Hrunting (world)

Hrunting/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 0921) Milieu 1116 B563747-9 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 7 Moderate (30 million) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	3
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	7A59
Army Size (BEs)	150
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	D6C+3 Resources D Very abundant Labor 6 Moderate (3 million) Infrastructure C Very extensive Efficiency +3 Improved
Importance Extension	3
Resource Units	2,808
GWP (BCr)	175
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	4,670
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	25,500
Port employees	1,030
Port passengers (annual)	248,900

Hrunting has a short-sleeve breathable atmosphere. The system has a population between ten million and 100 million sophonts. It is a member of Sword Worlds Confederation in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Sword Worlds. This world supports a Sword Worlds Military Base and the system supports a Sword Worlds Naval Base.

Astrography & Planetology

Hrunting is a member of the Spinward Main.

Hrunting has a cold climate and a standard oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere. Hrunting orbits its primary, Beowulf, in a 3:2 orbital resonance at a distance of 0.10 AU.

Monostellar System

Hrunting Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Beowulf M2 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0021	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.21	2.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	0	4

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0921 Hrunting (Sword Worlds)

Starport: Class IV - Military base.

Diameter: 4,165 miles (6,700 km).
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 30%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 32 million.
Government: Representative democracy.
Control Level: 3.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 4.5.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

Not long before the first settlers came to Sword Worlder space, one of the rare "superflares" from Beowulf evaporated much of the planet's oceans. The remaining water in the air condensed over the next century into substantial rainstorms that leached minerals out of Hrunting's soils. These were deposited in huge, salty, chemical-encrusted flats surrounding the shrunken oceans.

Hrunting's capital and starport are at Brennistein, located on the coast of the Kina Sea.

Native Lifeforms

Multicellular life on Hrunting is relatively new, having arisen about 100 million years ago. Photosynthesizing life hasn't yet evolved to live on land, so most of Hrunting's biosphere is in the oceans.

Hrunting's most prominent native life form are the Stone Trees, a diverse mollusc-like order of animals that have recently adapted to invade the land.

History & Background (Dossier)

Hrunting's location on the Darrian border makes it a natural staging area for expeditions into the Darrian Subsector, but also makes it vulnerable to espionage -- which is why the Hrunting system has regular military patrols. Hrunting contains a military base designed to serve as a central command for coalition fleets. The base was built to accommodate a much larger staff and many more vessels than are normally stationed there.

Hrunting, like many of the worlds in the Sword Worlds subsector, is named for a sword -- in this case, a weapon given to Beowulf by Unferth in the ancient Old English epic poem Beowulf. Beowulf used it in battle against Grendel's Mother.

Urbanization

Hrunting has few dozen cities, all with populations of less than 500,000. These act as depots for the hinterlands, seaports through which bulk agricultural goods, ores, and industrial chemicals can be shipped. Most people live in the rural regions around the cities. The hinterlands have little in the way of infrastructure.

Economy

The Luitegard Befordran corporation has a monopoly on heavy transport. Outlying farms and mines have rough landing areas where the transports can land, pick up cargo, and move it to the nearest city.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 16-17.
• 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), 44-45. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 68.
• Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 24-26.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 109. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 89-92,96-97.
• Martin Dougherty. Sword Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2020), .