Rocamadour (world)
| Rocamadour/Regulus (Alpha Crucis 1131) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | C684486-9
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | M0 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rocamadour is a pre-agricultural and nonindustrial world lacking adequate development for its economy to become prosperous.
- As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Regulus Subsector of Alpha Crucis Sector.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]
This world is located on the Turin Run.
Stellar Data[edit]
Rocamadour has a solitary primary star. Rocamadour 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity M0 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.57 3770 - 3850 0.13982 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0055 0.031 0.39 - 0.74 0.55 5.5 Orbit # * * 2 1 6 Remarks
System Data[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Data[edit]
Rocamadour is a cold world with a dense atmosphere. It is located in the habitable zone of the red dwarf it orbits, but is unusual for a world of its type because it is not tidally locked to its star. This is believed to be due to a collision with another planet-sized object 50 million years ago.
Mainworld Size (S)[edit]
Rocamadour 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]
Rocamadour has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.
The high density and pressure of Rocamadour makes living at lower altitudes difficult. Settlement at higher altitudes is possible.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]
Rocamadour has 35-45% of its surface covered by liquid water. There will be a number of small seas or one larger body of water. Wilderness refueling is possible.
Due to the low temperatures, the liquid oceans of the world are mostly covered by ice.
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]
Rocamadour is a world with a history of Solomani and Catholic settlement. The world is named for the Terran historical site of the same name due to the resemblance of the sole city on the planet.
Although it lies within the territory of the Confederation, the world is not officially a member of that state, choosing instead to remain as a technically neutral world. Despite its neutral status, it relies on the Confederation for trade and defense and actively cooperates with Solomani interests.
Solomani Security keeps a close eye on things to ensure the security of the Solomani State and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, others are coerced, while many see it as an act of duty to help protect the the State and its interests.
World Starport (Sp)[edit]
Rocamadour 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 Population (P)[edit]
Rocamadour has a population of 80,000 sophonts (tens of thousands).
- This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
World Demographics[edit]
Rocamadour was originally settled by Terran Catholics during the Rule of Man, but the original colony died out during the Long Night due to the inability of the world to sustain itself without interstellar trade. During the 400s the world was resettled by Solomani settlers who hoped they would be able to join the Consolidation of Turin.
World Government[edit]
Rocamadour is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.
World Military[edit]
No information yet available.
World Law Level (L)[edit]
Rocamadour has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.
World Technology Level (TL)[edit]
Rocamadour 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 Economy[edit]
No information yet available.
World Culture[edit]
The world of Rocamadour is heavily influenced by its Catholic settlement during the Rule of Man. The Solomani Catholic Church has a large role in the world's governance. Rocamadour is also home to the Cathédrale Relativité. This unique place of worship resembles the medieval Terran cathedrals from the exterior, but the interior was modelled off the famous artistic work Relativity created on Terra in -2566. The grav plates that would have made the orthogonal staircases usable are no longer functional.
Historical Data[edit]
Rocamadour was initially settled during the rush of colonization immediately after the end of the Nth Interstellar War by Solomani searching for untamed worlds. Initially skipped for more promising worlds, the first settlements occurred approximately in the -2000s. Many failed attempts to set up permanent colonies occurred, but a successful city was established on a high mountain named Rocamadour. The world was named after this settlement.
During the Long Night the planet was abandoned due to the difficulty of interstellar trade. Once the establishment of pocket empires in the Alpha Crucis Sector led to increased stability, the world was resettled around the year 400 by Catholic colonists, who hoped to create a world which would be accepted by the Consolidation of Turin.
World Timeline[edit]
- c.-2300: Terran settlers enter Regulus Subsector during the Phoenix Expeditions.
- c.-2000: Rocamadour colonized.
- -1776: Collapse of the Rule of Man.
- c.-1000: The original colony of Rocamadour dies out.
- -364 : Consolidation of Turin established.
- c.400: Rocamadour resettled.
- 740: Alpha Crucis joins the Solomani Autonomous Region.
- 871: Solomani Confederation founded.
References and Contributors[edit]
- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 37. (dot map)
- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 11. (dot map)
- Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), 11. (dot map)
- David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), .
- Christopher Griffen. The Bell of Rocamadour (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), 3-4,23.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com