Spark generator table

I have decided to generate the sites using this table from now on. The only permissible exception is if I roll a result and kind of don’t feel like using it, in which case I re-roll or do something else.

Type 

Population

Affiliation

Function

Theme

Habitat

Empty

None

Intended

Tragic

Derelict

Non-human

Lawless

Commandeered

Prosperous

Mine

Hermit

Religious 

Damaged

Haunted

Facility

Settled

Corporate

Abandoned

Technological 

Natural

Populous

Government

Converted

Strange

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