Twylo (world)
| Twylo/Capella (Solomani Rim 1034) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | A551AA6-E
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | A6 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Twylo is a poor, high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.
- This world is always on the edge of revolution as the common citizen struggles under extremely low wages. Much dissent is present.
- The world serves as the subsector capital with the significant extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
- It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Capella Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector.
- This world has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
- This world has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.
- Twylo owns the nearby world of Chrysolite (Solomani Rim 1032).
- It contains the the SolSec sector headquarters.
Description (Planetology)[edit]
Stellar Data[edit]
Twylo has a solitary primary star. Twylo 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity A6 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 1.83 7760 - 7910 8.29046 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0165 0.2388 2.49 - 4.28 1.65 16.5 Orbit # * 0 5 4 8 Remarks
Mainworld Data[edit]
Native Lifeforms[edit]
Twylo's wide desert areas feature a unique native species, the sand dollars, which are an ergivorous life-form. They use the harsh light of Twylo's primary to fuel an electrochemical reaction, freeing oxygen from various oxides in the soil. In effect, the sand dollars "eat rust", using the liberated heavy elements in their metabolism and releasing free oxygen into the air. The natural process of oxidation is therefore offset by the metabolism of hundreds of billions of sand dollars. It is due to this process that the world has an oxygen-rich atmosphere.
IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey[edit]
1034 Twylo (Solomani Subsector Capital)
Starport: Class V - Naval Base.
Diameter: 4,700 miles (7,500 km). Gravity: 0.48g.
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 9%.
Climate: Very Cold.
Population: 30 billion.
Government: Dictatorship.
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: 6.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Twylo is a poor but important, high-population world. It is the subsector capital and the highest population world in the subsector. The bulk of the population lives in vast urban hives, clustered around the infrequent lakes and seas. Twylo is one of the Confederation's busiest producers of heavy industrial equipment, vehicles, and starships.
Twylo society suffers from severe economic inequality, which has led to considerable social unrest. The recent "Twylo Renaissance" has resulted in a series of reforms intended to improve the destabilizing conditions.
World Starport[edit]
Twylo has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
- There is an associated Naval Base.
World Economy[edit]
The shells of certain sanddollar species are quite beautiful and have a fair value as novelty keepsakes; they are a reasonably important export.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com