Tauri (world)
Tauri/Vland (Vland 1817) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milieu 0 | A430899-0
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Classic Era (1115) | A430998-F
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | K3 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 0 |
Tauri is a poor, non-agricultural, high-population desert world, with a billion or more sophonts struggling to survive in a inhospitable environment.
- This world has no free-standing water.
- It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
- Despite this world's industrial prowess, the world remains poor. Some blame it on the high prices of food, which must be imported. Others blame the nature of a desert world. Whatever the reason, something needs to change in order for this world to prosper.
- This a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Vland Subsector of Vland Sector in the Domain of Vland.
Description / Astrography & Planetology[edit]
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Monostellar System[edit]
Tauri Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Tauri K3 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.672 3600 - 4500 0.216 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.00654 0.03855 0.37 - 0.6 0.654 6.54 Orbit # * * 1 2 6
System Data[edit]
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Mainworld Data[edit]
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Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]
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Native Lifeforms[edit]
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History & Background / Dossier[edit]
Tauri is a poor, high-population desert world located in Vland Subsector in Vland Sector.
Imperial High / Landed Nobility[edit]
Tauri, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of two members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.
World Starport[edit]
Tauri has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
World Technology Level[edit]
Tauri possesses a Technology Level of TL–15 or TL-F in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Meson Communicators and Pseudo Reality Communications.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, improved collectors, and advanced Fusion+.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land & Water: Advanced gravcraft.
- Air: Advanced gravcraft and speeders.
- Space: Advanced gravcraft and G-Carriers.
- FTL: Jump Drive-6.
World Government[edit]
Tauri 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 Military[edit]
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World Economy[edit]
Because of Tauri's strategic position as a first world on the Vilani Main, its economy is supported mainly by banking and commerce flowing through its port, rather than by onworld industries.
Trade Data[edit]
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World Demographics[edit]
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World Culture[edit]
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Urbanization[edit]
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Historical Data[edit]
The mainworld is notable as it was the first planet to be visited by Vilani starfarers, before the First Imperium was formed.
- Although originally colonized as a scientific research station, its population has grown to extremes over the millennia.
World Timeline[edit]
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UWP Listing[edit]
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References & Contributors / Sources[edit]
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- Periodical: MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr in Articles: "The History of the Vilani People" & "Vland"
- Periodical: MegaTraveller Challenge 43 in Article: "TNS"
- Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 4 in Article: "The Vland Sector"
- TNE Survival Margin in Article: "Traveller News Service"
- Marc Miller's Traveller T4 First Survey
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
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