Torment (world)

Torment/Darrian (Spinward Marches 0721) Milieu 1116 X433268-6 Starport X No Starport Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 2 Low (800) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M0 V
Worlds	12
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	2156
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	6
Economic Extension	411-3 Resources 4 Scarce Labor 1 Low (80) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	3
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	0
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-X
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Torment has an unbreathably thin atmosphere and very little surface water. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. This world is designated a Red Zone, with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it extremely dangerous to visitors. Everyone is forbidden to travel here.  There is a habitat or settlement for criminals or exiles from other worlds here. There is a habitat or settlement for criminals or exiles from other worlds here. It is a member of Darrian Confederation in the Darrian Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector. 100% of the world's population is the Minor Human Race Daryen.

• Torment is a member of the Spinward Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Torment has a solitary primary star.

• It is a red main sequence.

Torment has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0055	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.55	5.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	1	6
	Remarks

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x9 secondary rocky worlds.
• x2 planetoid belts.

Mainworld Data

Torment orbits within its star's habitable zone.

• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Torment is a Meso World between 5,600km and 7,200km in diameter. The world has low gravity between 0.32G and 0.46G. The horizon will appear about 3.6km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Torment has a pressure of 0.10 to 0.42 atmospheres. The very thin pressures require a respirator or Oxygen Mask. TL–5 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

• It experiences low temperatures.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Torment has 25-35% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has a few small seas. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants will be recycled.

• The world's small seas are crusted with pack ice.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0721 Torment (Darrian confederation) - Green Zone

Starport: Class 0.

Diameter: 1,504 miles (2,400 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 32%%.
Climate: Cold.
Population: 800.
Government: Hierarchy of criminals.
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 5.
World Trade Number: 0.

History & Background (Dossier)

Torment has been under continuous Darrian control since before the Third Frontier War, even during periods when the other three Entopic Worlds where held by the Sword Worlds Confederation. This is because Torment is populated entirely by incorrigible criminals that cannot exist in the tolerant Darrian society. Torment is governed by the criminals themselves, who must mine raw materials to trade for imported food.

Torment is a prison planet for the most incorrigible of criminals, those whom Darrian psychologists have judged impossible to cure of violent tendencies. It is miserably cold and barren, consisting only of one central village of convicts. They are required to work in mining and industry to pay for the import of enough food to support them. The prison is run by a hierarchy of criminals who demand obedience from their fellow convicts. This obedience has little to do with law and order, as might be expected. They select their own successors before dying.

World Starport (Sp)

Torment does not have a starport. The Class X Starport is an indication that no starport exists in the system. There are no facilities or services available, and no site marked for landing.

World Languages

• Te-Zlodh
  • Written te-zlodh uses a syllabary of flowing symbols, known as yaser te-yulep (the old script). When the Solomani arrived at Darrian, a new Latin-based alphabet, rome te-yulep ('the Roman script'), was introduced. Currently, yaser te-yulep remains in use for legal documentation, classic literature, poetry and news bulletins, where the speed and efficiency of the syllabary allows for rapid reading. Scientific and educational documentation are written in rome te-yulep.

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. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 8-9.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Marc W. Miller, Robert Parker, Nancy Parker, Matt Renner. Darrians (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 23,32.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 44. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 49.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 108. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 80-84,86,88. (UWP only)