Aster (SM 1739) (world)

Aster/Glisten (Spinward Marches 1739) Milieu 1116 C86A410-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 4 Moderate (40 thousand) Government 1 Company/Corporation Law 0 No Law Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K9 V
Worlds	15
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Company or Corporation
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	1314
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	732-5 Resources 7 Few Labor 3 Low (4 thousand) Infrastructure 2 Extremely limited Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	21
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Aster is a water world with 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Glisten Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Aster, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

Astrography & Planetology

Approximately 99% of the planet's surface is covered with ice, though there is just enough temperature variation to allow for isolated melting, especially at the equator.

Aster has a solitary primary star.

Aster primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K9 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.59	3850 - 3930	0.15775
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0057	0.0329	0.41 - 0.78	0.57	5.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1739 Aster (Imperial)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 8,017 miles (12,800 km).
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 100%.
Climate: Cold.
Population: 7400.
Government: Corporate.
Control Level: 0.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 3.

History & Background (Dossier)

Glisten Mineralogical operates a test mine at the north pole. All of Aster's human population is clustered around the mine in a small enclave.

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.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 26-27.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 50-51. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 95.
• Hans Rancke-Madsen, "The Outrim Frontier." JTAS Online (June 19, 2007)
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 114. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Aster (Avenger Enterprises, 2009), 2-6.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 128-132. (UWP only)
• Rob Dean - The Zhodani Base