Home (Al 1009) (world)

Home/Aldebaran (Aldebaran 1009)
Classic Era (1116)	A86699A-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 9 High (1 billion) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G2 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	1

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Home is a high-population, pre-rich garden world with a billion or more sophonts in population size, and a near-ideal utopian environment conducive to most sophonts, but still lacks adequate population to expand its economy to a rich status.

• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Aldebaran Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.

• This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.
• This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• This world has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
• This world has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.

Home System
Aldebaran/Aldebaran 1009
Position	Distance	Name	UWP
Primary		Dril	G2 V
1	0.18 AU	Planet 1	Y100000-0
2	0.35 AU	Planet 2	H300168-D
3	0.71 AU	Planet 3	F52066B-D
1	7 Diam	Moon	YS00000-0
4	1.02 AU	Home	A86699A-E
5	1.45 AU	Stony Belt	F000769-E
6	2.89 AU	Gas Giant	LGG
1	8 Diam	Moon	G201228-D
2	15 Diam	Moon	H2A0000-0
3	20 Diam	Moon	G300109-D
7	5.35 AU	Planet 4	GDC121B-D
1	25 Diam	Moon	Y310000-0
8	11.1 AU	Planet 5	G403318-D
9	15.4 AU	Planet 6	F20056C-E
10	25.7 AU	Icy Belt	H000117-D
11	165.0 AU	Planet 7	Y100000-0
1	9 Diam	Moon	YS00000-0

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Home has a solitary primary star.

• It is a yellow main sequence named Dril.

Home has a solitary primary star.

Dril
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1	5720 - 5770	1
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0094	0.0829	0.95 - 1.68	0.94	9.4
	Orbit #	*	*	4	3	7
	Remarks

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x7 secondary rocky worlds.
• x2 planetoid belts.
• x1 gas giant.

Mainworld Data

Home is 12,422 kilometers in diameter and has a standard atmosphere.

• It has no natural satellites.

It orbits in the prime region of Dril's habitable zone.

Mainworld Size (S)

Home 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.

• Home has an axial tilt of 12°. Its seasons are less severe than those of Terra.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Home has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.

• Slight differences in geography and physical data give Home a lower albedo than Terra (about 0.285 compared to Terra's 0.300), which means that Home absorbs somewhat more energy than does Terra.
• Even though Home is slightly farther from its star, its average temperature is a moderate 18°C.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Home has 55-65% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

Sixty percent of the world's surface is covered by water, dividing the surface into three major continents, one large subcontinental landmass, and many large islands and archipelagos. Approximately one tenth of Home's surface is covered by icecaps.

(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

Native Lifeforms

Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

History & Background (Dossier)

Home is a high population garden world and the capital of the Solomani Confederation.

It is the headquarters of Solomani Maschinenbau AG, a large corporation involved in the manufacture of starships and military equipment for the Confederation.

With the end of the Solomani Rim War in 1002, the Confederation's former capital Terra (Solomani Rim 1827) was occupied by Imperial forces and the Solomani were forced to establish a new capital approximately 30 parsecs to rimward. Home was selected for its close proximity to Terra physically, for the similarities between its star and Sol, and for its distance from the Imperial border.

• Prior to becoming the Confederation capital, Home's history was uneventful. Small Sancaterrist farming communities dotted the world, many of which still exist in Home's scenic outback.

Solomani Security keeps a close eye on things to ensure the security of the Confederation and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, others are coerced, but many see it as an act of duty to help protect the Solomani state and its interests.

Point of Interest: First City Highport

The Secretariat meets in gargantuan chambers in Home's First City. Home's hive-like orbital highport, Resolution (popularly known as Wolfe's Rock), was carved from a planetoid that was positioned in orbit. Resolution houses the secure chambers of the Solomani High Council as well as the Ivan Wolfe Naval Base, the adjacent Albadawi Naval Academy, and a large Confederation Marine garrison.

• Resolution orbits every 25 hours, as it rests higher than the geosynchronous altitude. Thus, it progresses visibly each day as viewed from the surface.

World Starport (St)

Home 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.

• This world is host to a Confederation Naval Base.
• This world is host to a major Military Base.

World Population (P)

Home has a population of 1,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.
• The population almost entirely consists of Solomani humans.

Urbanization

Most urban centers have been designed and built from the ground up (and down) using TL–14 techniques, materials, and design patterns. Each structure is intended to last for thousands of years and be both interesting and unique.

Smaller cities and towns are built to capture the look-and-feel of specific areas of Old Earth.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Confederation.

World Technology Level (T)

Home possesses a Technology Level of TL–14 or TL-E in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early meson communicators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, early collectors, and advanced fusion plants.
• 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-5.

World Government (G)

Home is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

World Law (L)

Home has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. A few worlds with this law level may be a Red Zone and others will be an Amber Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors).

Trade Data

• Importance: 4 (important)

World Economy

Home has a fully-developed world economy with a full-spread of industries.

• Resources: A (abundant)
• Labor: 8 (hundreds of millions)
• Infrastructure: 8 (generally available)
• Efficiency: +3 (improved)

World Culture

Home is the standard for the Terran culture in exile.

On the surface, there are many states and sub-states that maintain officially recognized bastions of Terran culture.

• Heterogenity: D (fragmented)
• Acceptance: D (very xenophilic)
• Strangeness: 1 (very typical)
• Symbols: E (extremely abstract)

World Timeline

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

• -9235: far to coreward, the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
• -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
• -2431: Terrans discover jump drive technology.
• -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars.
• -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the former Ziru Sirka.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
• The Year 0: to coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 604-622: the Imperial Civil War.
• 624: the Imperial Express Boat Network is established.
• 704: the Solomani Autonomous Region is formed.
• 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
• 871: the Solomani Confederation is founded.
• 940: the Solomani Autonomous Region is dissolved.
• 990-1002: the Solomani Rim War.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey includes data for the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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.

• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
• John Harshman, Marc Miller. Solomani (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), IFC, pages 3, 28. (sector named, background for the sector)
• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11, various others. (dot map locating the worlds of the sector, background for the sector)
• Steven Eric Schwartz. MegaTraveller Periodical Imperiallines 2, 1991, page 5. (Bootean Federation, background for the sector)
• Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (background for the sector)
• David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), pages 50, 118, 119, various others. (background for the sector)
• Martin J. Dougherty. The Order of Prometheus (Mongoose Publishing, 2023), various pages. (scenarios and background for the sector)
• Zho Berka's Maps (Classic Era UWP Data for the world)
• CORE Data Site (UWP Data for the world)
• Author & Contributor: Garnfellow (development of the sector)
• Author & Contributor: Leroy W.L. Guatney of the Federation Development Agency (FDA) (development of the sector)