Somberview (world)

Somberview/Ownsbee (Gateway 0838)
Classic Era (1116)	B310899-7 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 1 Vacuum (trace) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 8 Moderate (600 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F2 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Somberview is a non-agricultural, pre-industrial, moderate population world with over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts in population size.

• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• Its economy and population are growing and living conditions are expected to improve in the near future barring outside forces.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Ownsbee Subsector of Gateway Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Somberview has a solitary primary star.

Somberview
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.46	6750 - 6820	3.76041
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0151	0.1608	1.73 - 3	1.51	15.1
	Orbit #	*	0	5	4	8
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

Several attempts have been made to terraform Somberview in the hope of making it less inhospitable. Most have been badly funded projects that achieved virtually nothing.

According to rumour, single-celled creatures from Splinter have been introduced as part of the process to create areas of life-bearing liquid water.

World Starport (Sp)

Somberview has a Class B Starport, a good quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)

Somberview has a population of 600,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

World Technology Level (T)

Somberview 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).

Although the world's official Tech Level is 7, it has a modest TL-9 industrial base operated by skilled locals trained on-site or educated at Imperial universities.

World Government (G)

Somberview is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• T20 QuikLink Interactive Gateway to Destiny
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Journal 4 in Article: 'Gateway Systems'
• Mongoose 2nd: The Trailing Frontier