Chesapeake (world)
| Chesapeake/Splendour (Neworld 0505) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | C87956A-8
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | K2 V K2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chesapeake is a nonindustrial world, that requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
- In a technological universe, societies without industrial capability generally suffer as nearly all manufactured and high tech goods must be brought in at significant cost.
- As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
- It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Splendour Subsector of Neworld Sector.
- About 60% of the population is composed of Dolphins.
- Less than 10% of the population is composed of baseline Solomani.
- This world is controlled by Prospero
Description / Astrography & Planetology
This system is part of the Balboa Cluster.
Stellar Data
| Chesapeake | ||||||
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Type | Category | Mass (Sol) | Temperature (K) | Luminosity | |
| K2 V | Main Sequence (Dwarf) | 0.82 | 4830 - 5100 | 0.49928 | ||
| Unit | Diameter | Safe Distance | Habitable Zone | Jump Shadow | M-Drive Limit | |
| AU | 0.0073 | 0.0586 | 0.7 - 1.26 | 0.73 | 7.3 | |
| Orbit # | * | * | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
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Type | Category | Mass (Sol) | Temperature (K) | Luminosity | |
| K2 V | Main Sequence (Dwarf) | 0.82 | 4830 - 5100 | 0.49928 | ||
| Unit | Diameter | Safe Distance | Habitable Zone | Jump Shadow | M-Drive Limit | |
| AU | 0.0073 | 0.0586 | 0.7 - 1.26 | 0.73 | 7.3 | |
| Orbit # | * | * | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Remarks | ||||||
System Data
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Mainworld Data
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Mainworld Geography & Topography
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Mainworld Map
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Native Lifeforms
Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.
Fauna includes the enythba, a gargantuan aquatic animal. Preferring to live in the lower depths of the oceans, enythba suffer at lower pressures. These quasi-cephalopods hunt large ocean animals by stunning the prey, trapping it in two large front pincers before ripping it apart.
History & Background / Dossier
No information yet available.
World Starport
Chesapeake 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 Population (P)
Chesapeake has a population of 200,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).
- This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
World Demographics
60% of the population are Dolphin; most of the remaining 40% are Solomani.
Linguistic Topography
- Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Confederation.
- Delphinic Trinary, the principal language of Dolphins.
- This language, also known as Delphinese, involves various clicks, rasps, chirps, creaks, hoots and whistles. Due to the spread of Dolphins across Charted Space, it has evolved into a multitude of dialects. It can take a Dolphin some time to learn a new dialect; errors are often seen by both parties as humorous.
- For communication with humans and other races, most Dolphins speak ordinary, if flowery, Anglic.
World Technology Level
Chesapeake 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
Chesapeake has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. This is a colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.
World Law Level
No information yet available.
World Military
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World Economy
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Trade Data
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Urbanization
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Historical Data
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World Timeline
Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:
- -9235: Far to coreward, the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
- -4045 to -2204: The Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
- -2431: Terrans discover jump drive technology.
- -2404 to -2215: The Interstellar Wars.
- -2204 to -1776: The Rule of Man administers the former Ziru Sirka.
- -1862 to -1110: The Terran Mercantile Community is active across the region.
- -1776 to 0: The Long Night.
- -1110 to 588: The Terran Mercantile Community gradually becomes the Old Earth Union, shrinking to control the region around Terra.
- The Year 0: To coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
- 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the system.
- 588: the Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium.
- 604-622: The Imperial Civil War.
- 624: The Imperial Express Boat Network is established.
- 704: The Solomani Autonomous Region is formed.
- 800-820: The Psionics Suppressions.
- 871: The Solomani Confederation is founded.
- 940: The Solomani Autonomous Region is dissolved.
- 990-1002: The Solomani Rim War.
- 995-1065: The Imperial Second Survey includes data for the system.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
UWP Listing
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller. Solomani (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), IFC. (sector named, background for the sector)
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), IFC. (Wars of the Imperium: sector named and shown)
- Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11, various others. (dot map locating the worlds of the sector, background for the sector)
- Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (background for the sector)
- David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), pages 25, 65, 74, 119, 120, 134, 169, 174. (background for the sector)
- Zho Berka's Maps (Classic Era UWP Data for the world)
- Ocean of Storms site (Rebellion Era UWP Data for the sector)
- Author & Contributor: Garnfellow (development of the sector)
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com