Swelter (world)

Swelter/Wovoka (Aldebaran 2405)
Classic Era (1116)	B733699–A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 6 Moderate ( million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K7 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Swelter is a poor, non-agricultural and nonindustrial world.

• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• It has few prospects for economic development. Life here is drastically bleak.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
• This is a hot world, with a climate of high temperatures.
• This world is a "Twilight Zone World", a planet that is tidally-locked to its star. It has a hot side that permanently faces the star, a cold side that permanently faces away, and a narrow twilight zone in-between.
• A Prison World, exile camp, or prison camp for criminals or other exiles is located upon this world in addition to other points of interest.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Wovoka Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.

• This world has a nearby Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
• This world has a nearby Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

This system is part of the Palermo Cluster.

Monostellar System

Swelter Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Swelter K7 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.64	3990 - 4100	0.20972
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0029	0.038	0.47 - 0.88	0.29	2.9
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5
	Remarks
	Unusual spectral type

System Data

1 Gas Giants — 0 Planetoid Belts — 5 Other Worlds

• Swelter One
• Swelter
• Swelter Restricted Zone
• Stileg (small gas giant)
• Nintorod
• Jargemet
• Stagemet

Mainworld Data

Swelter is a standard-sized, tidally-locked world with a very thin atmosphere on the inner-edge of its primary's life zone, making it extremely hot on the near pole side.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

The hot pole side is a hardpan desert, populated only by craters. The cold pole has a substantial ice pack, which seems to fuel the atmosphere. The twilight zone has several mountain ranges where the high-speed winds deposit some moisture, resulting in a high humidity zone.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background / Dossier

No information yet available.

World Starport

Swelter 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 Technology Level

Swelter possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land & Water: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
  • Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
  • Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-1.

World Government

Swelter is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is 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.

World Law Level

Swelter has a high law level with laws covering many areas of interactions of people, corporations, and the government. A few worlds with this law level may be Amber Zones. Any interaction with the judicial system requires an Advocate trained in the local legal system. Law enforcement is present almost everywhere, either as people or via technology. Legal proceedings can take weeks to months to resolve and involve a dozen or more people. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (outside private residences or visiting starships).

World Military

Swelter is home to a Confederation military prison complex, and a military training complex. Beyond those facilities, most of the population is dedicated support staff and their families.

World Economy

No information yet available.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

World Demographics

Population: 3 million

Humaniti 100%

World Culture

The local culture is strongly Solomani Confederation military. Most residents seem to arrive and depart within 10 years.

Urbanization

The Swelter downport is located at the training point on the twilight zone. Camp Swelter is located in the the mountain range nearby.

The Hogston Confederation High-Security Prison is located 50km hotward with a dedicated heavy-rail line.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

B733699–A

References

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• Classic Traveller Alien Module 6: Solomani (named but no further data)
• MegaTraveller Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani
• Martin J. Dougherty. The Order of Prometheus (Mongoose Publishing, 2023), 14.
• CORE Data Site
• Federation Development Agency
• Author & Contributor: Garnfellow
• Author & Contributor: Dochsavage
• Author & Contributor: Leroy W.L. Guatney of the Federation Development Agency (FDA)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science