Gembolia (world)

Gembolia/Gembolia (Astron 2703)
Classic Era (1116)	C53499A-7 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 9 High (2 billion) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M7 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	2

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Gembolia is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• It is an unclaimed Non-Aligned world located in the Gembolia Subsector of Astron Sector.

• 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.
• The Twilight region experiences low temperatures.
• It is the homeworld of the Nibammer.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Gembolia has a solitary primary star.

• It is a red main sequence.

Gembolia has a solitary primary star.

Gembolia
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.09	2630 - 2680	0.00022
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0011	0.0012	0.02 - 0.03	0.11	1.1
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
	Remarks		None

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x11 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 planetoid belt.
• x2 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Gembolia is tidally locked to its primary star.

• The star is always high in the sky on the bright face, it hangs on horizon in the twilight zone, while the cold dark face is in permanent darkness.
• The world experiences libration - a regular wobble - as it orbits, causing the star to move in the sky.

It orbits towards the outer edge of its star's habitable zone.

• It receives relatively low levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Gembolia 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)

Gembolia has a pressure of 0.10 to 0.42 atmospheres. The very thin pressures require a respirator or Oxygen Mask. TL–5 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

• It experiences low temperatures within the twilight zone.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Gembolia 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.

• Much of the surface is covered in glaciers, ice, frost, and snow.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

• Locally, detailed maps may be available.

(Placeholder chart, predominantly dry world.)

Native Lifeforms

Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

• Native lifeforms are cryophilic - they thrive in low temperatures.

Many native lifeforms are subterranean, inhabiting complex burrows or warrens.

History & Background (Dossier)

Gembolia is the homeworld of the Nibammer.

• They are industrious, efficient, subterranean herbivores with tough pill-shaped bodies.
• They live in a strict, rigid, caste-based society.

First contact occurred millennia ago.

Note that social data, though only 40 years old, may be out of date.

• Verified updated data is constantly sought.

World Starport (St)

Gembolia has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Demographics (P)

Gemboila has a population of 2,000,000,000 Nibammer.

Urbanization

Multiple large cities, each surrounded by smaller satellite communities.

• Cities are located across the world, principally within the twilight zone.
• Regional centers have their own starports.
• Structures and facilities are sealed.
• Some temperate regions of the surface of the world are preserved as wilderness.

World Technology Level (T)

Gembolia possesses a Technology Level of TL–7.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early video and early satellite communication networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fuel cells, solar energy, and geothermal power sources.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, hovercraft, and bullet trains.
  • Water: Hydrofoils and early triphibians.
  • Air: Hang gliders and supersonic jets.
  • Space: Deep space probes and interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government (G)

Gembolia 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.

World Military

Approximately 200 million soldier caste.

World Law (L)

Gembolia 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 objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (outside private residences or visiting starships).

World Economy

• Resources: 9 (moderate)
• Labor: 8 (hundreds of millions)
• Infrastructure: 4 (very limited)
• Efficiency: -1 (average)

Trade Data

• Importance: 0 (unimportant)

World Culture

• Homogeneity: D (fragmented)
• Acceptance: 9 (friendly)
• Strangeness: 2 (typical)
• Symbols: 8 (somewhat abstract)

World Timeline

• 300-420: The First Survey charts the system.
• 995-1065: The Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: The Second Survey is published.

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.

• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), 50, 51. (Sector named, dot map provided locating world)
• Author & contributor: Jo Grant of CORE (generated data) / Geir Lanesskog (refinement of data).
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS