Stech (world)

Stech/Bascoj (Old Expanses 2739)
Classic Era (1116)	C000533-B Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 0 Asteroid/Planetoid Belt Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 5 Moderate (00 thousand) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K1 V M1 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Stech is a ring of many small worldlets (planetoids AKA an "asteroid belt"), not capable of retaining an atmosphere or water, and nonindustrial in nature.

• 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. Those who survive tend to be very methodically-minded and attentive to small detail.
• The worldlets require extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Bascoj Subsector of Old Expanses Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is part of the So Skire Main.

Stellar Data

Stech is a binary system with 5 planets, 4 dwarf planets, 1 planetary belt, and 3 satellites. The two stars are approximately 30 AU distant from each other and orbit a barycenter 11.1 AU from the primary star over a 148.09 year orbital period. Each star has a small planetary system and a single planet orbits the system as a distant detached object.

Stech has two stars in the star system.

Stech
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.86	5100 - 5170	0.58985
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0074	0.0637	0.76 - 1.36	0.74	7.4
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks
Stech
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

System Data

Orbit		Distance	UWP	Notes
K1 V		---	Primary Star
0		0.2 AU	YS00000-0
1		0.4 AU	Y350000-0
	1-1	8,320 km	YR00000-0
	1-2	24,960 km	Y200000-0
	1-3	208,000 km	Y210000-0
2		0.7 AU	G200404-A
3		1 AU	C000533-B	Stech
4		1.6 AU	---	Small Gas Giant
	4-1	1,488,000 km	100000-0
Orbit		Distance	UWP	Notes
M1 V		---	Companion Star
0		0.2 AU	XS00000-0
1		0.4 AU	GS00402-A
2		0.7 AU	XS00000-0
3		1 AU	X200000-0
10		77 AU	Y626000-0	Distant Detached Object

Mainworld Data

Stech is the collective name of the largest object in the system's planetoid belt, an asteroid with an approximate diameter of 400km. The belt is located from 0.9 AU to 1.4 AU distant from the primary star. Objects in the belt are typically 25 meters in diameter.

Mainworld Size (S)

This world is an Asterioid Belt or Planetoid Belt consisting of a few very large objects with diameters of hundreds of kilometers, thousands of bodies of a few kilometers in diameter, and millions of smaller objects. Asteroid Belt is used when the belt is the mainworld of a system. Planetoid Belt refers to any non-mainworld belt within a system.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

This world 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.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

This world 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.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

Stech has no native lifeforms.

History & Background (Dossier)

Stech is a Solomani world colonized during the Third Imperium.

World Starport (Sp)

This world has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Population (P)

This world has a population of 100,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

World Government

This world is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions in the government. These positions are inherited by member of the group or their family members. The organization may be a monarchy, with titles passed to family members, or a plutocracy where inheritance of the family fortune includes government position. Alternatively, the organization may be a more typical government apparatus, only with positions of power inherited.

World Law Level (L)

This world has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Machine guns, other automatic weapons, portable energy weapons, and other military weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Technology Level (TL)

This world possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B 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-2.

Category	Subcategory	Level
Common	High	B
	Low	B
Comfort	Energy	B
	Computers/Robotics	C
	Communications	9
	Medical	C
	Environment	D
Transportation	Land	D
	Sea	D
	Air	A
	Space	A
Military	Personal	8
	Heavy	D
Novelty		D

World Military

No information yet available.

World Economy

No information yet available.

World Demographics

Stech was colonized by Solomani settlers during the Third Imperium.

World Culture

No information yet available.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

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.

• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), .
• Author & Contributor: Major Snyder of the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service
• Gary L. Thomas. The Travellers' Digest 12 (Digest Group Publications, 1989), .