Antofalla (world)
| Antofalla/Quesada (Aldebaran 1717) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | A654655-9
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | G6 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Antofalla is an agricultural, nonindustrial world still lacking adequate means to expand its economy.
- As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
- It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
- It is a member of the Grand United States of Quesada, which is a member state of the Solomani Confederation, in the Quesada Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.
- This world has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
- This world has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.
- It is associated with the Simonides Run.
- It is home to a small community of Dolphins.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
Stellar Data
Antofalla has a solitary primary star.
- It is a yellow main sequence.
System Data
The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:
- The mainworld.
- x5 secondary rocky worlds.
- x3 planetoid belts.
- x2 gas giants.
Mainworld Data
Mainworld Size (S)
Antofalla is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)
Antofalla 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)
Antofalla 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.
Antofalla has a narrow equatorial oceanic-band with high barrier mountains at the north and south tropics. These mountains contain a significant number of volcanoes. The polar regions are largely desert.
(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)
Native Lifeforms
Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.
Native flora flourish in the great oceanic valley. There is dense but low-lying plant line on the mountains.
History & Background (Dossier)
The Quesadan Inquisition is known to be active on the world. It is a religiously sponsored investigative agency that is charged with rooting out heretical thinking. It has the authority to detain and question individuals.
Solomani Security keeps a close eye on things to ensure the security of the Confederation and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, others are coerced, but many see it as an act of duty to help protect the Solomani state and its interests.
World Starport (St)
Antofalla has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
- This world is host to a Grand United States of Quesadan Naval Base.
- This world is host to a major Military Base.
World Population (P)
Antofalla has a population of 1,000,000 sophonts (millions).
- This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
- More than 95% of the population (in excess of 950,000 individuals) is made up of Solomani humans.
- Less than 5% of the population (fewer than 50,000 individuals) consists of Dolphins.
Linguistic Topography
The most commonly heard languages are:
- Delphinic Trinary, the principal language of Dolphins.
- Latin, an ancient Terran language used by the Church of Quesada.
- Quesadan Spanish, an Iberian Dialect of the Spanish subfamily of languages of Terran origin spoken principally in the Grand United States of Quesada.
- Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Confederation.
- It is a second language within the Grand United States.
World Military
Antofalla maintains a constantly patrolling wet Navy. Its army is maintained generally for emergency response.
Antofalla depends on the system Solomani Naval and Military bases for system defense.
World Economy
Antofallan economy focuses on agriculture and aquaculture. The oceanic valley has extremely fertile volcanic soils, and the ocean is both deep and filled with indigenous and transplanted fish. There is also a significant tourism economy.
Beyond these foci, Antofalla has a developed global economy, if thin in a few areas.
Trade Data
Exports are primarily exotic fish. Imports vary according to industrial and commercial trends.
World Culture
Antofallan culture is unique. The standard Rim Anglic is spoken in almost a sing-song, musical way with local dialect words thrown in. There are frequent street fairs and neighborhood parties.
Cooking and baking are highly regarded skills, and often displayed in contests. In general, food and energy are cheap and plentiful on Antofalla.
The local calendar is called the fortnight calendar which has 15-day weeks called fortnights around a 3-day weekend in the middle and a 2-day weekend at the end.
This cultural introduction merely scratches the surface. It is recommended that you contact the local Travellers Aid Society (TAS) for local details. And perhaps a professional anthro- or sophontologist.
World Language/s
- Rim Anglic
- Quesadan Spanish
- Latin
Urbanization
Cities (T9/T10) are found both along the ocean, and up against the mountain ranges.
Historical Data
No information yet available.
World Timeline
No information yet available.
UWP Listing
A 6 5 4 6 5 5 – 9
Trade Data
- Importance: 2 (ordinary)
World Economy
- Resources: B (abundant)
- Labor: 5 (hundreds of thousands)
- Infrastructure: 8 (generally available)
- Efficiency: -1 (average)
World Culture
- Heterogenity: 9 (discordant)
- Acceptance: 8 (friendly)
- Strangeness: A (incomprehensible)
- Symbols: 7 (somewhat concrete)
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.
- -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
- The Year 0: to coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
- 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.
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, pages 3, 28. (sector named, background for the sector)
- 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)
- Steven Eric Schwartz. MegaTraveller Periodical Imperiallines 2, 1991, page 5. (Bootean Federation, 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 50, 118, 119, various others. (background for the sector)
- Martin J. Dougherty. The Order of Prometheus (Mongoose Publishing, 2023), various pages. (scenarios and background for the sector)
- Zho Berka's Maps (Classic Era UWP Data for the world)
- CORE Data Site (UWP Data for the world)
- Author & Contributor: Garnfellow (development of the sector)
- Author & Contributor: Leroy W.L. Guatney of the Federation Development Agency (FDA) (development of the sector)
- Author & Contributor: Dochsavage
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
