Lydd's Moon (world)

Lydd's Moon/Cho Vari (Mavuzog 2103)
Classic Era (1116)	C201785-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 2 Small (3,200 km, 0.10g - 0.17g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 7 Moderate (60 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M5 VI
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	3

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Lydd's Moon is a non-agricultural, preindustrial, icy vacuum world, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

• Its surface is ice-capped with little or no atmosphere and nearly all of its water frozen.
• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• It is a world working toward being an industrial powerhouse but lacks an adequate workforce to do so.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Cho Vari Subsector of Mavuzog Sector.

• It is a mainworld which is a satellite of either a gas giant or another world.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Lydd's Moon has a solitary primary star.

• It is a red subdwarf.

Lydd's Moon has a solitary primary star.

Lydd's Moon
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M5 VI	Main Sequence (Subdwarf)		0.104	2000 - 2900	0.002
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.00097	0.00371	0.04 - 0.06	0.097	0.97
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	3
	Remarks		None

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x2 secondary worlds
• x1 Planetoid Belt
• x4 Gas Giants

Mainworld Data

Lydd's Moon is the satellite of a gas giant named Lydd.

Mainworld Size (S)

Lydd's Moon is a Small World between 2,400km and 4,000km in diameter. The world has low gravity between 0.1G and 0.17G. The horizon will appear about 2.5km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Lydd's Moon has a pressure of less than 0.001 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Lydd's Moon has 05-15% of its surface covered by ice, either in vast sheets or contained deep within craters or fractures on the surface. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants can be got by mining and melting ice.

• The surface of the world is composed of a crust of ice many kilometers thick.
• Much of the surface is cratered and covered in thick layers of regolith and dust of meteoric origin, leaving only a small amount of the icy outer shell exposed.
• Below the outer icy shell there may be a world-ocean of liquid water.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

(Blank map, vacuum world.)

History & Background (Dossier)

World Starport (St)

Lydd's Moon 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)

Lydd's Moon has a population of 60,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).

World Technology Level (T)

Lydd's Moon 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)

Lydd's Moon is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.

World Law (L)

Lydd's Moon has a moderate 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. Personal concealable firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Trade Data

Importance: 0 (Unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: 7 (few)
• Labor: 6 (millions)
• Infrastructure: 2 (extremely limited)
• Efficiency: +2 (good)

World Culture

• Homogeneity: A (discordant)
• Acceptance: 7 (aloof)
• Strangeness: 3 (somewhat typical)
• Symbols: A (abstract)

World Timeline

• 300-420: The First Survey charts the system.
• 995-1065: The Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: The Second Survey is published.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Classic Traveller Group One Theta Borealis Sector
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS. (Original data)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science