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The largest continent, representing approximately one half of the land surface of the world, sits directly under the northern pole: the remainder of Carasan's land area is made up of sub-continental islands and long archipelagos. The primary star and the twin moons cause huge oceanic tides, with average tidal ranges exceeding 10 m. The climate is generally cool and temperate, with temperatures averaging around 8ºC. There are extensive polar icecaps with glacial offshoots extending into the temperate zones. | The largest continent, representing approximately one half of the land surface of the world, sits directly under the northern pole: the remainder of Carasan's land area is made up of sub-continental islands and long archipelagos. The primary star and the twin moons cause huge oceanic tides, with average tidal ranges exceeding 10 m. The climate is generally cool and temperate, with temperatures averaging around 8ºC. There are extensive polar icecaps with glacial offshoots extending into the temperate zones. | ||
| − | Carasan has extensive native life. Lush, verdant jungles swathe the equatorial regions | + | Carasan has extensive native life. Lush, verdant jungles swathe the equatorial regions while temperate forests and rolling grasslands clad cooler climes. Native fauna is varied and the apex lifeforms are generally large. Avian species are common and the skies are filled with dense flocks and soaring raptors. |
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Revision as of 10:42, 22 June 2017
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| Classic Era (1116) | C567899-4
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A world in Far Home Sector in the Distant Fringe. It is the homeworld of the Acara.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
Vensul, the system primary, is an ordinary orange main sequence star. It has a family of three rocky worlds and a few minor asteroids following eccentric orbits. The inner and the outer planets are balls of cratered rock with trace atmospheres. Carasan is the largest world within the system and the only one to retain a complex atmosphere. It is also the only world that retains satellites.
Carasan and its close twin moons, Salacor and Murit, orbit Vensul at a mean distance of 0.7 AU. The planet is a medium-sized body with an above average density and a surface gravity of nearly 0.8G. It is geologically active and seismic events are common. The world is abundant in metals and minerals of all kinds. Carasan has a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere containing significant traces of argon and carbon dioxide. It is rated as standard, with a mean surface pressure of 0.8 bar. It has oceans of liquid water that cover nearly 75% of the surface.
The largest continent, representing approximately one half of the land surface of the world, sits directly under the northern pole: the remainder of Carasan's land area is made up of sub-continental islands and long archipelagos. The primary star and the twin moons cause huge oceanic tides, with average tidal ranges exceeding 10 m. The climate is generally cool and temperate, with temperatures averaging around 8ºC. There are extensive polar icecaps with glacial offshoots extending into the temperate zones.
Carasan has extensive native life. Lush, verdant jungles swathe the equatorial regions while temperate forests and rolling grasslands clad cooler climes. Native fauna is varied and the apex lifeforms are generally large. Avian species are common and the skies are filled with dense flocks and soaring raptors.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com