Achille (world)
Achille/Old Islands (Reft 2324) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Era (1116) | E301335-9
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New Era (1200) | X101100-A
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Fourth Imperium (1300) | X101000-0
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | A9 V M0 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 0 |
Achille is an icy, low-population vacuum world, with a population less than 10,000 sophonts in population size, warranting hazardous environment precautions.
- Its surface is ice-capped with little or no atmosphere and nearly all of its water frozen.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Old Islands Subsector of Reft Sector.
Astrography and Planetology[edit]
Most vessels plying between Amondiage and Sansterre go via St Denis, because the port at Achille is so basic. It is little more than a flat area of bedrock. Fuel must be obtained by cracking ice, but doing so close to the settlement (and the port) is forbidden.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Achille Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Achille A9 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.75 7220 - 7400 7.08979 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0081 0.2209 2.32 - 4 0.81 8.1 Orbit # * 0 5 2 7 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Achille M0 V
Secondary 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
History and background[edit]
Colonized after the introduction of the jump drive into the clusters by a utopian group from Sansterre (Reft 2322), the colony remains although the original fervor has waned. [2]
With the arrival of the Regency forces in 1140, Achille was found to be a Cemetery world, with no remaning population. The cause, whether the continued fighting between the Island cluster powers or a Virus attack, remains unknown. Renamed Mitchell by the Regency Quarantine Service and serves as one of the their local bases. [3]
References[edit]
- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 12. (map only)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller. Trillion Credit Squadron (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 47.
- Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Reft Sector." The Travellers' Digest 20 (1990): 26-28.
- Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb System Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 57.
- Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 33,72.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 165,166.
- Martin Dougherty. Reft Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2010), .
- The Trillion Credit Squadron campaign - Achille by Alex Tingle
- Old Islands by Peter Gray
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
- ↑ John Harshman, Marc Miller. Trillion Credit Squadron (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 41.
- ↑ Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 33,72.