GURPS Prime Directive
Stardates
Stardates have been a headache since they were first introduced. The Star Fleet Universe wisely avoids
the whole subject and I would be happy to follow their example. However, one player feels that "it isn't Trek
without stardates" (Dennis), so we worked out this system:
To make things a little easier, I worked out a quick table for the beginning stardate for each month:
The stardate system was instituted in Y153 (2263) which became year 0 for the system. The following year
was 1000 and so on. The beginning campaign year of Y168 is 15000 in the stardate system. Thus 1 June
2278 (Y168) would be 15413.8 ... or something close to it.
Stardates have been a headache since they were first introduced. The Star Fleet Universe wisely avoids
the whole subject and I would be happy to follow their example. However, one player feels that "it isn't Trek
without stardates" (Dennis), so we worked out this system:
- Each year is 1000 stardate units.
- 1 hour = 0.114 stardate units
- 2.74 stardate units = 1 day
- 1 stardate unit = 8 hours, 46 minutes, 34 seconds
To make things a little easier, I worked out a quick table for the beginning stardate for each month:
- January -- 0
February -- 84.8
March -- 162.1
April -- 246.9
May -- 329.0
June -- 413.8
July -- 495.9
August -- 580.7
September -- 665.5
October -- 747.5
November -- 832.4
December -- 914.5
The stardate system was instituted in Y153 (2263) which became year 0 for the system. The following year
was 1000 and so on. The beginning campaign year of Y168 is 15000 in the stardate system. Thus 1 June
2278 (Y168) would be 15413.8 ... or something close to it.
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