Difference between revisions of "Argiluu (world)"
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| − | The world of Argiluu is literally a "molten snowball": the crust, and much of the mantle of this formerly icy outer gas giant satellite, melted when its primary star evolved off the main sequence. Argiluu’s world-ocean is at least 60 kilometres deep, according to current estimates, its depths beyond the range of the most advanced | + | The world of Argiluu is literally a "molten snowball": the crust, and much of the mantle of this formerly icy outer gas giant satellite, melted when its primary star evolved off the main sequence. Argiluu’s world-ocean is at least 60 kilometres deep, according to current estimates, its depths beyond the range of the most advanced [[densitometer]]s. [[Terraforming]] has converted the original ammonia-water vapour atmosphere into a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mix. |
The world has no land-masses as such - major settlements are tunneled into huge naturally-occurring rafts of foamed carbonaceous material known as "tarballs". Valuable organic chemicals are extracted from the tar, and the seawater is also rich in dissolved minerals. | The world has no land-masses as such - major settlements are tunneled into huge naturally-occurring rafts of foamed carbonaceous material known as "tarballs". Valuable organic chemicals are extracted from the tar, and the seawater is also rich in dissolved minerals. | ||
| − | Argiluu derives from the [[Old High Vilani]] for "no sound ocean" – the primitive sonar systems used in the earliest [[Vilani]] surveys produced no returns in many areas of the world-ocean. | + | Argiluu derives from the [[Vilani language|Old High Vilani]] for "no sound ocean" – the primitive sonar systems used in the earliest [[Vilani]] surveys produced no returns in many areas of the world-ocean. |
{{Sources|S1=[[Jae Campbell]] - [[Signal-GK]] [[Signal-GK3|Issue #3]] - {{HIWG}}}} | {{Sources|S1=[[Jae Campbell]] - [[Signal-GK]] [[Signal-GK3|Issue #3]] - {{HIWG}}}} | ||
{{LEN|Era: Milieu 1116}} | {{LEN|Era: Milieu 1116}} | ||
Revision as of 20:40, 20 June 2008
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| Classic Era (1116) | B68A997-C
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | M8 II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The world of Argiluu is literally a "molten snowball": the crust, and much of the mantle of this formerly icy outer gas giant satellite, melted when its primary star evolved off the main sequence. Argiluu’s world-ocean is at least 60 kilometres deep, according to current estimates, its depths beyond the range of the most advanced densitometers. Terraforming has converted the original ammonia-water vapour atmosphere into a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mix.
The world has no land-masses as such - major settlements are tunneled into huge naturally-occurring rafts of foamed carbonaceous material known as "tarballs". Valuable organic chemicals are extracted from the tar, and the seawater is also rich in dissolved minerals.
Argiluu derives from the Old High Vilani for "no sound ocean" – the primitive sonar systems used in the earliest Vilani surveys produced no returns in many areas of the world-ocean.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com