Carse (world)

Carse/Lunion (Spinward Marches 2224) Milieu 1116 C563325-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 3 Low (6 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V M6 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	1237
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	621-3 Resources 6 Few Labor 2 Low (600) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	8
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

Carse supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lunion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Carse, 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

Carse is a member of the Spinward Main.

The world is covered with a variety of biomes including deserts, grassy plains, and temperate forests. Despite what seems like a rather lush garden world-like environment, it is anything but. Local conditions favor specially adapted lifeforms and human-congruous life struggles on the world.

Binary Solar System

Carse Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Carse primary M3 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0017	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.17	1.7
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	4
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Carse companion M6 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.102	2740 - 2810	0.00034
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0006	0.0015	0.02 - 0.04	0.06	0.6
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	2

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2224 Carse (Imperial)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 4,009 miles (6,400 km).
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 34%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 6,400.
Government: Democracy.
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 3.

Native Lifeforms

The planet has a rich biosphere including the popular Meldo plant, which is popular throughout the sector and beyond for its tasty fruit.

History & Background (Dossier)

Most of the population is employed in tourism, serving the offworld visitors who have come to see the spectacular wind-worn rock formations of the Gresni Desert. Other important sources of employment are servicing the starport or raising cactus-like Meldo-fruit plants for export.

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 24-25.
• 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), 46. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 93.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 113. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 98-102. (UWP only)