Somberview (world)
Somberview/Ownsbee (Gateway 0838) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Era (1116) | B310899-7
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Primary | F2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 2 |
Somberview is a non-agricultural, pre-industrial, moderate population world with over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts in population size.
- It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
- Its economy and population are growing and living conditions are expected to improve in the near future barring outside forces.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Ownsbee Subsector of Gateway Sector.
Description[edit]
Monostellar System[edit]
Somberview Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Somberview F2 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.46 6750 - 6820 3.76041 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0075 0.1608 1.73 - 3 0.75 7.5 Orbit # * 0 5 2 6
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Several attempts have been made to terraform Somberview in the hope of making it less inhospitable. Most have been badly funded projects that achieved virtually nothing.
According to rumour, single-celled creatures from Splinter have been introduced as part of the process to create areas of life-bearing liquid water.
Population[edit]
600,000,000
World Technology Level (T)[edit]
Somberview possesses a Technology Level of TL–7.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early video and early satellite communication networks.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fuel cells, solar energy, and geothermal power sources.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Improved automobiles, hovercraft, and bullet trains.
- Water: Hydrofoils and early triphibians.
- Air: Hang gliders and supersonic jets.
- Space: Deep space probes and interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
Although the world's official Tech Level is 7, it has a modest TL-9 industrial base operated by skilled locals trained on-site or educated at Imperial universities.
World Government (G)[edit]
Somberview is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- T20 QuikLink Interactive Gateway to Destiny
- Periodical: MegaTraveller Journal 4 in Article: 'Gateway Systems'
- Mongoose 2nd: The Trailing Frontier
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com