Torment (world)

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Torment/Darrian (Spinward Marches 0721)
Milieu 1116
X433268-6
StarportX No Starport
Size4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g)
Atmosphere3 Vacuum (very thin)
Hydrographics3 Wet World 30%
Population2 Low (800)
Government6 Captive Government/Colony
Law8 High Law (controlled blades)
Tech Level6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also UWP
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
Resources4Scarce
Labor1Low (80)
Infrastructure1 Extremely limited
Efficiency-3Poor
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 designated as 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.

Astrography & Planetology[edit]

Torment is a member of the Spinward Main.

Torment has a solitary primary star.
Torment
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M0 V Main Sequence 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

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey[edit]

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)[edit]

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. [2]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

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