Ameros (world)

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Ameros/Ameros (Core 2008)
Milieu 0
A310122-C
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g)
Atmosphere1 Vacuum (trace)
Hydrographics0 Desert World 0%
Population1 Low (50)
Government2 Participating Democracy
Law2 Low Law (no energy weapons)
Tech LevelC Average Stellar (robots)
Classic Era (1116)
B310542-D
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g)
Atmosphere1 Vacuum (trace)
Hydrographics0 Desert World 0%
Population5 Moderate (600 thousand)
Government4 Representative Democracy
Law2 Low Law (no energy weapons)
Tech LevelD Average Stellar (holo data)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M1 V M7 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 5

Ameros

Description (Planetology)[edit]

In 1051, the famous financial/banking megacorporation Hortalez et Cie underwrote one of the most ambitious terraforming projects to date in the Imperium on the world of Ameros.

The goal of the pilot project is to completely transform the surface of Ameros from a barren airless rock into a world with a thin atmosphere and a 10% hydrosphere in less than 100 years. If successful, the project will pave the way for comfortable colonization of otherwise inhospitable moons and planets.

The progress on Ameros so far has been disappointing: its atmosphere is only up to a trace level from its original vacuum state and its hydrosphere has been increased to a mere 2%, all of which is currently in the form of ice. Hortalez et Cie has expressed some concern over the discouraging progress; the research team on the world has assured the banking firm that the project is actually closer to being on track than it appears. They contend the last 25% of a terraforming period is when the most dramatic results appear.

Binary Solar System[edit]

Ameros Binary Star System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Ameros

M1 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.5 3620 - 3660 0.08839
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0023 0.0247 0.31 - 0.59 0.23 2.3
Orbit #  *  * 1 0 5
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Ameros

M7 V

Secondary Main Sequence 0.09 2630 - 2680 0.00022
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0006 0.0012 0.02 - 0.03 0.06 0.6
Orbit #  *  *  *  * 2

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

A non-industrial world in the Ameros Subsector of the Core Sector.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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