Orcrist (world)
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | K7 V M7 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Self-perpetuating oligarchy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Low | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 4A27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | A6C+1
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Importance Extension | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 117 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 4.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 11,145 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 36,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 1,215 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 153,500 |
Orcrist is a fluid world with oceans of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, or hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. This world is a satellite of a gas giant or another planet in the system and is tide locked to the planet it orbits. 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[edit]
Orcrist is a member of the Spinward Main.
Orcrist is a relatively young world with a normal climate. The world is undergoing terraforming, seeding the surface with algae and bacteria to convert the atmosphere into a more normal oxygen-nitrogen mixture. Orcrist Soil Manufacturing Project.
The Orcrist system has two stars, the primary Thorin and its companion, Thranduil. The world of Orcrist is the sole moon of the gas giant Dvergur, the only planet of the system. Orcrist is tidally locked with Dvergur and orbits at a distance of 0.32 AU. The moon spins once per orbit around Dvergur (41 hours, 31 minutes), and so Thorin appears to circle Orcrist in that period, as well.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Orcrist Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Thorin K7 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.64 3990 - 4100 0.20972 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0029 0.038 0.47 - 0.88 0.29 2.9 Orbit # * * 2 0 5 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Thranduil 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]
Orcrist's capital city is Grevistad; its Downport is Groenhamm Starport.
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References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- 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), 69.
- Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 41-43.
- 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. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. Sword Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2020), .
- Tony Jones - The Orcrist system - Memory Lapse Megatraveller campaign
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com