Carsten (SM 2906) (world)

Carsten/Aramis (Spinward Marches 2906) Milieu 1116 C427402-B Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 4 Moderate (80 thousand) Government 0 No Government structure Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M1 V
Worlds	15
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	No government
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	1417
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	A33-4 Resources A Abundant Labor 3 Low (8 thousand) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -4 Very poor
Importance Extension	0
Resource Units	54
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Carsten has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Aramis Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Carsten, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world.

Astrography & Planetology

Carsten is a member of the Towers Cluster.

Carsten has a very cold climate and a very thin oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere tainted by low oxygen levels.

The planet is a lawless mining world whose major resource is radioactives. Small pockets of ore allow the local small prospecting companies to make a good living.

Carsten has a solitary primary star.

Carsten
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M1 V	Main Sequence		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks		None

History & Background (Dossier)

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References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 28-29.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 39. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 102.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 104. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Timothy Collinson. Two Days on Carsten (March Harrier Publishing, 2017), 9.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 46-51. (UWP only)