Amondiage (world)
| Amondiage/Old Islands (Reft 2325) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | A5629A9-C
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| New Era (1200) | A562976-B
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| Fourth Imperium (1300) | A562936-B
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | F1 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amondiage is a high-population, pre-rich world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.
- It lacks adequate resources to expand its economy to a rich status.
- Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
- This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Old Islands Subsector of Reft Sector.
- This world has a nearby Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
- This world has a nearby Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.
- This world has a colony at Acadie (world).
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
Amondiage is a hostile, though habitable world. The earliest colonists were not overjoyed at the prospect of living there.
Monostellar System
Amondiage Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Amondiage F1 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.5 6820 - 7020 4.13351 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0078 0.1686 1.8 - 3.11 0.78 7.8 Orbit # * 0 5 2 7
System Data
Amondiage is part of the Amondiage Cluster. The only relatively convenient route which is able to access this very remote cluster passes through Riftspan Station from the rimward-trailward direction out of Moibin Subsector or Limon Subsector.
Mainworld Data
No information yet available.
Mainworld Size (S)
Amondiage is a medium sized planet (~8,000 km), the local gravity is between 0.49g and 0.57g.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)
Amondiage has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)
Amondiage is a dry world with only 20% of its surface covered with water.
Mainworld Geography & Topography
No information yet available.
Mainworld Map
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms
No information yet available.
History & Background (Dossier)
The third of the three initially colonized worlds, Amondiage is an arid world with little in the way of riches or resources. Ruled by a charismatic dictatorship, it has emphasized exploitation of its main colony, at Acadie (Reft 2225), as a source of minerals and raw materials. [2]
World Starport (Sp)
Amondiage has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
World Population (P)
Amondiage is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.
World Demographics
Humaniti, population 100%
World Government (G)
Amondiage is governed by a Charismatic Dictatorship. Charismatic governments justify their ability to rule by simply asserting their right to rule. Charismatic dictatorships are young governments, coming as a recent change and rely on the leader(s) to supply head of government.
World Law Level (L)
No information yet available.
World Technology Level (TL)
Amondiage possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
- Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
- FTL: Jump Drive-3.
World Military
No information yet available.
World Economy
Amondiage has a contract with Ling-Standard Products, and acts as a factor for the megacorporation's products and components. These are shipped to Amondiage aboard LSP starships, after which sales and distribution to other Islands Cluster worlds are locally arranged.
Trade Data
No information yet available.
Urbanization
The Arcologies of the planet are widely separated, but linked by highspeed Maglev rail systems. Grav transport is available for the wealthy or those on government business, but most citizens remain in their home Arcology and use the excellent internal public transportation system. Each Arcology has a governor, who maintains his own council of advisors. This is usually a four-member council, but the actual membership varies.
World Infrastructure
This world possesses TBD infrastructure.
World Culture
No information yet available.
World Language/s
Historical Data
No information yet available.
World Timeline
- –3: Colony ship Voyageur enters orbit around Amondiage
- 340: Amondiage launches its own first colony ship, Asterix
- 1013: Imperial Scout Service mission spreads Jump technology through the Islands
UWP Listing
No information yet available.
References
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- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 12. (map only)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller. Trillion Credit Squadron (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 47.
- Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Reft Sector." The Travellers' Digest 20 (1990): 26-28.
- Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb System Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 57.
- Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 33,72.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 28,164-167.
- Martin Dougherty. Reft Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2010), TBD.
- Mongoose 2nd: Islands in the Rift
- The Trillion Credit Squadron campaign - Amondiage by Alex Tingle
- Old Islands by Peter Gray
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
- ↑ John Harshman, Marc Miller. Trillion Credit Squadron (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 47.