Azun (world)
| Azun/Ultima (Solomani Rim 0809) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | B576ABC-B
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | M2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Azun is a high-population, industrial world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.
- As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item.
- Its economy is rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to rapidly improve barring outside forces.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Ultima Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
- This world has colonies at:
Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]
Azun has two small moons.
Azun has a solitary primary star. Azun 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity M2 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.44 3470 - 3560 0.0565 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0041 0.0197 0.25 - 0.48 0.41 4.1 Orbit # * * 1 1 6 Remarks None
IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey[edit]
0809 Azun (Imperial)
Starport: Class IV.
Diameter: 4,000 miles (6,400 km). Gravity: 0.59g.
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen (Tainted).
Hydrographics: 58%.
Climate: Very Cold.
Population: 26 billion.
Government: Dictatorship.
Control Level: 6.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 5.5.
System Data[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Data[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Size (S)[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]
Azun has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. While a Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Map[edit]
No information yet available.
Image Respository[edit]
- A Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser over the arcologies at Azun (world).
- A Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser in orbit over Azun (world).
Native Lifeforms[edit]
No information yet available.
Point of Interest: The Arcologies of Azun[edit]
Due to the extremely high population of the mainworld, Azun makes extensive use of arcologies, completely self-contained cities built onto tiny tracts of land. On Azun, these are soaring towers three kilometers high, springing from square bases two kilometers on a side. Such "cities" can comfortably house populations in excess of 1.5 million persons, including not only living space but also nearly every other facet essential for life to flourish. Each such city thus covers only 4 square kilometers of land surface, concentrating the population in a very small area. Therefore, the majority of the land area of Azun can be used for other purposes, including areas for resource exploitation, agriculture, and wilderness reserve.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Azun is an important, high-population industrial world located in Ultima Subsector of the Solomani Rim.
- The system is a member of the Imperium.
- It is the highest population world in the subsector.
Imperial Landed Nobility (N)[edit]
World Starport (Sp)[edit]
Azun 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.
- Offworld contact with Azun is filtered through the Highport, which is maintained by contributions from all the city complexes. Shuttles carry passengers from the starport down to various cities, according to set schedules.
World Population (P)[edit]
Azun has a population of 20,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).
- High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.
World Demographics[edit]
World Languages[edit]
Urbanization[edit]
Because of the conservation of space and resources made possible by the huge arcology complexes, much of Azun is in a natural state. Some of this land is taken up by mines and other resource exploitation facilities, but there are also large wilderness reserves.
The base section of an arcology is generally given over to agriculture, in the form of large hydroponics gardens and yeast processing facilities. These can produce an amazing variety of meals, each distinctively flavored and shaped, but all derived from inside the arcology, increasing a city's self-sufficiency.
World Government (G)[edit]
Azun is governed by a Non-charismatic Dictatorship. This is a continuation of the charismatic dictatorship, where the original leadership has died or retired and been replaced by allies or protégés. The justifications for the original change in government remain as well as the assertion of rights to rule.
- An Azun arcology is a fragile, artificial environment; a single interruption in local services can result in a catastrophe affecting over a million people at a time. Democratic and oligarchic governmental forms generally failed because decisions were too difficult to reach; administration by bureaucracy is impractical, because of a definite need for centralized decision making. Thus each individual city usually gravitates towards one-man rule. This individual is generally selected from the ranks of the technical and administrative elite who keep city services running, with little or no reference to the citizenry as a whole. Usually titled Chief Administrator, City Manager, or Mayor, such individuals have broad authority in all matters relating to the government and security of their individual arcologies.
World Military[edit]
No information yet available.
World Law Level (L)[edit]
Laws on Azun are extremely strict. The fragile nature of the arcology environment calls for tight security systems. Even private residences are equipped with cameras, though it takes an emergency signal or a special executive order to allow this final barrier of privacy to be breeched. Visitors and residents are also monitored by tracers. These are issued in visitor badges for outsiders; residents, however, have a small subcutaneous implant in their upper left arm which serves both as a tracing device and a permanent ID. The computers in each complex can register the location of any person anywhere within.
World Technology Level (TL)[edit]
Azun 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 Economy[edit]
No information yet available.
Trade Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Infrastructure[edit]
The citizenry in general has no access to personal transportation; air/rafts and other vehicles are owned by government or corporate bodies, while the populace relies on various mass-transit systems.
World Culture[edit]
The people of Azun tend to be an insular, somewhat hostile to outsiders, but quite friendly to others of their own society.
Historical Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Timeline[edit]
- 1088: The Halizar Plague; an undiagnosed case of Catanian White Fever, carried into the arcology of Halizar, starts an epidemic that kills 290,000 before it is brought under control.
UWP Listing[edit]
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Classic Traveller Journal of the Travellers Aid Society No. 15
- GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com