Land Areas (R204G)
Each planet is composed of two map tiles, joined in a circular shape. The planet has various colored symbols on it, each
symbol is a “land area.” Each symbol has a name indicating its type, and additional codes for special facilities:
Symbol Colors denote entrance restrictions:
- White areas can be entered by any type of travel.
- Yellow areas cannot be entered by a starship or ship’s boat, but any other form of travel is allowed.
- Red areas can only be entered on foot or in a commercial vehicle, no other form of travel is allowed.
- Purple areas only by starship, ship’s boat, or orbital shuttle.
- Area Names in white denote good air within the area, area names in black denote normal planetary air (which may be good, bad or none).
- [b] after the name indicates banking facilities are present (see R232A).
- [m] after the name indicates medical facilities present (R231C).
Area Connectors are lines that indicate travel routes. You move from area to area along these lines:
- Short triple-line connectors indicate one hour of travel time, regardless of the means used, to move to the other area. This symbol really indicates that the areas are touching, and thus if both have good air in them, travel is possible between without life support, even on a bad or no air planet.
- Long single-line connectors with a number indicate a larger distance. The number is the distance in “land steps” between areas. See travel rules (R203A) for time needed to traverse a land step.