Niven (world)

Niven/Atsah (Deneb 2512) Milieu 1116 E9C4237-9 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere C Exotic (insidious) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 2 Low (500) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F3 V M3 V
Worlds	14
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	3
Cultural Details
Government	Self-perpetuating oligarchy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	2159
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	B11-2 Resources B Abundant Labor 1 Low (50) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	9
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-E
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	350
Port passengers (annual)	0

Niven is a fluid world with an oceanic geography of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. This world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it dangerous to visitors. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Atsah Subsector of Deneb Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Niven, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

Niven (world)/Atsah (Deneb 2512) New Era X9C4000-0 Starport X No Starport Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere C Exotic (insidious) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	No government
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	0000
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	0
Economic Extension	B00-5 Resources B Abundant Labor 0 Barren (0) Infrastructure 0 Non-existent Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	0
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	0
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-X
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Era: New Era

Niven is a barren fluid world with oceans of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, or hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids.

• This world has no overt population, government, or law level.
• This world could be populated if anyone had an inclination to do so... This world was once settled and developed, but the inhabitants have either died off or left leaving behind the remnants of their civilization. It is a unclaimed Non-Aligned world in the Atsah Subsector of Deneb Sector.

Description (Planetology)

This world is part of the Segan Cluster.

Stellar Data

Niven has two stars in the star system.

Niven
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.44	6670 - 6750	3.58318
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0147	0.157	1.7 - 2.94	1.47	14.7
	Orbit #	*	0	5	4	7
	Remarks
Niven
	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

History & Background (Dossier)

World Starport (Sp)

Niven 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.

World Population (P)

Niven has a population of 500 sophonts (hundreds).

• This is a Low Population World and the population would be too low to sustain itself without moderate outside assistance. This may represent a large transient population such as the crew of a fleet of starships, the dwindling remnants of a dying colony, a construction team building a new colony, or an outpost that could evolve into a colony.

World Technology Level (T)

Niven 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)

Niven is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions within the government. These positions are inherited by members of the group or by their relatives. The organization may be a monarchy, with titles passed to family members, or a plutocracy where inheritance of the family fortune includes government position. Alternatively, the organization may be a more typical government apparatus, only with positions of power inherited.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Gary L. Thomas. "Atsah Subsector." The Travellers' Digest 02 (1985): 36-38.
• Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Data/Library: Deneb." The Travellers' Digest 19 (1990): 24-30.
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 59.
• Mongoose Traveller: Deneb Sector (UWP only)
• External Link: Sunbane data
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science