Bael (world)

Bael/Querion (Spinward Marches 0218) Milieu 1116 E200100-8 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 2 Small (3,200 km, 0.10g - 0.17g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 1 Low (80) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K2 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	No government
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	1113
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	601-5 Resources 6 Few Labor 0 Barren (8) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	3
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	1
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-E
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Bael is a vacuum world, with no atmosphere or hydrosphere. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a Human dominated Non-Aligned world in the Querion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

Astrography & Planetology

Rumors of large lanthanum deposits has attracted significant interest, but the world's remote location is a barrier to exploitation.

Bael has a solitary primary star.

Bael
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K2 V	Main Sequence		0.82	4830 - 5100	0.49928
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0073	0.0586	0.7 - 1.26	0.73	7.3
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0218 Bael (Independent)

Starport: Class I.

Diameter: 1,523 miles (2,400 km).
Atmosphere: None.
Hydrographics: None.
Climate: Frozen.
Population: 80 belters.
Government: Anarchy (belter's unwritten rules).
Control Level: 0.
Tech Level: 8.
World Trade Number: 1.

History & Background (Dossier)

The huge strike of lanthanum in 1111 produced a land rush.

Era: New Era

Bael is divided between rival mining corps, Regency, Zhodani and others. Even a couple of Aslan corps have a presence here. Baelians are fantastically rich, but have recognized that the Lanthanum wealth will eventually run out, and are providing for the world's future by investment in improved infrastructure and education.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 6-7.
• 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), 40. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 43.
• 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), 56-60. (UWP only)