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== Description (Astrography & Planetology) ==
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== Astrography & Planetology ==
 
The human population of this world shares their world with a great variety of life.   
 
The human population of this world shares their world with a great variety of life.   
  
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{{GURPS Worlds paragraph |hex=1320 |gtZone= |name=Saurus |alg=Imperial |gtStarport=Class II |gtBase= |gtDiameter=8553 |gtGravity= |gtAtmosphere=Dense oxygen-nitrogen |gtHydro=82 |gtClimate=Normal |gtPopulation=830,000 |gtGovernment=Civil service bureaucracy |gtCL=5 |gtTL=7 |gtWTN=3}}
 
{{GURPS Worlds paragraph |hex=1320 |gtZone= |name=Saurus |alg=Imperial |gtStarport=Class II |gtBase= |gtDiameter=8553 |gtGravity= |gtAtmosphere=Dense oxygen-nitrogen |gtHydro=82 |gtClimate=Normal |gtPopulation=830,000 |gtGovernment=Civil service bureaucracy |gtCL=5 |gtTL=7 |gtWTN=3}}
  
=== Native Sophont: [[Saurian]] ===
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=== Native Sophont: Saurian ===
 
One species, the [[Saurian]]s, have achieved sentience.
 
One species, the [[Saurian]]s, have achieved sentience.
  
 
== History & Background (Dossier) ==  
 
== History & Background (Dossier) ==  
 
Saurus is yet another agricultural planet with a garden world environment. With a relatively small population of approximately 800,000, the world has not been deeply penetrated by humanity, and much of its surface and native species remain a mystery. The lower technology and population limits the local manufacture of vehicles and exploitation of fossil fuels.
 
Saurus is yet another agricultural planet with a garden world environment. With a relatively small population of approximately 800,000, the world has not been deeply penetrated by humanity, and much of its surface and native species remain a mystery. The lower technology and population limits the local manufacture of vehicles and exploitation of fossil fuels.
 
 
* During the [[Fifth Frontier War]], Saurus was subject to incursions from the [[Gram Fleet]] as part of the [[Sword Worlds Campaign]].  On 014-[[1108]] the Imperial Admiralty officially declared the system to be a combat zone.
 
  
=== Imperial High (Landed) Nobility ===
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Within the Sword Worlds this world is known as ''Dainslaf''.
{{Imperial Nobility|name= Saurus (SM 1320)|Noble=BcC}}
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During the [[Fifth Frontier War]], Saurus was subject to incursions from the [[Gram Fleet]] as part of the [[Sword Worlds Campaign]].  On 014-[[1108]] the Imperial Admiralty officially declared the system to be a combat zone.
  
 
== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
 
== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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{{Sources
 
{{Sources
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=The Spinward Marches Campaign|page=}} in Article: "The Fifth Frontier War"
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S | {{Ludography cite|name=The Spinward Marches|version=Classic Traveller|page=14-15}}
|S2= Periodical: {{JTASref|19}} in Article: "TNS (Revisited)"
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| {{Ludography cite|name=The Spinward Marches Campaign|version=Classic Traveller|page=18-19}}
|S3= {{Ludography cite|name=The Regency Sourcebook|page=41}}
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| {{Ludography cite|name=Imperial Encyclopedia|page=94-100}} (UWP only)
|S4= {{Ludography cite|name=Behind the Claw|version=GURPS Traveller|page=65}}
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| {{Ludography cite|name=MegaTraveller Journal 3|article=Domain of Deneb: Sector Data|page=47-58}} (UWP only)
|S5= {{Ludography cite|name=Cirque|page=151-153}}
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| {{Ludography cite|name=The Regency Sourcebook|page=40-41}} (UWP only)
|S6= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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| {{Ludography cite|name=Behind the Claw|version=GURPS Traveller|page=65}}
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| {{Ludography cite|name=Sword Worlds|version=GURPS Traveller|page=10,11}}
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| {{Ludography cite|name=The Spinward States|page=100}} (UWP only)
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| {{Ludography cite|name=The Spinward Marches|version=Mongoose Traveller}}
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| {{Ludography cite|name=Cirque|page=151-153}}
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| {{Ludography cite|name=Behind the Claw|version=New Traveller|page=61-66}} (UWP only)
 
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Revision as of 00:22, 20 November 2020

Saurus/Vilis (Spinward Marches 1320)
Milieu 1116
D888588-7
StarportD Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g)
Atmosphere8 Dense
Hydrographics8 Wet World 80%
Population5 Moderate (800 thousand)
Government8 Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law8 High Law (controlled blades)
Tech Level7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G8 V M1 V
Worlds 13
Gas Giants 0
Planetoid Belts 2
Cultural Details
Government Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level High
Cultural Extension 5357
Army Size (BEs) 2
Economic Details
Technology Level 7
Economic Extension
742-2
Resources7Few
Labor4Moderate (80 thousand)
Infrastructure2 Extremely limited
Efficiency-2Fair
Importance Extension -2
Resource Units 45
GWP (BCr) 1
World Trade Number 3
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 0
Starport Details
Classification Class-D
Port Size 0
Building Capacity (Tons) 0
Port employees 0
Port passengers (annual) 0

Saurus is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other lifeforms. The system has a population in the hundreds of thousands of sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Vilis Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Saurus, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and a baronet, and the fiefdom of a baron. All three are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. This is the homeworld of the Saurian, a Minor Race.

Astrography & Planetology

The human population of this world shares their world with a great variety of life.

Saurus has two stars in the star system.
Saurus
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G8 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.94 5380 - 5480 0.80528
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0085 0.0744 0.87 - 1.54 0.85 8.5
Orbit #  *  * 3 2 7
Remarks
Saurus
Solitary M Type.jpg 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

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1320 Saurus (Imperial)

Starport: Class II.

Diameter: 8,553 miles (13,700 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 82%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 830,000.
Government: Civil service bureaucracy.
Control Level: 5.
Tech Level: 7.
World Trade Number: 3.

Native Sophont: Saurian

One species, the Saurians, have achieved sentience.

History & Background (Dossier)

Saurus is yet another agricultural planet with a garden world environment. With a relatively small population of approximately 800,000, the world has not been deeply penetrated by humanity, and much of its surface and native species remain a mystery. The lower technology and population limits the local manufacture of vehicles and exploitation of fossil fuels.

Within the Sword Worlds this world is known as Dainslaf.

During the Fifth Frontier War, Saurus was subject to incursions from the Gram Fleet as part of the Sword Worlds Campaign. On 014-1108 the Imperial Admiralty officially declared the system to be a combat zone.

References & Contributors (Sources)

{{Sources S | Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 14-15.

| 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), 40-41. (UWP only)
| Martin DoughertyNeil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 65.
| Paul DryeHans Rancke-MadsenRobert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 10,11.
| Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 100. (UWP only)
| Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
| Gregory P. Lee. Cirque (Greylock Publishing, 2014), 151-153.
| Citation Missing - Behind the Claw (UWP only)

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