Caladbolg (world)
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System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | F7 V M0 V M4 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Balkanization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Moderate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 6B49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | A6D+3
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Importance Extension | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 2,340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 4.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 2,911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 70,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 4,090 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 178,300 |
Caladbolg has an ideal environment for producing agricultural goods and an balanced population between 10 and 100 million. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Caladbolg, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdoms of a baron and a minor duke. All three are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel.
Caladbolg System | |||
Sword Worlds/Spinward Marches 1329 | |||
Position | Distance | Name | UWP |
Primary | Escalibor | F7 V | |
0 | 0.2 AU | --- | (Empty Orbit) |
1 | 0.4 AU | Câliburn | Y?0?0000-0 |
1 | (Moonlet #1) | YS00000-0 | |
2 | (Moonlet #2) | YS00000-0 | |
3 | (Moonlet #3) | YS00000-0 | |
2 | 0.7 AU | Broken Stone Belt | Y000000-0 |
3 | 1.0 AU | Caladbolg | B365776-A |
10 | ? AU | Distant Companion Star #1 | M0 V |
11 | ? AU | Distant Companion Star #2 | M4 V |
Astrography & Planetology
Caladbolg is a member of the Spinward Main.
Caladbolg sits near the center of the system's habitable zone and has an ideal climate for human habitation. Its atmosphere is pure and ecological legislation is strict.
Trinary Solar System
Caladbolg Trinary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Escalibor F7 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.21 6180 - 6280 1.94872 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0062 0.1158 1.29 - 2.24 0.62 6.2 Orbit # * 0 4 2 6 Remarks Escalibor Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) ''(Companion #1)'' M0 V
Secondary 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 Remarks Distant Companion Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) ''(Companion #2)'' M4 V
Tertiary Main Sequence 0.23 3110 - 3210 0.00584 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0013 0.0063 0.08 - 0.16 0.13 1.3 Orbit # * * 0 0 3 Remarks Distant Companion
History & Background (Dossier)
The planet enjoys an active tourist trade and goes to great lengths to promote itself as a modern "Garden of Eden". Much of its economy depends on either the tourist trade or the vast farmlands which cover many portions of the world's surface.
Caladbolg, with a current population of roughly 70 million, was first colonized in -321. These colonists were from the Solomani worlds and invited by the Sword worlders via their cruiser "Robert the Bruce"; only a few of the settlers from the original Gram Fleet settled here.[3] Over the centuries, the people of Caladbolg have developed an agricultural economy and supply important agricultural resources to many worlds in the Sword Worlds Subsector but they have always been separate from the core sword world culture as a result of their early colonisation history.[4]
The citizens of Caladbolg are divided into 17 independent regions known as Colonies. Although there is a degree of competition between the Colonies, they have strong economic ties with each other and friction is minimal. There has never been a major war between them.
Planetary policy is established by the Colonial Congress which meets in an ongoing session in the jointly operated Camelot City, the planet's only major population center. This body regulates any disputes between the Colonies that cannot be independently resolved. The System Defense Fleet, composed of citizens from each of the Colonies, answers directly to the Congress.
In addition to providing a meeting place for the Congress, Camelot City is home to the world's only starport. Although this facility is small, it is a sophisticated, high-tech operation.
The System Defense Fleet's primary job is to defend Caladbolg from the asteroids in the Broken Stone belt. The Broken Stone belt is an unusually diffuse belt, with asteroids regularly crossing the orbit of Caladbolg and Caliburn (a world on an orbit inward of the belt).
Headquarters of the Order of the White Star.
Caladbolg is the sword of Fergus mac Róich from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. It was said to be a two-handed sword that made a circle like an arc of rainbow when swung, and to have the power to slice the tops off hills and slaughter an entire army.
Imperial Landed Nobility
Caladbolg, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of three members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.
- It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
- It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial baron.
- It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial minor duke.
- See: Nobles of Caladbolg
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 16-17.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
- Gary L. Thomas. "Sword of Arthur." The Travellers' Digest 16 (1989): 19-24.
- Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Psionic Knights." The Travellers' Digest 17 (1989): 19-24.
- 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), 70-71.
- Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 78.
- Martin Dougherty. Bowman Arm (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), 9-10.
- 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 Caladbolg system - Memory Lapse Megatraveller campaign
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
- ↑ Gary L. Thomas. "Sword of Arthur." The Travellers' Digest 16 (1989): 20.
- ↑ Martin Dougherty. Sword Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2020), 5.
- ↑ Martin Dougherty. Sword Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2020), 5.
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