Flammarion (world)

Flammarion/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 0930) Milieu 1116 A623514-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 5 Moderate (700 thousand) Government 1 Company/Corporation Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F8 V
Worlds	11
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Company or Corporation
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	3739
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	846+1 Resources 8 Moderate Labor 4 Moderate (70 thousand) Infrastructure 6 Limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	192
GWP (BCr)	1
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	1,322
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	9,575
Port passengers (annual)	8,000

Flammarion has both an unbreathably thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Flammarion, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world. The system supports both an Imperial Naval Base and Way Station.

• Flammarion is a member of the Spinward Main.
• It is a member of the Sisters' Reach region of the Main, adjacent to the Bowman Arm.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Flammarion has a solitary primary star.

• It is a white main sequence.

Flammarion has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.18	6050 - 6180	1.78479
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0114	0.1108	1.24 - 2.17	1.14	11.4
	Orbit #	*	0	4	3	7
	Remarks

The system has both a small Naval Base located on the mainworld's single large moon and a Scout Base to serve the Xboat route through to Five Sisters Subsector.

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0930 Flammarion (Imperial)

Starport: Class V - Scout way station and naval base.

Diameter: 5,878 miles (9,400 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin (unbreathable), consisting mainly of nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 29%.
Climate: Cool.
Population: 770,000 (employees of Ling Standard Products or their dependents).
Government: Subjugated (Ling Standard Products).
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 4.0.

History & Background / Dossier

Ling-Standard Products has long owned Flammarion.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Flammarion, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

Flammarion is part of the Duchy of Iderati.

World Starport

Flammarion has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)

Flammarion has a population of 700,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

World Technology Level

Flammarion possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-2.

World Government

Flammarion is governed by a Corporate Polity, having a single corporation with a typical corporate structure as a government. Essentially, this is a "company town" (or world). The typical corporate-run world usually has a single purpose. Examples include mining, agriculture, or other kinds of resource extraction. But rather than a simple base of operations, there are facilities for housing workers and their families, including hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure. How, or if, the children of the workers are incorporated into the workforce varies with companies. The corporation running the world may be a subsidiary of a larger interstellar corporation.

The government is controlled by a strict corporate hierarchy, and employees are all aware of this. Technically, the leader is the chief executive officer for Ling-Standard Products, but since that office is dozens of parsecs distant, the responsibility is actually held by a local board of directors, some of whom are LSP lifers and others taken from the ranks of local resource extraction firms.

World Law (L)

Flammarion has a moderate law level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. Light assault weapons, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

History: Milieu 1248

Flammarion is still a loyal world of the Imperial Regency. It had long operated as an isolated outpost during pre-Civil War times, and reverted to that operation. The Imperial Regency greatly values this distant outpost and keeps the world heavily fortified and defended. This world should always be considered an Amber Zone, and considered to have a law level of “F” to anyone not from the Imperial Regency. Non-Regency traffic has learned to avoid the world.

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), 16-17.
• 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), 44-45. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 68.
• Martin Dougherty. Bowman Arm (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), 9.
• Martin Dougherty. Type S (ComStar Games, 2008), 14,41.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 109.
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 89-92,96-97. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. Sword Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2020), .
• Michael Barry - Flammarion Landgrab