Plipr (world)

Plipr/Bilahew (Fulani 1803)
Classic Era (1116)	C414120–6 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 1 Vacuum (trace) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 1 Low (70) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 0 No Law Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F9 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	3

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Plipr is an icy, low-population world, with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

• Its surface is ice-capped with nearly all of its water frozen.
• It is a member of the Izrats Kriezhlas Unity in the Bilahew Subsector of Fulani Sector.

• This is a cold world with an overall climate that is at the lower temperature range of human-congruous sophont endurance.
• It is a member of the Fulani Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Plipr has a solitary primary star.

• It is a white main sequence.

Plipr has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F9 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.13	5990 - 6050	1.53382
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0109	0.1027	1.16 - 2.03	1.09	10.9
	Orbit #	*	0	4	3	7
	Remarks

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x5 secondary rocky worlds.
• x3 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

The mainworld orbits within the star's Habitable Zone.

• It lies within the zone's colder outer H- region.
• It receives relatively low levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Plipr is a Meso World between 5,600km and 7,200km in diameter. The world has low gravity between 0.32G and 0.46G. The horizon will appear about 3.6km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Plipr has a pressure of less than 0.1 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Plipr has 35-45% of its surface covered by ice, either in vast sheets or contained deep within craters or fractures on the surface. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants can be got by mining and melting ice.

• The surface of the world is composed of a crust of ice many kilometers thick.
• Much of the surface is cratered and covered in regolith and thick dust of meteoric origin, leaving only around 30% of the icy outer shell exposed.
• Below the outer icy shell there may be a world-ocean of liquid water.

Satellites:

Plipr retains a small vacuum moon.

• The world orbits every few weeks.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

• Locally, detailed maps may be available.
• Verified updated charts are constantly sought.
• Detailed survey data commands premium prices.

(Blank map, trace atmosphere world.)

Native Lifeforms

Primitive sub-ice native life occupying a few ecological niches.

History & Background (Dossier)

Plipr is a backwater outpost with almost no development.

• It is a member of the Izrats Kriezhlas Unity.
• The resources of the system are largely untapped.

There is limited activity within the system.

• Commercial traffic is sporadic: ships occasionally visit, usually en route to somewhere else.
• Commo picks up occasional signals and private chatter. Communications are in Zdetl.
• A few commercial navigation beacons will be active.
• A vessel or two may be operating among the other worlds and moons that make up the system.

The majority of the population are involved in commercial prospecting.

Note that social data, though only 40 years old, may be out of date.

• Verified updated data is constantly sought.

World Starport (St)

Plipr has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Demographics (P)

Plipr has a population of 70 Vlazhdumecta humans.

Urbanization

A single central facility, located adjacent to the starport, with a few outlying structures and compounds.

• Structures and facilities are sealed against local environmental conditions.
• Almost all of the surface of the world is wilderness.

World Technology Level (T)

Plipr 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 (G)

Plipr is governed by a Participatory Democracy where eligible voters determine laws and policy. What determines an eligible voter varies. There may be smaller councils or regional bodies to draft the policies voted upon. Leadership of the government and all members of the bureaucracy are determined by the voting population.

World Military

Privately retained security personnel.

World Law (L)

Plipr has no law in practice. It is an Anarchy. On many worlds, this by itself justifies an Amber Zone advisory. 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.

World Economy

• Resources: C (very abundant)
• Labor: 0 (none available)
• Infrastructure: 0 (non-existent)
• Efficiency: -1 (average)

Trade Data

• Importance: -3 (very unimportant)

World Culture

• Homogeneity: 2 (monolithic)
• Acceptance: 1 (extremely xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 6 (very distinct)
• Symbols: 8 (somewhat abstract)

World Timeline

• 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)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), 50, 51. (sector named, dot map provided locating world)
• Author & Contributor: Jo Grant of CORE (generated data) / Geir Lanesskog (refinement of data)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS