Kepler (world)

Kepler/Carcosa (Aldebaran 1028)
Classic Era (1116)	D000202-9 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 0 Asteroid/Planetoid Belt Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 2 Low (300) Government 0 No Government structure Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G2 V G6 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	0

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Kepler is a ring of many small worldlets (planetoids AKA an "asteroid belt"), not capable of retaining an atmosphere or water, and is also a low-population vacuum environment with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts, warranting 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.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Carcosa Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.

• It is an incomplete Rosette World.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Kepler is a binary star system.

• Both are yellow main sequence stars.

Kepler has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	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
Secondary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G6 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.97	5550 - 5600	0.89888
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0088	0.0786	0.91 - 1.61	0.88	8.8
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks		Approximately 730 AU from the primary.

System Data

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

• The mainworld (the asteroid belt that the secondary worlds lie within). It orbits the secondary star.
• x6 secondary rocky worlds. All six orbit the secondary star and lie within the mainworld asteroid belt.

Kepler is a rosette formation composed of 6 worlds and a co-located collection of asteroid debris, orbiting as a single huge structure at a mean distance of 0.8 AU from the yellow secondary star: the system's yellow primary star, some 730 AU distant, does not have any worlds orbiting it.

• The planetoid debris appears to be from four additional worlds. Current theories assume they were destroyed by massive impacts.

The secondary worlds are all similarly sized rotating vacuum worlds with dense cores, capable of holding an atmosphere due to their mass and protective magnetic fields, though none do.

• Kepler 1 – Rocky world, UWP Y400000-0: heavily cratered, with an above average density, a relatively high gravity, and a magnetosphere.
• Kepler 2 – Rocky world, UWP Y400000-0: heavily cratered, with an above average density, a relatively high gravity, and a magnetosphere.
• Kepler 3 – Navigation Hazard: dense debris field. It is classified as a Red Zone.
• Kepler 4 – Rocky world, UWP Y400000-0: very heavily cratered, with an above average density, a relatively high gravity, and a magnetosphere.
• Kepler 5 – Navigation Hazard: very dense debris field. It is classified as a Red Zone.
• Kepler 6 – Navigation Hazard: very dense debris field. It is classified as a Red Zone.
• Kepler 7 – Rocky world, UWP Y400000-0: very heavily cratered, with an above average density, a relatively high gravity, and a magnetosphere.
• Kepler 8 – Rocky world, UWP Y400000-0: lightly cratered, with an above average density, a relatively high gravity, and a magnetosphere.
• Kepler 9 – Rocky world, UWP Y400000-0: heavily cratered, with an above average density, a relatively high gravity, and a magnetosphere.
• Kepler 10 – Navigation Hazard: dense debris field. It is classified as a Red Zone.

Kepler 5 and Kepler 6 are slowly collapsing under their own gravity. Projections predict large solid masses (planetary cores) accreting within a few standard years.

Mainworld Data

Kepler is an Asteroid Belt mainworld.

Mainworld Size (S)

Kepler is an Asterioid Belt or Planetoid Belt consisting of a few very large objects with diameters of hundreds of kilometers, thousands of bodies of a few kilometers in diameter, and millions of smaller objects. Asteroid Belt is used when the belt is the mainworld of a system. Planetoid Belt refers to any non-mainworld belt within a system.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

None of the bodies within the Kepler belt retain an atmosphere.

• The belt is in vacuum conditions, requiring the use of a Vacc Suit.
• TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

The Kepler belt contains a few icy bodies. A few belt objects may have frozen volatiles on their surfaces.

• Wilderness refueling is possible within the belt, provided a suitable icy object can be found.
• Water for the inhabitants is generally imported and is extensively recycled.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

(Placeholder chart, asteroid belt.)

History & Background (Dossier)

Kepler has been almost completely ignored until very recently, being listed as a barren, uninteresting, resource-poor asteroid belt.

Within the last few decades it has been proven to be a Rosette World.

• This world is likely artificially created: estimates place the level of technological development needed to construct a Rosette World at around TL–24.
• In the whole of Charted Space, it is the Rosette World lying furthest to rimward.

The Solomani military is just now attempting to establish a quarantining presence and begin scientific investigations.

• There is some speculation that the four "missing" rosette worlds are in the process of assembling themselves...

World Starport (St)

Kepler has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

Kepler's port is a work in progress, with construction being undertaken by the Solomani military. The port is located on a large planetoid orbiting just outside of the rosette structure.

World Population (P)

Kepler has population of 300 sophonts (hundreds).

• This is a Low Population World and the population would be too low to sustain itself without moderate outside assistance. This may represent a large transient population such as the crew of a fleet of starships, the dwindling remnants of a dying colony, a construction team building a new colony, or an outpost that could evolve into a colony.
• The population almost entirely consists of Solomani humans.

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)

Kepler possesses a Technology Level of TL–9.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics and satellite communication and data networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fusion power.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Ultra high-speed trains and early grav vehicles.
  • Water: High efficiency sailcraft, multihulled seacraft, improved artificial gills.
  • Air: Tiltrotorcraft, exotic VTOL's, PARWIG, and rocket-assisted suborbitals.
  • Space: SSTO spacecraft, early military spacecraft (System Craft), and interstellar STL starships
  • FTL: Prototype Jump Drive-1.

World Government (G)

Kepler has no central government or substantial government apparatus; an Anarchy. The largest governmental structure would be a family, tribe, or single clan. The largest group will be between 50 and 100 individuals, and there may be dozens to hundreds of them. This governmental structure can be stable over long periods of time if the population remains small or geographically separated.

World Military

The Solomani military is attempting to build a presence here without drawing attention.

World Law (L)

Kepler has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Portable energy weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

Trade Data

• Importance: -2 (very unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: 2 (very scarce)
• Labor: 1 (tens)
• Infrastructure: 0 (non-existent)
• Efficiency: -1 (average)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 5 (harmonious)
• Acceptance: 1 (extremely xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 6 (very distinct)
• Symbols: 9 (somewhat 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)
• 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)
• Author & Contributor: Dochsavage