Operations manual
Planetary Body

Applies to terrestrial planets, planetoids, and moons. Sections are shown only when data is present. Orbital Data is omitted for rogue bodies not attached to a star.

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UWP
Universal World Profile — a seven-digit hex code encoding starport, size, atmosphere, hydrographics, population, government, and law level.
Starport
Class of the body's primary port facility, from A (excellent) through E (frontier) and X (none).
Allegiance
Political or cultural allegiance code, if assigned.

Orbital Data

Orbit / AU
Orbital radius. Shown as orbit number and/or astronomical units depending on campaign display settings. Moon orbits are expressed in planetary diameters.
Period
Time to complete one orbit around the parent body.
Effective HZCO Deviation
Deviation from the habitable zone centre orbit, accounting for stellar luminosity and greenhouse effect.
Retrograde
Whether the body orbits in the direction opposite to the primary star's rotation.
Inclination
Orbital plane inclination in degrees relative to the stellar equator.
Eccentricity
Orbital eccentricity (0 = circular; higher values indicate more elliptical orbits).
Tidally Locked
The body to which this object is gravitationally locked, if applicable.
Sidereal Day
Rotation period relative to the stars, in hours.
Twilight Zone
Indicates the body orbits within the star's twilight zone, producing extreme day/night temperature differentials.

Physical Data

Diameter
Surface diameter in kilometres, with UWP size code.
Mass
Planetary mass expressed in Earth masses (☉).
Gravity
Surface gravity in standard g.
Density
Mean density expressed relative to Earth (☉).

Environmental Data

Temperature
Mean surface temperature in °C.
Rotation
Sidereal rotation period in hours.
Axial Tilt
Axial tilt in degrees; drives seasonal variation.
Albedo
Fraction of incident solar radiation reflected by the surface and atmosphere (0–1).
Greenhouse
Greenhouse effect factor; contributes to surface temperature above the baseline solar input.
Atmosphere
Atmosphere code with composition type. Tainted atmospheres include irritant, severity, and persistence sub-classifications.
Hydrographics
Percentage of surface covered by liquid, with liquid type and distribution pattern.

Biological Data

Habitability Rating
A score from 0 to 10 indicating how suitable the world is for unprotected human habitation. 0 is actively hostile; 10 is a Terra-equivalent garden world. See WBH p. 132.
Biomass Rating
Total biological mass present on the world, on an arbitrary comparative scale.
Biodiversity Rating
Number of distinct species or ecological niches. Values of 10 or above are equivalent to pre-human Terra.
Biocomplexity Rating
Highest level of biological complexity present, from primitive single-cell organisms (1) through extant or extinct sophonts (9) to ecosystem-wide superorganisms (10).
Resource Rating
Economic value of extractable resources. Ranges from 2 (none extractable) through 12 (liable to trigger a resource rush).

Social Data

Population
Population code (0–12) with approximate headcount range, concentration rating, urbanisation percentage, and major city count.
Native / Extinct Sophont
Whether a sophont species is or was native to this body.
Government
Government type code and description.
Law Level
Law level code indicating degree of legal restriction, keyed to weapon restrictions.
Tech Level
Technological sophistication of the dominant culture (0–35).
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