Maran (world)

Maran/Vhodan (Vland 1408)
Classic Era (1116)	B552A78-E Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 2 Dry World 20% Population A High (30 billion) Government 7 Balkanization Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M1 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	2

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Maran is a poor, high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• This world is always on the edge of revolution as the common citizen struggles under extremely low wages. Much dissent is present.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Vhodan Subsector of Vland Sector in the Domain of Vland.
• It is a mainworld which is a satellite of either a gas giant or another world.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.
• This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
• Maran is located on the Vilani Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Maran has a solitary primary star named Edmund's Star.

• It is a red main sequence.

Maran has a solitary primary star.

Edmund's Star
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

System Data

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

• Dallan, a ringed ice giant orbiting within the star's narrow habitable zone.
  • Maran, the mainworld, is Dallan's innermost moon.
• Tarrant, a cold, marginally habitable secondary rocky world lying just beyond the outer edge of the habitable zone.
• The Sykora Belt, a sparse rocky outer system planetoid belt.
• Pashia, a small outer system ice giant.
• The Dawana Belt, a broad icy outer system planetoid belt.
• (Not depicted): two unnamed, small, frigidly cold secondary rocky worlds orbiting in the far outer system.

A chart depicting Maran's inner worlds, based on data provided in "The Flaming Eye".

Mainworld Data

Maran is the innermost major moon of the ringed ice giant Dallan.

Dallan retains four major moons:

1. Maran, an arid, thin atmosphere world designated the mainworld of the system.
2. Jude, a rugged vacuum world.
3. Pallo, a trace atmosphere ice-covered world.
4. Lazell, an ice capped vacuum world.

Mainworld Size (S)

Maran is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Maran 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)

Maran has 15-25% of its surface covered by liquid water or ice. There may be a few small seas. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are Hell Worlds or Poor Worlds depending on their atmosphere.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

A map of Maran, the nominated mainworld of the system, showing the northern polar ocean and other major bodies of water, equatorial deserts, and major highland regions.

• Far more detailed maps are available locally.
• Verified updated charts are constantly sought.
• Detailed survey data commands premium prices.

A map of Maran based on data provided in "The Flaming Eye".

History & Background (Dossier)

World Starport (St)

Maran 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.

• The world is host to an Imperial Naval Base.

World Population (P)

Maran has a population of 30,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

Urbanization

Approximately 99% of Maran's population live in isolated, self-contained arcologies, each with a population of around a million inhabitants and clustered into vast "suburbs" around the cities. Its chief cities are:

• Chacago (population 840 million), the de facto capital city of the world. Its status as capital is contended.
• Orem (population 380 million), subsidence agriculture, mineral extraction and processing.
• Venet (population 340 million), subsidence agriculture, manufacturing.
• Willagill (population 270 million), a major fishing center.
• Mino (population 230 million), mineral extraction and processing and the site of the world's main surface starport.
• Dalty (population 145 million), major agricultural center.
• Meliva (population 105 million), Maran's orbital city.

World Technology Level (T)

Maran possesses a Technology Level of TL–14 or TL-E in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early meson communicators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, early collectors, and advanced fusion plants.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-5.

World Government (G)

Maran has a Balkanized Government. There is no central world government. The world has several governments competing for control of the world. These may be allies, cooperating, competitors, or at war with each other.

World Law (L)

Maran has a high law level with laws covering many areas of interactions of people, corporations, and the government. A few worlds with this law level may be Amber Zones. Any interaction with the judicial system requires an Advocate trained in the local legal system. Law enforcement is present almost everywhere, either as people or via technology. Legal proceedings can take weeks to months to resolve and involve a dozen or more people. All blade weapons and firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Imperial High Landed Nobility

Maran, 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 fiefdom of a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversees affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.

Trade Data

• Importance: 3 (ordinary)

The worlds chief products are agricultural produce, consumables, non-metals, durables, weaponry, parts, software, documents, and recordings.

World Economy

• Resources: G (extremely abundant)
• Labor: 9 (billions)
• Infrastructure: F (very comprehensive)
• Efficiency: +3 (improved)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: A (discordant)
• Acceptance: D (very xenophilic)
• Strangeness: 5 (distinct)
• Symbols: E (extremely abstract)

World Timeline

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

• -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars.
• -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• 604 to 622: the Imperial Civil War. The region suffers disruption and widespread economic issues.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established, facilitating communications, trade, and economic growth within the area.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), page 7.
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 4, 1986, in Articles: "The Gold of Zurrian" & "The Vland Sector"
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 98-104. (Ziru Sirka worlds: dot map provided. Full Sector details)
• Thom Gressman, J. Andrew Keith, Joe Fugate, Nancy Parker, Bill Hezeltine. The Flaming Eye (Digest Group Publications, 1990), page 91. (Details on Maran)
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), pages 46-53.
• Paul Drye, Loren Wiseman, Jon F. Zeigler. Interstellar Wars (Steve Jackson Games, 2006), pages 75-79.