Fluid Trade Class & Ellipsoidal Worlds

Mark Watson [email removed] writes:

>Fluid Trade Classification:
>"Page 50, Step 6 (correction): Trade classifications, Fl line should be
>Atmos A+, Hydro 1+, Size entry should be '-'."
>This appears both in the sunbane errata and in the E&C published in
>Challenge #36.

Ooops. I wasn't even aware that the table was repreated on page 50.
When I looked at the sunbane errata, I was looking under page 25,
where it first appears in the ref's manual. Sorry. I guess I should
have been more thorough.

Still, I'm not sure that I entirely agree with the errata version
either. I'm wondering why Atmos is A+ instead of A-C, i.e. why should
atmospheres D, E, and F cause oceans to be non-watery?

I have another question about atmosphere type E. It assumes that
the world is ellipsoidal (egg-shaped?), and that therefore the
atmosphere pressures range from very high to very low depending
on where you are on the planet's surface (since the atmosphere is
still spherical) (see page 21 of ref's manual).

Two questions: Is this realistic? Would is also apply to the
hydrosphere? (if so, we could have a world mostly submerged but
with two ends jutting like mammoth mountains out of the water,
seems strange to me).


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