Raydrad (world)
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Primary | M7 III M2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Balkanization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Extreme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 8478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | 852+1
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Importance Extension | -2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 0 |
Raydrad is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. The system has a population between 100,000 and 10 million sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Trin's Veil Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Raydrad, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. On some starcharts, it is misidentified as Raydad.
Astrography & Planetology[edit]
It is located within the Katarulu Cluster.
Raydrad has a normal climate and a dense oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere tainted by airborne allergens.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Raydrad Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Raydrad Primary M7 III
Primary Giant 8.3 1900 - 2700 2485 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 2.73565 4.13474 39.63 - 64.6 273.565 2735.65 Orbit # 5 6 9 12 15 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Companion Star M2 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.44 3470 - 3560 0.0565 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0021 0.0197 0.25 - 0.48 0.21 2.1 Orbit # * * 1 0 4
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Raydrad grows a number of cereal crops specifically for its distilling industry. Raydrad's most famed product is Ricernay, "a powerful yet mellow golden liquid" that commands high prices among aficionados of fine spirits.
Starport: Graniff Field
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 34-35.
- 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), 51. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 120.
- John M. Ford, James D Maliszwski. Starports (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 105,109.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 115. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 133-138. (UWP only)
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com