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* It is a [[Non-Aligned]] world dominated by [[human]] [[sophont]]s located in the [[Scotian Deep Subsector]] of the [[Reaver's Deep Sector]]. | * It is a [[Non-Aligned]] world dominated by [[human]] [[sophont]]s located in the [[Scotian Deep Subsector]] of the [[Reaver's Deep Sector]]. | ||
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+ | === World Technology Level === | ||
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+ | === World Government === | ||
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+ | ==== World Timeline ==== | ||
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== References & Contributors (Sources) == | == References & Contributors (Sources) == |
Revision as of 23:48, 20 November 2017
Hoffman/Caledon (Reaver's Deep 1818) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Era (1116) | D3218A8-8
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | M3 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 2 |
Hoffman is a poor, moderate population non-agricultural and pre-industrial hellworld with a population, over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts, struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.
- Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes even hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often form intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
- It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
- It is a world working towards greater industrial capability, but currently lacks an adequate population to expand its industrial sector.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Caledon Subsector of Reaver's Deep Sector.
Description / Astrography & Planetology
No information yet available.
Monostellar System
Hoffman Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Hoffman M3 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.37 3270 - 3430 0.03081 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0017 0.0146 0.18 - 0.35 0.17 1.7 Orbit # * * 0 0 4
System Data
Primary: Hoffman's Star, spectral class M3V. ICN S4G0208M3V. Mass 0.394 standard. Diameter 0.434 standard. Luminosity 0.020 standard.
Planetary System: Three major bodies. One inhabited world (Hoffman, I). Two gas giants in system. No planetoid belts in system.
Mainworld Data
I Hoffman: Mean orbital radius, 59.84 million kilometers (0.4AU). Period 59.3 days. No satellites. Diameter, 6166 kilometers. Density, 1.04 standard. Mass, 0.055 standard. Mean surface gravity, 0.39G. Rotation period, none (tidal lock with primary). Axial inclination 39°11’12.8”. Albedo, 0.26. Surface atmospheric pressure, 0.20 atm. Composition, oxygen-nitrogen mix with sulfur and sulfur compound taints. Filter respirator combination required to breathe atmosphere. Hydrographic percentage, 10%; composition, frozen water-ice. Mean surface temperature (dayside), -109°C. Protective clothing required in open atmosphere.
Mainworld Geography & Topography
No information yet available.
Mainworld Map
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Native Lifeforms
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History & Background (Dossier)
The colony on Hoffman was originally an accident; the colony vessel Germania, outward bound from Caledon (Reaver's Deep 1815) in search of a new colony site crash-landed on Hoffman after a severe drive malfunction. This was in the period shortly before the Long Night, prior to Caledon’s loss of interstellar travel. The stranded colonists on inhospitable Hoffman were thoroughly cut off; Hoffman’s Star was an uninteresting red sun which, in Caledonian books, rated no more than a catalog number. (Hoffman and its sun were named for the captain of the colony ship, who died when the bridge of his ship was destroyed during the landing. His skill and heroism saved the rest of the ship, however).
The mortality rate on this bitterly cold colony world ran over 90% in the first three years, but, somehow, shelters were built and the colony established. Improvised hydroponics systems were gradually improved, and, ultimately, the colony went underground in a cavern complex discovered by pioneer explorers. Thereafter the colony flourished, albeit marginally, expanding their underground cities slowly and building their technology as they could. The struggle for survival made their progress slow, and, when a Caledonian merchant ship discovered them in 126, they were still far from sophisticated.
Hoffman welcomed trade with the Principality of Caledon, but an ingrained tradition of independence and self-sufficiency has caused the inhabitants to maintain a separate identity outside the Principality. Likewise, they have rebuffed attempts by Germaine (Reaver's Deep 2019) to form a federation of worlds to offset the power of the Principality. Hoffman is the lynch-pin of such a Federation; Skye (Reaver's Deep 2018) is not particularly important, and Santiago (Reaver's Deep 1718) (in the Linda star system) unreachable except by way of Hoffman. For this reason, political intrigue sponsored by the government of Germaine (and backed by the Maxwellian claimants to the Caledonian throne) is common; plots to replace the hereditary Captain of Hoffman with a puppet more pliable to Germaine’s interests are often said to be in the making.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Scotian Deep Subsector of the Reaver's Deep Sector.
World Starport
TBD has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
World Technology Level
TBD possesses a Technology Level of TL–0.
- These worlds often contain a Proto-Sophont species beginning to establish a nascent civilization and society.
- This world is in its Alpha Period and has not yet been interfered with by a higher technology civilization.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Bodily communicative apparati, courier-runners, and smoke signals.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Bodily muscle.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Bodily locomotion, riding beasts, and litters or sedan chairs.
- Water: Swimming, rafts, and canoes.
- Air: Typically not available unless a bodily ability.
World Government
TBD has no central government for the world, an Anarchy. The largest governmental structure would be a family, tribe, or single clan. The largest group will be between 50 and 100 individuals, and there may be dozens to hundreds of them. This governmental structure can be stable over long periods of time if the population remains small or geographically separated.
World Law Level
No information yet available.
World Military
No information yet available.
World Economy
No information yet available.
Trade Data
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World Demographics
No information yet available.
World Culture
No information yet available.
Urbanization
No information yet available.
Historical Data
No information yet available.
World Timeline
No information yet available.
UWP Listing
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Periodical: Traveller Chronicle 6 in Article: 'A Pilot's Guide to the Caledon Subsector'
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com