Gorram (world)

Gorram/Lunion (Spinward Marches 2322) Milieu 1116 X554220-2 Starport X No Starport Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 2 Low (800) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 0 No Law Tech Level 2 Pre-Industrial (printing)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K8 V M6 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	1111
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	2
Economic Extension	411-5 Resources 4 Scarce Labor 1 Low (80) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	2
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

Gorram supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. This world is designated a Red Zone, with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it extremely dangerous to visitors. Everyone is forbidden to travel here. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lunion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb.

• Gorram is a member of the Spinward Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stars

Gorram is a binary star system.

• The primary is an orange main sequence.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Gorram has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.62	3930 - 3990	0.18766
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0057	0.0359	0.45 - 0.84	0.57	5.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks		None
Companion
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M6 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.102	2740 - 2810	0.00034
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0013	0.0015	0.02 - 0.04	0.13	1.3
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
	Remarks		None

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x7 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 gas giant named Waseid.

Mainworld Data

The gas giant, known as Waseid to the locals, has an elliptical orbit around the primary. Twice a year Waseid is visible in the skies of Gorram, easily able to be be seen with the naked eye.

Mainworld Size (S)

Gorram is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Gorram 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)

Gorram has 35-45% of its surface covered by liquid water. There will be a number of small seas or one larger body of water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2322 Gorram (Imperial) - Red Zone

Starport: Class 0.

Diameter: 5,345 miles (8,600 km).
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 40%.
Climate: Chilly.
Population: 840.
Government: Democracy.
Control Level: 0.
Tech Level: 2.
World Trade Number: 0.

History & Background (Dossier)

Gorram is interdicted to allow study of its primitive inhabitants. The University of Mora Byret Cultural Anthropology Department has a long standing research program and often sends survey ships to research various aspects of the Gorramite society. The Gorramites are in the beginning of the age of sail. The experimental development of sails to utilize wind power on both the vast lands and the oceans for moving transport. The sails vary in design and are complicated contraptions to cover a massive area to capture the power of the wind in the thin atmosphere of Gorram.

Due to the elliptical orbit of the Gas Giant the Imperium has restricted refueling at Waseid during the "Visible Cycle" to prevent the local inhabitants from seeing possible ships in the night sky. This is enforced by routine patrols of units from the 187th Light Escort Squadron.

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), 24-25.
• 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), 46. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 93-94.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 113. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 98-102. (UWP only)