Balpan (world)

Balpan/Core (Core 1819)
Classic Era (1116)	B505345-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 3 Low (6 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M1 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	0

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Balpan is an icy, low-population vacuum world, with a population less than 10,000 sophonts in population size, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

• Its surface is ice-capped with little or no atmosphere and nearly all of its water frozen.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Core Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
• This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
• It also has an Imperial Scout base, capable of handling IISS starships and personnel.
• This world was once known as Unkuu.

Description (Planetology)

Balpan has a solitary primary star.

Vesii
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M1 V	Main Sequence		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

System Data

Balpan occupies the first orbit of Vesii, with a slightly larger companion, Dirilyshed (G000213-7) occupying the second. Dirilyshed, although economically the far more prominent of the two worlds, is relegated to second status in most regards due to the long presence of a Sylean, then Imperial Naval Base on Balpan.

History & Background (Dossier)

As part of a cluster of Jump-1 worlds within four parsecs of Sylea, Balpan (then known as Unkuu) was a longtime member of the Sylean Federation, and became one of the charter worlds of the Third Imperium.

In the early decades of the Third Imperium, the world's biggest claim to fame was a seasonal research lab, which was studying a recently discovered ecology around the planet's icecaps.

The Famelian Research Lab was also located here.

World Starport (St)

Balpan 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.

• There is an associated Naval Base.

Urbanization

Around Imperial year 0, the population dwelt in the small settlement of Oossom, located in the southern equatorial region.

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.

• Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
• Classic Traveller The Traveller Book
• MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 8
• Marc Miller's Traveller Milieu 0 Campaign
• Marc Miller's Traveller T4 First Survey
• Christopher Griffen. The Third Imperium (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), .