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==== Mainworld Geography and Topography ====
 
==== Mainworld Geography and Topography ====

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Kwan/Theta Aurigae (Aldebaran 1431)
Classic Era (1116)
A786231–8
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere8 Dense
Hydrographics6 Wet World 60%
Population2 Low (600)
Government3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy
Law1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas)
Tech Level8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K5 V M4 V
Planetoid Belts 1
Gas Giants 1
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Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]

Kwan is a low-population garden world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts.

Kwan Primary System
Theta Aurigae/Aldebaran 1431
Position Distance Name UWP
Primary Primary K5 V
1 0.38 AU Planet 1 Y410000-0
2 0.75 AU Kwan A786231-8
1 30 Diam   Moon G200111-8
3 1.45 AU Planet 3 YBB0000-0
1 10 Diam   Moon Y301000-0
4 2.8 AU Icy Belt Y000000-0
5 6.1 AU Gas Giant LGG
1 1 Diam   Ring YR00000-0
2 8 Diam   Moon Y3A1000-0
3 11 Diam   Moon Y200000-0
4 25 Diam   Moon Y102000-0
Kwan Secondary System
Theta Aurigae/Aldebaran 1431
Position Distance Name UWP
Primary Primary M4 V
1 0.11 AU Planet 1 Y311000-0
2 0.26 AU Planet 2 YBC4000-0
3 0.74 AU Planet 3 Y9B1000-0
1 15 Diam   Moon Y202000-0

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Kwan is a binary star system.

  • The primary is an orange main sequence.
  • The secondary is a red main sequence.
Kwan has two stars in the star system.
Primary
Solitary K Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
K5 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.7 4300 - 4440 0.28697
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0065 0.0444 0.56 - 1.01 0.65 6.5
Orbit #  *  * 2 2 6
Remarks
Secondary
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M4 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.23 3110 - 3210 0.00584
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0025 0.0063 0.08 - 0.16 0.25 2.5
Orbit #  *  * 0 0 5
Remarks Approximately 210 AU from the primary.

System Data

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

Mainworld Data

Kwan is a pristine garden world orbiting in the center of the primary star's habitable zone.

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Mainworld Size (S)

Kwan 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)

Kwan has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

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

Satellites

Kwan retains a single small moon.

  • It orbits once every few weeks.

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Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

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(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

Native Lifeforms

Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

Kwan has a wide variety of both local flora and fauna. The seas have a variety of life, including edible species for most sophonts.

History & Background (Dossier)

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Kwan was claimed and named by Captain Jon Smið (sic) of the colony vessel Waiferar (massing over 4000 dTons and rated at Jump-4).

As was his wont, Captain Smið insisted on naming the planet but held off on the decision, saying he would do it when he arrived with colonists. Unfortunately, the Captain was highly inebriated when he transmitted his survey and instead sent only the data for the barren, inhospitable worlds orbiting the system's red secondary star, which was then logged as official data. Thinking no more of it, Smið spent years creating a colony mission but only recruited around 1000 individuals, largely due to conflicting official data regarding the nature of the mainworld.

The final leg of the journey was from Victori, and Captain Smið decided to follow the example of his friend, Capitain Antoine de Bougainville of the Colony ship Voyageur, (from the world of Ivraie), and once more got quite drunk before entering the final astrogational jump values. The jump was a miracle; the Waiferar arrived exactly at the target planet – to be clear, the ship dropped out of jump space at the edge of the atmospheric blanket, at speed.

Between the captain's quick reflexes and the automated systems, the ship managed to pull up from a dive in a 10g turn. The ship then skipped across the waves and ramped off the beach into the coastal forest beyond, coming to rest between 2 hills with its nose on a third. The turn and soft ocean impact event itself probably killed over a hundred, and many were injured by the final impact on land, including the Captain.

Norbert Kwan, the ship's first mate, found the Captain at the forward area of the bridge, where he had been thrown. The Captain was grievously injured, but the mate, himself stunned, asked inanely, "What do you name the planet, Captain?"

The Captain looked up, said, "Kwan?"... and died. And so the Captain named his last system.

The Scout Service discovered the colony a few years later, on a routine follow up on the registered colonization mission. The population declared that they would be happy to join the Solomani Confederation if they were provided with a modern Class-A starport for their pristine garden world. And so, a deal was struck.

World Starport (St)

Kwan has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

The Downport is dubbed Norbertport, after the surviving first mate of the colony ship.

The port also contains a large, popular bar which profanely dubbed (ahem) "F the Captain", and is occasionally referred to as "Captain F". (Only they don't say "F".)

World Population (P)

Kwan has population of 600 sophonts (hundreds).

  • This is a Low Population World and the population would be too low to sustain itself without moderate outside assistance. This may represent a large transient population such as the crew of a fleet of starships, the dwindling remnants of a dying colony, a construction team building a new colony, or an outpost that could evolve into a colony.
  • The population almost entirely consists of Solomani humans.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

World Technology Level (T)

Kwan possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.

  • Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
  • Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
  • Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
    • Land: Advanced automobiles.
    • Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
    • Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
    • Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government (G)

Kwan is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions within the government. These positions are inherited by members of the group or by their relatives. The organization may be a monarchy, with titles passed to family members, or a plutocracy where inheritance of the family fortune includes government position. Alternatively, the organization may be a more typical government apparatus, only with positions of power inherited.

World Law (L)

Kwan has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

Trade Data

World Economy

World Culture

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

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