From the publisher blurb:
As your characters set off into the universe, the right backdrop - the star system or systems they're voyaging through - can help their story be told. It's like finding a home - the neighbourhood has to be right for you: Is it close to the shops? How does the neighborhood look?
Is that smoke?
So the aim of this booklet is to give you a run-down on a realistic star system, centred on a tiny, red dwarf, sun - which looks more ruddy yellow than red when seen up close - and particularly of how it would be experienced from an Earth-like planet in its habitable zone. The dwarf star, also known as a type M5, is the smallest and most common type of full fledged star in our galaxy, living longer than any other. It’s prone to massive solar storms and planet-scorching flares, but also offers a system of worlds so close packed that even travelling between them with today's chemical rockets would take days rather than months or years. Beyond the broad themes you can set specific details to your needs - for example the number and type of other planets and the galactic neighbourhood. The booklet goes into:
Sky colour: p7
Plant colour: p7
Visual size of planets: p10
Other sky phenomena: p8
Travel within the system: p6
Opportunities: p7
Hazards: p7
Prompts: p8
Visuals from an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone: p7
Combining star systems into clusters: p4
How to go off book with your sun and sky colours: p5
Planets to populate your system with: (E.G. Water worlds, volcanic worlds): p9
Galactic Settings for the system: (E.G. Galactic core, galactic disk): p27
General notes: p34
Glossary of terms: p45