Saurus (SM 1320) (world)

Saurus/Vilis (Spinward Marches 1320)
Classic Era (1116)	D888588-7 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 5 Moderate (800 thousand) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
New Era (1200)	D888688-7 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 6 Moderate (1 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G8 V M1 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	0

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Saurus (SM 1320) is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Vilis Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector in the Domain of Deneb.
• It is the homeworld of the Saurians, a sophontic species and minor race.

Description (Planetology)

The human population of this world shares their world with a great variety of life.

Saurus has two stars in the star system.

Saurus
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.94	5380 - 5480	0.80528
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0085	0.0744	0.87 - 1.54	0.85	8.5
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	7
	Remarks
Saurus
	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

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1320 Saurus (Imperial)

Starport: Class II.

Diameter: 8,553 miles (13,700 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 82%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 830,000.
Government: Civil service bureaucracy.
Control Level: 5.
Tech Level: 7.
World Trade Number: 3.

Native Sophont: Saurian

One species, the Saurians, have achieved sentience.

History & Background (Dossier)

Saurus is an Imperial agricultural world located in the Vilis Subsector of the Spinward Marches.

• The human population lives in small farming communities.
• During the Fifth Frontier War, Saurus was subject to incursions from the Gram Fleet as part of the Sword Worlds Campaign.
• On 014-1108 the Imperial Admiralty officially declared the system to be a combat zone.

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.

• Classic Traveller The Spinward Marches Campaign in Article: "The Fifth Frontier War"
• Periodical: Journal of the Travellers Aid Society No. 19 in Article: "TNS (Revisited)"
• TNE The Regency Sourcebook
• GURPS Traveller: Behind the Claw