 10RJupiter so we are looking at a 1.5RJupiter- 0.76RJupiter planet. Our own Jupiter has at least four descent sized moons and a strong magnetic field so it could have a number of habitable zone moons with water. 

Planet #2

Update(4 april 2019): Its ringless friend mid hubble image is diazomethane with 0.7-0.78 albedo. Odd that its albedo is lower than Proxima Centauri c. Perhaps it has a higher carbon content.

Equatorial Albedo 0.78

Polar albedo 0.7

  Planet                                       Period(days)      Dist(AU)                 Albedo    Temperature 
  Proxima Centauri d / Faam   3.8865-4.8975  0.024-0.028          0.7-0.78      +250K         
Description: low altitude Cumulostratus Methane cloud blankets the entire planet.

Planet #3

A third planet appears to be blanketed in Ozone. Its albedo is near identical to proxima d with 0.7-0.78.

Polar Albedo 0.7

Equatorial Albedo 0.78

  Planet                                             Period(days)      Dist(AU)           Albedo    Temperature 
  Proxima b ?                 ozone       3.422-18.5355  0.022-0.068      0.7-0.78   161K-261K   
                                        Water       1.4784                0.0126               0.7            373K             

Description: Ozone cloud appears to blanket the entire planet. That seems to suggest intense electrical storms or industrialization. The range on the orbital period is rather diverse. Water vapour atmosphere is going to mean this is planet Tao as opposed to a colossal range that is offered by ozone.

  Planet            Period(days)      Dist(AU)     Temp (Kelvin, Celsius)          Albedo Adj.   
  Tao                      2                      0.015412                417K, 138.85C          Conif.  Ocean 
  Rawn                  3                      0.020195                364K, 90.85C             0.79 (cumul. st.)
  Faam                   4                     0.024465                331K, 57.85C              80.85C            
  Yung                    7                     0.035528                274K, -0.85C              20C      21.85C
  Klaang                8.2                   0.039481                260K, -13.15C           5.85C   6.85C  
  Proxima B         11.186             0.048561                235K, -38.15C
        Phet Rok      1                                                                                        
  Suun                  12.4                  0.052014                227K, -46.15C
  Khaan                21.75                0.075651               118K, -155.15C        
  Hin                      >6                     Intruder               Occasionaly Nice?

That checks off Rawn and possibly Faam.

  Planet               Atmo Type         Period(days)      Dist(AU)           Albedo    Temperature 
  Rawn                 Methane           2.87 - 3.765        0.0196-0.0235 0.79         250K - 273K  
  Faam                 Methane           3.8865-4.8975   0.024-0.028      0.7-0.78   +250K           
  Proxima b?       Ozone               3.422-18.5355    0.022-0.068      0.7-0.78   161K-261K   
                             Or Water ?        1.4784                 0.0126               0.7            373K             

Dollar and Wolfe: David's Staff

David's Staff
Having the appearance of a spinal column surmounted with a shrunken skull this staff is more Artefact.

In the Dollar and Wolfe comic series thus far it has the power to unleash a shadowbolt (a 5E Warlock cantrip). When the PC is overcome with fear the staff begins laughing which enrages all undead in range causing them to pursue the PC with the staff. And if abandoned having become soul bound to the PC will constantly return if disposed of assuming the form of an undead Skeleton to do so.

Warlock's Spine

Artefact of Thought

Description: this staff appears to be a halfling sized spine of bone topped with a shrunken skull.

Powers (100pp):

• Shadowbolt (necromantic Warlock Cantrip: 1d8 hp shadowbolt +1d8 per 4 levels) 10pp
• Other powers unknown at this time.

Handicaps & Penalties

• Mimic Familiar: any attempt to get rid of staff causes it to polymorph into skeleton and return to the PC. The staff is a mimic familiar of the immortal trickster Korotiku.
• First time the PC fails a charisma check against fear the staff begins to laugh incessantly attracting undead in range (100') causing the staff to become soulbound to the PC.

Alternately:

Space-Mimic Trickster Warlock Familiar of Korotiku

An intelligent mimic has swallowed a Warlock's Staff and assumed it's shape as a disguise. The mimic can assume the form of a skeleton to get around. As a mimic familiar it can become a familiar of a 1st level wizard, or a 3rd level warlock of pact of the chain. Or as a trickster it can pass itself off as a mimic familiar/magic staff. 

Amongst the various Mimic types the Spelljammer Space Mimic has spell-casting ability. This affords us the possibility of a Space mimic pretending to be a warlock's staff with the power to unleash shadowbolt cantrip (the mimic itself could actually be a warlock). Laughter summoning/enraging undead might be attributed to tasha's hideous laughter though it could be associated with the trickster aspect.

Blasphemous Works: Fate of the Sassoon Files

Apparently China ordered the destruction of every copy printed. Like the Necronomicon, there is probably now one copy...in the hands of cultists.

Dungeon Mastery: Taking a break from your Sanity

You have seen and experienced things that have slowly pushed you to the brink. Villagers slaughtered when goblins massacred your village. Children impaled on poles. And the response of the latest madman to sit on the throne has been scorn. Its has slowly gotten under yor skin. Lately you have felt a need to crawl into the deepest hole of a dungeon to escape the horrors of the surface. Down here in the crawling and slithering darkness things make sense. 

Reality takes a toll on the mind. Charisma isnt just your leadership and pursuasiveness, its a measure of your mental fitness. This is why the Player Characters need a Sanity check.

Players need to roll against their character's charisma to see if their character's well being starts to decline. And charisma shouldnt be fixed. Every failed check should be physically and emotionally taxing. Charisma should lower every time the Player Character struggles with experiencing something terrible. After all, you would have to be some kind of monstrous animal if even killing goblins didnt bother you.

Keep a count of the number of kills in an adventure by PCs, and undertake a Charisma check. Lower their charisma by one point if they fail. At some point Alignment breaks... Lawful becomes Neutral. Neutral becomes Chaotic.

Bards of Cuthulu: Two very special Tavern Songs

Startrek Discovery: Justifying Gay characters in Trek?

Why would gay people exist in a startrek Universe? If Federation is about personal development then the need for sex is reduced to procreative reasons only. As crew you are part of a team that works together and that affords the emotional support that replaces a sexual relationship, and thus there is no need to pursue sexual relations for sex beyond the professional relationship. While they are under pressure to add realworld concepts to startrek, it is ultimately something increasingly Alien (like religion) to what it means to be Federation.
While we might therefor look at an LBGT community within the Federation, it would still exist as an odd subculture within the Federation.
More than likely it would be seen in the exploration of a Post-human culture that has departed the human race and is pursuing its cultural choices free of humanity and how that culture as evolved (or devolved) as a consequence of Isolation from humanity, or we would explore an alien culture where Gay people exist, struggle for acceptance, have been driven into hiding, or have been eradicated from the Alien culture.

5.1% of females, 3.9% males regard them selves as LGBT in America. If we consider that as a ratio for Starship populations, there are 136 crew on Discovery. 68 would be 'female' and 68 'male'. 3.4 female crew are going to be gay while 2.6 male crew are going to be gay. While two male gay crewmen are going to enjoy a relationship on discovery, there is a third, unidentified male crewman who represents as 60% gay psychologically, is attracted to males, and isnt involved in a shipboard relationship unless he is Bisexual and is pursuing a relationship with another member of the crew who is female. A similar situation exists with two wholly gay female characters and the 40%er. Otherwise there is a destructive character arc waiting in the wings. After all, humans can be Jealous as hell.

Linguistic Archaeology: Sumerian Names

Names           -*l suffix deviation     long form                  (celtic)          
Aloros            orosal                             Arloaros                                        
Alaporos        aporosal                        Arlarpoaros                                  
Amelon          onamel (enamel)       Ar-mkulon             (-McCullin)     
Ammenon                                           Arm-mkunon         (-McKinnon) 
Megalaros     Arosmegal                   Mkugarl-aros        (McDougal-)   
Daonos                                                  Daronos                                         
Euedoroches                                       Kuk-ukud-oar-ochkus                  
Amempsinos                        Ar-mkump-skunos (-McComb-Skinnus) 
Opartes                                                  Opartkus                                       
Xlsuhtra                                                  Xlskuhtarar                                 

Length of Names
 Length    6     7       8     9       10     11       12 
Qty           3     2       2     1        1       1              

Popularity of Use

Vowels
A        %        E        %        I        %       O         %          U          %        
9/10    90%   6/10   60%   1/10  10%   9/10    90%      2/10     20%

Consonants
B        %        C        %         D      %       F         %          G          %
0/10   0%      1/10   10%     2/10 20%   0/10    0%       1/10     10%

H       %         J        %          K      %      L         %          M          %
1/10   10%    0/10  0%        0/10 0%    5/10    50%      4/10     40%

N       %        P         %          Q      %     R         %          S            %
2/10   20%   3/10    30%      0/10 0%   5/10    50%      8/10      80%

T        %       V          %         W       %    X        %           Y            %
1/10   10%   0/10     0%       0/10    0% 1/10   10%      0/10        0%

Z        %
0/10   0%

Linguistic Popularity
90%: {A, o} Ao
80%: {S, a, o} Os
60%: {E, s, a, o}
50%: {L, r, e, s, a, o} Orosal, Aloros
40%: {M, l, r, e, s, a, o}
30%: {P, m, l, r, e, s, a, o} Aporosal, Opartes, Alaporos
20%: {U, n, d, p, m, l, r, e, s, a, o} Onamel, Sean, Daonos, Ammenon*, Amelon*
10%: {C, i, g, h, t, x, u, n, d, p, m, l, r, e, s, a, o} Connor, Xlsuhtra, Amempsinos*, Euedoroches, Megalaros*

*Celtic-descended inclusion {C, i, g} Cig, Gic, Cgi, Gci, Icg, Igc
Conclusion: *Celtic-descended Peoples become part of the Sumerian Civilization introducing new letters to the Sumerian Language and some becoming its rulers. In the end they represent five to ten percent of its (male) population.

Astronomical Disaster: Deneb Exoplanets?

Some graph work using ms paint...

Planet          Semi-major   Orbital                            
                      Axis                Period(days)  RV           Mass (Jupiters)
Deneb b      0.3294401AU  448                     8km/s    24.90060187

Its orbiting inside the 1AU coronal radius of Deneb.

Albedo   Temp. 
     0.1       9995 K

A brown dwarf is 15-75 Jupiter masses. So here we have a brown dwarf orbiting Deneb inside its coronal radius. The temperature is way beyond the melting point of any element. It may have been reduced to a plasma undergoing fusion.

BX Verse: Raptor

Side On: The Mountain of Ray-al

You awaken to the warmth of the morning Sun, though you are still in shade. The shade of a great stone mountain that leans ominously. The desert from its base looks extensive and dry and you already feel thirsty as you grab for a waterskin that is as non existant as the rest of your equipment. You dont remember anything other than the brawl errupting in the tavern taking you by surprise... And now you are here. It appears that you are going to die.

Linguistic Archaeology: the Bo- phonetic in indonesian

Indonesian Subgroup (bo-)

1. Babon
2. Bobot
3. Bobrok
4. Bodoh
5. Bogel
6. Bohong
7. Boikot
8. Bojong
9. Boket
10. Bokong
11. Bokor
12. Boktja
13. Bola
14. Bolak-balik
15. Boleh
16. Bolong
17. Bolos
18. Bolsak
19. Bom
20. Boneka
21. Bongkak
22. Bongkar
23. Bongol
24. Bonjor
25. Bontjeng
26. Bontjis
27. Bopeng
28. Bopet
29. Bor
30. Bordir
31. Borek
32. Borong
33. Boros
34. Bosan
35. Botak
36. Botjor
37. Botol
38. Laboratorium
39. Lombok
40. Obor
41. Perabot
42. Roboh
43. Robohan
44. Rombong
45. Sabot
46. Sabotir
47. Sembojan
48. Serobot
49. Sombong
50. Tambo
51. Tembok
52. Tembolok
53. Terobos
54. Tjebol
55. Tjeroboh
56. Tjombol
57. Tombok
58. Tombong

Word length
Length     3       4        5         6         7          8        9       10        11       12
Qty.           2       2        17       19      18        4         0       1         0          1

Popularity of use
Vowels
A             %            E             %           I            %           O           %        U             %
14/58     24%      16/58     27%     5/58     8%        58/58  100%  1*/58    1%

Consonants

B              %           C             %          D             %         F            %        G              %
58/58     100%    0/58       0%       1/58       1%       0/58      0%     14/58     24%

H             %            J             %           K            %           L           %        M             %
5/58       8%          10/58   17%      17/58   29%      14/58    24%  12/58     20%

N             %            P             %           Q            %           R           %        S             %
20/58    34%        3/58     5%          0/58     0%         20/58   34%  12/58     20%

T             %            V             %           W            %           X           %        Y             %
23/58     39%      0/58       0%         0/58      0%         0/58     0%     0/58       0%

Z             %     
0/58      0%

Popularity of Use (within bo- subgroup)
100%             {B, o} Boo, Obo, Bob, Bobo,
39%                {T, b, o} Bobot
34%                {N, t, b, o, r} Bor, Obor
29%                {K, n, t, b, o, r} Bok, Book, Bokor, Bobrok,
27%                {E, k, n, t, b, o, r} Borek, Boket,
24%                {A, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} -gal, Botol, Botak, Borong, Bongol, Bongkar, Bongkak, Boneka, Bolong, Bola, Bokong, Bogel, Babon
20%                {M, s, a, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} Lom, Tombok, Tembok, Tambo, Tombong, Terobos, Tembolok, Sombong, Serobot, Sabotir, Sabot, Rombong, Lombok, Bosan, Boros, Bom, Bolsak, Bolos,
17%                {J, m, s, a, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} Tjombol, Tjebol, Sembojan, Botjor, Bontjeng, Bonjor, Boktja, Bojong,
8%                   {H, i, j, m, s, a, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} Tjeroboh, Robohan, Roboh, Bontjis, Boleh, Bolak-balik, Boikot, Bohong,
5%                   {P, h, i, j, m, s, a, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} Perabot, Bopet, Bopeng,
1%                   {U, d, p, h, i, j, m, s, a, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} Laboratorium, Bordir, Bodoh,
0%                   {C, f, q, v, w, x, y, z}

Weight

Bobot (Weight) marks the most common use of the bo- subgroup representing quantification of materials based on weight, and possibly trade. 39% popularity of use.

Tinder drill
Bor (Borer, drill) and Obor (Torch) are the next most common use possibly representing mining and/or illumination of the dark (perhaps representing the appearance of the tinder drill). 34% popularity of use.

Lombok

The appearance of the town of Lombok or the red pepper (thanks to the arrival of the letter m) represents a significant surge in language development in the 20% popularity range (29% of bo- subgroup words enjoy 20% popularity within bo- subgroup users).

BX Verse: The Wendigo

A Heavy Combat Shuttle for those Battle of Serenity Valley situations.

BX Verse: Trans-U Small Transport

A small, unarmed Interplanetary Transport vessel increasingly used by both Central Planets and Reavers.

BX Verse: Exploring the Known Worlds

A Blue Sun

Eight hundred and two parsecs from the solar system, Deneb is a Blue-white Super-giant. Its radius reaches out to one AU from the stellar centre. It sheds one earth mass every five hundred years. Of course that mass has to go some where, and out it goes into the star system building a great many worlds over the many billions of years it has existed.

Deneb (Blue-white Super-giant)
Radius:                  203 R⊙
Temperature:      8,500K
Luminosity:         200,000 L⊙
Mass:                     19 M⊙

Inner vs. Outer Planets

The System
Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds. There is simply the Habitable Zone at the edges of which particularly close to or far from Deneb are considered the outer planets. Worlds where living is a struggle.
The inner worlds by comparison are in the middle of the habitable zone, neither too hot nor too cold they are heavily populated and regulated by the Central government.

The Inner Planets
Parliament (Deneb m): The temperature of Deneb m will slowly climb from above zero degrees celsius to fifty degrees celsius as it is populated and forested into an ideal colony world. This is the central planet. Only the most elite citizens who govern in parliamentary service reside on this planet.


Planet          Semi-major   Orbital           Temperature by Albedo
                      Axis                Period(days)          0.5                 0.1          

ZnS line       203 AU                                                                                 

Deneb b       210 AU           254,999 days          342K             396K
Deneb c       220 AU          273,440 days           334K            387K
Deneb d       230 AU          292,280 days           327K            378K
                                        Inner Habitability Band                                
Deneb e        240 AU          311,550 days           320K           370K
Deneb f        250 AU         331,226 days           313K           363K
Deneb g       260 AU         351,308 days            307K           256K
Deneb h        270 AU          371,755 days            301K          349K
Deneb i        280 AU          392,600 days            296K          343K
Deneb j       290 AU            413,830 days        291K              337K
Deneb k      300 AU            435,420 days        286K              331K
Deneb l        310 AU            457,358 days         281K              326K
Deneb m      320 AU            479,669 days         277K              321K
Deneb n      330 AU             502,340 days        273K               316K
Deneb o      340 AU             525,340 days        269K               311K
Deneb p      350 AU              548,679 days        265K              307K
Deneb q       360 AU            572,630 days         261K              302K
Deneb r       370 AU             596,390 days        257K              298K
Deneb s       380 AU             620,730 days        254K              294K
Deneb t      390 AU              645,390 days         251K              291K
Deneb u      400 AU             670,360 days         248K             287K
Deneb v     410 AU              695,650 days         245K             283K
Deneb w      420 AU           721,260 days          242K             280K
Deneb x      430 AU            747,180 days          239K            277K
Deneb y      440 AU             773,400 days          236K            274K
Deneb z      450 AU              799,900 days         233K              270K
                                   Outer Habitability Band                                     

Iceline         1,207 AU                                                                               

Temperature Scale
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Update (7th March, 2019)

Deneb
Deneb has a huge habitable zone extending from 240 AU to 440AU which means there is plenty of room for numerous worlds with life. Deneb is 19 solar masses. Its solar radius encompases 1AU. Its also ejecting one earth mass in materials every 500 years so a billion years means there is 2 million earth masses in planetary building material (not all in the habitable zone though).

Deneb and Titius-Bode Rule
Titius bode harmonic law puts one harmonic in the habitable zone. So lets say there is a brown dwarf worth of rock pretending to be a star at each harmonic (0.4, 0.7, 1, 1.6, 2.8, 5.2, 10.0, 19.6, 38.8, 77.2, 154.0, 307.6, 614.8).

Predicting the Habitable Zone of Deneb
Orbiting our habitable zone brown dwarf at 307.6AU are 9-10 super jupiters each according to titius bode harmonics +/-(0.4, 0.7, 1, 1.6, 2.8, 5.2, 10, 19.6, 38.8, 77.2,...).

 Deneb Xa: brown dwarf 307.6AU                                                           

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Deneb Xb: Super Jupiter 307.6AU +/-0.4AU (307.2AU-308AU).            
Planets Xba-Xbd around Xb are experiencing 283K-282K.             

Deneb Xc: Super Jupiter 307.6AU +/-0.7AU (306.9AU-308.3AU). 
Planets Xca-Xcd around Xc are experiencing 283K-282K.

Deneb Xd: Super Jupiter 307.6AU +/-1AU (306.6AU-308.6AU).          
Planets Xda-Xdd around Xd are experiencing 283K-282K.               

Deneb Xe: Super Jupiter 307.6AU +/-1.6AU (306AU-309.2AU). 
Planets Xea-Xed around Xe are experiencing 283K-382K.

Deneb Xf: Super Jupiter 307.6AU +/-2.8AU (304.8AU-310.4AU).        
Planets Xfa-Xfd around Xf are experiencing 284K-281K.                  

Deneb Xg: Super Jupiter 307.6AU +/-5.2AU (302.4AU-312.8AU). 
Planets Xga-Xgd around Xg are experiencing 285K-280K.

Deneb Xh: Super Jupiter 307.6AU +/-10AU (297.6AU-317.6AU).        
Planets Xha-Xhd around Xh are experiencing 287K-278K.               

Deneb Xi: Super Jupiter 307.6AU +/-19.6AU (288AU-327.2AU). 
Planets Xia-Xid around Xi are experiencing 292K-274K.

Deneb Xj: Super Jupiter 307.6AU +/-38.8AU (268.8AU-346.4AU).      
Planets Xja-Xjd around Xj are experiencing 302K-266K.                  

Deneb Xk: Super Jupiter 307.6AU +/-77.2AU (230.4AU-384.8AU). 
Planets Xka-Xkd around Xk are experiencing 326K-252K.                

Jupiter has four earth sized moons so all up there are potentially around forty earth-like worlds in stable orbits in a 200AU wide habitable zone. There will be lagrange clusters ahead and behind the brown dwarf.

BX Verse: The Firebee

A smaller short range planet hopper than the larger Firefly, the Firebee can with its crew of three (and one passenger) haul a fifty ton cargo that doesnt exceed 12' x 12' x 12' in volume.

The Verse is an overcrowded solar system with people clinging to all manor of rocks, ships, and space stations in the Habitable Zone... a few even have atmosphere. The Better planets are controlled and regulated by an interplanetary government while those that are barely habitable are less so.

Art Folio: Some heroic idiot...

Still can't get him right...

Misremembering Voyager: An unexpected Coffee Shortage

Bright Lights: The Patronage of Tauron Bhest

Tauron Bhest

Tauron Bhest, a dealer in information, hires the PCs to investigate the Mines... he pays a hundred gold pieces up front and agrees to pay well for anything you discover. He appears scruffy and foreign at all times. He is in fact a planar entity known as Bhest. As a Patron he will hire the PCs on a great many adventures paying well and never cheating them (despite his alignment). Only if attacked with a lawfully blessed weapon will Tauron Bhest reveal his true form.

Bhest: HD*** special; AC -3; MV 30' (10'); AT 1 Pincer or 1 Bite+poison or gaze or trample; DA 1D6/HD/round or  4d6/round+special or spell or 7d6 trample; NA 1(unique); SA as Cleric of level equal to HD; ML 12(6 vs lawful blessed weapons); TT special; INT 18; AL chaotic; XP as HD

The planar entity known as Bhest varies in HD equal to the total player character group HD and is physically 1ft tall/HD. Mister Bhest can attack a target with pincer inflicting damage equal to 1d6 per HD per round in crush damage on even a large or giant opponent. Poison from a bite causes loss of all charisma on failed save reducing the victim to a Ghoul. Bhest can cast a spell as a Cleric as a gaze attack.