Sturgeon's Law (world)
| Sturgeon's Law/Old Islands (Reft 1724) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second Survey | DAC1451-9
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| Classic Era (1116) | DAC1451-9
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| New Era (1200) | XAC1000-0
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| Fourth Imperium (1300) | XAC1000-0
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | K0 IV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sturgeon's Law is a nonindustrial, fluidic hellworld with a population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.
- A fluid world has an oceanic geography consisting of heavily contaminated water or a substance such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquid.
- Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants.
- It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Old Islands Subsector of Reft Sector.
Description / Astrography & Planetology[edit]
Stellar Data[edit]
Sturgeon's Law has a solitary primary star. Sturgeon's Law 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity K0 IV Subgiant 2.3 4000 - 5000 4.67 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.03071 0.17924 1.72 - 2.8 3.071 30.71 Orbit # * 0 5 5 9 Remarks
System Data[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Data[edit]
Mainworld Size (S)[edit]
Sturgeon's Law is a Big World between 15,200km and 16,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 1.1G and 1.5G. The horizon will appear about 5.7km away. Vessels with only 1G of thrust should avoid landing on this world.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]
Sturgeon's Law has an Insidious Atmosphere which requires the use of a Hostile Environment Suit or Vacc Suit, but extreme conditions cause the corrosive effects to defeat any personal protective measures in a few hours. TL–10 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]
Sturgeon's Law has 05-15% of its surface covered by liquid water or ice. Wilderness refueling will be difficult. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are Hell Worlds or Poor Worlds depending on their atmosphere.
- There is a single region of water large enough to be considered a sea.
Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Map[edit]
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms[edit]
The plant forms on the land surface metabolize metal and human protoplasm with equal ease. [2]
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Settled when the sublight ship Infinité crashed in the planet's single sea. [2]
There was no prospect of rescue; even if another ship was sent to Sturgeon's Law it wouldn't arrive for years. Luckily, the Infinité mission was well supplied, and the water covering the ship kept out the atmosphere and the deadly moss spores. The ship's workshops were used to build crude submersibles which ventured out in search of resources. Slowly the battle for survival became an attempt to build a place to live.
After the propagation of Jump drive through the Islands Cluster, Sturgeon's Law finally received offworld visitors. They found an underwater settlement housing about 30,000 people, supported by seabed farming and some minor industry.
During the Regency era, Sturgeon's Law was abandoned and interdicted until it could be certified free of Virus. [3]
World Starport[edit]
Sturgeon's Law 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]
Sturgeon's Law 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[edit]
Sturgeon's Law is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.
World Law Level[edit]
No information yet available.
World Military[edit]
No information yet available.
World Economy[edit]
No information yet available.
Trade Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Demographics[edit]
No information yet available.
World Culture[edit]
No information yet available.
Urbanization[edit]
No information yet available.
Historical Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Timeline[edit]
No information yet available.
UWP Listing[edit]
No information yet available.
Historical Note: European Space Agency Long-range Colony Mission[edit]
From entry: European Space Agency Long-range Colony Mission
In all their journeys, only one ship was lost: Infinité, from Amondiage (Reft 2325), made a forced landing on Sturgeon's Law with a load of colonists from New Home (Reft 1925). Crew and colonists were forced to settle on this uninviting planet and were cut off from the outside for hundreds of years. It was fortunate for them that they landed in the planet's single sea; the plant-forms growing on the land surface metabolize metal and human protoplasm with equal ease. [2]
References[edit]
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- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 12. (map only)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller. Trillion Credit Squadron (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 47.
- Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Reft Sector." The Travellers' Digest 20 (1990): 26-28.
- Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb System Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 57.
- Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 33,72.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 28,164-167.
- Martin Dougherty. Reft Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2010), .
- The Trillion Credit Squadron campaign - Sturgeon's Law by Alex Tingle
- Old Islands by Peter Gray
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 John Harshman, Marc Miller. Trillion Credit Squadron (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 41.
- ↑ Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 72.