I once had a player with a character who was a gravitic scientist
(which should help explain my obsession). This gentleman went on a
research trip to a section of the galaxy where there were some
VERY old stars.
He found a "radio dwarf" with a black body temperature of about
400K (~30 degrees C) and *landed* on it. He, in his zeal had
neglected the mass of this huge ball of iron and lead. On the
surface, it pulled about 7 g. His ship could pull 5.
With a great deal of difficulty moving about on board (2 g with
the grav plates maxed negative) he managed to start rolling along
the surface of the dead star. By continuously accelerating along
the almost perfectly smooth surface, his pilot was able to put
their research ship into orbit.
Given a chance, I think there are many adventures we could make
out of these kinds of space "debris" we usually ignore.
Richard
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