Obo's Moon (world)

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Obo's Moon/Siridor (Mavuzog 1417)
Classic Era (1116)
C100201-C
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size1 Small (1,600 km, 0.05g - 0.09g)
Atmosphere0 Vacuum
Hydrographics0 Desert World 0%
Population2 Low (700)
Government0 No Government structure
Law1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas)
Tech LevelC Average Stellar (robots)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M6 V M7 V BD
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 4
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Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]

Obo's Moon is a low-population vacuum world, with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in population size, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

  • About 50% of the population is composed of baseline humans.
  • About 50% of the population is composed of Jaibok.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The Obo's Moon system lies on the rimward edge of Siridor Subsector.

Binary Solar System

Obo's Moon Binary Star System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Obo's Moon

M6 V

 Primary Main Sequence 0.102 2740 - 2810 0.00034
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0006 0.0015 0.02 - 0.04 0.06 0.6
Orbit #  *  *  *  * 2
Remarks
Flare Star
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Obo's Moon

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
Flare Star. 25 AU distant
Obo's Moon Brown Dwarf Companion
Star Name Heirarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Obo's Moon Tertiary Brown Dwarf 0.05 500-1500 0.000004
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.00082 Surface Surface - 0.02 0.082 0.82
Orbit # * * * 0 2
Remarks
T-Type Methane Dwarf. 410 AU distant

System Data

A diagram indicating the positions of all of the major worlds and satellites in the system. Distances are noted in AU.

Primary System

Secondary System

Jump Shadow

The Jump Shadow of the star lies at 0.082 AU. The mainworld orbits far beyond the safe jump distance.

Mainworld Data

Obo's Moon has been designated the mainworld.

Mainworld Size (S)

This world is a Small World between 900km and 2,400km in diameter. The world has very low gravity between 0.05G and 0.09G. The horizon will appear about 2km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

This world has a pressure of less than 0.001 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

This world has no free-standing water or ice on the surface. Wilderness refueling isn't possible on this world. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are classified Desert World or a Hell World depending on their atmosphere.

Satellites:

None.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

A simple map of Obo's Moon showing regolith plains, rugged highland regions, broad flat mare paved smooth by ancient lava flows and named for their resemblance to seas, and major craters.
Obos Moon World Map Basic.png

Native Lifeforms

None.

History & Background (Dossier)

Obo's Moon has been occupied by the Jaibok.

  • It has been under occupation for around two decades.
  • It has been incorporated into the Korsumug Empire.

The Korsumug Immortal Legion Fleet patrols the system.
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The standard of the Immortal Legion Fleet.

World starport

Obo's Moon has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which includes amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

  • The world had a Class B Starport prior to the Jaibok invasion. Much of the facility lies in ruins, with one isolated section serving as the current port.

World Technology Level

Obo's Moon possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C in Hexadecimal Notation.

The Jaibok are systematically looting the technology and equipment on the world and the local population is a fraction of its former numbers. It is likely that the tech level will soon drop.

World Government

Obo's Moon 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.

  • Government structures have been effectively non-existent since the Jaibok conquest.
  • Things are kept running by negotiated deals with the Jaibok, by actively scavenging for parts, and through black market activities.

World Law

Obo's Moon has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Military

The world has no standing military.

  • A Jaibok military garrison is in place on the world.

World Economy

  • Resources 6 (Few)
  • Labor 1 (Tens)
  • Infrastructure 1 (Extremely limited)
  • Efficiency +4 (Advanced)

Trade Data

The principal exports are raw mineral ores and processed metals, principally rare elements that are sought by heavy industry on Siridor.

The world is not self-sufficient and requires imports of almost every necessity.

  • Luxuries command premium prices.

World Demographics

Population 700

  • Approximately 360 humans, primarily technical personnel operating and maintaining a number of automated mining and processing plants.
  • Approximately 340 Jaibok, largely technical staff examining and looting items of technology and troops guarding automated facilities.

World Culture

  • Homogeneity 2 (Monolithic)
  • Acceptance 2 (Very xenophobic)
  • Strangeness 3 (Somewhat typical)
  • Symbols B (Abstract)

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly spoken language within the system is Siri, a local dialect of Galanglic.

Historical Data

Early in its development, billions of years ago, Obo's Moon was bombarded with planetoids as the system was forming. Some of these were extremely rich in rare elements.

  • These deposits attracted the first enterprising miners, who extracted and refined the valuable minerals. A permanent facility was in place by the early 700s, operated by a colorful individual named Arlen Obo. His ramshackle operation became the foundation of Obo's Moon Processing (O.M.P), an efficient mineral exploration and processing company that claimed jurisdiction over the system.
  • The corporate government invested heavily in the world, upgrading the technology and facilities to better exploit the limited mineral wealth.
  • Obo's Moon continues to provide valuable raw materials to the heavy industries of Siridor, though since the Jaibok invasion in substantially lower quantities.

The reasonable conditions and decent pay offered by O.M.P attracted workers, swelling the population. In their wake came a host of merchants, barkeeps, entertainers, gamblers, conmen, and prostitutes, eager to take their cut of the credits being made.

  • By the 900s, through a gradual process of legal hearings and recognition of rights, O.M.P's corporate government had become a representative democracy.
  • Prior to the Jaibok occupation, Obo's Moon was an important Jump-2 link between Siridor, Marriot, and Weil.
  • The starport was large and busy, being rated as a Class B facility. It was extensively damaged during the Jaibok invasion and has never been repaired.

Obo's Moon was invaded and occupied by the Korsumug Empire in 1085.

  • A large percentage of the original inhabitants fled, escaping to the Marriot system, where they remain as refugees and plan the reconquest of their home.
  • The Jaibok are known to have committed mass executions and other atrocities immediately after their conquest of the system.
  • The remaining human population almost entirely work within the few operational mining and processing plants.

World Timeline

  • ca 400: first known survey (retrieved from a Talokani data archive).
  • ca 700: A private mineral extraction facility, founded by Arlen Obo, is sited on the world.
  • ca 950: The world has become a trade hub, providing a vital link between the Marriot, Weil, and Siridor systems for Jump-2 traffic.
  • 1085: the Korsumug Empire occupy the system after a brutal military conquest.
  • 1091: the world is incorporated into the Korsumug Empire.

UWP Listing

  • Early mineral extraction: E100113-9 Lo Va Sa (population approximately 30)
  • Pre-Jaibok invasion: B100444-C Ni Va Sa (population approximately 11,000)

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