Garden World
A Garden World is hospitable to most sophonts, with a size, atmosphere, and hydrographic rating that make it extremely attractive world. A Garden World has a safe environment, which does not require protective equipment for humans and other sophonts which share the planetary environment.
- They are also known as a Gaia Worlds or Terra-prime worlds, veritable paradises.
- It is a Main World or non-MW trade code. Almost always MW.
- It is a planet or world type.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
A Garden World is a planetological term for a lush ultra-hospitable world, almost ideally suited to conventional life of the type common to worlds like Terra.
Planetary Characteristics[edit]
A Terra-prime world is also known as a garden world, and is considered a paradise are highly desirable environment for most sophont species.
TC Bioplanetary World Series (Life) (IISS Scout Handbook, pgs. 490-491) | ||||||||
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Type | Code | Size | Atm | Hyd | Pop | Gov | Law | Remarks |
Barren World | Ba | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | Barren, lifeless world. Ba requires Starport E, X. |
Die Back World | Di | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dieback (000-T). Extinct sophont. Ruins. |
Garden World | Ga | 678 | 568 | 567 | Any | -- | -- | Paradise or Gaia world. Terra-prime or Terra-norm. Has Tp, Tr, or Tu climate code. |
Home World | Hw | -- | -- | -- | 1+ | Any | Any | Homeworld. Extant (currently existing) sophont. |
Reserve World | Re | -- | -- | -- | 1234 | -- | 45 | Private reserve, preserve, park, zoo, etc. |
- Terra-Prime: Siz 678, Atm 568 & Hyd 567.
Probably Planetary Orbit & Climate[edit]
A garden world is a veritable paradise, a gaia environment, conducive to most forms of conventional life.
World Placement by Zone (IISS Scout Handbook, pgs. 490-491) | |||||||||
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(← starward) Habitable Zone / HZ] (staraway →) | |||||||||
TC | Inner (-) | HZ-2 | HZ-1 | HZ | HZ+1 | HZ+2 | Outer (+) | Remote & Far Systems | Remarks |
Ag | No | Unlikely | Possible | Yes | Possible | Unlikely | No | No | Ag worlds work best within the HZ, but specialized crops may be possible in more extreme environments especially when of an unconventional life species.
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Ga | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Garden worlds are, by definition, limited to the Habitable Zone, which possesses a temperate climate. |
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
All garden worlds are considered precious commodities in a universe short of inhabitable worlds. They are lush paradises most suited to Terran-congruous (T-congruous) sophont life.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), TBD.
- Marc Miller. Scouts (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), TBD.
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
- Martin Dougherty. Garden Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2017), TBD.
- Beowolf's Libary Data Website dead link