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Welcome to FreeSpace!
It is my great pleasure to bring you FreeSpace – The excellent RPG designers who hang out over a free-to-use region spanning two full 8x10 hex at RPGGeek brought their love for space sectors. These system-neutral sectors can be exploration, knowledge of gaming, and massive used in any spacefaring game with at least 1 creative talent to this project. We hope you FTL capable species. The civilizations and enjoy this product and, if you do, please check worlds included in this region include cosmic out our other community created offerings anomalies, space whales, hive-minds, world- over at DriveThruRPG: builder races, militant corporatists, and https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/10 everything in between. 397/Zoid-Enterprises
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Table of Contents: Hex: 0708 ...... 45 Welcome to FreeSpace! ...... 1 Hex: 0709 ...... 59 Table of Contents: ...... 2 Hex: 0710 ...... 60 FreeSpace Sector Map ...... 3 Hex: 0801 ...... 61 Hex: 0101 ...... 4 Hex: 0802 ...... 62 Hex: 0102 ...... 4 Hex: 0805 ...... 63 Hex: 0105 ...... 5 Hex: 0808 ...... 64 Hex: 0107 ...... 9 Hex: 0809 ...... 65 Hex: 0109 ...... 11 Hex: 0810 ...... 66 Hex: 0110 ...... 12 Hex: 0905 ...... 67 Hex: 0203 ...... 13 Hex: 0906 ...... 68 Hex: 0205 ...... 14 Hex: 0907 ...... 69 Hex: 0206 ...... 15 Hex: 1003 ...... 70 2 Hex: 0209 ...... 18 Hex: 1005 ...... 71 Hex: 0210 ...... 20 Hex: 1008 ...... 72 Hex: 0302 ...... 23 Hex: 1010 ...... 75 Hex: 0303 ...... 24 Hex: 1205 ...... 76 Hex: 0308 ...... 24 Hex: 1207 ...... 77 Hex: 0401 ...... 25 Hex: 1209 ...... 77 Hex: 0403 ...... 26 Hex: 1301 ...... 78 Hex: 0404 ...... 28 Hex: 1309 ...... 80 Hex: 0406 ...... 29 Hex: 1410 ...... 81 Hex: 0409 ...... 31 Hex: 1502 ...... 81 Hex: 0410 ...... 34 Hex: 1509 ...... 82 Hex: 0501 ...... 34 Hex: 1605 ...... 85 Hex: 0502 ...... 35 Hex: 1610 ...... 85 Hex: 0504 ...... 39 Wandering Encounter Table – Non-Disabled Hex: 0508 ...... 39 Ship ...... 86 Hex: 0601 ...... 39 Wandering Encounter Table – Disabled Ship .. 88 Hex: 0606 ...... 40 Races Found in FreeSpace ...... 90 Hex: 0608 ...... 42 Credits: ...... 91 Hex:Sample 0610 ...... 43 file Hex: 0707 ...... 45
FreeSpace Sector Map
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Map Scale: 1 HEX = 3.26 Light Years (1 parsec)
Legend: Planetary Symbols White: Non-Spacefaring Species or Unknown Species Profile Orange: Possibly Dangerous, Unknown Profile, Incomplete Data Blue: Spacefaring Species (may be limited distance spaceflight) Red: Dangerous Region, Avoid Contact
Legend: Ring Symbols Green Ring: Class A Spaceport Purple Ring: Tourist Destination White Ring: Research Station, Fuel Station, or Spaceport of Unknown Class Red Ring: Extremely Dangerous, Planetary Status Unknown, Incomplete Data Sample file
Hex: 0101 into the furthest region of the area, through Designer: Mixu Lauronen (Mixula) several layers of nothingness, interspersed with immensely dangerous fast-moving asteroid System Name: Amiim Ulam, The Bucket-Bong belts, is a bit of a gem. Planetary Survey: 1 inhabited planet, 2 uninhabited planets, 2 gas giants At the edges of known space, surrounded by seemingly impenetrable areas of nothingness, Amiim Ulam is the native name for the planet guarded by a multitude of asteroids moving the visitors simply known as The Bucket-Bong. and spinning faster than most people can react, The tech level of the planet is pre-space. The is a single planet called Outreach with its' two inhabitants, known as the Ulams, resemble stars, B1FF-0RD and B2FF-0RD. This planet is in blue biped tigers. They are mostly agricultural, the goldilocks zone between the two old stars; with no interest in spacefaring. the first of which is fairly close to Outreach, small and blue, while the other is much larger, The most important industry of Amiim Ulam is orange, and 3 times as far away. Their tourism. The planet is mostly covered in forest, gravitational pull balances out, however, due to the dominating tree being ak'lax. The pollen of their size, density, and distance. 4 ak'lax is highly hallucinogenic, and during the spring and summer, for about 80 days (each 32 hours long), the air is full of substance which would be classified as a drug on most other planets.
This brings enormous masses of visitors to The Bucket-Bong. The Ulams are immune to the pollen and thus are able to serve the tourists who are heavily intoxicated. It is illegal to export ak'lax or its pollen. The penalty for smuggling is expulsion for life.
Hex: 0102 Trapped between the two gravity fields of Designer: Samuel Byford (Bifford) these stars the planet's poles point at each star and therefore it spins sideways to the stars' System Name: Outreach locations, with a slight wobble occurring every couple of decades as the poles switch direction The area of space known as "The Outreach" is due to the competing influences of its' suns. only accessible from nearby areas {0101} and Outreach's "wobble" causes minor quakes {0201}. It is a backwater of a place and all maps across the entire planet, lasting for a few show it as a deserted area, devoid of pretty months, as the poles move and settle into their much everything except dangerous fast-moving new direction. There are no sentient species asteroid belts mixed with debris, and with that we are aware of, only herbivores and nothingSample of importance in it. A few travelers file plant-life, but a number of those plants are rare know the truth however, which is that tucked and exotic, with some of them native only to
Outreach and its unusual ecosystem. The fungi prosperous system of eleven planets, each a that grows here is better than any Earth-truffle, shining jewel in the Ladrigal Consortium. highly sought after and incredibly lucrative when sold to the right buyer. It is thought that History the constant daylight from two suns, which Once Shintok's Jewels was a hub of trade, a provide a variety of wavelengths, are the cause prosperous system of eleven planets, each a of the magnificent plant-life. shining jewel in the Ladrigal Consortium. The Jewels were the farthest east the Consortium Outreach and its prizes are a well-kept secret, ever reached - though some might say they known only to a few, and deliberately kept off overreached here, and later in the Consortium the majority of public maps. To those travelers these became known as Shintok's Folly. No one who make the journey, have cargo holds knows what the folly was. correctly equipped to store the valuable flora and fauna intact for long periods of time, and How Vrukai's Puzzlebox got its current name: have the right contacts to be able to sell them Vrukai was a trader of some renown who had for ridiculous credits afterwards, this place is a journeyed to the Jewels, expecting to find goldmine. The region is nigh-on impossible to bargains to last a lifetime, and instead get to, however, and so the benefits must be discovered the Dyson sphere. Vrukai called it 5 weighed against the costs. Plenty have tried the Jewelry Box for it held the Jewels locked and failed and so the asteroid belts are as much inside. But once Vrukai traveled to another debris as rock, further adding to the myth of system and explained why they were so heavily this region being impenetrable, with no reason in debt from what was supposed to be a to go there, and certainly not worth the lucrative journey, the name Vrukai's Puzzlebox potential cost to life and ship. stuck.
Hex: 0105 Rumors and speculation: Designer: Caroline Berg (adularia25) • Lore has it that the sphere was erected while Shintok's Jewels were still part of the System Name: Modern: Vrukai's Puzzlebox Consortium. Classical: Shintok's Jewels | Shintok's Folly • There are no records within the Consortium Planetary Survey: Three confirmed planets: of such actions being taken. Shiirlon, Meshuun, Iburinum • Scholars wonder if perhaps some other group Major Features: Ring of Madness came and built the sphere, encroaching on the Structures: One Dyson Sphere Consortium's territory. • Perhaps the Consortium, getting wind of If players have updated maps: Vrukai's some future threat, embarked on a secret Puzzlebox is a system of three planets and a project to lock this system away. ring of spaceship debris which circle an enigmatic Dyson sphere. No one knows what is The Known Planets locked away inside the sphere. The three planets outside of the sphere are cold worlds, devoid of life. And yet there is a If playersSample have very old or outdated glimmer as to why they werefile called jewels in maps: Shintok's Jewels is a hub of trade, a the first place.
Shiirlon be seen when scanned. But the world is The planet Shiirlon is the closest to the sphere. encased in ice. Almost as if it was flash frozen It is a dawn-shaded world of wondrous when the sphere locked out the sun. stonescapes, wind carved arches, and haunting beauty. If on the planet: Due to the bitter cold, no one has gotten very far in excavating what secrets If the planet is scanned: The atmosphere is are locked in the ice. Your gear warns you it thick enough to contain strong winds, but any would be dangerous to leave your water was long-since taken away. There are shuttle/transport. In fact, no one in recent extensive cave systems under the surface, memory has visited the surface of the planet. clearly they are not naturally made, but they See Alternate Possibilities for more options. are also devoid of all artifacts and life. Iburinum If on the planet: The winds whistle eerie tones The planet Iburinum is the farthest from the as they pass through the arches and abandoned sphere. The planet has numerous craters and caves. It almost sounds like it is haunting music, impacts from extrasolar debris hitting it. but it is just random enough to be a natural 6 phenomenon. If the planet is scanned: It is covered in fine lavender sand, presumably eroded from what once were lavender mountains, but are now merely hills. Any habitations or plants have long-since been pulverized.
If on the planet: The planet is bitterly cold with almost no atmosphere. Anyone who sets down on this planet feels uneasy. There is an oppressive feeling here, as if a great loss was suffered, and etched in the stone. Sand taken from the planet exude that same sense of unease. The lavender sand is lovely, but hardly worth the trip.
Game masters, see Alternate Possibilities for more options for Iburinum.
Meshuun Debris Field: The Ring of Madness Meshuun is the middle planet, a gray-green Many a xenoarchaeologist, historian, or world that is a frozen portrait of what it used to treasure seeker has dared to try to open the be. It comes with a warning not to land under Puzzlebox, only to end up with their abandoned any circumstances because of the extreme cold ships forming a belt around the sphere, a temperatures. graveyard in testament to the unyielding doors. This belt of ships is known as the Ring of If theSample planet is scanned: Once it was a jungle file Madness, for any captains who set their ships in world, lush and green. Some of which can still orbit of the sphere are certain to never return.