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'''Aldebaran''' is an [[Asteroid Belt]] mainworld.
 
'''Aldebaran''' is an [[Asteroid Belt]] mainworld.
  
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It orbits within the giant primary star's [[Outer World|outer system]].
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==== [[Planetary Size|Mainworld Size]] (S) ====
 
==== [[Planetary Size|Mainworld Size]] (S) ====
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Aldebaran Primus is the largest rock, roughly the original size of the Terran asteroid Ceres. The settlement is one contiguous construct, maps are available upon docking. Primus has a considerable water-ice supply, which supports its population.
 
Aldebaran Primus is the largest rock, roughly the original size of the Terran asteroid Ceres. The settlement is one contiguous construct, maps are available upon docking. Primus has a considerable water-ice supply, which supports its population.
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=== Trade Data ===
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* [[Importance Extension|Importance]]: -1 (unimportant)
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=== World Economy ===
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* [[Resource]]s:                      9 (moderate)
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* [[Labor]]:                          2 (hundreds)
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* [[Infrastructure]]:                  0 (non-existent)
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* [[Efficiency]]:                      -5 (extremely poor)
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=== World Culture ===
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* [[Homogeneity|Heterogenity]]:        3 (monolithic)
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* [[Acceptance]]:                      2 (very xenophobic)
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* [[Strangeness]]:                    1 (very typical)
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* [[Symbol]]s:                        B (abstract)
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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]]. The young [[Terran Confederation]] battles against the ancient [[Vilani]] [[First Imperium|Ziru Sirka]].
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* [[-2204]] to [[-1776]]: the [[Rule of Man]] administers the former [[First Imperium|Ziru Sirka]].
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* [[-1999]]: the [[Aslan]] gain [[jump drive]] technology.
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* [[-1862]] to [[-1110]]: the [[Terran Mercantile Community]] is active within the region.
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* [[-1776]] to [[0]]: the [[Long Night]].
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* [[-1118]] to [[380]]: the [[Aslan Border Wars]].
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* [[-1110]] to [[588]]: the [[Terran Mercantile Community]] gradually becomes the [[Old Earth Union]], shrinking to control the region around [[Terra]].
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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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* [[380]]: the [[Peace of Ftahalr]] ends the ongoing [[Aslan Border Wars]] and establishes understandings regarding human and [[Aslan]] influence.
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* [[588]]: the [[Old Earth Union]] and the former territories of the [[Terran Mercantile Community]] are annexed by the {{Imperium}}, moving its border adjacent to the [[Aslan Hierate]].
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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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{{Detail}}
 
{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
{{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= Periodical: [[Imperial Lines 2]] by Author: [[Steven Eric Schwartz]]
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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= [[Mongoose Traveller: 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://111george.com/core/astrogat/jG.htm CORE Data Site]
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|S5= [[Steven Eric Schwartz]]. {{MT}} Periodical ''[[Imperiallines 2 (fanzine)|Imperiallines 2]]'', 1991, page 5. ([[Bootean Federation]], background for the sector)
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|S6= External Link: [http://home.earthlink.net/~ngc5139/FDA/aldebarn.html Federation Development Agency]
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|S6= {{Ludography cite|name= Fighting Ships of the Solomani|page= page 5}} (background for the sector)
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|S7= External Link: [http://zho.berka.com/data/CLASSIC/sector.pl?sector=ALDEBARA Zho Berka's Maps]
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|S7= {{Ludography cite|name= Solomani |version= Mongoose Traveller|page= pages 50, 118, 119, various others}} (background for the sector)
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|S8= Author & Contributor: [[User:Garnfellow|Garnfellow]]  
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|S8= {{Ludography cite|name= The Order of Prometheus|page= various pages}} (scenarios and background for the sector)
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|S9= Author & Contributor: [[User:Dochsavage|Dochsavage]]  
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|S9= [http://zho.berka.com/data/CLASSIC/sector.pl?sector=ALDEBARA Zho Berka's Maps] (Classic Era [[Universal World Profile|UWP Data]] for the world)
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|S10= Author & Contributor: [[Leroy W.L. Guatney]] of the Federation Development Agency (FDA)
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|S10= External Link: [https://www.ocean-of-storms.com/core/astrogat/jG.htm Ocean of Storms site] (Rebellion Era UWP Data for the sector)
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|S11= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
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|S11= Author & Contributor: [[User:Garnfellow|Garnfellow]] (development of the sector)
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|S12= Author & Contributor: [[Leroy W.L. Guatney]] of the Federation Development Agency (FDA) (development of the sector)
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|S13= Author & Contributor: [[User:Dochsavage|Dochsavage]]  
 
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[[Category: Humaniti worlds]]
 
[[Category: Humaniti worlds]]
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[[Category: Terran Mercantile Community worlds]]
 
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{{LE|Era: Milieu 1116|T5 Second Survey}}

Latest revision as of 10:37, 24 March 2025

Aldebaran/Aldebaran (Aldebaran 1509)
Classic Era (1116)
E000354-B
StarportE Frontier - no facilities
Size0 Asteroid/Planetoid Belt
Atmosphere0 Vacuum
Hydrographics0 Desert World 0%
Population3 Low (1 thousand)
Government5 Feudal Technocracy
Law4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons)
Tech LevelB Average Stellar (large starships)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K5 III
Planetoid Belts 2
Gas Giants 0
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Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]

Aldebaran is a ring of many small worldlets (planetoids AKA an "asteroid belt"), not capable of retaining an atmosphere or water, and is also a low-population vacuum environment with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

  • Life in a vacuum requires great discipline. After all, it only takes one forgotten seal on a vacuum suit to spell death. Those who survive tend to be very methodically-minded and attentive to small detail.
  • It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Aldebaran Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.


Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

Stellar Data[edit]

Aldebaran is a binary star system.

Aldebaran has two stars in the star system.
α Tauri A
Solitary Giant K Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
K5 III Giant 5 3300 - 4200 320
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.39081 1.48375 14.22 - 23.18 39.081 390.81
Orbit # 1 4 8 9 12
Remarks Active star: it produces high levels of EM noise.
α Tauri B
Solitary M Type.jpg 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 Approximately 15 AU from the primary.

Notes[edit]

The star α Tauri A has an extreme degree of luminosity. Precautions should be taken to ensure adequate shielding and sufficient optical protection.

System Data[edit]

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

The red secondary star and the worlds orbiting it happen to lie just within α Tauri A's habitable zone.

Mainworld Data[edit]

Aldebaran is an Asteroid Belt mainworld.

Alien Moon 04.jpg

It orbits within the giant primary star's outer system.

Chart Outer As Mw.png

Mainworld Size (S)[edit]

Aldebaran is an Asterioid Belt or Planetoid Belt consisting of a few very large objects with diameters of hundreds of kilometers, thousands of bodies of a few kilometers in diameter, and millions of smaller objects. Asteroid Belt is used when the belt is the mainworld of a system. Planetoid Belt refers to any non-mainworld belt within a system.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]

None of the bodies within the Aldebaran belt retain an atmosphere.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]

The Aldebaran belt contains a few icy bodies. A few belt objects may have frozen volatiles on their surfaces.

  • Wilderness refueling is possible within the belt, provided a suitable icy object can be found.
  • Water for the inhabitants is generally imported and is extensively recycled.

Mainworld Geography and Topography[edit]

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

Blank World Map Asteroid Belt.png
(Placeholder chart, asteroid belt.)

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

No information yet available.

World Starport[edit]

Aldebaran has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of a downport.

World Technology Level[edit]

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

World Government[edit]

Aldebaran 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[edit]

Aldebaran has a moderate law 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. Light assault weapons, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Military[edit]

The settlement has an extensive defense grid, with long-range energy weapons and missiles.

Primus has been raided several times by pirates, but survived. They seem to expect trouble, and have seen many different ruses. At this point, these folks do not trust easily.

World Economy[edit]

Asteroid mining for metals and water.

Trade Data[edit]

Metal exports.

World Demographics[edit]

Humaniti 100%

World Culture[edit]

Mixed Solomani. Shell-shocked and very xenophobic.

Urbanization[edit]

Aldebaran Primus is the only current settlement.

Aldebaran Primus is the largest rock, roughly the original size of the Terran asteroid Ceres. The settlement is one contiguous construct, maps are available upon docking. Primus has a considerable water-ice supply, which supports its population.

Trade Data[edit]

World Economy[edit]

World Culture[edit]

World Timeline[edit]

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

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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