Tent World

Tent Worlds are smaller worlds covered by an advanced technology tarpaulin or tent, under which an artificial atmosphere can be created.

• A world of this type may be classified with either a Main World or non-MW trade code.
• It is a planet or world type.
• Please also see the AAB Library Data article: Paraterraforming

Description (Specifications)

The costs of trying to tent over a larger world are prohibitive, so only smaller bodies end up being test beds for this technology. As tenting materials and technologies grow more sophisticated, it is suspected that larger worlds will become feasible candidates for the technique.

Planetary Characteristics

TC Exotic World Series (Rarity) (IISS Scout Handbook, pgs. 490-491)

Type	Code	Size	Atm	Hyd	Pop	Gov	Law	Remarks
Tent World	0-2	--	--	--	--	--	--	A tented & paraterraformed world. Artificially constructed using Paraterraforming.

Probably Planetary Orbit & Climate

There is no expected orbit for a Tent World. Any smaller body with adequate solar radiation can be a candidate to become one. However, Tent Worlds tend to be located around the HZ where costs are at their lowest for the process.

History & Background (Dossier)

Tent Worlds were originally engineered and proven over celestial bodies much smaller than planet-sized. Techniques and technologies were often experimented with in rift valleys, large craters, or other depressions in a natural satellite or moon's landscape. The Terran moon, Luna, was one of these early testbeds.

Many different sophont peoples have developed versions of Tent World construction to suit their physical and cultural preferences, and the geneered humanoid Selenite societies are known to prefer these kinds of artificially designed worlds over the environments of natural, "wild" planets.

The Tentrassi sophont race received its moniker due to their association with Tent Worlds.

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Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This type of world is found mostly throughout the Solomani Sphere.

World Listing: 1105

The following systems and worlds are associated with this world type:

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References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), TBD.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), TBD.
• Marc Miller. Scouts (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), TBD.
• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
• EXTERNAL LINK: Beowolf's Libary Data Website ^{dead link}
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science