Gram (world)

Gram/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 1223) Milieu 1116 A895957-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 9 High (6 billion) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F2 V M2 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	3
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	9E5C
Army Size (BEs)	1200
Economic Details
Technology Level	12
Economic Extension	E8G+5 Resources E Extremely abundant Labor 8 Moderate (600 million) Infrastructure G Very comprehensive Efficiency +5 Very advanced
Importance Extension	5
Resource Units	8,960
GWP (BCr)	49,224
World Trade Number	5.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	67,210
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	5,700,000
Port employees	11,185
Port passengers (annual)	542,900

Gram is an industrial world with a tainted atmosphere. The system has a population over one billion. This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the extra trade and prestige associated with that role. It is a member of Sword Worlds Confederation in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Sword Worlds. This world supports a Sword Worlds Military Base and the system supports a Sword Worlds Naval Base.

Gram (world)/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 1223) New Era A895957-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 9 High (8 billion) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	9D5C
Army Size (BEs)	1200
Economic Details
Technology Level	12
Economic Extension	E8G+0 Resources E Extremely abundant Labor 8 Moderate (800 million) Infrastructure G Very comprehensive Efficiency +0 Average
Importance Extension	4
Resource Units	1,792
GWP (BCr)	49,224
World Trade Number	5.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	169,144
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	5,700,000
Port employees	19,010
Port passengers (annual)	679,100

Era: New Era

Gram is an industrial world with a tainted atmosphere. The system has a population over one billion. This world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector. This world is an Interface world, with a quarantine inspection facility for all ships.It also has a nearby Regency Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

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• This is the homeworld of the Sword Worlders culture.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

No information yet available.

Binary Solar System

Gram Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
"Sigurd" F2 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1.46	6750 - 6820	3.76041
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0075	0.1608	1.73 - 3	0.75	7.5
	Orbit #	*	0	5	2	6
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
"Sigmund" M2 V	Secondary	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

System Data

The Gram system has two stars: the primary, "Sigurd", and its companion, "Sigmund". Gram orbits at a distance of 4.0 AU and has a single small moon.

Mainworld Data

Gram has a normal climate with a dense oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere tainted by industrial pollution.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

The world is remarkable in that its surface is almost perfectly divided between land and water; there is one giant ocean, Vendshavet, and one supercontinent, Midgaard, though Gram also has a number of small inland seas here and there. The capital city of Gram is Ny Kalmar; a smaller city, Faellesborg, serves as capital for the Confederation.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

Gram was the first of the Sword Worlds to be settled. The world was sufficiently habitable to allow the colonists to establish a home and then spread out to what became the other Sword Worlds as their numbers grew. For this reason the people of Gram have always considered themselves the original and best Sword Worlders, and of course the rightful leaders of the Confederation.

• Gram has been at least the nominal capital of the Confederation since 852.

World Starport

Gram 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.

• Gram produces most of the warships used throughout the Confederation. Conditions in Gram's industrial cities are rather grim, with unrest common among the workers.

World Technology Level

Gram possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C 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-3.

World Government

Gram is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

World Military

Gram has an orbital military base. The original was was badly battered in the last days of the Fifth Frontier War, and a new one was constructed following the war.

World Economy

No information yet available.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

World Demographics

No information yet available.

World Culture

No information yet available.

Historical Data

History-Milieu: New Era: Gram has been largely ambivalent towards the Regency. The world's lower classes had been miserable under Sword World rule, and trade with the Regency has brought them a measure of prosperity. Unlike most other violence stricken Sword Worlds, resistance to occupation has not come from the grassroots, as on Sacnoth, but from disaffected parts of the upper and middle classes, largely students and intellectuals. Gram's government is strongly divided between pro and anti-Regency factions, and intercommunal fighting has been a problem.

The Representative Authority is a Ruler, King Albrecht VII who (along with his Queen, Ingrid) represents the place and fills the executive and judicial roles. Several councils fulfill the role of the legislative arm.

The Royal Shipyards are the only place in the Sword Worlds which can construct jump drives. In addition to the normal defenses, the planet is defended by a number of TL–12 Meson gun planetary defense sites (obtained from Sacnoth). They are EM Masked, with nuclear dampers and meson screens. The cities of Gram are also protected by nuclear dampers and meson screens.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), TBD.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 45.
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 70.
• Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), TBD.
• Bryan Steele. Sword Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), TBD.
• External Link: DED Zone.net - Peter Gray
• External Link: MegaTraveller Website - Tony Jones
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science