Carthame (world)

Carthame/Euxene (Aldebaran 0502)
Classic Era (1116)	C634303–B Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 3 Low (2 thousand) Government 0 No Government structure Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G3 V
Planetoid Belts	3
Gas Giants	1

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Carthame is a low-population world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.

• This world has yet to take off economically or otherwise and the population remains low for reasons largely unknown.
• It is a part of the Third Reformed French Confederate Republic, a member state of the Solomani Confederation, located in the Euxene Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.

• It is a member of the Carthame Cluster.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Carthame has a solitary primary star.

• It is a yellow main sequence.

Carthame has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.99	5680 - 5720	0.96544
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0093	0.0815	0.94 - 1.66	0.93	9.3
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x8 secondary rocky worlds.
• x3 planetoid belts.
• x1 gas giant.

System Data

The Carthame system is a young and somewhat chaotic system.

The primary is a G3 spectral class star about 2.5 billion years of age.

There is a large gas giant approximately 12AU from the primary. The Carthamians have named it Napolean, a reference to an ancient Terran hero.

There are a total of 3 distinct belts in this system.

• Inner Belt: 1.5 - 2.5AU, high metal content
• Outer Belt: 18 - 25 AU, standard contents
• Oblique Belt: 100-125AU at a 80 degree angle to the common ecliptic plane, small debris, mostly metal. Navigation hazard.

Mainworld Data

The Carthame main world is a standard sized rocky planet, on the warmer side of the habitable zone.

The main area of habitation lies in a narrow river valley between 2 high mountain ranges. There appear to have been several large meteor impacts to each side of the valley, so apparently this location was chosen strategically. Certainly, this new system's high population of plantoids combined with the planet's thin atmosphere makes impacts significantly more frequent.

Mainworld Size (S)

The Carthame main world is a standard sized rocky planet, with an average diameter of 10300km.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Carthame has a pressure of 0.10 to 0.42 atmospheres. The very thin pressures require a respirator or Oxygen Mask. TL–5 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

It has small ice caps, and some large bodies of water, qualifying for a 40% hydrosphere rating. The thin atmosphere does hold enough moisture to provide cloud formations and some precipitation, but the local solar wind seems to be removing significant water mass over time.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

A relatively young, rocky world with active plate tectonics and vulcanism. There are several high mountain ranges.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

World Starport (Sp)

Carthame has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features 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.

Carthame Port de Esprit is a typical, basic quality landing port located 2 kilometers from a small startown, Esprit.

According to the (translated) dedication plaque, it was created as a gift from the people of Euxene 50 years ago.

Refined fuel and basic repair facilities are available, though some element of barter seems to be expected as part of any transaction.

World Population (P)

Approximate population is 2,000 sophonts.

World Demographics

Humaniti, population 100%

World Government (G)

Carthame has no central government or substantial government apparatus; an Anarchy. The largest governmental structure would be a family, tribe, or single clan. The largest group will be between 50 and 100 individuals, and there may be dozens to hundreds of them. This governmental structure can be stable over long periods of time if the population remains small or geographically separated.

World Law Level (L)

Law level is low, with a rating of 3. Military heavy weapons and autorifles are prohibited.

World Technology Level (TL)

Carthame 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

The downport houses an older SDB, proudly called "La Poisson", which seems in reasonably good repair by the family Mouchotte.

World Economy

No information yet available.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

Urbanization

A handful of villages contain a little over half the population, with the remainder spread out as small homesteads.

• Esprit (startown)
• Paris (pron. Pair-ee)
• Nice (pron. Neese)

These villages each have a single fusion reactor, with the Esprit reactor being the newest. Homesteads seem to rely on high-efficiency solar fields and fuel cells.

World Infrastructure

Carthame possesses negligible infrastructure.

Carthame is an anarchic society with no central government to create shared infrastructure.

World Culture

Carthamian society is descended from several separate groups of colonists wishing to maintain a new, pure French world.

Cathame French is the common language, a patois evolved from original Terran French dialects. It is spoken in the homes of most colonists, with Anglic and Vilani taught from archives and books as a second language. Various elements of Terran French culture from the Europe region have been kept, particular in baking and cooking, as well as ancient media recordings that are displayed during festivals.

Generally, the people of Carthame are polite if distant, and are very much dedicated to their preserved culture. The language barrier is certainly an issue, unless one can find a native translator. It may be possible acquire or develop appropriate translation software, but this method of communication seems to incense some natives.

Observation of a local funeral revealed that the dead are entombed in a a series of maze-like "catacombs" in the nearby rock face.

World Language/s

• Anglic
• French
• Vilani (language)

Trade Data

• Importance: 0 (unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: 8 (moderate)
• Labor: 2 (hundreds)
• Infrastructure: 0 (non-existent)
• Efficiency: -3 (poor)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 1 (monolithic)
• Acceptance: 3 (xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 2 (typical)
• Symbols: 7 (somewhat concrete)

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• -9235: far to coreward, the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
• -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
• -2431: Terrans discover jump drive technology.
• -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars. The young Terran Confederation battles against the ancient Vilani Ziru Sirka.
• -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the former Ziru Sirka.
• -1999: the Aslan gain jump drive technology.
• -1862 to -1110: the Terran Mercantile Community is active within the region.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
• -1118 to 380: the Aslan Border Wars.
• -1110 to 588: the Terran Mercantile Community gradually becomes the Old Earth Union, shrinking to control the region around Terra.
• The Year 0: to coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 380: the Peace of Ftahalr ends the ongoing Aslan Border Wars and establishes understandings regarding human and Aslan influence.
• 588: the Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium, moving its border adjacent to the Aslan Hierate.
• 604-622: the Imperial Civil War.
• 624: the Imperial Express Boat Network is established.
• 704: the Solomani Autonomous Region is formed.
• 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
• 871: the Solomani Confederation is founded.
• 940: the Solomani Autonomous Region is dissolved.
• 990-1002: the Solomani Rim War.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey includes data for the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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.

• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
• John Harshman, Marc Miller. Solomani (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), IFC, pages 3, 28. (sector named, background for the sector)
• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11, various others. (dot map locating the worlds of the sector, background for the sector)
• Steven Eric Schwartz. MegaTraveller Periodical Imperiallines 2, 1991, page 5. (Bootean Federation, background for the sector)
• Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (background for the sector)
• David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), pages 50, 118, 119, various others. (background for the sector)
• Martin J. Dougherty. The Order of Prometheus (Mongoose Publishing, 2023), various pages. (scenarios and background for the sector)
• Zho Berka's Maps (Classic Era UWP Data for the world)
• External Link: Ocean of Storms site (Rebellion Era UWP Data for the sector)
• Author & Contributor: Garnfellow (development of the sector)
• Author & Contributor: Leroy W.L. Guatney of the Federation Development Agency (FDA) (development of the sector)
• Author & Contributor: Dochsavage