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* The world is host to a [[Naval Base]].
 
* The world is host to a [[Naval Base]].
 
* The world is host to a [[Scout Base]].
 
* The world is host to a [[Scout Base]].

Revision as of 22:07, 6 July 2024

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Wardn/Lunion (Spinward Marches 1727)
Classic Era (1116)
B756486-B
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere5 Thin
Hydrographics6 Wet World 60%
Population4 Moderate (50 thousand)
Government8 Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns)
Tech LevelB Average Stellar (large starships)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K2 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 2
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Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]

Wardn is a pre-agricultural, nonindustrial garden world.

  • As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
  • It is a garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most forms of sophontic life.
  • It is a pre-agricultural world with an environment suitable for large scale agricultural and livestock industries that have not yet been widely developed.
  • Its economy and population are growing and living conditions are expected to gradually rise barring outside forces.
  • It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Lunion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector in the Domain of Deneb.
  • This world has an Imperial Scout base, capable of handling IISS starships and personnel.
  • Wardn is a member of the Spinward Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stars

Wardn has a solitary primary star.

  • It is an orange main sequence.

Solitary K Type.jpg

Wardn has a solitary primary star.
Wardn Primary
Solitary K Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
K2 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.82 4830 - 5100 0.49928
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0073 0.0586 0.7 - 1.26 0.73 7.3
Orbit #  *  * 3 2 6
Remarks None

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

  • The mainworld, Wardn.
  • x4 secondary rocky worlds. These are:
    • X0107-1: Uninhabited but has been surveyed from time to time, and as of 1100 is subject to routine flybys by Scout Service vessels.
      This is partly due to the system’s sensitive location on the Imperial border.
    • Pzl: uninhabited.
    • X0107-6: a rockball planet.
    • X0107-7: a forbidding environment of no real economic or strategic value, but the Scout Service maintains a small research outpost on the surface.
  • x2 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Wardn's weak magnetic field and thin oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere result in high levels of surface radiation.

Mainworld Size (S)

Wardn is a Meso World between 10,400km and 12,000km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.7G and 0.9G. The horizon will appear about 4.7km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Wardn has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Wardn has 55-65% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

  • While the world has a wide range of environments, it is most well known for the patterned deserts of the northern hemisphere.

World Rugged Mountains 01.jpg

Mainworld Geography and Topography

A basic map of Wardn, showing the oceans, continents, mountains, and the patterned desert.

  • The major cities are indicated.

World Map Wardn Basic.png
A simple map of Wardn.

History & Background (Dossier)

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Wardn was formerly known as Silver and was originally one of the Metal Worlds, but it has not been considered part of that group for centuries.

Point of Interest: Mysterious Petroglyphs

Wardn's famed Patterned Desert features intricate patterns carved into its surface, with no known source. While some experts have suggested that these patterns are caused by anaerobic life, others think they might be relics from earlier civilizations.[2]

World Starport (St)

Wardn has a Class B Starport, a good quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

An part of the Imperial Scout Base at Enex (located on a moon of Enex, a small gas giant, the fifth planet of the Wardn system) was originally built to facilitate study of the Sword Worlds a few parsecs to Spinward.

World Population (P)

Wardn has a population of 50,000 sophonts (tens of thousands).

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

Urbanization

The port and major city is called Strellin.

  • Other settlements include Grale, Sey, and Cam.

World Technology Level (T)

Wardn possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B in Hexadecimal Notation.

World Government (G)

Wardn is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.

World Law (L)

Wardn has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Wardn, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the estate of a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversees affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

Trade Data

  • Importance: 1 (ordinary)

World Economy

  • Resources: 8 (moderate)
  • Labor: 3 (thousands)
  • Infrastructure: 4 (very limited)
  • Efficiency: +1 (average)

World Culture

  • Heterogenity: 3 (monolithic)
  • Acceptance: 5 (very aloof)
  • Strangeness: 4 (somewhat distinct)
  • Symbols: A (abstract)

World Timeline

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1727 Wardn (Independent)

Starport: Class IV - Scout base.

Diameter: 6,774 miles (10,800 km).
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 62%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 76,000.
Government: Bureaucracy.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 10.
World Trade Number: 3.5.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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