Banasdan (world)
Banasdan/Banasdan (Solomani Rim 2920) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Era (1116) | A653A54-F
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | M0 V M2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 3 |
Banasdan is a poor, high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.
- This world is always on the edge of revolution as the common citizen struggles under extremely low wages. Much dissent is present.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Banasdan Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
- This world has a colony at Nyarlathotep (SR 2720) (world).
Description (Planetology)
Living conditions on Banasdan are difficult, despite the planet’s thriving industrial economy and high technological base. The surface of the planet is only barely habitable, so the vast majority of the planet’s population huddles in sealed arcologies or underground cities.
Binary Solar System
Banasdan Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Banasdan M0 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.57 3770 - 3850 0.13982 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0027 0.031 0.39 - 0.74 0.27 2.7 Orbit # * * 2 0 5 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Banasdan M2 V
Secondary 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
2920 Banasdan (Imperial Subsector Capital)
Starport: Class V.
Diameter: 6,000 miles (9,600 km). Gravity: 0.68g.
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 32%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 30 billion.
Government: Representative Democracy.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 12.
World Trade Number: 6.5.
History & Background (Dossier)
Banasdan is a poor, high-population world located in Banasdan Subsector of the Solomani Rim. The system is a member of the Imperium and is the subsector capital.
The world was settled by Terrans following the Eighth Interstellar War. During the Long Night Banasdan was the capital of a small pocket empire known as the Arcturus Federation, the smallest of the original Rim States. Banasdan reluctantly joined the Imperium in 583.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Classic Traveller Murder on Arcturus Station
- TNE Survival Margin
- GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com