Fonnein (world)
| Fonnein/Highlord (Ley 2735) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | BA9A530-8
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | M2 V M8 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fonnein is a nonindustrial, oceanic water world.
- It is covered with very deep oceans, of waterous (H2O) with less than 1% of its land above sea level.
- The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 1% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
- 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.
Fonnein
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Highlord Subsector of Ley Sector in the Domain of Gateway.
Description (Planetology)
| Kleister | ||||||
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Type | Category | Mass (Sol) | Temperature (K) | Luminosity | |
| M2 V | Main Sequence (Dwarf) | 0.44 | 3470 - 3560 | 0.0565 | ||
| Unit | Diameter | Safe Distance | Habitable Zone | Jump Shadow | M-Drive Limit | |
| AU | 0.0041 | 0.0197 | 0.25 - 0.48 | 0.41 | 4.1 | |
| Orbit # | * | * | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Remarks | Kleister Alpha | |||||
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Type | Category | Mass (Sol) | Temperature (K) | Luminosity | |
| M8 V | Main Sequence (Dwarf) | 0.085 | 2420 - 2570 | 0.00018 | ||
| Unit | Diameter | Safe Distance | Habitable Zone | Jump Shadow | M-Drive Limit | |
| AU | 0.0011 | 0.0011 | 0.01 - 0.03 | 0.11 | 1.1 | |
| Orbit # | * | * | * | 0 | 3 | |
| Remarks | Kleister Beta | |||||
The planet known to astrographers as 069-526 is the main world of the binary Kleister system. Kleister Alpha is a dim red main sequence star and the distant white dwarf is Kleister Beta. The Beta system is uninhabited and consists of a gas giant, an iceball planet and miscellaneous rocks. The Alpha system has three gas giants and several rockball planets to keep its main world 069-526 company.
History & Background (Dossier)
069-526 is known unofficially as "Fonnein" to its million inhabitants. It's a large, cold world which is almost entirely covered with water, much of it frozen. The land area is negligible, and the atmosphere is deadly to humans anyway. The world was colonised in 922 to exploit the rich sea life and minerals, using outside technology and resources. Fonnein does not have the manufacturing technology base to sustain itself without trade. About two thirds of the inhabitants have live in underwater cities, with the remainder in smaller outlying installations. Each city has a spaceport on a tower poking above the waves (which can be closed by bad weather), as well as extensive submarine docks and cargo handling. These spaceports transfer to the orbital starport for off-world traffic.
There are some archaeological mysteries on Fonnein – what appear to be dolphin skeletons have been found in sediments around one hundred thousand years old. Dolphins only left Terra 3-4000 years ago, and they could not breathe Fonnein's surface atmosphere.
Elsewhere in the Kleister Alpha system, the Imperial megacorporation Sternmetal Horizons LIC maintains a mining operation on Estorr, a moon of the gas giant Praimen. Around twenty thousand employees mine radioactives, with some petrochemical skimming operations just getting underway. Non-company ships are not normally permitted to approach.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com