Marble (world)
| Marble/Menere's Reach (Hinterworlds 2620) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | CAB5530-8
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | A3 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marble is a nonindustrial fluid world.
- A fluid world has an oceanic geography consisting of heavily contaminated water or a substance such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquid.
- It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Menere's Reach Subsector of Hinterworlds Sector.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]
This world is located on the Briua-Dahlia Main.
Stellar Data[edit]
Marble has a solitary primary star. Marble 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity A3 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 1.86 8250 - 8600 8.77597 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0173 0.2457 2.6 - 4.48 1.73 17.3 Orbit # * 0 5 4 8 Remarks
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
World Starport (Sp)[edit]
Marble 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)[edit]
Marble has a population of 500,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).
- This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
World Government (G)[edit]
Marble is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions in the government. These positions are inherited by member of the group or their family members. The organization may be a monarchy, with titles passed to family members, or a plutocracy where inheritance of the family fortune includes government position. Alternatively, the organization may be a more typical government apparatus, only with positions of power inherited.
World Law (L)[edit]
Marble has no law in practice. It is an Anarchy. On many worlds, this by itself justifies an Amber Zone advisory. 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.
World Technology Level (T)[edit]
Marble possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Advanced automobiles.
- Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
- Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
- Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Loren Wiseman. Challenge 39 (Game Designers Workshop, 1989), TBD.
- Loren Wiseman. Challenge 52 (Game Designers' Workshop, 1991), TBD. (Hinterworlds Sector)
- Author & Contributor: Richard "Doc" Kinne
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com