Orcrist (world)

Orcrist/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 1126) Milieu 1116 B8A6733-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 7 Moderate (40 million) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K7 V M7 V
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Self-perpetuating oligarchy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	4A27
Army Size (BEs)	15
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	A6C+1 Resources A Abundant Labor 6 Moderate (4 million) Infrastructure C Very extensive Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	3
Resource Units	720
GWP (BCr)	117
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	11,145
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	36,000
Port employees	1,215
Port passengers (annual)	153,500

Orcrist is a fluid world with oceans of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, or hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. This world is a satellite of a gas giant or another planet in the system and is tide locked to the planet it orbits. It is a member of Sword Worlds Confederation in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Sword Worlds. This world supports a Sword Worlds Military Base and the system supports a Sword Worlds Naval Base.

Orcrist (world)/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 1126) New Era B8A6733-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 7 Moderate (80 million) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Self-perpetuating oligarchy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	4A29
Army Size (BEs)	12
Economic Details
Technology Level	12
Economic Extension	A6C-5 Resources A Abundant Labor 6 Moderate (8 million) Infrastructure C Very extensive Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	360
GWP (BCr)	281
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	9,270
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	54,000
Port employees	40,375
Port passengers (annual)	222,100

Era: New Era

Orcrist is a fluid world with oceans of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, or hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. This world is a satellite of a gas giant or another planet in the system and is tide locked to the planet it orbits. This world is designated an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor. It is a member of Sword Worlds Confederation in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Sword Worlds.

• This world is an Interface world, with a quarantine inspection facility for all ships.
• This world hosts a Sword Worlds Military Base, Supporting military ground forces.

Description (Planetology)

Orcrist is a relatively young world with a normal climate. The world is undergoing terraforming, seeding the surface with algae and bacteria to convert the atmosphere into a more normal oxygen-nitrogen mixture. Orcrist Soil Manufacturing Project.

Orcrist has two stars in the star system.

"Thorin"
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.64	3990 - 4100	0.20972
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0059	0.038	0.47 - 0.88	0.59	5.9
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks
"Thranduil"
	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

The Orcrist system has two stars, the primary Thorin' and its companion, Thranduil. The world of Orcrist is the sole moon of the gas giant Dvergur, the only planet of the system. Orcrist is tidally locked with Dvergur and orbits at a distance of 0.32 AU. The moon spins once per orbit around Dvergur (41 hours, 31 minutes), and so Thorin appears to circle Orcrist in that period, as well.

History & Background (Dossier)

Orcrist's capital city is Grevistad; its Downport is Groenhamm Starport.

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.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), .
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 45.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 69.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 69.
• GURPS Traveller: Sword Worlds