The time has come to back up and work on Ishee's physical reality ~ once we do that, we can work out its technology level.
The Bishop Scheumack system is a binary star system (9 on 2d6), consisting of one uncommon K7 V orange dwarf star (8 and then 5 on two 2d6, then 1d10 for the decimal classification) and one much more common DM white dwarf star (18 on 2d6+8 and 15 on 2d6+5). The latter star orbits the former at orbit 10 (9 on 2d6 and then 4 on 1d6), which puts it quite some ways beyond the last planet in the system; rolling a 7 on 2d6-2 means thee are only 7 possible orbits around α Bishop Sheumack. Or wait, no, I'm wrong: orbits 0-5 around α Bishop Sheumack itself are available, leaving room for β Bishop Sheumack in orbit 10, which has one planet orbiting it in orbit 0. Orbit 0 around α Bishop Sheumack is in the habitable zone, but everything else is in the outer.
Are there gas giants in the Bishop Sheumack system? Probably, but let's roll the 2d6 to find out. 8 is more than 2, so there, in fact, gas giants. Well, gas giant: a 3 on 2d6 tells us there's only one. Hilariously, planetoid belts receive the inverse of that roll: 5 on 2d6 is less than 8 so there aren't any planetoid belts. Finally, a 2 on 1d6 (being less than 5) means that all of the orbits are filled, which is rad. However, a 6 is higher than a 5 so there are captured objects in the system, their extrasystemic origin resulting in odd orbital distances. We roll a 3 on 1d6, so there are 2 such captured objects. We've 7 orbits, but I'm instructed to roll 2d6 for the baseline orbit, which is an important distinction because I rolled a 12. Since 12 is the closest orbit possible for a planet orbiting both suns in the system, I think I'll use it as an excuse to add an object to the system. So, in addition to the 6 planets orbiting α Bishop Sheumack and one around β Bishop Sheumack, there's also a far planet at orbit 11.7 (percentage deviation rolled on (2d6-2)*10) orbiting both. Only the planet closest to α Bishop Sheumack is in the habitable zone ~ that's Ishee.
I roll a 3 on 1d8 to place the gas giant, which ends up in orbit α2. Everything else is a terrestrial planet. A 1 tells us that it's a Small Gas Giant; the exact size will come later. The rolls for the sizes of the terrestrial worlds in the system are 2d6-7 for orbit α0, 2d6-6 for orbit α1, 2d6-9 for orbit β0, and 2d6-2 for all other orbits. We roll a 2 for Ishee and 0, 6, 0, and 2 for the other planets orbiting α Bishop Sheumack, in order. As for β0, we roll a 1, and then we roll 4 for orbit 11.7. Each Size digit gives an average diameter, and various from that is determined by a (2d6-7)*160 roll for kilometers added or subtracted. I'll roll on that and add them to the list below. There's a separate chart to determine the diameter and Size digit of gas giants, by the way.
As for the names of these planets, let's do that now; it'll make things easier. As always, we grab the dWikipedia and roll 7 names: Corporate Stabilization in the New Age (such a propagandistic name! And lets abbreviate it to CorpStable), Nuovo Portoscuso, Leopard, Pegues, Natasha's World, Paparazkarasi, and Gandhi. You can see them attached to their orbits below.
What kinds of atmospheres do these planets have? Ishee rolls 2d6-5 and gets a wonderfully unexpected 6! That's an Earthlike atmosphere, which is hella cute. CorpStable's roll is 2d6-7; it ends up with no atmosphere whatsoever (0). Our biggun, Leopard, rolls a 4 on 2d6-1 for a thin, tainted atmosphere. Pegues gets a 0 on 2d6-7 which establishes it as an airless world, while Natasha's World gets another thin, tainted atmosphere with a 4 on 2d6-5. A 1 on 2d6-1 gives Paparazkasi a trace atmosphere, and Gandhi receives the same thing on 2d6-3. Side note: Atmosphere 6 + Population 7 = Ishee is classified as a Rich world, which also tells us that the region it's in is a county, not a viscounty.
Bishop Sheumack system:
Orbit H-α0: Ishee, Size 2 (3040 km diameter), Atmosphere 6
Orbit O-α1: Corporate Stabilization in the New Age, Size 0 (160 km diameter), Atmosphere 0
Orbit O-α2: Nuovo Portoscuso, Size 64 gas giant (101,936 km diameter)
Orbit O-α3: Leopard, Size 6 (9920 km diameter), Atmosphere 4
Orbit O-α4: Pegues, Size 0 (960 km diameter), Atmosphere 0
Orbit O-α5: Natasha's World, Size 2 (3040 km diameter), Atmosphere 4
Orbit O-β0: Paparazkarasi, Size 1 (1280 km diameter), Atmosphere 1
Orbit O-11.7: Gandhi, Size 4 (6560 km diameter), Atmosphere 1
Ishee's bUWP is now α-3D-0704-α0 (α Greve-Eau Pleine-α Bishop Scheumack-Ishee)/E26?774-?/X/Ri/Em
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