Desirability

Desirability, or Planetological Desirability is a generalized measure of a planet's ability to sustain Life, and more specifically Conventional Life.

• It is part of the Importance Extension.

Description (Specifications)

Numerous properties combine to form a life-sustaining environment. Conventional Life requires a planet large enough to retain an atmosphere, an adequate geomagnetic field to protect against excessively harmful radiation, the presence of water or a similar liquid solvent, a pleasant climate, the right Goldilocks Zone, and an unoppressive gravity.

Selected Desirable Planetological Properties

• Planetary Size (S)
• Atmosphere (A)
• Hydrosphere (H)
• Climate (C)
• Orbit (O)
• Gravity (G)

History & Background (Dossier)

Space is full of voids and rifts, large areas bereft of planets, stars, or anything short of micro amounts of interstellar substances (...dust). In such areas of nearly complete emptiness, a habitable world is a hugely valued commodity. The more empty an area is, the more value a habitable world possesses. Imperial society is served by the IISS, an institution that serves exploratory and paramilitary functions, most other polities have an Explorer Service, dedicated to creating accurate star charts and searching out inhabitable worlds and rich sources of desirable resources.

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. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science