Harappa (world)

Harappa/Arcturus (Solomani Rim 3028)
Classic Era (1116)	D87516A-7 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 1 Low (70) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M2 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	1

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Harappa is a low-population world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.

• This world has yet to take off economically or otherwise and the population remains low for reasons largely unknown.
• This die back world was once settled and developed, but the inhabitants have either died off or left, leaving behind the ruins and remnants of their civilization.
• This world has a research station engaged in the scientific pursuit of knowledge.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Arcturus Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
• Harappa is a colony of Kurland (Solomani Rim 3029).
• It was the homeworld of the Harappans, an extinct sophont species and minor human race.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

No information yet available.

Harappa has a solitary primary star.

Harappa
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

3028 Harappa (Imperial)

Starport: Class II.

Diameter: 8,100 miles (13,000 km). Gravity: 1.03g.
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen (tainted).
Hydrographics: 52%.
Climate: Chilly.
Population: 75.
Government: Captive (Kurland).
Control Level: 6.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: 2.

Native Sophont (NIL): Harappan

Harappa was apparently the home of a Human minor race that had attained a Bronze Age level of technology. Unfortunately, about 50,000 years ago the planet began its current phase of volcanic activity, which polluted the atmosphere and plunged the world into an ice age, causing the Harappan civilization to die out entirely.

History & Background (Dossier)

Harappa is a low-population, Terran Norm Imperial world located in Arcturus Subsector of the Solomani Rim.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Harappa, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

Point of Interest: Science Station

The current settlement is a scientific station, maintained by the University of Kurland and devoted to archaeological studies of the extinct Harappan race..

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• GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science