Flammarion (world)

Flammarion/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 0930) Milieu 1116 A623514-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 5 Moderate (700 thousand) Government 1 Company/Corporation Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F8 V
Worlds	11
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Company or Corporation
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	3739
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	846+1 Resources 8 Moderate Labor 4 Moderate (70 thousand) Infrastructure 6 Limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	192
GWP (BCr)	1
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	1,322
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	9,575
Port passengers (annual)	8,000

Flammarion has both an unbreathably thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Flammarion, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. The system supports both an Imperial Naval Base and Way Station.

Flammarion (world)/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 0930) New Era A623634-D Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 6 Moderate (2 million) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Self-perpetuating oligarchy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	383G
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	13
Economic Extension	856+2 Resources 8 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (200 thousand) Infrastructure 6 Limited Efficiency +2 Good
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	480
GWP (BCr)	3
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	16,158
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	900
Port employees	15,455
Port passengers (annual)	146,500

Era: New Era

Flammarion has an unbreathably thin atmosphere and very little surface water. The system has a population between 1 million and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

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• Flammarion lies on the Sisters' Reach of the Spinward Main, adjacent to the Bowman Arm.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

The system has both a small Naval Base located on the mainworld's single large moon and a Scout Base to serve the Xboat route through to Five Sisters.

Monostellar System

Flammarion Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Flammarion F8 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1.18	6050 - 6180	1.78479
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0057	0.1108	1.24 - 2.17	0.57	5.7
	Orbit #	*	0	4	2	6

System Data

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Mainworld Data

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Mainworld Geography & Topography

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Mainworld Map

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Native Lifeforms

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0930 Flammarion (Imperial)

Starport: Class V - Scout way station and naval base.

Diameter: 5,878 miles (9,400 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin (unbreathable), consisting mainly of nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 29%.
Climate: Cool.
Population: 770,000 (employees of Ling Standard Products or their dependents).
Government: Subjugated (Ling Standard Products).
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 4.0.

History & Background / Dossier

Ling-Standard Products has long owned Flammarion.

Imperial High / Landed Nobility

Flammarion, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

This is part of the Duchy of Iderati

World Starport

Flammarion 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 Technology Level

Flammarion possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B 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-2.

World Government

Flammarion is governed by a Corporate Polity with a single corporation with a typical corporate structure as a government. A company town, or world. The typical corporate run world usually has a single purpose. Examples include mining, agriculture, or other kinds of resource extraction. But rather than a simple base of operations, there are facilities for housing workers and their families including hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure. How, or if, the children of the workers are incorporated into the workforce varies with companies. The corporation running the world may be a subsidiary of a larger interstellar corporation.

World Law Level

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World Military

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World Economy

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Trade Data

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World Demographics

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World Culture

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Urbanization

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Historical Data

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World Timeline

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UWP Listing

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References & Contributors / Sources

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• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), .
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 45.
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 68.
• Type S
• Mongoose Traveller: Spinward Marches
• External Link: LandGrab by Michael Barry
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science