Newcomb (world)
| Newcomb/Banasdan (Solomani Rim 2913) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | D541443-6
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | K1 V M4 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Newcomb is a poor, nonindustrial hellworld with a population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.
- Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes even hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often form intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
- It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
- This is a hot world, with a climate of high temperatures.
- A Prison World, exile camp, or prison camp for criminals or other exiles is located upon this world in addition to other points of interest.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Banasdan Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
- It is located on the Rim Main.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]
Newcomb is a poor, non-industrial hellworld with one small moon, located on the Rim Main within Banasdan Subsector of the Solomani Rim.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Newcomb Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Newcomb K1 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.86 5100 - 5170 0.58985 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0037 0.0637 0.76 - 1.36 0.37 3.7 Orbit # * * 3 1 5 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Newcomb M4 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.23 3110 - 3210 0.00584 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0013 0.0063 0.08 - 0.16 0.13 1.3 Orbit # * * 0 0 3
IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey[edit]
2913 Newcomb (Imperial)
Starport: Class II.
Diameter: 4,200 miles (6,700 km). Gravity: 0.44g.
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen (Tainted).
Hydrographics: 12%.
Climate: Hot.
Population: 57,000.
Government: Representative Democracy.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 6.
World Trade Number: 2.5.
System Data[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Data[edit]
It is a non-industrial, low gravity hellworld with one small moon.
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]
Newcomb is a marginally habitable, mostly empty world.
Imperial High / Landed Nobility[edit]
Newcomb, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.
World Starport[edit]
Newcomb has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the 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 only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.
World Technology Level[edit]
Newcomb possesses a Technology Level of TL–6.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fission power generation, advanced water and wind generation of electricity.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Improved automobiles, early ATV's, and dedicated AFV's.
- Water: Amphibious vehicles, improved submersibles, and early SCUBA gear.
- Air: Early jet aircraft and rotorcraft VTOL's.
- Space: Early unmanned rocket delivery systems and early manned orbital rockets.
World Government[edit]
Newcomb is governed by a Representative Democracy where government leadership is representatives elected by eligible voters. What determines an eligible voter varies. The representatives determine policy, including selecting members of the bureaucracy. There can be referendum, votes by eligible voters on specific subjects.
World Law Level[edit]
No information yet available.
World Military[edit]
No information yet available.
World Economy[edit]
The planet is also home to an Imperial prison that doubles as a mining camp.
Trade Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Demographics[edit]
No information yet available.
World Culture[edit]
No information yet available.
Urbanization[edit]
The majority of the planet’s population lives in Circle City, a small provincial town. Originally established to house Solomani guerrillas and terrorists, the facility now handles common criminals who are forced to labor in the mines.
Historical Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Timeline[edit]
No information yet available.
UWP Listing[edit]
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Classic Traveller Argon Gambit/Death Station
- Classic Traveller Adventure 8 Prison Planet
- GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com