The dials (only if you want them)

Everything so far ran on default tuning. The root fence - the one at the very top under your # title - accepts dials that reshape the whole galaxy. Skip this page freely. Nothing here is required; this is mastering, not writing.

The galaxy's shape

All percentages; each line optional:

Station mix: 15%      // chance a system holds a station
Enemy mix: 15%        // chance a system holds hostiles
Nebula mix: 12%       // chance a system is nebula
Anomaly mix: 8%       // chance of an anomaly
Derelict chance: 40%  // chance a system hides a wreck to scan
Outpost chance: 40%   // chance of a minor outpost
Mine chance: 50%      // chance an enemy system is mined
Loot max: 2           // most loot caches per system

A trade-opera galaxy might run Enemy mix: 5% and Station mix: 25%; a war story the reverse. Regions override any of these locally.

The reputation economy

How fast trust converts to access:

Job tiers: 20, 50        // standing needed for tier 2 / tier 3 work
Foe deals at: 20         // standing at which a foe clan will deal at all
Ceasefire free at: 30    // standing at which peace costs nothing
Ceasefire per point: 20  // credits per missing point below that
Alliance at: 60          // standing at which a clan becomes an ally
Max reward: 2.0          // pay multiplier at maximum standing

Your own virtues

For a universe whose morality is genuinely different, you can replace the seven trait pairs themselves with your own - one Axis: line per pair:

Axis: pious / heretical
Axis: loyal / faithless

At which point clans value, and captains are judged on, your virtues. That is the deepest dial there is; most universes never need it.

The economy (Goods)

A ## Goods chapter renames the galaxy's trade goods and how common each is as loot. Omit it for the built-in five (provisions, ore, gas, tech, contraband).

## Goods

### Provisions (provisions)
---
Weight: 30
---
Foodstuffs and stores - common cargo on the frontier lanes.

Drop goods or reweight them for a different economy - a spice route versus a tech-salvage galaxy.

When the file gets big: splitting

One file is right for a small universe. When a chapter outgrows the page, move its entries to their own file and leave a pointer:

## Dialogue
---
File: dialogue/veil.amd
File: dialogue/lantern.amd
---

The named files contain just that chapter's entries and are spliced in, in order. The main file stays what it should be: a readable table of contents. (This is exactly how the shipped default.amd is organized - its dialogue, captains, and cast each live in their own file.)

Next: The complete example - the whole Silver Reach in one listing.