Forine (world)/meta

Safari Ship claims that Forine had a population of 5.9 billion in 1110. Behind the Claw claims that it has a population of 1.6 billion in 1120. The easiest way to reconcile the two figures is to say that the 1.6 billion is the population of Forine itself and the 5.9 billion is the total population of the system. Ignoring the complications of population increases between the two dates (Forine could have a zero population growth policy), this means that 4.3 billion lives offworld. It is (just) possible to give Forine the highest population in the system by distributing the rest with 1.5 billion in the Dragan Belt and 1.4 billion each in the two clusters, but that seems a tad contrieved. It is canonical that the Forine system only has one belt and no gas giants, but one could introduce a couple of other terrestrial planets. Instead, I've chosen to assume that the Scouts occasionally make exceptions to the rule that the most populous world/belt in a system is considered the mainworld. After all, Forine is the capital of the system and far more populous than any one planetoid in the belt. Rancke 14:00, 22 August 2007 (UTC)