New Melbourne (world)
| New Melbourne/Cruxway (Daibei 3021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | E557312-7
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | M3 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Melbourne is a low-population world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.
- This world has yet to take off economically or otherwise and the population remains low for reasons largely unknown.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Cruxway Subsector of Daibei Sector in the Domain of Ilelish.
- About 80% of the population is composed of Evantha.
- About 20% of the population is composed of baseline humans and other non-human sophonts.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]
This world is part of the Tukera Cluster.
Stellar Data[edit]
New Melbourne has a solitary primary star. New Melbourne 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity M3 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.37 3270 - 3430 0.03081 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0034 0.0146 0.18 - 0.35 0.34 3.4 Orbit # * * 0 1 5 Remarks None
System Data[edit]
System:
- x4 Gas Giants
- x1 Planetoid Belts
- x3 Other Worlds
System Importance (Ix)[edit]
This world has an Importance Extension (Ix): of -3 (Very unimportant).
- (The Importance Extension (Ix) ranks worlds within a region. It governs the locations of capitals and trade routes.)
Mainworld Data[edit]
Mainworld Size (S)[edit]
New Melbourne is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]
New Melbourne 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]
New Melbourne has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.
Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Map[edit]
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms[edit]
No information yet available.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The majority of the small population are Evantha, but the world carries the name applied to it by the Solomani. Its corporate social structure is unwelcoming of outsiders.
Imperial Landed Nobility[edit]
New Melbourne, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.
World Starport (Sp)[edit]
New Melbourne has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of a downport.
- The Starport Authority does not maintain an employee population at this starport. All labor and operations are contracted on a "as needed" basis.
World Population (P)[edit]
New Melbourne has a population of 9,000 sophonts (thousands).
- This is a Low Population World and the population would be too low to sustain itself without a little outside assistance. This may represent the home base of a sizable but mostly transient population such as the base of a major starship expedition, the last generation of a dying colony, the first generation of a new colony, or a large outpost that will probably evolve into a colony if not stopped.
World Demographics[edit]
World Languages[edit]
- Anglic: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
- Detran: Currently the most politically significant of the Evantha languages.
- Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
Urbanization[edit]
Most Evantha towns feature a cluster of slender, tall buildings surrounded by industrial centres, air and space ports, or hunting parks. Individual buildings are open and airy, with spacious rooms, balconies, and skylights. Shops and markets are open-air.
World Government (G)[edit]
New Melbourne is governed by a Corporate Polity, having a single corporation with a typical corporate structure as a government. Essentially, this is a "company town" (or world). The typical corporate-run world usually has a single purpose. Examples include mining, agriculture, or other kinds of resource extraction. But rather than a simple base of operations, there are facilities for housing workers and their families, including hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure. How, or if, the children of the workers are incorporated into the workforce varies with companies. The corporation running the world may be a subsidiary of a larger interstellar corporation.
World Law Level (L)[edit]
New Melbourne 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. Portable energy weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.
World Technology Level (TL)[edit]
New Melbourne possesses a Technology Level of TL–7.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early video and early satellite communication networks.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fuel cells, solar energy, and geothermal power sources.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Improved automobiles, hovercraft, and bullet trains.
- Water: Hydrofoils and early triphibians.
- Air: Hang gliders and supersonic jets.
- Space: Deep space probes and interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
World Military[edit]
New Melbourne has a Battalion Equivalent figure of 0.
- There are no organized ground forces on this world.
World Economy (Ex)[edit]
The world's economic measurements are: ( 5 2 1 −5 )
- Resources: 5 (Scarce)
- Labor: 2 (Hundreds)
- Infrastructure: 1 (Extremely limited)
- Efficiency: −5 (Extremely poor)
- Economic Extension: 3
- Resource Units: -50
Trade Data[edit]
Trade Classifications for this world:
Trade Lines with other worlds:
- This world has no significant trade line routes with other worlds.
Evantha equipment is beautifully made and unlikely to break but costs at least 50% more than equivalent Human items; the result of Evanthan preference for individuality and style at the cost of standardization.
World Culture (Cx)[edit]
The world's cultural characteristics are: [ 1 1 1 3 ]
- Homogeneity: 1 (Monolithic)
- Acceptance: 1 (Extremely xenophobic)
- Strangeness: 1 (Very typical)
- Symbols: 3 (Very concrete)
Evantha young are very dependent on their parents. Children accompany parents as much as possible, at home and during work. When they become adults, most find a substitute family by devoting themselves to a cause larger than themselves, not so much on its own merits as to give direction to their lives.
World Infrastructure[edit]
New Melbourne possesses extremely limited infrastructure.
Historical Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Timeline[edit]
- (-4238): Evantha develop successful spacecraft and achieve spaceflight.
- (-4233): First Contact between the Evantha and the Vilani.
- (-4014 to -2423): Pax Vilanica.
- (-3341): Evantha fully conquered by the largely indifferent Vilani and assimilated into the Ziru Sirka.
- (-2404 to -2215): Interstellar Wars.
- (-2204): Rule of Man Founded.
- (-1776 to 0): Long Night.
- The Evantha Protectorate endures under Terran administration.
- (0): Third Imperium Founded.
- (76 to 120): Pacification Campaigns.
- (990-1002): Solomani Rim War.
UWP Listing[edit]
UWP: E557312-7
- Starport: E Frontier Installation
- Size 5 8,000km
- Atmosphere: 5 Thin atmosphere
- Hydrosphere: 7 70%
- Population: 3 Thousands
- Government: 1 Company/Corporation
- Law Level: 2 Portable energy weapons prohibited
- Technology Level: 7 Miniaturized Electronics
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), TBD. (dotmap provided)
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- EXTERNAL LINK: Goerge.com
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
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