Baladine (world)

Baladine/Gadde (Dagudashaag 2922) Milieu 1116 B303420-D Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 4 Moderate (20 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 0 No Law Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V
Worlds	7
Gas Giants	3
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	1518
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	13
Economic Extension	934-3 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 3 Low (2 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	76
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	572
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	40
Port passengers (annual)	0

Baladine is an icy vacuum world with little or no atmosphere and a significant quantity of water frozen on the surface. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world is a satellite of a gas giant or another planet in the system. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Gadde Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Baladine, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. During the Long Night this world was named Mem.

Astrography and planetology

Baladine is a member of the Inshaam Cluster.

A tiny moon of a gas giant, Baladine is an airless ball of rock with large methane ice caps at the poles.

Baladine has a solitary primary star.

Baladine
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
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History and background

No information yet available.

Point of Interest: Baladine IISS Scout Base & PROFORs Training College

The world is a major scout base and home to IISS vacuum training college. Scout personnel from across the sector, as well as private citizens, are trained in low-gee environments and taught a variety of vacuum related skills. Military and Scout vessels are common within the system and training ships are regularly encountered amongst the three gas giants. Despite this, many areas of the system have been classified as off limits to visitors. A sizable community has grow up around the starport, serving the needs of the students.

Historical Data

This world was part of the loose federation known as the Kuriishe Eraki at the height of its power.

References and contributors

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.

• Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Gadde." Signal-GK 06 (1993): 4.
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 85.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 45.