Xhosa (world)
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Primary | M0 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Government | Participating democracy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Moderate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 1133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | 301-5
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Importance Extension | -3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 0 |
Xhosa supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. This a low technology world with technology competency below the standard for Charted Space. It is a Human dominated Non-Aligned world in the Querion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.
Astrography & Planetology[edit]
The planet has a warm climate and a dense oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere tainted by a very high humidity, making disease and fungal infections a constant threat. Xhosa's enormous jungles teem with flora and fauna.
This world is part of the Yiktor Cluster.
Monostellar System[edit]
Xhosa Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Xhosa M0 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.57 3770 - 3850 0.13982 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0027 0.031 0.39 - 0.74 0.27 2.7 Orbit # * * 2 0 5 Remarks None
IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey[edit]
0115 Xhosa (Independent)
Starport: Class I.
Diameter: 9,820 miles (15,700 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen, tainted by a very high humodity.
Hydrographics: 52%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 90.
Government: Athenian-style democracy.
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 5.
World Trade Number: 1.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Xhosa is a non-aligned world only populated by a research team from the Querion xenobiology department.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 6-7.
- 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), 40. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 42.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 99. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 56-60. (UWP only)
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com