[Diaspora] Possible errata?

[Lon Sarver]

In the rules and the SRD, the aspects section of system creation implies
that systems should have five aspects.  All the example systems have
only three.  Which is the correct number of aspects?  I think three, but
I don't know if the language is clear, here.

 

>From the hardcover, page 16:

 

"6. Players give each of their systems two Aspects that reflect their
unique identities, extrapolated from their attributes."

 

Later that same paragraph:

 

"Give it two Aspects that describe things that are not represented by
the numbers or that are implied by the numbers."

 

I originally read these two sentences to be referring to the same set of
two Aspects, but the phrases "extrapolated from their attributes" and
"not represented by the numbers" could also be read to mean two sets of
two Attributes, one set related to the numeric attributes and one set
not.

 

Also from page 16:

 

"8. Players should now examine their systems and their place in the
cluster and add a final Aspect to each system to reflect their place in
this implied web of trade and politics."

 

So, depending on how one reads step 6, there are either three or five
Aspects per system.

 

Lon

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