Matrix (world)

Matrix/Unnamed (Ahriman ????)
First Survey	X475002-4 Starport X No Starport Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level 4 Industrial (combustion)
Classic Era (1116)	A669918-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 9 High (7 billion) Government 1 Company/Corporation Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G7 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Matrix is a nonindustrial water world, which has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water.

• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
• It is the homeworld of the Inyx and the third planet orbiting a yellow main sequence star.
• The Inyx name for this world is untranslatable.
• In addition to Matrix the Inyx also directly control 17 systems in Ahriman Sector.

Description (Planetology)

Stellar Data

Matrix has a solitary primary star.

Matrix
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.95	5480 - 5550	0.83567
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0086	0.0758	0.88 - 1.56	0.86	8.6
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

Matrix is an medium-sized world with a thin but breathable oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere. The planet is covered with water, with only a few island chains, which are crowded with factory-cities. Matrix has a rather warm climate with very turbulent weather conditions, as storms and hurricanes never break on land.

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2337 Matrix (Inyx Economic Sphere)

Starport: Class V.

Diameter: 6,216 miles (9,900 km). Gravity: 0.79g.
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 92%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 7 billion.
Government: Corporate.
Control Level: 5.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: ?.

Satellite (Moon)

Trove is a small metallic moon in close orbit, tidally locked to Matrix. With its rich mineral resources, Trove houses most of the planet’s heavy industry and is home to a large Inyx city with a population of 4.5 million.

History & Background (Dossier)

Matrix is located in Ahriman Sector.

World Demographics

• Matrix's population consists of 2 billion Inyx and an estimated 5 billion sapient genetic constructs and slaves. Most of these non-Inyx have been designed or altered to live underwater, with their lungs replaced with bionic gills or genetic modifications.
• For geopolitical reasons, nearly all alien slaves on Matrix are non-Aslan; most are Human or Dolphin.

Urbanization

Inyx live in cities constructed from genetically engineered coral.

• Inyx construction coral comes in many varieties, including luminescent species that produce or carry electrical currents and which can be used as power conduits. Other species secrete metals, with carefully managed internal impurities so they function as electrical circuit boards.
• Inyx buildings are usually one-story structures that follow a radial or spiral pattern, with important control centers or offices in the center.

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.

• Andy Slack, David Thomas, David L. Pulver. Alien Races 2 (Steve Jackson Games, 1999), 140.