Grovelunda (world)

Grovelunda/Riftin (Gateway 3223)
Classic Era (1116)	A439667 Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 6 Moderate (1 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level Error in Tech Decode
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	A0 III
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	3

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Grovelunda is a nonindustrial world, that requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.

• In a technological universe, societies without industrial capability generally suffer as nearly all manufactured and high tech goods must be brought in at significant cost.
• As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Riftin Subsector of Gateway Sector.

• This world is controlled from Quiestreen.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Grovelunda has a solitary primary star.

Grovelunda
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	A0 III	Giant		12	9000 - 9900	280
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.05769	1.38792	13.3 - 21.68	5.769	57.69
	Orbit #	*	4	8	6	9
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

World Starport (Sp)

Grovelunda has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)

Grovelunda has a population of 1,000,000 sophonts (millions).

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

World Government (G)

Grovelunda has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. This is a colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.

Governance of this world is from Quiestreen.

World Law Level (L)

Grovelunda has a moderate law level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Technology Level (TL)

Grovelunda 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.

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), .
• Gateway to Destiny