Shadowsand (world)
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| Shadowsand/Inverness (Far Frontiers 2526) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | C000419-B
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | Black Hole | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shadowsand is a ring of many small worldlets (planetoids AKA an "asteroid belt"), not capable of retaining an atmosphere or water, and nonindustrial in nature.
- These worldlets warrant hazardous environment precautions.
- Life in a vacuum requires great discipline. After all, it only takes one forgotten seal on a vacuum suit to spell death. Those who survive tend to be very methodically-minded and attentive to small detail.
- The worldlets require extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Inverness Subsector of Far Frontiers Sector.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
It is a world in Far Frontiers Sector.
- It lies just outside the Protectorate.
Monostellar System
Shadowsand Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Shadowsand BH
Primary Black Hole 5 0 - 0 0 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 Orbit # * * * * * Remarks Singularity <small>(FARF-BH2526 (star))</small>
System Data
Point of Interest: Shadowsand Black Hole
This system contains a black hole instead of a primary star.
- The astrophysical properties of a world in a stable orbit around a black hole are not well understood.
- Some even conjecture that this world's orbit is not stable in the long-term...
Mainworld Data
No information yet available.
Mainworld Size (S)
No information yet available.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)
Shadowsand 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)
No information yet available.
Mainworld Geography & Topography
No information yet available.
Mainworld Map
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms
No information yet available.
History & Background (Dossier)
It is an airless set of planetesimals captured within a ring of radius 500,000,000 km around a supernova remnant that has collapsed into black hole.
- Because of the enormous energies released by the nova, Shadowsand has been mined heavily in the last fifteen years since the discovery there of eka-metals, super-heavy metals with very unusual and unique properties.
- In 1094, the Chalq Dhamon rebels commandeered mining operations there considered vital to the success of Genem Inc.'s freepoint armor projects for fourteen months before being destroyed by several contingents of Protectorate Marines.
World Starport (Sp)
Shadowsand 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.
World Population (P)
No information yet available.
World Demographics
Humaniti, population 100%
World Government (G)
Shadowsand is governed by a Corporate Polity with a single corporation with a typical corporate structure as a government. A company town, or world. The typical corporate run world usually has a single purpose. Examples include mining, agriculture, or other kinds of resource extraction. But rather than a simple base of operations, there are facilities for housing workers and their families including hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure. How, or if, the children of the workers are incorporated into the workforce varies with companies. The corporation running the world may be a subsidiary of a larger interstellar corporation.
World Law Level (L)
No information yet available.
World Technology Level (TL)
Shadowsand possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B 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-2.
World Military
No information yet available.
World Economy
No information yet available.
Trade Data
No information yet available.
Urbanization
No information yet available.
World Infrastructure
This world possesses TBD infrastructure.
World Culture
No information yet available.
World Language/s
Historical Data
No information yet available.
World Timeline
No information yet available.
UWP Listing
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Classic Traveller FASA:Rescue On Galatea by Author & Contributor: Mark Lawrence
- Periodical: Traveller Chronicle 8
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com