Wastrel (world)

Wastrel/Fundibul (Astron 2940)
Classic Era (1116)	X100000-0 Starport X No Starport Size 1 Small (1,600 km, 0.05g - 0.09g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F4 IV M4 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Wastrel is a barren vacuum world with no overt population, government, or law level.

• These worldlets warrant hazardous environment precautions.
• Life in a vacuum requires great discipline. After all, it only takes one forgotten seal on a vacuum suit to spell death.
• This world could be populated if anyone had an inclination to do so...
• It is an unclaimed Non-Aligned world located in the Fundibul Subsector of Astron Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Wastrel is a binary star system.

• The primary is a blue-white subgiant named Grandmother.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Wastrel has two stars in the star system.

Grandmother
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F4 IV	Subgiant		2.1	6300 - 6900	13.4
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.02438	0.30362	2.91 - 4.74	2.438	24.38
	Orbit #	*	1	5	5	8
	Remarks		Active star: it produces high levels of EM noise.
Wastrel B
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.23	3110 - 3210	0.00584
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0025	0.0063	0.08 - 0.16	0.25	2.5
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	5
	Remarks		Periodic bouts of strong flare activity. 75 AU distant from the primary.

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x7 secondary rocky worlds.
• x4 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

The mainworld orbits within the star's Habitable Zone.

• It lies within the zone's colder outer H- region.
• It receives relatively low levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Wastrel is a Small World between 900km and 2,400km in diameter. The world has very low gravity between 0.05G and 0.09G. The horizon will appear about 2km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Wastrel has a pressure of less than 0.001 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

• Vacuum worlds have no climate, but experience extreme differences in temperature between direct starlight and shade.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Wastrel has no free-standing water or ice on the surface. Wilderness refueling isn't possible on this world. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are classified Desert World or a Hell World depending on their atmosphere.

• The surface of the world is composed of a crust of ice many kilometers thick.
• The whole of the surface is cratered and covered in regolith and thick dust of meteoric origin, leaving none of the icy outer shell exposed.
• Below the outer icy shell is a world-ocean of liquid water.

Satellites:

Wastrel retains a tiny planetoid moon.

• Its surface is cratered and irregular
• It orbits once every few days.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

• Locally, detailed maps may be available.
• Verified updated charts are constantly sought.
• Detailed survey data commands premium prices.

(Placeholder chart, vacuum world.)

Native Lifeforms

Primitive sub-ice native life occupying a few specialist ecological niches.

History & Background (Dossier)

Wastrel is a frontier, a wild and lonely place that rarely sees visitors. Many of the planets and moons within the system have never been visited by an intelligent being.

• Information about the system is limited.
• The resources of the system are largely untapped.

The system is unpopulated.

• Commercial traffic is extremely rare: the system sees very few visiting ships.
• The stars cause interference, strange tones and noises, and heavy static on commo and sensors.
• There are no active navigation beacons.

Note that social data, though only 40 years old, may be out of date: previously undocumented groups may now inhabit the system and maintain their own culture, forms of government, and systems of law.

• Verified updated data is constantly sought.

World Starport (St)

Wastrel 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 Demographics (P)

Wastrel is unpopulated.

Urbanization

None.

World Technology Level (T)

Wastrel possesses a Tech Level of TL–0.

• The world has no technological base.

World Government (G)

Wastrel has no government or ruling authority of any kind.

World Military

None.

World Law (L)

Wastrel has no law level. No laws of any kind are enforced.

World Economy

• Resources: A (abundant)
• Labor: 0 (unpopulated)
• Infrastructure: 0 (non-existent)
• Efficiency: -5 (extremely poor)

Trade Data

• Importance: -3 (very unimportant)

World Culture

• Homogeneity: 0 (none)
• Acceptance: 0 (none)
• Strangeness: 0 (none)
• Symbols: 0 (none)

World Timeline

• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published.

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.

• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), 50, 51. (Sector named, dot map provided locating world).
• Author & contributor: Jo Grant of CORE (generated data) / Geir Lanesskog (refinement of data).
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS