Formation (world)

Formation/Khukish (Corridor 1107)
Classic Era (1116)	B511358-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 1 Vacuum (trace) Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 3 Low (7 thousand) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K0 III D
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Formation is an icy, low-population world, with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

• Its surface is ice-capped with nearly all of its water frozen.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Khukish Subsector of Corridor Sector in the Domain of Vland.
• This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Description (Planetology)

This world is part of the Yopogirp Cluster.

Stellar Data

Formation has only been in the Habitable Zone of The Giant for about 1.5 million years. Before that, it was frozen solid for a billion years, and before that it was inside the Habitable Zone of The Maw for a few million years; before that it was, again, frozen solid.

Formation has two stars in the star system.

The Giant
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K0 III	Giant		4	4000 - 5000	95
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.14888	0.80844	7.75 - 12.63	14.888	148.88
	Orbit #	0	2	7	7	11
	Remarks
The Maw
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	DA	White Dwarf		0.36	14000 - 14000	0.005
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.00016	0.00587	0.06 - 0.09	0.016	0.16
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	0
	Remarks		U Geminorum Recurring Dwarf Novae

The Giant is about 95 times as bright as Sol, and The Maw is almost inconspicuous against this -- except for the fact that The Maw is slowly stripping the outer layers from The Giant's atmosphere as a spectacular Accretion Disk some 800,000km across. Every 10 months, almost like clockwork, this disk heats up suddenly and shines, briefly, just as brightly as The Giant for a few days, afterwards dropping back to normal.

Calculations by Astronomers in the IISS show that The Giant will leave its Giant Star phase before the White Dwarf strips adequate mass to transform itself into a Neutron Star.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Formation is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Formation has a pressure of less than 0.1 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Formation has 05-15% of its surface covered by liquid water or ice. Wilderness refueling will be difficult. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are Hell Worlds or Poor Worlds depending on their atmosphere.

History & Background (Dossier)

Imperial Landed Nobility

Formation, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

World Starport (Sp)

Formation 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 Imperial Naval Base.

References

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.

• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), .
• Rob Caswell. "Snapshots of the Occupation." MegaTraveller Journal 2 (1991): .
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), .