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= CE Exploration of the World =

This index covers travel, exploration, trade, and adventure beyond the starting world in the Mneme Cepheus Engine system.

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== Core Exploration Chapters ==

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! Chapter !! Title !! Description
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| '''Chapter 6''' || [[Mneme CE Chapter 6 Off World Travel]] || Interplanetary and interstellar travel, jump drives, ship operations, common travel times
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| '''Chapter 7''' || [[Mneme CE Chapter 7 Trade and Commerce]] || Speculative trading, finding suppliers and buyers, cargo, trade goods, commerce mechanics
|}

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== Extended Exploration Chapters ==

The following chapters provide additional content for world exploration and adventuring:

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! Chapter !! Title !! Description
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| '''Chapter 11''' || [[Mneme CE Chapter 11 Environments and Hazards]] || Environmental hazards, carrying capacity, diseases, temperature extremes, vacuum exposure
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| '''Chapter 13''' || [[Mneme CE Chapter 13 Planetary Wilderness Encounters]] || Animal encounters, creature generation, terrain tables, encounter systems
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| '''Chapter 14''' || [[Mneme CE Chapter 14 Social Encounters]] || Random encounters, patrons, rumors, legal encounters, NPC attitudes
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| '''Chapter 15''' || [[Mneme CE Chapter 15 Starship Encounters]] || Space encounters, derelicts, alien vessels, space junk, encounter tables
|}

The original source document is also available:
[file:CE CH 11 13 14 15 Exploring the World.docx]

''This document contains all chapters in their original format.''

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== Exploration Overview ==

=== Interplanetary Travel ===

All ship operations involve sublight maneuvering. Ships typically:
* Accelerate halfway to destination
* Reverse thrust and decelerate
* Use standard travel time formulas based on G-rating and distance

'''Key Topics in Chapter 6:'''
* Common travel times by acceleration
* Jump point distances by world size
* Life support and supplies
* Starship revenues and costs

=== Interstellar Travel ===

Jump drives enable faster-than-light travel:
* Jump takes 1 week regardless of distance
* Fuel requirements based on ship tonnage
* Navigation and astrogation
* Jump shadows and safe distances

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== Trade and Commerce System ==

=== Speculative Trade ===

For merchants willing to take risks, speculative trading can be highly profitable. The basic procedure:

# '''Find a supplier''' - Search for goods available (modified by starport class)
# '''Determine goods available''' - Roll on trade goods tables
# '''Determine purchase price''' - Broker skill and market conditions affect price
# '''Transport to new world''' - Navigate to destination with cargo
# '''Find a buyer''' - Connect with buyers at destination
# '''Determine sales price''' - Market factors determine final profit

'''Key Topics in Chapter 7:'''
* Trade goods tables by category
* Purchase and sales price modifiers
* Starport class effects on trade
* Black market and illegal goods
* Passenger and mail contracts

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== Related Systems ==

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! System !! Link !! Purpose
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| '''World Generation''' || [[Mneme World Generator]] || Create detailed worlds for exploration
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| '''Ship Design''' || [[Mneme CE Chapter 8 Ship Design]] || Build ships for travel and trade
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| '''Space Combat''' || [[Mneme CE Space Combat]] || Combat encounters in space
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| '''Character Creation''' || [[Character Creation]] || Create explorers and traders
|}

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== Quick Reference ==

=== Travel Times (1-G Acceleration) ===

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! Distance !! Time !! Example
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| 1,000 km || 10m 32s || Jump point, planetoid
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| 10,000 km || 33m 20s || Surface to orbit
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| 160,000 km || 2h 13m || Jump point, Size 1 world
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| 320,000 km || 3h 9m || Jump point, Size 2 world
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=== Starport Trade Modifiers ===

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! Starport Class !! Supplier DM !! Notes
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| A || +6 || Full facilities
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| B || +4 || Limited manufacturing
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| C || +2 || Routine repairs only
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| D || +0 || Unrefined fuel only
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| E || -2 || Minimal facilities
|}

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== Adventure Hooks ==

''Common exploration scenarios:''

; Courier Mission : Deliver sensitive data to another world within a time limit
; Survey Expedition : Map unexplored regions of a newly discovered planet
; Trade Run : Establish a profitable route between two systems
; Rescue Operation : Find and extract stranded explorers or ship crews
; Archaeological Dig : Uncover ancient ruins on a forbidden world

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