Bhudevi (world)

Bhudevi/Vanguard (Fulani 3112)
Classic Era (1116)	E955587-5 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 5 Moderate (500 thousand) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K1 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Bhudevi is an agricultural, nonindustrial world still lacking adequate means to expand its economy.

• As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by indigenous Sophonts located in the Vanguard Subsector of Fulani Sector.

• This is a "low technology" world with technology competencies well below standard for Charted Space.
• This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
• It is the homeworld of the Varaha.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Bhudevi has a solitary primary star.

• It is an orange main sequence.

Bhudevi has a solitary primary star.

Bhudevi
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.86	5100 - 5170	0.58985
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0074	0.0637	0.76 - 1.36	0.74	7.4
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks		None

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x5 secondary rocky worlds.
• x2 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

The mainworld orbits within the star's Habitable Zone.

• It lies within the zone's prime H region.
• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Bhudevi is a Big World between 13,600km and 15,200km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 1G and 1.3G. The horizon will appear about 5.4km away. Vessels with only 1G of thrust should avoid landing on this world.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Bhudevi 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)

Bhudevi has 45-55% of its surface covered by liquid water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Satellites:

Bhudevi retains a small arid very thin atmosphere moon.

• It orbits once every few days.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

• Locally, detailed maps may be available.
• Verified updated charts are constantly sought.
• Detailed survey data commands premium prices.

(Placeholder chart, predominantly dry world.)

Native Lifeforms

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

History & Background (Dossier)

Bhudevi is busy, with a thriving economy and an advancing technological base.

• The resources of the system are gradually being exploited.

It is the homeworld of the Varaha, egg-shaped hairy trilaterally symmetrical thinkers within vast mindless hives.

• The species number in the billions but only a tiny percentage are intelligent, serving as leaders and organizers.
• First contact occurred millennia ago.

Various businesses, organizations, and private interests are active within the system.

• Commercial traffic is sporadic: ships occasionally arrive and depart.
• Commo picks up occasional signals and private chatter. Communications are in local languages.
• A single commercial navigation beacon may be active.
• Vessels are unlikely be operating among the other worlds and moons that make up the system.

Note that social data, though only 40 years old, may be out of date.

• Verified updated data is constantly sought.

World Starport (St)

Bhudevi 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 Demographics (P)

Bhudevi has an intelligent population of 500,000 intelligent Varaha.

• These are the leaders and organizers of billions of mindless Varaha drones.

Urbanization

Multiple large urban centers are surrounded by smaller satellite communities.

• Inhabited areas are dotted across the world.
• Structures and facilities are sealed against local environmental conditions.
• Large regions of the surface of the world remain as wilderness.

World Technology Level (T)

Bhudevi possesses a Technology Level of TL–5.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Electricity, hydrocarbon internal combustion, and the most fundamental atomic energy.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Ground cars or automobiles and tracked vehicles.
  • Water: Large ships and submersibles with steel hulls.
  • Air: Early aircraft including seaplanes and very early unmanned rockets.

World Government (G)

Bhudevi is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.

World Military

Millions of non-sentient warriors.

World Law (L)

Bhudevi 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. All firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Economy

• Resources: 7 (few)
• Labor: 4 (tens of thousands)
• Infrastructure: 4 (very limited)
• Efficiency: +2 (good)

Trade Data

• Importance: -2 (very unimportant)

World Culture

• Homogeneity: 5 (harmonious)
• Acceptance: 3 (xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 7 (confusing)
• Symbols: 6 (somewhat concrete)

World Timeline

• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published.

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.

• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), 50, 51. (sector named, dot map provided locating world)
• Author & Contributor: Jo Grant of CORE (generated data) / Geir Lanesskog (refinement of data)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS