Saurus (SM 1320) (world)

Saurus/Vilis (Spinward Marches 1320) Milieu 1116 D888588-7 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 5 Moderate (800 thousand) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G8 V M1 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	5357
Army Size (BEs)	2
Economic Details
Technology Level	7
Economic Extension	742-2 Resources 7 Few Labor 4 Moderate (80 thousand) Infrastructure 2 Extremely limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	45
GWP (BCr)	1
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-D
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Saurus is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. The system has a population in the hundreds of thousands of sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Vilis Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Saurus, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight and a baronet, and the fiefdom of a baron. All three are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This is the homeworld of the Saurian, a Minor Race.

Astrography & Planetology

The human population of this world shares their world with a great variety of life.

Binary Solar System

Saurus Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Saurus G8 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.94	5380 - 5480	0.80528
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0043	0.0744	0.87 - 1.54	0.43	4.3
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	6
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Saurus M1 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0023	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.23	2.3
	Orbit #	*	*	1	0	5

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1320 Saurus (Imperial)

Starport: Class II.

Diameter: 8,553 miles (13,700 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 82%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 830,000.
Government: Civil service bureaucracy.
Control Level: 5.
Tech Level: 7.
World Trade Number: 3.

Native Sophont: Saurian

One species, the Saurians, have achieved sentience.

History & Background (Dossier)

Saurus is yet another agricultural planet with a garden world environment. With a relatively small population of approximately 800,000, the world has not been deeply penetrated by humanity, and much of its surface and native species remain a mystery. The lower technology and population limits the local manufacture of vehicles and exploitation of fossil fuels.

Within the Sword Worlds this world is known as Dainslaf.

During the Fifth Frontier War, Saurus was subject to incursions from the Gram Fleet as part of the Sword Worlds Campaign. On 014-1108 the Imperial Admiralty officially declared the system to be a combat zone.

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 14-15.
• 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), 40-41. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 65.
• Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 10,11.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 100. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Gregory P. Lee. Cirque (Greylock Publishing, 2014), 151-153.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 61-66. (UWP only)
• Tony Jones - The Saurus system - Memory Lapse Megatraveller campaign