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==== UWP Listing ====
 
==== UWP Listing ====
 
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=== Trade Data ===
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=== World Economy ===
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* [[Infrastructure]]:                  X (descriptor)
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* [[Efficiency]]:                      X (descriptor)
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=== World Culture ===
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* [[Acceptance]]:                      X (descriptor)
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* [[Strangeness]]:                    X (descriptor)
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==== World Timeline ====
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Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:
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* [[-9235]]: far to [[coreward]], the [[Vilani]] discover [[jump drive]] technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across [[Charted Space]].
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* [[-4045]] to [[-2204]]: the [[First Imperium|Ziru Sirka]] controls vast territories.
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* [[-2431]]: [[Terran]]s discover [[jump drive]] technology.
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* [[-2404]] to [[-2215]]: the [[Interstellar Wars]].
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* [[-2204]] to [[-1776]]: the [[Rule of Man]] administers the former [[First Imperium|Ziru Sirka]].
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* [[-1776]] to [[0]]: the [[Long Night]].
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* [[0|The Year 0]]: to [[coreward]], the [[Third Imperium]] is founded.
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* [[300]]-[[420]]: the {{Imperial}} [[First Survey]] charts the system.
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* [[604]]-[[622]]: the {{Imperial}} [[Civil War]].
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* [[624]]: the {{Imperial}} [[Express Boat Network]] is established.
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* [[704]]: the [[Solomani Autonomous Region]] is formed.
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* [[800]]-[[820]]: the [[Psionics Suppressions]].
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* [[871]]: the [[Solomani Confederation]] is founded.
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* [[940]]: the [[Solomani Autonomous Region]] is dissolved.
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* [[990]]-[[1002]]: the [[Solomani Rim War]].
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* [[995]]-[[1065]]: the {{Imperial}} [[Second Survey]] includes data for the system.
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* [[1065]]: the [[Second Survey]] is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
  
 
== References & Contributors / Sources ==
 
== References & Contributors / Sources ==
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|S1= {{CT}} [[Solomani (Alien Module)|Alien Module 6: Solomani]] (named but no further data)
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|S1= [[John Harshman]], [[Marc Miller]], [[Loren Wiseman]]. {{CT}} ''[[Library Data (A-M)|Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)]]'', ([[Game Designers Workshop]], 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
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|S2= {{MT}} [[Alien - Solomani & Aslan|Solomani & Aslan]] (dot map provided)
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|S2= [[John Harshman]], [[Marc Miller]], [[Loren Wiseman]]. {{CT}} ''[[Library Data (N-Z)|Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z)]]'', ([[Game Designers Workshop]], 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
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|S3= [[Mongoose Traveller: Solomani]]
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|S3= {{Ludography cite|name= Solomani |version= Classic Traveller|page= IFC, pages 3, 28}} (sector named, background for the sector)
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|S4= [[T20]] [[Fighting Ships of the Solomani]]
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|S4= {{Ludography cite|name= Solomani & Aslan |page= pages 8-11, various others}} (dot map locating the worlds of the sector, background for the sector)
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|S5= External Link: [http://zho.berka.com/data/CLASSIC/sector.pl?sector=CANOPUS Zho Berka's Maps]
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|S5= {{Ludography cite|name= Fighting Ships of the Solomani|page= page 5}} (background for the sector)
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|S6= Author & Contributor: [[User:Garnfellow|Garnfellow]]  
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|S6= {{Ludography cite|name= Solomani |version= Mongoose Traveller|page= pages 50, 118, 119, various others}} (background for the sector)
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|S7= Author & Contributor: [[Rupert Boleyn]] (Data generated to match dot map)
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|S7= [http://zho.berka.com/data/CLASSIC/sector.pl?sector=CANOPUS Zho Berka's Maps] (Classic Era [[Universal World Profile|UWP Data]] for the world)
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|S8= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S8= [http://111george.com/core/astrogat/jG.htm CORE Data Site] ([[Universal World Profile|UWP Data]] for the world)
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|S9= 
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|S9= Author & Contributor: Rupert Boleyn (data generated to match dot map)
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|S10= Author & Contributor: [[User:Garnfellow|Garnfellow]] (development of the sector)
 
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Revision as of 13:06, 4 February 2025

Baxter Station/Castine (Canopus 2407)
Classic Era (1116)
A31065A-9
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g)
Atmosphere1 Vacuum (trace)
Hydrographics0 Desert World 0%
Population6 Moderate ( million)
Government5 Feudal Technocracy
LawA Extreme Law (no weapons)
Tech Level9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K9 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 0
style="width: 220px; height: 250px;"
Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]

Baxter Station is a non-agricultural and nonindustrial world.

  • It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
  • It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
  • It has few prospects for economic development. Life here is drastically bleak.
  • It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Castine Subsector of Canopus Sector.
  • This world has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
  • This world has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

No information yet available.

Baxter Station has a solitary primary star.
Baxter Station
Solitary K Type.jpg 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

System Data

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Mainworld Data

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Mainworld Atmosphere

Baxter Station has a pressure of less than 0.1 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

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Mainworld Map

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Native Lifeforms

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History & Background / Dossier

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World Starport

Baxter Station 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.

World Technology Level

Baxter Station possesses a Technology Level of TL–9.

  • Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics and satellite communication and data networks.
  • Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fusion power.
  • Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
    • Land: Ultra high-speed trains and early grav vehicles.
    • Water: High efficiency sailcraft, multihulled seacraft, improved artificial gills.
    • Air: Tiltrotorcraft, exotic VTOL's, PARWIG, and rocket-assisted suborbitals.
    • Space: SSTO spacecraft, early military spacecraft (System Craft), and interstellar STL starships
    • FTL: Prototype Jump Drive-1.

World Government

Baxter Station is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

World Law Level

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World Military

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World Economy

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Trade Data

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World Demographics

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World Culture

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World Language/s

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Urbanization

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World Infrastructure

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Historical Data

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World Timeline

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UWP Listing

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Trade Data

World Economy

World Culture

World Timeline

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

References & Contributors / Sources

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