Hephaistos (world)

Hephaistos/Gemini (Solomani Rim 1931)
Classic Era (1116)	A98A776-D Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 7 Moderate (20 million) Government 7 Balkanization Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M3 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Hephaistos is a rich water world with its surface 90% or more covered in an ocean of water.

• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• This world has high-grade living conditions with a good climate and a non-harmful environment. As such, this world is much sought after with large queues for immigration here.
• Most observers think that the planet's economy and population will prosper in the near future barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Gemini Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.

Description (Planetology)

Hephaistos is one of the few completed terraforming projects in the Imperium.

• Begun during the Interstellar Wars, the project was abandoned and resumed several times.
• The project was completed by the Hephaistos Company, which was chartered by the Imperium in 632.

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1931 Hephaistos (Imperial)

Starport: Class V.

Diameter: 9,000 miles (14,400 km). Gravity: 1.21g.
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 95%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 20 million.
Government: Multiple.
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 10.
World Trade Number: 5.

History & Background (Dossier)

Hephaistos is a rich Imperial water world located in the Outback within Gemini Subsector of the Solomani Rim.

The planet was opened to colonization in 835.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Classic Traveller Solomani (Alien Module)
• GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim