Next in the sysgen series I'd like to address moon tidelocks for type-G and type-I planets. For clarification I'm going to use these two terms:
tidelocked moon = a moon that is tidelocked, but is not a twin (ie. it is tidelocked to the planet, but the planet is not tidelocked to the moon).
big moon = a tidelocked moon that is large enough to be a twin.
twin = referring to the big moon as a planet.
1. G and I twins are a little funky in ULTRA. Basically you are never going to see a twin type-G or type-I planet. So what do I propose? gas giant twins are addressed in #2 below, but type-I twins should become type-F. Not mF.
2. Right now the W6.04.2 tidelock table turns all tidelocked moons into type-mT. That is very unrealistic and skips another type of moon you find around gas giants. A tidelocked moon around a type-G should be type-mH. Io. A big moon around a type-G can be type-mT, that makes them more rare and more realistic.
Now to address an issue that was brought up, Marvin's reason for not changing this was that he apparently made them more available in order to balance the exotic life-types table. So be aware that this change will reduce the number of terran-type planets on the exotic life types table. I would propose that we change the table to adjust, but at this time I'm unsure of how much change (effort) that will require.
3. tidelocked moons around type-I will remain type-mF just like regular moons. They do heat up, but not enough to change the type of moon.
Thoughts? Comments?