| Tom Kalbfus |
This is my little addition to the Galaxy There is a type M2 Ia red supergiant called Terranore. That is the primary, it is he type of star that can go supernova at any time. Orbiting the Terranore primary, at a distance of 1020 AU, is a second star, classification G2 V called Terranore B. Terranore B has a ringworld. The dimensions of this ringworld are 93 million miles in radius, 1 million miles wide, retaining walls are 1 thousand miles high, the thickness of the floor is 1 mile on average. A full rotation of the ringworld takes 9 days to produce 1-g of centrifugal force. There is an inner ring of 10 shadow squares, they are 2 million miles wide, orbit at 36 million miles radius, and have an orbital period of 90 days, thus the ringworld rotates ten times for every one orbit period of the shadow squares. This produces periods of darkness of 12 hours every 24, thus simulating night. Parts of this ringworld can be represented as a Pathfinder setting within the Starfinder setting, that means it has a progress level of 2 and has the standard Pathfinder classes Barbian Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Ranger, Rogue, Paladin, Sorcerer, and Wizard. It is a standard Pathfinder fantasy setting except for the fact that the Sun doesn't move in the sky. Other parts of the Ringworld have different progress levels including Progress Level 5 for this section
| Tom Kalbfus |
Here's a little narration to illustrate this setting.
The phone rang in the White House, it was dark outside, the President picked it up. The voice on the other end was familiar. "Mr President, all our satellites out down, weather satellites, the global positioning system, our early warming system is down. I'm fielding all sorts of calls from all across the country, the landlines are overwhelmed with panicked citizens, and I implore you to go outside and take a look at the sky." "Okay, Mr. Secretary," Donald Trump said, putting on a bathrobe, he made his way over to the balcony, the lights of the city of Washington were visible, at least there was no power interruption. Up above a blue and black checkered arch hung directly over the sky, it was occluded by a black square something that blotted out the few stars that were visible in a mostly black sky, the stars were unfamiliar. "What the heck!" and then he saw the corona, a glow in the sky similar to an eclipse of the Sun, only the shadow blocking it was square rather than round. The landscape quickly lit up with daylight a the sky turned blue.
Meanwhile under a gray sky, a ship from the Woods Hole Oceanographic institute was operating a submersible guided by a fiber optic cable. The chief scientist was peeved when he lost all GPS information, he was having a conversation with his wife over the satellite phone when the call was suddenly cut off, the choppy seas suddenly lit up to full noontime brilliance though the sky was still overcast. "What's going on here?" he said, meanwhile his assistant yelled, "Hey George, you should see this!" George Martin went into the control room to see his assistant Peter looking at the video screen. There was orange light coming from the video screen. "The submersible won't descend any further, we're about a mile down and the sonar is picking up a flat surface below, but instead we get his," he indicated the screen showing a bright red sun surrounded by orange and black clouds. "What is this?" George said. "Its coming from below the submersible, we try to go lower, but there is an invisible something blocking it. I tried banging on it with the claw, but it makes no sound when I hit it. The sea floor is missing!"