[TML] Forwarded Question re: Population modifier

[John Appel]

On 10/29/07, Tom Cusworth <tom.cusworth at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I read a question today on the Megatraveller Yahoo! Group and I wondered
> about this myself...
>
> The question was regarding the Population Modifier in the Megatraveller
> rules, specifically, what is it, what does it mean and what's it for?
>
> -Tom

Tom,

The population rating for a world is simply the order of magnitude of
the population.  So a population 6 world has a population somewhere
between 1,000,000 and 9,999,999.  The population multiplier was
developed to specify a bit more precisely where in that range you
fell.  So, for example, a population 6 world with a multiplier of 7
would have a population between 7,000,000 and 7,999,999 sophonts.  In
other words, the population would be on the order of 7x10^6.

- John