Mercury (SM 2624) (world)
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System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | F7 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Captive government | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Low | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 3725 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology Level | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | C55-2
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Importance Extension | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 3,597 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 270 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 1,000 |
Mercury is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. The system has a population between 100,000 and 10 million sophonts. Government control of this world is by an external military force. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Mora Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Mercury, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. The system supports both an Imperial Naval Base and a Scout Base with the additional starship traffic.
Astrography & Planetology
The planet has a thin oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere and a cool climate. Cereal crops such as rice are grown in the swampy coastal areas while fruit is grown in the drier inland regions.
Monostellar System
Mercury Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Mercury primary F7 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.21 6180 - 6280 1.94872 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0062 0.1158 1.29 - 2.24 0.62 6.2 Orbit # * 0 4 2 6
History & Background (Dossier)
The naval base hosts elements of the 73rd Fleet.
Large parts of the world are reserved as training ranges, and are off-limits to unauthorized personnel and civilians. Mercury handles training for both the Imperial Marines and Scout Service.
Mercury is a supplier of food stuffs for the Military including Plant and meat based products. The military has an active procurement and logistics base for the Marines scouts and Navy. Megacorp suppliers such as Instell Arms have offices at the star port to supply the fleet with everything it might need.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 32-33.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
- Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
- Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 46-47. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 112.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 114. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Gregory P. Lee. Cirque (Greylock Publishing, 2014), 98-103.
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 103-107. (UWP only)
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com