Gaspar Belt (world)

Gaspar Belt/Beckann (Gateway 1530)
Classic Era (1116)	C000684-A Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 0 Asteroid/Planetoid Belt Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 6 Moderate (7 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M2 V
Planetoid Belts	3
Gas Giants	2

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Gaspar Belt is a ring of many small worldlets (planetoids AKA an "asteroid belt"), not capable of retaining an atmosphere or water, and are both non-agricultural and nonindustrial in nature.

• These worldlets warrant hazardous environment precautions.
• Life in a vacuum requires great discipline. After all, it only takes one forgotten seal on a vacuum suit to spell death. Those who survive tend to be very methodically-minded and attentive to small detail.
• They require extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• The worldlets are, for the most part, unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• These worldlets have very few prospect for economic expansion.
• It is a member of the Viyard Concourse in the Beckann Subsector of Gateway Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

An asteroid belt important primarily as a mining and resource center. Gaspar itself is the large, ringed gas giant that serves as the system's principal fueling point. The refinery and storage facilities on Gaspar Eta, largest of the giant's satellites, were heavily damaged in a recent raid by mercenaries said to be hired by the Galians.

Stellar Data

Gaspar Belt has a solitary primary star.

Gaspar Belt
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

This world was formerly part of the Collective.

World Starport (St)

Gaspar Belt 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.

World Population (P)

Gaspar Belt has a population of 7,000,000 sophonts (millions).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

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.

• Joe Fugate. MegaTraveller Journal 4 (Digest Group Publications, 1993), TBD. in Article: 'Gateway Systems'
• Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. Gateway to Destiny (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), 53-54.