Puparkin (world)

Puparkin/Jewell (Spinward Marches 0902) Milieu 1116 C7B3386-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere B Exotic (corrosive) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 3 Low (5 thousand) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K8 V M4 V
Worlds	6
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	2248
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	721-2 Resources 7 Few Labor 2 Low (500) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	11
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Puparkin is a fluid world with an oceanic geography of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a Human dominated Non-Aligned world in the Jewell Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector. 80% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.

Astrography & Planetology

Due to Puparkin's inhospitable atmosphere, all settlements are either built below ground or in sealed surface modules.

Binary Solar System

Puparkin Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Puparkin K8 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.62	3930 - 3990	0.18766
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0029	0.0359	0.45 - 0.84	0.29	2.9
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Puparkin M4 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.23	3110 - 3210	0.00584
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0013	0.0063	0.08 - 0.16	0.13	1.3
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	3

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0902 Puparkin (Independent) - Amber Zone

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 6,650 miles (10,600 km).
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen, but the world’s very cold temperature means high-level nitrogen clouds fall as nitric-acid rain at night.
Hydrographics: 26%.
Climate: Very cold.
Population: 5,300 (1,400 Vargr).
Government: Civil service bureaucracy (presently contested by a Vargr criminal syndicate).
Control Level: 0.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 3.0.

History & Background (Dossier)

Puparkin is a low-population world with fluid oceans located in the Jewell Subsector of the Spinward Marches. Although Non-Aligned, because of location the Zhodani Consulate exerts much greater influence over Puparkin than the Imperium. Approximately 80% of Puparkin's population is Vargr, and the world trades directly with the Vargr Extents and contains a large Vargr trading community.

history-Era: New Era

Puparkin is a minor Spinward State not within the envelope of the Zhodani, Regency, and Aslan spheres of influence. The world trades directly with the Vargr frontiers, and contains large Vargr trading communities. Because of the essentially uncontrolled Vargr presence, Condoyle is considered rather lawless and dangerous environment.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 12-13.
• 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), 37.
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 56.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 99. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 32. (UWP only)