Gateway (Ga 1220) (world)
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Gateway/Windfleet (Gateway 1220) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Era (1116) | A002688–B
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | F0 V A2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 2 |
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Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]
Gateway (Ga 1220) is a ring of many small, rich worldlets (planetoids AKA an "asteroid belt"), not capable of retaining an atmosphere or water, and nonindustrial in nature.
- These worldlets are rich with a promising and very lucrative economy. The quality of life is on the rise here.
- The worldlets require extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
- This is the capital of the Galian Federation.
Planetology[edit]
Gateway (Ga 1220) is the nexus of a trade network which spans much of the Gateway Sector.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Gateway (Ga 1220) Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Gateway (Ga 1220) F0 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.61 7020 - 7220 5.2953 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.008 0.1909 2.02 - 3.48 0.8 8 Orbit # * 0 5 2 7 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Gateway (Ga 1220) A2 V
Secondary Main Sequence 1.98 8600 - 8800 10.92265 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0098 0.2741 2.94 - 5.08 0.98 9.8 Orbit # * 0 6 3 7
History & Background[edit]
Gateway was originally an asteroid colony constructed by Galastrian Metals for processing and shipment of raw materials from particularly rich asteroid belts circling the star Thegisthil.
This is the construction site for the Gateway Class Heavy Cruisers.
Timeline[edit]
These are some of the more important historical events that have affected this world:
- -1700: Human explorers enter Gateway Region.
- -500: Interstellar Corporations arise in Galastrian Trade Federation.
- -312: Galastrian Metals founded on Tharver.
- -198: Gateway Sector named.
- -150: Corporate Sector Wars ongoing in Gateway Sector.
- The Year 0: To spinward, the Third Imperium is founded.
- 251-320: Series of workers' revolts in Gateway.
- Galastrian Metals collapses in 302.
- 300 to 420: The Imperial First Survey.
- 612: Galian Trade League and Hochiken Republic fight the 'Heptad War' over the Heptad Worlds of Windfleet
- 758: First Galian-Viyard war ends with the Treaty of Umbrin. Viyard Concourse established.
- 911-918: Galian Civil War. Plavian League, Trindel Confederacy, and Galian Federation emerge from collapse of Galian Trade League.
References[edit]
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com