Kardin (world)

Kardin/Darrian (Spinward Marches 0429) Milieu 1116 E553123-6 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 1 Low (40) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F7 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	1123
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	6
Economic Extension	301-5 Resources 3 Very scarce Labor 0 Barren (4) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	2
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	1
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-E
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Kardin has an unbreathably thin atmosphere and very little surface water. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. This world contains an archaeological site with artifacts suspected to be from the now-vanished Ancients. It is a Human dominated Non-Aligned world in the Darrian Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Kardin has a solitary primary star.

• It is a white main sequence.

Kardin has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.21	6180 - 6280	1.94872
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0123	0.1158	1.29 - 2.24	1.23	12.3
	Orbit #	*	0	4	3	7
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

Kardin orbits within the habitable zone.

• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0429 Kardin (Independent) - Amber Zone

Starport: Class I.

Diameter: 4,351 miles (7,000 km).
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 26%.
Climate: Cool.
Population: 40 (from the University of Zlodh on Darrian).
Government: Athenian-style democracy.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 6.
World Trade Number: 1.0.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

History-Milieu 1120

Kardin was an unpopulated system until a research team from the University of Zlodh discovered the ruins of an Ancient outpost in the mainworld’s rocky mountains in 1115. The system has since been rated an Amber Zone.

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), 8-9.
• 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), 44. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 48.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 108,111.
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 80-84,86,88. (UWP only)