Melilae (world)
| Melilae/Aldebaran (Aldebaran 1602) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | B746783-A
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | G3 V D | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Melilae is an agricultural world with the potential to become an industrial power.
- As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
- As a preindustrial world, this planet cannot yet manufacture enough high-technology resources to support a modern, star-faring society. Having to import many manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
- It is a balmy tropical world, with a climate of high temperatures.
- It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Aldebaran Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.
Description / Astrography & Planetology[edit]
No information yet available.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Melilae Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Melilae G3 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.99 5680 - 5720 0.96544 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0047 0.0815 0.94 - 1.66 0.47 4.7 Orbit # * * 3 1 6 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Melilae DA
Secondary White Dwarf 0.36 14000 - 14000 0.005 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.00016 0.00587 0.06 - 0.09 0.016 0.16 Orbit # * * * * 0
System Data[edit]
2 Gas Giants — 0 Planetoid Belts — 6 Other Worlds
Mainworld Data[edit]
Melilae is a warm world, on the inner reaches of its primary's habitable zone.
Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]
It is an average sized, rocky world with a thin atmosphere with a high concentration of carbon dioxide, requiring filter masks for most sophonts when outside. There is a world ocean with 8 main continents.
Mainworld Map[edit]
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms[edit]
Local fauna are scarce, but there is abundant plant life between the polar regions.
Chonker: A 4m tall herbivore with 4 legged torso supporting an upper body with 2 prehensile "arms" and a long-snouted head resembling a Terran crocodile but with blunt teeth more adapted to snipping plant material and grinding it for digestion. Chonkers mass approximately 2 tons, and at initial analysis appear to be more intelligent that the Terran horse.
History & Background / Dossier[edit]
No information yet available.
World Starport[edit]
Melilae has a Class B Starport, a good quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
The Melilae high port is best described as welcoming and friendly. There is a cultural introductory VR, and some basic questions at customs. Travellers are welcome both as tourists and as businesspersons. Once past customs, travellers can apply for a direct-routing passport which will allow them to land at 1 or more planetary downports directly, bypassing the highport with just a simple exchanged hail. Access to the worldnet can be set up during customs and appropriate security certificates generated. Depending on the reasons given for the visit, a custom packet of commercial coupons with discounts will be generated to facilitate trade.
Melilaean civilization is centered about a 1000km diameter sea known simply as the Sea Melilae. The major trade cities are established at various river mouths emptying into this sea. Each major city (̈8) has its own Downport, which doubles as a public airport.
World Technology Level[edit]
Melilae possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land & Water: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
- Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
- Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
- FTL: Jump Drive-1.
World Government[edit]
Melilae is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is 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. The bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucracy or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence like the military.
World Law Level[edit]
Melilae 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. Machine guns, other automatic weapons, portable energy weapons, and other military weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.
World Military[edit]
Melilae has an enthusiastic military-industrial complex which supports an enthusiastic volunteer military.
As a result, it has 16 - 20 SDC defense boats for system exploration and defense. Granted, these SDCs are built at TechB in general, with perhaps 2 at TechC (built from salvaged craft). The Melilaen Navy is supported by 25000 servicefolk in uniform at any given time, with an additional 15000 Marines in 3 divisions. There are rumors of capital ship construction, but no evidence of such yet.
World Economy[edit]
With a population of 20M+ sophonts, Melilae has a complex and comprehensive economy, including mining, agriculture, aquaculture, manufacturing, finance, and the service economy.
Trade Data[edit]
Melilae exports mostly agricultural and aquacultural products.
Import demands include advanced computing systems and electronics, and personal, customizable small arms.
World Demographics[edit]
Humaniti 97 pct
Others 3 pct
World Culture[edit]
"Melilae, friendly but never safe."
The general culture of the Melilaen cities is one of passion. Religion is widely frowned upon as archaic and superstition, but ethics is considered simply logical and appropriate. Very few sophonts have any belief in a defined afterlife, and instead have a strong desire to "do everything" while they still live. The planetary constitution begins with the words "An it harm none, do as thou wilt", an ancient Terran reference. The law is built around this touchstone: murder, violence, theft, and such are forbidden, but anything that affects only yourself, as an adult, is generally allowed.
The result is a very individualistic society. Some areas are heavily armed, some are clothing optional, some have a thriving "experience" culture. There are any number of licensed bounty hunters and bounty hunting businesses for ensuring that justice is done. There are police, but their investigative fees can be high. That said, many firms include legal insurance to ensure that their employees can engage law enforcement if they are wronged. Private firms operate resort-style arcologies that provide security personnel as a convenience.
There is definitely a violence subculture in some areas. These areas are where the heavily armed adventurers choose to live; these areas are borderline lawless, and the Scout Service recommends avoiding them if possible.
Most urban areas are enclosed but very open architecturally. Public HVAC include carbon dioxide scrubbers, as required by law. Living spaces outside of enclosed urban area are required to provide individual scrubbers for each unit. "Outsider" denizens typically wear a personal scrubber, which are often decorated and even enhanced for oxygen flow and addition of "recreationals".
Urbanization[edit]
There are 8 urban centers around the central sea, and a scattering of smaller towns or villages beyond those centers. The villages tend to have walls, and can turn away visitors at their discretion; they also tend to have more stringent local laws about specific ideals.
The capitol is: Freedom.
Historical Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Timeline[edit]
No information yet available.
UWP Listing[edit]
B 7 4 6 7 8 3 – A
References & Contributors / Sources[edit]
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- Classic Traveller Alien Module 6: Solomani (named but no further data)
- MegaTraveller Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)
- Periodical: Imperial Lines 2 by Author: Steven Eric Schwartz
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani
- External Link: CORE Data Site
- External Link: Federation Development Agency
- External Link: Zho Berka's Maps
- Author & Contributor: Garnfellow
- Author & Contributor: Dochsavage
- Author & Contributor: Leroy W.L. Guatney of the Federation Development Agency (FDA)
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com