Tiajama (world)
Tiajama/Elnath (Aldebaran 2028) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Era (1116) | C8A6497–9
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | K3 V M4 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 0 |
Tiajama is a nonindustrial fluid world.
- A fluid world has an oceanic geography of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids.
- 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.
- 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.
- It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Elnath Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.
Description / Astrography & Planetology[edit]
No information yet available.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Tiajama Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Tiajama K3 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.78 4600 - 4830 0.41911 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0035 0.0537 0.65 - 1.18 0.35 3.5 Orbit # * * 3 1 5 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Tiajama M4 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.23 3110 - 3210 0.00584 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0013 0.0063 0.08 - 0.16 0.13 1.3 Orbit # * * 0 0 3
System Data[edit]
0 Gas Giants — 2 Planetoid Belts — 6 Other Worlds
Mainworld Data[edit]
Tiajama is a hot, tidally-locked, large-standard world with a dense, exotic atmosphere of hydrocarbons, ranging from methane thru dectane, depending on the hot-cold latitude.
As is obvious, the hot-pole is the 0-latitude and the cold-pole is the 180-latitude, of course. What many forget is the the 0-longitude point ("line") is the revolutional trailing point on the twilight zone, with positive longitudes moving into the hot zone, and negative longitudes moving into the cold zone, both meeting at the 180° point (the revolutional spinward point).
Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]
Over half the surface is covered by an a mixture hydrocarbon liquids in the C7 to C10 range. There are 4 large landmasses, and several isolated archipelagoes.
That said, there is a small icepack of water-ice at the cold-pole surrounded by the HC ocean, which near the the icepack is generally arranged with heavy tars at the seafloor; denser, heavier oils above that; followed by lighter hydrocarbon, and finishing with a thin layer of propane at the surface. This progression order remains as one moves thru the twilight zone, with the lighter hydrocarbons boiling off with increasing ocean temperature. The oceans on the hot side tend to be the heaver oils and tars, with the atmosphere being a mixture of the lighter stuff.
There is considerable mixing in the hydrosphere and atmosphere due to the strong katabatic wind patterns.
Mainworld Map[edit]
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms[edit]
No information yet available.
History & Background / Dossier[edit]
No information yet available.
World Starport[edit]
Tiajama has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which includes amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.
Tiajama downport is located at a wobble-point in the planetary twilight zone, such that daylight varies throughout the planetary year. It is located on a small continent located at the trailing point (0° longitude) to minimize the odds of impacts.
It has substantial support for large cargo vessels and fluids transport. Designated lift areas are in use which use anti-grav pulse technology to aid large cargo craft in their initial acceleration, albeit in a narrow vertical column. Landing areas have permanent piping in place for a variety of standard hydrocarbon deliveries. Storage is distributed, enfiladed, and underground to minimize disruptions.
The local starport bar is "The Gas Station", and offers free drinks to Scout personnel made from local ethane stocks. Personal advice is to be very careful with the free drinks, and tip your server well.
World Technology Level[edit]
Tiajama 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]
Tiajama 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.
Tiajama government is explicitly focused on environmental continuity, citizen opportunity, scientific and engineering research, and trade encouragement.
World Law Level[edit]
Tiajama has a moderate law level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.
Analyzing the world-net news, most crime centers around business fraud and professional ethical failures. Violence appears rare.
World Military[edit]
No information yet available.
World Economy[edit]
Hydrocarbon collection, chemical separations, chemical engineering, plastics production, materials science engineering, and robotics.
Trade Data[edit]
Hydrocarbon exports, high-grade plastics, specialty chemicals.
Imports include food, plant species, agriculture equipment and parts, manufactured goods, metals, electronics, robotics equipment.
World Demographics[edit]
Population: 10k
Humaniti 100%
World Culture[edit]
Tiajaman culture descends from Solomani and Quesadan cultures, but takes a spicy turn from the fact that the original settlers had a strong adventuring spirit. The population seems to always be in motion, even in their off-shift hours. The population is well-educated, personally motivated, and focused on improvement.
The fortnight calendar was adopted locally to regulate activity cycles, and corresponds to the standard year not the planetary year. It follows the 15-day fortnight pattern of 5 work days, 3 weekend days, 5 work days, 2 weekend days. Standard end of season days are tacked on to extend the final 2-day weekends to 3-day weekends in a regular pattern. This pattern balances the work-weekend days in a 2:1 ratio.
Work shifts are 6 hours, with 1st shift starting at local 9h. While this shift schedule was evidently designed to ensure that the population was not overworked, it is only a partial success as many citizens work extra half-shifts to achieve professional goals, though those half-shifts are often executed from their residential areas.
People seem to have a regular career position, plus either a "side-hustle" or an educational pursuit. The government support a comprehensive educational opportunity culture, where citizens are afforded educational opportunities at no additional charge beyond their taxes. Educational research is an ongoing focus with researchers both seeking out new effective educational techniques and developing and collecting data on their local implementation. Innovation is encouraged to the limits of safety constraints; certain research is limited to scientific and engineering structures deliberately set outside the City proper.
All this is provided for by relatively high tax rates on businesses and personal income. Prices remain largely low due to the low cost of raw materials, and the success of many of the local materials industries.
World Language/s[edit]
Quesadan Spanish-Anglic dialect. Anglic is the business language.
Urbanization[edit]
Tiajama City is located 10km away from the downport, along the twilight zone line. It is a series of connected, Tech-A structures with large interior spaces with an artificial diurnal light cycle. There are separate residential structures with quick access to educational and commercial areas.
Historical Data[edit]
There several deposits of unique mineral catalysts that concatenate hydrocarbon compounds up thru a maximum size. These catalysts have apparently converted the original methane atmosphere into what the pre-Contact Terrans called: gasoline.
World Timeline[edit]
No information yet available.
UWP Listing[edit]
C 8 A 6 4 9 7 – 9
References & Contributors / Sources[edit]
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- Classic Traveller Alien Module 6: Solomani (named but no further data)
- MegaTraveller Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani
- External Link: CORE Data Site
- External Link: Federation Development Agency
- External Link: Zho Berka's Maps
- 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
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