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  |P1M1=Gloin I |Dist1=3|UWP1M1=Y300000-0
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  |P1M1=* ''Gloin I'' |Dist1M1=3|UWP1M1=Y300000-0
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  |P1M2=Gloin II |Dist2=6|UWP1M2=Y300000-0
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  |P1M2=* ''Gloin II'' |Dist1M2=6|UWP1M2=Y300000-0
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  |P1M3=Gloin III |Dist3=8|UWP1M3=Y300000-0
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  |P1M3=* ''Gloin III'' |Dist1M3=8|UWP1M3=Y300000-0
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  |P1M4=Froin |Dist4=19|UWP1M4=C535225-9
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  |P1M4=* ''[[Froin (world)|Froin]]'' |Dist1M4=19|UWP1M4=C535225-9
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  |P1M5=Gloin V |Dist5=35|UWP1M5=Y400000-0
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  |P1M5=* ''Gloin V'' |Dist1M5=35|UWP1M5=Y400000-0
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===System Overview===
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== Description (Astrography & Planetology) ==
 
The Froin system is characterized by its old central red dwarf, its single gas giant, and orbiting smaller red dwarf companion star, Aoin.  System age is roughly 9 billion years.
 
The Froin system is characterized by its old central red dwarf, its single gas giant, and orbiting smaller red dwarf companion star, Aoin.  System age is roughly 9 billion years.
  
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|name          = Froin
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|primary        = M2 V
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|PrimaryNotes  = Oin
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=== World Data ===
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Froin is a world commonly referred to as being on the ass-end of space. It is a cold, dim world with no real neighbors and few visitors.  While there is a settlement focused on mining the ores uncovered by the the meteor strike that created the smaller crater, some 90% of the population is employed at the Crater Downport. The main activity here is to serve the rare enterprising or foolish trader that made it out this far.
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=== System Overview ===
 
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!Main Contents          !!Stars                                !!Orbital Distances (AU)
 
!Main Contents          !!Stars                                !!Orbital Distances (AU)
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!Orbit!!SubOrbit!!Name!!Diameter!!Density!!Gravity!!Rotation!!Revolution!!e!!World Type
 
!Orbit!!SubOrbit!!Name!!Diameter!!Density!!Gravity!!Rotation!!Revolution!!e!!World Type
 
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|0.4||3||Gloin I||4.5||4.5||0.02||tl||1.7d||0.04||Terrestrial
 
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|0.4||6||Gloin II||5.3||4.6||0.02||tl||--||0.02||Terrestrial
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|0.4||8||Gloin III||4.3||5||0.02||tl||--||0.01||Terrestrial
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|0.4||8||Gloin III||4.3||5||0.02||tl||6.5d||0.01||Terrestrial
 
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|0.4||19||Froin||3120||4.9||0.43||tl||14d||0.00||Terrestrial
 
|0.4||19||Froin||3120||4.9||0.43||tl||14d||0.00||Terrestrial
 
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|0.4||8||Gloin III||4.5||4.3||0.02||tl||--||0.02||Terrestrial
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|0.4||8||Gloin V||4.5||4.3||0.02||tl||--||0.02||Terrestrial
 
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*Type = G:Space/FI classification
 
*Type = G:Space/FI classification
  
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====Gloin====
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=== Gloin ===
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A large gas giant with a relatively sparse family of moons, orbiting a dim red star.  If there were any other planets within this system, they no longer exist.  Of its satellites, only one of the five is habitable, Froin.   The remainder are small dead rocks, which hold navigational beacons.  Currently, the beacons on Gloin I and II are not functional.
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A large gas giant with a relatively sparse family of moons, orbiting a dim red star.  If there were any other planets within this system, they no longer exist.  Of its satellites, only one of the five is habitable, Froin. The remainder are small dead rocks, which hold navigational beacons.  Currently, the beacons on Gloin I and II are not functional.
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====Froin (Mainworld Data)====
 
  
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=== Froin (Mainworld Data) ===
 
*Mass : 0.43 earth
 
*Mass : 0.43 earth
 
*Apparent day length : Tidally locked
 
*Apparent day length : Tidally locked
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Other units are as per the World table, above.
 
Other units are as per the World table, above.
  
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=== Geography ===
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Froin is an old rock with a fair amount of metals, mostly radioactive endpoint elements.  The core is still warm due to gravitational stretching from its giant neighbor.  There is a large icepack around each of the polar regions.  2 large, interlinked craters are evident on the “spinward” side of Froin.  The main settlement is located in the smaller crater, Crater Deep; the downport is located in the center of the second crater, Crater Shallow.  The downport Crater is approximately 50mi (80km) in diameter and 8mi deep at center.  A 2-track pressurized transit system connects the starport/town to the settlement.
  
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=====Basics=====
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A crater impact that carved a semicircular zone into the edge of the southern icepack houses a Imperial Research Area known as Research Station Zeta with its own staff. Crater Zeta is 20 miles across,
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A low-population {{Imperial}} world located in the [[Five Sisters Subsector]] of the {{Sm}}. The Froin system contains an Imperial [[Research Station]] [[Research Station Zeta (Spinward Marches)|Zeta]].
 
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Froin is a world commonly referred to as being on the ass-end of space.  It is a cold, dim world with no real neighbors and few visitors.  While there is a settlement focused on mining the ores uncovered by the the meteor strike that created the smaller crater, some 90% of the population is employed at the Crater Downport.
 
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The main activity here is to serve the rare enterprising or foolish trader that made it out this far.
 
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=====Geography=====
 
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Froin is an old rock with a fair amount of metals, mostly radioactive endpoint elements.  The core is still warm due to gravitational stretching from its giant neighbor.  There is a large icepack around each of the polar regions.  2 large, interlinked craters are evident on the “spinward” side of Froin.  The main settlement is located in the smaller crater; the downport is located in the center of the second crater.  The downport Crater is approximately 50mi (80km) in diameter and 8mi deep at center.  A 2-track pressurized transit system connects the starport/town to the settlement.
 
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A crater impact that carved a semicircular zone into the edge of the southern icepack houses a Imperial Research Area known as Research Station Zeta with its own staff.   Crater Zeta is 20 miles across,
 
  
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== History & Background (Dossier) ==
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Froin was a ball of low grade rock with no resources and nothing to attract major settlement. First discovered by the Darrians in the pre-[[Maghiz]] period, who accorded it no importance.  it was equally ignored by the Third Imperium during their expansion into District 267 in the 400s
  
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=====Government=====
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This isolation eventually attracted the Ministry of Science's attention, when it was looking for a world to build the Spinward Marches' [[Research Station Zeta (Spinward Marches)|Research Station Zeta]].
  
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=== Government ===
 
Froin is a small world that runs itself as a democracy;  everyone who has spent at least 200 days on the surface over the last standard year who registers to vote at least 10 days before an electoral event is a legal voter.
 
Froin is a small world that runs itself as a democracy;  everyone who has spent at least 200 days on the surface over the last standard year who registers to vote at least 10 days before an electoral event is a legal voter.
  
 
There is an elected President, Vice-President, a unicameral Board of Laws (32 members) and a Judicial Court of Law.  3 Common Courts handle most cases; appeals and special cases are heard by the Judicial Court.  The Vice-President administrates the meetings of the Board of Laws, and may break ties.
 
There is an elected President, Vice-President, a unicameral Board of Laws (32 members) and a Judicial Court of Law.  3 Common Courts handle most cases; appeals and special cases are heard by the Judicial Court.  The Vice-President administrates the meetings of the Board of Laws, and may break ties.
  
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=====Economy=====
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=== Economy ===
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Population  600k sophonts
 
Population  600k sophonts
  
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The Crater Downport and the Crater Startown make up the bulk of employment and trade opportunities .  Employment is offered in all areas of administration, engineering, gravitics, jump-tech,  material working, robotics, etc.  Lower tech trades are also present:  Chandlers, freight workers, warehousing, longshoremen,  animal handlers, etc.  In addition, several technical and trade schools are present here.
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The Shallow Downport and the Shallow Startown make up the bulk of employment and trade opportunities .  Employment is offered in all areas of administration, engineering, gravitics, jump-tech,  material working, robotics, etc.  Lower tech trades are also present:  Chandlers, freight workers, warehousing, longshoremen,  animal handlers, etc.  In addition, several technical and trade schools are present here.
  
 
The planetary post office is also present here.
 
The planetary post office is also present here.
  
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The Settlement in the Deep Crater is focused on mining metal ores, refining them, and transporting them to the starport.  Structures tend to be mostly underground, connected by tunnels or pressurized tubes over the surface.  Public transit is commonly available, but dirty and generally in a barely functional state.  Family abodes tend to be grouped in Inverts, which are a series of chambers cut into the rock off of a central shaft, in a manner somewhat like an inverted skyscraper of other worlds/  Family and sub-cultural structure are strong in the Settlement.  Schools are grouped by Invert and Invert-hex.  Sports are a central theme in the overall culture, and fuel stories, politics and occasional riots.
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The Settlement in the Crater Deep is focused on mining metal ores, refining them, and transporting them to the starport.   
  
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There are advanced communications networks in place with triple redundancy throughout the Craters.  Only wireless communications exist with [[Research Station Zeta]]; that and a hard overland trek to the   security checkpoint.
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There are advanced communications networks in place with triple redundancy throughout the Craters.  Only wireless communications exist with [[Research Station Zeta (Spinward Marches)|Research Station Zeta]]; that and a hard overland trek to the security checkpoint.
  
 
Froin's primary export are metals, primarily lead, depleted uranium, and bismuth.
 
Froin's primary export are metals, primarily lead, depleted uranium, and bismuth.
  
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=====Culture=====
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=== Culture ===
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Local culture is disjointed, with many disparate sub-cultures based on common origins, species, and interests.  Many races have arrived here over the years. Imperial humans are the majority, but [[Darrian]]s,  Sword Worlders, a [[Vargr]] pack,  and a [[Mewey]] trading enclave also make their home here.  No known Zhodani live on Froin.
  
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Local culture is disjointed, with many disparate sub-cultures based on common origins, species, and interests.  Many races have arrived here over the years. Imperial humans are the majority, but [[Darrian]]s, Sword Worlders, a [[Vargr]] pack,  and a [[Mewey]] trading enclave also make their home here.  No Zhodani live on Froin.
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Structures tend to be mostly underground, connected by tunnels or pressurized tubes over the surface. Public transit is commonly available, but dirty and generally in a barely functional state. Family abodes tend to be grouped in Inverts, which are a series of chambers cut into the rock off of a central shaft, in a manner somewhat like an inverted skyscraper of other worlds. Family and sub-cultural structure are strong in the Settlement.  Schools are grouped by Invert and Invert-hex.
  
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Various sports are popular across the sub-cultures, and form a major bonds across otherwise different groups.  There are 3 major arenas in the Startown, and 2 in the Settlement.  Smaller gyms and arenas exist.
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Sports are a central theme in the overall culture, and fuel stories, politics and occasional riots.  Various sports are popular across the sub-cultures, and form a major bonds across otherwise different groups.  There are 3 major arenas in the Crater Shallow Startown, and 2 in the Crater Deep Settlement.  Smaller gyms and arenas exist.
  
 
Education is provided to age of 18, focusing on trade-based education and starship-repair professions. A small university exists in the startown, called Hope University.
 
Education is provided to age of 18, focusing on trade-based education and starship-repair professions. A small university exists in the startown, called Hope University.
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Burial customs also vary by subcultural standards, but are ruled by economics.  Simple burial under a meter of frozen soil on the open surface is most common.  Other groups excavate catacombs; these can span multiple levels for hundreds of meters.  Burial customs typically involve wrapping the deceased with fabric inscribed with messages and adorned with small items..  The deceased is then frozen solid for burial.
 
Burial customs also vary by subcultural standards, but are ruled by economics.  Simple burial under a meter of frozen soil on the open surface is most common.  Other groups excavate catacombs; these can span multiple levels for hundreds of meters.  Burial customs typically involve wrapping the deceased with fabric inscribed with messages and adorned with small items..  The deceased is then frozen solid for burial.
  
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=== Post-Collapse ===
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Froin (0539) was a ball of low grade rock with no resources and nothing to attract major settlement. First discovered by the Darrians in the pre-[[Maghiz]] period, who accorded it no importance.  it was equally ignored by the Third Imperium during their expansion into District 267 in the 400s
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But the world underwent a major expansion after the [[Collapse]]. While not as important as [[Iderati_(world)|Iderati]] or [[Emape_(world)|Emape]], about twenty percent of all the [[Gold Road|Mortal Coil]]'s traffic passes through its huge port. Most ships that pass through are low jump independents that are making an interface from the [[Gold Road|Coil]] along the lower Spin Main into [[District 268|Plankwell]] on their way to [[Collace (world)|Collace]] or [[Forine (world)|Forine]]. About ninety percent of the  population is employed at the starport at this point. The port becomes the fourth largest in Five Sisters, and unsupervised automation became a necessity out of the huge traffic load and the overworked staff.
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This isolation eventually attracted the Ministry of Science's attention, when it was looking for a world to build the Spinward Marches [[Research Station Zeta]]. Zeta was intended for genetic manipulation research, and Froin's lack of a population and thin atmosphere were deemed acceptable for containment and concealment of the stations experiments. While not as secret as [[Vanejen]]'s now notorious [[Research Station Gamma]], or the controversy around [[Trojan Reach]]'s supposedly defunct [[Research Station Delta]], it's isolation permitted it to host research projects for the Navy, Scouts, [[Ministry of Conservation]] and some shady elements of the nobility and intelligence services.
 
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But the world underwent a major expansion after the [[Collapse]]. While not as important as [[Iderati]] or [[Emape]], about twenty percent of all the Coil's traffic passes through its huge port. Most ships that pass through are low jump independents that are making an interface from the Coil along the lower Spin Main into [[Plankwell]] on their way to [[Collace]] or [[Forine]]. About ninety percent of the  population is employed at the starport at this point. The port becomes the fourth largest in Five Sisters, and unsupervised automation became a necessity out of the huge traffic load and the overworked staff.  
 
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
 
{{Sources
 
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||S1=[http://www.downport.com/bard/bard/opal/opal9511.html BARD OPAL 9511] - [[Peter Gray]]
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=The Spinward Marches Campaign|page=}}
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|S6=[[User:Dochsavage|Doch Savage]]  
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|S2= {{Ludography cite|name=The Regency Sourcebook|page=48}}
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|S3= {{Ludography cite|name=Behind the Claw|page=54}}
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|S4= External Link: [http://www.downport.com/bard/bard/opal/opal9511.html BARD OPAL 9511] - Author & Contributor: [[Peter Gray]]
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|S5= Author & Contributor: [[User:Dochsavage|Doch Savage]]  
 
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{{LEN}}
 
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Revision as of 01:08, 5 July 2016

Froin/Five Sisters (Spinward Marches 0539)
Milieu 1116
C535225-9
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere3 Vacuum (very thin)
Hydrographics5 Wet World 50%
Population2 Low (600)
Government2 Participating Democracy
Law5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons)
Tech Level9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also UWP
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Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]
System Details
Primary M2 V M7 V
Worlds 12
Gas Giants 1
Planetoid Belts 0
Cultural Details
Government Participating democracy
Law Level Moderate
Cultural Extension 1137
Army Size (BEs) 0
Economic Details
Technology Level 9
Economic Extension
511-3
Resources5Scarce
Labor1Low (60)
Infrastructure1 Extremely limited
Efficiency-3Poor
Importance Extension -1
Resource Units 4
GWP (BCr) 0
World Trade Number 2.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 0
Starport Details
Classification Class-C
Port Size 0
Building Capacity (Tons) 0
Port employees 0
Port passengers (annual) 0

Froin supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. This world has the Imperial Research Station Zeta for the Sector. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Five Sisters Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Froin, 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.

Froin (world)/Five Sisters (Spinward Marches 0539)
New Era
B535543-A
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere3 Vacuum (very thin)
Hydrographics5 Wet World 50%
Population5 Moderate (700 thousand)
Government4 Representative Democracy
Law3 Low Law (no automatic weapons)
Tech LevelA Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also UWP
Cultural Details
Government Representative democracy
Law Level Low
Cultural Extension 264E
Army Size (BEs) 0
Economic Details
Technology Level 10
Economic Extension
546+3
Resources5Scarce
Labor4Moderate (70 thousand)
Infrastructure6 Limited
Efficiency+3Improved
Importance Extension 1
Resource Units 360
GWP (BCr) 1
World Trade Number 4
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 2,586
Starport Details
Classification Class-B
Port Size 4
Building Capacity (Tons) 0
Port employees 300
Port passengers (annual) 15,500

Era: New Era

Froin has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world has the Imperial Research Station Zeta for the Sector. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Five Sisters Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector. This world is an Interface world, with a quarantine inspection facility for all ships.

Froin System
Five Sisters/Spinward Marches 0539
Position Distance Name UWP
Primary 'Oin' 'M2 V'
1 0.4 AU Gloin Gas Giant
1 3   * Gloin I' Y300000-0
2 6   * Gloin II' Y300000-0
3 8   * Gloin III' Y300000-0
4 19   * Froin' C535225-9
5 35   * Gloin V' Y400000-0
2 102 AU Aoin M7 V

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The Froin system is characterized by its old central red dwarf, its single gas giant, and orbiting smaller red dwarf companion star, Aoin. System age is roughly 9 billion years.

Binary Solar System

Froin Binary Star System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Froin

M2 V

 Primary 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
Remarks
Oin
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Froin

M7 V

 Secondary Main Sequence 0.09 2630 - 2680 0.00022
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0006 0.0012 0.02 - 0.03 0.06 0.6
Orbit #  *  *  *  * 2
Remarks
Aoin

World Data

Froin is a world commonly referred to as being on the ass-end of space. It is a cold, dim world with no real neighbors and few visitors. While there is a settlement focused on mining the ores uncovered by the the meteor strike that created the smaller crater, some 90% of the population is employed at the Crater Downport. The main activity here is to serve the rare enterprising or foolish trader that made it out this far.

System Overview

Main Contents Stars Orbital Distances (AU)
* Central star * Primary Oin, M2 V * Inner limit 0.10 * Companion Binary, Aoin
* 1 terrestrial moon * Temperature (K) 3500 * Inner life 0.850 * Temperature (K) 2820
* * Luminosity (sols) 10.6 * Outer life 1.45 Luminosity (sols) 17.0
* Large Gas giant * Mass (sols) 0.45 * Snow line 0.39 Mass (sols) .28
* * Radius (AU) 0.002 * Outer limit 48.0 Radius 0.0016
* * Stable life 20+ billion yrs --

Worlds

Orbit SubOrbit Name Diameter Density Gravity Rotation Revolution e World Type
0.4 -- Gloin 133300 2.5 4.68 18.4h 62.05d 0.00 Gas Giant
0.4 3 Gloin I 4.5 4.5 0.02 tl 1.7d 0.04 Terrestrial
0.4 6 Gloin II 5.3 4.6 0.02 tl 4.25d 0.02 Terrestrial
0.4 8 Gloin III 4.3 5 0.02 tl 6.5d 0.01 Terrestrial
0.4 19 Froin 3120 4.9 0.43 tl 14d 0.00 Terrestrial
0.4 8 Gloin V 4.5 4.3 0.02 tl -- 0.02 Terrestrial

Units

  • Orbit is in AU or planetary radii for satellites
  • Diam = diameter in miles (X 1.609 for km)
  • Dens = average density in g/cc
  • Grav = 'surface' gravity in G's
  • Rot/Rev = rotation or revolution period in hours (h), days (d), or years (y) ; tl = tide-locked
  • e = orbital eccentricity
  • Type = G:Space/FI classification

Gloin

A large gas giant with a relatively sparse family of moons, orbiting a dim red star. If there were any other planets within this system, they no longer exist. Of its satellites, only one of the five is habitable, Froin. The remainder are small dead rocks, which hold navigational beacons. Currently, the beacons on Gloin I and II are not functional.

Froin (Mainworld Data)

  • Mass : 0.43 earth
  • Apparent day length : Tidally locked
  • Axial Tilt : 0.0 degrees
  • Atmospheric pressure : 0.05 atm (very thin)
  • Atmospheric composition : nitrogen 72%, carbon dioxide 26%, others 2%
  • Hydrographics : 50%, polar glaciers
  • Albedo : 0.35
  • Greenhouse effect : N/A
  • Average surface temperature (G:Space) : 195 K (Frozen)
  • Weather factor : N/A (Earth=10, so less stable)
  • Life : no animals, max IQ 0 (no primate/cetacean equivalents);

Other units are as per the World table, above.

Geography

Froin is an old rock with a fair amount of metals, mostly radioactive endpoint elements. The core is still warm due to gravitational stretching from its giant neighbor. There is a large icepack around each of the polar regions. 2 large, interlinked craters are evident on the “spinward” side of Froin. The main settlement is located in the smaller crater, Crater Deep; the downport is located in the center of the second crater, Crater Shallow. The downport Crater is approximately 50mi (80km) in diameter and 8mi deep at center. A 2-track pressurized transit system connects the starport/town to the settlement.

A crater impact that carved a semicircular zone into the edge of the southern icepack houses a Imperial Research Area known as Research Station Zeta with its own staff. Crater Zeta is 20 miles across,

History & Background (Dossier)

Froin was a ball of low grade rock with no resources and nothing to attract major settlement. First discovered by the Darrians in the pre-Maghiz period, who accorded it no importance. it was equally ignored by the Third Imperium during their expansion into District 267 in the 400s

This isolation eventually attracted the Ministry of Science's attention, when it was looking for a world to build the Spinward Marches' Research Station Zeta.

Government

Froin is a small world that runs itself as a democracy; everyone who has spent at least 200 days on the surface over the last standard year who registers to vote at least 10 days before an electoral event is a legal voter.

There is an elected President, Vice-President, a unicameral Board of Laws (32 members) and a Judicial Court of Law. 3 Common Courts handle most cases; appeals and special cases are heard by the Judicial Court. The Vice-President administrates the meetings of the Board of Laws, and may break ties.

Economy

Population 600k sophonts

The Shallow Downport and the Shallow Startown make up the bulk of employment and trade opportunities . Employment is offered in all areas of administration, engineering, gravitics, jump-tech, material working, robotics, etc. Lower tech trades are also present: Chandlers, freight workers, warehousing, longshoremen, animal handlers, etc. In addition, several technical and trade schools are present here.

The planetary post office is also present here.

The Settlement in the Crater Deep is focused on mining metal ores, refining them, and transporting them to the starport.

There are advanced communications networks in place with triple redundancy throughout the Craters. Only wireless communications exist with Research Station Zeta; that and a hard overland trek to the security checkpoint.

Froin's primary export are metals, primarily lead, depleted uranium, and bismuth.

Culture

Local culture is disjointed, with many disparate sub-cultures based on common origins, species, and interests. Many races have arrived here over the years. Imperial humans are the majority, but Darrians, Sword Worlders, a Vargr pack, and a Mewey trading enclave also make their home here. No known Zhodani live on Froin.

Structures tend to be mostly underground, connected by tunnels or pressurized tubes over the surface. Public transit is commonly available, but dirty and generally in a barely functional state. Family abodes tend to be grouped in Inverts, which are a series of chambers cut into the rock off of a central shaft, in a manner somewhat like an inverted skyscraper of other worlds. Family and sub-cultural structure are strong in the Settlement. Schools are grouped by Invert and Invert-hex.

Sports are a central theme in the overall culture, and fuel stories, politics and occasional riots. Various sports are popular across the sub-cultures, and form a major bonds across otherwise different groups. There are 3 major arenas in the Crater Shallow Startown, and 2 in the Crater Deep Settlement. Smaller gyms and arenas exist.

Education is provided to age of 18, focusing on trade-based education and starship-repair professions. A small university exists in the startown, called Hope University.

Marriage customs vary by subcultural standards, but generally follow Imperium norms. Marriages are generally considered a religious custom, and accompanied by relatively large celebrations. Local government will register any marriage recognized by any clergy, but clergy-recognition is required. Couples are the norm, though some plural marriages exist, including at least one group marriage which is a sub-culture unto its own.

Burial customs also vary by subcultural standards, but are ruled by economics. Simple burial under a meter of frozen soil on the open surface is most common. Other groups excavate catacombs; these can span multiple levels for hundreds of meters. Burial customs typically involve wrapping the deceased with fabric inscribed with messages and adorned with small items.. The deceased is then frozen solid for burial.

Post-Collapse

But the world underwent a major expansion after the Collapse. While not as important as Iderati or Emape, about twenty percent of all the Mortal Coil's traffic passes through its huge port. Most ships that pass through are low jump independents that are making an interface from the Coil along the lower Spin Main into Plankwell on their way to Collace or Forine. About ninety percent of the population is employed at the starport at this point. The port becomes the fourth largest in Five Sisters, and unsupervised automation became a necessity out of the huge traffic load and the overworked staff.

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