Dawnworld (world)

Dawnworld/District 268 (Spinward Marches 1531)
Classic Era (1116)	E885000-0 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F8 V M2 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	5

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Dawnworld is a barren garden world with no overt population, government, or law level.

• It is a garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most sophonts.
• This world is valuable property, as a garden world, and will likely soon be populated...
• It is an unclaimed Non-Aligned world located in the District 268 Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

• Dawnworld is a member of the Spinward Main.

Astrography & Planetology

Stellar Data

Dawnworld is a binary star system.

• The primary is a white main sequence.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Dawnworld has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.18	6050 - 6180	1.78479
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0114	0.1108	1.24 - 2.17	1.14	11.4
	Orbit #	*	0	4	3	7
	Remarks
Secondary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.162	2930 - 3060	0.00171
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0018	0.0034	0.04 - 0.09	0.18	1.8
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	4
	Remarks

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x9 secondary rocky worlds.
• x2 planetoid belts.
• x5 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Dawnworld is a bit drier than Terra and the atmosphere is somewhat denser, but apart from that it is one of the most Earthlike worlds in the Spinward Marches.

Mainworld Size (S)

Dawnworld is a Meso World between 12,000km and 13,500km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.8G and 1.1G. The horizon will appear about 5.1km away. Vessels with 1G of thrust should check with local starport authorities before attempting to land using emergency power.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Dawnworld has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Dawnworld has 45-55% of its surface covered by liquid water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)

History & Background (Dossier)

In -982 the Darrians, who did not usually plant colonies this far away from Darrian, colonized the system. The Darrians named the world Dand Daryene, or "New Home". Within a generation it was discovered that some unidentified aspect of the planet, presumably biological in nature, caused sterility in all males born there. The settlement was accordingly abandoned in -941. The Darrians left a group of scientists to discover the cause, but they were cut off in the Maghiz and all knowledge of the settlement and the base was lost.

The Sacnoth Dominate named the world Hoding and established a colony there in -154. They too discovered the problem and abandoned the world again in -118. The Dominate planned to send scientists to study the problem, but the War of the First Rebellion intervened.

Dawnworld was settled yet again in 288, under that name, by a group of utopians from the Imperium who were oblivious of the previous failures and who had to abandon it in 312.

Finally, in 481 a group of Vargr exiles from Gvurrdon found the empty world and settled there, likewise unaware of the reason why it was empty. In 506 a team of researchers finally put together all the facts and the Vargr were resettled on Spirelle.

It is likely that whatever causes the problem will not affect beings who do not belong to Sphere Terra but the risk that it might kept anyone from taking the chance while there were still alternate worlds to settle.

After the Imperium declared the subsector an Imperial district in 610, Dawnworld came under its protection. The world was then declared off limit to any settlers, regardless of species, until the problem had been identified and solved. Visits to the world do not appear to cause any damage, so it has not been interdicted.

The situation is further complicated by Sword Worlder claims to the planet. Between 600 and 1100, several attempts have been made by both Sword Worlder and Imperial scientists to solve the mystery, but they have all ended in failure, most likely because they were all terminated prematurely due to political pressure.

World Starport (St)

Dawnworld has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of a downport.

World Population (P)

Dawnworld is a Barren World with no sophont population. It may still possess lifeforms.

World Technology Level (T)

Dawnworld possesses a Tech Level of TL–0.

• The world has no technological base.

World Government (G)

Dawnworld has no government or ruling authority of any kind.

World Law (L)

Dawnworld has no law level. No laws of any kind are enforced.

Trade Data

• Importance: -3 (very unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: 2 (very scarce)
• Labor: 0 (none)
• Infrastructure: 0 (extremely limited)
• Efficiency: -5 (extremely poor)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 0 (none)
• Acceptance: 0 (none)
• Strangeness: 0 (none)
• Symbols: 0 (none)

World Timeline

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

• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 589-604: First Frontier War.
• 604-622: the Civil War.
• 615-620: Second Frontier War.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
• 979-986: Third Frontier War.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
• 1082-1084: Fourth Frontier War, also known as the False War.
• 1107-1110: Fifth Frontier War.

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), 18-19.
• 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), 48-49. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 77.
• Hans Rancke-Madsen, "The Sacnoth Dominate." JTAS Online(July 25, 2000)
• Hans Rancke-Madsen, "Trade Pioneers." JTAS Online (July 23, 2002)
• Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 83.
• Hans Rancke-Madsen, "The Outrim Frontier." JTAS Online (June 19, 2007)
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 110. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 123-127. (UWP only)