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== References & Contributors / Sources ==
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=== Trade Data ===
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* [[Importance Extension|Importance]]: -3 (descriptor)
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=== World Economy ===
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* [[Resource]]s:                      C (very abundant)
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* [[Labor]]:                          3 (thousands)
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* [[Infrastructure]]:                  3 (very limited)
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* [[Efficiency]]:                      +1 (average)
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=== World Culture ===
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* [[Homogeneity|Heterogenity]]:        1 (monolithic)
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* [[Acceptance]]:                      1 (extremely xenophobic)
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* [[Strangeness]]:                    1 (very typical)
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* [[Symbol]]s:                        7 (somewhat concrete)
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==== World Timeline ====
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Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:
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* [[-9235]]: far to [[coreward]], the [[Vilani]] discover [[jump drive]] technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across [[Charted Space]].
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* [[-4045]] to [[-2204]]: the [[First Imperium|Ziru Sirka]] controls vast territories.
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* [[-2431]]: [[Terran]]s discover [[jump drive]] technology.
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* [[-2404]] to [[-2215]]: the [[Interstellar Wars]].
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* [[-2204]] to [[-1776]]: the [[Rule of Man]] administers the former [[First Imperium|Ziru Sirka]].
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* [[-1776]] to [[0]]: the [[Long Night]].
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* [[0|The Year 0]]: to [[coreward]], the [[Third Imperium]] is founded.
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* [[300]]-[[420]]: the {{Imperial}} [[First Survey]] charts the system.
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* [[604]]-[[622]]: the {{Imperial}} [[Civil War]].
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* [[624]]: the {{Imperial}} [[Express Boat Network]] is established.
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* [[704]]: the [[Solomani Autonomous Region]] is formed.
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* [[800]]-[[820]]: the [[Psionics Suppressions]].
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* [[871]]: the [[Solomani Confederation]] is founded.
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* [[940]]: the [[Solomani Autonomous Region]] is dissolved.
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* [[990]]-[[1002]]: the [[Solomani Rim War]].
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* [[995]]-[[1065]]: the {{Imperial}} [[Second Survey]] includes data for the system.
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* [[1065]]: the [[Second Survey]] is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
 
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|S1= {{CT}} [[Solomani (Alien Module)|Alien Module 6: Solomani]] (named but no further data)
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|S1= [[John Harshman]], [[Marc Miller]], [[Loren Wiseman]]. {{CT}} ''[[Library Data (A-M)|Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)]]'', ([[Game Designers Workshop]], 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
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|S2= {{MT}} [[Alien - Solomani & Aslan|Solomani & Aslan]] (dot map provided)
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|S2= [[John Harshman]], [[Marc Miller]], [[Loren Wiseman]]. {{CT}} ''[[Library Data (N-Z)|Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z)]]'', ([[Game Designers Workshop]], 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
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|S3= [[Mongoose Traveller: Solomani]]
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|S3= {{Ludography cite|name= Solomani |version= Classic Traveller|page= IFC, pages 3, 28}} (sector named, background for the sector)
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|S4= External Link: [http://111george.com/core/astrogat/jG.htm CORE Data Site]
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|S4= {{Ludography cite|name= Solomani & Aslan |page= pages 8-11, various others}} (dot map locating the worlds of the sector, background for the sector)
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|S5= External Link: [http://home.earthlink.net/~ngc5139/FDA/aldebarn.html Federation Development Agency]
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|S5= [[Steven Eric Schwartz]]. {{MT}} Periodical ''[[Imperiallines 2 (fanzine)|Imperiallines 2]]'', 1991, page 5. ([[Bootean Federation]], background for the sector)
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|S6= External Link: [http://zho.berka.com/data/CLASSIC/sector.pl?sector=ALDEBARA Zho Berka's Maps]
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|S6= {{Ludography cite|name= Fighting Ships of the Solomani|page= page 5}} (background for the sector)
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|S7= Author & Contributor: [[User:Garnfellow|Garnfellow]]  
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|S7= {{Ludography cite|name= Solomani |version= Mongoose Traveller|page= pages 50, 118, 119, various others}} (background for the sector)
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|S8= Author & Contributor: [[User:Dochsavage|Dochsavage]]  
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|S8= {{Ludography cite|name= The Order of Prometheus|page= various pages}} (scenarios and background for the sector)
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|S9= Author & Contributor: [[Leroy W.L. Guatney]] of the Federation Development Agency (FDA)
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|S9= [http://zho.berka.com/data/CLASSIC/sector.pl?sector=ALDEBARA Zho Berka's Maps] (Classic Era [[Universal World Profile|UWP Data]] for the world)
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|S10= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S10= [http://111george.com/core/astrogat/jG.htm CORE Data Site] ([[Universal World Profile|UWP Data]] for the world)
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|S11= Author & Contributor: [[User:Garnfellow|Garnfellow]] (development of the sector)
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|S12= Author & Contributor: [[Leroy W.L. Guatney]] of the Federation Development Agency (FDA) (development of the sector)
 
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Revision as of 22:53, 31 December 2024

Manticore/Epsilon Tauri (Aldebaran 0927)
Classic Era (1116)
D721416-8
StarportD Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted)
Hydrographics1 Dry World 10%
Population4 Moderate (50 thousand)
Government1 Company/Corporation
Law6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns)
Tech Level8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M6 V M6 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 2
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Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]

Manticore is a poor, nonindustrial hellworld with a population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.

  • Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes even hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often develop intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
  • It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
  • This world is a "Twilight Zone World", a planet that is tidally-locked to its star. It has a hot side that permanently faces the star, a cold side that permanently faces away, and a narrow twilight zone in-between.
  • A Prison World, exile camp, or prison camp for criminals or other exiles is located upon this world in addition to other points of interest.
  • It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Epsilon Tauri Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.
  • This world was once known as Toshiba.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

Corporate-run Confederation Prison/Exile Camp

Manticore has two stars in the star system.
Manticore
Solitary M Type.jpg 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
Manticore
Solitary M Type.jpg 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

System Data

2 Gas Giants — 0 Planetoid Belts — 10 Other Worlds

Mainworld Data

Manticore is not welcoming to its sophonts. It is a frozen, standard-sized rock with a very thin atmosphere heavily tainted with carbon dioxide and water vapor.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

The planet has small polar ice caps, and a lot of craters. The craters are a bit of a mystery.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background / Dossier

No information yet available.

World Starport

Manticore has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the 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 only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Technology Level

Manticore possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.

  • Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
  • Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
  • Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
    • Land: Advanced automobiles.
    • Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
    • Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
    • Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government

Manticore is governed by a Corporate Polity, having a single corporation with a typical corporate structure as a government. Essentially, this is a "company town" (or world). The typical corporate-run world usually has a single purpose. Examples include mining, agriculture, or other kinds of resource extraction. But rather than a simple base of operations, there are facilities for housing workers and their families, including hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure. How, or if, the children of the workers are incorporated into the workforce varies with companies. The corporation running the world may be a subsidiary of a larger interstellar corporation.

World Law Level

Manticore has a moderate 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 except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Military

No information yet available.

World Economy

Prison economy, with labor focused on exploring the surface and mining available ores.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

World Demographics

Humaniti 70% Other 30%

World Culture

The prison population is an especially wide cross-section of sophonts. The corporate population is entirely Solomani human.

Diaspora Securities LLC is the corporation that has the contract to administrate Manticore on behalf of the Confederation. The corporation processes incoming prisoners, assigns them to a location, and provides the opportunity for work. They also manage the distribution of food and water rations planetwide.

The Corporation begrudgingly allows travellers to visit its limited downport, but does not typically allow access to prisoners without documented authorization.

Travellers have been invited to corporate events and dinners on occasion.

Urbanization

There are 40 urban centers spread across the surface, with each containing between 1000 and 2000 individuals. These are typically located near one or more mining sites, and linked by a network of heavy rail lines.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

D 7 2 1 4 1 6 – 8

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Trade Data

World Economy

World Culture

World Timeline

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

References & Contributors (Sources)

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