Catuz (world)
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Primary | K8 V M6 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Civil service bureaucracy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Extreme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 738C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | 732+2
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Importance Extension | -1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 27,250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 0 |
Catuz has both a thin tainted atmosphere and no surface water which makes habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and a million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions make it dangerous to visitors. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Mora Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Catuz, 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[edit]
Catuz is a member of the Spinward Main. Catuz is a tidally locked backwater with the very dry air contaminated by a fine powdery dust.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Catuz Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Catuz primary K9 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.59 3850 - 3930 0.15775 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0028 0.0329 0.41 - 0.78 0.28 2.8 Orbit # * * 2 0 5 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Catuz secondary 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[edit]
2824 Catuz (Imperial)
Starport: Class III.
Diameter: 2,026 miles (3,200 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin oxygen-nitrogen, tainted by airborne dust particles.
Hydrographics: None.
Climate: Very hot.
Population: 30,000.
Government: Bureaucracy (the Meritocracy of Catuz).
Control Level: 6.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 3.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Catuz is sometimes spelled "Catz."
Catuz currently in the throes of civil unrest. The measures taken to put down the troublemakers have caused an Imperial condemnation to be issued, and a team of observers to be assigned to the world to protect sentients’ rights.[2]
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 32-33.
- 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), 46-47. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 112.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 114. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 103-107. (UWP only)
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
- ↑ Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 112.