Froin (world)
| Froin/Five Sisters (Spinward Marches 0539) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | C535225-9-B
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| New Era (1200) | B535543-A-D
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | M2 V M7 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
System Overview
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.
| 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.
Basics
A low-population Imperial world located in the Five Sisters Subsector of the Spinward Marches. The Froin system contains an Imperial Research Station Zeta. 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.
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,
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.
History
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
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.
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.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com