Faisal (world)

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Faisal/Querion (Spinward Marches 0518) Milieu 1116 D545436-5 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 4 Moderate (80 thousand) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K9 V M7 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Self-perpetuating oligarchy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	3144
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	5
Economic Extension	631-4 Resources 6 Few Labor 3 Low (8 thousand) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -4 Very poor
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	11
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-D
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Faisal is a world suited to becoming an agricultural world, but with a population between 10,000 and 100,000 sophonts it lacks the capability to produce or process sufficient resources to export its projected agricultural produce. It is a client state of Third Imperium in the Querion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Faisal is a binary star system.

• The primary is a white main sequence.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Faisal has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	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
Secondary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.09	2630 - 2680	0.00022
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0011	0.0012	0.02 - 0.03	0.11	1.1
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
	Remarks

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0518 Faisal (Imperial Client State)

Starport: Class II.

Diameter: 3,605 miles (5,800 km).
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen, tainted by a high level of carbon dioxide.
Hydrographics: 47%.
Climate: Hot.
Population: 82,000.
Government: Self-perpetuating oligarchy of land owners.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 5.
World Trade Number: 2.0.

History & Background (Dossier)

Poor government by the ruling landowners council has resulted in a steady fall in Faisal's Tech Level, threatening the operation of the vital carbon dioxide filters.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 6-7.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 40. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 44.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 99. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 56. (UWP only)