Fel (world)

Fel/Million (Deneb 2904) Milieu 1116 A7A7898-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 8 Moderate (600 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Impersonal bureaucracy
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	8A5A
Army Size (BEs)	150
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	E7B+2 Resources E Extremely abundant Labor 7 Moderate (60 million) Infrastructure B Very extensive Efficiency +2 Good
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	2,156
GWP (BCr)	1,756
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	7,457
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	690,000
Port employees	4,155
Port passengers (annual)	3,000

Fel has an oceanic geography of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. The system supports a population in the hundreds of millions. It is a member of United Followers of Augurgh in the Million Subsector of Deneb Sector.

Fel (world)/Million (Deneb 2904) New Era X7A7000-0 Starport X No Starport Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	No government
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	0000
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	0
Economic Extension	A00-5 Resources A Abundant Labor 0 Barren (0) Infrastructure 0 Non-existent Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	0
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	0
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-X
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Era: New Era

Fel is a barren fluid world with oceans of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, or hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids.

• This world has no overt population, government, or law level.
• This world could be populated if anyone had an inclination to do so... This world was once settled and developed, but the inhabitants have either died off or left leaving behind the remnants of their civilization. It is a unclaimed Non-Aligned world in the Million Subsector of Deneb Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Fel has a solitary primary star.

Ikoed
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks

System Data

Fel is a close satellite of the gas giant Ozazghuegknaz. This orbits Ikoed every 83 standard days.

n.b. Fel orbits inside the jump shadows of both the Gas Giant and the primary star.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Fel is a Meso World between 10,400km and 12,000km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.7G and 0.9G. The horizon will appear about 4.7km away. Fel is tidally locked with Ozazghuegknaz. It has an orbital period of about 16 days.

Specifically, Fel has an equatorial diameter of 11,210 km and a circumference of 35210km.

Note that Fel's surface gravity is actually 1.1 G. This means that much of its traffic has to be undertaken using the Highport in orbit about the planet as those ships with only 1G acceleration cannot land and take-off safely. Why the core is so much more dense than expected is not clear. The presence of the nearby Gas Giant would cause one to expect the surface gravity (per standard formation models) to have been at the lower end of the expected range -- not well off the top of the high end.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Fel has an Exotic Atmosphere and possesses an unusual gas mix which requires the use of oxygen tanks. Additionally, protective suits, while not necessary, are recommended. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world. It has a dense ammonia-based atmosphere and a pressure of 1.9 atmospheres at sea level.

It has an average temperature of 29 ºC.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Fel has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

• Specifically, ammonia seas cover 70% of its surface.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

Fel has a number of small continents and one that spans from pole to pole. That latter continent encloses a freshwater sea of over 5,000,000 sq. km. The landforms are relatively low. No mountain over 4km high exists on the world, but the stresses of being so close to a Gas Giant do mean that there is considerable rifting. The world is volcanically active.

Mainworld Map

Map as of 1105

Native Lifeforms

None

History & Background (Dossier)

This is a chaotic but friendly world with a distinct culture that doesn't map all that closely to that of the Imperium. It is quite possible for Imperial citizens to suffer from culture shock.

World Starport (Sp)

Fel 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.

• The Highport is extensive and includes considerable ship assembly, maintenance and repair facilities.
• Fel builds escorts, corvettes, gunships and cruisers for the UFA. Primarily, however, it builds Jump-1 and Jump-2 freighters, which the UFA uses to ferry finished goods between member worlds and across the border to Million, Khouth and Atsah Subsectors.

World Population (P)

Fel has a population of 600,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

World Demographics

• 95%+ of the population is Aekhu Vargr
• Under 5% of the population is Human

Urbanization

The entire population of Fel can be considered urbanised as independent homesteads away from urban centres lack the resilience needed for survival.

The world's landmasses are dotted with a multitude of pack-based colonies of wildly varying size, established around either mines, refineries or factory complexes. The locals typically live in generous underground dens, topped by pressurised domes. Their living quarters would be considered claustrophobic to Humaniti but the park and garden domes are idyllic in their beauty.

World Government (G)

Fel is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

The local clans are united under a world government that, on its face, appears to be a non-corporate bureaucracy. However, as this is a Vargr government, there is a charisma-based and occasionally violent leadership, with a senate whose members are usually elected by inter-clan duels.

The Government of the world is the Republic of Fel, a one-time interstellar power.

World Military

This world fields 150 Battalions.

World Law Level (L)

Fel 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.

The law level is more effectively enforced with off-worlders than locals. Off-world travellers are advised not to copy local customs without caution as they will often result in legal difficulties.

World Technology Level (TL)

Fel possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land & Water: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
  • Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
  • Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-1.

World Economy

With metals and ores for the taking (if you can just distil seawater), Fel was a pre-industrial wonderland. The world produces its own machinery and is largely self-sufficient.

Lurent planetoid ships may be found in the inner system, trading; or in the system's Oort clouds, refuelling.

Trade Data

Fel's corporations do a steady business with Imperial systems and corporations. The world is a key supplier of finished materials to Talon. It imports a large quantity of foodstuffs

World Culture

Hunting is a major preoccupation and there are extensive indoor hunting preserves. For offworld Vargr to be invited to hunt is an honour. For non-Vargr to be invited is rare.

Historical Data

Early History

Fel was part of a small Vargr state (Ksekgizoksdhaerzluenoe) with Talon (Deneb 2704) and Aerfor (Deneb 3104) (and others) in 100. This state had split into two by 210 when Fel and Aerfor (Deneb 3104) had created the Sandherroerghdoe Kaefoulto while Talon (Deneb 2704) and Fosfog (Deneb 2702) remained in the Ksekgizoksdhaerzluenoe. The Vargr Campaigns broke up the states, but Fel was again part of a larger group (the Kloellnugdhungkidztse) by 420, this time with Fosfog (Deneb 2702).

This later state was broken up by the First Frontier War, a conflict that saw raiders from Fel and other Vargr worlds encroaching as far as Taproban (Deneb 3008), but repulsed.

Modern Era

The Vargr Enclaves on the mainworld are united under a single world government, the Republic of Fel, a surprisingly strong bureaucracy bolstered by charismatic leaders. The Republic in turn is a member of the United Followers of Augurgh, an interstellar federation of Vargr border worlds.

A careful balance of mining and manufacturing made Fel a reliable source of quality minerals and refined ores, and it is a 'supply' world for the United Followers of Augurgh. Although it has an unbreathable atmosphere and a low interstellar Tech Level, its unusual political stability and industrial reliability has made its government wealthy.

In 1116 it had a substantial military fleet of:

• 2x War Squadron
• 2x Smuggler Squadron
• 2x Defence Squadron
• 5x Mercenary Squadron
• 50x Letter of Marque Privateers

World Timeline

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

• ca -250,000: The Ancients are active within the region, transplanting the Vargr onto Lair.
• -9235: The Vilani discover jump technology. A few explorers and settlers begin to pioneer the region.
• -4045 to -2204: The Ziru Sirka claims a few rimward worlds and establishes a firm border. The Windhorn Rift and the absence of any significant Mains discourages large-scale Vilani expansion into the region.
• -3810: The Vargr discover jump technology and begin an era of expansion.
• -2400s: Vargr raiding into Human-dominated areas significantly increases. This becomes known as the Vargr Pillaging.
• ca -1700: Vargr rimward expansion gradually ceases: the border between Human and Vargr space stabilizes.
• -1776 to 0: The Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
• The Year 0: To rimward-trailing, the Third Imperium is founded.
• circa 26: The Empire of Varroerth is founded.
• early 100s: The Contract of Taarskoerzn is founded.
• 170s: Fel becomes a leader of the Sandherroerghdoe Kaefoulto with the splitting of the Ksekgizoksdhaerzluenoe.
• 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• early 400s: The Irrgh Manifest is founded: it absorbs the Contract of Taarskoerzn.
• mid 500s: The Knokseng Confederation is founded.
• 869: The Glory of Taarskoerzn is founded. It splits the Irrgh Manifest.
• 995-1065: The Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: The Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
• 1080s: The Knokseng Confederation is dissolved.
• 1090: The Dzarrgh Federate is formed.

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History-Era: The New Era (Click Expand to reveal)

Rebellion and The New Era

Between 1119-1143, the planet became a temporary stopover for large numbers of Human refugees from Corridor Sector but most did not wish to stay as the planet was in many ways no better than those from which they had fled -- and in many ways much worse.

Arrival of Virus

Virus arrived in 1143 as part of the wave that entirely eliminated the United Followers of Augurgh as a political entity. Fel's entire population was destroyed at that time.

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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.

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• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58.
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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
• Collator: BackworldTraveller