Layne (world)

Layne/Alurza (Diaspora 2420)
Classic Era (1116)	C796A9C-C Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population A High (30 billion) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law C Extreme Law (no privacy) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G2 V M3 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	5

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Layne is a high-population, industrial world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item.
• Its economy is rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to rapidly improve barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Alurza Subsector of Diaspora Sector in the Domain of Sol.
• This is a "Puzzle" world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is part of the namesake Layne Cluster.

Stellar Data

Layne has two stars in the star system.

Layne
	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
Layne
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks

History & Background

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Layne, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

World Starport (Sp)

Layne 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)

Layne has a population of 30,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

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.

• Classic Traveller Atlas of the Imperium
• MegaTraveller Astrogators' Guide to the Diaspora Sector
• MegaTraveller Alien - Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)
• MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr (dot map provided)
• MegaTraveller Hard Times (Khavle and Pasdaruu Subsectors)
• TNE Path of Tears (Promise and Khulam Subsections)
• Periodical: TNE Traveller Chronicle 5 in Article: 'Astrogator's Update to Diaspora Sector'
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science