Vignemale (world)

Vignemale/Euxene (Aldebaran 0201)
Classic Era (1116)	B699940-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 9 High ( billion) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 0 No Law Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G0 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Vignemale is a high-population, industrial world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item.
• Its economy is rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to rapidly improve barring outside forces.
• It is a main world which is a satellite of either a gas giant or another world.
• It is a part of the Third Reformed French Confederate Republic, a member state of the Solomani Confederation, located in the Euxene Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

No information yet available.

Monostellar System

Vignemale Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Vignemale G3 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.99	5680 - 5720	0.96544
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0815	0.94 - 1.66	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	6

System Data

System Primary is a G3 star, relatively early in its lifetime at around 2B years old. It contains a relatively high metal content, indicating a 5th generation star.

The Vignemale main world is a standard rocky world on toward the colder side of the life zone, in orbit around a small-sized gas giant, Grossmal. As a result of its position, it is currently in a ice age, with polar ice caps and glaciers extending down to its 45th parallels. This ice mass has lowered the sea levels to the point that some small land masses are exposed. The dense atmosphere is a Nitrogen-Oxygen mix with relatively high levels of carbon dioxide. It is likely that without this mix, the temperatures would have dropped further, resulting in an ice world.

Closer to the primary, there is a gas giant, Pyrenees, at the 0.7AU orbit with 4 large moons.

In the 2 AU orbit, there is Russell, another rocky world with large ice caps and a thin atmosphere.

In the 5 AU orbit, there is Lister, yet another rocky world sheathed in ice and a dense atmosphere. Lister has somehow acquired 3 shepherd moons.

Mainworld Data

The Vignemale main world is a standard rocky world on toward the colder side of the life zone, in orbit around a small-sized gas giant, Grossmal.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

As a result of its position, it is currently in a ice age, with polar ice caps and glaciers extending down to its 45th parallels. This ice mass has lowered the sea levels to the point that some small land masses are exposed. As a relatively young world, it is active geologically with active vulcanism and mountainous land masses. The vulcanism is much higher than would be expected, however, due to the gravitic influences of its gas giant.

The dense atmosphere is a Nitrogen-Oxygen mix with relatively high levels of carbon dioxide. It is likely that without this mix, the temperatures would have dropped further, resulting in an ice world.

The oceans themselves are deep, averaging 6km in depth with considerable variation. They contain expected salt distributions and dissolved metals, and are slightly acidic due to dissolved carbon dioxide.

The crust has few exposed mineral veins, and most are submerged. Orbital scans detect lower than expected concentrations of heavy metal deposits.

Mainworld Map

Native Lifeforms

Simple sea-based life exists.

Massive "trees" grow wherever they can find purchase. The largest can extend 350m in height and have a bole over 50m in width; strong storms seem to prevent taller trees.

History & Background / Dossier

No information yet available.

World Starport

Vignemale has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

Vignemale Highport is a Class B highport is based originally on a Solomani standard design. The operating philosophy is provide seamless and efficient service to all visitors and make them feel comfortable and appreciated. As a result, art provided from surface artists is continually being provide and displayed physically within the highport, even as part of standard lodging. High-class visitors and ship captains are occasionally presented with a piece of Vignemalean art as a gift. The food is considerably better than a standard Class B port by design. Variable pressure living quarters are standard, to allow both staff and visitors to smoothly transition between standard atmosphere and the surface pressure. A stay of 3 days at dense pressure is recommended before descent to the Downport.

The Vignemale Downport is located at a relatively rare flattened area of the 2nd largest continuous landmass, Impetus, which is a meteor impact crater. The majority of the startown is located beyond the rim of the original crater as a natural safety barrier. As above, so below; the Impetus Startown provides for high speed public transport, spacious business spaces, and aesthetically pleasing living spaces. There is access to the primary landmass, Everest, via grav shuttles and watercraft. Highbandwidth industrial transport for goods is available at a reasonable cost per metric ton.

Everest City contains the highest technological standards on the planet, and is designed for continuous aesthetic adaptation.

World Technology Level

Vignemale possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-3.

World Government

Vignemale is governed by a Representative Democracy where government leadership is representatives elected by eligible voters. What determines an eligible voter varies. The representatives determine policy, including selecting members of the bureaucracy. There can be referendum, votes by eligible voters on specific subjects.

World Law Level

Vignemale is an open society on a weirdly epic scale. The Scout Service designates the overall planetary law level as zero.

Weapons and armor are not allowed to be imported; however, one can construct whatever one wants locally with their own hands and equipment. Generally, as long as you hurt no one, it is allowed to own and operate this equipment for personal reasons. Sub-societial guidelines will generally limit practical implementations. Local weapons and armors are available for sale at the Downport only.

Standard laws for the governing of a civilized society are in place. Murder, theft, fraud, etc are forbidden and those laws are enforced at multiple legal levels. The judicial system is designed to be straightforward and swift in implementation, with an emphasis on restitution and (then) isolation. Violent miscreants are often "transported" to another system and then banned from the Highport. Murderous miscreants judged too violent or sociopathic for incarceration are humanely executed, with a 2-week minimum period for appeal and final arrangements; this period rarely extends past 4 weeks even when vigorously contested. Methods vary by jurisdiction; a local phrase sums it up as roughly: experiment and find out.

World Military

Ground forces are made of heavily-armed defense-enthusiast Societies, typically with advanced bespoke equipment.

A wet navy is effected by a loosely associated set of Seaworthy Societies. These Societies are present on the surface, submerged, and deep sea regions. Like all Societies, they both compete and cooperate as they deem appropriate.

The planetary starforces are directed directly by the elected Junta Centrale and its Executif. By law, they may not engage in any surface action, but instead have total responsibility for the System defense and resource extraction as a whole. The star forces each have their own command and mission, and are considered professional employees of Vignemale. The planet and moon are protected by a small fleet of 10 SDBs. The starforces have been recently bolstered by the arrival of warships from the 3rd French for "extended shore leave". This older fleet consists of 3 Normandy class heavy cruisers, a De Gaulle class pocket carrier, and the 3 Striker class destroyers. Rumours exist that Vignemale is aggressively helping refit the fleet with innovative options given recent political developments.

World Economy

Vignemale as a world is somewhat lacking in metals and arable land, and thus it is considered non-industrial.

This world does provide for a thriving tourist industry, with many natural and almost natural beaches, mountain retreats, and arguably some of the best Terran skiing and cold-weather sports within the sector. A ex-patriot ice sculptor from the Spinward Marches has inspired an entire new industry of ice art in the Northern Icepack society.

In addition, local artisans bound together as sub-societies work to provide specialty bespoke products of almost any type...no questions asked. These myriad micro-industries provide for considerable, if untracked, income for the planet as well as local demand for the unusual raw materials. Thus, starships of all sizes will find a market for goods transport.

Some notable sub-industries revolve around advanced cybernetics and personal enhancement. It is recommended that interested travellers acquire a local guide from the appropriate sub-society, as these industrial zones are typically more accepting of casual violence.

Trade Data

Various manufactured goods.

World Demographics

No information yet available.

World Culture

Vignemale culture is extremely varied and granular. The overall culture is basically that an individual should be able to pursue their own desire and dreams unless it negatively impacts another. Beyond that, cultural technologies have evolved to allow individuals to find and work with those other individuals who share their bent. Societal memberships are fluid and generally accepting of new members, and each has their own bylaws. Not abiding by bylaws results in public ostracization with the reasons being given in detail; naturally, there are societies for those not accepted into other societies. There are also sub-sub-societies of just a single member. Some sophontologists consider this a form of balkanization, but the government structure is coherent across the population.

World Language/s

Anglic and an Euxene French dialect called Coreuxenic are the primary world languages. Other languages are used on a societal or sub-societal basis.

Urbanization

Urban living space is generally subterranean, leaving as much rare flat land available as parks as possible. Entire mountains have been escavated and reinforced as cities. The engineering society realm of Firebirg is notable in that the active core magma tube has been kept in place with advanced reinforcements.

Also, there are at least 2 major undersea mountains that have been urbanized. No sea bottom arcologies exist at this time, due to lack of interest; that said, that could change with the discovery of an accessible mining location. Such are the public hopes of the Robotic Survey Society, in any case.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

B 6 9 9 9 4 0 – C

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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: Dochsavage
• Author & Contributor: Leroy W.L. Guatney of the Federation Development Agency (FDA)