Mengerea (world)
Mengerea/Verran (Ilelish 0525) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Era (1116) | B65176A-9
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | F4 V M6 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 3 |
Mengerea is a poor world.
- It lacks the population and means to expand its economy at this point in time.
- Life here is poor, but most people make by and live as happily as they can.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Verran Subsector of Ilelish Sector in the Domain of Ilelish.
- This world has a nearby Imperial Way Station.
- This world is a colony of Chevrolet.
- This world lies on the Great Ilelish Main.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]
Mengerea is a binary star system.
- The primary is a white main sequence.
- The secondary is a red main sequence.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Mengerea Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Mengerea F4 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.38 6550 - 6670 3.08729 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0071 0.1457 1.58 - 2.75 0.71 7.1 Orbit # * 0 4 2 6 Remarks None Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Mengerea M6 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.102 2740 - 2810 0.00034 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0006 0.0015 0.02 - 0.04 0.06 0.6 Orbit # * * * * 2 Remarks None
System Data[edit]
The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:
- The mainworld.
- x12 secondary rocky worlds.
- x3 gas giants.
Mainworld Data[edit]
Mainworld Size (S)[edit]
Mengerea is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]
Mengerea has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]
Mengerea has 05-15% of its surface covered by liquid water or ice. Wilderness refueling will be difficult. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are Hell Worlds or Poor Worlds depending on their atmosphere.
Mainworld Geography and Topography[edit]
No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.
(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
World Starport (St)[edit]
Mengerea 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 world is host to an Imperial Way Station.
World Population (P)[edit]
Mengerea has a population of 30,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).
World Technology Level (T)[edit]
Mengerea 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)[edit]
Mengerea has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. A colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.
World Law (L)[edit]
Mengerea has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. A few worlds with this law level may be a Red Zone and others will be an Amber Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors).
Imperial High (Landed) Nobility[edit]
Mengerea, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.
Trade Data[edit]
- Importance: 2 (ordinary)
World Economy[edit]
- Resources: C (very abundant)
- Labor: 6 (millions)
- Infrastructure: B (very extensive)
- Efficiency: +4 (advanced)
World Culture[edit]
- Heterogenity: 9 (discordant)
- Acceptance: 9 (friendly)
- Strangeness: 7 (confusing)
- Symbols: B (abstract)
World Timeline[edit]
- 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)[edit]
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- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 20.
- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 11. (Ziru Sirka worlds: dot map provided)
- Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 34-37, 95-101.
- TNE New Era 1248 Sourcebook 2: Bearers of the Flame
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com